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Amara Mining (LON:AMA) (formerly Cluff Gold), has announced a resource update for its 100 per cent owned Baomahun Gold Project in Sierra Leone. There has been an increase in resource in the indicated category through addition of low grade halo around the existing high grade, from 25.6mt at 2.50g/t totalling 2.06m oz to 38.4mt at 1.82g/t totalling 2.24m oz. The updated resource model is significantly more robust following structural re-analysis and additional exploration targets have been identified. The project remains on track for first gold production in 2015 with the feasibility study expected to be completed in H1 2013.

ATH Resources (LON:ATH)  one of the UK's largest coal producers, has reported that it has been notified by its lenders, HSBC and Clydesdale Bank (trading as Yorkshire Bank), that the BECAP Fund LP has acquired some of ATH Resources and its subsidiaries' banking facilities and their related rights. As a result of initial discussions with representatives of BECAP Fund LP, the Company believes that a comprehensive review and restructuring of the business will be required and that, given the existing level of liabilities in the Company, it is unlikely that existing shareholder value will be maintained. Following completion of the review, the new lender may be prepared to inject new capital into a restructured business.

Auhua Clean Energy (LON:ACE) AIM quoted environmental technology group based in the Shandong Province…

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