Newmont Mining Corporation announced the selection of Brian Hill as Executive Vice President, Operations and other executive management appointments, effective October 1, 2008.
Richard O’Brien, Newmont’s President and CEO, said, “Our Executive Leadership Team is now established and well positioned to drive further improvement in our operational and project execution. As we continue to develop our [...]

Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable mobile wireless networking solutions, announced today that its global partner Mine Site Technologies (MST) has secured two new mining deployments in Australia using the Rajant BreadCrumb® wireless mesh solution. Recently announced as Rajant’s global partner for mining, MST is the leading mining solutions provider, specializing in the development [...]

Denison Mines Corp. announced the discovery of three new zones of mineralization at its Mutanga uranium project in Zambia. The new zones were discovered during the drilling of the first three targets of Denison’s 2008 exploration program. The most significant hole (DMD77600-03) included 12.5 metres of 1,204 ppm eU3O8 at a depth of only 74 [...]

Rio Tinto and General Electric announced that they are working together on two key strategic technology projects, Rio Tinto’s ‘Mine of the Future™’ and GE’s ‘Ecomagination’”, to develop the most energy efficient and ecologically friendly solutions to support the future of mining.
Combining GE’s expertise in environmental technologies with Rio Tinto’s deep mining knowledge creates a [...]

Ausam Energy Corporation announces today that it has made a gas condensate discovery on its Nolte Marsh prospect in Liberty County, Texas. The prospect was drilled to a depth of 13,330 feet by Square Mile Energy L.L.C. (37.5% and operator) under a Joint Operating Agreement with Ausam (40%), Petro Real (17.5%), and 100 Wall Energy [...]

Pancontinental Uranium Corporation report that an aggressive diamond drilling program using modern day exploration technologies will now test historical uranium discoveries made in Northern Territory, Australia in the 1980’s by global resources giants Mobil Energy Minerals Australia and Total Mining Australia Pty. Ltd..
A drill rig has now been allocated to an intensive diamond core program [...]

Mineralogy Pty Ltd, a privately-held corporation based in Brisbane, Australia, announced today that the Company acquired 3,091,400 common shares (the Shares) in the capital of Waratah Coal Inc. representing 5.49% of the issued and outstanding shares of Waratah. The company entered into a contract to buy such shares dated 17th September 2008 which has [...]

Waratah Coal CEO and President Peter Lynch said today the Company remains firmly committed to its plans for an export coal project in Central Queensland. The Company wants to open up a new thermal coal resource in the Galilee Basin near the Central Queensland town of Alpha. To date exploration by Waratah Coal (CDNX:WCI.V) has [...]

The Board of Directors of Apache Corporation has declared regular cash dividends on the company’s common shares and Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock.
The dividend on the common shares is payable on November 21, 2008, to stockholders of record on October 22, 2008, at the rate of 15 cents per share.
The dividend on the Series B [...]

San Anton Resource Corporation announced today that it is progressing with its study work on the Cerro de Gallo Project in Mexico which will result in the completion of a more detailed pre-feasibility study rather than a scoping study The study work for the Cerro de Gallo project has been proceeding well over the past [...]