Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, HNR Energia B.V., has signed a definitive Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PT Pertamina (Persero), the national oil company of Indonesia (the Buyer), to sell all of the Company's interests in Venezuela for $725.0 million in an all-cash transaction. Net proceeds from the sale are estimated to be approximately $525.0 million after deductions for transaction related costs and taxes.
Oil and gas experts from governments and national and international companies came together from June 19-21, in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, for the 15th Gulf of Guinea Oil and Gas Conference. This was the first GOG conference hosted by Equatorial Guinea.
Arch Coal, Inc. today announced plans to idle several operations and to reduce production at other mining complexes in Appalachia due to the unprecedented downturn in demand for coal-based electricity. Today's actions, along with other recent changes in Appalachia, will result in a total workforce reduction of approximately 750 full-time employee positions.
Soltoro has reported that it has drilled more than 10,000 m of the proposed 20,000 m program at the El Rayo primary silver project located in Mexico.
By G.P. Thomas
22 Jun 2012
Wildcat Silver Corporation is pleased to announce the results for the final 15 drill holes of its most recent drill campaign completed on the Company's Hermosa property located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The holes covered in this press release were drilled to test extensions of the Manto Oxide Zone to the north and the Upper Silver Zone to the southeast of the current Hermosa resource.
Ireland Inc. today reported it has recently completed the installation of the gravity concentration circuit at its Columbus Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The pilot plant is now capable of both producing and leaching concentrates from the sand material that is located in the northwest section of the Columbus Project Property.
Ireland Inc. today reported it has recently completed the installation of the gravity concentration circuit at its Columbus Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The pilot plant is now capable of both producing and leaching concentrates from the sand material that is located in the northwest section of the Columbus Project Property.
Miranda Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that Ramelius Resources Ltd., our funding partner at Big Blue, a sediment-hosted gold project in Lander County, Nevada, has completed its Phase III drilling. Ramelius drilled a total of 2,860 ft (871.7 m) in two reverse-circulation holes. Both holes intersected anomalous gold mineralization in the carbonate section of the lower plate of the Roberts Mountains Thrust ("RMT").
First Liberty Power Corp., a Nevada based mineral exploration company with a primary focus on lithium exploration and development, is pleased to announce the completion of the data acquisition stage of the gravity survey on the Company's Smokey Valley (S.V. Property) lithium brine project near Silver Peak, Nevada.
Belo Sun Mining has reported that the company has reported results from the reverse circulation (RC) drill campaign carried out at the Gréia target, which is located at the Volta Grande gold project in Brazil.
By G.P. Thomas
21 Jun 2012
U.S. Rare Earths, Inc., "USRE", www.usrareearths.com, announced today that surface rock sampling conducted in the fourth quarter 2011 at its Idaho and Montana properties near Lemhi Pass and North Fork Idaho, along with results from sampling in 2009 and 2010 indicate the presence of Total Rare Earth (TRE) ranging as high as 26%. "The analytical results from ACT Labs, Canada -- along with the aero-mag we flew after acquiring these properties will shape our 2012 Drill Program," said Greg Schifrin, Chief Operating Officer.
Statoil was the high bidder on 26 leases in the first lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico since March of 2010.
Radius Gold Inc. would like to comment on recent events near the Tambor gold mine development project in the municipalities of San Jose del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc in southern Guatemala. Radius's joint venture partner, Kappes Cassiday and Associates, of Reno, is the project operator and is constructing a small gold mine at the site.
Strata Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a native title heritage agreement with the Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation ("YMAC"). This agreement, part of the consultative process under Australian native title legislation, enables the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum to grant the two exploration tenements applicable to the Phase 1 field work on the Company's 80% owned Cardabia Phosphate Project located near Exmouth in Western Australia (the "Cardabia Project").
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Lithium Ion Batteries Outlook and Alternative Energy Vehicles, Technologies, Markets, Competitors and Opportunities: 2010-2020 Analysis and Forecasts" to their collection of Energy market reports. Reportedly, the market for lithium ion batteries has grown to $11 billion and is expected to reach $43 billion by 2020.