solg industry copper mining gold mining headquarters brisbane queensland australia area served australia ecuador solomon islands key people nicholas mather executive director brian moller non executive director john bovard non executive director dr. robert weinberg non executive director website solgold.com.au solgold formerly solomon gold is an australian gold and copper mining company which is listed on aim a sub market of the london stock exchange . solgold s board and management is made up of professionals who have extensive knowledge in exploration mine development investment finance and law . they hold approximately 15.1 % of the company s issued share capital . the company floated on aim on 10 february 2006 and currently has projects in australia ecuador and the solomon islands . contents 1 history 1.1 cascabel 2 project areas 3 key personnel 4 references 5 external links history edit in december 2009 solgold announced that it had acquired 100 % of the share capital in acapulco mining pty ltd giving it access to several projects in queensland australia . it was then announced in july 2009 that solgold had raised 1.6 million 19m sbd to fund additional drilling at the rannes and mount perry projects . the money was raised through the issue of 33.1 million shares which were sold to private and institutional investors . solgold s directors collectively bought 7.5 million shares . in june 2010 solgold s former ceo nicholas mather spoke at the 69th minesite mining forum in london england . 1 on 23 september 2010 in what raised solgold s share price by almost 300 % 2 it announced that 157 samples from its project on the fauro island had returned 97.6 grams per tonne g t gold and 90.1 g t silver . the news also gave huge gains to d aguilar gold a company which trades on the australian securities exchange and owns 35.2 million shares in solgold . 3 cascabel edit on 11 april 2012 it was announced that solgold had acquired the right to buy up to 85 % of a highly prospective gold copper silver project in ecuador after signing a binding letter of intent with cornerstone capital resources a canadian mining company which is listed on the tsx venture exchange . 4 just over two months later it was announced that both parties had finalised the agreement and a 2.8 million first year exploration programme had begun . 5 following a magnetic and radiometric survey of cascabel as well as soil sampling and rock alteration mapping the results were said to be both very encouraging and extremely prospective . trench sampling also confirmed outcropping gold copper mineralisation . 6 in late january 2013 it was announced that after channel sampling at the alpapa creek area of the project a significant gold copper porphyry was located . 7 after raising a further 1.8 million through a share placement scheme in april 8 on 2 may solgold announced that it was ready to award a drill contract for the project . six drilling contractors have been invited to tender for the phase 1 drilling programme at cascabel and five have visited the cascabel concession and alpala prospect . four quotations have been received with the remaining two due in the next week solgold told proactive investors . 9 project areas edit country project australia cracow west mount perry normanby rannes ecuador cascabel solomon islands fauro island guadalcanal joint venture with newmont key personnel edit 10 11 position name education executive director nicholas mather b.sc . hons geology university of queensland non executive director brian moller llb hons university of queensland non executive director john bovard bachelor s in civil engineering non executive director dr. robert weinberg phd geology oxford university company secretary karl schlobohm bachelor s in commerce bachelor s in economics master s in taxation chartered accountant institute of chartered accountants in australia chief financial officer priy jayasuriya bachelor s in commerce university of queensland chartered accountant institute of chartered accountants in australia references edit 69th minesite mining forum solomon gold plc . retrieved 26 september 2010 . broker roundup redhall mount engineering gulfsands petroleum solomon gold . retrieved 25 september 2010 . d aguilar gold reap rewards . retrieved 24 september 2010 . sergei balashov 11 april 2012 . solomon gold secures right to buy 85pct stake in cascabel gold copper silver property . proactive investors australia . retrieved 13 july 2013 . giles gwinnett 25 july 2012 . solgold reveals start of us 2.8 mln exploration programme for cascabel property . proactive investors australia . retrieved 13 july 2013 . philip whiterow 24 december 2012 . solgold eyes major prize at cascabel . proactive investors australia . retrieved 13 july 2013 . solgold identifies significant gold copper porphyry at cascabel . proactive investors australia . 26 january 2013 . retrieved 15 july 2013 . ian lyall 3 april 2013 . solgold secures funding for next phase of exploration in ecuador . proactive investors australia . retrieved 15 july 2013 . giles gwinnett 2 may 2013 . solgold to award cascabel drill contract this month . proactive investors australia . retrieved 15 july 2013 . key personnel . solgold . retrieved 13 july 2013 . board & director profiles . solgold . retrieved 13 july 2013 . external links edit solgold on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title solgold & oldid 742535188 categories mining companies of australiagold mining companies of australiagold mining companiescopper mining companiescompanies listed on the alternative investment market navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links 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