Firstgold Corp. said that it has received approval to begin application of cyanide on its new heap leach pad. Over the last 45 days, Firstgold has run one shift a day crushing and stacking ore in anticipation of receiving approval and has stacked approximately 170,000 tons of material. According to industry standards, Firstgold has taken [...]
Virginia Mines Inc. announces the execution of an agreement with Breakwater Resources Ltd pursuant to which Virginia will acquire Breakwater’s 50% undivided interest in the Coulon JV property in consideration for the issuance of 1,666,666 shares of Virginia to Breakwater. Under the terms of this agreement, Breakwater does not retain any interest or royalty [...]
BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P told the press that a cash distribution of $0.52 per unit for the second quarter 2008, or $2.08 per unit on an annualized basis, for all of its outstanding units, which will be payable on August 14th, 2008 to the record holders of common units at the close of business on [...]
Progress Energy Florida’s former Oldsmar power plant, idle for the past decade, will go up in a cloud of smoke later this month.
The half-century-old A.W. Higgins plant is scheduled for implosion at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20. The public is welcome to watch the spectacle from Philippe Park, across Old Tampa Bay to the west [...]
Swift Energy Company reported that an initial airplane fly-over of our coastal Louisiana properties is currently being coordinated to assess the impact of Hurricane Gustav. As previously announced on Thursday, Swift Energy began implementing standard shut-down procedures in its coastal Louisiana properties due to weather risks from then approaching Tropical Storm Gustav. With the subsequent [...]
Adventure Energy, Inc., an energy exploration company with operations in the Appalachian Basin, announce that the Company has commenced its drilling program on the JL Blaydes leasehold in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
The JL Blaydes #1 well was spud in on May 2, 2009 and drilling will continue over the next week. The well’s projected total depth [...]
Gasoline prices are up an average of a nickel a gallon this week in Massachusetts, and are close to a record high.
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A statewide survey on Monday by AAA Southern New England found an average price of $3.19 per gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded, compared with $3.14 a week ago.
Australia’s Excel Coal Ltd. , said it had agreed contracts to supply thermal coal to Europe at an average price of $51 per tonne, a price signal for deadlocked talks between producers and Japanese buyers.
Shares in Excel, which sells most of its thermal coal to Japan, rose 5.9 percent to A$7.73 in an overall market [...]
Chesapeake Energy Corporation has scheduled its 2006 fourth quarter and full year financial and operational results release to be issued after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, February 22, 2007.
The company has also scheduled a conference call to discuss the release for Friday morning, February 23, 2007 at [...]
USA Uranium announce that it is has negotiated the acquisition of an option on a 100% interest in the Jack Creek property. Concurrently, USA Uranium has entered into a joint venture with Mariposa Resources Ltd. whereby Mariposa will acquire a 60% interest in the property upon payment of 6,000,000 shares and completion of a $400,000 [...]