News around the world ( Seite 2342)

Oracle Mining - Appoints Doug Nicholson as Chief Operating Officer, will lead the Oracle Mining operations team in the re-start of the Oracle Ridge Copper Mine near Tucson, Arizona; Prior to joining Oracle Mining, Mr. Nicholson worked with NovaGold Resources Inc. +served as President of Donlin Gold LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between NovaGold +Barrick Gold Corp., assuming that role during nine years of service between ´02 +´11. @Kinross Gold from ´92 -´02, he was responsible for scoping, scheduling, developing mine plans +staffing for the Fort Knox Mine. He holds a BSc. in Mining Engineering from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks; P. Eagland: "Doug has an outstanding track record of achievements, he brings a wealth of experience in operations management +professional acumen to our company. He is an excellent addition to the Oracle Mining team +will play a key role in achieving our goal of re-starting the Oracle Ridge Copper Mine" - Feb 8, 2012
www.marketwire.com/press-release/oracle-mining-appoints-doug…

Beyond the Arab Awakening, Policies +investments for poverty reduction +food security; Beyond Arab Awakening Report on poverty reduction in the Arab world released @IFPRI / UN-ESCWA conference, "Food Secure Arab World" in Beirut, 6 -7 February ´12 - IFPRI/UN-ESCWA - Feb 8, 2012

- Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Al-Riffai, Perrihan Yu, Bingxin -

- This report aims to inform +stimulate the debate on key policy priorities for poverty reduction +food security in light of the Arab Awakening. Its findings are based on an innovative combination of datasets +rigorous economic analysis. Results suggest that poverty +income inequality in the Arab world are likely >than official numbers have long suggested. Given that poverty indicators seem to be misleading for many countries in the region, the report introduces a new welfare measure reflecting food insecurity risks @both national +household levels to classify Arab countries into five risk groups. Regression analyses further show that, unlike in the rest of the world, manufacturing- +service sector–led growth, rather than agriculture-led growth, is most pro-poor in Arab countries. In addition, high levels of public spending in the Arab world do not do as much to stimulate growth as in other world regions, particularly in the case of education.


Three key policy recommendations emerge from this report:

(1) improve data +capacity as the basis for evidence-based decisionmaking,

(2) foster growth that enhances food security @national +household levels, +

(3) significantly enhance the efficiency +retool the allocation of public spending.

More generally, the report argues that the region urgently needs national dialogues about societies’ joint vision +economic development strategies. Successful design +implementation of these strategies will require visionary leadership, sound laws +institutions, politicians who are accountable +listen to the voices of the people, +civil society that is patient +accepts the tenets of democracy. The Arab world is awake —it is time to move forward. ...-
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/pr25.pdf
www.ifpri.org/pressrelease/urgent-policy-actions-needed-tack…
http://fsaw2012.ifpri.info/

Minotaur Exploration - Maiden Measured Resource For SA Kaolin Project - Feb 8, 2012

+ Maiden Measured resource for Minotaur’s 100% owned kaolin resource @Carey’s Well in South Australia.

+ Carey’s Well is one/several co-located kaolin deposits in EL 4575, near Poochera.

+ Infill drilling +processing has allowed most of the Carey’s Well “bright white” kaolin resource to be upgraded from Inferred to Measured status.

+ A Measured Resource of 16.300.000 tonnes of “bright white” kaolinised
granite is estimated using an ISO Brightness R457 cut-off of 75 for minus 45 micron kaolin product.

+ The 16.300.000 tonnes of in situ “bright white” kaolinised granite will yield 8.000.000 tonnes of minus 45 micron quality kaolin product. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MEP&E=ASX&N=186909

Eurasian Minerals +Bullion Monarch Mining Enter Into Merger Agreement; combined company will hold >145 properties on five continents - Feb 7, 2012
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Eurasian-Minerals-Bullion-ccn-…

"Bottom Fishing Report"; The start of ´12 has been very good for most mining equities -but not all. This month we take a look @the bottom fish of the mining sector. Two of the stocks profiled actually have >Net Cash than market capitalization - MF - Feb 8, 2012
www.miningfeeds.com/2012/02/08/bottom-fishing-report-mining-…

Vena Resources - Partner Trafigura Invests US$7.000.000, to Move Azulcocha Zinc Mine to Production; Company with strong partnerships with four of the world's largest mining companies, is pleased to announce that it has enhanced its agreement with Trafigura Beheer B.V.("Trafigura"), a privately-held international commodity trader, to invest immediately in the Azulcocha project with the goal to increase the known resources/reserves +begin commercial mining +milling operations this quarter; Juan Vegarra: "Having a strong partner like Trafigura has made putting Azulcocha into production much more efficient +less risky to our shareholders. We expect to continue to enjoy a fruitful relationship with Trafigura as Azulcocha becomes fully operational later this month "+expect to grow organically from now on" " - Feb 8, 2012
www.marketwire.com/press-release/venas-partner-trafigura-inv…

Mining Summary - LC - Feb 9, 2012
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

Ramelius Resources (RMS) to acquire Vivien gold deposits - AI - 9-Feb-2012
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=42408
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=RMS&E=ASX&N=186913

"Ramelius Resources Limited have announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the Vivien gold deposit from the Agnew Gold Mining Company a subsidiary of Gold Fields Limited, for A$10m cash and a production royalty. Ramelius will also enter into a toll milling agreement with Gold Fields for ore produced from the project.

The purchase of the project contemplated in the Letter of Intent is subject to completion of formal agreements and the consent of the relevant government authorities.

The Vivien gold deposit is located near the Agnew Gold Mine, west of the town of Leinster in Western Australia. The deposit is a high grade
vein style deposit and has an estimated Indicated Resource of 579,000 tonnes at 8.3 g/t Au for 154,000 ounces of gold.

After completion of the formal agreements and government consents, Ramelius intends to undertake a mining study for the project and to
complete further drilling intended to extend the orebody at depth and down plunge.

This acquisition, if completed, allows the Company to achieve its growth targets and objective of having multiple gold operations. In addition, the provision of toll milling by Gold Fields will reduce the capital and time frame required to develop the project, and allows the milling to be completed at a cost below that which could be achieved with a small standalone mill. "