Ballarat Goldfields is an Australian gold explorer and developer, with a strong
portfolio of projects primarily focused on the highly prospective Ballarat gold
province in Victoria.

Situated in one of the most famous historical gold mining regions of Australia,
Ballarat produced over 12 million ounces before it's premature closure, around
the time of the first world war.

In 2004, for the first time following discovery in the 1850's, the leases over
the entire Ballarat field were consolidated under the sole ownership of BGF.
This has resulted in the company constructing a comprehensive geological model
of the entire field, demonstrating what many had suspected, that Ballarat had
massive unexplored prospectivity.

BGF completed a pre-feasibility study in 2004 which proposed an initial
underground mine at Ballarat East, with twin access declines servicing the
haulage and ventilation. The mine, based on BGF's geological model, has a life of 21 years, and would achieve an average production rate of approximately
200,000 ounces of gold per annum.

Website For Own Research
http://www.ballarat-goldfields.com.au

Top 20 Ordinary Shareholders Hold 69.66% of Issued Capital: 5th July 2006

Diggers & Dealers - Investor Presentation ASX and Media Release: 9th August 2006

Ballarat-Goldfields Annual Report2006

Ballarat East Revised Development Strategy ASX and Media Release: 7th September 2006

Price holds up.... This thread is becoming my personal diary of events!!

am watching this one as money tied up in chp at this time. debating wether to sell my PEG at a small loss and buy something new as they haven't done much for me[last weeks risses just lessen my loss]

Another small fall today.... Overall gain since begining this thread +30.31%

robertalexander - Your in chaco resources then, oil and gas v's gold miner... Decisions, decisions... So tell me how long you been watching BGF for then? I litterally found them a few weeks before buying in and starting this thread. Can't complain though as +30 in 3 months is pretty good going... Hoping that production rates will increase as they have the facility for it just like GFM have done today. Will send the sp soaring if it happens later in the year.

about 2 days. i found yr thread and thought hmmm... these are a bit out of my normal price range[ i like them <20p] as i only buy in 400-1000 bundles and i like to get more shares for my moneybut the upward trend caught my eye. it is high risk with these smaller shares but sometimes it pays off. i pays my money and takes my chances. i only have 4 shares in my portfolio at the mo chp,ser,sco,goo. so we will see. was off work today so got to play the market. got an extra 500 shares in chp for free[sold high/bought back in low, no fees for my first month either]. i dont know much about the particular companies[ i look on the internet, in RHPS etc.] i also follow the BB banter, again risky but one or two of you seem to be on the level, like you and stockdog, mjr1234& greyhound. try to ignore ravey dave and master rsi as cant tell whether they on the level or not

Hahaha, I squelched both Master RSI and Ravey Davey, fed up with their nonsense. RHPS isn't what it used to be, I think TB has had more losses in the past 12 months than gainers... I got in BGF at 15.54, the gold has just started to flow but I think the share could well hit +25p by summer. Looks like your portfolio is all oil and gas? If so a bit of a risk all in one segment. Gold prices seam to be on the rise 10% each year so Bloomberg tells us so organic growth is good...

Your money and high risk, although not as high as the other shares in your portfolio!!

used to follow TB quite religously but some of his shares are high priced[>20p] and as my portfolio only c2000, costs make small holdings unprofitable. not brave enough[or stupid] to lump all in on one company. i have been lucky with Tom as i had kmr and eum but took my money and ran [up c85% ]and am trying to do it my way to see if i can make it. it is risky but then again it is only a hobby to me.

robertalexander - I personaly think its best to do it alone. Sure everyone takes losses I am currently 1K down on AMU and holding. Paper trading is also a very good way to learn with zero risk. Not sure I understand why you don't consider shares above 20p though. A 20% rise is a 20% rise regardless of the sp and to limit yourself to shares under a certain price limits your potentail as an investor.

I cannot be considered a serious investor with just 2000. I could and have paper traded but the 'buzz' isn't there. With my budget I can only realistically get 4 diff shares in my p/folio at any one time [costs eat away at anything less, either that or I buy and just hold for years and pray]. A more sensible way to make money but not nearly as much fun!! I tried the buy and hold method with blue chip companies and got badly burnt.[my fault for not watching market, i was living overseas at the time and wasnt in a position to do anything about it. share certificates at mums house and she didn't have POA etc.]. now i am trying something different to see if i like it any better, will prob[read almost definitely] get burnt again. i am winning for the moment but only 9 days into my new style, my lesson learnt this week is dont be in a rush to buy b4 0900. ]. I welcome your opinion and always give it serious consideration.
ps. bgf now in my [considered] price range but no free cash - typical

RobAlex.

I'm also find after 9am can be a great time to buy, gives the share price an hour to settle down into the direction it will most probably be going.

KD.

Yet another fall today, total gain since buying and starting this thread +22.27%.... Low volumes today... This is the kick back to the recent rise and sp should now show stability.

I must mention I am somewhat annoyed with myself today for selling ROC just before xmas for around a 100p.... Just seen the 135p current price bad call, only made around 10% on the share. Oh well win some lose some I suppose.

