FALKLANDS Oil & Gas is set to list on London's Alternative Investment Market to raise funds for its Falklands exploration programme, writes Martyn Wingrove .
Falkland Islands Legislative Council member, John Birmingham, returned to the Islands this week after attending both the Small Countries Conference of the British Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and its Plenary Conference, which took place in Canada between the 30th August and the 9th September.
While many people got their thrills this summer by visiting theme parks, mine came from watching my MarketEye share prices screen and the performance of my personal pension scheme's shareholding in Falkland Islands Holdings (FIH). The company has retailing, shipping, port services and other interests in the Falklands.
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Mayoral remarks dismissed;
News in brief: Falklands to feature in fishermen film; Expert to visit Islands; Investigation continues.
In a recent interview for the English language newspaper, The Buenos Aires Herald, Cesar Mayoral, Argentina's Ambassador at the United Nations, was reported to have made a number of statements about the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and its inhabitants, which they might have been expected to find controversial.
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New Appointment; £25,000 for Boston Seafood Exhibit; Santiago based Chamber of Commerce to visit; Artist James' London opening.
Falkland Oil and Gas is to offer investors a stake on possible oil reserves near the Falkland Islands later this week, when it announces details of its planned Aim listing.
This year's loligo catch looks set to go down as one of the worst in Falkland's history.
Several North American companies have expressed an interest in Falklands' oil exploration, the Mineral Resources Committee heard last week.
Thousands of Gibraltarians dressed in the Rock's national colours - red and white - celebrated their annual National Day last Friday September 10 under the banner ‘self-determination is democracy', reported The Gibraltar Chronicle.