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LEEWINK - 28 Mar 2004 15:45

NML is due its interrim results now, last year it was the 28th of this month.

They are setting up a new site to explore/research/analyse and all the equipment to do this should be on site now, and drilling should start soon, all this extra news should be covered in the interims.

does anyone have any further positive views on this company ??

mbugger - 01 Jul 2005 20:17 - 1109 of 1909

Looks like they have changed tack from alluvial to kimberlite straightaway ,as if a j. v. pending, so havnot really started yet,no real figures yet, never mind ,if sp falls further next week ,topup on wed. say.

mjr1234 - 01 Jul 2005 21:50 - 1110 of 1909

Good attitude mate.

Andy - 02 Jul 2005 15:33 - 1111 of 1909

So do peope here see this as a positive move by NML?

EWRobson - 02 Jul 2005 16:15 - 1112 of 1909

Di, sd. Think we should leave mjr to cope with anom, etc. I'm not concerned about large sellers, 'mystery' or otherwise, because they will eventually run through there shares. Not concerned either about complaints to FSA - would take 12 months or more to act and I suspect that have bigger fish to fry, such as insurance mis-sellers.

I am concerned about the switch of equipment from the alluvial operations to kimberlite. On the positive side, we know that they have raised funds for the latter which implies some lead investors who have been convinced of their story. On the negative side, it appears to imply unsatisfactory progress with the Rio Lapi mine and throws into question the production potential. The implication appears to be that they have not achieved the minimum level required by Endiama.

My own position is that I put down an exploratory stake based on a potential positive revaluation of the share following confirmation of successful alluvial production. This has not happened. It may be that the potential has risen but so has the timescale. I am not convinced it is worth staying on board. Appreciate your views.

Eric

Wendy D - 03 Jul 2005 14:53 - 1113 of 1909

Eric -

From the photos on the website and the statements made in the UKREG announcement, I would be surprised if they have undertaken any alluvial production at all at Lapi River. And certainly not enough to have become disenchanted with it, or - as you suggest - for Endiama to have also become disenchanted!.

The stripping being done on the kimberlite site equates to 180,000 cubic metres - approx 400,000 tons at an SG of 2.2. To have dug as far down by the end of May as is shown in the pix would indicate to me that the mobile fleet has been there from Day 1. If they have been "re-locating" that much of the Calonda formation en-masse, they havent been carting alluvial gravels to the plant!

I was a bit disconcerted by the news, as it is a pretty radical departure from plan, but my only real concern is that of funding. Cash has been raised to finance kimberlite exploration, but that was on the assumption that production revenue from the alluvials would also be coming in to finance the rest of the operation. This is not going to be the case for a few months, until the mining fleet can be released back to alluvial mining - so it would seem to me that unless they really can complete a JV quickly and get some up-front cash, they will have to come back to the market.

Anomalous1 - 03 Jul 2005 16:14 - 1114 of 1909

To be blunt, I am not surprised that the majority of NML holders are ignoring the ramifications of the latest RNS. But it also appears to have instilled a universal short-term memory loss in some of them as well.

It is quite obvious now, that the moment the share price shot up, someone swamped it with number of significant sells and overestimated the demand and caused the price to steeply fall. This completely vindicates my stated analysis that the share price would fall on any price spike.

What concerns me though is that the vast majority of shareholders that were clamouring for the good news (to prove me wrong), have now been told they are going to have to wait a good while longer before they have anything.

Doesn't it strike you as strange, that the company never published the data on the pitting and sampling in January and February, then a day after they said they would announce the production figures and forecasts, they then fail to deliver this data too.

Could it be that the pitting and sampling revealed such poor resource values, that the company was too embarassed to publish the data for fear of the company collapsing?

Could it also be that even though they have excavated approximately 180,000 cubic metres of material (which is the Garimpo, not the kimberlite as some have suggested, because it would take 5 months to move that much material), they have still not extracted enough diamonds from the Garimpo to justify the expenditure on the project?

Could it be that they have announced the switch to kimberlite exploration because their nearest neighbour HAS been exploring the C9 kimberlites? Because the news from Angola, is that Alrosa have been (which shows that Wendy obviously was not aware of this when she contradicted me).

Could it be that NML have sent the teams out to look for another alluvial area to exploit, because they've so far found very little in the Garimpo? It seems completely daft to be off looking at other alluvial areas and 'moth-balling' the 'proven' resource, when the project forecasts suggested there was at least 14 months worth of extraction of diamonds in the area?

Did the Garimperos mine the lot of them between 1997 and 2004?! If they did, who can blame them?

