Niklas Bjorkman wrote: Firstly I agree with your conclusion. NewSQL takes the best of the traditional databases and NoSQL databases to combine the benefits of both worlds. I do not agree that NewSQL vendors focus on giving scale-out features to transactional data. The NewSQL market is focusing on giving true ACID support combined with extreme performance, stepping away from the traditional relational structures in databases. A lot of developers appreciate the ease of accessing data using SQL and I think we will see more and more databases supporting standard SQL.
As you said - NewSQL databases often maintain the...
SASKATOON, SK, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.
("GWMG" or the "Company", TSX:V - GWG) today announced its financial
results for the 3rd Quarter of 2012.
GWMG has reported its results under International Financial Reporting
Standards. For the three months and nine months ended September 30,
2012, GWMG's financial summary and highlights are as follows:
Three months ended
September 30/12
Three months ended
September 30/11
Nine months ended
September 30/12
Nine months ended
September 30/11
Revenue
$
4,786,838
$
4,214,616
$
12,897,685
$
13,630,390
Gross Margins
$
1,161,107
$
1,656,462
$
3,949,118
$
4,635,237
Earnings (Loss)
$
(3,627,912)
$
(2,299,266)
$
(6,521,005)
$
(10,276,921)
Earnings (Loss) per share
$
(0.009)
$
(0.006)
$
(0.016)
$
(0.028)
Less Common Metals Limited ("LCM") results for Q3 of 2012 include the
following highlights:
Three months ended
September 30/12
Three months ended
September 30/11
Nine months ended
September 30/12
Nine months ended
September 30/11
Revenue
$
4,718,693
$
4,159,682
$
12,669,607
$
13,407,201
Gross Margins
$
1,153,548
$
1,670,141
$
4,434,663
$
4,906,603
EBITDA
$
332,477
$
950,212
$
1,225,555
$
2,367,046
Earnings
$
(109,827)
$
604,625
$
275,575
$
1,503,705
GWMG Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Quinn said,
"In the face of some tightening of the global rare earth market GWMG
and LCM did manage to achieve higher revenues in the 3rd Quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter of 2011. LCM EBITDA and
earnings were reduced in the past quarter and year to date primarily as
a result of the move to a new plant as well as the costs of
installation of the new strip cast furnace. Both factors now provide a
platform for improved financial performance going forward."
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. intends to be an integrated rare earth
producer. The Company currently produces specialty alloys which are
used in the battery, magnet and aerospace industries. Produced at the
Company's wholly owned subsidiaries Less Common Metals Limited in
Birkenhead, U.K. and Great Western Technologies Inc. in Troy, Michigan,
these alloys contain aluminum, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements.
As part of the Company's vertical integration strategy, GWMG also holds
100% equity ownership in Rare Earth Extraction Co. Limited, which owns
a 74% equity interest in the Steenkampskraal Mine in South Africa. In
addition to an exploration program at Steenkampskraal, GWMG also holds
interests in four active rare earth exploration and development
properties in North America.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as
that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain information set out in this News Release constitutes
forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements (often, but
not always, identified by the use of words such as "expect", "may",
"could", "anticipate" or "will" and similar expressions) may describe
expectations, opinions or guidance that are not statements of fact and
which may be based upon information provided by third parties.
Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions, expectations
and estimates of management of GWMG as at the date the statements are
made and are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or
outcomes to differ materially from those anticipated or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Those factors include, but are not limited
to, the successful and timely completion of its preliminary economic
assessment at Hoidas Lake; the successful and timely completion and the
results of its preliminary economic assessment of the Steenkampskraal
project, the construction, commissioning and operation of the proposed
monazite processing facility and separation facility, mine
refurbishment activities, reliance on third parties to meet projected
timelines and commencement of production at Steenkampskraal; risks
related to the receipt of all required approvals including those
relating to the commencement of production at the Steenkampskraal mine,
delays in obtaining permits, licenses and operating authorities in
Canada, South Africa and China, environmental matters, water and land
use risks; risks associated with the industry in general, commodity
prices and exchange rate changes, operational risks associated with
exploration, development and production operations, delays or changes
in plans; risks associated with the uncertainty of resource estimates;
health and safety risks; uncertainty of estimates and projections of
production, costs and expenses; risks that future Hoidas Lake or
Steenkampskraal and region exploration results may not meet exploration
or corporate objectives; the adequacy of the Company's financial
resources and the availability of additional cash from operations or
from financing on reasonable terms or at all; political risks inherent
in South Africa and China; risks associated with the relationship
between GWMG and/or its subsidiaries and communities and governments in
Canada and South Africa, radioactivity and related issues, dependence
on one mineral project; loss of, and the inability to attract, key
personnel; the factors discussed in the Company's public disclosure
record; and other factors that could cause actions, events or results
not to be as anticipated. In light of the risks and uncertainties
associated with forward-looking statements, readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance upon forward-looking information. Although GWMG
believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements set out in this press release or incorporated herein by
reference are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to have been correct. Except as required by
law, GWMG does not assume any obligation to update forward looking
statements as set out in this news release. The forward-looking
statements of GWMG contained in this News Release, or incorporated
herein by reference, are expressly qualified, in their entirety, by
this cautionary statement and the risk factors contained in GWMG's
Professional Securities Market listing particulars available at www.sedar.com.
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