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In the Press
11 December 2009
Simmers today announced a restructured interim board in line with the Company's plan to create an independent board committed to protecting and furthering the interests of all Simmers shareholders.Read more
FIRST URANIUM IPO CONFIRMS VALUE OF SIMMERS’ URANIUM STRATEGY27 November 2007
Following the successful capital raising exercise that culminated in the listing of Simmer & Jack (Simmers) subsidiary First Uranium Corporation (FIU) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), where a total of 33 350 000 FIU shares were sold at C$ 7.00, grossing an amount of C$ 233 million...... Read more
Business Day, Companies & Markets pg 1527 November 2007
Share price implies a negative value for gold operations THE gap between the valuation of Simmer & lacks gold assets and those of other similar gold miners should narrow as management delivered projects, CEO Gordon Miller said yesterday....Read more
Business Day (National), Companies & Markets pg 1312 November 2007
First Uranium to spend 1Om on mine ...Read more
Citizen, Citi Business pg 1606 November 2007
FIRST URANIUM: Gold output to grow to 500 000oz a year DEPENDING on how investors see it, First Uranium, 65,47% held by Simmer & Jack is either the top performing uranium stock in the world, or the most undervalued developer of gold stock. ...Read more
Financial Mail Pg 4619 October 2007
THE JSE Self-promotion does make a difference. The JSE's monthly "showcase" of companies on its junior AltX board seems to be paying off for investors and the companies punting themselves. Each event involves between eight and 10 companies. ...Read more
MoneyWeek pg 1101 October 2007
The fledgling miner has set some targets. It will "pursue an aggressive growth and development strategy with the aim of becoming a 'tier one', low-cost producer of gold and uranium..." Management hopes to produce a million ounces of gold and 2.3… ...Read more
MoneyWeek pg 1001 October 2007
Simmer & Jack Mines (SIM) The gold price is on the move again. If gold bulls have got it right the precious metal is about to shoot the lights out and surge past its all-time high of USD 850 per ounce. Unfortunately for local investors, the count... ...Read more
Financial Mail pg 6022 June 2007
Simmer & Jack (Simmers) has been one of the JSE's best-performing mining stocks over the past two years, rising from levels below lOOc at the end of 2005, but the share price has lately been stuck at around 740c. The main reason...Read more
Torque - Getting on Board before the train departs18 June 2007 Citizen - Moneyweb Business pg 27
07 June 2007
BARRY SERGEANT GORDON Miller, CEO of Simmer & Jack, the hybrid uranium and gold developer, is a frustrated man. He is determined to show the market is not pricing Simmers correctly, but acknowledges that hybrids such as those under his watch are... ...Read more
SA Mining pg 3001 June 2007
Glorious golden growth A strike at Simmer & Jack Mines' (Simmers) Buffelsfontein mine recently has not delayed the onset of exciting prospects at the mine. Simmers has received board approval to proceed with a R300m capital programme to re-open ... ...Read more
Financial Mail pg 4016 April 2007
SIMMER & JACK cakes? Simmers could become a takeover target for uranium The dual listing last week on the JSE of First Uranium Corp — the 67%-ovned, Canadian-domiciled subsidiary of Simmer & Jack (Simmers) — should focus investors' minds on th... ...Read more
Mining Weekly pg 913 April 2007
THE PAD Most modern heap-leach pad THE PONDS Crucial part of heap-leach process THE OLD PORTAL Old disused portal of a past era THE NEW PORTAL The well-built new Frankfort entrance McKnight is aiming to find large tonnages at low grades of ... ...Read more
Mining Weekly pg 813 April 2007
COVER Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed junior miner Simmer & Jack (Simmers) is drilling an "exciting" Garlin Trend-like gold prospect in a secluded valley in Mpumalanga, which is causing pulses to race and tongues to wag. "I'm extremely excited... ...Read more
Mining Weekly pg 1013 April 2007
The heap-leach pad will be fully loaded by month-end, when a dripper system will spread a sodium cyanide solution over the porous gold-bearing material, lime being added to the sand during pad loading to maintain the... ...Read more
Financial Mail pg 4106 April 2007