Seriously, the company has suddenly up-sticks and changed its focus of operations. Whilst I can understand that they may feel that if they don't, another company will get the license. They did say that a Major was interested in a JV, but then in order for them to be able to make the deal, NML is going to have to expend serious money to do the drilling IMO.

And where does that money come from? More placees? More shares to be dumped into the market at a premium to spoil any price rise?

Considering the share price reaction on Friday, I doubt any placee would agree to purchase at 4p. Indeed I have serious doubts about them buying at 3p either. They would want some form of protection to prevent them becoming victims of the 'Mystery' seller(s) like the rest of you. If that's the case, then the issue price could be below 3p and the quantity a significant percentage of the current issue.

Hudson raised 1.7 million dollars to do the drilling in Greenland. Considering the number of targets for NML, they'd probably have to raise million or more for their drilling programme. Given the time constraints, the fact that Alrosa probably have the data and the money to fully explore and exploit the kimberlites, NML would need to do it right away. In my opinion, the present shareholders could be looking at a dilution of 30% in the near future.

The only thing that could prevent this, would be for the company to announce good news from their alluvial operation. But they didn't. The 'Mystery' seller(s) remains and they will keep dumping (as evidenced on Friday) on any opportunity. Indeed, you can see why now. If the company had to dilute, then better for the 'Mystery' seller(s) to sell at 3p now, rather than 2p in the future. They'd be holding the shares for a considerable time awaiting the news of the JV agreement. Even then, the moment the news arrives, in all liklihood, the rest of the 'trapped' shareholders will sell to get out and swamp the price rise again - just like Friday.

The company diverting the resources,, the DMS pans, the trommel etc. is so that they can process the samples as soon as practical. They need data immediately. But in diverting these resources, it appears that they are jeopardising the cashflow. With no revenue, you know who is going to be asked to provide the working capital?

The big question right now is how big a dilution is coming and how soon? But the more pertinent question is:

Why are the shareholders ignoring the fact that they have not received the data that they were told the company would provide?

Everyone was pretty bullish about the company proving me wrong and talking about the large diamonds they would soon be seeing. But the company has proven the shareholders wrong, by denying them anything to justify their arguments.

It's pretty obvious that another of the companies promises has now been broken. The one about them being cashflow positive in year ending June 2005. I would say that IMO they are going to be very heavily cashflow negative from operational revenue in 2005. They might show the funds raised from the shareholders, but this is not profit from operations, merely that they've squeezed the juice from the shareholders again.

So instead of being embarassed by this lack of data, the shareholders have selective short-term memory loss and are concentrating on the potential from the kimberlites. Someone described this move by the company as BOLD, to switch from a proven resource, to a completely unknown and money-eating exploration project. I don't call this bold, I call it FOOLISH IN THE EXTREME.

According to the Company, they have a proven resource that can generate the revenue (or do they?). Yet they are prepared to stop operations (Just like Namco did!) to go chasing rainbows - all because a major is interested in a JV over the kimberlites. If the company is so certain of the revenue from the C9 alluvials, then why are they not pushing ahead at full speed to generate the profits and using these to pay someone else to do the drilling and analysis?

According to the data that Wendy produced, the company should be able to generate up to million per month BEFORE the split. The kimberlites are supposedly going to benefit all the partners in the operation. So it is in the interests of Mombo and Endiama that they forego their share of the profits to hype up the exploration.

Then there's the fact that in theory NML should be operating the mine at the projected 10,000 carat per month speed by now. If that is the case, then they have the revenue, to justify approaching a bank to cover any shortfall on the operation. But instead, the company have chosen to curtail all production (temporarily) to devote all their attention to the kimberlites. Is this not a waste of the companies resources? Shouldn't they be focusing on retrieving the diamonds in the Garimpo as they said they would?

They said that there were diamonds there, but so far they've failed to deliver any data, apart from Dr Smith's report, to show that there are diamonds and that they have extracted enough.

What's the matter with all of you? Why aren't you jumping up and down in disgust at the fact that the company has let you down again? All you are doing is proving that you ignore the facts, even when the company fails to deliver them as they said they would. The Three Blind Mice are alive and well and all NML shareholders.
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bundu - 03 Jul 2005 16:41 - 1115 of 1909

If the excavations in the picture are, indeed, of a diamondiferous kimberlite pipe, then it is, or has been, one source of alluvials found in the river valley. Ergo in removing the overburden it is likely that they are also producing the 'alluvials' that have travelled least.

