Leeds Petroleum LDP

Happy New Year everyone, I hope this year will be better than last year. Although 2011 started well the last 6 months were dire for me!! I hardly bought or sold anything and didn't make much money!!
I bought some shares yesterday in Leeds Petroleum LDP, I had some spare cash and they looked a reasonable  bet. Also Viridas Has just bought a large stake in LDP so they are gearing up to do something in the coal mining sector. The company has been revamped after crashing out of the oil business, let's see if they do any better in coal mining.

Markets take a hammering!

Big problems in Greece yesterday and today the market is down. Many shares have fallen but not all. Mine shares that are holding up well are Alternative Energy and Pinnacle Telecoms! My BMR shares and VOG have fallen just over 2%. If I was not significantly topped up then I would buy some more of both but particularly VOG as I see them rising by October. The other share that I am keeping an eye on is VIR as I will buy back in if it falls below 0.5p. It has been up to 1.1p last week and on news I feel it will go up again. Time will tell!

Berkeley Mineral Resources PLC (BMR)

Berkeley Mineral Resources PLC issued and RNS this morning which was not quite was expected. Basically it said that the Kabwe Due Diligence had been completed and they were moving towards completion of the deal! It also said that BMR are not going to proceed with the acquisition of another business in Zambia which would have advanced their plans by 10 months as it was too expensive.

So they raised money via dilution they didn't need and have put back production by 10 months. The net result was that this morning the sp fell by 7% and dropped below 6p. The sages! on the BBs think that this is just getting bad news out the way before a good RNS next week!!! Perhaps they are right but I would like to get out of this share quickly and put the money back into Viridas.

TOO LATE Viridas up 46% this morning!! 

Weekly Round-up

Well despite my success with Viiridas this week, my pf is looking under the weather as the AIM market has taken a bit of a battering and I don't think I am alone.
Greencore, Pinnacle Telecom, Alternative Energy Ltd and IMIC have just about stayed the same. However, Edenville Energy has dropped to 0.87p, less than when I first bought it last year! Idon't know what is happening with VOG, perhaps people are getting bored with waiting and selling but it has fallen to the level I first bought in at nearly 15 months ago despite now have its Licence and beingin a position to start selling gas by the end of the year!
BMR is very disappointing in that nothing has been confirmed and the sp just drifts downwards, I was able to buy some more share to lower my average but that is scant comfort!
TSTR has drifted downwards as there is nothing likely to happen before September.
PTCM has drifted down to 0.12p as there has been no news. There must be a statement by end of June soI hope it picks up then.
At the end of the day my pf is down 25% so it is not looking well. However, I am holding and am confident that I will make a profit in due course. I believe my policy of spreading the risk is sensible and I need to now consider holding cash in my trading account to take advantage of market movements.

Viridas PLC (VIR)

I'm afraid I couldn't help myself yesterday, the sp of Viridas was moving up and I cancelled my sell order and sold all of my shares. I bought at o.35p last week and sold at 0.6181p yestreday netting £650 from an investment of £882! Because it was Negotiated Trade some of the time, I put in a limit order for 0.58p and went for a cycle ride with my son. When I came back TD Waterhouse had sold them at 0.6181p, so well done TDW! In hindsight I might have made an error because I could have sold 148k shares and kept 100k shares riding free but what's done is done. Better than putting my money in the bank!

Yesterday, there was a lot of excitement about what info may come out of the mining conference where Masoud Alikhani was speaking. The general belief is that the deal is almost done, the money and paperwork is in escrow, and an RNS should be issued next week. Based on that information I increased my holdings in Berkeley Mineral Resources and have put a sell order in for 10.5p, to sell about two thirds of my shares. I intend to top slice these shares come what may as I haven't achieved that yet!

Yesterday was also the AGM of Tristar Resources and they intend to be in full production of antimony by the end of 2012! They are doing some more drilling testing and the results will be available with their interim results on 30th September! We will have to wait and see what happens.

