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European Daily Focus - DB - Aug 4, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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European Morning Summary - GS - Aug 4, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Europe 1st to Market - JPM - Aug 4, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Morning Expresso - Europe - UBS - Jul 27, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Continental Coal - Maiden 44MT Coal Reserves @De Wittekrans Coal Project - Aug 8, 2011

+ Initial 44Mt JORC compliant saleable coal reserves for the De Wittekrans Coal Project

+ Total JORC compliant saleable coal reserves managed by the Company’s South African subsidiary increase by 222% to 64Mt from 20Mt ...
http://www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CCC&E=ASX&N=5524…

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Maudore Minerals - Reports Four New Drilling Results Above 21/2 oz/ton(85.8 g/t Au); Highest 127.5 g/t(3.7 oz/ton) &Broad Near-Surface Intervals , @Comtois; CEO: "I continue to be amazed @the high grade gold we're finding @Comtois. So far this year we've reported 18 intercepts >1 ounce/ton gold; some as high as >34 ounces/ton. These results will increase the gold contained within our strike length of 1.8 kilometres" - Aug 08, 2011
http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=43659991&qm_sym…

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Mining Summary - LC - Apr 8, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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UK +Canadian companies listed with interests in Peru +Colombia - VSAC - Aug 8, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Aquila Resources - Drilling @U.S. Gold Projects; Noranda identified eight zones of high grade gold mineralization in a widely spaced, 50-hole drilling campaign, "ed a non 43-101 compliant resource of 454,600 tons of 10.6 grams per ton(g/t) gold, open @depth &along strike - Aug 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/aquila-drilling-at-us-gold-…

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ERA Carbon Offsets - Announces Signing of REDD Concession Contract +Ground Breaking Ceremony in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Aug 5, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/era-announces-signing-redd-…

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China invests in Iran’s major petrochemical project; Construction of a petrochemical complex, which would be the world's largest urea fertilizer &ammonium production unit, was officially started on Saturday in cooperation with Chinese investors - TT/PB - Aug 3, 2011
www.potashblog.com/2011/08/china-invests-in-irans-major-petr…

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Globex Mining - Drills 5.23% Cu +13.12% Zn Over 4.5 Metres, @Tonnancour - Aug 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/globex-drills-523-cu-and-13…

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New Millennium Iron - Announces Start of Drilling @Its 100% Owned Lac Ritchie Property &Provides Update on Progress of Drilling to Collect Bulk Samples for the Taconite Project; Lac Ritchie area is about 11.5 km long &2.3 km wide with an area of 26.45 km², almost twice the size of KéMag ; CEO: "Now that our 1st two projects are firmly on development &production paths we feel that it is opportune to further explore &demonstrate the potential of our vast landholdings. Although our Taconite Project holds the largest undeveloped iron ore deposits of its type in Canada , it comprises only about ten percent of the Millennium Iron Range(MIR) taconite belt(Figure 1). Based on our Geophysicist Consultant's analysis the Millennium Iron Range has the potential to hold resources to rival the KéMag &LabMag deposits . Our goal is to be in a position by mid-´12 to consider development of another project to take advantage of the robust iron ore market &especially the continuing booming demand from Asia" - Jul 20, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/new-millennium-iron-corp-an…


New Millennium Iron Corp. Announces Start of ´11 Drilling Program @the DSO Properties to Convert Historical Resources, for NI 43-101 Compliance &Hydrogeological Survey; It is estimated that these three deposits contain around 25 million tonnes of historical resources. Based on the drilling results, the resource estimate will be upgraded to conform to the requirements of NI43-101 regulations; P/CEO: "TSMC's preparation to commence mining in ´12 continues to progress well. The hydrogeological drilling is another step toward production in that area. The data will provide valuable information to plan mining &tailings disposal operations. We are also looking forward to the drilling results of Kivivic 1C, Kivivic 2 &Leroy deposits. Based on our past experience, we expect to have additional tonnages of NI 43-101 compliant resources. This will increase the life of the project beyond 12 years assumed in the feasibility study" - Aug 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/new-millennium-iron-corp-an…

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Altius Minerals - Reports an Expanded Exploration Alliance With Cliffs Natural Resources; partners have agreed to expand the alliance to include an iron ore project, known as Saglek within northern Labrador; cover seven priority target areas identified from mapped Archean iron formation &associated magnetic anomalies. All exploration permits have been received &an initial approximately $400,000 reconnaissance program of mapping &sampling is scheduled to commence shortly - Aug 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/altius-minerals-corporation…

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EnWave - Strengthens Intellectual Property Portfolio for nutraREV(TM) and powderREV(TM) Dehydration Technologies; C/CEO: "We continue to make excellent progress through the gauntlet that is global intellectual property protection. This is an ongoing, complex, expensive &time-consuming process, &one that is fundamentally important to our strategy of commercialization through partnerships with the world's largest food, biomaterials &pharmaceutical companies" - Aug 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/enwave-strengthens-intellec…

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African Iron - Increases Congo Landholding Exposure by 94%; recently upgraded its aggregate exploration target size @Mayoko to 1.6–2.6 billion tonnes @30-65% Fe1 after completing an airborne magnetic survey over the balance of the 1000km2 Mayoko-Lekoumou Exploration Permit - Aug 9, 2011

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+ African Iron has secured an 85% interest in a 944km2 Authority to Prospect in the Republic of Congo.

+ The Authority to Prospect is @the northern extension of the Company’s Mayoko-Lekoumou Exploration Permit, which hosts the Mayoko iron ore project.

+ Artisanal blacksmith workings exist within the previously unexplored Authority to Prospect &are generally indicative of the presence of DSO type material.

+ A comprehensive prospecting program has commenced, which includes an airborne magnetic &radiometric survey.

+ Pursuant to the Congo Mining Code, African Iron has priority in converting the Authority to Prospect to an Exploration Permit. ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AKI&E=ASX&N=552580

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Altura Mining - Initial JORC Resource Pilgangoora Lithium - Aug 8, 2011

Pilgangoora Lithium(Western Australia)

+ Initial JORC Mineral Resource estimate of 10.5 million tonnes of mineralised spodumene pegmatites @1.25% Li2O with further drilling underway expected to significantly increase the resource estimate.

+ Contained lithium oxide(Li2O) of 132,000 tonnes.

+ 138 drillholes completed to establish the resource estimate with current drill program to continue for remainder of ´11.

+ Recent mapping has confirmed continuity of the high grade C1 area &new discovery S1 area with planned drilling aimed @proving the coalescence of these mineralised zones.

+ Upgraded exploration target of 18 to 25 million tonnes @1.3 to 1.6% Li2O.
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AJM&E=ASX&N=552436

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Laconia Resources - $7.5M Joint Venture for Mooletar Iron Ore Project - Aug 8, 2011

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+ Laconia Resources has entered into a $7.5M JV with Chinese syndicate, Sinoz Mining Investment Group, for the exploration &development of the Mooletar Iron Ore Project.

+ The project is located near Mt Magnet in Western Australia’s mid west iron ore precinct.

+ The JV is a three-stage agreement which is designed to deliver a JORC Code Indicated Resource &Mining Licence @the project.

+ Mooletar project currently has defined an Exploration Target of 216-264 million tonnes @30-35% Fe1

+ Laconia will manage exploration &hold a 20% free carried interest in the project up until a decision to mine.

+ The Company views the agreement as a significant validation of the Mooletar Project’s development potential.
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=LCR&E=ASX&N=552429

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SG Biofuels - Bharat Renewable Energy, joint-venture of Bharat Petroleum, India’s 2nd largest petroleum company , Forms Alliance with SG Biofuels - Aug 9, 2011
www.sgfuel.com/AdminSavR/en/news/news_item.php?news_id=77

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Solazyme - &Bunge Sign Framework Agreement for Commercial Renewable Oil Plant in Brazil; JV anticipates building a 100,000 MT renewable oil production facility located @a Bunge owned sugar cane mill in Brazil. Engineering for the plant will begin immediately &will be funded by both parties. Upon successful completion of site-specific engineering designs &execution of final JV agreements, construction on the facility will commence, with a targeted start-up during the ´13 cane harvest; plant, which will leverage Solazyme’s breakthrough sugar-to-oil technology &Bunge’s sugarcane milling &natural oil processing capabilities, will produce Solazyme’s tailored triglyceride oils for chemical applications, equity contributions for the project will be financed jointly by the parties, &the agreement includes a value sharing mechanism that provides additional compensation to Solazyme for its technology contributions - Aug 8, 2011
www.solazyme.com/media/2011-08-08

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Sheffield Resources - Drilling Success @West Mine North - Aug 9, 2011

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+ Excellent infill drilling results confirm 3.5km high-grade HMS mineralised zone @West Mine North

+ The deposit is held under three granted mining leases - potential for near-term development

+ Drilling results follow Sheffield’s acquisition of the West Mine North &Ellengail projects from Iluka &reinforce its strategy to develop multiple HMS projects in the North Perth Basin

+ Resource estimation underway &scoping studies on schedule to commence in October ´11 ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SFX&E=ASX&N=552589

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Guildfoard Coal - Significant Mongolian Acquisition for Guildford Coal - Jul 8, 2011
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GUF&E=ASX&N=640319


Significant Mongolian Coal Acquisition - Aug 9, 2011

+ Independent geologists have developed an Exploration Target# of 0 to 122Mt for this tenement

+ takes the expanded Exploration Target# for the South Gobi Project to 0 to 582Mt +company's total Exploration Target in Mongolia to 29-731Mt

+ represents an opportunity for the Company to become a coal producer within 12 months
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GUF&E=ASX&N=643511

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Warath Resources - Acquisition of Second Iron Ore Project; Transaction enables Waratah to increase its scale, &make another important step towards becoming a major iron ore producer utilising new infrastructure; C: "Waratah now has two potentially World-class assets , Youkou &Okanabora in a major emerging iron ore province. We will shortly commence an exploration program @both locations that we hope will confirm a significant JORC compliant resource." - Jul 28, 2011

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+ Waratah has secured the OKANABORA Exploration Licence in ROC Congo an area of 479km2 this gives the Company an exploration area totalling 1415 km2.

+ Historical Mapping has outlined 20km strike of ferruginous hematitic quartzite

+ Recent Field Trip confirms mapping &returns results up to 60% Fe2O3

+ Significantly increases the size of Waratahs Central African iron projects ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=WGO&E=ASX&N=550636

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Vanoil Energy - Announces Independent Resource Estimate &Terminates Non Binding Letter of Intent; Sproule's Best Estimate of gross unrisked undiscovered petroleum initially in place is approximately 3.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent(MMboe); associated Best Estimate of gross unrisked recoverable volumes Prospective Resources is approximately 840 million barrels of oil equivalent; NI 51 101 report covers the South Anza Basin only which represents approximately 1/3 of the 200 by 110 square kilometres in Blocks A &B combined - Aug 9, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/vanoil-announces-independen…

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Overland Resources - Option to Acquire Former, High-Grade Copper Mine - Aug 2, 2011

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+ Option secured to acquire a 100% interest in the Anyox Copper Project.

+ Previous underground mine production from the Project of 21.8Mt @1.57% Cu, 0.17g/t Au &9.5 g/t Ag.

+ Mining ceased in ´35.

+ Significant mineralisation reportedly remains @the Hidden Creek Mine.

+ Remaining mineralisation potentially amenable to open pit mining.

+ No significant work conducted since ´93.

+ Numerous exploration targets present within the 782 hectare Project area. ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=OVR&E=ASX&N=551860

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Chemaphor - Oximunol Chewable Tablets draw veterinarians from across Canada to Avivagen Animal Health booth @Canadian Veterinary Medical Association(CVMA) Convention; Chemaphor subsidiary Avivagen Animal Health's products reach >400 Canadian veterinarians @another successful tradeshow - MW/TNW, OTTAWA - Aug 9, 2011
www.marketwatch.com/story/oximunol-chewable-tablets-draw-vet…

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Baja Mining - Provides Project Update @Boleo; Company has now spent its required project equity allowing it to draw the US$50 Million Baja funding loan from the Korean Consortium, which it expects to spend by the end of August. In addition, the Company is scheduled to begin drawing its subordinate debt facility in August, +then the senior debt facilities by no later than October ´11. Debt facilities available to the Company total US$823 Million; P/CEO: "We are now starting to see the development of this world-class mining operation come into play, with on-site construction on target +underground mining scheduled to start in September. This will be an important step to maintain our target of 1st copper production @Boleo in ´13." - Aug 4, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/baja-mining-provides-projec…

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New Energy Technologies - Generates Electricity on Flexible Plastic Using Novel See-Through SolarWindow(TM) Coatings; P/CEO: "Today's breakthrough supports a brand new commercial application for our core SolarWindow™ technology &is the direct result of numerous patent-pending methods, materials, &processes we have worked hard to invent &develop. These important technology breakthroughs have already resulted in a successful public demonstration last year ( www.newenergytechnologiesinc.com/NENE20100920 ) of our SolarWindow™ application on glass, able to generate electricity while remaining see-through. Since then, New Energy's product development group has worked aggressively to advance our SolarWindow™ application for glass windows towards commercial manufacturability. Concurrently, our research scientists have been working to create new &exciting SolarWindow™ products which reach beyond glass. The result is today's announcement regarding our ability to generate electricity on flexible plastics."; Scientists anticipate that commercially developed electricity-generating flexible plastic could be deployed as tinted window film, which remains see-through while generating electrical power. Traditionally, the prospect of creating see-through flexible plastic which generates electricity has been limited by numerous technical challenges, including the need for cumbersome temperature-specific, pressure sensitive, &expensive process methods for applying coatings to plastic surfaces; New Energy researchers achieved today's breakthrough by spraying the Company's electricity-generating coatings onto flexible, lightweight lab-scale plastic(polyethylene terephthalate or "PET") at room temperature &@low pressure, which may result in reduced manufacturing costs. While developing the 1st working PET prototype, researchers also overcame conventional issues with surface preparation, considered vital to achieving maximum strength of the coatings' bond to the surface, &for optimizing product durability &lifespan, Notably, researchers were able to maintain the working 'architecture' of New Energy's SolarWindow™ while achieving flexibility. The SolarWindow™ architecture enables various important functions such as generating electricity on the surface of plastic &distributing electricity to the circuit - Aug 3, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-Energy-Generates-iw-300737…

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Wildcat Silver - appoints William J. Pennstrom, Jr as Vice President of Technical Services; has worked as technical or engineering consultant for a vast number of large scale precious +base metal projects including International Tower Hill Mines' Livengood project, the Donlin Creek project, +Osisko's Canadian Malartic project - Aug 5, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wildcat-appoints-William-J-cnw…

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Chinese banks can withstand property hit, says regulator - CER/WSJ - Aug 1, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/chinese-ban…

"Chinese banks can shoulder a 50% drop in real estate prices, according to the results of the most recent stress tests, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In the past two years, China's banking regulator has ordered banks to stress-test their loans to the property sector, due to growing concerns over the health of its banks. Liu Mingkang, the chairman of the country's banking regulator, said the tests aren't a reflection of the regulator's view on the Chinese property market, but that banks can continue curbs on real estate loans. To rein in rising house prices, China has introduced a variety of measures, including higher mortgage rates and limits on house purchases. Liu added that banks have allocated about US$202 billion in reserves against potential bad loans, which could cushion against declines in property prices. "

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Chinese government places media ban on train crash - CER/FT - Aug 1, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/chinese-gov…

"Chinese authorities have imposed a media ban on coverage of a recent high-speed rail crash, following popular agitation online and local newspapers circumventing media restrictions, the Financial Times reported.

The ban was ordered by China’s Ministry of Propaganda on Friday, which said that media outlets “are not allowed to publish any reports of commentaries, except positive news or information released by the authorities ” The announcement came just hours before several newspapers were preparing to run special issues to honor the seventh day of the crash, a time of cultural significance. One paper, Beijing News, was allegedly forced to cut a nine-page special report on the crash, instead running a full front-page weather report. The move also came one day after Premier Wen Jiabao visited the crash site and promised investigatory transparency. "

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China posts higher-than-expected PMI - CER/BB - Aug 1, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/china-posts…

"China’s official manufacturing index was stronger than anticipated for July, easing concerns that tighter monetary policy could trigger a broader slowdown, Bloomberg reported.

The Purchasing Managers’ Index, released on Monday, posted 50.7 for the month, a slight decline from 50.9 in June. A figure above 50 indicates expansion. The reading was higher than economists’ expectations of around 50.2. “Growth is moderating as earlier tightening policies are biting,” said Chang Jian, a Hong Kong-based economist at Barclays Capital. “But full-year expansion of around 9% remains achievable given the support from investment and consumption in the second half.” Attention has been fixed on the possibility of an economic “hard landing,” as China’s government must balance the need to control inflation, which reached 6.4% year-on-year in June, without hamstringing economic growth. "

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Yahoo! settles with Alipay - CER/BB - Aug 1, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/yahoo-settl…

"Alibaba Group (1688.HK), Yahoo! (YHOO.NASDAQ) and Softbank (9984.TYO) reached an a settlement agreement on Alipay, ending a four-month battle over investor compensation following a controversial ownership change, Bloomberg reported.

Under the new agreement, the three firms said that Alibaba will continue to participate in Alipay's future financial performance. Alibaba will get at least US$2 billion and up to US$6 billion of a possible future IPO or sale of Alipay. Alipay will pay Alibaba royalties fees and 49.9% of its earning before any sale. Yahoo! said in March that it was not notified of Alipay’s ownership transfer in August 2010. The US company’s stock price has lost almost 30% over the past quarter on fears that its future in China might be compromised. "

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MorphoSys - AbD Serotec und Merck unterzeichnen Lizenzvereinbarung zum Einsatz von HuCAL GOLD in der Impfstoffforschung - Aug 1, 2011
www.morphosys.de/pressrelease/abd-serotec-und-merck-unterzei…

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The Development of "Privacy Killing Technologies" - A Link to the Murdoch Scandal?; Following revelations earlier this year by The Tech Herald that security firms with close ties to the Pentagon ran black ops for major U.S. banks +corporations, it became clear that proprietary software developed for the military +U.S. intelligence was being used to target Americans - GR - Jul 29, 2011

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www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25764

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Our Future World ; An analysis of global trends, shocks &scenarios ; CSIRO has recently published a report of the outcomes from a CSIRO global foresight project. Five global megatrends &global risks are presented &also included are eight identified ricks from the megashocks work of the World Economic Forum - CSIRO - Mar10

- Stefan Hajkowicz, James Moody +detailed input from >50 CSIRO scientific &business development staff -

Introduction

The scientific research we conduct today will deliver solutions for our children, grandchildren &future generations. But what will their needs be? What do they need us to be solving today to make their lives better?

This report describes the outcomes from a CSIRO global foresight project. We present five global megatrends &global risks that may redefine how people live. A megatrend is based on the aggregation &synthesis of multiple trends. A trend is an important pattern of economic, social or environmental activity that will change the way people live &the science &technology products they demand. A global risk, or “megashock”, is a significant &sudden event; the timing &magnitude of which are very hard to predict.

The megatrends presented in this document are based on analyses of over 100 trends contributed by >40 scientists &business development staff across CSIRO on the Futures1 SharePoint site. The site is continually growing &new trends are being added. It has become a powerful living resource for science planners. On 17 August 2009 the trends on the Futures website were reviewed &discussed @a workshop in Sydney attended by >30 leading scientists &business development staff across CSIRO. @the workshop 19 megatrends were identified by attendees. These were grouped, synthesised &reviewed leading to the five interlinked megatrends.

