The change to SETS is doing well for the company volume and share price 7.80p +0.90p this morning after the large retracement

Big Russian Fertiliser Company (PHOSAGRO) going to have London dealings in July, worth about $6 billion.
Should encourage interest in SXX.

Sirius Minerals Plc - 29 June 2011

Liberum Appointed Joint Broker and Transition to SETS

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY), the globally diversified potash development group, are pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum") to act as its joint broker with immediate effect. The Company has also arranged to start trading of the Company's shares on the SETS system on the London Stock Exchange's AIM ("AIM").

Liberum is one of the UK's leading independent investment banks, with a strong emphasis on mining. The group's services include research, sales, trading, equity capital markets ("ECM") and corporate advisory. In the recently released 2011 UK Small Caps Equity Research survey Liberum was named "No.1 brokerage firm in UK Mining Small & Mid Cap" and it recently acted as Co-lead Manager on Glencore International Plc's record $60 billion IPO on the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges. More information on Liberum can be found at: www.liberumcapital.com.

Liberum joins XCAP Securities plc as joint brokers.

Sirius has also decided to move the trading of its shares on AIM from SEAQ to the SETS electronic order book trading system. SETS offers multiple order types and market maker support, and is one of the most liquid electronic order books in Europe. The combination of this liquidity, market supervision, and competing clearers ensures a fair and transparent market for investors.

Chris Fraser, Managing Director and CEO of Sirius, said:

"We are delighted to appoint Liberum as our joint broker. They have an excellent global reputation for providing high-quality unbiased advice to its clients, as well as for delivering innovative solutions across a broad range of corporate transactions. We look forward to working with Liberum as we continue to advance Sirius toward our goal of becoming a leading producer in the global potash industry.

The transition to SETS should increase market transparency, trading efficiency and liquidity for the Company's shares."

a very strong order book of 2.4M on the bid side for only 835K at offer is the main reason of the spike, though buying is strong aswell

One wonders why this switch has been such a long time in coming !

kerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrchinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!! and skr yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Second good day here.

According to your chart, exactly the same thing happened at end of March, then it all went..............down again. Am not confident this sector is ready for serious investment from private investors yet.

Harry - I own none -they just happen to be on my "speculative" list :-)

A most interesting comment, especially bearing in mind the seriousness of the world crop shortages .
That said , it looks has there has been considerable manipulation of this stock , so hopefully the move to SETS will help out here.
But, I expect that you have other things in mind.
At any rate I have seen a 40 % hike in my buy of a few days back

Cp, the sp has gone steadily down from 22p to 6p. The demand for food worldwide continues to increase, yet the SKR and SXX prices continue to fall. It's not all about food demand however, but companies which are profitably producing potash and phosphates in stable political environments. There are already a number of these, Canadain companies being one of the top producers atm.
As for manipulation of stock, enough has already been said on that subject on these boards. If you think that's the case, then my advice is to avoid the stock.

9.75p +0.25p
RNS ......
York Potash Concept Study

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY), the globally diversified potash development group, are pleased to announce the commencement of the Concept Study on the York Potash Project.

The Concept Study represents a key stage in the development of the York Potash Project. During this phase the various options and development alternatives for the project will be analysed and tested. Importantly a through innovation analysis phase will be incorporated to ensure the latest breakthroughs in mine and process development and sustainable design are incorporated into the Project. Sirius expects this to be completed by the end of 2011.

Sirius has finalised the appointment, via its subsidiary York Potash Ltd, of its team of consultants to deliver the Concept Study for York Potash. The Company has adopted a novel approach to this critical early stage study of the project's feasibility by appointing leading specialist consultants for different project aspects:

-- Geology and Drilling: FWS Consultants
-- Concept Study Engineering: Ercosplan
-- Slurry Pipeline Transport: Murphy Group
-- Owner's Team Support: Hatch

Chris Fraser, Managing Director and CEO of Sirius, said: "We believe we have assembled the best possible team of consultants to help us deliver the York Potash Project. Our decisions have been based on securing relevant and practical expertise in analysing the unique aspects of the York Potash Project. In this team we have access to well over 100 years of potash expertise and this strongly positions us to deliver the highest quality Concept Study for the project."

FWS (www.fwsconsultants.co.uk) has been working on the York Potash Project since its inception in early 2010. Lead by Rick Smith, the FWS team remain the lead consultants on all geological aspects of the project.

Ercosplan (www.ercosplan.com) is one of the world's leading potash geological and engineering consulting firms. In particular they have extensive in-house expertise in relation to the Zechstein Basin from their origins in the German potash industry and from working with K+S KALI GmbH. Ercosplan will have overall responsibility for the compilation of the Concept Study and work in partnership with Sirius's other consultants.

Given the important potential represented by the transport of mined ore to processing facilities via pipelines, Sirius decided to secure the services of a dedicated pipeline expert. Murphy Pipelines (www.murphygroup.co.uk) has extensive experience in the construction of major pipeline systems around the world but in particular in the UK. Murphy brings practical expertise and should enable Sirius to form more definitive views on the viability and economics of the pipeline systems sooner.

In addition, Sirius has secured the services of Hatch (www.hatch.ca) to work with the Owner's Team to drive project innovation and analysis. Hatch provides a very powerful resource with extensive potash expertise. Their ability to critically review and provide input into the Concept Study will be of significant value to the Company.

