das W:O wg. meiner ID immer noch schläft. Sonst hätte ich das auch bei W:O gepostet.
Was mich wundert, dass der User Art Bechstein Redback Mining ausgraben konnte. Mit den begriffen Farim Mining Project Guinea Bissau und GB Mining finde ich bei Google keine Treffer, die auf Redback Mining zielen.
Dazu findet man solche seriöesen Quellen aus januar 2008!
January 10th 2008 Printer version
COUNTRY BACKGROUND
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
The mining sector is only now being developed
The Portuguese colonial authorities first identified phosphate deposits in the northern region of Farim and bauxite deposits in the south-east area of Boé in the 1950s, but they were unable to exploit them owing to the independence war, which started in 1963, and the subsequent political instability. However, in 2006 an international consortium—GB Phosphates Mining—announced a total investment of US$105m to develop Farim's reserves, with open-pit mining due to start in the third quarter of 2008. If successful, the Farim project would be Guinea-Bissau's largest-ever foreign investment, generating US$50m-100m in annual export earnings. Farim's reserves are estimated to exceed 166m tonnes, with the total life of the mine estimated at 25 years. Development of the project was adversely affected by the conflict in the Casamance region of neighbouring Senegal and heightened military activity on the Guinea-Bissau side of the border. Prospecting for bauxite is under way in the southern region of Boé, close to the border with Guinea. Bauxite Angola, which will pay the government US$13m for its licence, will be in charge of the exploitation and commercialisation of the bauxite deposit, estimated at 110m tonnes, and plans to purchase licences to exploit other minerals in Guinea-Bissau. Minor gem trading activity takes place and there is an active trade in smuggled diamonds from Guinea and Liberia.
Oil exploration is gathering pace
Petroleum exploration is taking place in offshore areas. The northern offshore area that borders Senegal is subject to an agreement signed in 1995, which created a 10,000-sq-km joint exploration area administered by a commission, Agence de Gestion et de Co-operation (AGC). Among the areas covered by the joint administration are Cheval Marin, Croix du Sud and Dome Flore. Cheval Marin—covering an area of approximately 6,300 sq km and extending from water depths of less than 75 metres to over 3,500 metres—is operated by an Italian oil company, Eni. Croix du Sud, which covers about 3,550 sq km and extends from water depths of less than 50 metres to over 3,550 metres, is operated by a British company, Sterling Energy, while Marmore of Malaysia operates Dome Flore. The operators have carried out exploratory drilling, which has indicated substantial deposits of heavy oil, and they are due to drill further test wells in 2008 to determine whether these deposits can be commercially developed.
The southern area, covering the remainder of Guinea-Bissau's territorial waters to the border with Guinea, is divided into 14 blocks. A British exploration and production company, Premier Oil, together with a Swedish oil firm, Svenska, and Guinea-Bissau's state oil company, Petrolífera da Guiné Bissau (PetroGuin), is exploring several blocks. In Block 2, Premier Oil has abandoned its first exploration well, Sinapa-1, but has found oil in its Sinapa-2 well, although it has not established whether this find is commercially viable. Further drilling and seismic surveys in 2007 have led Premier Oil to abandon its wells Espinafre-1 and Eirozes-1 in Blocks 4A and 5A respectively, and it is unclear whether it will continue exploration on the block. In September 2004 a French oil company, Maurel & Prom, acquired a 90% stake in two permits: one for an onshore concession and the other for the offshore Block 3, which covers over half of Guinea-Bissau's shallow offshore acreage. In May 2007 an Angolan privately owned firm, Sociedade de Hidrocarbonetos de Angola (SHA), was awarded Block 7B in Guinea-Bissau's offshore exploration area. In December 2007 PetroGuin awarded a five-year exploration licence for Block 7A to a Dutch oil company, Supernova, and was expected to award a further licence to SER Petroleum in early 2008.
Production could reach 60,000 b/d
Some oil industry experts believe the country could produce 30,000-60,000 barrels/day (b/d), which, assuming an average price of US$50/barrel, could earn up to US$1bn in annual exports, more than three times the country's GDP. However, the existence of commercially exploitable reserves has been called into question by Celestino Vieira, the director of PetroGuin, who has said that several non-commercial discoveries made in 2004 will not be confirmed until further exploration has been completed.
The Economist Intelligence Unit
Quelle: www.eiu.com/...ry_id=570000057&page_title=Latest+analysis&rf=0
Wer nichts weiß, der muss auch alles glauben und wer nichts kann, der kann auch nichts erwarten
aber was macht der kurs da unten, wieso geht noch mehr runter