Our megashocks are based on the work of the World Economic Forum(WEF, 2009) which identifies, &evaluates, 36 global risks under the categories of economic, geopolitical, environmental, societal &technological. We have reviewed this work &identified eight risks particularly important from an Australian science &technology perspective.

The trends, megatrends &megashocks are designed to inform a wide range of strategic science planning activities within CSIRO. We hope that after consultation with key experts &stakeholders this material can help inform Australian industry, government &community decisions. ...-
www.csiro.au/files/files/pw2c.pdf

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´11 Global R &D Funding Forecast; Battelle report; A diverse group of private sector &government researchers in various R&D activities worldwide cite constructed budgets as the most critical challenge facing the global scientific community. This examination of the global research community is part of the Battelle/R&D Magazine ´11 Global R&D Funding Forecast - Batelle/R &DM - Dec10

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The year ´10 was a challenging one for economies around the globe, &the R&D landscape continued to change. Fortunately, overall R&D funding stabilized, which marked an improvement over the volatility that characterized ´08 &´09.

As you will see in the following pages, this year’s Forecast includes not only a country-by-country view of investment in R&D &our specific discussion of U.S. R&D funding &performance, but also a breakout of spending by six key, broadly defined industry segments –Life Sciences, Information Technology, Electronics, Aerospace/Defense/Security, Energy, &Advanced Materials. These critical industry segments will drive much of the future of global innovation, &though the recent economic volatility affected each one in different ways, they, along with overall global R&D, have stabilized &are now poised for continued growth in ´11.

Battelle’s organizational structure is designed to address many of these key segments as well as to leverage our capacity for innovation through the six national laboratories that we manage for the U.S. Department of Energy. As the world’s largest independent R&D organization , we have been dedicated to advancing science &technology to benefit mankind for >80 years, &we bring together a world-class collection of human &technological assets to develop products, systems &services for global clients.

Although the volatility accompanying the recession has passed, current economic conditions still remain fragile. The impact of the overall economic climate in ´10 leads us to forecast a modest 2.4% growth forecast for U.S. R&D in ´11. This low growth rate assumes a likely decline in federal R&D funding in ´11, as many federal agency budgets are likely to be cut over the next year. The impact of these
reductions could be greater if not for a continued expenditure stream resulting from previously awarded federal government “stimulus” funding. Without such resources, investment in the United States would actually decline in real terms in ´11.

This year’s Forecast also addresses the continuing rise of China as a global R&D powerhouse. Now 2nd only to the United States in R&D funding, China is realizing the benefits of an unprecedented investment in education. As a result, highly skilled workers will substantially boost China’s annual GDP growth rate for a generation, to a level of >$120 trillion by ´40.

In addition, the Forecast examines the global researcher community &provides a new perspective on the globalization of R&D. Both U.S. &non-U.S. researchers face many of the same concerns regarding their research challenges. Limited budgets &development times are affecting the entire global researcher community, &U.S. researchers in particular feel more challenged in these respects. When asked about the connections between global issues &their future R&D efforts, researchers identified areas including healthcare for the aging, demand for renewable energy, &global population growth as key concerns that the global research community must address.

In last year’s Forecast, I addressed the need for sustainable, positive change in STEM(science, technology, engineering, &math) @all levels of education. China’s investment in these areas is yielding great results, &the rest of the world would be wise to follow a similar course. Underinvestment in STEM, when coupled with a huge number of retiring “Baby Boomer” scientists &engineers, is creating a national “innovation crisis” for the United States &other nations in the years to come.

As we are always interested in providing the kind of data &other information that can help you, the readers of R&D Magazine, we welcome your comments &suggestions.

In the meantime, we appreciate your continued interest in the Forecast, which is increasingly being referenced as a “must read” source for information on global innovation.


Jeffrey Wadsworth

President &CEO
Battelle


Topics

--> Globalization Narrows R&D Gap Between Countries

--> Still In the Lead: U.S. Funds 1/3 of Global R&D

--> Fast Growth: China Overtakes Japan @#2

--> Key Industry R&D Sectors Growing ...
www.battelle.org/aboutus/rd/2011.pdf

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WIPO scheme to give patents to poorest ; A scheme initially devised by Dr James Moody of CSIRO in Australia &associates is now being developed further by a committee comprising WIPO, the WEF &representatives from the law, research, business, NGOs, &philanthropic organisations. Under the scheme corporations would give free access to IP to the poorest developing countries - RB - Apr 22, 2011
http://exquisitelife.researchresearch.com/exquisite_life/201…

"The World Intellectual Property Organization is preparing a scheme in which corporations would give free access to IP to the poorest developing countries, its director general Francis Gurry has announced.


Speaking at the Spanish EU Presidency’s Science Against Poverty conference in Segovia on 8 April, Gurry said the Global Responsibility Licensing initiative would allow companies to issue free licences in food security, health and environment technologies.

“Essentially, voluntarily a corporation would agree to make available free of charge its technologies where they have no market—usually a humanitarian situation or where there are no consumers,” said Gurry at the conference. WIPO will launch the initiative formally at the World Economic Forum at the Swiss ski resort Davos in January 2011.

The scheme was devised by James Moody, a member of WEF’s young leaders network and development director at Australia’s national research agency, and Siobhan Walsh, from NGO Concern Worldwide in Dublin. It is now being developed further by a committee comprising WIPO, the WEF and representatives from the law, research, business, NGOs, and philanthropic organisations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Moody confirmed to Research Fortnight that corporations are on board, but is not yet prepared to name names. “We are in discussion with large holders of IP, but it is too premature to announce the particular members,” he said. The group aims to sign up 10 companies by the end of the first year of operation with 5,000 patents available for use, rising to 1,000 companies and 500,000 patents after five years.

Moody acknowledges that giving free IP for “humanitarian use” has not been easy to define. Among the proposals on the table are that free access to patents could be given to those in countries where incomes are below $1.25 a day, or those needing “emergency aid”. More details will be announced at the January launch.

The initiative is the latest in a series in which corporations are opening up their IP. One of the reasons for this is their thinning product pipelines. Another reason is that in return for granting access to IP, they can get access to new money for development research from governments and from philanthropists such as Bill Gates.

“A lot of studies by UN agencies have shown that, so far, the benefits of technology transfer have been for the more advanced countries,” says Alhaji Tejan-Cole, a lawyer for the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, based in Kenya. The AATF provides a smaller-scale but similar service to the proposed WIPO initiative and includes Monsanto and BASF as partners.

But at least one leading observer of IP is advising caution. Graham Dutfield, professor of international governance at the University of Leeds, says freeing up access to IP will not automatically lead to a revolution in new products for the developing world. “Sometimes patents are tied together and to exploit an invention, a single patent itself wouldn’t give you access,” he says. “A patent also doesn’t always give all the information that you need. So it’s not as easy as it looks.”

Dutfield also predicts that getting companies on board will not be difficult. “If they can see a certain value in showing they are agreeing to license on humanitarian grounds; that can be turned into advertising, and some of the companies do have bad names,” he says. “There must be an interest in doing this, because they’re not charities.”

Moody says companies could benefit in other ways, such as by obtaining information about emerging markets. He also hopes the scheme will drive more research on development issues, alleviating the concerns of those researchers who avoid working in areas where the landscape is crowded with patents.
WIPO may also benefit from driving the proposal, says Dutfield. “WIPO has had some criticism in the past. Gurry knows that [WIPO] will get a lot more criticism if all it does is promote IP. That’s an image he wants to reject.” "

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Canadian Orebodies - Commences Drilling on the Potential Large Tonnage Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project; utilizing 3 diamond drills, with plans for the drilling to continue into September, for as long as weather conditions allow. The program is designed to test the Kipalu Formation of iron-bearing rocks, by following up on the work previously carried out on the Property in the ´50's by Belcher Mining Corporation Ltd("BMC"), with the goal of establishing a 43-101 compliant resource estimate. The Property is appealing for the fact of its potential to host a large tonnage of iron ore based on the historical resource estimate +that there has been no exploration work on the Property since the ´50's; P/CEO: "This is a very exciting step for the Company +for the Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project, as drilling has now commenced with the goal of delineating a 43-101 compliant resource estimate. The Property's proximity to tidewater +the possibility of natural deep water ports are compelling +key aspects for the project, which could be a major cost advantage to other projects requiring rail infrastructure." - Jul 21, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Canadian-Orebodies-Commences-c…" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Canadian-Orebodies-Commences-c…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 9, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Tournigan Energy - Updates Progress on Prefeasibility Study for Kuriskova; expected to be completed in December ´11 - Aug 9, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Tournigan-Updates-Progress-on-…

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Coalspur Mines - Further Resource Upgrade on Vista Coal Project; CEO: "The update provides further confirmation that the resource base @Vista can support the development of one of the largest export coal projects in North America . As the Bankable Feasibility Study progresses we will reassess the reserve potential of each of the coal seams in the Coalspur formation &optimize the productive capacity of Vista" - Jun 14, 2011

HL:

+ Coal Resource on the Vista Coal Project(“Vista”) increased by 87.2Mt to 1.29Bt

+ Total Measured &Indicated Resources of Coalspur increased to 1,078.7Mt of which 710.2Mt is in the Measured Coal Resource category

+ increases the Company’s total Coal Resource to 1.46 billion tonnes(“Bt”)

+ New drill hole information will be incorporated into the current Bankable Feasibility Study(“BFS”) &revised Coal Reserve estimates

+ Future drilling on Vista to focus on further definition of the McPherson, Val d’Or &McLeod seams &the delineation of the Silkstone seam on the north eastern section of the deposit ...
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CPL&E=ASX&N=545230


Coalspur Further Strengthens Management Team; Mr Drier was the Commercial Executive for Mantra Resources Limited, Prior held senior management positions @Norilsk Nickel International &BHP Billiton - Aug 4, 2011
www.stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CPL&E=ASX&N=552187

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'Come on with the blood bath ' - Altius vice president says, with $190m in cash to spend; Altius Minerals, long on the lookout for another royalty stream with nearly $200 million in its back pocket, looks readier than ever to pull the trigger - MW, HALIFAX - Aug 9, 2011

- Kip Keen -
www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page66?oid=133091&sn…

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Batero Gold - Intersects 332.12 Metres Grading 0.76 g/t Gold &0.11% Copper, @Batero-Quinchia Project, Colombia; P/CEO: "These drill results confirm our strategic approach to further delineate &infill La Cumbre porphyry, to extend its boundaries laterally &@depth. We are also very pleased on the strong success rate of our exploration drilling program with new porphyry mineralization intersected @'El Centro'(Manzanillo, La Lenguita &El Cedral). We are fast-tracking the delineation drilling over a distance of 2+ km's, from La Cumbre to 'El Centro' up to Dos Quebradas with the goal to incorporate the newly discovered mineralized zones in the upcoming resource estimate planned for Q4 - ´11." - Aug 5, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/batero-gold-intersects-3321…
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/bat805i.pdf

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Green Compliance exhibits growth, a new strategy for Stratex &new penetration for Corero - Hybridian/PAI UK - Jun 22, 2011
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/hybridan-small-cap-wrap…
www.frontiermining.com/news/company_news_2011.html

"... Frontier Mining (LON:FML 3.88p / £72.11m)

Frontier Mining Ltd, the gold and copper exploration and development company focused on Kazakhstan and Russia, has announced that it has closed a copper off-take agreement along with associated funding with Red Kite Mine Finance. The off-take agreement is for four years from commencement of production and the funding is for $10m of which $5m has already been received. The additional amount is conditional on certain conditions being met, which the Company is confident of achieving. Erlan Sagadiev, CEO, said: “this is a further step in the advancement of the Benkala project. We welcome Red Kite’s involvement and funding in the project and this news further ensures that we will proceed to plan.” Frontier has a 100 per cent interest in the Benkala copper mine, currently under development with initial production planned in 2011. A CPR completed by Wardell Armstrong International in June 2010, estimated the oxide section of the Benkala project, which represents development of only ten per cent of the total resource at Benkala, to have a NPV of $190m, based on 0.5 per cent diluted copper grade, 63 per cent recovery and 185,000 tons of contained metal at a $6,000 per tonne copper price. ..."

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Modern Water Plc - Re Contract; plant will be the world's 1st fully commercial application of forward osmosis. The particular technology to be used has already been successfully trialled by Modern Water @plants in Gibraltar &Oman. It lies @the heart of the Group's patented Manipulated Osmosis process, which an independent report recently placed at the top of new technologies for desalination. It has been shown to achieve significant cost savings, use less energy &to be more reliable than conventional methods, particularly when operating in challenging conditions - Jun 20, 2011
www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/20/idUS45302+20-Jun-2011+RNS…

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Hunnu Coal - JORC Resource Upgrade for Unst Khudag Project - Jul 1, 2011

HL:

+ 100% increase to JORC Resources @Unst Khudag

+ JORC Resource of: 676Mt to a depth of 150m

+ 601Mt classified as Measured(541Mt) &Indicated(60Mt).

+ Further upgrades to the JORC Resource model expected in the latter half of ´11 with additional drilling underway.

+ A total of 325 drill holes for 28,245 metres were utilised in the JORC Resource estimate.

+ The Company is in advanced discussions for off-take with potential future buyers of Unst Khudag Project coal.

+ 100% owned rail loading spur @Choir railway station nearing completion. 3Mt per annum of capacity secured on the existing Trans-Mongolian Railway.

+ Feasibility study into delivery of rail to mine gate nearing completion.

+ New development concept being scoped. +20 year mine life, delivering a product @+5,000Kcal to the Chinese border from the Unst Khudag Mine @a rate of 10Mt to 20Mt per annum.

+ Hunnu Coal now has Total JORC Resources across its projects of 766Mt.

+ Initial JORC estimate currently being calculated for the Altai Nuurs Premium Hard Coking Coal Project. Altai Nuurs has an Exploration Target* of 250Mt to 500Mt.

+ Upgraded JORC estimate currently being completed for the Tsant Uul Project which currently has a JORC Resource of 90Mt. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=HUN&E=ASX&N=547379



JORC Resource Update for Tsant Uul Coal Project - Jul 21, 2011

HL:

+ 85% increase to JORC Coal Resource @Tsant Uul

+ JORC reported Coal Resource of 167.1Mt

+ 93.8Mt classified as Measured(40.9Mt) &Indicated(52.9Mt).

+ Further upgrades to the JORC reported Coal Resource model expected in the latter half of ´11 with additional drilling completed &underway.

+ The Tsant Uul Project mining license has been granted for an initial term of 30 years with an option for twenty years extension twice, providing a total of 70 years of mining operations.

+ The Company is in advanced discussions for off-take with potential future buyers of Tsant Uul Project coal.

+ Targeting commencement of mining in the last quarter of ´11.

+ Targeting initial production of 1.5Mt of coal in ´12 &3Mt in ´13.

+ Owner operator mining fleet currently being purchased with initial purchases including six CAT 773 Dump Trucks &a Hitachi 1200 excavator. Additional purchases underway.

+ Hunnu Coal now has Total JORC Resources across its projects of 843Mt.

+ Initial JORC Coal Resource currently being estimated for the Altai Nuurs Premium Hard Coking Coal Project. Altai Nuurs has an Exploration Target* of 250Mt to 500Mt. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=HUN&E=ASX&N=549727

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Extract Resources - 37% Increase in Reserves @Husab - Aug 10, 2011

HL:

+ Reserve estimate for the Husab Uranium Project improved following evaluation of updated resource model:

- 217.3million tonnes @504ppm for 241.2MIbs U3O8
- 37% increase in reserve extends projected mine life for ZonesI &II to >20 years(including pre-strip);
- Maiden declaration of Proven Reserves equivalent to four years of full production;
- 18% reduction in forecast strip ratio for life of mine from 7.3:1 to 6.2:1


+ Updated reserve estimate marks latest phase of the Company’s Mine Optimisation &Resource Extension(MORE) programme, aimed @substantially increasing overall project value

+ MORE programme, including detailed mine planning, continues in parallel with ongoing drilling programme; further resource update expected in H1, ´12 ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=EXT&E=ASX&N=552751

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India’s power generator seeks coal assets in South Africa - MW, KOLKATTA - Aug 10, 2011

- Ajoy K Das -
www.miningweekly.com/article/indias-power-generator-seeks-co…

"After pulling out from the race for Australian coal miner Bandanna Energy, India’s largest thermal power producer NTPC Limited is seeking to acquire coal assets in South Africa.


Simultaneously, to cope with the shortage of coal feedstock from domestic mines, NTPC was also considering entering into long-term coal supply contracts that would start at levels of four-million tons a year, ramping up to 16-million tons a year over a period of time, with mines in South Africa.

NTPC pulled out from bidding for a stake in Bandanna Energy, perceiving the price to be too high. The total capital expenditure on the mines was estimated at $3-billion, including related infrastructure like railway connectivity to evacuate the coal, and this was perceived by the company to be too high, an NTPC official said.

“Return on capital and investments or appreciation in coal mines are very difficult to know in advance. We don’t know how it will behave. It is very speculative,” NTPC chairperson and MD Arup Roychowdhury said.

“Supplies through long-term contracts provide assured quantities of coal at predetermined prices. We will have to give priority to domestic sources of coal but to bridge the gap between supplies and our projected captive demand, we will have to acquire mines overseas,” Roychowdhury said.

“South Africa is our preferred destination for securing coal supplies and assets. There are a lot of bilateral initiatives between the governments of India and South Africa and these have received further impetus following a visit by Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe,” an NTPC official said on condition of anonymity, since they were not authorised to speak on the issue.

“As a government-owned company, NTPC naturally is comfortable in following up Indian government policies in promoting bilateral cooperation between India and South Africa. Acquisition of coal assets in that country should ensure supplies for at least 25 years,” the official said.

Destination South Africa has also gained momentum for NTPC following the erosion of the viability of at least two ultra mega power projects, operated by Tata Power and Reliance Power. These projects of 4 000 MW each were linked to imported coal from Indonesia.

Recently, however, the Indonesia government changed its policy deciding to benchmark its coal prices to international indices with retrospective effect, making the Indian power projects unviable since long-term supply agreements based on discounts and flat prices would no longer be honored.

NTPC, a predominantly coal-based thermal power producer is also diversifying its fuel mix to reduce dependency on coal. Under a new fuel-mix portfolio, by 2017, the company aimed to produce 53 000 MW from coal, 10 000 MW from gas, 9 000 MW from nuclear and 1 000 MW from renewable energy, thereby achieving a total compounded average growth rate of 13%.

But ironically, while NTPC is faced with a shortage in coal supplies from domestic and international sources to feed new projects, allocation and mining rights to two virgin coal blocks allocated to it have been cancelled by India’s Coal Ministry for tardy progress in developing these mines.

The two coal blocks of Brahmini and Chichro-Patsimal with estimated reserves of two-billion tons, located in the eastern Indian province of Jharkhand, had been allocated to the company, which proposed a $112-million development of the mines, linked to plans to construct a 1 500 MW thermal power plant, entailing an investment of $1.6-billion.

However, following intervention from the office of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the behest of NTPC's chairperson and MD, the Coal Ministry decided to review the cancellation notice provided the power generator submits a new timeframe for development of the mines.

