To clear up any confusion regarding the share allocation of Marakand shares to holders of Oxus shares. ------ Anyone buying shares in Oxus today will be entitled to a 'dividend' of 1 share in MKD for every 10 in OXS.

Scottie,

Too true, I see Avocet has taken quite a clobbering!

I hold both, so at least Oxus is partially offsetting my AVM losses.

Scottie,

Too true, I see Avocet has taken quite a clobbering!

I hold both, so at least Oxus is partially offsetting my AVM losses.

ajren,

re MLIIF, what's the epic of that fund please?

Hi Andy,
I am not being unhelpful but I do not know.I do not have time now to find out
but I suggest you get it from the Google search approach.rgds aj

Aj,

I checked, and couldn't find it!

I read the article, but upon searching through the various Merrill Lynch fund epics, it wasn't apparent which one the article was referring to, at least to me anyway.

I wanted to compare the performance of the fund with gold itself, and various gold miners for a guide.

all,

Oxus held up well today in my opinion, a very small drop, and Marakand rose!

Thinking of topping up.

Going to top up tomorrow aimtrader, I was waiting for it to drop by about 2 or 3p today and it didn't happen. I think it is going to go up again by another 6 -10p before, and after, the results of the gold pour come out in the next few weeks.. And I'm really surprised Marakand has hardly retraced since it went loopy last Thursday!

Scottie,

me too!

Maybe it shows the quality of the resources they have there?

Andy - re Epic

I do not think there is one.

Merrill Lynch International Investment Fund.
www.mlim.ch/sesite/secomply.htm
rgds aj

See STRONG INTEREST IN GOLD on my Gold Bullion thread rgds aj

NEWS
Cancellation of share premium account and distribution of shares in Marakand rgds aj

Aj,

Thanks for ML and Oxus info

SEE WEBSITE OF OXUS GLD RE: MKD &DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOCTION OF SHARES & WHAT LIMITS POSSIBLELY IT'S TO REACH.

If you are still looking for the Merril Lynch World Mining epic,its MLW..........

phobos,

Mnay thanks!

phobos, aj,

well the MLW chart certainly looks impressive!

was tempted to hit the sell button this afternoon,however the goldbugs index is up in the States,after being down the last couple of days,so fingers and legs crossed for tommorrow !!!!!!!!!!

phobos, I think some buyers jumped in on Oxus in the last couple of weeks due to the confusion over the date for qualification for the Marakand ' dividend '. Some of the buyers decided to sell today in the expectation that the price will drop and they can then buy back in again at some later date. One of the problems with that strategy is that the price may not drop any further before the results of the gold pour are announced. Assuming that these results are up to expectations the price will go North again.

Scottie,

Agreed, too risky to try and trade it now, IMHO.

Gold pour really could be announced any day, it's only a couple of weeks to Xmas, and they did start early, and at one point I believe they were considered to be ahead of schedule.

You never know, I'm staying put.

Guys,

Gold held steady again today, I see no reason to sell Oxus, in fact that would seem foolish with possibly very good news close at hand.

I do feel there will be a wave of buying just before the EGM, if not before as hot money tries to time their buy just before the gold pour.