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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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... 

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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Hyperdynamics Reports Encouraging Initial Results From Oil Seeps Study of Offshore Guinea Concession Area

Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that it has received encouraging preliminary results from an oil seeps study of the company’s 31,000-square-mile oil and gas concession offshore Guinea. The survey was conducted by TDI-Brooks International of College Station, Texas. “We conducted this study to survey projected sites of oil seepage in three areas of our concession,” said Ray... 

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Kirrin Resources Announces Drill Start-Up at Boxey Point Uranium Project

Kirrin Resources Inc. announced that field activities for the 2009 exploration program at the Boxey Point uranium project will commence on or about November 1, 2009. All supplies and equipment are expected in-place within 48 hours thereafter and drilling is scheduled to commence on November 3, 2009. The Boxey Point project is located on the south coast of Newfoundland. The Boxey Point program follows-up... 

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Platinum Exploration Projects Update New Large Funded Joint Venture With JOGMEC

Platinum Group Metals Ltd. provides the following updates on its platinum projects including a second new joint venture with Japan Oil Gas and Metals National Corporation (“JOGMEC”), owned by the government of Japan, covering a new 118 square kilometres platinum exploration area. R. Michael Jones, President of Platinum Group Metals, said, “Our main focus right now is on advancing... 

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Kodiak Energy, Inc. and Subsidiary Cougar Energy, Inc. Announces Closing of Property Acquisition

Kodiak Energy, Inc. announces that its majority controlled subsidiary, Cougar Energy, Inc. (Cougar), has closed the property acquisition previously announced on August 11, 2009 consisting of wells, facilities and production from a private company with operations in and adjacent to the CREEnergy project. Additional information on the property acquisition is on our website at http://www.kodiakpetroleum.com/s/AdditionalProjects.asp. The... 

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Osage Terminates Participation in Rosa Blanca Concession

Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. (OTCBB: OEDV), has terminated its participation in the Rosa Blanca block in Colombia. After drilling the RB 1 well without finding producible hydrocarbons in Phase One of its exploration contract at Rosa Blanca and analyzing the corrected seismic data, Osage believes that it is unlikely that the additional structures on the property will be productive. Osage... 

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Radius Acquires Gold Target Near Dawson City, Yukon

Mr. Simon Ridgway, the President of Radius Gold Inc. announce that the Company has acquired a large gold target at the head of Ten Mile Creek, roughly 70km south of Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. Ten Mile Creek is an active placer gold producing creek with significant historic production. The head waters of Ten Mile drain an area underlain by an intrusive complex of probable Cretaceous age. Work... 

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U.S. Energy Corp. to Drill Third Prospect With Houston Energy L.P.

U.S. Energy Corp., a natural resources exploration and development company with interests in molybdenum, oil and gas, geothermal, and real estate assets, today announced that it has entered into a third Participation Agreement with Houston, Texas-based Houston Energy L.P. to acquire a 25% working interest in an oil prospect located in southeast Louisiana. Houston Energy has estimated that the prospect... 

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