Ausam Energy Corporation announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has conditionally approved an early warrant exercise incentive program designed to encourage the exercise of up to 8,701,132 common share purchase warrants of Ausam. The Program will be open for a 30-day period, which will commence on October 20, 2008, and end on November 18, [...]

To strengthen its world-class product and service offerings, Caterpillar Inc. is aligning its machine product and marketing organizations to sharpen customer focus, position the company to achieve its 2010 and Vision 2020 goals and build deep expertise in product development.
“We are well-positioned for long-term success,” said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Owens. “And Team Caterpillar [...]

Victoria Gold Corp. and Gateway Gold Corp. confirm that, further to each of their press releases dated August 19, 2008 and September 23, 2008, they have entered into an arrangement agreement to complete their previously announced friendly transaction pursuant to which Victoria will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Gateway.
Pursuant to the terms [...]

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 [...]

Victoria Gold Corp. has engaged the services of Renmark Financial Communications Inc. to assist with its investor relations activities. Renmark has a team of 30 investor relations professionals who provide a range of investor relations and financial communications services. In consideration of the services to be provided, Victoria is committed to pay a monthly retainer [...]

Gastar Exploration Ltd.’s neighborhood’s beautiful day, The post-person delivers, dogs bark, the sun sparkles and the coal beds are full of methane. Not only that, the next-door neighbors find a fortune under their backyard patio. Like the realtors say: location, location, location.
Gastar, a natural gas explorer and producer operating onshore in the United States and [...]

Seadrill is pleased to report the delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillship West Polaris from Samsung Heavy Industries. The drillship will leave Korean waters tomorrow after completing fuelling and some general mobilisation activities en route to its first drilling assignment for Exxon in Brazil. West Polaris was delivered 10 days after original contract schedule with a [...]

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 [...]

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. has completed its initial feasibility study on a gold-copper mine in Benguet province owned by Far Southeast Gold Resources Inc. (FSGRI).
China’s second largest gold miner is in the process of negotiating a final agreement, it said in a disclosure filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Listed local miner Lepanto Consolidated Mining [...]

Brown coal, a low grade of coal, has been ignored in China because it’s not easily exploited.
But, Victoria state in southwestern Australia, has been seeking brown coal opportunities with China and solving environmental problems by its mining and utilization.
“It’s actually quite significant for China to exploit brown coal because its energy needs have grown, and [...]