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Robert Tyerman

Robert Tyerman specialises in mining and insurance stocks. He is a former Assistant City Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and has been researching small cap companies for 30 years.

News

Friday, 5th September 2008

Kalahari in Namibia merger plan

Namibia-focused Kalahari Minerals plans to merge with uranium play Extract Resources through a reverse takeover. Read
Companies: KAH   

GETECH in acquisition quest

Oil exploration services provider GETECH has brought in shareholder IP Group to advise on takeovers, strategy and investments. Read
Companies: GTC   

Resource boost at Churchill

Churchill Mining has increased its coal resource estimate at East Kutai in Indonesia by 465 per cent to 1.4 billion tonnes. Read
Companies: CHL   

Foods deal for Ninety

Hong Kong financier Ray Ang Wee Boon is acquiring AIM investment shell Ninety through a £20 million paper reverse takeover. Read
Companies: NINE   
Thursday, 4th September 2008

Gem group in offshore deal

Namakwa Diamonds is poised for a new agreement to participate in developing offshore Namibian diamond concessions. Read
Companies: NAD   

Finders seeks £2.35m

Indonesia-focused Finders Resources is raising up to A$5million (£2.35 million) at 28p for its Wetar copper and Ojolali gold projects. Read
Companies: FND   

Matica strengthens its team

Card issuing and personalisation equipment company Matica has appointed US sector luminary Veraje Anjargolian to the board. Read
Companies: MAT   
Wednesday, 3rd September 2008

Renewable Energy into the black

Fast growth has helped Renewable Energy Holdings turn 2007’s £1.2 million interim loss into a £1.1million first-half pre-tax profit. Read
Companies: REH   

Resource hopes at Beowulf

Beowulf Mining says a ‘JORC’ (mining industry standard) resource estimate for Ballek, its Swedish copper and gold project, is imminent. Read
Companies: BEM   

BPC talks to oil majors

Offshore Bahamas-focused explorer BPC is negotiating joint ventures with major oil companies. Read
Companies: BPC   

Recommendations

Renewable Energy Holdings
SPECULATIVE BUY
 08/08/2008

A 20-megawatt wave farm in Bermuda is the latest project to be embarked upon by Renewable Energy Holdings. Read
Companies: REH   

Relax Group
SPECULATIVE BUY
 08/08/2008

Paul Carter, head of out-of-favour debt management and consumer loans company Relax Group, is considering taking the company into the front line of the secured mortgage business, just when many other sources have dried up in the credit crunch. Read
Companies: RLX   

Gem Diamonds plans for sparkling growth
BUY
 04/08/2008

Clifford Elphick, chief executive and largest single shareholder in mining group Gem Diamonds, is not letting concerns about a US recession or global credit crunch interfere with his expansion plans. Read

Pan Pacific Aggregates
SPECULATIVE BUY
 08/07/2008

Bombed-out Pan Pacific Aggregates is seeking £1m following a deal it believes will start to restore its fortunes. Read
Companies: PPA   

Galleon

SPECULATIVE BUY
 07/07/2008

Multimedia intellectual property group Galleon has won a new contract with leading Chinese broadcaster Hunan TV (HNTV) to develop and facilitate interactivity for a range of programmes to be broadcast on HNTV’s ‘Entertainment Channel’. Read
Companies: GON   

Craneware

HOLD
 07/07/2008

Scottish software provider Craneware, whose products help US hospitals optimise billing, is to supply San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West. Read
Companies: CRW   

GETECH: Cashing in on the energy boom
BUY
 30/06/2008

With the oil price having breached $140 a barrel and demand as yet undimmed by recessionary economic trends, oil service companies around the world are scrambling to reap the benefits from the quest to find new oil and gas deposits to develop. Read
Companies: GTC   

Cambrian changes its spots
BUY
 30/06/2008

Simplicity is a virtue for Mark Burridge, the former mining geologist, analyst and investment banker now running Cambrian Mining. Read
Companies: CBM   

Reserve hike cheers Randgold Resources
BUY
 02/06/2008

Dr Mark Bristow, South African chief executive of Jersey-based gold mining group Randgold Resources, has set himself an ambitious agenda and is confident of carrying it out. Read
Companies: RRS   

Northern Bear hugs regeneration
BUY
 02/06/2008

Graham Forrest, the Geordie accountant who runs acquisitive building services group Northern Bear, surprised City fund managers with two forecasts on the eve of the Newcastle-based company’s AIM float at the end of 2006. Read
Companies: NTBR