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2008

12.06.2008 - China's impact on gold
Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg TV discusses China's impact on gold with Managing Director, Paul Atherley
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04.04.2008 - Time Magazine - The Glitter Factory
As precious metals soar, China is overtaking South Africa as the world's largest gold producer.
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25.02.2008 - Demand for gold up by 26 per cent as China becomes second-biggest market
With the start of the Year of the Rat, Chinese have been forming queues across the country to buy solid gold rodents.
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23.02.2008 - China surpasses U.S. as world's No. 2 gold jewellery consumer
According to statistics released by the World Gold Council (WGC), China has surpassed the United States to emerge the world’s second largest market for gold jewellery.
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23.02.2008 - First two foreign banks to trade gold on Shanghai Gold Exchange
Shanghai Gold Exchange has approved Standard Chartered and HSBC banks as members to activate trading.
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23.01.2008 - 'Being There' is Leyshon's Corporate Approach to China
Article in February 2008 edition of World Mining Stocks
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18.01.2008 - Subprime Losses in 2007 Equal Gains for Gold in 2008
Call them prescient. Just one day before gold tumbled below the $900 mark, the analysts at precious metals consultancy GFMS Ltd. cautioned that gold prices above $900 were “unlikely to be sustainable” in the short term
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17.01.2008 - China Takes Over South Africa's Crown
It’s no surprise gold production in South Africa has been falling significantly over the past few decades.
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10.01.2008 - Ambrian Partners Recommends Leyshon as its Top Mining stock for 2008
This year Ambrian anticipates that the flight to quality will drive investors away from all but most prospective juniors, and in this context it cites Leyshon Resources as its top mining pick.
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03.01.2008 - Shanghai Futures Exchange to Launch Gold Futures Next Wednesday
Yu Junxing, an analyst at Jingyi Futures, said that gold prices will hit $900 per ounce in early 2008
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03.01.2008 - China to trade Gold Futures Contracts
Shanghai demand expected to be huge
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2007

20.12.2007 - Shanghai Futures Exchange Initiates Gold Futures Trials
The Shanghai Futures Exchange's (SHFE) trial of gold futures trading commenced Monday and will finish on Thursday, 26 December, ahead of the official launch, a SHFE official told Interfax.
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10.12.2007 - Leyshon on a Roll
ONE company that doesn’t expect delivery delays or budget overruns on ball mills is Leyshon Resources Ltd
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07.12.2007 - China may exhaust existing gold mines in six years
China must source more gold from overseas
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05.12.2007 - Chinese gold jewellery fabrication jumps by 24% in 2007
China's demand for gold jewellery may increase by about 20% this year
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05.12.2007 - Leyshon Resources Maintains Momentum
Proactive Investors coverage on Leyshon Resources
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05.12.2007 - Gold is Now More Precious than Ever
Demand still outstrips supply, but with the era of easy exploration gone, investors switch focus to mergers and acquisitions
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03.12.2007 - China on way to being top gold producer
China could usurp South Africa and claim the number one gold producer spot in 2007, with the price of the yellow metal remaining strong.
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29.11.2007 - China's gold demand set to hit record high
According to the World Gold Council, China's demand for gold rose in the third quarter as a hedge against inflation. Gold demand this year is expected to hit a record, the group said.
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28.11.2007 - Zinc price plunge opens window for stockpiling and industry consolidation
The recent plunge in zinc prices has opened an excellent window of opportunity for China to increase zinc stockpiles and consolidate the domestic industry,
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26.11.2007 - Long Yuan = Long Gold
It may sometimes seem that China is somehow both unaffected by and indifferent to the spiraling shifts of the world’s currency and banking sectors we are in.
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26.11.2007 - Ambrian Partners Recommend Leyshon a Buy - Target Price 32p
Recommendation: BUY, target price 32p
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16.11.2007 - Dollar crunch puts gold centre stage
By Ambrose Evans- Pritchard
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16.11.2007 - A perfect storm for gold as mines left empty
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
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24.10.2007 - Expert: China may import more gold
Sources familiar with the gold industry predict imports to China to rise, according to today's China Business News.
