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Enbridge Reports on Minn. Explosion

Enbridge Energy said an explosion in November that killed two workers in northwestern Minnesota happened after oil mist escaped from a coupling and was ignited by a heater.
Enbridge did its own investigation after the Nov. 28 blast. A federal investigation is not yet finished.
Enbridge said an exposed pipeline was not anchored properly. When it was [...]

Great Basin Gold Continues to Encounter Bonanza Gold Grades at Hollister Property

Mining and Exploration company Great Basin Gold Ltd. announces further high-grade exploration drilling results at its Hollister property in Nevada for the quarter ending March 31, 2009. An exceptional result was achieved with underground borehole HDB-274 which intersected 50.11 oz per short ton (“opt”) over 0.7 ft (1,718 g/t Au over 0.23 m) on the [...]

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Copper exhibit opens Saturday at Flandrau

A new exhibit featuring more than a hundred copper mineral specimens opens Saturday at the University of Arizona’s Flandrau Science Center, 1601 E. University Blvd.
The exhibit, “The Many Faces of Copper,” offers visitors a look at native copper specimens, along with deep blue azurite, rich green malachite pieces and other copper minerals, UA said in [...]

Midlands Minerals Announces Adoption of a Shareholder Rights Plan

Midlands Minerals Corporation announce that the Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan effective September 30, 2008. The Rights Plan is effective immediately subject to ratification by the Company’s shareholders within six months.
The Rights Plan is designed to provide adequate time for shareholders of Midlands and the Board of Directors to consider [...]

Brookmount Explorations, Inc. President’s Report to Its Shareholders

Brookmount Explorations, Inc., a U.S.-based mining and exploration enterprise focused on gold, silver, copper and industrial minerals, released a progress update on the Company.
Peter Flueck, President and CEO, stated in the report to the shareholders:
Brookmount Explorations, Inc. (Brookmount) announce it has recently assembled a very experienced and reputable advisory team to help us with our [...]

Oil, gas lease money welcome in western N.D.

Money from federal oil and gas lease sales is repairing McKenzie County roads and helping maintain its seven school districts, which have a total of about 760 students.
“We don’t expect to see this kind of money again, not in the near future, anyway,” county auditor Frances Olson says.
The year is ending on a high note [...]

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Santa Fe Gold Options Pilar Gold Exploration Property, Sonora, Mexico

Santa Fe Gold Corp, a U.S. based mining and exploration enterprise focused on gold, silver, copper and industrial minerals, today announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Minera Sandia S.A. de C.V., had entered into a purchase option contract on the Pilar Gold Property consisting of two mineral exploitation concessions located 165 kilometers east-southeast of Hermosillo, Sonora [...]

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Mine Plan Would Erase Wetlands: PCS Phosphate’s Proposal Threatens 2,500 Acres, the Most Ever in N.C

A massive Beaufort County strip-mining operation wants to expand its extraction of phosphate ore in one of the state’s most environmentally fragile areas.
The proposal by PCS Phosphate, if approved, would represent the single largest destruction of wetlands permitted in the state — 2,500 acres including the headwaters of seven creeks near the Pamlico River.
The rich [...]

Some in GOP fighting Western energy drilling

Western Republicans are starting to buck against oil and gas drilling on federal lands prized for their wildlife and recreational opportunities.
Amid a Western energy boom promoted by the Bush administration, Republican officeholders from Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico and California recently have called for bans on drilling and other development on large blocs of national forest [...]

Liberia Senate approves US$1 bn Mittal iron deal

Liberia`s Senate has approved a US$1 billion iron ore mining deal signed with the world`s largest steel producer, Arcelor Mittal, opening the way for the start of the project, the government said.
Liberia`s upper house of parliament approved the project in a special session late on Friday and the formal ratification was announced on Monday by [...]

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