Extract from iii today on ggg.l (apparently this will go into a shares publication in London soon):
"Buy aspiring gold miner GGG Resources (GGG:AIM) at 14p ahead of the first results from a A$2 million drilling programme which starts next week on the two million ounce Bullabulling gold project in Western Australia. The drill results will set the tone for GGG�s attempt to improve confidence in the quality and quantity of gold in the ground. Shares understands GGG is hoping to prove up at least four million ounces of gold in the long-term. Informal talks are underway with partner Auzex Resources (AZX:ASX), which owns 50% of Bullabulling, as to taking ownership of the mine into a single entity. Chairman Peter Ruxton says this could involve GGG becoming the full owner, seeking a merger, or even a third party taking control. A fund raising looks likely as GGG hopes to buy parts of a second-hand processing plant in the first half of 2011 at a cost of up to A$12 million. We expect any share placing to be oversubscribed given the size potential of Bullabulling. GGG has already seen strong support as investors mopped up a near-20% stake in the miner sold over the past few months by Obtala Resources (OBT:AIM). A sale of such size would normally depress a share price, but not in the case of GGG. We previously said to take profits at 6.12p (Agenda, 19 Aug) after the shares jumped nearly 100% in a week as Bullabulling�s resource quadrupled. At the time, that looked a suitable exit point for a stock that had been depressed for the previous two years upon project failures in China. We suggested anyone still interested would soon find a cheaper entry point. It was the correct call as GGG subsequently fell 10% to 5.52p later that month as the hype died down. It has since risen to a high of 15p amid a higher gold price and project developments. Australian deposits have historically been economical only above gold grades of two grams per tonne and minimum annual processing rates of three million tonnes of ore. Bullabulling�s average grade is 1.5 grams per tonne, yet the rise in the gold price this year makes it viable to develop. GGG proposes to have a plant that processes at least three million tonnes of ore per year capacity and hopes to produce at least 120,000 ounces of gold annually. Bullabulling used to be an operating mine but stopped in the 1990s when its owner was taken over and the processing plant was shipped to Ghana to support the acquirer�s existing operations. Another company took over Bullabulling but applied the wrong processing technique and recovered minimal amounts of gold. Auzex then secured the project but lacked the A$2 million necessary to fund the acquisition. Ruxton, through a prior relationship with Auzex, was asked to help and suggested cash-rich GGG which eventually paid $2.5 million after counter-bidding a $2 million offer from a Hong Kong broker. Shares says: As long as the gold price stays strong, GGG looks to onto a winner. Buy. "
AZX Price at posting:
51.3¢ Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held