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01.10.2007 - Dollar crunch puts gold centre stage
THE dominoes are toppling.
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30.09.2007 - China produces 167.57 tons of gold in the first eight months, up 11.63 pct
China's gold production amounted to 167.57 tons in the first eight months of 2007, up 11.63 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics released by China Gold Association today.
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22.09.2007 - Fears for global economy fuels propels gold price
Autumn is typically a season for gold rallies
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22.09.2007 - China edges closer to title of No. 1 gold producer
China will soon become the world's largest gold producer
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20.09.2007 - Chief strategist at CLSA predicts record gold run
It would be the biggest run on gold since the attempted French invasion of Britain of 1797 that sent prices through the roof.
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17.09.2007 - Manisha Tank of BBC World Business Report discusses China's impact on gold with Managing Director, Paul Atherley
In only a few years China has come from nowhere to overtake Australia to become the world’s third largest gold producer. Last it produced 240 tonnes and this year production is up 15% in 7 months, its biggest growth in a decade and well on its way to becoming the world’s number one.
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12.09.2007 - Transforming Chinese economy - opening golden doors
SINO Gold chief executive Jake Klein has continued to beat the drum for China, saying there is a one-time opportunity for gold miners to move into the country and take advantage of the economy's transformation from state-based to private capital.
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12.09.2007 - SHFE to Launch Gold Futures Trading
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has given permission to the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), the largest futures bourse in China, to start gold futures trading.
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31.08.2007 - China's Gold Output Jumps more than 15%
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports that China’s gold output jumped 15.44% in the first seven months of the year
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06.08.2007 - China can become world's number 2 gold producer in 2007
China could overtake Australia as the world's number three gold producer
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23.07.2007 - China becomes #3 gold producer and consumer
According to the Gold Survey 2007 by Gold Fields Mineral Services Ltd., Chinese gold production increased 8% year-on-year to overtake Australia as the number three gold producer, despite a drop in total global output.
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12.06.2007 - China to Take Gold - Golden Future for China
THE managing director of one of the foreign-owned companies leading China’s domestic gold industry into a new era is confident the country will become the world’s leading gold producer “in the next few years”.
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08.06.2007 - Heightened Demand for Gold in China
More straws in the wind for gold ... a wind coming out of the East.
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08.06.2007 - Shanghai Gold Exchange on Track With Gold Futures Trade Application
The Shanghai Gold Exchange, China's sole precious metals spot-trade platform
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08.06.2007 - China opens Shanghai Gold Exchange to foreign investors
The People’s Bank of China decided in a meeting yesterday to allow foreign banks into the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
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15.05.2007 - China liberalises investment regime
Some of the world’s biggest fund managers are set to expand aggressively into the booming Chinese wealth management market following a rule change that could trigger a massive flow of mainland investments into foreign equity products.
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11.05.2007 - China's Gold Production Jumps 16% in First Quarter
China produced 56.183 tonnes of gold in the first quarter of the year, up 15.99% from the same period last year, according to statistics released by the China Gold Association today.
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10.04.2007 - Bejing should look to acquire gold and oil
Published: March 16 2007 02:00 | Last updated: March 16 2007 02:00
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04.04.2007 - Gold poised for record run
Gold prices could exceed last year’s 26 year high of $730 an ounce within the next 12 months due to a weaker dollar, rising geopolitical tensions and an investment led rally, according to the annual survey by GFMS, the metals consultancy.
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22.03.2007 - Gold consumption continues to surge in China: expert
The consumption of gold across China will top 350 tons this year, a record high, according to Cheng Fumin, chairman of China Gold Association.
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08.03.2007 - Minesite Presentation Webcast
Please find below a link to the webcast of Managing Director, Paul Atherley's recent presentation a tthe 39th Minesite Mining Forum held in London on 20 February.
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12.02.2007 - Nadler's Nuggets: China's bullion demand picking up
According to Jon Nadler, analyst for Kitco.com, gold started off this morning weaker, fluctuating between $662 and $668, with traders watching oil and the dollar.
