Gold in New Guniea

We first invested in NGG way back in April of 1999. Since then we have considered it to be the best investment we have, assuming the company would survive. Yes, during those dark days of the precious metals bear market and extreme price manipulation of gold and silver, many mining and exploration companies went out of business. Although we could see the fantastic blue sky potential of this company, we hesitated to recommend it to others without better assurances of its survival. Fortunately, NGG has survived by cutting their expenses down to the barest minimum and with the help of its major shareholder, Macmin Silver, Ltd. But, since 1999 this company has made major improvements.

 

Macmin has increased their interest in New Guinea Gold and, in turn, New Guinea Gold has acquired Macmin Silver’s wholly owned subsidiary, Macmin (PNG) Limited (Macmin (PNG) ), and has increased its holdings from two major properties to seven.. Conservatism is the key word of the management of this company. The company has lived very conservatively for the past several years, and so it has managed to keep its head above water. But as of two weeks ago, they have completed an equity financing through Canaccord Capital which, not only assures that the company will survive, but will allow them to proceed with their Business Plan.

 

This plan involves putting a small part of three of these projects into production within the next three years or so. This will require another equity financing in the spring of 2004, but only in the amount of about 5 million Canadian dollars. With the rising share price and gold price, this future financing should be minimally dilutive. Management plans to put some high grade ore at all three sites into production first with an expected before tax earnings of approximately 36 million Canadian dollars over a period of four and a half years. (First production is expected in late 2004.) The proceeds will then finance further exploration and development on these properties .

 

This plan will not only avoid diluting shareholders’ interests in the company, but also will avoid taking on excessive debt. Note that the expected earnings for 2005 exceed the current market capitalization, fully diluted. Before considering what the properties are like, let’s consider a few points about how gold gets from deep within the earth to near the surface where it can be mined, and why, in the case of New Guinea Gold, it makes their properties so prospective and exciting.

NEWSprice-fixing gold case to proceed against cartel

Blanchard & Co.’s anti-trust lawsuit against Barrick Gold and J.P. Morgan Chase alleging that they conspired to control the price of gold can proceed to trial, a federal judge in New Orleans ruled in a decision released Monday. The judge, Helen G. Berrigan, denied a “summary judgment” motion by Barrick and Morgan Chase to dismiss the lawsuit. She found that Blanchard, the New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer, had proven its standing to sue and the appropriateness of its claims under the Sherman Act. The judge pointedly rejected Barrick’s claim to be immune from suit as the agent of central banks in the implementation of their policy on gold.

 

Welcoming Judge Berrigan’s decision, Blanchard CEO Don Doyle thanked the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee and its consultant, Reginald H. Howe, for their work in bringing the first federal lawsuit alleging manipulation of the gold price. That lawsuit was dismissed on technical grounds in U.S. District Court in Boston in March 2002. Doyle said Blanchard had learned much from the Howe case and used it to build its own case. Barrick and Morgan Chase have 10 days to apply to Judge Berrigan for permission to appeal her decision to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

 

If her dismissal of the Barrick/Morgan Chase “summary judgment” motion stands, the Blanchard lawsuit would proceed with Blanchard empowered to compel Barrick and Morgan Chase to produce evidence and testimony prior to trial. “Blanchard’s success in court is a victory for gold producers and investors, the free market, and a more honest international financial system,” GATA Chairman Bill Murphy said. “The Blanchard case now promises embarrassing disclosures about secret collusion between Barrick, Wall Street, and central banks to control the price of gold. GATA congratulates and is deeply grateful to Blanchard & Co.”

 

Murphy continued: “For five years GATA has painstakingly developed the evidence of the surreptitious suppression of the gold price. We’ve done a good job but we haven’t had the power to compel the perpetrators to disclose their records and answer questions under oath. Now Blanchard & Co. will have that power in pursuit of the truth about the gold market. The results may be explosive – and liberating not only to mining companies and gold investors but also to the developing countries that have been devastated for so long by the gold price suppression scheme. Justice is coming.”

In search of gold microcap stocks

I am in search of gold microcap stocks to buy early in the gold bull market. I have found so far two good junior golds: THR at .13 and NGG at .19, both Canadian junior gold companies. This is the time to get in on cheap gold stocks while gold is still below $600 an ounce. Gold is predicted to hit $1000 within six years. I am interested in finding more inexpensive gold plays, no matter how small the share price. As the bull market in gold proceeds, the market gradually turns its attention from large blue chip mining stocks, to second and third tier stocks and then to precious metal exploration stocks. It is at this stage that the market is now. Rewards from investing in a good exploration company can be fantastic. Up to one hundred times return or even more is possible.

