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COVER: Sydney-based Hill End Gold Ltd is looking to revitalise its namesake goldfield near Bathurst in New South Wales and come to grips with its high-grade, narrow vein mineralisation. Exploration may be tricky, but with historical grades of 2 oz/t it is little wonder the company has already started trial mining. Deputy editor Dominic Piper went to investigate 

OPINION: Sean Russo continues his impassioned debate about hedging. In this edition he takes the non-hedging believers to task over the strategy of "high-grading", asking whether such a tactic is nothing more than short-term preservation 

NEW SOUTH WALES: Hill End is just one of a number of junior explorers finding compelling projects in the New South Wales gold sector. Gold Mining Journal dedicated eight pages to looking at some of the headline makers in that State

PRECIOUS METALS REVIEW: A This edition's Precious Metals Review takes in both Australian and African exploration plays as well as taking a look at the recent round of merger and aquisition activity that has struck the sector

January-March  2008