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01.02.2007 - Gold investment channels broadening in China
On December 31st, 2006, Shanghai Gold Exchange released the Trial Methods on Individual Physical Gold Transactions
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24.01.2007 - China's gold prices to continue to rise on surging domestic demand
Shanghai spot gold prices will likely continue to rise in the short term following global price gains and surging domestic demand ahead of the Chinese New Year, according to analysts.
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15.01.2007 - Foreign Gold Miners Could Be Set to Prosper in the Red East
St. LOUIS (ResourceInvestor.com) -- China has emerged as the world’s fourth largest gold producer within the last decade.
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15.01.2007 - Trade in gold jumps in China
Chinese investors traded enthusiastically in gold last year, according to the latest figures from the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
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2006

26.12.2006 - China lowers gold trading threshold for small private investors
In a move to attract small private investors, China on Monday lowered the trading threshold at the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) from one kilogram to 100 grams.
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20.12.2006 - Shanghai Gold Exchange Moving to Financial Products Trading
SHANGHAI (Interfax-China) -- The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) will grant membership to securities companies to help diversify from a gold exchange to financial products trading, from gold spot trading to gold derivative products trading and from the domestic market to international market,
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05.12.2006 - China should increase gold holdings
China's foreign exchange reserves have become a thorny issue for the government.
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29.11.2006 - Sources say China's gold demand will fuel price rise
According to, Cheng Fumin, chairman of the China Gold Association, the country plans to double its efforts to facilitate future gold trade and to encourage foreign investors to invest in China’s gold mining industry.
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16.11.2006 - China Will Corner the Gold Market
Whose paper currency do you think should have more purchasing power? Naturally, the yuan. Yet that’s not the case — the dollar remains stronger. But not for long. Here’s why ...
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15.11.2006 - Chinese economist advocates increasing gold reserves...again
“China should use its surplus reserves to fund economic reform and important national strategic projects. China should also pick the right time to increase the proportion of gold in its reserves.”
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11.11.2006 - RBC Capital Markets says gold investors will enjoy 3-5 more bullish years
Stephen Walker, director of global mining research at RBC, said that gold equities are likely to enjoy another 3-5 years of “solid” growth
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09.11.2006 - China reiterates plans to diversify away from the U.S. dollar
The dollar hit a two month low against the euro...
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31.10.2006 - Proportion of Gold In Reserves ‘Too Low’ for China
BEIJING -- Chinese foreign exchange reserves of $700-billion (U.S.) are "enough," and the country should spend excess holdings abroad, says Xia Bin, director of the financial research department of the State Council, or cabinet.
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30.10.2006 - More Zheng Guang to the north
LEYSHON Resources Ltd has highlighted the broader potential of its Zheng Guang gold and base metal project in Heilongjiang Province after hitting near-surface gold and zinc mineralisation 1km north of previously delineated resources.
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29.09.2006 - Lucky Leyshon Hits Bonanza Grades At Zheng Guang Prospect
Last week shares in ASX and AIM listed Leyshon Resources jumped 19 per cent from 15p to 19p after it announced a bonanza intersection at its Zheng Guang prospect in northern China.
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27.09.2006 - China Mining Open for Business
The history of mining in China stretches back 3000 years. There are proven reserves of 158 different minerals and it is now probably the third largest producer in the world.
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21.09.2006 - More High Grade Gold in China
Leyshon Resources, the Australian-based gold miner, has reported more high-grade vein intersections at its 1.2 million ounce Zheng Guang gold-zinc-silver project in Heilongjiang in north-eastern China.
more detail
13.09.2006 - China's Potential Demand for Gold
The Chinese demand is underpinning the long term gold demand story and that is not without reasons.
more detail
11.09.2006 - China reports 44% increase in traded precious metals contracts
The Shanghai Gold Exchange saw a total traded volume of 687.30 million tonnes for its various precious metals contracts for January-July 2006
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02.09.2006 - Further bullion correction could boost China's reserves
Further correction in bullion prices may encourage China to boost its gold holdings, which account for only 1.3% of the country's foreign exchange reserves, a senior industry official told Reuters on Thursday.
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17.08.2006 - Leyshon Looks to Build a Production Profile
HIGHGRADE Article, August 10, 2006
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07.08.2006 - China should increase holdings of gold - govt economist
China should set aside 20-30 pct of its foreign exchange reserves to be actively managed, a government economist said.
