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Newport Gold, Inc.

NYSE:NWPG
US$0.0118Close 7 Oct 2026 · delayed

Past year: ▲ 1211%(0.09c – 2.19c USD)

Market cap
A$957k
Shares on issue
57.3m
Story beats
5 since 2006
Last event
16 July 2014

Announcements, explained

Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.

27 Aug 2008capital raising announcement▼ BadMajor

Newport Gold wiped out $711,861 of debt by issuing 14.2 million shares at $0.05 each to 15 individuals -- a heavily dilutive conversion that included debt originally owed to CEO Derek Bartlett ($277,859), his late son's estate, and major shareholder Ann Pineau ($302,000), i.e. mostly insider and insider-adjacent debt.

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30 Nov 2006capital raising announcement● Neutral

Newport Gold raised another $50,000 selling 500,000 shares to a single non-U.S. investor in a follow-on offshore placement.

What it means for a shareholder

500,000 new shares at about US$0.100 to raise about US$50,000. Shares on issue before the raise aren't in the record, so the dilution can't be worked out.

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28 Nov 2006capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor

Newport Gold acquired an option to earn a 20% interest in a mineral exploration property in Inner Mongolia, China, paying 2.5 million restricted shares to nine individual optionors and property holder Noront Resources -- the company's first real operating asset.

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31 Oct 2006capital raising announcement● Neutral

Newport Gold raised $70,000 selling 700,000 shares to three non-U.S. investors in an offshore private placement.

What it means for a shareholder

700,000 new shares at about US$0.100 to raise about US$70,000. Shares on issue before the raise aren't in the record, so the dilution can't be worked out.

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