Powertech Submits BLM Application Dewey-Burdock Project

Powertech Uranium Corp. announce that it has submitted the required Plan of Operation to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its Dewey-Burdock uranium in situ project. The project, which is located in Fall River and Custer Counties, South Dakota (SD), consists of 10,580 surface and mineral acres controlled by the Company through active mining leases, purchases... 

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MPH Ventures Issues Shares to Rubicon Minerals, Updated NI 43-101 Resource Calculation to be Completed

MPH Ventures Corp. announces that it has issued 25,000 common shares in connection with its Property Option Agreement dated November 15, 2007 with Rubicon Minerals Corp. whereby the Company has been granted an option to earn a 100% interest, subject to a 2% net smelter return royalty, in the Echo Township property located in the Patricia Mining Division, northwestern Ontario (the “Property”).... 

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MATECH Corp. Completes Inspection for Union Pacific Railroad

MATECH Corp. announced that it has completed an inspection on one Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Bridge in Nebraska using its Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) System. The EFS technology provides information about growing cracks in structural members in a single inspection. It can also be used to verify retrofit effectiveness at the time of retrofit, without using the “wait and see” method... 

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Alcoa Board Elects Kurt Waldo Vice President and General Counsel

Alcoa announced today that the Alcoa Board of Directors has elected Kurt Waldo, 53, as Vice President and General Counsel, responsible for leading Alcoa’s global legal team. He had been Deputy General Counsel with responsibility for the antitrust, merger, acquisition and divestiture practice areas. Alcoa also announced that Jake Siewert, 44, has been named Vice President, Business Development and... 

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MicroMentis Launches Novel Non-Invasive Analysis Platform for Mining Applications in North America

MicroMentis, a Canadian-based leader in solids technology, today debuted the industry’s first non-invasive platform in North America for rapidly testing and finding geological structures within the Earth’s surface. Called SWIPS(TM) (Surface Wave Intelligent Profiling System), the platform enables users to analyze, model and visualize the physical and mechanical properties of solids in a... 

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Andover Ventures to Acquire SNS Silver

SNS Silver Corp. announces a letter of intent between Andover Ventures Inc. and SNS in which Andover has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of SNS in exchange for common shares of Andover on a “two for one” basis. SNS’ board of directors have unanimously approved the transaction set forth in the LOI. Both Andover and SNS believe this Acquisition will... 

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Haber Inc. Agrees to a Joint Venture on Arizona Precious Metals Property

Haber, Inc.,, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Arlington, Mass., with proprietary technologies for the environmentally friendly processing of gold-bearing ores, announced today that it has agreed to enter into a joint venture with a private party (hereinafter referred to as “Owner”) to acquire certain patented claims in southern Arizona which will then be conveyed to a new joint venture... 

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CREDO Enters Into New Joint Venture to Use Its Calliope Gas Recovery System

CREDO Petroleum Corporation reported that it has terminated the agreement between CREDO and Redman Energy Holdings II, L.P., effective May 1, 2007. The purpose of the agreement was to drill wells into under-pressured reservoirs for the purpose of using CREDO’s patented Calliope Gas Recovery System to recover stranded gas reserves. The joint venture committed Redman and CREDO, exclusively, to... 

BioProgress plc and FMC Corporation Complete NRobe(TM) Oral Dose System Restructuring Agreement

BioProgress plc, the speciality pharma and healthcare company, and Magenta Oral Dose Design, a business unit of FMC Corporation, are pleased to confirm the finalization of the restructuring agreements regarding the licensing of NRobe technology. BioProgress and FMC have agreed to restructure their licensing partnership to more accurately reflect the intended market strategy for the NRobe technology... 

U.S. Miners face mining law reform, more regulation and a big fistfight in new Congress

With Democrats in control of the Congress, the U.S. mining industry can anticipate the resurrection of mining law reform, more environmental and safety regulation, and a ”big fistfight” in the next two years over climate change issues. Meanwhile, government regulators warned, agency budgets to support and promote mining and exploration activity could shrink even further. In a recent presentation...