 

However, they are inherently more risky than an established mining company because they have no income from mining until they put a mine into production. A good drill result may attract media attention, but could turn out to be an isolated incident and uneconomical to mine. An exploration stock with proven ore bodies nearing production is far less risky and, yet, may still bring fantastic returns. I think I have found one of those that is likely to bring huge returns on investment. Imagine a gold exploration company with its first planned production coming by the end of 2004. Imagine a company with, not just one, but seven, advanced stage and highly prospective properties.

 

Four of these properties are along trend from world class gold mining projects and all of them have produced exciting results to date, most with at least some proven resources as well. There is absolutely no question that gold exists in substantial quantities in at least five of these sites. In fact, they all have the potential to be world class gold projects containing multi-million gold ounce resources. The only major questions that remain are just how much gold there is and how soon these projects can be put into production. The seven properties have exploration and mining leases that cover a total of some 290 square kilometers of some of the most highly prospective land on earth.

 

The company has almost no debt and has just completed an equity financing. And yet the market capitalization of this company’s publicly traded shares at this date stands at something around 11 million Canadian dollars fully diluted. The name of this company is New Guinea Gold. (NGG on TSX Venture Exchange) Major shareholders are Macmin Silver and Goldcorp. Papua New Guinea hosts several giant gold ore bodies: Lihir Island’s 45 million ounce resource (Rio Tinto and others), Porgera’s 25 million ounces (Placer Dome), Misima’s 5 million ounces (Placer Dome), Morobe’s 5 million ounces (Harmony) and others.

Kodak Gold vs Royal Gold vs Max

Kodak offers three kinds of color print film: Gold, Royal Gold, and Max. What are the differences among them? I want a film that I can use for enlargements of 8×12. I understand that IS0-100 is for outdoors with sunshine, IS0-200 for overcast and flash, IS0-400 for outdoor action and indoors w/wo flash. Can I get reasonably colorful and detailed 8×12 enlargements with ISO-400?MAX is part of the “Gold” line. “Gold” is their standard line, “Royal Gold” is their premium line with finer grain and sharpness. Royal Gold also has an ISO 25 (REAL FINE) film that is said to be their Ectar commercial film packaged for the consumer.

 

In general, the lower the film speed, the finer the grain and most often the better the sharpness. The lower the film speed (ISO number) the slower the shutter speed for the same light. Low shutter speeds can cause fuzzy pictures hand-held because of camera movement. Folks who know more than I do want a shutter speed equal to or greater than the lens focal length in mm. Double that if you want enlargements over 5×7 from 35mm film. Rule of thumb for shutter speed is 1/film speed @ F:16 on a sunny day which works out to EV15, I think). Using ISO 100 film with a fixed lens Olympus Epic (about $110) Point & Shoot with a F:2.8 fixed lens of about 35mm gives you a shutter speed potential of 1/3200th second or 91 times the focal length.

 

No Problem. On the other hand, take one of the tiny zoom lensed Point & Shoots @ F:11+ and 160mm on a duller EV12 day and you have a shutter speed of 25 or less than 1/6th of the speed one needs for a clear 5×7 ot 1/13 of the speed for 8×10. Gold Max ISO 800 would get you a shutter speed of 200, enough for a 5×7 and if you are REAL steady, an 8×10. You could then not feel so bad about the large grain and poor sharpness of MAX 800 because at least you got the shot. That is why folks use tripods for low numbered (fast) film on dull days and other low light situations. They also buy EXPENSIVE low F:Stopped lenses. On a bright day a person with a 50mm F:1.4 lens can use Royal Gold ISO 25 hand held and enlarge to 24×36 inches (25.4 times) and have a nice looking picture. Flash shots work the same way. You have to quadruple the film speed to double the flash range for any lens aperature.

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Use of gold in manufacturing musical instruments

This is an interesting argument. My intermediate flute was also a Gemeinhardt, KG special, with the gold lip plate. I tried it out against many other instruments in its ability/price range (mostly Yamahas) and it was leaps and bounds better in depth of sound. Maybe it wasn’t the metal itself, but the cut of the lip plate. It could have been a million different factors. I, too, have heard nothing but how gold will darken and richen the sound of an instrument. I now play a Powell 2100, all solid silver, and it is a much more powerful and projecting instrument than the Gemeinhardt (and also a semi-professional flute, a definite step-up in price and quality).