NTPC is India’s largest power producer with an installed capacity of 33 000 MW from its 15 coal-based power plants, seven gas-based plants and other gas- and coal-generating plants which the company operates through joint ventures. NTPC currently has 17 000 MW of new coal-based capacity at various stages of construction. "

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Flinders Mines - Maiden Inferred Vanadium Resource, Canegrass WA - Aug 10, 2011

HL:

+ Significant high grade vanadium Inferred Mineral Resource - 107Mt @ 0.62% V2O5 , +0.5% cut-off

+Extensive upside potential - only 5% of prospective stratigraphy contained within current vanadium resource

+ Total 216Million Tonnes @25.4% Fe, 5.0% TiO2 &0.52% V2O5 ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=FMS&E=ASX&N=184040
www.miningweekly.com/article/flinders-declares-107mt-vanadiu…

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Beowulf Mining Plc - Kallak Iron Ore Update; Kallak South drilling programme completed indicating the presence of >400Mt of iron ore; Drilling underway @Kallak North to include testing for a possible connection with the adjacent Kallak South deposit - August 10, 2011

HL:

+ Completed drilling programme @Kallak South has confirmed that magnetite iron mineralisation extends for 2,200m in a N-S direction with mineralised E-W cross sections of >200m width &extending to depths >275m.

+ Assay results received to date have confirmed the presence of high grade iron mineralisation(>30% Fe) over significant widths.

+ A further drill programme of 1,500m is underway @Kallak North to include testing for a possible connection with the adjacent Kallak South deposit

+ maiden Inferred resource estimate for both of the Kallak deposits expected before the end of this year ...
www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 10, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Beaufield Resources - Advances Schefferville Iron Exploration - Aug 10, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Beaufield-Advances-ccn-2529694…

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Premium Exploration - Finds More Gold @Friday Zone: 1.0 g/t Gold over 117.4 Metres - Aug 10, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Premium-Exploration-Finds-ccn-…

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Energy Focus - Awarded $23 Million Supply Contract to Provide IntelliTube(TM) LED Lighting to the U.S. Navy; CTO: "EFOI's advances in LED technology will allow the Navy to save 50 -90 % of their lighting energy cost" - Aug 4, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Photo-Release-Energy-Focus-pz-…

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CBM Asia Development - 2nd Test Well Flaring Gas @South Sumatra CBM Block; NSAI to Complete Resource Assessment 3Q-´11 - Aug 10, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CBM-Asia-Development-Corp-ccn-…

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Nach Gala: Alle schwärmen von "Götzinho"; Fußball-Deutschland hat einen neuen Liebling - DPA, STUTTGART - Aug 11, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/sport/fussball/nationalelf/13422818-s…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 11, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Eurasian Minerals - Reports Drill Results of 11.1 Meters Averaging 7.82% Lead, 5.92% Zinc, 6419.74 g/t Silver for the Balya Royalty Property in Turkey - Aug 11. 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/EMX-Reports-Drill-Results-of-c…

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New Millennium Iron - Announces Plans to Drill New Exploration Target Located Between the KéMag +LabMag Deposits +Provides Update on the Bulk Sampling Program +Lac Ritchie Drilling; P/CEO: "The results of our ongoing studies suggest the possibility of a continuity between the LabMag +KéMag deposits +warrant further investigation. Based on the complementary evidence of the test hole +magnetic survey, we have now decided to further explore anomalous area NL1, which is 100% owned by NML. This next development target further underscores the additional resource potential of the Millennium Iron Range +demonstrates further potential value for our shareholders beyond the Taconite Project." - Aug 11, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/new-millennium-iron-corp-an…

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Nautilus Minerals - Granted Exploration Tenements in Fijian Waters; has become 1st private sector organisation to be granted offshore exploration licences in Fiji ; Fijian Government has granted the company 14 special prospecting licences, covering a total of approximately 60,000 km2 , territory is considered highly prospective, having been the subject of marine research by Japanese, French &other scientific cruises in the late ´80s &early ´90s; Nautilus now holds exclusive exploration tenements covering a total of approximately 230,000 km2 in the western Pacific, &has applied for a further 370,000 km2 , taking the total to approximately 600,000 km2 ; CEO: "The territory is very promising &has the potential to host significant high grade deposits of copper, zinc, silver &gold. Following the recent grant of exploration licences by the International Seabed Authority, the Fijian government's decision to select Nautilus as the 1st private sector, commercial organisation to be granted offshore exploration leases reconfirms the leading status of Nautilus in this new industry" - Aug 11, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/nautilus-granted-exploratio…
www.nautilusminerals.com/i/pdf/FijiTenementsAug11.pdf

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U.S. War with China “Inevitable,” Author Glain Says - FY/DT - Aug 11, 2011

- Aaron Task -
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/u-war-china-inev…

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Ethiopian Potash - Retains ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft Geotechnik &Bergbau mbH to Provide Geological Supervision for the Danakil Drilling Program, Ethiopia - Aug 11, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ethiopian-Potash-Corp-Retains-…

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Black Iron - Q2 Update - Aug 11, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/black-iron-q2-update-tsx-bk…

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China's trade surplus up to $31.5b - CER/FT - Aug 11, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/chinas-trad…

"China's trade surplus leapt to US$31.5 billion in July - its highest level in over two years - thanks to surprisingly strong growth in exports, the Financial Times reported.

The widening of the surplus is likely to intensify foreign criticism of China's controlled exchange rate for the renminbi. Despite recently setting new records against the dollar, Alistair Thornton, an economist with IHS Global Insight in Beijing, said that the renminbi has "barely budged on a trade-weighted basis over the past year." Beijing's resolve to allow the renminbi to continue appreciating will be tested if slowing global growth, provoked by ongoing volatility in international stock markets, results in weaker demand for Chinese exports. Export orders are usually placed months in advance, so damage from a slowdown will probably not filter through until later in the year. "

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Renminbi rises to 17-year high - CER/WSJ - Aug 11, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/renminbi-ri…

"China's currency spiked to a record high against the US dollar Wednesday, following the release of new figures showing a rise in China's trade surplus, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The renminbi finished Wednesday at 6.417 to the dollar on the over-the-counter market, compared with 6.4404 on Friday before a US credit rating downgrade. The strengthening Chinese currency - usually kept in a narrow trading band by China's central bank - may indicate that China is willing to accept a faster pace of appreciation to help offset inflation by putting downward pressure on the prices of imported goods. "The central bank may speed up the rise in the yuan to alleviate domestic inflationary pressures in the near future," said ANZ Bank (ANZ.ASX) economist Liu Ligang, who added that the renminbi is expected to appreciate by about 6% against the dollar in 2011. "

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HKEx halts trading after hacker attack - CER/BB - Aug 11, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/hkex-halts-…

"Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, the world's biggest stock exchange by market value, has suspended trading for six companies including HSBC (HBC.NYSE, HSBA.LON, 0005.HK) after its website for corporate filings was disabled by hackers , Bloomberg reported.

The exchange suspended trading to ensure that investors had equal access to price-sensitive statements made by the six companies, which also included Hong Kong Exchanges (0388.HK), Cathay Pacific (0293.HK), Dah Sing Banking Group (2356.HK), Dah Sing Financial Group (0440.HK), China Resources Microelectronics (0597.HK) and China Power International Development (2380.HK). HSBC, Hong Kong Exchanges, Dah Sing Banking and Dah Sing Financial said that they will resume trading today, while the other companies have not yet commented. HSBC makes up 15% of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, while Hong Kong Exchanges accounts for 2.6%. Both the Technology Crime Division of the Hong Kong Police’s Commercial Crime Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission are investigating the attacks. "

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China halts production on some bullet trains - CER/FT - AUg 11, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/china-halts…

"China has ordered China North Locomotive Rolling Stock (CNR) - one of the country's two leading train manufacturers - to temporarily stop producing a bullet train model, the first public move to slow the country's high-speed rail expansion after a deadly collision last month, the Financial Times reported.

CNR, a state-owned company, said in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange that an automatic safety system on its most advanced train, the CRH380, was working improperly, causing recurrent delays on a new line between Shanghai and Beijing. The company said it would inspect and adapt its bullet trains to ensure "efficiency and punctuality," but still fulfill outstanding orders for this year. While China had originally planned to expand its total rail line length to 16,000 kilometers by 2020, spending on railways declined 2.1% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2011. The expansion has come under increasing scrutiny after a high-speed train collision near Wenzhou on July 23 that killed 40 people. "

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Globex Mining - Intersects 7.3% Cu, 7.27% Zn, 1.1 g/t Au, 51.8 g/t Ag over 3.0 Metres in 2nd Tier of Drilling, @its Tonnancour Project, Quebec - Aug 11, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/globex-intersects-73-cu-727…

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Kivalliq Energy - Reports Additional High-Grade Intercepts from Blaze Zone: Hole 11 BZ-016 Intersections Include 4.1 Metres of 0.84% U3O8, 1.62% Cu, 99.14 g/t Ag &0.47% Mo; CEO: "The Blaze zone discovery clearly demonstrates the exploration potential @the Angilak Property, especially within close proximity of the high grade Lac Cinquante deposit. Continued drilling @Blaze will be needed to better delineate this occurrence, &for possible inclusion in future resource calculations." - Aug 11, 2011

+ Assays from holes 11-BZ-011 through 019 returned significant U-Cu-Ag-Mo mineralization

+ Holes 11-BZ-016, 017 &019 intersected, 0.63% U3O8 over 5.6 metres, 0.45% U3O8 over 8.4 metres, &0.60% U3O8 over 6.3 metres respectively.

+ Blaze Zone drilled >100 metres strike length with mineralization intersected down to 126 metres

+ Zone remains open along strike &to depth ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/kivalliq-reports-additional…

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Wen urges global cooperation in calming markets - CER/BB - Aug 10, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/wen-urges-g…

"Chinese Premier Wen Jiaobao called on countries to work together to calm financial markets after a US rating downgrade and Europe's debt crisis sparked a plunge in equities worldwide, Bloomberg reported.

"China urges nations to coordinate and implement concrete and responsible fiscal and monetary policies to secure the safety of investments," said a State Council statement Tuesday, following a meeting chaired by Wen. Meanwhile, China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke about the current world economic situation and global financial market conditions in a telephone conversation. The combination of weak economic data from around the globe, Europe's debt crisis and the unprecendented downgrade of the US credit rating by Standard & Poor's (part of McGraw-Hill; MHP.NYSE) has erased US$7.9 trillion in global equity market capitalization since July 26. "

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Administrative litigation law being redrafted to allow more lawsuits against government - CER - Aug 10, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/administrat…

"Chinese people may soon have more rights by which to challenge administrative legislation, thanks to proposed revisions to the Administrative Litigation Law, state media reported.

Wang Xixin, a law professor at Peking University with connections to China's legislature, said that "related departments" are working on an amendment to the law that would add government regulations in areas such as urban planning to the scope of allowable suits. Previously many lawsuits related to land seizures conducted in the name of urban renewal were refused on the basis of the law. The only actions subject to the law, enacted in 1990, are "concrete actions" such as administrative punishments, interference with business operations or violation of human rights, including a "property right." Lin Wencai, a lawyer who has represented many plaintiffs against the government, said limitations in the law make most suits impossible. "Sometimes I have to handle more than 20 cases just in one month, but most of them have to be addressed through meditation instead of a court hearing," he said. A government official told state media that lawmakers are unlikely to have time to read the amendment until next year. "

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Taiwan's main opposition says Beijing hacked its emails - CER/WSJ - Aug 10, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/taiwans-mai…

"Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) claimed that mainland Chinese hackers have been attacking its computers on a daily basis since March, ahead of the island's presidential elections in January, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The DPP said it found that hackers with IP addresses connected to the mainland had gained access to the email accounts of officials from the party's headquarters, in addition to the campaign office for its presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen. Even though Tsai is considered a moderate and has expressed her desire to improve ties with China, Beijing is heavily in favor of Kuomintang candidate and current president Ma Ying-jeou. Despite a recent thaw in relations, Taiwan and mainland China continue to engage in espionage against each other. "

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Quantum Rare Earth Developments - CEO Sees China's Rare Earth Restrictions as Opening for Obama to Act - Jun 24, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/quantum-ceo-sees-chinas-rar…

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Rohstoffrakete aus Kanada ; DER Top-Explorer in Kanada & Mexico -niedrige Bewertung & BIG News
www.irw-press.com/bericht/awareness_CR_2011/index.php?gclid=…

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Zave The World Air - Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement With Temple University; Company Locks In Important Milestones in Future IP Development Covering the Oil &Gas Industries - Aug 12, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/STWA-Signs-Exclusive-iw-385465…

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OriginOil - Receives Increased Order for Large-Scale Algae Extraction System; new system on order is one of the largest next-generation extraction systems of its kind in the world - Aug 12, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/OriginOil-Receives-Increased-b…

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Honbridge Holdings - Estimated Mineral Resources of Sam Iron Mine Project, Brazil; total Measured Resources &Indicated Resources for Block 8 &Block 7 based on Golder’s Report &Coffey Report is 2.639 billion tonnes, which is <2.8 billion tonnes of the Resource Confirmation requirement pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement. However, given that the Inferred Resources for Block 7 are >one billion tonnes, the Directors consider that if intensive drilling program were commenced for Block 7, both resources classification &resources quantity could probably be upgraded, &hat the resources level for Block 7 &Block 8 in aggregate should be able to meet the Resources Confirmation requirement - May 11, 2011
www.8137.hk/eng/statutory/e Resource cofirmation 11 May 2011…
www.8137.hk/admin/upload_img/file/8137_SalinasFe_ENG_2011070…

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Nanostart's Nanosys receives $5m grant from U.S. Department of Energy - PAIUK - Aug 12, 2011

- Olivia D'Orazio -
www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/17163/nanostarts-n…

"Nanotechnology investor Nanostart (OTCQX:NASRY) said Thursday that portfolio company Nanosys announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded it US$4.8 million to bring to scale its SiNANOde technology for the automotive industry.

The funds will go toward the development and refinement of the company's SiNANOde technology, which enables electronic vehicles to travel up to 300 miles on a single charge.

In addition to the primary funding provided, Nanosys and the DOE will spend an additional $6.0 million, through sub-awards and cost matches between the two organizations, to further develop, commercialize and manufacture advanced material technologies in the U.S.

"We are honored the DOE has selected Nanosys for this grant," said Nanosys president and CEO, Jason Hartlove.

"The commercialization of architected material solutions like SiNANOde provide the breakthroughs needed to progress on the path to achieving those goals."

This grant is part of the DOE's wider intention of accelerating the development and deployment of electric vehicles.

"The future of a clean energy economy depends on increased adoption of electric and hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles," Hartlove added.

"Until such vehicles are able to achieve substantial operating range on a single charge with the economics of combustion vehicles, acceptance will be limited to early adopters."

Based in Palo Alto, California, Nanosys is an advanced materials architect. Together with Germany-based Nanostart, an investor in nanotechnology, Nanosys improves lithium-ion battery capacity using SiNANOde in batteries for laptops and tablets, smart phones and other electronic devices, in addition to electronic vehicles.

"The Department of Energy is investing in new advanced technologies that will significantly improve vehicle fuel economy, save consumers money, and create skilled jobs for Americans," said U.S. Energy Secretary, Steven Chu.

Nanostart, headquartered in Frankfurt, provides venture capital financing for nanotechnology companies in various growth phases with a focus on industries such as cleantech, life sciences and IT/electronics. "

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Apple erstmals wertvollster Konzern der Welt - W- Aug 12, 2011

- Pedram Payami -
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/3213657-efg-financial-pro…

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Auriga Gold - Announces Initial Resource Estimate for the Maverick Gold Project, Manitoba: Indicated Resources of 174,000 oz @5.73g/t &Inferred Resources of 558,000 oz @5.61g/t Au - Aug 4, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Auriga-Gold-Announces-Initial-…

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From Famine to Food Security: Meeting the Challenge in the Horn of Africa; Speaking @IFPRI yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, calling for both short-term responses to end current suffering +long-term solutions to eradicate chronic poverty, hunger, +malnutrition - IFPRI - Aug 11, 2011
www.ifpri.org/event/famine-food-security-meeting-challenge-h…
www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/08/170417.htm
www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/Shenggen_Fan_Statement.pdf

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Atna Resources - Acquires Pinson Gold Mine; Total estimated mineral resources of ~2.2Mio Oz @~13g/t Au; On closing, Atna will also sign a non-exclusive Ore Milling &Gold Purchase Agreement with an affiliate of PMC allowing for processing of Pinson Mine ores @Barrick's Goldstrike processing facilities; has arranged a $20 million Credit Agreement with Sprott Resource Lending Partnership("Sprott") to finance the monetary portion of the acquisition - Aug 11, 2011
www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/11/c3210.html
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110811/LA51169

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"Slutwalk" durch die Städte; In mehreren Städten demonstrieren Frauen gegen Sexismus - DPA, BERLIN - Aug 13, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/lifestyle/leben/13432058-schlampen-zi…

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Hat Pippa etwa mani-Po-liert? ; Ist der Hintern von "Her Royal Hotness" in Wahrheit gar nicht so rund? - MCB/MM - Aug 14, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/klatsch-tratsch/13441370…

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54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standard will save U.S. drivers $1.7 trillion by ´25 ; President Obama announced a historic agreement with thirteen major automakers to increasing fuel economy to 54.5 miles/gallon for cars &light-duty trucks by Model Year ´25. This will save U.S. drivers $1.7 trillion in fuel costs with today’s oil prices of about $100 per barrel. If the price of oil is higher in ´25, consumers will save more - CtB - Aug 2, 2011

- John Addison -
www.cleantechblog.com/2011/08/54-5-mpg-fuel-efficiency-stand…

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Mercedes Benz - readies Fuel Cell vehicle for ´14 launch - Jun 27, 2011
http://fuelcellsworks.com/news/2011/06/23/mercedes-benz-fuel…

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Failure Is An Option: Cost Is Not No Object; I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to polls about energy issues. Way too often, the questions are posed in such a way that they practically compel the respondent to answer in a certain way. As reported in an article by the Financial Times, the Lazard poll indicates that, on a scale of 1-10 (1 meaning highly unwilling, 10 meaning highly willing), only 21% of respondents reported a score of @least 8 in terms of willingness to pay more for clean energy, with an average willingness to pay of an extra $9.74 on the monthly electricity bill - CtB - Aug 11, 2011

- Richard T. Stuebi -
www.cleantechblog.com/2011/08/failure-is-an-option-cost-is-n…

"I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to polls about energy issues. Way too often, the questions are posed in such a way that they practically compel the respondent to answer in a certain way.

Seriously: if someone asks you “would you like the energy you use to have less environmental impact?”, are you going to answer “no”?

Valuable polls force people to make tough tradeoffs, as it is under “either-or” situations that true preferences are more accurately revealed. In the case of energy polls, since most consumers are fundamentally economic decision-makers, questions have to be wedded to the potential dollars-and-cents implications.

And so I put a bit more credence in the results of a recent poll by the investment banking firm Lazard (NYSE: LAZ), in which they asked U.S. voters how much more they were willing to pay for lower-carbon sources of electricity.

As reported in an article by the Financial Times, the Lazard poll indicates that, on a scale of 1-10 (1 meaning highly unwilling, 10 meaning highly willing), only 21% of respondents reported a score of at least 8 in terms of willingness to pay more for clean energy, with an average willingness to pay of an extra $9.74 on the monthly electricity bill.

Since the average American household spends about $100 per month on electricity, these findings suggest that the average American would be willing to tolerate about a 10% increase in electricity bills. Implicitly, this means that the average American would be willing to pay about twice as much as they normally pay for electricity – for 10% of their electricity supply. Given that the average price of electricity in the U.S. is about 10 cents/kwh, the typical American would thus be willing to spend up to 20 cents/kwh for 10% of their electricity to support an accelerated transition to cleaner power generation.

Unfortunately, many clean electricity generation options — especially those that can achieve large-scale in the many locations not endowed with truly excellent renewable resources — remain at costs at or above 20 cents/kwh delivered to the customer.