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06.07.2006 - Gold and Silver Prices Soar in China
Due to a weakening of the U.S. dollar, gold and silver prices increased dramatically during the first day of trading in July, in China.
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2005

06.12.2005 - Leyson Feasibility Underway, MiningNews.Net
Leyson Feasibility Underway
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08.04.2005 - 22nd Minesite Mining Forum Webcast
The (first) webcast of the 22nd Minesite Mining Forum is now available.
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22.03.2005 - Leyshon Resources Active in China, The Australian Investor
Gold explorer Leyshon Resources Ltd., the first Australian mining company to base its offices and Managing Director in Beijing, has identified two priority projects in the highly mineralised north eastern Chinese Province of Heilongjiang.
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18.03.2005 - A Chinese Lottery Ticket, Mining Journal
At the recent National People’s Congress in Beijing President Hu Jintao put continued economic progress as a matter of paramount importance to improve the living standards of over a billion Chinese yet to participate in the country’s economic miracle.
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12.01.2005 - Spinning out Australian Exploration Assets, Fat Prophets Mining
Leyshon Resources has announced that it intends to de-merge its Australian exploration assets into a new entity called Echelon Resources Limited.
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06.01.2005 - Junior Targets 3M oz by 2007, Paul Garvey Resourcestocks
LEYSHON Resources is another Australian junior that has taken up the challenge of exploring for gold in China.
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2004

08.12.2004 - Leyshon Raises Cash For China, Brad Ricks MiningNews
AUSTRALIAN-listed junior Leyshon Resources has raised $7 million via a share placement to institutions to fund further exploration at the company's projects in China.
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24.11.2004 - Zheng Guang Coming Up Trumps, Fat Prophets Mining
Leyshon Resources has reported some encouraging drilling results from its Zheng Guang gold project in the Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.
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		Archived News 2008 12.06.2008 - China's impact on gold Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg TV discusses China's impact on gold with Managing Director, Paul Atherley more detail 04.04.2008 - Time Magazine - The Glitter Factory As precious metals soar, China is overtaking South Africa as the world's largest gold producer. more detail 25.02.2008 - Demand for gold up by 26 per cent as China becomes second-biggest market With the start of the Year of the Rat, Chinese have been forming queues across the country to buy solid gold rodents. more detail 23.02.2008 - China surpasses U.S. as world's No. 2 gold jewellery consumer According to statistics released by the World Gold Council (WGC), China has surpassed the United States to emerge the world’s second largest market for gold jewellery. more detail 23.02.2008 - First two foreign banks to trade gold on Shanghai Gold Exchange Shanghai Gold Exchange has approved Standard Chartered and HSBC banks as members to activate trading. more detail 23.01.2008 - 'Being There' is Leyshon's Corporate Approach to China Article in February 2008 edition of World Mining Stocks more detail 18.01.2008 - Subprime Losses in 2007 Equal Gains for Gold in 2008 Call them prescient. Just one day before gold tumbled below the $900 mark, the analysts at precious metals consultancy GFMS Ltd. cautioned that gold prices above $900 were “unlikely to be sustainable” in the short term more detail 17.01.2008 - China Takes Over South Africa's Crown It’s no surprise gold production in South Africa has been falling significantly over the past few decades. more detail 10.01.2008 - Ambrian Partners Recommends Leyshon as its Top Mining stock for 2008 This year Ambrian anticipates that the flight to quality will drive investors away from all but most prospective juniors, and in this context it cites Leyshon Resources as its top mining pick. more detail 03.01.2008 - Shanghai Futures Exchange to Launch Gold Futures Next Wednesday Yu Junxing, an analyst at Jingyi Futures, said that gold prices will hit $900 per ounce in early 2008 more detail 03.01.2008 - China to trade Gold Futures Contracts Shanghai demand expected to be huge more detail 2007 20.12.2007 - Shanghai Futures Exchange Initiates Gold Futures Trials The Shanghai Futures Exchange's (SHFE) trial of gold futures trading commenced Monday and will finish on