Asian Mineral Resources: Adjustment to Export Restrictions for Ban Phuc

Asian Mineral Resources Limited announced today that the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (“MOIT”) has agreed, following submissions by AMR’s 90% owned subsidiary Ban Phuc Nickel Mines LLC and the Son La Peoples Committee, that exports of nickel concentrate from its Ban Phuc project will be permitted for the five year period commencing with the beginning of production. The... 

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Mawson’s Uranium Investigation Permits granted at Don Benito in Spain

Mawson Resources Limited, Michael Hudson, President & CEO, advises that Mawson’s Don Benito Uranium exploration Investigation Permits in Spain have been granted. The Don Benito Uranium Investigation Permits lie in the La Haba district, Extremadura region of south-western Spain, in one of two principal historic uranium mining and processing areas in the country. Two “Permisos de Investigación”... 

Asian Mineral Resources Limited-Revised Corporate Strategy

Asian Mineral Resources Limited announced that it has adopted a corporate and operating strategy whereby: - Most of the activity being undertaken at the Company’s Ban Phuc Nickel Project, with the objective of a spring 2009 start-up, will be suspended. - The Project (including a recently completed vertical ore pass) will be placed on a care and maintenance basis. - Expenditures will be reduced... 

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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Is Now Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an international mining company, announced that it has changed its name to Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Its ticker symbol will remain the same. In addition to the name change, the Company also announced the formal adoption of “Cliffs,” the one-word name by which it is commonly known, and introduced a new visual identity, including a new corporate logo. The new blue and green... 

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Asian Mineral Resources Limited-Ban Phuc Project Suspension

Asian Mineral Resources Limited announced today that development activities on the Company’s Ban Phuc nickel project will be suspended effective October 1, 2008. The Company has been unable, as the result of a combination of factors, including current market conditions and uncertainties regarding Vietnamese government policies on nickel concentrate exports, export tariffs, royalties and taxes,... 

First uranium exploration permit granted in Spain

Mawson Resources Limited Mr. Michael Hudson, President & CEO, announces that the Caceres Oeste No. 10195 investigation permit for “Section D” (energy minerals including uranium) has been granted . The claim lies in the Extremadura province of western Spain and is the first to be granted of the Company’s 11 uranium investigation permits which cover 82,056 hectares. Mr Hudson comments:... 

2 metres at 1.8% nickel and 0.5% copper drilled at Storbodsund, Sweden

Mawson Resources Limited Michael Hudson announces drill results from the Storbodsund nickel project in Northern Sweden. Two diamond holes, STD103 and STD104 were completed with best results including 2.0 metres (at) 1.8% Ni and 0.5% Cu from 76.2 metres in STD104. Previous work in the 1940’s and 1970’s discovered nickel mineralization over an area of 700 metres by 200 metres (Figure 1).... 

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Asia Now Announces Private Placement

Asia Now Resources Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement financing with China Gold Pte. Ltd. (“China Gold”), a subsidiary of Lippo China Resources Limited, a company whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and is mainly engaged in investment holding, retail business as well as property development and investment. Asia... 

AMR Outlines Export Tariff Increase Impact on Ban Phuc Nickel Project

Asian Mineral Resources Limited announced the steps it plans to take to deal with the impact on its Ban Phuc nickel project of the recently announced increase to 20% in the Vietnamese export tariff on nickel concentrates. AMR has initiated discussions with the appropriate Vietnamese governmental authorities and has begun enlisting the support of other interested parties in seeking to have the tariff... 

Cleveland-Cliffs and Alpha Natural Resources to Merge, Creating Cliffs Natural Resources, a Leading Diversified Mining and Natural Resources Company

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that each company’s Board of Directors has approved a definitive merger agreement under which Cleveland-Cliffs will acquire all outstanding shares of Alpha in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $10 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, for each share of Alpha common stock, Alpha stockholders would receive 0.95... 

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