Consequently, it’s unrealistic for clean electricity technologies to supply more than a small portion of the overall power generation portfolio in the U.S. unless and until that fact changes.

In other words, without significant cost reductions, the promise of many clean energy technologies will remain just that: promise. Customers — citizens, voters — will not bend over backwards economically to foster a high degree of penetration of new clean energy technologies. And, we’ll keep more or less doing what we’re doing today.

Against this backdrop, it’s interesting to read the recent report by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), “The Impact of Clean Energy Innovation”. Google recognizes that the clean energy movement needs significant cost breakthroughs to become massive in scale, and aims to depict what could happen if such breakthroughs were achieved over the next few decades: offshore wind down from 20 cents/kwh today to below 5 cents/kwh, solar from 15-20 cents/kwh today to 2-4 cents/kwh, and carbon-sequestered coal generation from ???? (i.e., unavailable) today to below 5 cents/kwh.

As much as anything, the report is a call to unstick the lethargy and break from the status quo do-nothing posture that tends to befall the energy sector. It’s as if Google aims to goad the energy industry into action, with such implorations as “Technologies that innovate fastest win” — something that Google should know about first-hand. The closing line of the study couldn’t be any clearer in prodding for acceleration: “The benefits [of energy innovation] are clear, so let’s go!”

But Google is fundamentally a nimble and entrepreneurial Internet company, and they are shouting into the din of the massive and bureaucratic energy sector. It seems naive, to me, that their words will resonate with their (presumably) intended audience.

Alas, along with the rah-rah cheerleading, the Google report’s authors also identify the immense obstacles to the path they themselves promote. Notably, they confess that “smart policies are needed to drive innovation.” In today’s toxic political environment, it is difficult to imagine any substantive new policies encouraging further energy innovation being implemented, much less so-called “smart” policies — always difficult to achieve in the best of times.

And, as Devon Swezey of the Breakthrough Institute notes in his recent essay “The Coming Clean Tech Crash” in the Huffington Post, “In an era of heightened budget austerity, the subsidies required to make clean energy artificially cheaper are becoming unsustainable.”

At bottom, Google recognizes the challenge: “Coal is very hard to displace on economics alone.” Coal-fired generation is just so damned cheap (as long as environmental issues are overlooked), that its 50+% market share in the U.S. will be hard to dent materially if the invisible hand of the market is the only hand on the tiller.

Compounding the issue is the return of cheap natural gas. As Google notes, greater utilization of natural gas generation driven by recent low gas prices would be good in the short-term for reducing emissions, but will slow innovation leading to wider-scale deployment of truly clean (i.e., zero or near-zero emissions) energy solutions truly necessary for the long-term: yet another example of the type of tradeoffs often faced in the energy sector and indeed in society at large — with the short-term usually winning out over the long-term.

So, ultimately, a cleantech utopia is only achieveable with major technology breakthroughs to reduce costs to politically acceptable levels, yet clean energy innovation is greatly hindered (though not entirely stymied) by many of the forces at work. This is the playing field on which we in the cleantech sector are faced with playing. Sound like fun to you?

Before you opt in, be aware that failure is indeed an option. Don’t jump into the game thinking that this will be easy, because it will be anything but. And, the way to score big points in the game is to reduce costs, period. "

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The Impact of Clean Energy Innovation; Examining the Impact of Clean Energy Innovation on the United States Energy System &Economy - Google - Jul 15, 2011

- Executive Summary

Our need for energy must be balanced against the often competing interests of the economy , environment, &national security. Clean, sustainable, safe, &secure sources of energy are needed to avoid long-term harm from geopolitical risks &global climate change. Unless fully cost-competitive with fossil fuels, the adoption of clean technologies will either be limited or driven by policy. Innovation in clean energy technology is thus needed to reduce costs &maximize adoption. But how far can energy innovation go towards meeting economic, environmental, &security needs? This analysis attempts to estimate the potential impact clean energy innovation could have on the US economy &energy landscape.

The analysis assumes "aggressive hypothetical cost breakthroughs" (BT) in clean power generation, grid storage, electric vehicle, &natural gas technologies &compares them to Business as Usual(BAU) scenarios modeled to ´30 &´50. The model also compares innovation scenarios in combination with two clean energy policy paths: 1) comprehensive federal incentives &mandates called “Clean Policy” &2) a power sector-only $30/metric ton price on CO2 called “$30/ton Carbon Price.” Our modeling indicates that, when compared to BAU in ´30, aggressive energy innovation alone could have enormous potential to simultaneously:

+ Grow the US economy by >$155billion in GDP/year($244billion with Clean Policy)

+ create >1.1million new net jobs(1.9million with Clean Policy)

+ Save US consumers >$942/household/year($955 with Clean Policy)

+ Reduce US oil consumption by >1.1billion barrels/year

+ Reduce US total greenhouse gas emissions(GHG) by 13%(21% with Clean Policy)

(...)


About the Analysis

We conducted this analysis to evaluate, @a basic economic level, the benefits of breakthrough rates of innovation in clean technology using McKinsey &Company's US Low Carbon Economics Tool.

The model estimates potential changes in energy &the economy from different technology &policy inputs. It doesn't predict what will happen , but rather offers perspective on potential outcomes from different inputs, such as energy prices.

Google's energy team developed aggressive "breakthrough" cost/performance levels for solar photovoltaics(PV), concentrated solar power(CSP), on-shore &off-shore wind, geothermal including Enhanced Geothermal Systems, carbon capture &sequestration(CCS), nuclear, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles(PHEV), Hybrid Electric Vehicles(HEV), Battery Electric Vehicles(EV), rapid &long discharge grid-storage, &natural gas.

These breakthroughs were then modeled in 14 different technology, policy, &fuel price scenarios.


Scenarios

Business as Usual

Continuation of Status Quo Innovation Rates, Energy Prices(Defined by US Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook ´11), &State %Federal Energy Policies.

Clean Power Breakthrough

This scenario modeled major clean energy technologies including nuclear, solar PV(Utility &Rooftop), solar CSP, on-shore &off-shore wind, geothermal including Enhanced Geothermal Systems(EGS), &new &retrofit CCS. In each case, we selected an extremely aggressive breakthrough LCOE level for ´20 &´30. These rates were set by our own aspirational estimates of each technology's potential, informed by technical cost models &industry experts. State &federal policies remained the same as BAU.

Storage Breakthrough

Storage helps integrate intermittent renewables like wind &solar, shape demand, &prevent service interruptions. Two basic types of breakthroughs in grid-storage were modeled: short duration storage capable of discharging loads for <1 hour; &larger scale storage capable of discharging for >1 hour. We then modeled five business cases for storage:

1) Frequency Regulation;

2) Load Following;

3) Price Arbitraging;

4) Capacity Deferment; &

5) Grid Reliability.


State &federal policies remained the same as BAU.

All-Tech Breakthrough

Power, Storage, &EV Breakthroughs.

Electric Vehicle Breakthrough

This scenario modeled the impacts of battery breakthroughs on PHEV, HEV, &EV vehicles. Vehicle adoption was driven by a consumer choice model which was triggered by total cost of ownership(TCO) &vehicle range, in competition with Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) &conventional Internal Combustion Engine vehicles(ICE). Impacts were modeled for both the light duty &medium duty vehicle segments. Breakthrough energy densities were not high enough to displace long-haul heavy trucks, so they were not covered by this model. State &federal policies remained the same as BAU.

$30/Ton Carbon Price

This scenario models a power sector-only carbon price used to fund a cut in corporate &individual income tax rates. The $30/ton price was chose for its ability to cause natural-gas generation to be dispatched ahead of coal, since the carbon intensity of coal generation can be >double that of combined cycle gas turbines. Absent very aggressive cost reductions in clean energy, much higher natural gas prices, or regulation on natural gas, a price on carbon <$30/ton may not sufficiently incentivize cleaner sources.

$30/Ton Carbon Price + Breakthrough

$30/ton Power Sector Only Price on Carbon with Power, Storage, &EV Breakthroughs.

Clean Policy

The Clean Policy scenario models a package of mandates, standards, &incentives. It includes: a national CES of 15% by ´20 &25% by ´30; national EERS of 5% by ´20 &10% by ´30(roughly 20% capture of total energy efficiency potential ); extension of PTC &ITC through ´30 capped @$10 billion annually along with loan guarantees for all clean technologies capitalized @$15 billion; CAFE standards are increased by 4%/year from ´16 to ´25, 1%/year thereafter for LDVs; &coal retirements of roughly 55GW by ´20 based on strict EPA regulations along with tightening of SOx/NOx caps, MACT/HAPs, transport rule 316b(cooling towers), &CCR(ash disposal).

Clean Policy + Breakthrough

This scenario uses the same policies as "Clean Policy" but integrates breakthroughs in Power, Storage, and EVs.

$3 Natural Gas

Natural Gas has undergone a revolution in just the last few years driven by the advent of shale technology. What if innovation in gas technology continues, bringing additional low-cost resources online? To model gas innovation (and assuming shale gas is not heavily regulated), gas prices were held at the arbitrarily low level of $3/MMBTU and assumed to have sufficient supply to meet all demand.

$3 Natural Gas + Breakthrough

$3/MMBTU Natural Gas Price Through 2030 with Power, Storage, and EV Breakthroughs.

Delay Breakthrough

This scenario models breakthroughs in Power, Storage, and EVs. Except instead of starting breakthrough learning curves in 2010, they start in 2015 from the 2015 BAU level.

High Commodities

Commodity prices for oil and natural gas were were pegged at 50% above those from the US Energy Information Administration's AEO 2011 projections.

High Commodities + Breakthrough

High commodity prices plus breakthroughs in Power, Storage, and EVs. Commodity prices for oil and natural gas were were pegged at 50% above those from the US Energy Information Administration's AEO 2011 projections. ...
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China auto sales slow again - CER/DJ - Aug 12, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/china-auto-…

"Automobile sales in China slowed in July, one month after the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) reduced its full-year sales forecast for 2011, Dow Jones reported.

Continued weakness in the sector, which contributed 10.2% of China’s GDP last year, could increase concerns about a wider slowdown in the Chinese economy. Total automobile sales in China – including both commercial and passenger vehicles – were up 2.2% year-on-year to 1.28 million units, but declined 11.1% from last month. Sales of passenger vehicles were up 6.7% yoy, but down 9% month-on-month. Dong Yang, CAAM's secretary-general, attributed the slowdown to tightening macroeconomic controls and the end of government subsidy programs for passenger vehicle purchases. "

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RMB appreciation spurs copper buying spree - CER/BB - Aug 12, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/rmb-appreci…

"The price of copper rose in London and New York as gains in the value of the renminbi spurred buying from China, the world's biggest market for the metal, Bloomberg reported.

China's currency strengthened beyond 6.4 to the dollar on August 11, the first time since 1993, helped by the US Federal Reserve's pledge to preserve rock-bottom interest rates until at least mid-2013. That opened opportunities for arbitrage in copper, with traders purchasing the commodity on the London Metal Exchange with the intent of reselling it for about US$55 a metric ton more in Shanghai . Copper for September delivery rose 2.6% to US$3.991 a pound as of 7:28 am on the Comex in New York, while three-month contracts on the London Metals Exchange rose 2.7% to US$8,827 a ton. China probably worked through half a million tons of its copper stockpiles earlier this year due to tighter credit policies, according to estimates by UBS AG (UBS.NYSE). "

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China “preparing for the worst” to combat power shortage - CER/Reuters - Aug 12, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/china-%E2%8…

"Chinese authorities will “prepare for the worst” in coming weeks in order to ensure that strained power grids can handle record levels of demand, said Liu Tienan, the country's top energy official, Reuters reported.

Although China's energy supply has been sufficient so far this summer, uncertain weather and water levels, together with the soaring demand from energy-intensive industries in some regions have been causing problems. Electricity shortages began in March and were followed by restrictions on power use in several provinces. Experts said China's fixed pricing system is discouraging power plants from producing at full capacity, a challenge compounded by soaring coal prices and the long drought earlier this year. However, heavy rainfall mitigated power shortages throughout June and July by reducing air conditioning consumption and boosting hydropower output. "

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Lloyds Plans to Help Finance Investments in Australian Shale Gas - BB - Aug 10, 2011

- James Paton -
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/lloyds-plans-to-help-finan…

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Funds Slash Commodity Bets by Most in 18 Months - BB - Aug 14, 2011

- Elizabeth Campbell -
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-14/funds-slash-commodity-bets…

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Australian Bauxite - 6 Million Tonnes Maiden Guyra Resource: High-Grade Bauxite; Company resources grow to 68 million tonnes1,2 - Aug 15, 2011

HL

+ Maiden Resource: 6 million tonnes of gibbsite-rich bauxite @Guyra, northern NSW

+ Resource is based on 71 1st-pass exploration holes that intersected a thick bauxite layer that is concealed beneath a thin surface clay horizon

+ 87% of the 71 bauxite intercepts were a superior quality bauxite suitable for sweetening circuits in refineries. It is termed “Brown Sugar” bauxite

+ The deposit sits next to a rail siding on a recently decommissioned rail line

+ New Exploration Licence Application to secure potential extensions ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=ABZ&E=ASX&N=644211

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GGG Resources Plc - Bullabulling Snowden Resource Update; PhaseI Drilling delivers 2.60 million Ounces JORC Compliant Resource - Aug 15, 2011

HL:

+ New JORC resource estimate from PhaseI drilling of 2,603,000 ounces of gold @1.03 g/t Au @a 0.5 g/t cut off.

+ 711,700 ounces converted from Inferred to Indicated Resource status.

+ 35,000 metres of PhaseI infill drilling focussed on the 2.3km area between Bacchus &Phoenix pits.

+ Bullabulling has now been partially re-drilled to JORC(´04) standard to enable the JV to move from JORC resources to reserves over time.

+ Phase Two 70,000 metres infill drilling programme is currently underway aiming to upgrade a substantial portion of the current 1.9 million Inferred Resources to Indicated status in Q1 ´12 so that an initial JORC ore reserve can be estimated.

+ Additional 20,000 metre exploration drill programme is also in progress targeting Gryphon, Kraken, Minotaur &Edwards on southern extension of the Bullabulling Trend.

+ Preliminary Project optimisation studies indicate potential for a high conversion rate from resource category to reserve category once the project economics have been finalised. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GGB&E=ASX&N=553195

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Lydian International - Drills 119 Meters @1.3 g/t, 69 Meters @3.8 g/t &110 Meters @1.0 g/t Gold, @Amulsar Project Armenia; Drilling reveals potential for further high-grade gold in northwest-southeast oriented fault-breccia structures &extends resource towards the southeast; 9 drill rigs now on-site; P/CEO: "We are clearly on track to upgrade the resource &discover significant additional ounces @Amulsar. We now have nine drill rigs on-site &expect to complete our target of 40,000 meters drilling ahead of a major resource update by the 1st quarter of next year" - Aug 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/lydian-drills-119-meters-13…

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Mining Sector Morning Summary - LC - Aug 15, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Molycorp - Announces Major Rare Earth Supply Agreement with Hitachi Metals - Aug 12, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Molycorp-Announces-Major-Rare-…

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Latin Resources - Positive Drill resulst from Ilo Norte in Peru - Aug 15, 2011

HL:

+ Iron(magnetite) &copper mineralization encountered in all of eight initial exploratory holes drilled along 1.25 km of strike &400 m width.

+ Gold anomalism coincident with copper mineralization with intersections including 14m from 52m @0.55% Cu, 0.13g/t Au in hole IN-02 &22m from 254m @0.22% Cu, 0.09g/t Au –indicating exploration potential for a nearby copper-gold target.

+ Anomalous zinc values up to 12m @1.1% within a larger intersection of 50m @0.44% Zn.

+ Mineralised unit >250 m thick &open to the north, south &east.

+ 35 km from port. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=LRS&E=ASX&N=553207

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Legacy Iron Ore - Mt Bevan - Additional drilling commences to extend resource - Aug 14, 2011

HL:

+ 6,000m RC drilling program commencing next week.

+ @Western BIF target – present 617Mt resource defined on 40% of strike.

+ Drilling to extend the resource over the whole extent of the southern part of the Western BIF.

+ Exploration Target* for this drilling is 600Mt – 800Mt.

+ Intention to double the existing resource.

+ Completion scheduled for early November ´11.

+ Current resource has excellent mining &metallurgical qualities. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=LCY&E=ASX&N=553150

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Astur Gold - Expands Salave Concessions by >600% - Aug 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/astur-gold-expands-salave-c…

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Silver Bear Resources - Mineralization Intersection on 1st Drill Hole Supports Contiguous Ore Zone; Provides Operational Update &Announces ´11 2nd Quarter Results - Aug 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/mineralization-intersection…

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Australian Mineral Exploration: a review of exploration for the year ´10 - GA - Feb 23, 2011

Overview

+ Australian mineral exploration spending in ´09–´10 rose by $9.4 million to $2232.52 million of which 38% was spent on the search for new deposits3.

+ Substantial spending increases in Queensland &Victoria offset reductions in New South Wales &South Australia; Western Australia dominated with 56% of Australian mineral exploration spending.

+ Gold again became the major target commodity accounting for 26% of total exploration spending &overtaking iron ore exploration which fell to 23% of spending.

+ Exploration results were announced for a wide range of commodities from across the country including initial resource estimates for maaaaany iron ore deposits. ...
www.ga.gov.au/image_cache/GA19311.pdf

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World Exploration Trends report - MEG - May11
www.metalseconomics.com/pdf/WET2011(English).pdf

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Fe - Defines Exploration Target of 1.0 –1.4 Billion Tonnes1 @Mt Ida Iron Project - May 19, 2011

HL:

+ Rockchip sampling +mapping confirms banded iron formation @Fe Limited’s Mt Ida Iron Ore Project with grades from 35 to 64% Fe, @surface.

+ Exploration target of 1.1 - 1.4 billion tonnes of banded iron formation, @30 - 37% Fe1 estimated for Mt Ida, based on geophysical modeling, constrained by historic +recent exploration data.