Thursday, 26 December, ahead of the official launch, a SHFE official told Interfax. more detail 10.12.2007 - Leyshon on a Roll ONE company that doesn’t expect delivery delays or budget overruns on ball mills is Leyshon Resources Ltd more detail 07.12.2007 - China may exhaust existing gold mines in six years China must source more gold from overseas more detail 05.12.2007 - Chinese gold jewellery fabrication jumps by 24% in 2007 China's demand for gold jewellery may increase by about 20% this year more detail 05.12.2007 - Leyshon Resources Maintains Momentum Proactive Investors coverage on Leyshon Resources more detail 05.12.2007 - Gold is Now More Precious than Ever Demand still outstrips supply, but with the era of easy exploration gone, investors switch focus to mergers and acquisitions more detail 03.12.2007 - China on way to being top gold producer China could usurp South Africa and claim the number one gold producer spot in 2007, with the price of the yellow metal remaining strong. more detail 29.11.2007 - China's gold demand set to hit record high According to the World Gold Council, China's demand for gold rose in the third quarter as a hedge against inflation. Gold demand this year is expected to hit a record, the group said. more detail 28.11.2007 - Zinc price plunge opens window for stockpiling and industry consolidation The recent plunge in zinc prices has opened an excellent window of opportunity for China to increase zinc stockpiles and consolidate the domestic industry, more detail 26.11.2007 - Long Yuan = Long Gold It may sometimes seem that China is somehow both unaffected by and indifferent to the spiraling shifts of the world’s currency and banking sectors we are in. more detail 26.11.2007 - Ambrian Partners Recommend Leyshon a Buy - Target Price 32p Recommendation: BUY, target price 32p more detail 16.11.2007 - Dollar crunch puts gold centre stage By Ambrose Evans- Pritchard more detail 16.11.2007 - A perfect storm for gold as mines left empty By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor more detail 24.10.2007 - Expert: China may import more gold Sources familiar with the gold industry predict imports to China to rise, according to today's China Business News. more detail 01.10.2007 - Dollar crunch puts gold centre stage THE dominoes are toppling. more detail 30.09.2007 - China produces 167.57 tons of gold in the first eight months, up 11.63 pct China's gold production amounted to 167.57 tons in the first eight months of 2007, up 11.63 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics released by China Gold Association today. more detail 22.09.2007 - Fears for global economy fuels propels gold price Autumn is typically a season for gold rallies more detail 22.09.2007 - China edges closer to title of No. 1 gold producer China will soon become the world's largest gold producer more detail 20.09.2007 - Chief strategist at CLSA predicts record gold run It would be the biggest run on gold since the attempted French invasion of Britain of 1797 that sent prices through the roof. more detail 17.09.2007 - Manisha Tank of BBC World Business Report discusses China's impact on gold with Managing Director, Paul Atherley In only a few years China has come from nowhere to overtake Australia to become the world’s third largest gold producer. Last it produced 240 tonnes and this year production is up 15% in 7 months, its biggest growth in a decade and well on its way to becoming the world’s number one. more detail 12.09.2007 - Transforming Chinese economy - opening golden doors SINO Gold chief executive Jake Klein has continued to beat the drum for China, saying there is a one-time opportunity for gold miners to move into the country and take advantage of the economy's transformation from state-based to private capital. more detail 12.09.2007 - SHFE to Launch Gold Futures Trading The China Securities Regulatory Commission has given permission to the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), the largest futures bourse in China, to start gold futures trading. more detail 31.08.2007 - China's Gold Output Jumps more than 15% China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports that China’s gold output jumped 15.44% in the first seven months of the year more detail 06.08.2007 - China can become world's number 2 gold producer in 2007 China could overtake Australia as the world's number three gold producer more detail 23.07.2007 - China becomes #3 gold producer and consumer According to the Gold Survey 2007 by Gold Fields Mineral Services Ltd., Chinese gold production increased 8% year-on-year to overtake Australia as the number three gold producer, despite a drop in total global output. more detail 12.06.2007 - China to Take Gold - Golden Future for China