Decimated Platfields share price lifting itself off the canvass

The share price of JSE-listed platinum exploration junior Platfields, which took a bath on listing, rose 12% on Wednesday on the news that the company had firmed up its Limpopo prospecting rights claim. Platfields’ share price, which went into...

Platfields share takes a bath as it plummets in JSE debut

The share price of platinum and gold exploration junior Platfields, which made its debut on the main board of the JSE on Tuesday, took the proverbial bath as it plummeted to less than half of its opening value. Platfields opened on 140c a share...

AngloPlat taking govt, Platfields to court over rights dispute

Anglo American group platinum miner Anglo Platinum is taking legal action against soon-to-be-listed precious metals junior Platfields as well as the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in yet another prospecting rights dispute. Platfields CEO...

Platinum junior to raise R200m in JSE listing

Platinum and gold junior Platfields will list on the main board of the JSE on December 14, the JSE confirms. The company is aspiring to raise R200-million for exploration at the listing, which it has been mooting since 2008. Platfields CEO...

Company Announcement: Targeting R200 million to fast-track project exploration: JSE main board listing set for 14 December 2010

Attached please find a press release on: Precious metals exploration, development and mining junior Platfields Limited (Platfields) will list on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), in the ‘Platinum and Precious Metals’...

Junior miner closer to meeting 
listing requirements – CEO

Platinum and gold junior Platfields has been hoping to list on the JSE during the last quarter of 2008, the first quarter of 2009 and, most recently, by the end of June 2009

Platinum-gold capital raising to coincide with new tax breaks for junior miners

New platinum-gold junior Platfields, which will list on the main board of the JSE "within weeks", will raise capital on the exchange only in July in order to coincide with the new tax incentives for mining companies introduced by South Africa...

JSE-bound Platfields sees elements of market recovery, intensifies exploration

It would be "all systems go" for the JSE-listing of junior platinum-group metals (PGMs) and gold explorer, Platfields, once the market recovered, CEO Bongani Mbindwane said. He told Mining Weekly Online, on Wednesday, that there were already...

Strong poised to grow stronger as platinum industry mulls consolidation

On the one hand, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana is calling for the creation of a State-owned platinum mining company, and on the other are an acquisitive Impala Platinum and an emerging Xstrata Resources, both...

Junior unfazed by current investor sentiment towards emerging explorers, miners

Emerging precious metals exploration and mining company Platfields says it is unfazed by prevailing investor sentiment towards emerging precious metals explorer and producers and softening precious metals prices.

Platinum junior Platfields confident about JSE listing before year-end

Junior platinum-group metals (PGMs) and gold explorer Platfields CEO Bongani Mbindwane on Thursday said it still planned to make its debut on the JSE in the last quarter of this year, and that the company also wanted to list on the TSX at some...

Platfields plans October JSE listing

South African miner Platfields hopes to raise R200-million for exploration and near-surface mining when it lists in Johannesburg this October, the company said on Thursday. Platfields, which is involved in platinum group metals exploration, is...