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Croesus
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Croesus (6th century
bc), last king of Lydia
c.560–546 bc. Renowned for his great wealth, he subjugated the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor before being overthrown by Cyrus the Great.
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AUST'S CROESUS TIES KNOT WITH APEX MIN AFTER US$5.5 MLN ISSUE.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 6/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...Pulse - Cash-strapped corporate shell Croesus Mining NL (ASX:CRSDA) plans to become...53 million) from a stock placement. Croesus shares were placed in a trading halt on...million and A$7 million. Shares in Croesus last traded at 1.6 cents. Under the...
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Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.: Croesus Type Vein Structures Intersected on the Off-Set South Side of the Croesus Fault and at Depth Below the High-Grade Croesus Gold Vein
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 4/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...completed drill program on the Company's Munro Croesus gold project located 75 kilometers east of Timmins...Destor Deformation Zone (PDDZ). The high-grade Croesus ore shoot on the Munro Croesus gold project is truncated by the Croesus fault...
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Eldorado Acquires 19.28 Percent Interest in Croesus Mining.
Business Wire; 10/2/1995; 700+ words
; ...primary asset is a 19.28 percent interest in Croesus Mining N.L. of Australia ("Croesus"). Pursuant to the terms of the share purchase...Manners will remain as Executive Chairman of Croesus, Eldorado has nominated Mr. Barclay and Mr...
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Constantine Completes Acquisition of High-Grade, Past-Producing Croesus Gold Mine Property in the Prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt- Northern Ontario
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...owner as described below, in the high-grade Croesus Gold property, including the former Croesus Gold mine. The property consists of 22 patented...Constantine shares to the vendor, Munro-Croesus Gold Mines Limited. A further 250,000 shares...
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AUSTRALIA'S CROESUS MINING POSTS RECORD HIGH Q1 GOLD OUTPUT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 4/5/2002; 700+ words
; PERTH, April 5 Asia Pulse - Croesus Mining NL has reported record high...subsidiary Central Norseman Gold Corp Ltd. Croesus today reported gold production for...which took into account output from Croesus' Hannan South and Binduli operations...
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CROESUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP. ("CROESUS") AGREES TO ACQUIRE CONTROL OF PHRYGIAN MINING CORPORATION ("PHRYGIAN") FROM MIDAS CAPITAL CORPORATION ("MIDAS").
Business Wire; 8/29/1995; 700+ words
; ...management are pleased to announce that Croesus, a New York based global emerging market...agreement with Midas on July 26, 1995 whereby Croesus would acquire, via a private transaction...regulatory approval. The transaction with Croesus is consistent with Midas' strategy of...
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Croesus Capital Management Corp. ("Croesus") agrees to acquire control of Phrygian Mining Corporation ("Phrygian") from Midas Capital Corporation ("Midas").
Business Wire; 8/29/1995; 700+ words
; ...management are pleased to announce that Croesus, a New York based global emerging market...agreement with Midas on July 26, 1995 whereby Croesus would acquire, for $850,000 via a...regulatory approval. The transaction with Croesus is consistent with Midas' strategy of...
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CROESUS MINING REPORTS RECORD GOLD PRODUCTION.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 4/5/2002; 414 words
; ...gold production has been reported by Croesus Mining NL (ASX:CRS) for the March...Norseman operations that were merged with Croesus in January this year. "The increase was above expectations, with all Croesus sites (Binduli, Davyhurst and Norseman...
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AUSTRALIA'S GILT EDGED REJECTS CROESUS TAKEOVER BID.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 1/6/2000; 471 words
; ...takeover bid by Kalgoorlie neighbour Croesus Mining NL. Following the release of its Part B statement today, Gilt-Edged said Croesus' takeover offer "seriously undervalued...expert's report had concluded that the Croesus offer was neither fair nor reasonable...
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SHAREHOLDERS REVIVE CROESUS BY BACKING RECAPITALISATION.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 9/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...Sept 12 Asia Pulse - Troubled gold miner Croesus Mining NL (ASX:CRS) has bounced back...US2.66 million) for working capital. Croesus went into administration in June 2006...also incurred high production costs. Croesus director Gary Steinepreis told AAP that...
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Croesus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Croesus , d. c.547 BC, king of Lydia (560...Threatened by Cyrus the Great of Persia, Croesus allied himself with Amasis II of Egypt...no avail. Cyrus defeated and captured Croesus, and, according to Herodotus, Croesus...
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Cyrus the Great
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...embroiled in new wars. The first was with Croesus, King of Lydia, a wealthy state in western...included the Greek cities along its coast. Croesus tried to find allies, including, with...winter campaign he surprised and took Croesus's "impregnable" capital of Sardis...
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Delphi
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...had ironic results. For example, King Croesus of Lydia asked the oracle if he should...attack would destroy a great empire. Croesus attacked, expecting victory. However...overwhelmed, and it was the Lydian empire of Croesus that was destroyed. cult group bound...
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happy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...statesman Solon to the fabulously wealthy king of Lydia, Croesus. Croesus had asked Solon who was the happiest man he had ever seen, and expected the Athenian to reply that it was Croesus himself. Sophocles in Oedipus Rex has the related...
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Ionia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...survived. In the same century Gyges, king of Lydia, invaded, but it was not until the time of Croesus that their subjugation was completed. When Croesus was conquered (before 546 BC) by Cyrus the Great of Persia, the Greek cities came under Persian...
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