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Executive Outcomes: Stonehenge, Norton and more


FORMER Extract Resources investor relations manager Richard Henning has signed on as managing director of uranium explorer Stonehenge Metals.
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Yellowcake maiden for Forte


FORTE Energy has unveiled a maiden high-grade resource for its Bir En Nar uranium project in Mauritania.
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Mining briefs: Forte Energy, Dragon, Meteoric and more


URANIUM explorer Forte Energy has reported further high uranium grades in final assays from resource drilling at its Bir En Nar uranium project in the Republic of Mauritania.
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Intierra spotlight: Mauritania


THIS week, Spotlight moves away from taxes to an emerging mining destination where Australian companies are doing great things: Mauritania.
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Uranium results buoy Forte


WEST Africa-focused Forte Energy says exploration at its Bir En Nar uranium project in Mauritania continues to generate promising results with a maiden JORC resource tipped to be unveiled this quarter.
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Forte on target


WEST Africa-focused Forte Energy says all assay results have been received from drilling at the Firawa uranium project and an initial resource will be finalised in the coming weeks.
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Forte Energy to beef up war chest


URANIUM play Forte Energy is seeking to raise $A10 million to progress its projects in west Africa.
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JV partners' copper project ‘unviable’


RESOURCE plays Murchison United and Aditya Birla have declared their joint venture Maroochydore copper project in Western Australia unviable, following results of a recently completed scoping study.
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Executive Outcomes: Sino Gold, OZ, Sub-Sahara, Sundance, Metex, Magna, Western Desert, Range, Icon, Consolidated Tin, Central Asia, Murchison United


THE board of Sino Gold Mining has appointed Liangang Li as a non-executive director. Li is currently president and chief executive of Sino Mining International and vice general manager of Minmetals Aluminium Company.
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Areva deal boosts West African uranium potential


PERTH-based, West Africa-focused uranium explorer Murchison United has entered an alliance with French nuclear conglomerate, Areva, aimed at fast-tracking development of Murchison’s Mauritanian uranium assets.
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Murchison adds to Guinea interests


MURCHISON United has added more uranium ground to its portfolio in Guinea and has extended all its licences in the western African country to include rare earth minerals.
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Murchison hunting uranium


MURCHISON United is scouring the world for uranium projects and has commissioned SRK Consulting to carry out a detailed review of extensive landholdings in African nations Niger, Mali and the Republic of Guinea.
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Murchison on the hunt


MURCHISON United has raised $2.6 million via a Hartleys-backed discounted share placement, with shares in the company now in a trading halt ahead of an announcement.
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Renison Bell creditors accept Murchison share deal


CREDITORS owed $17.2 million following the failure of Murchison United's Renison Bell tin mine in Tasmania have agreed to accept one Murchison share for each dollar of debt.
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Renison Bell set to go on the block


MURCHISON United's unhappy experience with the Renison Bell tin mine in Tasmania looks like it's coming to an end with the project likely to be put up for sale by the administrator.
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Bell tolls at Renison


MURCHISON Utd has appointed an administrator at its Renison Bell tin operation, potentially bringing the curtain down permanently on 40 years of near-continuous production from the Tasmanian mine.
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Renison Bell stoppage to last up to two months


THE production stoppage at Murchison United's Renison Bell mine in Tasmania is expected to last for six to eight weeks while development of the high-grade Federal deposits is undertaken.
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Mining suspended at Renison Bell


MURCHISON United has temporarily suspended mining at the Renison Bell tin mine in Tasmania and is considering its options following the investigation into the death of a miner earlier this month.
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Murchison looks at Renison Bell treatment options


MURCHISON United is looking at the potential for using spare processing capacity at its Renison Bell tin operation in Tasmania, with the Avebury nickel deposit and a high-grade zinc deposit amongst the options being considered.
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Murchison boss attracts attention


PAUL Atherley's on market purchase last week of 4.5 million shares in the company he heads is believed to have been the catalyst for a 26.7% upswing in Murchison United's share price today.
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Renison Bell miner killed in rock fall


ONE miner has been killed and four others injured at Murchison United's Renison Bell tin mine on the west coast of Tasmania.
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Renison Bell output up 43%


MURCHISON United has enjoyed a cash-flow positive quarter from its Renison Bell tin mine in Tasmania with production increasing 43% from the previous quarter and the tin price recovering to around US$4600/t.
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Murchison removes hedging millstone


MURCHISON United has enjoyed a nice close to the week with its share price jumping nearly 20% ahead of an announcement that the company had closed out its currency hedging with Westpac Banking Corp.
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Murchison tie up with Barminco at tin mine


RELUCTANT tin mine owner Murchison Utd has formed a joint venture with private mining contractor Barminco for operations at the Renison Bell tin mine in Western Tasmania.
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Institutions increase Murchison holdings


THERE'S been movement on the registry of Murchison United with both JP Morgan and Fidelity Investments increasing their stakes in the junior, which has been canvassing a number of acquisition opportunities recently.
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New target in Murchison's sights


MURCHISON United has another project in its sights, with managing director Paul Atherley to fly out of Perth tomorrow to carry out detailed due diligence on a potential acquisition.
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Renison Bell sale goes through


THE sale of Murchison United's Renison Bell mine to Sirocco Resources (to be re-named Renison Consolidated Mines NL) has gone through at the second attempt, with the Brisbane-based company to initially pay $5 million in cash and thereafter another $1 million in either cash or shares for the project.
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Atherley takes it on the chin


MURCHISON United managing director Paul Atherley has not shied away from shouldering full responsibility for the failure of the Neves Corvo deal that cost his shareholders around $150 million in lost capitalisation.
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Murchison drops Neves Corvo plans


MURCHISON United has abandoned its attempt to buy Rio Tinto's stake in the giant Neves Corvo copper mine in Portugal after the government rejected its offer.
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Sirocco on tenterhooks over Neves Corvo deal


ONE of the more interested observers of the Murchison United/Neves Corvo saga is Brisbane-based Sirocco Resources, which is hoping to buy Murchison's Renison Bell tin mine in Tasmania.
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