Gentor Resources Inc. closes acquisition of APM Mining Limited

GENTOR RESOURCES, INC. announce the acquisition of APM Mining Limited pursuant to the closing under the Share Exchange Agreement dated February 23, 2010 between the Company, APM Mining and Arabian Peninsula Projects Ltd. As a result of the acquisition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, APM Mining, holds the earn-in rights to the Block 5 and Block 6 copper exploration projects located... 

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Tasman drilling update from Norra Karr REE project, Sweden

Tasman Metals Ltd. Mr Mark Saxon, President and CEO, provides an update on developments regarding the Company’s 100% owned Norra Karr Rare Earth Element (REE) project. The drill program currently underway is nearing its conclusion with approximately 80 per cent of the program completed. In addition, a collaborative research project has been initiated, under the guidance of renowned REE expert... 

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Terra Energy & Resource Technologies Completes an Exploration Services Project

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc., a natural resource exploration technology company, has completed an exploration services project for oil and gas in Nevada under a contract with Golden Eagle Alliance, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company. The contract entailed the application of STeP®, Terra’s proprietary remote sensing exploration technology, with the objective being to... 

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Alix Acquires Claims in B.C. With 2.04% Rare Earth Oxides Across 15 Meters

ALIX RESOURCES CORP. has entered into an agreement to acquire a block of claims totalling approximately 450 hectares in British Columbia which host a historic BC Minfile Rare Earth Oxide (REO) occurrence. BC Minfile reports that “a sample of chips taken at random across a 15 metre section returned… 2.04%REO” (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1965 p.266). The second claim block consists... 

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Terra Announces Acquisition of Alberta Oil Assets

Terra Ventures Inc. announces that its newly incorporated and wholly-owned Calgary based subsidiary, Terrex Energy Inc. (“Terrex”), has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a basal quartz oil pool in central Alberta from a private oil and gas company, for a purchase price of $650,000. The pool is currently producing approximately 80 barrels of oil equivalent... 

CanAlaska Uranium commences winter drilling program at the Cree East project

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. announce that the Company has commenced exploration on its Cree East uranium project in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Cree East project is funded under a joint venture with the Company’s Korean strategic partners, comprising Hanwha Corporation, Korea Electric Power Corp., Korea Resources Corp. and SK Energy Co, Ltd. The Company recently received Cdn$4.12... 

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Riverstone Completes Acquisition of Seajacks International

Riverstone Holdings LLC’s most recent renewable energy fund has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of Seajacks International, for a total cash consideration of US$207 million. Seajacks is now wholly-owned by Riverstone and the management team. Seajacks currently owns and operates two self-propelled jack up vessels out of Great Yarmouth in the United Kingdom: the Seajacks... 

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces $2.25 Billion Barnett Shale Joint Venture with Total E&P USA, Inc.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced the execution of an agreement for a $2.25 billion joint venture with Total E&P USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT, FP:FP) (“Total”), whereby Total will acquire a 25% interest in Chesapeake’s upstream Barnett Shale assets. Total will pay $800 million in cash at closing and will pay an additional $1.45 billion by funding 60%... 

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Tethys Petroleum Limited: Tajikistan Joint Venture Finalised

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced that the joint venture relating to its Tajik projects previously announced in December 2007 has now been completed and that its interests in Tajikistan have therefore been transferred to its joint venture company Seven Stars Energy Corporation (“SSEC”). The completion of this deal had been waiting on the resolution of certain commercial and business issues... 

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Stans Energy Corp. Acquires Former Producing Kutessay II Rare Earth Mine

Stans Energy Corp. acquired 100% of the Kutessay II deposit along with 100% of the Kalesay Beryllium deposit from the Government of Kyrgyzstan for $855,000 US by acquiring 100% of “Kutisay Mining” on the Central Asian Stock Exchange. Stans Energy Corp. has commenced a feasibility study on restarting production at Kutessay II. A NI 43-101 report will be done in conjunction with the feasibility... 

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