+ Drilling is scheduled to commence @Mt Ida in the September quarter of ´11. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=FEL&E=ASX&N=542308

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NGEx Resources - to Commence Drilling, @Bada Potash Project in Eritrea; P/CEO: "We are very pleased to be drilling our 1st holes on this exciting new exploration play. Potash has excellent supply/demand fundamentals a&is in very high demand. Any discovery on our license has the potential to have a very significant positive impact on the Company. The Danakil Basin is emerging as potentially the most significant new potash play in the world. Elsewhere in the basin, potash has been intersected @depths of <100 metres which compares favorably with other well known potash basins such as Saskatchewan where the potash beds lie @depths of ~1 kilometre. The potential for shallow mineralization will dramatically reduce exploration &development costs. The location of the license so close to the Red Sea coast would give any discovery significant logistical &cost advantages over any deposits on the Ethiopian side of the border" - Aug 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/ngex-to-commence-drilling-a…

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Frachtraten fallen ins Bodenlose , während der Eisenerzpreis explodiert ; Das höchste Überangebot an Lastschiffen in der Geschichte bedeutet gleichzeitig auch die niedrigsten Transportpreise des letzten Jahrzehnts im Vergleich zu den Eisenerzpreisen - W- Jul 19, 2011

- B. Junker -
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/3197440-ein-traum-fuer-ei…

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Supercritical-CO2 could hold the secrets for CSP - CSP/REW, SAN FRANCISCO - Aug 15, 2011
www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/first-conferences/n…

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Wealth Minerals - Completes 1st Phase of Diamond Drilling @Rodeo de los Molles Rare Earth Element Project, Argentina; PhaseI drilling consisted of 26 drill holes(975.5 metres) targeting outcropping, high-grade REE mineralization confirmed by channel saw sampling results; program was designed to test distribution &continuity of mineralization @two main zones of mineralization, such that a larger, more-aggressive, multi-rig drill program can be initiated to systematically test the 1.5 kilometre by 500 metre core of the property in the most optimal fashion; Rodeo REE deposit is the largest undeveloped REE project in Argentina with an historical resource of 5.6Mt @2.1% total rare element oxide; Historical exploration @Rodeo deposit only tested REE mineralization exposed on surface &to very shallow depths, typically <35 vertical metres. The mineralization discovered to date remains open for expansion in all directions; property may be worked all year round &infrastructure is excellent; PhaseI drilling results are anticipated imminently. Resource definition PhaseII diamond drilling is expected to consist of a minimum 10,000 metres of drilling with the aim to expand the areas of known mineralization &to define a NI 43-101 compliant resource. The PhaseII program is anticipated to commence once all results from PhaseI have been received &analyzed in conjunction with the data from other recent fieldwork - Aug 15, 2011

Rodeo de los Molles Exploration Highlights:

+ Two main zones, La Juli &Mina Norte, of outcropping high-grade REE mineralization confirmed by channel sampling &a newly identified third zone, El Rulo emerging:

- La Juli Zone: 8.5 metres @1.54% TREO
- Mina Norte Zone: 3.3 metres @1.90% TREO
- El Rulo Zone: 8.7 metres @1.34% TREO

+ Rare Earth Mineralization is on surface &open in all directions

+ Average of 136 representative samples of stockpiled material average 1.70% TREO

+ Attractive REE distribution with neodymium(Nd) &praseodymium(Pr) combining for ~24% of total REE content ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/wealth-completes-first-phas…
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/wml815_F01.pdf

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Douglas Lake Minerals - Acquires 100% Interest in Property to the East of Magambazi Hill in the Handeni District - Aug 5, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Douglas-Lake-Acquires-100-iw-3…


Douglas Lake Minerals Defines Several Potential Gold Targets to the East of Magambazi Hill; P/MD: "The generation of drill targets on our wholly owned property to the east of Magambazi Hill, the 2nd of our currently twelve identified anomalous gold areas , is a significant step forward for Douglas Lake. Our team will continue to exert all our energies to maintain this momentum" - Aug 15, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Douglas-Lake-Minerals-Defines-…

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Reg Technologies -& REGI U.S., Inc. Confirm High Technology, Low Cost Fabrication of RadMax(TM) Cam Surface - Aug 15, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Reg-Technologies-Inc-REGI-U-S-…

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China's 1st aircraft carrier completes sea trial - CER/SCMP - Aug 15, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/chinas-firs…

"China's first aircraft carrier completed its five-day maiden voyage into the Yellow Sea, returning to its temporary home port of Dalian on Sunday, the South China Morning Post reported.

The Soviet-built carrier, formerly known as the Varyag, was towed in by six vessels as dockworkers set off firecrackers to celebrate the giant vessel's return from its first sea trial. Few details were reported about the test run, but the Global Times said the carrier had simulated landings on its distinctive ski-jump deck. It has been widely speculated that the still-unfinished J-15, China's version of the Soviet-made Su-33, was intended for use on the carrier. Engines, electronic devices and weaponry had been removed from the half-completed ship prior to the ship's purchase by China from Ukraine in 1998 for US$20 million. Antony Wong Dong of the International Military Association in Macau said the heavy reliance by Chinese vessels and aircraft on Russian-produced engines was one of the People's Liberation Army's biggest shortcomings in terms of military technology. "

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China moves closer to Libyan rebel government - CER/FT - Aug 15, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/china-moves…

"China is taking diplomatic steps to strenghten its ties with the rebel Libyan government, motivated by a desire to protect its sizeable investments in the North African country, the Financial Times reported.

Beijing has sent a small team to maintain communications with the rebel government, headquartered in Benghazi, a city in the country's east. "This is a very important shift from the previous attitude," said one Chinese foreign ministry official. "They have big investments in Libya and know that they won't be able to protect them once Gaddafi has gone." The investments include a cross-country freight and passenger railway and a US$6 billion housing project contracted to China State Construction and Engineering. China is also preparing to send humanitarian supplies to Benghazi. The country officially encourages a negotiated end to Libya's ongoing civil war, but abstained from a UN vote for a NATO-led mission to oust the ruling colonel, Muammar Gaddafi. "

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Quantum Rare Earth Developments - Receives Infill Drill Results; Intercepts 131.03 M of 1.02% Nb2O5 in Nebraska Drilling; Management of Quantum are very pleased with the results as they provide additional information on areas of the deposit @depth where limited information was previously available, but also confirm the strong grade &size potential of the Niobium structure indicated by previous drilling by Molycorp - Aug 16, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/quantum-rare-earth-developm…

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Merkel +Sarkozy planen Euro-Regierung; Euroländer sollen zudem Schuldenbremse einführen; Der zunehmend diskutierten Einführung gemeinsamer Eurobonds erteilten sie aber eine klare Absage; Sarkozy bekräftigt, dass beide Länder "absolut entschlossen" seien, gemeinsam den Euro zu verteidigen +die besondere Verantwortung wahrzunehmen; Mit Blick auf Gerüchte +Spekulationen an den Märkten -Sarkozy: "Unsere Entschlossenheit, diese Phänomene zu bekämpfen, ist ungebrochen, unerschöpflich +umfassend." Die gesamte Euro-Zone solle wieder auf den Wachstumspfad zurückgebracht werden; Nach den Worten der Kanzlerin ist es Ziel, den Euro als "unsere gemeinsame Währung zu stärken". "Damit das gelingen kann, muss es eine stärkere Verzahnung der Finanz- +Wirtschaftspolitiken in der Eurozone geben." Deutschland +Frankreich stünden in der Verantwortung, dies an "vorderster Stelle" zu zeigen - DPA, PARIS - Aug 16, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/finanzen/wirtschaft/13449570-merkel-u…

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Kassenbons sind giftig - Aug 16, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/gesundheit/krankheiten/13451646.html#

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Kivalliq Energy - Corporation: Discoveries Continue Along Lac Cinquante Trend; Mineralization Confirmed Over 2.3 km - Aug 17, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/kivalliq-energy-corporation…

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Black Iron - Reports Three Additional Twin Holes With Band Lengths >100 Meters &Iron Grades >30% - Aug 16, 2011

+ Assay Results From Three Additional Twin Holes @Shymanivske Continue to Confirm Iron Content, Band Lengths, &Align Well with Historic Reported Results

+ All Three Holes Intersected Thick Iron Bands >100 Meters with Iron Grades >30%

+ Hole 20349-T Intersected 194.7 Meters Grading 32.4% Iron, Including 99 Meters Grading 34.1% ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/black-iron-reports-three-ad…

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What is Graphene? - BIR - Aug11
www.vision6.com.au/download/files/18587/1418790/Article 9 2.…

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Nemex Resources - Widespread Iron Ore Mineralisation @Coastal Project Guinea - Aug 17, 2011

HL:

+ Results from 17 new ironstone samples from the Coastal Project average 60.7% Fe(up to 64% Fe)

+ The ironstone unit is flat-lying, freely outcropping &covers open plain areas, making targeting easy

+ Pitting &drilling planned to determine ironstone thickness over the Coastal Project, regional focus ongoing

+ Drill rig purchased &ready for export to Guinea ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NXR&E=ASX&N=553514

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Marifil Mines/NovaGold Resources - Reports Significant Gold-Silver-In-Pb-Zn Drill Intercepts, @San Roque: drills Up to 120.0 meters grading 3.06 g/t gold equivalent(Drill hole MSR-0009) &144.5 meters grading 1.73 g/t gold equivalent(Drill hole MSR-0013); Every drill hole encountered some degree of mineralized rock, indicating the partnership is exploring a very large, complex &variously mineralized sulphide system containing gold, silver, indium, lead, zinc &some copper &molybdenum; J. Hite: "Dick Walters &I, as well as Pedro Vera &Daniel Buffone, our two senior geologists in Argentina, have all long believed that we have discovered a major gold-silver-lead-zinc-indium deposit. This belief has been strengthened by these drill results. The mineralization in the Zone 33 area is open ended in several directions. Equally important, several similar geologic settings occur elsewhere on the property. The commercial development possibilities @San Roque are greatly enhanced by its ideal location very close to all needed infrastructure." - Jul 20, 2011
www.marifilmines.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=467734&_Typ…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 41.966.666 von Popeye82 am 18.08.11 00:25:05

Blue Sky Uranium - reports major targets adjacent to Marifil's San Roque Au-Ag project, Rio Negro province, Argentina - Aug 16, 2011
www.blueskyuranium.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=472635&_T…
www.blueskyuranium.com/i/pdf/DarmarOCMap.pdf

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Orocobre - Awards Detailed Engineering Contract to SKM - Aug 8, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=ORE&E=ASX&N=233975

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 16, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Black Range Minerals - Jorc Resource Up 51% -to 90.9 Million Pounds of Uranium - Jul 20, 2011

HL:

+ JORC Code compliant resource calculation for the combined Hansen &Taylor Ranch Uranium Projects
finalised.

+ Indicated &inferred resource increased 51% to: 90.9 million pounds of U3O8 @a grade of 0.060% U3O8

+ Resource upgrade confirms that this is one of the largest uranium projects in the USA – the world’s largest consumer of U3O8.

+ The size of the resource is large on a global basis , &the grade of the resource is high on a peer comparison basis. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BLR&E=ASX&N=549541

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Cardero Resource - Commences Extensive Program of Geological, Engineering &Environmental Work, @Carbon Creek Deposit, Northeast BC; Preliminary Economic Assessment in Progress Slated for Q4 Delivery - Aug 17, 2011

Highlights of work proposed to be completed in ´11 are outlined below:

+ Resource Definition Drilling - data collection to update the existing NI 43-101 resource estimate:

- Aiming to convert portions of the existing resource into the Measured &Indicated categories
- Intending to increase the global resource by including additional coal seams in the resource estimation


+ Geological Studies – collection of surface, structural &drillhole data to enhance the current geological model

+ Coal Analysis & Marketing - obtain a large coal sample from drill core for coal quality analysis to:

- Determine clean coal product specifications
- Estimate potential market &pricing

+ Engineering Studies - Undertake detailed work for inclusion in feasibility-level mine design, including:

- Geotechnical studies to fully assess surface &underground mining ground conditions utilizing consulting engineers &advanced down-hole geophysical methods
- Hydrogeological assessment of fault structures &groundwater conditions


+ Environmental Baseline - data will be collected over the coming 12 months designed to meet &exceed regulatory requirements for environmental baseline data

+ Stakeholder Engagement – ongoing consultations with stakeholders, including 1st Nations' groups ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/cardero-commences-extensive…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 41.966.699 von Popeye82 am 18.08.11 00:48:42

Labrador Iron Mines Holdings - Signs Iron Ore Sales Agreement with IOC; Canada’s largest iron ore producer &a leading global supplier of iron ore pellets &concentrates ; major shareholder &operator is international mining group Rio Tinto - Aug 15, 2011
www.labradorironmines.ca/pdf/LIM dislcosure re IOC sales arr…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 17, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Daimler-Modelle sollen dank Karbonfasern leichter werden; Damit sollen die Modelle mit jeder neuen Generation um "gut 100 Kilogramm abspecken " - W- Aug 17, 2011

- P. Payami -
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/3216479-efg-financial-pro…
http://efgfp.de/newsportal/DaimlerKarbon?utm_source=wallstre…

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Sunridge Gold - Announces New Resource Estimate for Debarwa Deposit, Asmara Project, Eritrea - Aug 18, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/sunridge-gold-announces-new…

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Goldaktien; Die 5 BESTEN Goldaktien DER WELT !; Nur HIER &VOLLSTÄNDIG KOSTENLOS
www.investoridee.de

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Bengal Energy - Provides Executive Management and Operational Update - Aug 17, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bengal-Energy-Provides-cnw-366…

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Visionäre planen Städte im Meer ; Milliardär finanziert Zukunftsprojekt von schwimmenden Mikronationen - Web.de - Aug 18, 2011

- Manuel Medicus -
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/mensch/13465706-seasteading-vi…

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Raizen, Dow trail in Transformative Technologies ´11; Monsanto, OriginOil, known for its “get out the vote” activity with its fans amongst the Biofuels Digest readership , &OPX Bio reach for upsets - BD - Aug 16, 2011

- J. Lane -
http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/08/16/raizen-dow-trai…

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The Eskom UCG Experience; Eskom has embarked on a technology uptake strategy that reduces risk exposure, by adapting the technology in a phased manner with clear milestones

- Chriss Gross &Mark Van der Riet, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa -
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e8e92a9?page=76#/5e8e92…

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Petition fordert Homo-Ehe zwischen Ernie &Bert - DPA, LOS ANGELES - Aug 12, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-programm/tv-news/1342…


sign Petition:
www.change.org/petitions/let-bert-ernie-get-married-on-sesam…

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Börsen-Crash 2011? ; So VERDIENEN Sie an der Panik! ; EXPERTE PACKT AUS ...
www.Boerse.de

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Wunderkind schließt Studium ab ; Mit nur 16 Jahren hat ein mexikanischer Junge ein Uni-Studium in seiner Heimat abgeschlossen - Web.de - Aug 19, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/beruf/bildung/13470708-16-jahre-alter…

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50% INCREASE IN NORTH PILBARA RESERVES - AI - 19-Aug-2011[/b]
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=41559
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AGO&E=ASX&N=553795

"Atlas Iron Limited (ASX Code: AGO) is pleased to announce a 50% increase in DSO Reserves, to 79.3Mt at
57.8% Fe, for its North Pilbara Projects. The increase is inclusive of depletion from mining in the past 12
months.

The North Pilbara projects comprise the Pardoo and Wodgina mining operations as well as the Mt Dove,
Abydos, Mt Webber and McPhee Creek development projects.

Atlas is now exporting consistently at a rate of 6Mtpa and is targeting a ramp up to an export rate of 12mtpa by December 2012, as it commences mining at its other North Pilbara projects being Mt Dove, Abydos and Mt
Webber. "

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SC 54B Seismic Programme - AI - 19-Aug-2011
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=41564
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=KIK&E=ASX&N=553809

"The recent discovery of a 187 metre hydrocarbon column in the Gindara-1 well in SC 54B,
although not commercial, has highlighted the exploration prospectivity of the block when
considered in combination with the potentially encouraging results from the reprocessing
of seismic over the central and southern parts of the SC 54B permit. The Pawikan lead in
the southern part of the block has been identified on existing regional seismic data and is
estimated by the Operator to have the potential to contain 700+ mln bbls oil (in-place, unrisked). "

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Altura Mining - 33% Increase in Reserves @Mt Webber JV - Aug 19, 2011

Mt Webber JV DSO(Western Australia) 30% Altura Mining Limited / 70% Atlas Iron

+ JORC Ore Reserve estimate of 25.2 million tonnes contained in the Ibanez &Gibson deposits representing a 33% increase

+ Mt Webber mining development still on target for late ´12 or early ´13(subject to approvals)

+ Development of Mt Webber will provide Altura with strong cashflows from early ´13 ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AJM&E=ASX&N=553797

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OGL Resources - Ebenezer &Bremer View Coal Reserves &Resources - Jul 25, 2011

HL:

+ A JORC compliant 239.5 Million tonne coal resource defined @ML 4712 &MDL 172 in Queensland.

+ JORC compliant coal reserves of 13.7 Mt defined @ML 4712.

+ Geological due diligence is now complete. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=OGL&E=ASX&N=550053
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=OGL&E=ASX&N=553703

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 18, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 41.979.160 von Popeye82 am 20.08.11 02:00:00

Peak Resources - Latest Drill Results from Ngualla Project; drills up to 68m @3.33% REO from surface, 56m @5.83% REO from surface &39m @4.39% REO from surface; maiden JORC compliant rare earth resource estimate expected to be completed by end of 1st quarter of ´12 - Aug 18, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=PEK&E=ASX&N=553615

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 41.979.160 von Popeye82 am 20.08.11 02:00:00

Mining Summary - LC - Aug 19, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Gaddafi angeblich auf der Flucht; Libyscher Machthaber soll Tripolis verlassen haben - DPA, TRIPOLIS/ISTANBUL - Aug 21, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/aufruhr-arabien/13483396-…

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EastCoal - Wash Plant 90% Complete; expected to be operational on schedule before the end of the year; Company continues its discussions on a possible addition to its mining assets in Ukraine &also continues to investigate a greenfield prospect. If completed, either or both these would add mainly metallurgical coal to the Company's present holdings; C/CEO: "Development of the Verticalnaya mine is now fully under way &proceeding well. The potential of the Donbass coal basin is large with many opportunities available to the Company. The construction of the wash plant is proceeding on schedule &we are on track to produce 1st coal early next year. With the wash plant in place we will be in a position to test a number of potential supply situations that can augment planned underground production. We will also be able to provide bulk samples to potential customers that will form the basis of contractual negotiations. The Company has also commenced negotiations with international financial institutions for long term debt to continue the build out of the business. These talks are of a preliminary nature but are expected to progress over the next few months" - Aug 19, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/eastcoal-inc-wash-plant-90-…

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Gaddafi ruft Anhänger zur Entscheidungsschlacht; Die Entscheidungsschlacht um Tripolis hat begonnen. Nach nächtlichen Kämpfen zwischen Aufständischen +Regierungstruppen gab es am Sonntag in mehreren Stadtvierteln heftige Gefechte - DPA, ISTANBUL/TRIPOLIS - Aug 21, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/aufruhr-arabien/13479888-…

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Megastädte in der Wasserkrise; WWF-Studie: Trinkwassermangel wird großes Problem; Mega-Städten weltweit droht in den kommenden Jahren eine Verschärfung der Wasserkrise. Sie sind besonders von Trinkwassermangel, sinkender Wasserqualität sowie Ausfällen der Kanalisation gefährdet - DPA, BERLIN/STOCKHOLM - Aug 21, 2011
www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/pdf_neu/WWF_Big Cities_Big Water…
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/klima/13484392-wwf-studie-mega…
www.wwf.de/presse/details/news/mega_cities_in_der_wasserkris…
www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/pdf_neu/Zusammenfassung_Big Citi…

"Dies bestätigt die Umweltstiftung WWF in einer Studie mit Fallbeispielen. Sie wurde am Sonntag zu Beginn der Internationalen Weltwasserwoche in Stockholm veröffentlicht. Die Organisation empfiehlt, das Wassermanagement in den Städten nachhaltig zu planen.

Schon heute sei die Situation in vielen Metropolen unhaltbar und bedrohlich, heißt es in der Studie. Mexiko-Stadt sinke wegen der Übernutzung der Grundwasserreserven Jahr für Jahr um 5 bis 40 Zentimeter ab. Die Stadt sei mittlerweile abhängig von Wasserreserven in 150 Kilometer entfernten Regionen.

Die Flüsse in Buenos Aires nennt der WWF eine "öffentliche Kloake". Der Riachuelo etwa sei einer der weltweit am stärksten mit Blei, Zink und Chrom verschmutzten Flüsse.

In der südpakistanischen Hafenstadt Karachi sterben laut Studie jährlich rund 30 000 Menschen an den Folgen von belastetem Trinkwasser. Die chinesische Metropole Shanghai hingegen kämpfe trotz genügender Süßwasservorkommen an Wasserknappheit.

