Goodrich Petroleum Corp., an oil and gas exploration company, said Monday it reached an agreement to drill wells on property it does not own in Bienville Parish, La., expanding its operations in the Cotton Valley region.
Under the deal, Goodrich, which primarily has operations in Louisiana and Alabama, has the right to explore for natural gas [...]

Aquiline Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling has begun at its Navidad silver project in Chubut Province, Argentina. Aquiline recently took over operatorship at Navidad and is managing the project pursuant to an interim project development agreement with IMA Exploration Inc., pending an appeal court hearing in British Columbia challenging the Company’s [...]

Virgin Metals Inc. has completed the drilling that will provide the basis for a resource calculation at its 100% owned Los Verdes copper, molybdenum, tungsten project in the State of Sonora, northern Mexico. Some additional step out drilling has been performed and condemnation drilling is currently being carried out.
As previously reported, the mineralization occurs in [...]

APPROVAL for the development of a major New South Wales coal mine has been rejected in a landmark judgment by the NSW Land and Environment Court.
The court today ruled that Centennial Coal had failed to adequately consider the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from its proposed Anvil Hill coal mine in the Upper Hunter.
Justice Nicola [...]

THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) beneficiaries will play a vital role on ethanol production, said Aurelio “Lito” Lacson of the B.M. SB Integrated Biofuels Company in Negros.
Lacson said DAR should be instrumental in organizing CARP beneficiaries to form a cooperative that will serve as one of the [...]

A green lobby group is taking legal action against mining giant Xstrata Coal over its plans to extend a central Queensland coal mine.
The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) lodged objections to the expansion of Xstrata-owned Newlands coal mine in the Land and Resources Tribunal in Brisbane on Monday.
An unincorporated joint venture of Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty [...]

Jackson Township’s supervisors are considering an agreement with Old Castle Industrial Minerals on South Biesecker Road.
Old Castle Industrial Minerals has requested a variance for permission to engage in underground mining north of Route 30. The company has developed an agreement with about 30 neighbors outlining how claims and damages to the residents’ property would be [...]

A state agency’s decision to deny gravel mining permits on Crooked Creek in north Arkansas could still be reversed, though public comment collected so far greatly favors not allowing the mining.
Permits were denied last month to mine gravel at three sites on the river, which is considered to be among the best smallmouth bass [...]

Australian biotech firm Virax Holdings Ltd. said on Monday eight big mining companies had agreed to pay for trials of its HIV vaccine in South Africa, which is battling one of the world’s worst AIDS crises. Virax applied to South Africa’s drugs regulator in September for approval to conduct a clinical trial of its [...]

Sarah Palin’s gubernatorial campaign slogan “New Energy for Alaska” promised a fresh look at Alaska’s future and hinted that the energy industry would feature high on her administration’s agenda. But now that the campaign dust has started to settle, it’s worth a look at what the governor-elect said and what it might mean for Alaska’s [...]