vieleicht kann mir mal jemand den Inhalt erklären! Gruß Andy Blink and BKM is back in gold By Robin Bromby February 02, 2004 HEAVY trading volume and a more than doubling of the share price are adding weight to speculation a small modelling agency is about to join the rush for China's mineral wealth.
BKM Management is understood to be preparing to announce a new direction this week, following a decade in which it has operated under five different names and several unrelated business plans. It was originally a gold explorer and is said to be about to return to this business. In a reply to an Australian Stock Exchange query, the company said last week it was "currently reviewing a number of projects". The ASX acted after BKM's share price moved from below 2c before Christmas to 4.7c last week, with uncharacteristically heavy turnover for more than a fortnight. The company told the ASX it had made no decisions about any of the projects it was reviewing. BKM is also listed in Frankfurt and a high proportion of its shares are in German hands. The company has had a chequered career in the past few years as it pulled out of exploration and chased other opportunities. The original North Eastern Gold Mines became North Star Resources in 1993, surfing gear maker Wet Dreams International in 2000, Blink Models in 2002 and BKM Management only 3½ months ago. At least one other group is known to be planning to list a company with Chinese exploration properties. The market seems ready to buy into China exploration plays if last week's performance by Leyshon Resources is any guide. Its shares shot from 35.5c to 55c when Leyshon revealed it had picked up copper and gold properties in China's Heilongjiang province. The company also brought on board as managing director Paul Atherley, who was chief executive of Murchison United when that company's Renison Bell tin mine in Tasmania went into liquidation. Leyshon will have the first right to explore all existing and future projects controlled by the provincial government's mineral agency. That agency employs 6000 people and controls mineral rights across 469,000sqkm. Another company to get a new lease of life from a China strategy was Tianshan Goldfields, which had made little market impact as a South African diamond play. Now it has hit some encouraging gold intersections at Jinxi and is also looking for prospects in Xinjiang province.
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