Übertragen auf deutsche Verhältnisse würden die Zustände in den Mega-Städten aller Entwicklungsländer bedeuten, dass etwa jeder dritte Einwohner Berlins keinen Wasseranschluss habe, sagte WWF-Süßwasser-Experte Martin Geiger. "Gerade bei extremen Wetterlagen müsste das Trinkwasser über Wochen abgekocht werden. Außerdem wären Spree, Havel und die Seen im Umkreis der Stadt allesamt verschmutzt, mit Müll verstopft oder würden leer gepumpt." "

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WM im Handy-Weitwurf ; Finnen dominierten bei den Wettkämpfen im eigenen Land; Gewinner wirft 76m - DPA, HELSINKI - Aug 21, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/lifestyle/leben/13485270-wm-im-handy-…

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India’s CIL starts coal mine development in Mozambique - MW, KOLKATTA - Aug 19, 2011

- Ajoy K Das -
www.miningweekly.com/article/indias-cil-starts-coal-mine-dev…

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Iamgold goes bargain hunting - MW, TORONTO - Aug 11, 2011

- Matthew Hill -
www.miningweekly.com/article/iamgold-goes-bargain-hunting-20…

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Congo sold mines @fraction of value - $30-million price tag would just be over 6 percent of the estimated market value of the stake, according to analysts. An expert valuation done by the government last year put the stake's value @a much higher $900 million - MW/Reuters - Aug 19, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/congo-sold-mines-at-fraction-of…

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Mozambi Coal - Acquisition of New Exploration License &Capital Raising - Jul 14, 2011

HL:

+ Exploration licence 2738L is located in the Zambeze coal basin in Mozambique, one of the world’s largest undeveloped coal basins, >18 billion tonnes coal identified to date in Zambeze Coal Basin

+ Potential for 25.8 square kilometres of coal-bearing Lower Karoo sediments, &a Target Mineralisation of between 1.86 to 2.32 billion tonnes*, boosts Overall Exploration Target to ~5 -6billion tonnes

+ Private placement with major shareholder Polo Resources Plc(Polo) to raise A$1,875,000 to finance the acquisition. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MOZ&E=ASX&N=548875

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 41.982.821 von Popeye82 am 22.08.11 02:44:12

Mozambique is new coking coal focal point - MW - Jul 22, 2011

- Megan Wait -
www.miningweekly.com/article/minas-moatize-starts-mining-in-…

"Mozambique is a new focal point of coking coal.

Some, like Rio Tinto chairperson Jan du Plessis, see Mozambique’s Tete province as a potential second Bowen basin , the coal jewel which has made Australia’s Queensland province so rich.

The Brazilians, Australians, Indians and the British are proceeding to turn Mozambique’s coking coal endowment to account, right under the noses of the neighbouring, but comparatively inactive, South Africans.

Vale, of Brazil, has made good progress, Riversdale, of Australia, has struck up a resounding deal with top-notch Rio Tinto, and Tata, of India, has been coinvesting.

Now it is up to the politicians of Mozambique to see that Tete becomes a second Queensland, especially against the background of coal companies like the London Aim-listed coal-focused miner, Beacon Hill, adding new impetus.

Beacon Hill has started openpit mining at the company’s flagship Minas Moatize coal mine, currently the only coal-producing mine in Tete province.

The company has been progressively winding down production from the under- ground mining operations at Minas Moatize and is in the process of developing a larger openpit mine, which will start mining in the second quarter of 2012, with the capacity to produce four-million tons a year run-of-mine and 2.35-million tons of saleable coal. About 920 000 t of this is expected to be coking coal for export.

The midtier miner’s project lies between the Riversdale property and the Moatize project owned by Brazilian giant Vale and is just one of a handful of developing coal mines in the region.

“Crucially, the company has a real foothold in the emerging global coking coal potential of Tete,” Growth Equities & Company research analyst Dr Michael Green states in a recent report.

He adds that, during the past 18 months, coal prices have doubled and this buoyancy looks likely to continue, with a surge in demand expected from China and India by 2015.

“China is already a big importer and, last year, net coal imports rose 29% year-on-year. In 2010, it consumed 540-million tons of coking coal but only produced 380-million tons. It was also recently reported that China’s demand for coking coal could rise by 180-million tons a year by 2015 to meet the requirements of the country’s burgeoning steelmaking industry.

“With China’s coking coal production only expected to climb by 80-million more tons a year over this period, experts are talking about a demand shortfall of the order of 100-million tons. At the same time, the ramifications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan may see demand for coal rise as governments seek to replace planned nuclear facilities with coal plants,” he states.


But Tete Is Far Away from Ports

The company has faced some challenges in the province. Speaking to Mining Weekly, Beacon Hill chairperson Justin Lewis explains the company has decided to opt for a parallel trucking operation to transport its coal to the Port of Beira.

“There have been some initial delays with the refurbishing of the Sena railway line as the companies involved in the refurbishment have had some disputes. We currently have stockpiles next to the railway ready to transport,” he says.

The 570-km-long Sena railway line, which runs 3 km from the mine to Beira, is being refurbished to a 12-million-ton-a-year-capa-city line by an Indian consortium, following disruption caused by the civil war, and is being funded by a $200-million World Bank loan.

The company has also secured its own warehouse facilities at the port and has a partnership with a local logistics company to move the coal through the port.

“Coal is a volume product and transporting the material to the coast by rail is the best long-term cost-effective route for a mine with a 15-year life. In the short term, the board is developing a trucking operation to take the production to the port. The roads are relatively good tarmac roads and the company is planning to start trials on lower volumes to build up to 0.5-million tons a year,” he notes.

Lewis adds that, for Riversdale and Vale, Beira is not currently a long-term solution as the port can only accommodate vessels from 30 000 t to 40 000 t, and, with 10-million-to 20-million tons a year production, these mines need to use Capesized vessels.

“Beira is a shallow port but the port works well for Beacon Hill as it has smaller amounts of coal to move and the bulk of production is likely to be heading for India, where most ports can only take vessels up to 40 000 t,” he adds.


Massive potential

Tete has been dubbed the new Bowen basin of Mozambique.

Green says: “There’s little doubt that Tete is fast turning out to be one of the world’s largest undeveloped coking coal regions and so it’s no surprise to see the majors there in force. Vale has just opened its $1.7-billion mine at Moatize, with production capacity set to rise to 11-million tons a year,” he says.

Also opening this year should be the joint venture operation between Australian mining group Riversdale, now Rio Tinto, and Tata Steel, where production is set to hit six-million tons a year by 2016.

The Bowen basin contains the largest coal reserve in Australia. This significant coal-producing region contains one of the world’s largest deposits of bituminous coal. The basin also contains much of the known Permian coal resources in Queensland, including the entire known mineable prime coking coal.

The basin covers an area of over 60 000 km2 in central Queensland. It has 34 operational coal mines that can extract >100-million tons/year.

Edited by: Martin Zhuwakinyu "

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Bauxite Resources - Resource Upgrade - Aug 22, 2011

HL:

+ Global bauxite resource increased to 33.4Mt @41.1% Total Alumina, 30.2% Available Alumina &3.9% Silica(R).

+ Maiden Inferred Resources @Cardea(stages 1 &2) of 6.4Mt@ 41.8% Total Alumina, 29.3% Available Alumina &4.3% Silica(R), &;

+ Maiden Inferred Resource @Minerva of 2.2Mt @38.7% Total Alumina, 28.9% Available Alumina &3.9% Silica(R);

+ Further maiden resources to be modelled @Pomona &Concordia;

+ Further resource upgrade expected @Cardea StageIII. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BAU&E=ASX&N=553971

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Cabral Resources - Portfolio Doubled with Canabrava Tenements; form part of Cabral’s ongoing tenement acquisition &consolidation program in the region; Company is developing a major footprint in this region which is widely considered a new &exciting iron ore frontier - Aug 22, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CBS&E=ASX&N=645169

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Aura Energy - Haggan uranium resource doubles to 631 million pounds - Aug 22, 2011

HL:

+ Resource expanded to 631 million pounds of uranium @a grade of 160ppm U3O8

+ Häggån Project now in the top three largest undeveloped uranium resources in the world

+ Resource covers only 15% of the Häggån Project with significant potential for further increases around drilled, thick mineralisation

+ Estimate independently prepared by Hellman &Schofield Pty Ltd

+ Häggån includes substantial molybdenum(383,000t), nickel(580,000t) &vanadium resources ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AEE&E=ASX&N=553937

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Largo Resources - Announces High Grade Drill Results from Its Maracas Project in Bahia, Brazil; VPoE: "We are very pleased with the results of the drill program that continue to confirm our high grade vanadium values @depth as well as to define new zones both eastward &westward from the immediate vicinity of the Gulcari "A" pit. These initial results will be important in significantly increasing the size of the resources &we look forward to receiving further similar results in the coming weeks" - Aug 22, 2011

+ Hole FGA103, intersected 62.00 metres grading 1.64% V2O5, including 25.00 metres grading 2.09% V2O5

+ Drill program confirms the continuation of high grade material with significant widths

+ Encouraging PGM values discovered to the north &west along Gulcari "A" trend ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/largo-announces-high-grade-…

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Rare Earth Industries - Samples High Grade Rare Earths Including 10.86% TREO, @Its Mount Bisson Project; total REE values are amongst the highest ever reported in British Columbia - Aug 22, 2011

PhaseI results have achieved the following:

+ Delineation of a 100- by 500- metre zone of high grade REE mineralization in allanite-rich veins, which range from 1.51% to 10.86% total REO(Central Zone), that remains open along strike;

+ Verification of ´10 Paget Minerals high grade total REO value by replicate sampling by the QP(10.14% vs 9.98%).
www.marketwire.com/press-release/rare-earth-industries-sampl…

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Avocet Mining PLC - Inata resource upgrade; 59% increase to 3.36 million ounces; boosts total Mineral Resources to 5.03million ounces Au - August 22, 2011
www.avocet.co.uk/pdf_resources/20110822_Inata_Resource_Upgra…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 22, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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North River Resources Plc - Further High Grade Mineralisation-Namib Lead/Zinc; drills up to 5.00m @ 19.64% zinc('Zn'), 14.32% lead('Pb'), 317g/t silver('Ag') &144ppm indium('In'); results provide further confidence in historic statements of ~1 million tonnes of high grade ore remaining - Aug 22, 2011
www.northriverresources.com/Announcements/Further High Grade…

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Metminco - Los Calatos declared a Project of National Interest, by the Peruvian Government - Jul 11, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MNC&E=ASX&N=357622


Los Calatos Drilling Results: 1,037 metres @0.42% Cu +226ppm Mo &1,690 metres @0.60% Cu +346 ppm Mo; program also confirmed that Los Calatos mineralization extends to >/=1,700 metres below surface - Aug 22, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MNC&E=ASX&N=359437

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Sale of iron ore assets to OneSteel Ltd for approximately $346 million - AI - 22-Aug-2011
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=41575
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=WPG&E=ASX&N=645089

"WPG Resources Ltd (ASX:WPG) is pleased to advise that it has agreed to sell its iron ore assets in South Australia to OneSteel Limited (ASX:OST) for total proceeds of approximately $346 million, equivalent to $1.40 pre-tax per WPG share (undiluted), and to make a tax-effective cash distribution to its shareholders. "

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CBM Asia Development - South Sumatra CBM Well Averages 141 scf/ton Gas Content, Triple the USA Analog; CM: "Gas content from CBM-SE-04 is 40% higher than anticipated. Immediate gas production from the nearby CBM-SE-02 &-03 wells prior to stimulation &with minimal dewatering is highly encouraging. Medco's operations @the Sekayu PSC continue to confirm good gas content &permeability, along with high gas saturation in the thick coals that are present across the block" - Aug 19, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/south-sumatra-cbm-well-aver…

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Ethiopian Potash - Drilling Intersects Potash Horizons on Its 481km² Danakil Project, Ethiopia; All holes intersected regional Danakil Potash Formation &intersected potash mineralization, drill core has been sampled &samples are being processed for analysis, Drilling is continuing is the southwest corner of the Property in an area of historic drilling; P/CEO: "I am extremely pleased with the drilling results &looks forward to receiving the assay results which will be released on receipt. Ethiopian Potash looks forward to having a steady stream of news to disseminate in the Autumn" - Aug 22, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/epc-drilling-intersects-pot…

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Glen Eagle Resources - Several Large Phosphate Showings Discovered, @Lac Lisette; several showings are in excess of 50 meters wide on surface &appear open in all directions. The mineralization could well extend several hundred meters deep within the geological context of a layered intrusive complex. The showings were located along the strike of the 6,000 meter magnetic anomaly discovered by the airborne survey earlier this year - Aug 22, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/glen-eagle-resources-inc-se…

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Regal Resources - UCTL Update - Stanford University Appointment to conduct Phase Two laboratory bench testing, one of the world’s leading research universities; TDM: "We are delighted that Stanford &Professor Mitchell will be working with us to test the UCTL concept. We received several proposals from leading research institutions, such as MIT , General Atomics &SRI International , &we judged Stanford to be the most suitable for the current needs of UCTL. We believe Prof. Mitchell’s apparatus to be one of the leading supercritical water testing systems in the world " - Jul 27, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=RER&E=ASX&N=550434

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Douglas Lake Minerals - Dr. Douglas Boateng, an elected Fellow of some the world leading professional organizations , Takes the Helm @DLKM - Aug 18, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/dr-douglas-boateng-takes-th…

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American Vanadium - Announces 1st Production of Vanadium Pentoxide &Vanadium Electrolyte - Aug 22, 2011
www.americanvanadium.com/cms-assets/documents/30106-173735.n…

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Forscher finden Rekord-Fossil ; 3,4 Milliarden Jahre alte Versteinerung soll ältestes Fossil der Erde sein ; "Wir haben einen "soliden" Beweis für Leben auf der Erde vor >3,4 Milliarden Jahren" ; Die 3,4 Milliarden Jahre alten Schwefelbakterien aus Australien könnten bei der Suche nach außerirdischen Organismen helfen - DPA, BERLIN/LONDON - Aug 22, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/tiere/13490714-forscher-wollen…

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Strategic Minerals enhanced with promise of early iron ore production - PAIUK - Aug 22, 2011

- Ian Lyall -
www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/32201/strategic-…

"Amid last week’s gloomy markets Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) shares bucked the trend, rising more than 10 per cent. This came as the group unveiled plans to augment its exploration activities with the promise of some early production, and by extension, cashflow.

On Friday it announced it is in discussions to acquire private Australian firm Ebony Iron for an initial £10 million, which will be paid in shares.

Ebony’s assets are an interesting mix, which make a snug fit with SML’s Iron Glen magnetite project in Queensland.

They include a total of six exploration tenements in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Covering 6,221 square kilometres, the Ebony targets in Northern Territory are in the highly prospective Hodgson and Roper River regions, where Sherwin Iron is also blazing a trail.

The potential of these assets is underlined by the deal terms, which allow for the issue of a further 50 million new SML shares once a minimum JORC indicated resource of 200 million tonnes is confirmed.

However the near-term value catalyst is in the US, not Australia – New Mexico to be exact.

Ebony has a 900,000 tonne magnetite stockpile at Freeport McMoRan’s Cobre property, acquired via the takeover of Southern Minerals Group.

A total of 800,000 tonnes is greater than 63.9 per cent iron ore, with the remainder of the material greater than 58 per cent.

Ebony Iron has already undertaken a definitive feasibility study and compiled a budget for the project. Being on the site of an already established mine, the infrastructure at Cobre is there to allow the ore to be trucked out, which should occur in the first quarter of next year.

A back of envelope calculation reveals that Cobre could be a hugely cash-generative undertaking, which could provide the newly enlarged Strategic Minerals with revenues in excess of US$100 million per year over the two-to-three year life cycle of the operation.

SML chief executive Pat Griffiths said earlier today: "We see the Ebony acquisition as a positive step towards the development of Strategic Minerals into a well balanced mining and exploration company with short term positive cash flow providing additional security to shareholders.”

Ebony directors Peter Bennetto and James Chisholm will join the Strategic Minerals board when the takeover is completed.

Bennetto said: "Melding SML's exploration assets and capital markets access with our production expertise and the Ebony team's ability to acquire positive cash flow operations to fast track growth, we feel we can build a great company and a powerful business."

The latest deal overlooks the potential of Strategic Minerals’ existing project – Iron Glen, in Queensland.

Based on the site of an existing mine which operated in the 1950s, the tenement covers 9,100 hectares, with applications in for a further 30 sub-blocks.

The beauty of Iron Glen is its proximity to the nearest rail line, less than 2 kilometers away, which links to the deepwater port of Townsville, 40 kilometres to the north.

With all important infrastructure so close to the site, capital costs of the project are likely to be a fraction of those of other similar scale mines.

“One of the strong points for Iron Glen is that we don’t need to raise the capex needed for other projects or have to wait for infrastructure to be put in,” says Matthew Bonthrone, an executive director of Strategic Minerals.

Around 33 holes for a total of 3,300 metres have been drilled, so the latest programme is almost complete. The results are expected by the end of next month.

A potential poly-metallic target has also been identified several kilometres away from the main area of interest.

Bonthrone points to the Mount Moss Project in Queensland as providing the blue print for Iron Glen.

“It started with 600,000 tonnes (of iron ore magnetite) proved up and now has 50 million,” he reveals.

“We are hoping we can replicate that success and the evidence so far is pointing to a similar operation at the Iron Glen pit.

“We will be using the same port and the same logistics as Mount Moss, which shipped the first iron ore from Townsville last year.

Integral to the exploration programme is Terra Search, which is orchestrating the current drilling programme and will “deal with plant and machinery and offtakes” when the time comes.

“The next drilling will probably get underway late this year or early next,” Bonthrone says.

Imminent also are the results of a recent heavy magnetic survey, which will be published soon. “That will give us additional areas to target within the tenement,” the Strategic Minerals director reveals.

Meanwhile the plans unveiled today, would turn the Strategic Minerals into one those very rare beasts on the junior market – mining companies with solid production and huge exploration upside. "

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Eden Energy makes significant breakthroughs, @nano-carbon/hydrogen pyrolysis project - PAIA - Aug 22, 2011

- Jeff Coote -
www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/18841/eden-ener…

"Emerging global clean energy company Eden Energy (ASX: EDE) has made major breakthroughs in 2011 in the time and costs associated with the production processes used in the manufacture of both hydrogen and nano-carbon products from natural gas.


Eden is aiming high to become a major global player in the development of hydrogen derived clean energy. These products have widescale application across many industrial and manufacturing sectors on developing commercial uses for the super-strong, superlight, and highly conductive nano-carbon products.

Eden is bullish that suitable commercial applications will emerge for the potentially large quantities of carbon nano-materials that will be produced, thereby opening up opportunities to sell both the carbon and also the hydrogen for Hythane® and other applications.

The breakthroughs have been made through the company's wholly-owned US, Colorado-based subsidiary, Hythane Company LL, in its specially developed production laboratory in Denver.

This production laboratory includes a self-contained clean production room with an industrial air handling system which has recently been completed.

Also, two commercial scale reactors have been completed and are almost ready for production, leading to annual commercial scale production of up to 100 tonnes of carbon nanofibers and 33 tonnes of hydrogen.

A fully operating catalyst production system can deliver sufficient catalyst to produce 3 to 4 tpa of carbon nanotubes or 20 to 30 tpa of carbon nanofibres.

An initial conductive paint study has been completed indicating Eden’s carbon nanotubes produce extremely favourable results confirming potential for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and possibly Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference (EMI and RFI) applications.

Positive epoxy composite test results confirm the suitability of Eden’s carbon nanotubes for ESD applications utilizing epoxy as a matrix material.

High strength concrete tests have shown that compressive strength has been increased by up to 10% and lower strength concrete mixtures (M20 and M30) will be tested to investigate the transport and ductility properties.