Two of the underground mines, Frankfort and Dukes Hill, are being recapitalised with the aim of increasing annual production from 10 000 oz to 60 000 oz by 2010. Their narrow haulages are being replaced with broader access tunnels, allowing the us... ...Read more
Sake 24 pg 1802 April 2007
Gereelde lesers van die rubriek is teen die tyd goed daarvan bewus dat hier al n lang ruk net by uitsondering jets positiefs oor aandele geskryf word en dan raak dit ook net aandele wat met goud en platinum en uraan te doen het. Uraan is nie so... ...Read more
Modern Mining Pg 2401 April 2007
The main portal of the Frankfort mine. The mine has heen redesigned for modern trackless mining. the vicinity of the Frankfort mine. "Let's be clear - we are not yet claiming to have identified a Carlin-type deposit," he says. "We have, however, ... ...Read more
Modern Mining pg 2701 April 2007
"The pad currently under construction is earmarked for the first phase DG2 and DGl ore and is considerably bigger than Elandsdrift, with a capacity of 700 000 t," observes Wanblad. "We envisage that it will be built up in 3 x 6 m lifts and that ap... ...Read more
Modern Mining Pg 2301 April 2007
Sloping operations at the Frankfort mine north of Pilgrim's Rest. The sloping width varies between 1,5 m and 2 m. The TGME turnaround strategy is based on two distinct initiatives. "When we first looked at reviving TGME, we had to work with the e... ...Read more
Modern Mining Pg 2501 April 2007
visages that this could be supplemented by at least 20 000 to 30 000 ounces a year (and possibly much more) from low capex, low-risk heap leach projects. The company's first heap leach pad at Elandsdrift, costing around Rll million, was nearing com... ...Read more
Modern Mining Pg 2201 April 2007
TARGETS R OF H STOP C GOLD Simmer & Jack Mines, Limited (Simmers) is busy resuscitating the gold fields of the Pilgrim's Rest/Sabie area of Mpumalanga Province, where gold-mining activities date back to 1873....Read more
Finweek pg 2229 March 2007
MARKET CAPITALISATION I Size doesn't count...or so they say WE REALLY KNOW it's all about trading margins, returns on assets, cash flows, efficient use of capital, brand building, corporate skills and all those other intricate measures that re... ...Read more
Business Report pg 427 March 2007
Johannesburg Gold mining firms in South Africa are rushing to reprocess mountains of waste while gold prices remain buoyant. boosting production and adding to the bottom line. Reprocessing mining waste is not new, but a rallying gold price h... ...Read more
Mining Weekly pg 6816 March 2007
SIMMER & JACK MINING TARGETED Gold-miner Simmer & Jack (Simmers) has identified 15 initial targets as having potential for heap-leach recovery, following a comprehensive drill programme, the company said last week. Liezel Hill I Assistant Editor... ...Read more
Mining Weekly pg 2023 February 2007
Gold-mining and exploration company Simmer & Jack Mines (Simmers) has announced that it intends to pursue new opportunities for surface mining at its Mpumalanga-based subsidiaries, Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (TOME) and Sabie Mines. "Simmers ha... ...Read more
Sake Beeld pg 2005 February 2007
Die nuwe Ioogviak wet Simmers by Elandsfontein naby Sable voorberel. Die nuwe mynboumetode ken n hale nuwe goudveld in Suid-Afrika tot stand Iaat kom. Foto JAN GE LANGE Simmer & Jack leer by... ...Read more
Business Day pg 1502 February 2007
Good tailing also exploitable THE discovery of gold in the pic-turesque hills around Pilgrims Rest in Mpumalanga is unlikely to bring in a flood of hopeful prospectors to the 130-year-old former gold rush town. The gold discovered ... ...Read more
Financial Mail pg 3812 January 2007
Mining & resources It's nice to get it right. My share pick for 2006 was the marginal gold play Simmer & Jack (Simmers), which turned out to be the best-performing stock in any sector on the JSE last year. Simmers entered 2006 trading at 102c/sha... ...Read more
Citizen pg 1729 December 2006
A LOOK at some of the top performers and the reasons why they might not be as successful next year. IF youd invested in the All Share index at the start of 2006 you would have seen a 37,8% return to date. Not bad for a bourse many thought cou... ...Read more
Sake Burger pg 1322 December 2006
First Uranium, die uraanfiHaal van die mynmaatskappy Simmer en Jack, het sy eerste dag op die Kanadese aandeiebeurs 16% hoer as sy aanvangsprys gesiult. Die 29 miiJoen aandele is teen K$7 elk aangebied en K$203 miiJoen (Ri 418 mtljoen) is ingesamel... ...Read more