Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP represented KazMunayGas (KMG), the national oil company of Kazakhstan, in its successful negotiations with the North Caspian Sea consortium on the detailed agreements for the future development of the Kashagan field. The Kashagan field is reported to be the world’s largest oil discovery in at least three decades.
The North [...]

Infinito Gold Ltd. announce that it has signed an engagement letter under which it has given BNP Paribas an exclusive mandate to act as lead arranger of a $US 66 million debt financing facility to complete the construction and start-up of Infinito Gold’s 100% owned Crucitas Gold Mine Project located in north central Costa Rica. [...]

New Stream Capital announced today that it has provided financing of $28.1 million to EBR Management LLC, an energy production company located in Sugar Land, Texas. The transaction is backed by oil and gas leases including 91 producing wells, 60 drilling locations covering numerous fields in Southern Texas and Louisiana, estimated net reserves of 21.6 [...]

Nevsun Resources Ltd., announce that the Bisha development project in Eritrea is well underway.
Preparation of the plant site has commenced by local contractor, Segen Construction, under the supervision of Bisha’s EPCM contractor, SENET of South Africa. Since early 2008 Bisha has ordered critical long lead items, expanded construction camp facilities, engaged local contractors, increased its [...]

Continental Minerals Corporation announces the engagement of Standard Bank Plc, the principal international investment banking subsidiary of the Standard Bank Group Limited, jointly with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China as Underwriters and Mandated Lead Arrangers for the project finance debt facility for the development of the Xietongmen Project.
Standard Bank is a leading global [...]

KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, a full service, independent, middle-market investment bank, today announced that it was the exclusive advisor for the privately-owned Concept Mining and The Ridge Land Group on the sale of its metallurgical coal business in West Virginia to ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company. The transaction adds in excess [...]

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has engaged the Commodities and Resource Finance Division of Investec Bank (UK) Limited (”Investec”) to arrange project finance and hedging facilities for the expansion of the Company’s Jerritt Canyon Mine in Nevada.
The facilities are comprised of a term loan of US$40 million and a partial gold [...]

Minera Andes Inc. is pleased to announce that Richard P. Clark, president and CEO of Red Back Mining Inc, a Lundin Group company, of Vancouver, B.C., has joined the board of directors of Minera Andes Inc. His appointment represents an expansion of the board to seven members.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Rick to the [...]

EnerCom, Inc., announced today the lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference®, http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference, held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $500 billion. This premier forum [...]

Despite a swarm of economic problems and rising fossil fuel costs, last year was a banner year for clean energy, according to an outlook report by Clean Edge, a research and publishing firm.
According to Clean Edge’s report, biofuels (global production and wholesale pricing of ethanol and biodiesel) reached $25.4 billion in 2007 and are projected [...]