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ORE is a far better bet than pgr imho...............Ithink you cant go far wrong with...........ore ,qfi,otc, care,but maybe add one from the bio sector Rene just an idea........

No but really thinking of getting in here.......Especially the way tungstun is going up in price,these look very cheap......

Horizonte Minerals, the gold and nickel explorer focused on Brazil, posted a £690,000 loss in the first quarter of 2012. This was up considerably on the £190,000 loss it posted in the same period of 2011. Loss per share was 0.243 pence for the 3 months and the company said it would not be paying a dividend. The company's shares dropped 11% following the news.

Caspian Holdings reported good progress on its drilling programme at La Parrilla, located in southwest Spain. La Parrilla, a former producing open pit mine, closed in the 1980s. But the firm said its latest assay results showed strong indications of continuity of high grades through the western extension area of the site. "Significant mineralisation can be seen in all holes drilled to date," the firm said. "Initial indications suggest strong correlation of mineralised zones between holes." The firm's shares rose 8.6% following the news.

The concluding film of the Twilight series "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (part 2)", the next Bond title "Skyfall" and "The Dark Knight Rises" are also scheduled for release in the second half. "The Board remains confident of delivering growth for the year as a whole in line with current market expectations."

"Whilst these film releases coincide with the forthcoming European football championships together with a challenging June comparative trading period, the group expects to maintain revenues for the half year at a similar level to last year," it added. Second half releases include strong 3D product including "The Amazing Spiderman", "Ice Age 4" and "The Hobbit".

Cineworld's box office market share was broadly in line with the same period last year at 24.5%. Box office benefited from 3.3% more admissions, with average ticket price up by 5%. Cineworld said it is gearing up for a strong line-up of films for the remainder of the first half, "The Dictator", "Snow White and the Huntsman" and in 3D "Men in Black 3" and "Prometheus".

Box office revenue rose 8.6% during the 19-week period while retail climbed 3.9%. Other income, which includes booking fees and 3D glass sales, fell 10.1%. Cineworld has removed booking fees and started a 10% discount for tickets booked online in March 2012.

Cinema chain Cineworld said total revenues increased 6.3 per cent for the 19 weeks to 10 May 2012 and remains confident about delivering growth in the year ahead. Cinemagoers are expected to flock to blockbuster The Avengers and American Pie: Reunion. The Avengers, based on the Marvel comics superhero team, broke box office records on its opening week-end in the US.

Year-on-year cash rose from £2.3m to £3.3m. The firm did not recommend paying a dividend.

In a statement the company said: "We remain confident about the prospects for our business and, in line with our three year plan, have strengthened the talent in the business and stepped up our marketing to allow us to take advantage of the growing opportunity for our software solution in the enterprise risk management marketplace."

Active Risk, a risk management software solution provider, revealed a loss for the year ended March 31st after a decline in revenues and an increase in costs combined to deliver the negative result. Revenues fell from £8.9m in to £7.3m after software licence sales declined by half, while costs and expenses rose to £9.0m from £7.8m the previous year, resulting in a loss of £1.7m compared to a profit of £1.1m the previous year. Losses per share were 5.6p (previous year earnings of 3.5p).

The average market capitalisation of its clients is now £195m. Performance in the second half of the year will depend on market conditions, which given the situation in Europe dictates a need for some caution, the firm warned. The company intends to return to the dividend list from the interim period.

Arden Partners, an institutional stockbroking company, has revealed that trading during the six months ended April 30th has been better than anticipated with revenues and profitability ahead of budget. Since the year end the company has increased the number of brokerships to 34 and this number is expected to grow in the medium term

The non-core businesses comprise: e2v Scientific Instruments, based in High Wycombe; the industrial gas sensing business based at e2v's Chelmsford facility; and e2v micro-sensors SA based in Neuchetel Switzerland. They provide a range of professional sensing products for x-ray spectroscopy and gas sensing for automotive and environmental safety applications.

Electrical component supplier e2v technologies has agreed the sale of its non-core businesses, for a total cash consideration of £14.7m, to a newly formed company, SGX Sensortech, backed by Baird Capital Partners.

"Notwithstanding the challenging and volatile economic backdrop, the improved market conditions seen in 2012 coupled with increasing evidence of the sustained turnaround of acquired businesses give the board confidence in the group's prospects for the remainder of the financial year," Williams said.

Service profitability since the fiscal year-end has run ahead of the prior year and continues to benefit from the customer retention initiatives being executed by the group. The accident repair sector continues to exhibit significant volume and margin weakness and this is having a knock on impact to trade parts volumes, Vertu said.

"March is the most important month for the profitability of UK motor retail as a consequence of the plate change and its impact on new car demand. UK new car registrations to private buyers ... in March and April increased by 9.1% as consumer confidence recovered - a trend seen from January 2012 onwards," the group's Chairman, Paul Williams, noted, referring to the industry as a whole. "The group's like-for-like new retail volumes increased by 4.1% and manufacturer targets were achieved at a high level reflecting the strong penetration of the local retail markets. Profitability from new retail sales moved forward strongly as a consequence," Williams added.

A final dividend of 0.4p has been proposed, taking the full year pay-out to 0.6p, up 20% on the year before and ahead of expectations of 0.53p. The group said March and April trading performance was significantly ahead of prior year and budget levels; used car like-for-like volumes were up 9.8% year-on-year in those two months. The new car market is also beginning to show signs of life after declining in 2011.