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JayHawk Energy Inc Announces Significant Increase in Monthly Revenue

July 1st, 2008
JayHawk Energy Inc Announces Significant Increase in Monthly Revenue

JayHawk Energy, Inc. President & CEO Lindsay Gorrill is proud to announce an increase in monthly revenue to the shareholders of JayHawk Energy.
“With the combined properties of Southeast Kansas Cherokee Basin coal-bed methane and North Dakota Williston Basin light oil, our monthly net revenue is currently $130,500, which is 43.4% greater than previous monthly net [...]

Quest Resource Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock

June 24th, 2008
Quest Resource Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock

Quest Resource Corporation announced today that it has commenced, subject to market conditions, an underwritten public offering of approximately 8.4 million shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Quest also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to approximately 1.26 million additional shares to satisfy any over-allotments.
Quest intends [...]

International Mining Fair Closes Today With Diamond Auction

June 23rd, 2008
International Mining Fair Closes Today With Diamond Auction

The International Mining Fair of Angola (FIMA), an event that was officially opened last Wednesday here will closes this Sunday with a gala to auction a diamond whose funds will be attributed to solidarity causes.
According to the organising body, the auction will fetch over USD 100,000, so as to beat the record of the previous [...]

Terra Nostra Strengthens JV Management Team

June 21st, 2008
Terra Nostra Strengthens JV Management Team

Terra Nostra Resources Corporation (OTCBB: TNRO) a majority owner of two joint venture companies in the copper and stainless steel industries in China, is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Nai Biao Zhai as General Manager of Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co Ltd. (SQSS) and Mr. Bao Dong Han as General Manager of Shandong [...]

Silver Dragon Announces Payment of State Compensation Tax for Erbahuo Mining License Transfer

June 12th, 2008
Silver Dragon Announces Payment of State Compensation Tax for Erbahuo Mining License Transfer

Silver Dragon Resources Inc. announced today that the Company has duly paid the state compensation tax (royalty) for the privatization of the Erbahuo silver mine pursuant to applicable Chinese laws. The payment of RMB 4,468,600 (approx. US$650,000) was made to the local provincial department of China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, the agency responsible for [...]

Liberty Star and Mayo Gold Joint Venture on Sonora Gold Property

June 11th, 2008
Liberty Star and Mayo Gold Joint Venture on Sonora Gold Property

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. (the “Company”)(OTCBB:LBSU) is pleased to announce that the CEO/President of the Company, James A. Briscoe, and the CEO/President of Mayo Gold Explorations Ltd. (“Mayo Gold”), Pedro Villagran Garcia, have signed a Letter of Intent to joint venture the El Papago Project (“El Papago”) in Sonora, Mexico and the Tombstone [...]

Uranium company receives draft mine permit for Goliad County

June 9th, 2008
Uranium company receives draft mine permit for Goliad County

The uranium mining company that started a project in Goliad County has received a draft mine permit from the state.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the draft permit to Uranium Energy Corp. and will accept public comment for 30 days, a news release from the uranium company stated. This would be the first such [...]

UK mining firm secures two exploration permits

June 3rd, 2008
UK mining firm secures two exploration permits

Another British-owned mining firm, Semco Exploration and Mining Corp. has been granted two exploration permits by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to search for gold, copper and other minerals in Agusan del Norte.
Semco is 99.98-percent owned by Semco Minerals Plc, is investing a total of P6.325 million to conduct a two-year exploration [...]

Bancroft Uranium Embraces Environmental Principals

June 2nd, 2008
Bancroft Uranium Embraces Environmental Principals

Bancroft Uranium Inc. today wishes to advise the public as to the Company’s strong ongoing commitment to environmental principals, the health of its workers, the community and to the overall protection of the environment.
Bancroft believes that the production of emissions-free electricity via nuclear power generation is the only form of energy for the future that [...]

Dragon Mining Granted for Vammala Nickel Mine in Finland

June 1st, 2008
Dragon Mining Granted for Vammala Nickel Mine in Finland

Dragon Mining announced that a permit has been granted by the Western Finland Environmental Permit Authority for the dewatering of the decline and mine workings of the Vammala nickel mine in southern Finland. It advised further that dewatering will enable an assessment of the condition of the decline and main production levels to determine the [...]