Flexural strength testing of cement mortar beams is to begin and testing of tyre rubber compound containing nano-carbon materials underway.

Carbon nanotube and nanofibre samples are being provided or sold for testing in different industries including for batteries and electronic paper.

Eden has completed the successful testing of a production ready 6-litre bus engine, achieving a 6.5% increase in efficiency and significant emissions reductions, that will enable India’s largest bus manufacturer, Ashok Leyland, to power buses with Eden’s low-emission Hythane® blend of hydrogen enriched natural gas.

With a growing order book for Optiblend® fuel kits in India and the U.S., Eden Energy is starting to build significant momentum as Optiblend conversion and use of Hythane fuel will cut both costs and emissions levels very substantially.


Profile

Eden Energy (ASX: EDE) is a diversified clean energy company that listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in May 2006. Eden has interests in hydrogen production, storage & transport fuel systems, including the low emission Hythane hydrogen-methane blend, coal seam & abandoned mine methane in the UK, conventional gas in SA, low temperature pyrolysis research into hydrogen production & geothermal energy production.

A non-binding term sheet has been signed with Eden’s UK/Wales gas joint venture partner, Coastal Oil & Gas, to merge and publically list their UK/Wales coal bed methane, conventional gas and shale gas interests which cover a total area of approximately 500,000 acres. "

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World Leading Treatment for Diabetes Gathers Pace LCT Implants 1st Patients in Argentina Trial - AI - 22-Aug-2011
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=41585
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=LCT&E=ASX&N=184172

"Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; OTCQX: LVCLY) a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, has implanted the first two patients taking part in a Phase II DIABECELL® clinical trial in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“The great news is that our earlier clinical trials have validated this treatment and shown it can greatly benefit patients suffering from unstable diabetes who don’t have any awareness when their blood glucose levels are low which puts their life at serious risk,” says LCT medical director and acting CEO Bob Elliott." "

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Gulfside Minerals - Acquires Three Iron Ore Projects, one in Alaska, one in Labrador &one in Quebec - Aug 22, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Gulfside-Acquires-Three-Iron-c…

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Beach Books 2.0 Trillion Cubic Feet Of South Australia Shale Gas; company estimates that potential shale gas in place in PEL-218 ranges from 40 to 80 Tcf - HE - Aug 16, 2011
www.epmag.com/2011/August/item87135.php?utm_source=sp&utm_me…
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BPT&E=ASX&N=184033

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Iraq Qualifies 41 International Companies For Bidding Round; Iraqi Oil Ministry expects internal growth as 12 blocks are put up for auction; will be Iraq’s 4th licensing round in the past two years. In previous rounds, Baghdad auctioned off 15 of the country’s oil &gas fields. The blocks appearing in the January round range from 5,500 sq km to 9,000 sq km, according to oil ministry officials; Iraq has estimated that the 12 new blocks could expand their oil reserves by 10 Bbbl, with reserves presently sitting @143 Bbbl. The country encompasses the world's 3rd largest oil reserves. Gas reserves are expected to rise by some 29 Tcf from current reserves of 112.6 Tcf; Iraq has stated that it aims to increase its export capacity to 4.5 MMb/d by the end of ´12. However, it remains hindered by its war-ravaged ports. The Iraqi southern ports currently are able to process only 1.8 MMb/d, with the rest diverted to pipelines headed north to Turkey - HE - Aug 9, 2011

- Elizabeth Johnston -
www.epmag.com/2011/August/item86811.php

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Sharing Knowledge: Technology Partnerships Vital To Industry; Partnerships among oil &gas companies remain mission-critical for the industry’s continued success as exploration &development becomes riskier, costlier, &more difficult in remote &environmentally sensitive areas - HE - Aug 3, 2011

- N. Miller -
www.epmag.com/2011/August/item86427.php

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Probe Mines - Announces Initial Resource Estimate for Its Borden Lake Gold Project: 0.305 Million Ounces(Indicated) &3.755 Million Ounces(Inferred) - Aug 24, 2011

HL:

+ Borden Lake gold zone estimated to contain an Indicated Resource of 11,607,000 tonnes averaging 0.8 g/t gold for 305,000 ounces of gold &an additional Inferred Resource of 169,322,000 tonnes averaging 0.69 g/t gold for 3,755,000 ounces of gold

+ Borden Lake zone also contains a resource of 323,000 ounces of silver in the indicated category, &5,017,000 ounces of silver in the inferred category

+ Three "satellite" gold zones identified which were not included in this Initial Resource Estimate ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/probe-mines-announces-initi…

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Keine Drogen in Amys Leiche; Illegale Substanzen sind nicht Schuld am frühen Tod der Sängerin - Aug 23, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/musik/klatsch-tratsch/13498910-angebl…

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Genie-Knirps besteht 1. Klasse ; William Gavin ist drei Jahre alt, besucht aber schon die Grundschule - Aug 23, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/beruf/bildung/13498908-der-wohl-klueg…

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Rebellen stürmen Gaddafi-Sitz; Gaddafi-Residenz nun in der Hand der libyschen Aufständischen - DPA, TRIPOLIS - Aug 23, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/aufruhr-arabien/13494878-…

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Nevado Resources - Drills 71 Metres Grading 65.2% Fe2O3 &19.7% Tio2(FT-10-25), @Farrell-Taylor Occurrence - Aug 23, 2011

+ All assay results of Winter ´11 drill campaign now available

- La Blache #2 prospecting program finds 18 new discoveries of surface massive oxides mineralization @Company's Iron-Titanium-Vanadium Property

+ 2nd phase of metallurgical testing underway: results expected by the end of Q3-´11

+ NI 43-101 Mineral Resources estimates @Farrell-Taylor Occurrence to be completed in Q4-´11

+ New 15,000 metres drilling campaign to begin in September ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/nevado-drills-71-metres-gra…

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American Manganese - Technical Paper on American Manganese's Proprietary Process Accepted for Publication in SME's Minerals &Metallurgical Processing Journal - Aug 23, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/technical-paper-on-american…
www.americanmanganeseinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Amer…

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Fortune Minerals - Announces Permitting Update for Nico Mine &Concentrator in Northwest Territories, Canada; Developers Assessment Report passes conformity check with no deficiencies - Aug 23, 2011
www.fortuneminerals.com/News/Press-Releases/Press-Release-De…

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Passport Potash - Signs LOI to Acquire 41,000 Acres of Royalty Free Private Land - Aug 23, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/passport-potash-inc-signs-l…
www.passportpotash.com/investors/media-coverage/map-files.ht…

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Rogue Resources - Commences 10,000 Meter Drill Program, @Radio Hill Iron Project; drill was delivered &set up on site during 2nd week of August &drilling commenced this week. Drilling is expected to continue through ´11 &will culminate with an updated resource estimate on the Radio Hill historical resource*, contract allows for a 2nd rig to be added as needed; P/CEO: "Our exploration &resource definition programs are on track &we expect to receive results throughout the fall. The Company is well financed for the upcoming program &we will continue to work together with our various consultants to monitor progress as we advance the project to the next level" - Aug 23, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/rogue-resources-commences-1…

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Adriana Resources - Announces Completion of Mineral Resources Estimate; Total Resources of 6.45billion tonnes @~29.2% FE - Aug 23, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/adriana-announces-completio…

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Energizer Resources - Initiates Process for Mine Permit &Provides Update on Preliminary Economic Assessment - Aug 19, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/energizer-resources-inc-ini…

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Black Iron - Continues to Report Successful Results from Its Shymanivske Twin Hole Program, With Iron Grades Exceeding 30% - Aug 23, 2011

+ Assay Results from Two Additional Twin Holes @Shymanivske Continue to Confirm Iron Content, Band Lengths, &Align Well With Historic Reported Results

+ Hole 12009-T Intersected 88.9 Meters Grading 32.2% Iron While Hole 20287-T Intersected 78.2 Meters Grading 31.2% Iron ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/black-iron-continues-report…

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Matamec Explorations - Emphasizes Low Cost Metallurgy; current optimized process(July 21, ´11) is shown to potentially reduce the cost of the sulphuric acid &limestone needed by >90% &completely eliminates the cost of heating in the leaching step as compared to its earlier treatment process(Oct 18, ´10). The substantial reduction in cost demonstrates Matamec's success in developing a simple &low-cost process for recovering valuable rare earths from its coarse-grained Eudialyte ore; P: "The substantial savings now shown in the operating costs for the metallurgical treatment process emphasizes the exceptional achievement of Matamec in the past ten months. The unique nature of the eudialyte from the Kipawa Deposit makes it relatively easy to extract the rare earths &gives Matamec an advantage as it moves towards production" - Aug 22, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/matamec-emphasizes-low-cost…

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groundbreaking survey
www.surveymonkey.com/s/8FSG8ZK

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Northern Gold - Announces Three Additional Drills(Five in Total) on Its Garrison Gold Property/Garrcon Deposit - Aug 18, 2011

+ Three Drills to Be Added to the ´11 Program(Five Drills Total)

+ Increase Infill &Step-Out Program from 30,000 to 50,000 Meters in ´11 ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/northern-gold-announces-thr…

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Dundee's ´11 Mineral Exploration Stock Watch List - DS - Mar 2, 2011
http://research.dundeesecurities.com/Research/PDAC2011.pdf

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Junior Exploration Universe - HS - Apr 26, 2011
http://clientcentre.haywood.com/uploadfiles/secured_reports/…

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Kootenay Gold - Drilling Success Continues @Promontorio as Kootenay Hits 205 meters of 117 gpt Silver Equivalent in Step-Out Drilling in Southwest Zone that includes 169 gpt Silver Equivalent over 50 meters - Aug 23, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Drilling-Success-Continues-cnw…

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Niobium deposit may prove to be one of the world's top five - SH - Aug 23, 2011
www.stockhouse.com/Community-News/2011/Aug/23/Niobium-deposi…

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St. Augustine Gold &Copper - Announces 21.6% Increase in King-king Project Total Resource, Containing 5.4 Billion Lbs Copper &10.3 Million Oz Gold - Aug 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/st-augustine-gold-copper-li…

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DOE Will Spend $67 Million on "Novel Carbon Capture Technologies" - IIIESpectrum - Aug 16, 2011

- Dave Levitan -
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/clean-coal/do…

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Mega Precious Metals - Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Gold Resources @the Monument Bay Project in Manitoba; >1,7Mio Oz @~6.5g/t Au - Aug 12, 2011
www.megapmi.com/releases/nr_12-08-2011_mb_43-101_report

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Australia Minerals &Mining Group - increases global Kaolin resources to 150 million tonnes - Aug 25, 2011

HL:

+ An inferred resource of 85 million tonnes of kaolin with 85% brightness has been delineated on Exploration Licence E70/4177 @AMMG’s wholly owned Kerrigan Project, Western Australia.

+ AMMG has access to substantial historical work undertaken by Rio Tinto subsidiary, CRA Exploration Pty Ltd(CRA Exploration).

+ AMMG is currently carrying out a technical marketing study for potential products, customers &joint venture partners in China, South-East Asia &the USA.

+ Combining the 85 million tonnes inferred resources @the Kerrigan Project with the previously released 65 million tonnes indicated &inferred resources @the Meckering Project, the global resources now amounts to 150 million tonnes of kaolin with 83-85% brightness.

+ kaolin project lies close to transport infrastructure &is 15km east of the Hyden to Lake Grace operational spur rail line, which links to the port of Albany &is serviced with road access. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AKA&E=ASX&N=554245

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Charter Pacific Corporation - Exploration Target Between 2.4 &2.6 Billion Tonnes, @28 -32% Fe - Aug 25, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CHF&E=ASX&N=234452

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5 Oil Mega Structures You Need to See - OV - Aug 2, 2011
www.oilvoice.com/n/5_Oil_Mega_Structures_You_Need_to_See/c63…

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Eagle Hill confirms potential to extend strike length @Windfall by >7km - PAI - Aug 24, 2011

- by Olivia D'Orazio -
www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/17570/eagle-hill-c…

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2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus ´11: Lighting a Fire under Clean Coal - OV/SZ&W G - Aug 24, 2011
www.oilvoice.com/post/Company_News_Release/2nd_World_Clean_C…

"Coal plays an essential role in meeting global energy needs. International coal use is projected to increase 53 percent by 2030. In Asia, coal accounts for almost 75% of electricity generation national, and is most likely to remain the principal fuel source in the future (predict estimate to rise over 60% after 2020). Meanwhile, about one-fifth of the emissions reductions needed to cut the global output of greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2050 would have to come from CCS technology at coal-fired power plants, according to the International Energy Agency. The latest technologies for the clean use of coal will help to meet the challenges of our energy future.


What is more, Gasification technology has become a critical tool in the expansion of the Chinese economy, allowing a wide variety of industrial products and fuels to be created from low-cost abundant coal resources. The advancement of coal-conversion and coal-generation technologies represents a meaningful positive long-term development for the coal industry. The U.S., India, Russia, Mongolia are positioning clean coal as the way to tap into the future energy development.

2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus 2011 featuring the top-level speaker panels and cutting-edge technology showcases is ideally timed to examine the vital questions that will shape global clean coal future. The Series-China Focus 2011 is an event for you to attain deep understandings on China and other countries’ clean coal initiatives, roadmap, regulatory environment, ongoing pilots of pioneer coal owners and utilities, network national and international clean coal industry executives and share insights on the future market developments.


Hear the latest views and forecasts from key industry speakers from along the entire value chain, Speakers under prior consideration:

+ Wu Yin, Deputy Administrator, National Energy Administration, China
+ Amarkhuu Erdenepurev, Director General, Fuel Policy Department, Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mongolia
+ C. Balakrishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Coal India
+ Zhang Yousheng, Deputy Director General, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, China
+ Lobo Balia, Senior Advisor to Minister, Directorate of Oil and Gas, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, Indonesia
+ Charles McConnell, COO, Department of Fossil Energy, DOE, USA
+ Andrew Minchener, Principal Associate, IEA Clean Coal Center
+ Huang Long, Vice President, Huaneng Group
+ Wang Yusuo, Chairman, ENN Group
+ Zhang Xiaolu, Vice President, China Power Investment Corp.
+ Jin Tai. Vice President, Yankuang Group
+ Wang Yi, Vice President, Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group
+ Zhang Ming, President, Datang Energy Chemical Company
+ Fulvio Conti, CEO, Enel
+ Peter Freyberg, Chief Executive, Xstrata Coal
+ Ernst Oberholster, Managing Director, Sasol Synfuel International
+ Fredrick Palmer, Senior Vice President, Peabody Energy
+ H.Tumenbayars, Executive Director, Tavan Tolgoi
+ N C Jha, Chairman, Coal India
+ Masaharu Fujitomi, Executive Director, J Power


Key Highlights in 2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus 2011

+ Clean Coal Gasification Technology Update
+ Underground Coal Gasification
+ Clean Coal Technology & International Strategy in the Future
+ Strategic Perspectives on Global Clean Coal Policies
+ Deep Clean Insights from Global Energy Leaders
+ Coal Chemical Projects & Policy Updates
+ Coal Chemical: CTL, Syngas and Olefins
+ Clean Coal Power & Carbon Capture and Storage

Time: Dec. 6th- 9th
Location: Beijing, China


Event Website: 2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus 2011

IEA predict that the amount of electricity generated from coal could increase by around 23% in the US, around 172% in China and around 258% in India between 2006 and 2030. At the same time, there is growing concern for the effects of combustion emissions on the environment and the global climate. In the 21st century, new coal technologies are needed to provide affordable and secure energy supplies while reducing our impact on the environment.

As a dominant energy source in China, coal makes up around 70% of the country’s energy consumption. It is projected that in 2020 coal will still account for half of China’s energy supply. Before 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, Chinese government had promised to cut the country’s carbon intensity by 40%~45% by 2020 compared to the 2005 level. If such an ambition is to be materialized, China need to not only develop alternative energy which will cost more, but also invest trillions in RMB in clean coal technology between 2011 and 2020 - the “Clean Coal” market will be vast.


2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus 2011 featuring the top-level speaker panels and cutting-edge technology showcases is ideally timed to examine the vital questions that will shape global clean coal future. The Series-China Focus 2011 is an event for you to attain deep understandings on China and other countries’ clean coal initiatives, roadmap, regulatory environment, ongoing pilots of pioneer coal owners and utilities, network national and international clean coal industry executives and share insights on the future market developments.

Hear the latest views and forecasts from key industry speakers from along the entire value chain, Speakers under prior consideration:

+ Wu Yin, Deputy Administrator, National Energy Administration, China
+ Amarkhuu Erdenepurev, Director General, Fuel Policy Department, Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mongolia
+ C. Balakrishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Coal India
+ Zhang Yousheng, Deputy Director General, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, China
+ Lobo Balia, Senior Advisor to Minister, Directorate of Oil and Gas, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, Indonesia
+ Charles McConnell, COO, Department of Fossil Energy, DOE, USA
+ Andrew Minchener, Principal Associate, IEA Clean Coal Center
+ Huang Long, Vice President, Huaneng Group
+ Wang Yusuo, Chairman, ENN Group
+ Zhang Xiaolu, Vice President, China Power Investment Corp.
+ Jin Tai. Vice President, Yankuang Group
+ Wang Yi, Vice President, Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group
+ Zhang Ming, President, Datang Energy Chemical Company
+ Fulvio Conti, CEO, Enel
+ Peter Freyberg, Chief Executive, Xstrata Coal
+ Ernst Oberholster, Managing Director, Sasol Synfuel International
+ Fredrick Palmer, Senior Vice President, Peabody Energy
+ H.Tumenbayars, Executive Director, Tavan Tolgoi
+ N C Jha, Chairman, Coal India
+ Masaharu Fujitomi, Executive Director, J Power


Key Highlights in 2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus 2011

+ Clean Coal Gasification Technology Update
+ Underground Coal Gasification
+ Clean Coal Technology & International Strategy in the Future
+ Strategic Perspectives on Global Clean Coal Policies
+ Deep Clean Insights from Global Energy Leaders
+ Coal Chemical Projects & Policy Updates
+ Coal Chemical: CTL, Syngas and Olefins
+ Clean Coal Power & Carbon Capture and Storage


On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to invite you and other senior executives to attend the 2nd World Clean Coal Series China Focus Conference. With your attendance in WCCS China Focus we believe it will bring up the profile of your firm in the clean coal industry and probably bring more potential business to your company.


Time: Dec. 6th- 9th
Location: Beijing, China
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USGS Pegs Marcellus Shale Reserves @84 Trillion Cubic Feet - OV - Aug 24, 2011

+ The Marcellus Shale contains about 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas &3.4 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids according to a new assessment by the USGS

+ These gas estimates are significantly more than the last USGS assessment of the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin in ´02, which estimated a mean of about 2 trillion cubic feet of gas(TCF) %0.01 billion barrels of natural gas liquids

+ The Marcellus Shale assessment covered areas in Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, &West Virginia ...
www.oilvoice.com/n/USGS_Pegs_Marcellus_Shale_Reserves_At_84_…

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Quickstep Holdings - on Target Establishing NSW Aerospace Facility; MD: "This facility will provide Quickstep with the ability to deliver on its growth objectives &Mr Schramko will be a key in managing an efficient transition &ongoing production. The Bankstown premise is much larger than our existing facility in Western Australia, has considerable scope for expansion &offers the added benefit of a long term lease – which is an absolute requirement in our securing JSF contracts as well as new work we are continuing to pursue. By moving to New South Wales, Quickstep gains access to an existing workforce of highly skilled aerospace technicians that would simply not be available to us @our existing facility. This ready-made team, together with the extensive network of suppliers located in NSW &on the east coast of Australia, provides Quickstep with the foundations required to deliver large-scale aerospace &defence programs" - Aug 24, 2011

HL:

+ Establishment of Bankstown production facility underway with 1st phase - composite curing capability on schedule.

