Directors dealings: Mariana Resources COO sells ahead of resource estimate
Mariana Resources´s chief operating officer sold just over a third of his stake in the mining outfit just as the company´s shares were hovering near their 52-week high.
FTSE AIM All-Share
730.17
09:40 15/11/24
Mariana Resources Ltd
99.00p
15:09 03/07/17
Mining
10,628.97
09:39 15/11/24
Eric Roth sold 2.8m shares at an individual price of 3.5p each, pocketing £98,000 in the process.
On 23 May 2016, the mainly South America-focused precious metals and copper miner published what analysts at ShoreCap labelled as "encouraging drilling results from the exciting 30%-owned Hot Maden Au-Cu project in Turkey," with an updated resource estimate due to be published this same month.
After selling down 37% of his stake Roth was left holding 4.782m shares in the firm.
As of 15:22 BST shares in Mariana were slipping 2% to 3.68p, giving the company a market capitalisation of £44.07m.
Top Director Buys
Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate (KWE)
Director name: Ricks,Mary
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 1,057.00p
Value: £211,399.99
Electra Private Equity (ELTA)
Director name: Bramson,Edward
Amount purchased: 4,605 @ 3,801.00p
Value: £175,036.04
Porta Communications (PTCM)
Director name: Morton,Bob
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 5.75p
Value: £28,750.00
Jpmorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust (JPS)
Director name: Guthrie,Deborah
Amount purchased: 7,269 @ 273.64p
Value: £19,890.89
Rps Group (RPS)
Director name: Hearne,Alan
Amount purchased: 65 @ 192.30p
Value: £124.99
Rps Group (RPS)
Director name: Williams,Phil
Amount purchased: 65 @ 192.30p
Value: £124.99
Rps Group (RPS)
Director name: Young,Gary
Amount purchased: 65 @ 192.30p
Value: £124.99
Top Director Sells
Jupiter Energy Ltd (JPRL)
Director name: Gander,Geoff
Amount sold: 1,184,112 @ A$0.25
Value: A$155,714.06
Mariana Resources Ltd. (MARL)
Director name: Roth,Eric
Amount sold: 2,800,000 @ 3.50p
Value: £98,000.00
Brainjuicer Group (BJU)
Director name: Geddes,James
Amount sold: 20,000 @ 362.00p
Value: £72,400.00