user: Problem: Article: Scotgold Resources said it made a pre-tax loss of 1.2m Australian dollars (??622,000) in the six months to the end of December.
For the same period in 2013, it announced a loss of about ??518,000.
Its latest results were impacted by ongoing exploration costs, which amounted to more than ??100,000 during the period.
Scotgold, which is looking to produce gold at Cononish near Tyndrum, was boosted last month by a positive assessment of its potential reserves.
A report by consultants showed a 201% increase in the estimated amount of gold in the area.
The comparison was with a previous study published in November 2012.
The new assessment suggested 248,000 ounces of gold could be found on the basis of rock that has already been assessed at the Cononish site.
The consultants also calculated that the quality of that gold was 9% better than previously estimated.
Work has now started on a 3D geological model to assess the "optimal mining methodology" for the Cononish deposit.
A revised mine development plan is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of this year.
Answer: [[The company mining for gold in Scotland has reported widening losses.]]

Problem: Article: Under the scheme, residents who live close to recycling sites are given permits to dump their unwanted items, while others have to go elsewhere.
Since its launch in Reading in July, incidents of fly-tipping have gone up 20%.
The council insisted that under similar measures elsewhere fly-tipping rates had returned to normal levels.
Last year, Re3 - the recycling company which provides waste services to Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading councils - introduced a waste permit for local residents.
It allows only those living in those three areas to use waste centres in Reading and Bracknell.
Liz Terry, Reading's Lead Councillor for Neighbourhoods, said the increase may not necessarily be down to the permits.
She said: "Where these changes have been introduced elsewhere there clearly has been a spike in fly-tipping initially. But over time that has levelled off and returned to normal levels.
"It is clearly depressing and frustrating that people are dumping stuff illegally. It's against the law, and we will investigate those who are doing it".
Figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request show Reading Borough Council dealt with 1,656 incidents between July and December last year.
That is up from 1,364 during the same period in 2015.
"It has been horrendous over the last six months", said Alan Ashford, whose company, Meadway Travel, has become a popular spot for fly-tipping.
"There has been a marked increased in the amounts of rubbish and the difference of the rubbish, from sofas to toilets."
In July, more than 1,100 cars were turned away from Berkshire's recycling centres during the first week of changes to visitor access.
Answer: [[A permit scheme, which bars some residents from waste sites, has been blamed for an increase in fly-tipping.]]

Problem: Article: The 71-year-old, who lives in Canada, will head up the Swansea Bay City Region following the departure of Swansea council leader David Phillips.
It covers Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.
Sir Terry will advise the government on issues concerning the region.
Answer: [[Celtic Manor boss Sir Terry Matthews has been appointed chairman of a Welsh government body which aims to draw inward investment to south Wales.]]

Problem: Article: At the time, the world was recovering from a massive extinction that wiped out most living species.
The reptile, named Teyujagua or "fierce lizard", is the close relative of a group that gave rise to dinosaurs, crocodiles and birds.
The animal is a new species that has not been previously known.
"It's very close to the ancestry of a very important group of reptiles called archosauriforms," said Dr Richard Butler, who was the co-researcher on the study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
"It helps us understand how that group evolved."
Teyujagua paradoxa was a small crocodile-like animal that probably lived at the side of lakes, feeding on fish.
The ancient reptile lived just after a mass extinction event 252 million years ago that was thought to have been triggered by a string of volcanic eruptions.
About 90% of living species were lost, creating a gap for other animals, such as Teyujagua, to flourish.
The reptile - and its close relatives the archosauriforms - became the dominant animals on land and eventually gave rise to the dinosaurs.
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assistant: [[A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an "extraordinary" insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.]]