asx lrc industry mining predecessor southern pacific petroleum founded 6 february 1968 6 february 1968 headquarters west perth western australia area served australia chile key people matthew wood chairman nick lindsay ceo website www.lagunaresources.com laguna resources nl former name southern pacific petroleum nl was an australian mineral exploration and mining company . it explored and developed gold and silver projects in the maricunga gold belt of northern chile . it was a developer of the stuart oil shale project . contents 1 history 1.1 oil shale activities 1.2 financial difficulties 1.3 recapitalization 1.4 takeover 2 activities 2.1 glassford tenement 3 references 4 external links history edit southern pacific petroleum nl was incorporated on 6 february 1968 as an oil company . it was listed on the australian securities exchange on 16 may 1968 . oil shale activities edit since 1973 the main activity of the company was an oil shale exploration and shale oil extraction . in the mid 1980s southern pacific petroleum nl and central pacific minerals nl cpm formed a joint venture with esso australia to develop the rundle oil shale deposit in queensland . the active development of the rundle deposit ceased in late 1980s when esso deferred of the project . in 1997 spp cpm signed a joint venture agreement with the canadian company suncor energy to develop the stuart oil shale deposit . 1 suncor was designated as the project operator . in april 2001 suncor left the project and spp cpm became the sole shareholder of the project . in february 2002 spp and cpm merged and spp became the holding company for the group s interests including the stuart oil shale project . financial difficulties edit on 25 october 2003 the trade with spp s share was suspended due financial difficulties of the company . as spp had granted fixed and floating charges in favor of sandco koala llc in may 2003 the chargee appointed receivers of spp on 2 december 2003 . 2 on 13 february 2004 the stuart oil shale project and other assets were sold by receivers to the newly formed company queensland energy resources . 1 the most important remained asset was the stake in the rundle joint venture which was sold on 11 may 2007 to australian oil shale holdings . recapitalization edit in september 2007 the proposal of recapitalization of the company by ascent capital was accepted and on 28 may 2008 shareholders approved the recapitalization . at the same time all interests held by third parties in the glassford tenement central queensland were transferred to spp and the company focued on exploration and development of mineral resources . 3 in 2008 the company s shares were reinstated to quotation . to reflect the change of its core activities the company changed its name to laguna resources in 2009 . 4 takeover edit the company s shares were delisted in february 2012 following a successful takeover by kingsgate consolidated limited . 5 activities edit glassford tenement edit the glassford tenement approximately 136 hectares 1.36 km2 is located 70 kilometres 43 mi south of gladstone and 15 kilometres 9.3 mi southwest of nargoorin central queensland . the mineralization zone consists of a series of copper silver gold bearing skarn lodes . laguna resources intended to commence a work program to test the major geochemical anomaly areas for potentially economic mineralization . 3 references edit a b survey of energy resources pdf . world energy council . 2007 103 104 . retrieved 2008 08 20 . esso australia resources pty ltd v southern pacific petroleum nl . corporate law judgments . no. 2051 of 2004 . university of melbourne . centre for corporate law & securities regulation . 2004 . retrieved 2007 07 24 . a b quarterly report for the 3 month ending 30 june 2008 pdf . southern pacific petroleum nl . 2008 . retrieved 2008 08 20 . southern pacific petroleum nl . delisted investogain limited . retrieved 2010 04 15 . laguna resources nl removal from official list pdf . australian securities exchange . 2012 . retrieved 2016 06 09 . external links edit official website v t e mining companies of australia adelaide brighton cement allegiance mining alumina aquarius platinum atlas iron bhp billiton bougainville copper compass resources copper mines of tasmania energy resources of australia fortescue metals group grd hancock prospecting iluka resources international ferro metals laguna resources macarthur coal macmahon holdings magellan metals marathon resources marston minara resources mineralogy minerals and metals group mount lyell mining and railway company new hope coal newcrest mining orocobre oz minerals paladin energy pilbara iron qcoal rio tinto aluminium rio tinto group south32 tiwest joint venture retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title laguna resources & oldid 724418220 categories mining companies of australia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views 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