A combination of the new fiscal regime and GNPC's promotional activities yielded results, as a number of oil
exploration companies invested in Ghana, which led to the discovery in 2007 of the Jubilee Fields, followed by a quick succession of other discoveries, including the TEN fields.»
Not exact matches
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companies are continuing to
invest more in exploring for minerals but much of the additional spend is being eaten up by cost increases, rather than new or expanded
exploration.
The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to achieve long - term capital growth by
investing primarily in equity securities of
companies that are directly or indirectly involved in the
exploration, mining, production or distribution of silver.
The fund
invests in
companies involved in the
exploration, production and processing of petroleum, natural gas, coal, alternative energies, chemicals, mining, iron and steel, and paper and forest products, and can
invest in any part of the world.
Under normal market conditions, the World Precious Minerals Fund will
invest at least 80 % of its net assets in common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, rights and warrants, and depository receipts of
companies principally engaged in the
exploration for, or mining and processing of, precious minerals such as gold, silver, platinum group, palladium and diamonds.
Several years ago, I researched a number of junior
exploration companies to
invest in.
While Cuomo claims he's trying to make New York business - friendly, an authoritative oil - and - gas industry source involved in Pennsylvania - based energy production told The Post the governor has repeatedly rejected offers of information on fracking from leading energy
companies, which are prepared to
invest hundreds of millions of dollars on gas
exploration in the state.
You might
invest only in profitable
companies (ones that make money and probably pay regular dividends), thus excluding something like an oil
exploration company, which will just lose money, and lose it, and lose some more, forever... unless it hits the jackpot, in which case you might suddenly find yourself sitting on a huge profit.
Normally at least 80 % of the fund's assets will be
invested in equity securities of domestic and foreign
companies (including those located in emerging markets) principally engaged in the
exploration, mining, or processing of gold and other precious metals and minerals, such as platinum, silver, and diamonds.
Commodity funds don't
invest directly in commodities, but they do
invest in
companies that are involved in commodity - intensive industries, such as energy
exploration or mining.
I have
invested in
exploration companies for a number of years and can attest to the fact that there are more lies, half - truths and wishful thinking than there are facts.
Employing the knowledge of its long tenured portfolio manager with over 30 years» experience in the gold sector, the Fund
invests in major gold producers, intermediate and junior gold producers along with
exploration and development
companies.
Horizons HEP will
invest primarily in a portfolio of equity and equity related securities of North American listed
companies that are primarily exposed to gold mining and
exploration and that, as at the Constituent Reset Date, are amongst the largest and most liquid issuers in their sector.
These funds
invest primarily in the common shares of Canadian domiciled gold or other precious metals producing, mining or
exploration companies.
It aims to
invest at least 80 % of its net assets in common stocks, preferred stocks and bonds of
companies that operate in the precious metals and minerals sectors and obtain at least 50 % of their revenue from the
exploration, development, mining, processing or dealing in precious metals and minerals and the common or preferred stocks of wholly owned subsidiaries of the fund that
invest in precious metals and minerals.
For long term
investing, there are three major reasons to consider owning gold securities such as the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the exchange traded fund for gold; Barrick Gold (NYSE: GLD), the world's largest gold
company; or Premium
Exploration (OTC: PMMEF), a promising small cap firm operating in Idaho.
His
company has been
investing in other projects that look toward further, longer - term space
exploration.
Our research has found unacceptable risks in the fossil fuel
exploration and production industry and therefore we do not
invest in
companies in the sector.»
Meanwhile Brazilian
companies continued to
invest in projects that would drive large - scale deforestation in other Amazon countries, including dams, energy
exploration, industrial agricultural developments, and new roads, suggesting that even though deforestation has been ebbing in recent years, there may be leakage to surrounding countries.
On this basis, too, there is no real incentive for
companies to
invest in new
exploration.
The raised funds will allow the
company to significantly expand its existing production as well as to
invest in
exploration and further exciting long term growth opportunities.»
Smitheman warns junior mining
companies have neither the time nor the money to
invest in consultation efforts at the
exploration stage that he argues should be the government's responsibility, and says it could turn investors off pumping money into the province.