02.12.15 Ariana Resources: Positive drilling results increases confidence in 1m+ oz resource target at its Kiziltepe gold mine.

On Tuesday 1st December Ariana Resources (LON:AAU) announced some extremely positive results from its current drilling campaign at Kiziltepe in Turkey; Kiziltepe being part of the company’s Red Rabbit gold mine JV with Proccea Construction where mine construction is currently underway.

The results demonstrate tremendous consistency in terms of grade and grade distribution; highlights include positive intercepts, including 11m @ 4.07 g/t Gold equiv. and 7m at 2.96 g/t Gold equivalent. These results, in addition to further ongoing drilling, will support a revision to the current mineral resource at Kiziltepe. Further details can be found here: http://bit.ly/1Q0qDk5

In this exclusive MiningMaven Podcast interview Ariana’s Managing Director Dr Kerim Sener discusses the significance of these results in terms of the overall resource potential and the projected life of the gold mine. Essential listening for investors!

30.11.15 In this exclusive MiningMaven podcast interview Kibo Mining's CEO Louis Coetzee provides listeners with an update on progress at the company's Mbeya Coal to Power project in Tanzania. Essential listening for investors!

ECR Minerals updated the market on Wednesday on its near term strategic activities and details of a £250k raise which will provide the company with funds for the development of business into 2016.

In this exclusive MiningMaven podcast interview CEO Stephen Clayson expands on how the funds will be used and the company’s near term strategic objectives. We hope you enjoy listening.

11/11/15 Ariana Resources (LON:AAU) announced on 2nd November that Chairman Michael De Villiers has now increased his holding in the company to over 3% with an on market purchase of 4.5m shares for around £45,000. Michael has been buying shares in the market on a regular basis but this was the largest single transaction we have seen to date.

As investors, Director purchases on market are always seen as the “acid test” in terms of management confidence in their own business and in this exclusive MiningMaven podcast interview Michael tells us in his own words why he believes that Ariana is at an inflection point right now and why he is putting his money where his mouth is. Essential listening for all investors

BMR Mining (LON: BMR) announced on 28th October that they had completed a fundraising for £750,000 - not an insignificant sum especially given the current market climate. Participants included existing shareholders and Swiss Fund Manager Lexinta who themselves subscribed to 66.67% of the placing.

We took this opportunity to speak to Chairman and CEO Alex Borrelli and Director of Mines Jeremy Hawke, in this exclusive MiningMaven podcast interview and put some investor focused questions to the team in order to get a better understanding of how the funds will be allocated and importantly, what impact these fresh fuds will have on the company’s projections for production and revenue generation in 2016.