Alternative Energy Ltd (ALR)

Alternative Energy Ltd posted their interim results yesterday and they were telling us little new. The company is still making a loss as a result of initial development work. The staff are committed to the company and are taking shares as part of their remuneration package, a good sign. Chris Nightingale is continuing to back the company and having spoken to him recently, I am happy that ALR are on the right track. What they need to do now is to generate some sales. Once that starts to happen then the future of the company will change for the better.

No RNS from Berkeley Resources again today  so the wait continues.Masoud Alikhani, the CEO, is addressing a mining conference today and many thought that an RNS would be issued to coincide with that.

Viridas PLC is flying agin today!! 0.5/0.6p and up 17%. Over 9M shares traded this morning and some meaty buys going on. It was on the volume board of LSE yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised if it was there again today. Just need an RNS saying where the company is going. I have put my sell order in again today for 0.7p but I am not expecting it to make it today!

Today's RNS

I received 2 RNS this morning, one for Greencore and one for Pinnacle Telecom. Interestingly, nothing for BMR!
 The Grenncore RNS was to say that Sheffield Asset Management had increased their stake in the company. This was only a small increase but I think it is always better that someone is increasing their stake, showing confidence, than decreasing!

The Pinnacle Telecom RNS was to say that they had another contract for T in the Park in Scotland and that they had successfully completed their Chelsea Flower Show contract over the weekend. This had the effect of moving the sp up a little this morning but I don't see any major rise happening until after their results at the end of June.

The big movement this morning was Viridas who were up 24% at time of blogging and that without an RNS. There is something brewing because all the trades are still being reported as sells and on my TD Waterhouse account any dummy sell is NT only!! I have put a limit order in for today only of 0.75p to topslice my shares, if it sells I will be running on free shares. We will have to see!

Viridas PLC (VIR)

Well, call me niaive but I think Viridas PLC is going to take off very soon. All the trades are being reported as sells even though they are buys. Bruce Rowan has 22% of the company and I firmly that an RNS will be issued soon showing where the company is going. The bid is currently at 0.4p and I bought at 0.35p when the spread was 0.35/0.5p so there are a lot of MM games going on. I think my target here is to topslice when it gets to 0.75p so that I still have 100k shares riding free.I may be talking complete rubbish but watch this space.

Tomorrow is the big day for BMR. Everyone seems to think that the sp is going to rocket when an RNS is issued  saying that the Kabwe purchase has been completed. I hope they are right but I am not holding my breath! I have seen this sort of expectation before and then there is a placing and the sp falls. I hope I am wrong but tomorrow will provide the info.

Viridas PLC (VIR)

Positive RNS from Viridas this morning stating that Bruce Rowan has 22% of the company after buying 100M of the 420M shares recently issued. I think that is a positive move and lets hope that it is followed in due course with an announcment of some activity in Oil and Gas or Mining.

TSTR also issued an RNS yesterday afternoon saying that they had assay samples at 1.2km from the Goynuk mine containing gold and antimony. It was a bland RNS and didn't have a positive affect on the shares what we are looking for is drill results to prove commercial resources. However, with gold and antimony that far from the mine it has got to be good news.

Viridas PLC (VIR)

I decided to sell my GMA Resources shares yesterday as I didn't see any likelihood of them going anywhere soon. I took a small loss but that is a calculated risk.

I picked up some vibes about Viridas PLC on the BBs and put my money in there. I bought nearly 250k shares at 0.35p each. Viridas is a company that did have an interest in Biomass products in Brazil but was not doing very well!
On May 10th they basically changed the company, issued new share capital and are now into investing into permits, licences, joint ventures in Africa, South America, Australasia and Eastern Europe. Obviously early days yet but could be one to put away and forget and then when they do do something I might have made some dosh. On the other hand it may fare as well as the last exercise ie badly! We will see