Andy - 03 Jul 2005 19:19 - 1116 of 1909

bundu,

I think that is being somewhat presumptious, IMO, as they haven't suggested this, and there are a number of kimberlites in the immediate area, and any one could be a source of the river valley alluvials.

Even the company do not seem to be suggesting this kimberlite is the possible source.

I am not sure you can call this a "diamondiferous pipe", as they haven't produced any data from driilling to support that.




bundu - 03 Jul 2005 20:14 - 1117 of 1909

I did say "if".
However I can't see a hell of a lot of point in taking 30m off the top of a non-diamondiferous kimberlite - can you?
Maybe I read the RNS wrong but I took it to mean that the latest photos were of current operations and the site appears to be on the escarpment of a river flood plain. Any diamonds eroded from the kimberlite in the geological past must have ended up as alluvials in the river course.

Anomalous1 - 03 Jul 2005 20:52 - 1118 of 1909

Why does everyone immediately assume from the RNS that they removed the overburden from the kimberlite? It does not say that.

To move that much earth would take 5 months. It has to be the material moved in the alluvial operation, NOT the kimberlite. They didn't even look at the kimberlite until they found out that other people were and then they applied for the license.

What makes you think they are able to remove the first 30m of the kimberlite? Kimberlite varies in hardness and I very much doubt they could 'dig' the kimberlite from the top. Quite apart from that, they don't have the license they need to start exploitation.

The photos show that the company has been exploiting an area, one fifteenth of the total Garimpo. One would have thought that after that much earth, they would be reporting huge quantites of diamonds. In fact, I would say that it would be reasonable to assume that they had extracted 12,540 carats - but for one thing:

The company hasn't published any data on their production - at all

Not a whisper. If they had extracted 12,000 carats plus, you would have thought they would be singing and dancing, flashing the pictures of lovely diamonds on their website. Not some small paltry little display like they are showing at the moment, but huge piles of them.

Still nothing!

Oh dear. Does this mean that they haven't generated the diamonds that they said they would? Does this mean that they are out looking for a new and more promising alluvial area, because the last one disappointed them so much? Does this mean that they've finally discovered why Namco gave up the operation and called it a day?

Who knows - the directors do, but they are not telling anyone. I wonder why?!

Andy - 03 Jul 2005 23:41 - 1119 of 1909

Bundu,

"However I can't see a hell of a lot of point in taking 30m off the top of a non-diamondiferous kimberlite - can you? "


Well as they appear to have not announced any drilling of this kimberlite, how do they know?

And "IF" the photos on the website are of the area above the kimberlite, that would indicate they had changed direction some time ago by the amount of work done, and that may contradict the RNS of 30/3/05, and 04/04/05, which may have regulatory ramifications IMHO!

There is no evidence to suggest they think the kimberlite they are currently working on has any connection with the river valley alluvials, there are many potential sources, including possibly Catoca!

takahe - 05 Jul 2005 17:27 - 1120 of 1909

The geo report on p9 and p10 might give a clue.

Andy - 05 Jul 2005 18:51 - 1121 of 1909

takahe,

A clue about what?

The kimberlite, or the source of the alluvials?

takahe - 05 Jul 2005 21:18 - 1122 of 1909

Andy..the possible secondary source of diamonds in that Calonda formation

Andy - 05 Jul 2005 23:16 - 1123 of 1909

takahe,

ok this pc won't download the Colonda Formation report, will try tomorrow at work.

Any chance of a copy of the GM mail please?

If you have lost my email, you can use the private message facility here.

Thanks in advance.

takahe - 06 Jul 2005 09:05 - 1124 of 1909

Morning Andy...I sent you it yesterday on the PM system.Maybe I did it wrongly.
I'll send it on the email.

Andy - 06 Jul 2005 09:23 - 1125 of 1909

Takahe,

I have found it, many thanks indeed.

Dynamite - 06 Jul 2005 10:59 - 1126 of 1909

New Millennium Resources Ltd
06 July 2005



New Millennium Resources Limited
('NML' or the 'Company')

DIAMONDS FROM SPRING DRILL PROGRAMME IN GREENLAND


NEW MILLENIUM RESOURCES Limited joint venture partner Hudson Resources Inc of
Canada has announced to the TSX-Venture Exchange that it confirms significant
diamond counts from its spring drilling programme and is initiating its summer
drilling programme.

New Millennium CEO, John Cross, said 'We are encouraged by the discoveries made
by Hudson Resources on the Sarfartoq area and the commencement of further
drilling. These results substantially enhance the Greenland asset and the
underlying asset value of New Millennium Resources' 20% free carry interest. I
congratulate James Tuer and Hudson for their outstanding progress.'

