Dr. Richard Napier PhD
Managing Director, GFMS Metal Consulting Ltd
Member of the Industrial Council
Council Member Biography
Dr. Richard Napier is the Managing Director of GFMS Mining and Exploration Consulting, an independent London based mining research group. Richard has considerable experience in a mining and exploration. He has expertise in both internal (mining costs, geology, and management) and external (market supply and demand forecasts in gold, silver, copper, nickel, and uranium) factors when evaluating mining projects. Richard has global experience and has worked comprehensively in Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the listed uranium explorer Contact Uranium Limited and a Director of Continental Capital Limited, a listed mining sector investment company. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2007 - 2008
- Executive Chairman, RAM RESOURCES LIMITED
- 2003 - Unspecified
- Managing Director, GFMS Metal Consulting Ltd
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Richard Napier(?)
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Long term gold forecasting factors
December 13, 2006
Merrill Lynch raises gold, silver, uranium price forecasts | www.mineweb.net
Long term gold precious price forecasts are generally non-published phenomena, so it is interesting to see Merrill Lynch's longer term opinion.
Reasons for longer term gold include investor sentiment, fabrication demand
The author suggests several other longer term factors are also at play -
December 13, 2006
Billionaire will fight FCX acquisition of copper miner Phelps Dodge | www.mineweb.net
- Freeport McMoRan (FM) and Phelps Dodge in a merger deal puts both companies 'in play' as targets for other groups
-Whilst FM with its world beating asset seems like an obvious target initially, there are compelling reasons why Phelps should make just as good, if not better a takeover possibility -
Why nickel prices are high, its outlook, and how it affects miners
November 30, 2006
Metals - Nickel, zinc hit fresh record highs before retreating, copper falls | www.forbes.com
The article notes ever increasing highs for nickel and similar record trends for other base metals.
One of the supports for high metals prices is tight inventories.
Inventory lows are due to demand highs and a long period of under exploration up until 2003.
In particular, new, large nickel projects are difficult to develop even if the are known to exist. There are several factors which will continue to support a longer term higher nickel price, even if we are currently in an investment 'spike'.
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GLG Study Groups with Richard Napier(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council | 4887 |
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 3422 |
| Mining Experts | 1474 |
| Copper Mining Experts | 113 |
| Copper Pricing Trend Experts | 94 |
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