 

But I also tried an Altus that day, also all silver, but it had a darker feel (also a beautiful instrument, but I was in the mood to go with power over darkness…there’s something about that Powell that just captivated me). I think I’m more inclined to believe it was the cut of the lip plate and make of the headjoint than the metal itself. What really sticks out in my mind, though, is one summer at Interlochen. The professor of trumpet from the University of Michigan (her name escapes me now) was heading the trumpet workshop, and had an unfinished brass trumpet as her ‘baby’. Ugly thing, yes, but she swore it had a darker and more lovely sound than any instrument she ever played, because of the kind of metal.

 

I wonder, now, if this is true. Many people are far too concerned with the equipment, and spend too little time working on themselves. My old flute teacher told me about someone who won many competitions on a Bundy, going against those playing “better” flutes. Why? She was a much stronger player. Her competitors were simply not that good, despite having higher-quality flutes. I suspect they counted on the flute to make them better.

 

I think he told me this when I was complaining about not having a solid silver flute, to drive home the point that I needed to practice rather than blame it on my poor Yamaha 385. I got the point, practiced, and outclassed many people with solid silver–and got good enough so that I can hear the difference. To sum (wordy, me?)…there is no “perfect” flute we can just point out and say “that one!” There are many many very good flutes. It’s up to you to figure out what’s best for you.

Making gold flute

The “best” flute, including materials, make, and model all depend solely on the player. That’s why there are so many variations. Some like silver, some gold, some platinum, some titanium, some wood. People may prefer different wall thicknesses, different bores, different foot joints. The headjoint options are seemingly endless. There are more headjoint makers with more options than there are complete-flute makers (who usually have several headjoint options)–and since the head joint is where most of the sound quality comes from, it’s a sign that there isn’t one “perfect” head joint either.

 

What works best for one players depends upon strengths and weaknesses of the player, as well as playing style (i.e. embouchure formation as well as music choice), and personal preference (some people like a “brighter” sound, some people like “darker”). Different people swear by different makers for a reason–that maker happens to make something they like. You’ve said you’ve been playing for a bit over a year–this is not the time to be concerned about such details (if it ever is). Without lots of work on your part, you’ll never be as good as you want to be–and blaming it on the instrument won’t help.

 

A student model flute should be just fine until you develop your playing a bit more, developing personal preferences along the way. At this stage you may be about ready to move up, you may not–but you don’t need to in order to get better. When you do upgrade, don’t concern yourself with the numbers (wall thickness and so forth) or even names, and don’t rely solely on what people tell you–play-test and pick what you like. Some people go so far as to mask the name of the maker of the flute they’re trying so as to not be prejudiced by the name.

Making gold flute

What you said makes sense. I was going on what I’ve read, which pretty much all say the gold “darkens” the sound, but having never played it, I wouldn’t know from experience. I know Jonathon Landell, who makes titanium flutes has sound studies on titanium vs. silver, but I’ve never seen gold (solid of plating) vs. silver. Landell does mention that gold adds to the “depth” of the sound, and I’m inclined to believe him. I suspect (solid) gold may well have some effect on sound for really good players, though I’ll accept that plating is merely cosmetic.

 

But as you said (in the part I snipped), it’s moot for most of us anyway And besides, until any real studies are done using otherwise identical instruments blown mechanically, it’s debatable for the reasons you gave. There are solid gold flutes, though probably not that common–in large part due to the cost (Landell’s gold flutes range from $12,600 for 10K gold body, silver keys, to $24,000 for all-14K. B foot or convertible footjoint are more.). Many people also prefer silver. Because of the increased density of the metal, gold flutes are made with really thin walls, which means they aren’t as heavy as you may think (though the weight is surely increased over silver).

 

Those titanium flutes are really light (very low density metal), and they actually cost less than gold or platinum (comparison based solely on Landell’s flutes, since he makes them all and I happen to have his page up at the moment). So in the end, I’m still inclined to believe that (solid) gold *does* affect the sound, provided the player is strong enough to bring out the nuances. A weak player will of course be weak no matter what the material of the flute. Don’t look to gold to fix any problems Besides the gold issue which is pretty clear to me by now ! you refered to the bore of the flute and that the bore is the almost the main focus when considdering the quality of the sound…..right ? Now how do I know when the bore of the flute is perfect and ideal for good sound ? Does it depend on the type of flute ? and which flute is it then ? ( Make wise