Firms Go to Arbitration Over Failed Gold Mining License Deal

Despite touting its Cambodian venture on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), a British registered mining firm’s plan to extract gold in Ratanakkiri province stalled and the firm may face legal action over a failed deal to obtain an exploration license. Astra Resources Plc. has also gone ahead with making a string of promising announcements to the market in Germany, including an estimation of a large gold resource in Ratanakkiri, even though it has undertaken absolutely no exploration work in the area. …