THE managing director of one of the foreign-owned companies leading China’s domestic gold industry into a new era is confident the country will become the world’s leading gold producer “in the next few years”. more detail 08.06.2007 - Heightened Demand for Gold in China More straws in the wind for gold ... a wind coming out of the East. more detail 08.06.2007 - Shanghai Gold Exchange on Track With Gold Futures Trade Application The Shanghai Gold Exchange, China's sole precious metals spot-trade platform more detail 08.06.2007 - China opens Shanghai Gold Exchange to foreign investors The People’s Bank of China decided in a meeting yesterday to allow foreign banks into the Shanghai Gold Exchange. more detail 15.05.2007 - China liberalises investment regime Some of the world’s biggest fund managers are set to expand aggressively into the booming Chinese wealth management market following a rule change that could trigger a massive flow of mainland investments into foreign equity products. more detail 11.05.2007 - China's Gold Production Jumps 16% in First Quarter China produced 56.183 tonnes of gold in the first quarter of the year, up 15.99% from the same period last year, according to statistics released by the China Gold Association today. more detail 10.04.2007 - Bejing should look to acquire gold and oil Published: March 16 2007 02:00 \| Last updated: March 16 2007 02:00 more detail 04.04.2007 - Gold poised for record run Gold prices could exceed last year’s 26 year high of $730 an ounce within the next 12 months due to a weaker dollar, rising geopolitical tensions and an investment led rally, according to the annual survey by GFMS, the metals consultancy. more detail 22.03.2007 - Gold consumption continues to surge in China: expert The consumption of gold across China will top 350 tons this year, a record high, according to Cheng Fumin, chairman of China Gold Association. more detail 08.03.2007 - Minesite Presentation Webcast Please find below a link to the webcast of Managing Director, Paul Atherley's recent presentation a tthe 39th Minesite Mining Forum held in London on 20 February. more detail 12.02.2007 - Nadler's Nuggets: China's bullion demand picking up According to Jon Nadler, analyst for Kitco.com, gold started off this morning weaker, fluctuating between $662 and $668, with traders watching oil and the dollar. more detail 01.02.2007 - Gold investment channels broadening in China On December 31st, 2006, Shanghai Gold Exchange released the Trial Methods on Individual Physical Gold Transactions more detail 24.01.2007 - China's gold prices to continue to rise on surging domestic demand Shanghai spot gold prices will likely continue to rise in the short term following global price gains and surging domestic demand ahead of the Chinese New Year, according to analysts. more detail 15.01.2007 - Foreign Gold Miners Could Be Set to Prosper in the Red East St. LOUIS (ResourceInvestor.com) -- China has emerged as the world’s fourth largest gold producer within the last decade. more detail 15.01.2007 - Trade in gold jumps in China Chinese investors traded enthusiastically in gold last year, according to the latest figures from the Shanghai Gold Exchange. more detail 2006 26.12.2006 - China lowers gold trading threshold for small private investors In a move to attract small private investors, China on Monday lowered the trading threshold at the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) from one kilogram to 100 grams. more detail 20.12.2006 - Shanghai Gold Exchange Moving to Financial Products Trading SHANGHAI (Interfax-China) -- The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) will grant membership to securities companies to help diversify from a gold exchange to financial products trading, from gold spot trading to gold derivative products trading and from the domestic market to international market, more detail 05.12.2006 - China should increase gold holdings China's foreign exchange reserves have become a thorny issue for the government. more detail 29.11.2006 - Sources say China's gold demand will fuel price rise According to, Cheng Fumin, chairman of the China Gold Association, the country plans to double its efforts to facilitate future gold trade and to encourage foreign investors to invest in China’s gold mining industry. more detail 16.11.2006 - China Will Corner the Gold Market Whose paper currency do you think should have more purchasing power? Naturally, the yuan. Yet that’s not the case — the dollar remains stronger. But not for long. Here’s why ... more detail 15.11.2006 - Chinese economist advocates increasing gold reserves...again “China should use its surplus reserves to fund economic reform and important national strategic projects. China should also pick the