Vancouver, BC - July 4, 2005 - HUDSON RESOURCES INC. ('Hudson' - TSX Venture
Exchange 'HUD') is pleased to announce that all three cores tested from the
Garnet Lake area in West Greenland returned significant diamond counts. This
result confirms that this in situ material is the source of the significantly
diamondiferous samples collected in the 2004 exploration program. Hudson is now
commencing further drilling in an effort to expand the size of the Garnet Lake
discovery and to test other targets identified, but not yet drilled, during the
earlier spring drill program that concluded in mid May 2005.

'This is a very important result for our Company' stated James Tuer, president
of Hudson. 'The discovery of similar high proportions of good quality diamonds
as in our summer 2004 surface sampling program, even in such a small quantity of
core, is highly significant. It establishes that the Garnet Lake site hosts its
own diamondiferous kimberlite body.'

Drill Hole DS012, the closest of the three holes to the previous subcrop sample
and the one sample that only tests the main kimberlite intersection, returned 15
diamonds from a 10.95 kg sample. In 2004, the subcrop sample returned a total of
151 from 107.9 kg of kimberlite. Drill Holes 05DS08 and 05DS10 each returned 6
diamonds from 14.4 kg and 14.15 kg of kimberlite, respectively. These two
samples may be somewhat diluted due to numerous kimberlite intersections in the
core which are unrelated to the main Garnet Lake body. The two largest diamonds
measured 0.56 X 0.52 x 0.46 mm and 0.76 X 0.58 X 0.40 mm. The complete Caustic
Fusion Diamond Report prepared by the SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories, including
individual stone size and description, is available on the Company's website
(
www.hudsonresources.ca/files/srcreport-2005.pdf
).

Kimberlite Weight Diamonds in Square Mesh Sieve Sizes (microns) Total

Sample (kg) Diamonds

+75 +106 +150 +212 +300 +425
----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Garnet Lake

05DS08 14.40 2 - 2 1 - 1 6
05DS010 14.15 - 3 - 3 - - 6
05DS012 10.95 2 6 - 2 5 - 15
------- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----
Totals 39.50 4 9 2 6 5 1 27

Along with testing the Garnet Lake kimberlite intersections, Hudson tested
kimberlite from 05DS01 and 05DS02 drill holes at Spider Lake. One microdiamond
was recovered from 14.85 kg in 05DS01 and two microdiamonds were recovered from
26.8 kg in 05DS02. Kimberlite from each of the 18 drill holes is being analysed
for kimberlite indicator mineral chemistry. This will then be compared against
the Garnet Lake samples to further define other areas of high diamond potential.

Dr. Mark Hutchison, head of the exploration program stated, 'The argument that
our samples could have been sourced from a kimberlite long since removed by
glaciers and washed out to sea is now gone. Diamonds and good indicator
mineralogies from the Garnet Lake site are now established as being manifest by
a presently in-situ body tested to an extent of 100m in depth and 150m
horizontally. Preliminary indications suggest that this body could be
significantly more extensive.' In fact, high quality indicator mineral chemistry
similar to that recovered from the Garnet Lake kimberlite has been found in the
tills along the potential strike of the body for over 5 km. A high priority of
this summer's exploration program is to find outcropping of kimberlite along
strike and take much larger sample sizes to gain a better idea of the size and
quality of the diamonds.

The samples were processed by the Geoanalytical Laboratories at the Saskatchewan
Research Council ('SRC'), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and an independent
laboratory. SRC GeoAnalytical Laboratories is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025
standard by the Standards Council of Canada as a testing laboratory for specific
tests. Small samples have been removed from all kimberlite cores for heavy
mineral study by the SRC and the remaining core, including three largely
untouched Garnet Lake drill cores remain in a secure facility for further study
and audit purposes. Dr. Mark Hutchison, Trigon GeoServices Ltd., is in charge of
the exploration program and is responsible for the collection of the samples in
Greenland and managed the chain of custody from the field to the SRC. Dr. John
Ferguson has reviewed the program and this press release and is a qualified
person under National Instrument 43-101.

New Millennium's joint venture with Hudson Resources has a 20% free carry
interest in the diamond project in the Sarfartoq License (Garnet Lake) area of
Greenland.



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

takahe - 06 Jul 2005 11:01 - 1127 of 1909

No 1 on the ADVFN leader board...makes a nice change!

aldwickk - 06 Jul 2005 11:10 - 1128 of 1909

I wish Hudson would take over NML, it would then be less of a worry as they seem to be a well run outfit.
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