All!
I want to call BCMD to your attention. On 11/7 Doug said that if it closed over 1-1/2, the sky would be the limit. He was talking only from a TA perspective and said it was speculative.
It looks to me that today will be the day it closes above 1-1/2. They have come out with some important news about a deal, and the stock has moved from under 1-1/2 for the first time this year.
This is the news item:
Thursday November 20, 1:29 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Brush Creek Concludes Gold Mining Joint-Venture
$9,000,000 to be Contributed Over 30 Months Brush Creek Controls 70 Percent
Partner 30 Percent Plus Option
GRASS VALLEY, Cali.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1997-- BRUSH CREEK(NASDAQ:BCMD - news) Brush Creek Mining and Development Co., Inc. today announced the signing of a joint-venture agreement which covers its current gold mining properties. The partner, Sterling Mining, LLC, a New York City based investment group, is contributing $9,000,000 over 30 months. At the signing, the Company received the first payment.
In return, Sterling Mining, LLC will receive a 30 percent interest in the current Brush Creek gold properties. Brush Creek will retain a 70 percent interest. Sterling Mining, LLC will also receive 6,000,000 warrants which, when exercised, will bring an additional $1,800,000 to the Company. Finally our partner receives an option, valid until February 1, 1998. This option entitles Sterling Mining, LLC to increase its position in the joint-venture to 49 percent. In return Sterling would contribute an additional $6,000,000 over 30 months with the first payment due on March 1, 1998. Should Sterling elect to exercise the option, the net amount paid to Brush Creek, after finders' fees, would be $16,500,000.
Sterling earns no interest in the properties until $9,000,000 has been received by Brush Creek.
James S. Chapin, Brush Creek CEO, stated, ''We control the largest land position ever assembled in the northern-mines district of the California Motherlode. This funding should allow us to more rapidly develop the resources we control and to become a significant gold producer. I am delighted for our shareholders and our employees.''
Robert Danial, speaking on behalf of Sterling, stated, ''Our due diligence has convinced us that the surface of Brush Creek's massive property holdings has barely been scratched. We expect Brush Creek to be a high grade, low cost operation. We mean to insure that Brush Creek becomes a significant producer.''
Brush Creek controls nine mines in the Alleghany-Downieville gold district of Northern California. It also controls more than 4000 acres of potentially diamondiferous ground near La Porte, California. The prospective diamond properties are not covered by this joint venture agreement. Brush Creek is continuing to pursue a partner for that ground.
Contact:
Brush Creek Mining and Development Co., Inc. Lionel Gosselin, 888/272-7335 (Toll Free) or Brush Creek Mining and Development Co., Inc. Jim Chapin, 916/477-5961
Linda |