Pele Mountain Resources Inc. announced that Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. has fulfilled its option commitment at Pele’s Sudbury Nickel Project through 2008 by spending an additional $300,000 on qualifying exploration expenditures in 2008 and by recently i …

OREX EXPLORATION INC. announce the closing of a private placement of $547,000, consisting of 7,300,000 units. On this amount, MineralFields Group, through First Canadian Securities® (a division of Limited Market Dealer Inc.), has subscribed for 5,600,000  …

Precious Metal Capital Corp. announces that it has filed motion material in its action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Commercial List (Court File No. 07-CL-7224) against International Consolidated Minerals Inc. et al., to add as defendants “redem …

Index Oil and Gas Inc. announced that the Cochran #1 exploratory well in the Garwood prospect located in Colorado County, Texas has commenced production from two intervals. As of January 4, 2009, the well was flowing at a daily rate of more than 6.1 millio …

Phoenix Coal Inc., a leading producer and consolidator of thermal coal reserves in the Illinois Basin, announced the Company has received a permit granted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. With the 404  …

High Desert Gold Corporation announced the results of its substantial issuer bid to purchase for cancellation a maximum of 36,000,000 common shares of the Company at a price of Cdn.$0.27 per HDG Share. The Offer expired at 9:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on Janu …

Alexco Resource Corp. reports it has been advised that NovaGold Resources Inc. has reduced its shareholding in Alexco from approximately 16% to less than 2%. This reduction was accomplished by way of private sale transactions, with the shares acquired by …

Weststar Resources Corp. announce that it has received a NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Saskatchewan Tobin Lake 18 Meter Coal property. The report, dated January 6, 2009, is authored by Marvin A. Mitchell, P. Eng of Mitchell Geological Services Inc. and …

Cloudbreak Resources Ltd. report that Saskatchewan Energy and Resources has delivered to The Company additional coal permits encompassing 8 full or partial townships. To date, Cloudbreak Resources Ltd. has a total of 18.5 full or partial townships, or a …

Intrepid Potash Inc. reports that the Bureau of Land Management has determined that an Environmental Impact Statement will be required to evaluate the environmental impacts of Intrepid’s proposed HB Solar Solution Mine project in Carlsbad, New Mexico.  …