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A Company Will Be Exploring The Mine New Gold Mine In The Livengood
An exploration company plans to spend around $8 million firming up data on a gold deposit near Livengood that it said could prove up on par with Fort Knox.
International Tower Hills president and CEO Jeff Pontius said he expects to release a revised resource estimate at the end of June and the results of an [...]
Democrats’ to Considering Oil and Gas Exploration
Democrat’s through speaker Nancy Pelosi wigwags will support opening of more exploration areas of oil and gas. Some times ago Democrat argues extension activity of exploration area of oil and gas.
In her party’s weekly radio address, Pelosi said opening portions of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling would be a part of energy legislation that [...]
Mining Exploration Regulation Alaskans to Vote on Mining Regulation Proposal
Alaskans in the primary election will vote on Ballot Measure 4, an initiative that opponents say will kill large-scale mining in Alaska but supporters say will save Bristol Bay’s wild salmon streams from a toxic spill at the Pebble Mine.
Supporters of Ballot Measure 4 say it is needed to protect the world’s most productive wild [...]
Interior expands offshore oil and gas drilling off Alaska, Virginia
The Interior Department announced a major expansion of offshore oil and gas development Monday with proposed lease sales covering 48 million new acres off Alaska, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and in the central Atlantic off Virginia.
The 3 million acres that are 50 miles off Virginia’s coast would require Congress to lift a long-standing [...]
U.S. Reveals Its Plan for Drilling Off State’s Shores
The Interior Department yesterday unveiled its proposal for expanding offshore oil and gas drilling, including a 2.9 million acre triangular area 50 miles or more off the coast of Virginia that could be leased by late 2011.
Members of Congress and environmental groups criticized the proposal, calling for increased energy efficiency and other measures to meet [...]
Industry praises drilling proposal
The Interior Department’s rollout Monday of a finalized proposal to open 48 million acres of off-limits federal waters for exploration and drilling drew praise from the oil and gas industry, though some said the move would barely tap vast undiscovered resources.
“Most U.S. offshore areas in the lower 48 states and some 80 percent of the [...]
Industry praises drilling proposal
The Interior Department’s rollout Monday of a finalized proposal to open 48 million acres of off-limits federal waters for exploration and drilling drew praise from the oil and gas industry, though some said the move would barely tap vast undiscovered resources.
“Most U.S. offshore areas in the lower 48 states and some 80 percent of the [...]
Feds propose offshore drilling expansion
The Interior Department announced a five-year plan Monday that would expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and set a 2011 lease-sale date for waters off the coast of Virginia.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said he included Virginia in his five-year plan at the request of state officials. Drilling in the area has [...]
U.S. Reveals Its Plan for Drilling Off State’s Shores
The Interior Department yesterday unveiled its proposal for expanding offshore oil and gas drilling, including a 2.9 million acre triangular area 50 miles or more off the coast of Virginia that could be leased by late 2011.
Members of Congress and environmental groups criticized the proposal, calling for increased energy efficiency and other measures to meet [...]
