Keith Goode has for many years been one of Australia's highest profile mining analysts. He is unique among them, being a commissioned analyst. Goode's clients — mostly small cap mining companies with limited analyst coverage — pay for a report, which he publishes electronically, but only if...

We examine market reactions to farmout agreements undertaken by Australian oil and gas firms. Despite their prevalence in the oil and gas sector, there is a gap in the literature regarding empirical studies of farmout arrangements. Using a sample of 589 farmor and 389 farminee announcements over...

Despite growing importance of project loans in funding large-scale projects, there is a void in the literature examining market reactions to project financing. Using a unique hand-collected sample of project finance approval announcements by Australian-listed mining firms, we document a...