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...The Hong Kong-listed explorer plans to raise $5.5bn in a homecoming listing in Shanghai next month, just as high oil prices boost profits. But growing risks mean investors should be wary....
...Investors can also get exposure to mining companies through funds such as BlackRock’s World Mining Trust....
...The other route available to Cairn would also be incendiary: the company could sell its award to a hedge fund or other outfit that specialises in the pursuit of international debts....
...Shares in Greatland Gold, a gold explorer listed on London’s Aim have climbed 550 per cent this year and the company, which has discovered a large gold deposit in Western Australia that it is developing...
...It may be forced to sell its stake in the Ogo field if it cannot show to its local partner, Optimum, that it can fund its share for appraisal drilling by next month....
...Siccar Point has funds to do further deals but any opportunities would have to compete with its portfolio of existing development opportunities, said Mr Roger....
...Analysts say some of the listed independent explorers and producers should not be discounted as potential buyers, however, despite many of them carrying hefty debt burdens....
...Chariot Oil and Gas Shareholders at Aim-listed explorer Chariot Oil and Gas have also expressed frustration with their company’s direction....
...Many generalist fund managers sold out of the sector....
...So to fund productions such as Sacred Games, it is charging Indian subscribers between Rs500 ($7) and Rs800 a month, roughly what its western subscribers pay....
...Any agreement to inject public funds would reverse previous UK policy that nuclear construction was a matter for private investors....
...Even fellow explorer Cairn Energy, which has sufficient cash on hand to fund its drill programme, has also lagged behind....
...Mr Sarraf would not comment on how his company would fund the purchase, adding that the structure of the deal had not yet been decided....
...In June, Pilbara Minerals raised $100m to fund a $234m lithium mine, which it expects to come into production in 2018....
...Schlumberger, the oilfield services giant, has a 27.5 per cent stake in the project and is helping to fund the work to firm up its potential....
...funds over the past three years....
...Australian explorer Birimian said the sale of its lithium project in Mali to a Chinese buyer has been scrapped due to difficulty getting capital out of China....
...The Serious Fraud Office has announced it is dropping its corruption investigation into Soma Oil and Gas, the UK based oil explorer chaired by Michael Howard, the former Conservative party leader....
...Both administrations came under severe pressure as the oil price starting falling in the second half of 2014 and funds had to be ploughed into the fight against Isis....
...Mosman had announced a deal to buy a cash-generating oil well in Texas, ending a year-long hiatus during which the Australian explorer’s shares fell well below 1p....
...Against this backdrop, hedge funds and speculators have turned increasingly bearish on oil....
...The two oil explorers join more than 110 companies that the Norwegian fund is excluded from investing in, including businesses involved in the production of tobacco, nuclear weapons and coal....
...In June Vancouver-based uranium explorer NexGen Energy sold $60m in five-year convertible debt to CEF Holdings and other shareholders....
...The energy explorer went into the oil price rout with an over-encumbered balance sheet. The five-year convertibles will presumably help push out the maturity profile of the company’s debt....
...Named after a small town in Wyoming where it owns an oil explorer that was among its first investments after setting up in 2008, Greybull first drew attention through its involvement as a minority investor...
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