right time to increase the proportion of gold in its reserves.” more detail 11.11.2006 - RBC Capital Markets says gold investors will enjoy 3-5 more bullish years Stephen Walker, director of global mining research at RBC, said that gold equities are likely to enjoy another 3-5 years of “solid” growth more detail 09.11.2006 - China reiterates plans to diversify away from the U.S. dollar The dollar hit a two month low against the euro... more detail 31.10.2006 - Proportion of Gold In Reserves ‘Too Low’ for China BEIJING -- Chinese foreign exchange reserves of $700-billion (U.S.) are "enough," and the country should spend excess holdings abroad, says Xia Bin, director of the financial research department of the State Council, or cabinet. more detail 30.10.2006 - More Zheng Guang to the north LEYSHON Resources Ltd has highlighted the broader potential of its Zheng Guang gold and base metal project in Heilongjiang Province after hitting near-surface gold and zinc mineralisation 1km north of previously delineated resources. more detail 29.09.2006 - Lucky Leyshon Hits Bonanza Grades At Zheng Guang Prospect Last week shares in ASX and AIM listed Leyshon Resources jumped 19 per cent from 15p to 19p after it announced a bonanza intersection at its Zheng Guang prospect in northern China. more detail 27.09.2006 - China Mining Open for Business The history of mining in China stretches back 3000 years. There are proven reserves of 158 different minerals and it is now probably the third largest producer in the world. more detail 21.09.2006 - More High Grade Gold in China Leyshon Resources, the Australian-based gold miner, has reported more high-grade vein intersections at its 1.2 million ounce Zheng Guang gold-zinc-silver project in Heilongjiang in north-eastern China. more detail 13.09.2006 - China's Potential Demand for Gold The Chinese demand is underpinning the long term gold demand story and that is not without reasons. more detail 11.09.2006 - China reports 44% increase in traded precious metals contracts The Shanghai Gold Exchange saw a total traded volume of 687.30 million tonnes for its various precious metals contracts for January-July 2006 more detail 02.09.2006 - Further bullion correction could boost China's reserves Further correction in bullion prices may encourage China to boost its gold holdings, which account for only 1.3% of the country's foreign exchange reserves, a senior industry official told Reuters on Thursday. more detail 17.08.2006 - Leyshon Looks to Build a Production Profile HIGHGRADE Article, August 10, 2006 more detail 07.08.2006 - China should increase holdings of gold - govt economist China should set aside 20-30 pct of its foreign exchange reserves to be actively managed, a government economist said. more detail 06.07.2006 - Gold and Silver Prices Soar in China Due to a weakening of the U.S. dollar, gold and silver prices increased dramatically during the first day of trading in July, in China. more detail 2005 06.12.2005 - Leyson Feasibility Underway, MiningNews.Net Leyson Feasibility Underway more detail 08.04.2005 - 22nd Minesite Mining Forum Webcast The (first) webcast of the 22nd Minesite Mining Forum is now available. more detail 22.03.2005 - Leyshon Resources Active in China, The Australian Investor Gold explorer Leyshon Resources Ltd., the first Australian mining company to base its offices and Managing Director in Beijing, has identified two priority projects in the highly mineralised north eastern Chinese Province of Heilongjiang. more detail 18.03.2005 - A Chinese Lottery Ticket, Mining Journal At the recent National People’s Congress in Beijing President Hu Jintao put continued economic progress as a matter of paramount importance to improve the living standards of over a billion Chinese yet to participate in the country’s economic miracle. more detail 12.01.2005 - Spinning out Australian Exploration Assets, Fat Prophets Mining Leyshon Resources has announced that it intends to de-merge its Australian exploration assets into a new entity called Echelon Resources Limited. more detail 06.01.2005 - Junior Targets 3M oz by 2007, Paul Garvey Resourcestocks LEYSHON Resources is another Australian junior that has taken up the challenge of exploring for gold in China. more detail 2004 08.12.2004 - Leyshon Raises Cash For China, Brad Ricks MiningNews AUSTRALIAN-listed junior Leyshon Resources has raised $7 million via a share placement to institutions to fund further exploration at the company's projects in China. more detail 24.11.2004 - Zheng Guang Coming Up Trumps, Fat Prophets Mining Leyshon Resources has reported some encouraging drilling results from its Zheng Guang gold project in the Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. more detail View latest news.