Canyon Resources Corporation, a Colorado-based mining company, is pleased to announce the start of a four-hole, 1,600-foot core drilling program at its Reward Gold Project in Nye County, Nevada. The drilling program, part of the ongoing feasibility study at Reward, will consist of four 2.5 inch-diameter holes which will provide structural and rock mechanic information [...]

The long process of deciding whether to build a massive 2,500 megawatt coal-fired power plant in eastern Nevada is underway with the discussion of plans for the $3.8 billion facility.
The Ely Energy Center and its 250-mile transmission line would be fed by low-sulfur coal from Wyoming.
Coal trains leading to the plant could travel through Elko [...]

Nigerian officials have said they were intensifying efforts to secure the release of six Filipino oil workers and a local staffer taken hostage this weekend in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
“Governor James Ibori has swung into action to secure the release of the men,” Sheddy Ozoene, the spokesman for the governor in southern Delta State where [...]

LINCOLN GOLD CORP. is pleased to announce that it has been informed by its joint venture partner, Kinross Gold Corporation, that it will commence drilling various gold targets on the Jenny Hill property in January, 2007. Jenny Hill is comprised of a large claim block located in the Black Hills directly between the past producing [...]

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) hereby invites prospective Investors to express interest in acquiring any of the Coal Blocks, which were hitherto held by the Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC), Enugu.
The Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC) was established in 1950 under the Coal Ordinance No. 20. It had the exclusive rights to mine coal in Nigeria [...]

Since he signed an order to speed state approval for 16 coal-burning power plants, Gov. Rick Perry has received more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from interests associated with the projects.
None of the governor’s rivals in the campaign has received donations from the companies, according to finance reports.
The primary beneficiary of Mr. Perry’s order last [...]

The changing situation of the Derby fire in Stillwater and Sweet Grass counties has prompted Stillwater Mining Company management to take precautionary measures and cancel the night shift August 30th for employees at the Stillwater Mine, near Nye, Montana.
While there is no imminent threat to the Stillwater Mine, the safety of the employees is the [...]