RobAlex - your last post mentions you welcome my advice, I must stress that its a bad idea to trust anyone you meet on BB's... Theres plenty of people out there that will ramp up a share and whilst telling others to buy they are secretly selling. Trust no-one is my advice and check for yourself so called facts that people post.

Possible new equity buy WTV - World Television Group [close today 0.83] - Market Cap 6.29m

All views welcome.

SP over past year has taken quite a knock, however I believe 2006 will be profitable.

For Immediate Release 16 January 2006

World Television Group Plc
("World Television" or "the Company")

Contract Win

World Television, the international televisual communications company, is
pleased to announce the award of a new 3-year contract by the European Space
Agency ("ESA"), won in a competitive tender.

For Immediate Release 30 December 2005

World Television Group Plc
("World Television" or "the Company")

World Television agrees to sell Foroso

World Television, the international televisual communications company, today
announces that it has agreed to dispose of the Company's webconferencing
subsidiary Foroso Communications GmbH ("Foroso").

Following a detailed strategic review of the business, the Directors of World
Television have concluded that Foroso and its web conferencing products are not
a core part of the group's strategy going forwards, due in the main to the
increasing commoditisation of these services, and are therefore pleased to reach
an agreement with members of the existing management team of Foroso. Foroso's
Meeting Centre and Training Centre will continue to operate as normal and
without interruption.

Four of the original founders of Foroso (Peter Pock, Elmar Merget, Kristof
Nast-Kolb and Ingrid Buchenberger) will take ownership of the company from 1
January 2006. World Television will receive a 20% share of revenues in 2006 and
2007. World Television will also receive all of the proceeds of any sale of the
business before 30 June 2006, up to a maximum of 680,000, and 20% of any
subsequent sale until 31 December 2015.

For Immediate Release 28 October 2005

World Television Group Plc
("World Television" or "the Group")

World Television Launches Expanded British Satellite News Service

World Television, the corporate communications, news production, webcasting and
event management company, is pleased to announce the launch of a new expanded
British Satellite News (BSN) service following the renewal of its contract with
the UK Government's Foreign & Commonwealth office (FCO).

The contract, worth approximately 1.5m p.a., will run for three years from
October 2005 with a further two year extension option period.

For Immediate Release 17 October 2005

World Television Group Plc
("World Television" or "the Group")

World Television wins Production Company of the Year award for the second year
running

World Television, the corporate communications, news production and event
management company is delighted to announce that it has won Production Company
of the Year 2005 at the prestigious AV Business and Industry Awards in London.
World Television won the same award in 2004.

Taken from last interims

Financial Highlights

* Turnover for the first 6 months 5.1 million
* Underlying turnover increased by 7% (386k)
* 1.3 million of annualised cost savings now implemented (400k higher than
originally announced)
* Tight cost controls now yielding benefit to the Group
* EBITDA loss, pre exceptionals, reduced substantially to 6k loss (2004 - 256k
loss) which reflects an underlying performance of EBITDA profitability


Operational Highlights


* Successfully won British Satellite News (BSN) contract, at increased value with
the UK Government Foreign and Commonwealth Office
* Other new business wins include - BAA, 02 and Microsoft
* Disposal of loss making subsidiary Kamera completed in March 2005, into special
purpose vehicle (SPV) and will accrete value over next 3 years
* Announced today - appointment of Evelyn Kimber as the new Chief Financial
Officer

explosive,
it is your opinion I listen to. I always follow my own advice whether it be good or bad. :)

explosive - what do you think about Herencia (HER)? silver mining in Chile - The graph looks set to do another Ballarat.

veludo - Very good timing your post above, had just logged on tonight and am looking for another mining investment to get into. I'll check it out and come back to you...

veludo - HER is a fair few years behind Ballarat, there won't be any money in this for some time so all the initial costs of setup and risk are there. I prefer miners that are very close to commissioning maybe upto 12 months before hand. Silver however is good to be in as price on the market is increasing. So a not at the moment for me.

Another day another fall total gain now +20.66%

are you still feeling confident about these shares? in @18.25p

Robert, although it's quite dull really, the best method for long-term gains is holding onto certain shares for years. Sometimes you get lucky by being in a share that just goes up and up relentlessly. The really difficult part is NOT selling out when you have a big gain that you're scared of losing. The other side to that of course is to never become too attached to any one share. Contradictory advice in one paragraph........ and that's the puzzle!
My only basic advice for holding onto what you've already got is; if you have several shares that look like they're going downhill, get rid of all of them. Most of them will continue to go downhill and that's what drags down your entire portfolio.

To illustrate the point, I've been in and out of MER for years making tidy sums along the way. But if I'd simply held I'd have made a lot more.
Contrast that with buying and holding JKX at 24.8p.

Oh, and I would suggest you take about 2 years to work out who talks sense on these boards, and trust no one on here in the meantime!!!

i am holding these as long term [only got a few at the mo but may top up later].
Anyone, any thoughts as to the current spate of selling? just curious. ran out of long term fund money so cant take advantage of this lull. typical of my timing!!

anyone suggest a reason for the sp increase when only trade today so far a sell?

explosive, are you still a believer in this share? you dont seem to comment any more now the sp digging into yr profits.