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Antioquia Gold Drilling Colombian Assets
Colombia has emerged as a prolific source of new gold deposits during the last several years, and Antioquia Gold Inc. is the latest TSX Venture listed company to begin exploration there. Antioquia controls a 100% interest in 6 mining concessions covering a total of 279 hectares (Guayabito) and a 90% interest in 2 additional [...]
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 [...]
Two Mining Companies Begin Construction New Underground Sage Creek Mine in West Routt
Peabody Energy and TwenÂtymile Coal Co. could begin construction on the new underground Sage Creek Mine in West Routt County as soon as 2010, a company spokesman said last week.
SNS Silver Signed LoI With Premium Exploration To Develop and Explore Gold Mine in Idaho
SNS Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered two Letters of Intent with Premium Exploration, to jointly develop and explore two Central Idaho Gold Projects, Buffalo Gulch and Friday/Petsite.
Australian Govern. Needs Better Plan Target Mining Exploration and Mining Jobs
The West Australian Government needs a more targeted approach to mining redundancies after the loss of 6022 jobs in the past five months, the state opposition says.
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 [...]
Progress on tax-sharing oil agreement lags
Negotiations on an agreement to help spur oil exploration on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation should intensify soon, prompted by recent oil discoveries on the reservation’s outskirts, state and tribal officials say.
However, the talks will have some complex employment, tax and regulatory differences to resolve, participants say. The Three Affiliated Tribes has its own oil production [...]
Oil and gas industry pumps $22.9 billon into economy
The oil and gas industry contributed nearly $23 billion in direct and indirect economic benefits in Colorado in 2005, according to a state-funded study released Thursday.
The industry, experiencing record natural gas development rates, generated $22.9 billion for the economy, or 6.1 percent of the total gross state product, according to the report by the Colorado [...]
Oil, gas fuel Colorado economy
Jobs, taxes, leases have $22.9 billion impact, study says.
The state’s oil and gas industry is an economic powerhouse, pouring $22.9 billion into the economy, creating 70,000 jobs and adding $640.5 million in taxes, according to a study released Thursday.
Lawmakers, nonetheless, have passed a bevy of new laws and penciled in some future ones that restrict [...]
