Mr. Renaud Hinse, president and C.E.O. of Abcourt Mines Inc., announce that a 2000-meter drill program on the Abcourt-Barvue properties starts today. On Abcourt-Barvue, one 175-meter hole is drilled to increase the indicated resources and on the Aldermac property, several holes will be drilled to extend the mineralized zone where excellent copper-zinc values were intersected [...]

Geneva Resources, Inc.’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) have accepted the consent of Bertrand Taquet as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company effective April 28, 2008.
Bertrand Taquet has over twenty-five years of experience as an exploration geologist, having worked for multiple companies in areas of precious metal mining and exploration and [...]

German pensioner Erika Ihiebert has lived with minor earth tremors caused by coal mining for years. RAG Deutsche Steinkohle, the firm that runs the mine near Saarwellingen, acknowledges that mining in the area is causing tremors.
RAG was quick to announce a halt to mining.
Together with the northern Ruhr area, Saarland is one of Germany’s historic [...]

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that an independent geological study has identified three target drilling areas located on portions of Raser’s leased properties in Southern Utah. The geologists judge the sites to be suitable for developing geothermal power plants for the production of clean, renewable electric power.
The identified sites are believed by the geologists [...]

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that an independent geological study has identified three target drilling areas located on portions of Raser’s leased properties in Southern Utah. The geologists judge the sites to be suitable for developing geothermal power plants for the production of clean, renewable electric power.
The identified sites are believed by the geologists [...]

OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel announced that Norilsk Nickel’s proposed acquisition of control of LionOre Mining International Ltd. (Nachrichten) (”LionOre”) (Toronto Stock Exchange symbol: “LIM”; London Stock Exchange symbol: “LOR”; Botswana Stock Exchange symbol: “LIONORE”), which was notified in Norway on May 21, 2007, has been approved under the Norwegian Competition Act of 5 March 2004 [...]

Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. announces that the Company is featured in NICKEL’S New Technology Magazine, April/May, 2007 issue, titled “Showing the Way - New Large Area Survey Technology Narrows The Search for Oil and Gas” and a related editorial. The article and editorial provide an overview of the SFD technology and discuss SFD Survey System [...]

OJSC Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel (“Norilsk Nickel”) is pleased to announce that it has received necessary regulatory clearances for the transaction with OM Group, Inc. (“OMG”) to acquire its nickel business (the “Nickel Business”). Receipt of these approvals concludes an important step towards closing the transaction which is expected on March 1, 2007.
On [...]

More than 10,000 German miners halted work in protest at government plans to shut down German coal mines by 2018 and calls by the regional premier of North Rhine-Westphalia state, where most of the mines are situated, for an even earlier phase-out date.
Thousands of miners and other employees of the RAG industrial conglomerate, which operates [...]

Aurora Gold Corporation, a mineral exploration company focusing on exploration and development in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Pará, Brazil, is pleased to announce drilling has begun on the Santa Isabel property in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Pará, Brazil.
Exploration at the Santa Isabel property has focused on a series of parallel gold [...]