Fundamentals remain intact

摘要

Global minerals entrepreneur Robert Friedland has always given upbeat 1 presentations since making his Diggers & Dealers debut back in 2003. This year, however, the enigmatic mining financier's Canadian-based company Ivanhoe Mines Ltd may find itself a little on the back foot following what has been a somewhat turbulent 12 months for the resources house. Up until the 2005 Kalgoorlie-Boulder forum the Ivanhoe story had been chugging along at a fairly steady pace, generating a significant amount of interest in what was a reasonably buoyant investment environment.