CEY is a gold mining company operating in Egypt. It was ordered by the Egyptian Government to stop drilling pending a legal dispute brought against the company by a government minister.

Since then, the whole Government cabinet was replaced a few months ago and the minister now in charge of Mining is believed to be positive on Western investment in the country. CEY are pushing for this minister to allow them to continue drilling ASAP; investers are waiting....patiently.

As soon as the company gets the go-ahead to continue drilling, the share price will move north; CEY has plenty of gold in this mine and it is (apparantly) the case of "raking" it out rather than drilling for it!

Check them out...worthy of a punt.

Unfortunately, Islamic country or any religion based country result in dictatorship, otherwise war or internal conflicts.
Egypt is not exempt.

There are better places to invest than Egypt for now.

israel is religion-based just as it assuredly was when it was founded in 1948 ..... much as one may find the present govt's attitude to the palestinians pretty reprehensible, it is still a democracy ...... indeed, it is exactly because israel is so democratic that is has a mass of parties, many of which are hard-line something, with a couple of seats each but who between them hold a totally disproportionate amount of power

In any country, internal forces get united against external forces. When external force disappear, internal conflicts start to emerge.

?????????????? and what has that got to do with post 1536???????????

ahoj if what you postulate is correct then Israel would never have any internal conflicts (define).

Cync, If Egypt change the constitutions to become fully islamic country, that's going to end the prosperity. Over one hour waste of time for praying at lunchtime, plus many restrictions etc..

go back to your post 1536 and answer that .....

by the way, ALL muslims pray 3 times a day and 5 times over ramadan; prayers do not last an hour (i think it's 15/20 minutes), does not need to take place anywhere in particular and is nothing whatsoever to do with the constitution ...... further, i think you'll find that iran has a pretty tolerant constitution, but the incumbent loonies care not one iota ..... sharia law is also i suspect nothing like as oppressive (especially to women) as some imagine - as with islam, it is often in its interpretation ...... if sharia law reflects the koran, which i suspect is its aim, then education for women is strongly promoted, and full hijab (if that is the correct term) also has nothing to do with the koran .....

that's enough for now, but it's quite interesting to read up even superficially and a little bit

CEY sp will, no doubt, be dictated by events.

No air con in Greece and in Egypt then , in the Philippines I have to ask for a seat away from it, its so cold.

Notice of Annual General Meeting
Centamin announces the publication of its Notice of Annual General Meeting, including a management information circular, and advises that the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the 2011 Annual Report and Accounts have been mailed to the registered shareholders of the Company.

The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Bishopsgate & Chancery Rooms at the Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, UK on Wednesday 30th May 2012 commencing at 11.00am (UK time).

harry buy MRW

(I am, for the divi. Trying to get sub 275p if I can.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17975161

Results for the Quarter Ended 31 March 2012

HIGHLIGHTS

· Q1 gold production of 49,071 ounces from the Sukari Gold Mine ("Sukari"), a 9% increase on Q1 2011

· Cash costs of US$637 per ounce (excluding additional fuel prepayments, see main text)

· Average gold sales price received of US$1,694 per ounce

· Underground mine achieved record quarterly material movement of 71,815t

· Processing plant throughput of 1,020kt, an increase of 38% on Q1 2011 with record monthly mill throughput in January of 415,604t

· Stage 4 (plant expansion to 10Mtpa) continues to progress well and is on track for commissioning to begin in Q1 2013. Expenditure to date is US$99.3 million

· With cash and liquid assets of US$175 million as at 31 March 2012, Centamin remains debt-free and unhedged

· 2012 production guidance of 250,000 ounces maintained, with cash costs of US$550 per ounce at subsidised fuel prices

· Drilling commenced at Una Deriam, the first of Centamin's four exploration licenses in Ethiopia

All looks good. Just the threat of civil war to disappear and we should be back to the 160p level.

perhaps in your dreams ...... for what it's worth, the chart is seriously nasty with a fair resistance indicated at +/-65

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Liberum note today:
"At the end of last week gold dusted off its safe haven status, rising 3.5% from its lowest price since July 2011. A flight from Euro risk, a $15.7 trillion US deficit and re-emerging QE3 expectations have laid the foundations for gold to outperform. At +5% gold is the only major commodity to be up in the last 12 months (oil -10%, copper -15%, iron ore -25%), yet over the period gold producers have been among the worst performing equities, down -50% vs Industrials -30% on average. Gold equities have sold off as: the US recovery and $ strength moderated the medium-long term outlook for gold prices, high oil prices eroded miners’ margins and persistent production misses due to operating and sovereign blips. Mitigants now exist for these 3 key factors and we expect gold price strength to emerge in the coming weeks and months as concern over the Eurozone’s future and US growth forces investors to re-visit gold’s safe haven credentials. Valuations are bombed out with most UK producers trading on sub 10x 2013 PERs, despite net cash positions. We think the entire UK gold space now looks oversold; sector paragon Randgold (-35% in last 3 months) is likely to outperform into a gold rally, POG and ABG offer high operational leverage and CEY’s “elephant in the room” should be resolved this week after Egypt’s elections. "

what will the forthcoming elections bring?