Hello Eyewatch
Can't say I blame you. As it turns out, with all of the turmoil at SUF this year, Chris Jennings was not involved in selecting the Yamba Lake drill targets, which pretty much makes their efforts this spring a complete waste of time and money.
However, CJ is back in charge of SUF after a coup at the AGM, and this NR may be of interest (if you are not already aware of the info.)
MILL CITY INTERNATIONAL INC. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Web Site: www.millcitygold.com 10655 Southport Road S.W., Ste. 700 E-Mail: millcity@cadvision.com Calgary, Alberta T2W 4Y1 PRESS RELEASE YAMBA LAKE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES CALGARY, ALBERTA ? June 9, 2000 - MILL CITY INTERNATIONAL INC. (MIY-CDNX) (MIYN-OTC) ("Mill City") together with joint venture partners TANQUERAY RESOURCES LTD. (TQY-CDNX) and TECHSITE STRATEGIES CORP. (TSS-CDNX) formerly CYPANGO VENTURES LTD. have been advised by SOUTHERNERA RESOURCES LTD.(SUF-TSE) of the results of the spring drilling program. Drilling commenced in April, on six separate targets on the 152, 506 acre claim block in the Yamba Lake Area of the Northwest Territories. A total of seven holes were drilled by SouthernEra and kimberlite was encountered in one target area. A second hold drilled into the anomaly confirmed that the kimberlite was a small dyke, and therefore, did not merit further testing. Kimberlite was not encountered in the remaining five target areas. SouthernEra have advised the partners that upon completion of a comprehensive review of all data obtained to date plus investigating the availability of new techniques currently being employed by others in the area, exploration on the property will re-commence in the summer. SouthernEra has the right to earn a 51% interest in the property by expending $10 million on or before December 31, 20002. Once SoutherEra has vested at 51%, the remaining interests in the property would be Tanqueray ? 19%, Mill City ? 19% and Techsite 11%. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: MILL CITY INTERNATIONAL INC. Larry D. Revitt, President Tel: (403) 640-0110, Fax: (403) 640-4024 Signed "Larry D. Revitt" ____________________________________ Larry D. Revitt, President The Canadian Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this Release.
Note, SUF will be back this summer and this time CJ will be involved in target selection. I would not be selling my shares just yet, whether you believe in E-carrats or not.
On that subject, their NR in February indicated that the E-carrats target start up date was June 30th:
MILL CITY INTERNATIONAL INC. ______________________________________________________________________________ Web Site: www.millcitygold.com 10655 Southport Rd. S.W., Ste. #700 E-Mail: millcity@cadvision.com Calgary, Alberta T2W 4Y1 PRESS RELEASE MILL CITY TO ACQUIRE E-CARATS.COM CALGARY, ALBERTA, February 21, 2000 - MILL CITY INTERNATIONAL INC. (MIY-CDNX); (MIYNF-OTC) ("Mill City") announces that this date it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire soon to be launched on-line diamond broker e-carats.com. Under the agreement, Mill City will be acquiring a fully operational e-commerce Web site enabling the public to purchase polished diamonds on-line at wholesale prices complete with search capability, customer service and diamond education pages for the consumer. Mill City has agreed to issue 4.7 million shares based on a value of $0.13 per share to acquire e-carats.com at such time as the Web site is complete. Under the letter of intent the fully operational Web site is to be completed on or before June 30, 2000. The completion of this contemplated purchase is conditional upon satisfactory due diligence and obtaining any regulatory approvals. On the diamond exploration front, Mill City and joint venture partners anticipate an extensive drilling program to commence next month on their Yamba Lake diamond exploration project in the Northwest Territories. On March 14, 2000, there will be a presentation in Calgary by Howard Bird of SouthernEra Resources prior to Mr. Bird travelling to the Northwest Territories to supervise the winter drilling program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: James R. Brown, Chairman or Larry D. Revitt, President Tel: (403) 640-0110, Fax: (403) 640-4024 Signed "Larry D. Revitt" _______________________________ Larry D. Revitt, President The Canadian Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this Release.
And MIY's March 31st Quarterly report states:
MILL CITY INTERNATIONAL INC. QUARTERLY REPORT FORM 61 March 31, 2000 SCHEDULE C: MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION During the first quarter of fiscal 1998, the Company, together with Tanqueray Resources Ltd. (?Tanqueray?) and Cypango Ventures Ltd. (?Cypango?) entered into a Letter of Intent with SouthernEra Resources Ltd. (?SouthernEra?) pursuant to which SouthernEra has the right to acquire a 51% undivided interest in the 152,506 acre Yamba Lake Claim Block, which claims are located adjacent to and north of the DiaMet/BHP property in the Northwest Territories. SouthernEra can earn its 51% undivided interest by expending $10,000,000 on or before December 31, 1999, with the additional $9,000,000 to be spent on or before December 31, 2002. On or about March 15, 2000, SouthernEra commenced its winter exploration on the property comprised initially of ground geophysics followed by drilling which commenced April 16, 2000. Drilling is expected to continue until spring break-up and it is anticipated that 8-10 holes will be drilled during that period of time. During the third quarter, the Company made application for the re-pricing of existing stock options and granting new stock options to directors, officers and employees at a price of $0.10 being that minimum exercise permitted under the policies of the Canadian Venture Exchange (the ?Exchange?). The Exchange has approved such repricing and new options subject to any shareholder approval required in accordance with the rules and policies of the Exchange. On February 21, 2000 the Company announced that it had entered into a letter agreement pursuant to which it will acquire the soon to be launched on-line diamond broker e-carats.com. Under the agreement, the Company will be acquiring a fully operational e-commerce Web Site enabling the public to purchase polished diamonds on-line at wholesale prices complete with search capability, customer service and diamond education pages for the consumer. On March 31, 2000 the Company received full and complete payment of all funds owing from Alberta Aerospace Corporation pursuant to that debenture security previously granted to and in favour of the Company. This payment to the Company was approximately $350,000 and has been added to the Company?s working capital. During the quarter and up to present, the Company has not entered into any investor relations agreements or contracts. The Company?s investor relations personnel, directors and officers communicated with private individuals and stock brokers, talking about the merits of our Company?s future that promote or could be reasonably expected to promote the purchase or sale of securities of the Company.
So I suppose if the June 30th date is maintained, we should be hearing something by month's end and possibly a bit of promotion is in the works. I have not checked on that however, but hopefully Larry is not going to launch a new venture without fanning the flames a little.
That might explain the pick up in trading over the past month.
Time will tell.
Good luck.
Vaughn |