We seem to have a recovery underway, supported by some half decent news. high time too !

There was a seller @ 9.50p, a large order was put on the order book, and eventualy was done as AT.

since then the buyers are back and the bid is back to 9.50p, instead of offer

10.50 / 10.75p -0.25p
The stock looks like had reached its peak for the moment being after rising from lows lately.
Indicators at its top also overbought. selling is going on now.

StockMarketWire.com
Sirius Minerals have gained approval from the North York Moors National Park Authority for two additional planning applications for drill sites for the York Potash Project.

At a meeting held in Helmsley, North Yorkshire, the members of the North York Moors National Park Planning Committee approved the applications following the Officers' positive recommendation.

Following the successful early completion of the preparation work at its first drill site near Hawsker in North Yorkshire and procurement of critical components Sirius expects the first drill rig to be on-site next week.

Given the amount of anticipation and interest in the first drill hole Sirius will update the market when drilling has commenced. At this time, Sirius will also provide an expected schedule for the completion of the first hole.

Site preparations have now also commenced at the second drill site near Ugglebarnby, North Yorkshire.

Chris Fraser, Managing Director and CEO of Sirius, said: "After months of preparation and planning, drilling at the York Potash Project is about to commence. This is an exciting time for Sirius and represents the culmination of the lot of hard work by everyone involved. However, this is only the beginning of defining the quality and extent of this important potash deposit in North Yorkshire."

Good enough for me, so have bought a few more.

For immediate release: 27 JULY 2011

Sirius Minerals Plc

Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2011

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY), the globally diversified potash development group, are pleased to announce the Company's preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2011.


Financial and Operational Highlights within Period

24.3 million raised through three separate placings. High quality institutions now hold some 15% of the Company's issued share capital;

Acquisition of York Potash Limited in January 2011;

JORC Exploration Targets1 established for the York Potash Project of between 3.3 and 6.0 billion tonnes of 67% to 94% polyhalite (19% to 27% K2SO4) and of between 330 million and 400 million tonnes of 35% to 40% KCl;

Board strengthened with the appointments of Chris Fraser, Andrew Lindsay and Russell Scrimshaw;

Operational management team expanded; and

Ongoing evaluation activity at Sirius' Adavale and Canning Basin properties in Australia and first hole drilled at Dakota Salts in North Dakota.



Post Period

Planning applications for the first four drill sites at the York Potash Project approved by the North York Moors National Park Authority;

Concept Study for York Potash commissioned;

Drilling programme commencing at York Potash; and

The appointment of Peter Woods as a non-executive director



Chris Catlow, Chairman of Sirius, said:


"York Potash has the potential to rapidly become a "Tier 1" company-making asset. It provides Sirius with a world-class project that has every chance of becoming a major potash production centre and a significant contributor to both the North Yorkshire and the UK economies.


"Sirius remains committed to a diversified portfolio approach to major project financing and development. At the same time as aggressively moving York Potash forward we will continue to conduct exploration and analysis work on our existing Australian and American properties and review and evaluate numerous other opportunities to add shareholder value. Strength throughout our portfolio is what will drive the success of Sirius in achieving its goal of becoming a major potash producer.


"With our strengthened balance sheet, management team and portfolio, we believe the Company has made excellent advances in the period as we progress on our path of becoming the New Potash Powerhouse."

Has anyone seen time scale projections for these plans?

Commencement of Drilling at York Potash
The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY) are pleased to announce that over the weekend drilling of the first hole commenced at the York Potash Project.

It is planned that each hole in the York Potash drilling programme will utilise two rigs to improve efficiency and reduce impact. The first smaller "top-hole" rig will sink each hole to approximately 750 meters. At this point the larger "coring" rig will be brought onto the hole to core the entire evaporite sequence. It is anticipated that each hole will intersect the two potassium chloride targets, the Sneaton and Boulby seams, and the potassium sulphate target, the Fordon polyhalite seam. While the coring is occurring at one hole, the top-hole rig will move onto the next hole and the procedure will be repeated.

This drilling programme has been designed to reduce impact at each drill site. During the first phase of each hole it is planned that the top-hole rig will only operate on a 12-hour day shift basis. The coring rig will however operate 24 hours a day. The time taken by the top-hole rig is expected to be approximately the same as the time required by the coring rig for the coring of each hole. This has been planned to result in a relatively seamless handover of each hole from the top-hole rig to the coring rig.

Subject to a number of factors inherent in drilling of this nature, the first hole is anticipated to take up to 60 days to be completed. Following the completion of each hole it is expected that it will take approximately three weeks before Sirius receives the assay results. Once Sirius has had an opportunity to review the results it will update the market as soon as practicable.

StockMarketWire.com
North York Moors National Park Authority has approved an additional planning application by Sirius Minerals for a drill site for the York potash project.

And a further application was also approved subject to the receipt of confirmations from certain government agencies.

MD Chris Fraser said: "Work is now well under way on the York potash drilling programme with rapid progress made over the last two months.

"Securing these new approvals continues the good momentum of the project and is testament to our commitment to deliver this phase of the project in the shortest time possible.

"We will continue to work positively with the local community and decision making bodies to deliver the very best project possible."