+ Machinery &equipment being installed this month, enabling qualification of Joint Strike Fighter(JSF) work to start 4th quarter ´11.

+ Bankstown underpins key element of Quickstep’s growth strategy, providing a long-term, large-scale manufacturing facility &expanded R&D base with access to a highly trained aerospace workforce to service expanding work.

+ Highly experienced composites specialist Michael Schramko appointed as new Operations Manager. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=QHL&E=ASX&N=554275

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Allana Potash - Initiates Environmental &Social Impact Assessment on its Ethiopian Potash Project - Aug 24, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Allana-Potash-Initiates-ccn-30…

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Quantum Rare Earth Developments - Initiates Metallurgical Testing of the Elk Creek Niobium Deposit; Management of Quantum believe that confirmation of metallurgical recovery rates achieved historically by Molycorp(on a small number of samples), will allow the company to aggressively work towards the completion of a Preliminary Economic Assessment(PEA) for the Elk Creek Niobium Deposit; With the 1st phase of the ´11 Drill Program now complete, assay results will be forwarded to Wardrop, a Tetra Tech Company, the authors of the latest NI43-101 report on the Elk Creek Niobium Deposit. Wardrop will review &incorporate these results into the current geologic model for Elk Creek; &once available, will be commented on within the context of ongoing activities @the project - Aug 24, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/quantum-rare-earth-developm…

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Sensation im Weltall ; Erstmals Geburt von supermassivem schwarzen Loch beobachtet - Aug 25, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/weltraum/13512940-experten-beo…

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Steve Jobs tritt zurück - DPA, CUPERTINO/NEW YORK - Aug 25, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/finanzen/wirtschaft/13510596-steve-jo…

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Kivalliq Energy - High Grade Assays Received From Lac Cinquante Resource Area &Western Extension Zone - Aug 25, 2011

HL:

+ High grade assays from Lac Cinquante deposit, include

- 1.19% U3O8, 3.39% Cu, 0.56% Mo, 46.5 g/t Ag over 1.3 metres in hole 11-LC-001
- 5.69% U3O8 over 0.2 metres @241.6 metres down hole in 11-LC-008


+ 10/17 holes @Western Extension Zone intersected grades >0.25%, including

- 2.25% U3O8 over 2.3 metres in hole 11-LC-036
- 0.73% U3O8 over 1.7 metres in hole 11-LC-033


+ Western Extension strike length is 550 metres; zone remains open to depth

+ Assays are pending from both Western Extension &Eastern Extension
...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/kivalliq-energy-corporation…

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Arzt amputiert ungefragt Penis; kein Schadenersatz; Arzt beruft sich auf vor der Operation vom Patienten unterzeichnete Einverständniserklärung, die seiner Ansicht nach alles abdeckte; Patient Analphabet; 10/12 Geschworenen gaben dem Arzt Recht - Aug 25, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/gesundheit/krankheiten/13510806-kein-…

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Equatorial Resources - Drilling program accelerates @Mayoko-Moussondji - Aug 25, 2011

HL:

+ Wallis Drilling Pty Ltd are now fully operational @Equatorial Resources Limited’s 100% owned
Mayoko-Moussondji Iron Project in the Republic of Congo. Wallis have commenced an initial 28,000m
drilling program with two drill rigs working @the Makengui Prospect.

+ Initial observations of the drilling completed to date @Makengui have confirmed the Company’s geological model &support the potential for hematite iron mineralisation &direct shipping ore(“DSO”).

+ The addition of the two Wallis drill rigs will accelerate the current drilling program @Mayoko-Moussondji which is focused on the definition of a maiden hematite resource.

+ The 1st batch of drill core samples have arrived @the SGS Mineral Services laboratory in Johannesburg &assay results are expected to be released in late September. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=EQX&E=ASX&N=554427

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Winmar Resources - Excellent results keep coming - Aug 26, 2011

HL:

+ New results highlight potential for future resource increases

+ Results from outside current resource model:

- 84m @54.8% Fe(58.8% CaFe)
- 40m @56.2% Fe(59.7% CaFe)
- 36m @56.2% Fe(59.4% CaFe)


+ Thickest ever recorded intersection:

- 92m @54.2% Fe(57.4% CaFe)

+ July ´11 Resource Estimate: 241.6mt @54.3% Fe(57.6% CaFe)

+ Mineralisation remains open, further increases expected

+ Revised Project Exploration Target of 350 –400mt @54 – 56% Fe

+ Gravity survey to expand exploration focus

+ Environmental baseline studies to commence ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=WFE&E=ASX&N=645871

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Hathor Exploration - Cameco Announces Intention to Acquire Hathor Exploration Limited - Aug 26, 2011

+ All-cash offer of $3.75/share

+ Premium of 40% over Hathor's closing share price &33% over Hathor's 20-day volume-weighted average price as @August 25, ´11

+ Immediate liquidity &elimination of risk for Hathor shareholders

+ Investor conference call today @9:00 a.m. EDT ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/cameco-announces-intention-…

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Diesel from CTL with carbon capture @a cost of $53 / barrel; UK company Altona Energy believes it can supply vehicle ready diesel @$53/barrel(33¢ a litre), with a coal to liquids plant, incorporating carbon capture for underground carbon storage, with financial support from China. It has a site for a coal mine 800km North of Adelaide where the conversion of coal to liquids plant will also be located - DEJ - Aug 16, 2011
www.findingpetroleum.com/n/Diesel_from_CTL_with_carbon_captu…

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The Slow Disappearance of the American Working Man ; A smaller share of men have jobs today than @any time since World War II, Are employers giving up on this demographic? - FY/BW - Aug 25, 2011

- M. Dorning -
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/113390/disappea…

"As President Barack Obama puts together a new jobs plan to be revealed shortly after Labor Day, he is up against a powerful force, long in the making, that has gone virtually unnoticed in the debate over how to put people back to work: Employers are increasingly giving up on the American man.


If that sounds bleak, it's because it is. The portion of men who work and their median wages have been eroding since the early 1970s. For decades the impact of this fact was softened in many families by the increasing number of women who went to work and took up the slack. More recently, the housing bubble helped to mask it by boosting the male-dominated construction trades, which employed millions. When real estate ultimately crashed, so did the prospects for many men. The portion of men holding a job—any job, full- or part-time—fell to 63.5 percent in July—hovering stubbornly near the low point of 63.3 percent it reached in December 2009. These are the lowest numbers in statistics going back to 1948. Among the critical category of prime working-age men between 25 and 54, only 81.2 percent held jobs, a barely noticeable improvement from its low point last year—and still well below the depths of the 1982-83 recession, when employment among prime-age men never dropped below 85 percent. To put those numbers in perspective, consider that in 1969, 95 percent of men in their prime working years had a job.

Men who do have jobs are getting paid less. After accounting for inflation, median wages for men between 30 and 50 dropped 27 percent—to $33,000 a year— from 1969 to 2009, according to an analysis by Michael Greenstone, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor who was chief economist for Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. "That takes men and puts them back at their earnings capacity of the 1950s," Greenstone says. "That has staggering implications."

What is going on here? For one thing, women, who have made up a majority of college students for three decades and now account for 57 percent, are adapting better to a data-driven economy that values education and collaborative skills more than muscle. That isn't to say women have yet eclipsed men in the workplace. They continue to earn about 16 percent less than men and struggle against gender discrimination and career interruptions as they disproportionately take time away from the job to raise children. And both men and women have confronted job losses in the weak economy. In July, 68.9 percent of women aged 25-54 had jobs, vs. 72.8 percent in January 2008. (In 1969, however, fewer than half did.) After a long decline in men's work opportunities, the recession worsened things with a sharp drop in male employment. Unemployed men are now more likely than women to be among the long-term jobless.

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The economic downturn exacerbated forces that have long been undermining men in the workplace, says Lawrence Katz, a Harvard professor of labor economics. Corporations have cut costs by moving manufacturing jobs, routine computer programming, and even simple legal work out of the country. The production jobs that remain are increasingly mechanized and demand higher skills. Technology and efforts to reduce the number of layers within corporations are leaving fewer middle-management jobs.

The impact has been greatest on moderately skilled men, especially those without a college education, though even men with bachelor's degrees from less selective schools are beginning to see their position erode. "There's really been this polarization in the middle," Katz says, as men at the top of the education and income scale see their earnings rise while those in the middle gravitate downward.

For generations, American workers kept up with technological change by achieving higher levels of education than their parents. High school education became the norm as the country progressed from an agrarian society to an industrial one. After World War II, increasing numbers of Americans went to college as the economy became more complex. But for reasons not fully understood, college graduation rates essentially stopped growing for men in the late 1970s, shortly after the Vietnam War ended, perhaps in part because draft deferments were no longer an inducement. Women, on the other hand, continued to pursue college degrees in greater numbers and have been more responsive to the changing economy in other ways, taking many of the nursing and technician positions in the expanding health-care industry and making greater headway in service jobs.

While unemployment is an ordeal for anyone, it still appears to be more traumatic for men. Men without jobs are more likely to commit crimes and go to prison. They are less likely to wed, more likely to divorce, and more likely to father a child out of wedlock. Ironically, unemployed men tend to do even less housework than men with jobs and often retreat from family life, says W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.

The long-term fix is simple to spell out and tough to achieve: getting more men to attend college and improving the skills of those who don't. Reducing financial barriers to higher education would be a start. But there isn't much political appetite for spending the billions it would take to make that happen. Even once-sacred Pell Grants are on the block as Washington looks for budget cuts. A strapped public education system that leaves many young men unprepared for the workplace, let alone college, doesn't help. It's noteworthy but not especially comforting to know that this is not just an American problem. The same gender differences in college attendance and employment are emerging in rich societies around the world.

Grappling with these intractable problems won't likely be Obama's top priority. He is under pressure to do something that will be felt now, not a generation from now. The longer people who are currently unemployed remain out of work, the more their skills will atrophy and the greater the risk of a cohort of men—and women—who become permanently detached from the workplace. Anything that raises employment overall would help. Obama is expected to propose tax incentives for employers to hire workers, a reduction in payroll taxes employers pay, and spending on infrastructure. Money for labor-intensive projects, such as retrofitting buildings for energy conservation or refurbishing aging schools, would be especially effective in putting men back to work in construction—though Washington is likely in no mood to pay for that either.

Other ideas that economists have proposed are geared toward keeping men with diminished opportunities from drifting out of the workforce altogether. They include reducing unemployment-benefits extensions for those who have been out of work for a year or more—to give those who are getting by on an unemployment check a stronger incentive to take a job, even if it's not the most desirable one. Others have proposed modifying the Social Security disability insurance system so that it is no longer an all-or-nothing proposition and instead subsidizes employers for hiring workers with partial disabilities. Since 1970, the fraction of 25- to 60-year-old men on disability has more than doubled, from 2.4 percent to 5 percent. Once they begin receiving disability payments, few return to work.

If there is any upside to recessions, it's that they tend to expose deep problems that go ignored or at least overlooked in better times. The short-term fixes the President proposes may provide much needed relief for the millions of people looking for a job. The danger is that the fixes will work just well enough to let us pretend—for a while longer—that the real problem is no longer there.

The bottom line: As women saw workplace gains in recent decades—68 percent of those 25 to 54 have jobs—men's prospects have diminished. "

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Microbix Biosystems - U.S. Patent Office awards patent protection to Microbix' LumiSort™ Livestock Semen Sexing Technology; eliminates the speed &quality barriers that have limited the production &use of sex-sorted sperm, &promises to bring fundamental change to reproductive biology for the livestock industries, with large-market impact in the dairy &beef sectors worldwide; continues to execute its worldwide intellectual property strategy for LumiSort, including pursuing related patent applications that are pending in jurisdictions worldwide. Additionally, Microbix has announced recent patent application filings that build upon &extend Microbix' intellectual property ambitions in this area, incorporating further developments from Microbix' research &development efforts; has established agreements for LumiSort with companies located in the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, South America, &China representing >35% of the dairy semen collection centers &will enter a global animal reproduction market for artificial insemination valued @>$3 billion. All agreements include the same royalty payment to Microbix of 15% of selling price. The company is accelerating its program to sign license agreements with additional distributors. In addition, Microbix is in advanced discussions with manufacturing companies to build the instrument that the company expects to be the future of livestock artificial insemination; In ´10, Microbix announced a partnership with one of the largest suppliers of livestock reproduction products in the world , which has invested in the program through a milestone-based, $2 million investment, &will rapidly deploy LumiSort into their markets. This year, Microbix announced the engagement of Lathrop Engineering Inc., a leading Silicon Valley technology development company, toward the engineering &delivery of the LumiSort instrument; CEO: "With strong patent protection, LumiSort will fuel Microbix' growth as we enter one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world today: The animal health industry. When we explain LumiSort's mode of action &benefits, livestock experts tell us that LumiSort may quickly become a market-shifting technology that creates a new model for artificial insemination &may change practices in the beef &dairy industries " - Aug 24, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/U-S-Patent-Office-awards-cnw-1…

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Volatile Food Prices Keep Poorest on Edge; Food prices are in the danger zone, &the most vulnerable people are least able to cope - WB, WASHINGTON - Aug 15, 2011
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:…

"Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Price Watch released today.


While the emergency in the Horn of Africa was triggered by prolonged droughts, especially in areas struggling with conflict and internal displacement such as Somalia, food prices that are near the record high levels seen in 2008 also contributed to the situation, the report said. Over the last three months, reportedly 29,000 children under five have died in Somalia and 600,000 children in the region remain at risk in the ongoing crisis that is threatening the lives and livelihoods of more than 12 million people.

"Nowhere are high food prices, poverty and instability combining to produce tragic suffering more than in the Horn of Africa,” said World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick. “The World Bank is stepping up with short term help through safety nets to the poor and the vulnerable in places like Kenya and Ethiopia, along with medium term support for economic recovery. Long term support is also critical to build drought resilience and implement climate-smart farming."

The Food Price Watch says global food prices in July 2011 remain significantly higher than a year ago. Prices overall remained 33 percent higher than a year ago with commodities such as maize (up 84 percent), sugar (up 62 percent), wheat (up 55 percent) and soybean oil (up 47 percent) contributing to the increase. Crude oil prices are 45 percent higher from July 2010 levels, affecting production costs and the price of fertilizers, which increased by 67 percent over the same period. Prices from April through July settled roughly five percent below the recent spike in February 2011 due to modest declines in grains, fats and oil, and other foods such as meat, fruits, and sugar. However, prices of some commodities remained volatile during this period. For example, maize and wheat prices declined in June and then increased in the first half of July. The price of rice fell from February to May, but has since increased.

“Persistently high food prices and low food stocks indicate that we’re still in the danger zone, with the most vulnerable people the least able to cope,” Zoellick said. “Vigilance is vital given the uncertainties and volatility that exists today. There is no cushion.”

The quarterly report warns that vigilance is needed as global food stocks remain low and expected volatility in the prices of sugar, rice, and petroleum products could have unexpected effects on food prices in the months ahead. Uncertainties about the global economy combined with the political situation in the Middle East and North Africa region will likely to keep oil prices volatile in the short term, it added.

Domestic food prices continued to be volatile across countries. Maize prices, for instance, were up more than 100 percent in Kampala, Mogadishu and Kigali markets in the 12 months to June; while prices for maize fell 19 percent in Port-au-Prince and Mexico City. In the midst of these large price variations, domestic prices of key staples increased sharply in a number of regions in the past quarter, notably in Central and South America and East Africa. The report also says sustained increases in food prices are driving up inflation in a number of countries such as Ethiopia and Guatemala among others.

In Somalia, prices of locally produced cereals have continued to increase in all regions since October 2010 and have now exceeded their 2008 peak levels. Prices of the two major commodities that are domestically produced, red sorghum and white maize, have increased up to 240 percent and 154 percent respectively. Prices of imported commodities, such as rice, sugar, wheat flour, vegetable oil, and petrol, are also higher than a year ago.

Out of 3.7 million people in crisis in Somalia, 3.2 million are in urgent need and 2.8 million of these people are in the south. Poor farmers with no stock and no means to purchase food are among the worst affected, as are the displaced given their difficulties accessing food. The urban poor are suffering from increases in the cost of living and falling wages.

The World Bank Group is providing $686 million to save lives, improve social protection, and foster economic recovery and drought resilience for people in the Horn of Africa. Initially, the Bank will target the most vulnerable by enhancing safety nets. Economic recovery will be the focus over the next two years. In the longer term, the Bank will focus on building resilience to droughts, including investments in drought risk reduction and risk financing, as well as climate-smart agricultural practices.

“We are stepping up to address this crisis with a sense of urgency,” said Zoellick, who has been advocating for the G20 to put food first since the beginning of this year.

The G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting in June agreed to exempt humanitarian food aid from export bans and to pilot small regional emergency food reserves that could be used to replenish national safety nets. The ministers also agreed on more transparency, more coordination, stronger risk management instruments and more investment in production. The G20 Heads of State are due to meet on these issues in November.


How the World Bank Group is helping to put food first

+ The World Bank Group is providing $686 million to save lives, improve social protection, and foster economic recovery and drought resilience for people in the Horn of Africa. More than 12 million people are affected by the crisis.

+ A first-of-its-kind World Bank Group risk management product, provided by International Finance Corporation (IFC), will enable up to $4 billion in protection from volatile food prices for farmers, food producers, and consumers in developing countries.

+ The Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) is helping some 40 million people through $1.5 billion in support.

+ The World Bank Group is boosting its spending on agriculture to some $6 to $8 billion a year from $4.1 billion in 2008.

+ Supporting the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), set up by the World Bank Group in April 2010 (at G20’s request) to assist country-led agriculture and food security plans and help promote investments in smallholder farmers. To date, six countries and Gates Foundation have pledged about $925 million over the next three years, with $520 million received.

+ The World Bank Group is coordinating with UN agencies through the High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis and with NGOs.


Contacts:

In Washington: Michael Jelenic, [phone], [e-mail];
In Australia: Camille Funnell, 0423 606 850, [e-mail];
Aleta Moriarty, 0409 157 705, [e-mail];
Broadcast Requests: Natalia Cieslik, [phone], [e-mail]


For more information, please visit: www.worldbank.org/
Visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/worldbank
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For our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/worldbank "

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Mawson Resources - updates work programs in Finland - Aug 23, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mawson-updates-work-programs-c…

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EBC makes Inc.'s list of 10 Start-up Incubators to Watch - INC - Aug11
www.inc.com/ss/10-start-up-incubators-to-watch#0
www.environmentalcluster.org/news/index.htm

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Beadell Resources - Maiden Iron Ore Resource on Beadell`s Mining Concession; MD: "This is an outstanding maiden iron ore resource which will grow significantly over the coming months. This far outstripped our expectations &we are now quickly moving to determine the best way to maximise the value of this resource for our Shareholders. We are in discussions with Anglo Ferrous in relation to these iron ore resources on our Mining Concession to either continue on with negotiations centred around a Joint Operating Agreement whereby Anglo pay for iron ore extracted out of our gold pits or, our preferred outcome, to “go it alone” if the parties are unable to reach agreement on the terms of such a Joint Operating Agreement in respect of Beadell’s Mining Concession. To this end we will immediately commence a detailed scoping study which will include a beneficiation plant &all associated logistics. I am confident that the outcome of negotiations will either materially improve the economics of our gold project or, alternatively, enable Beadell to proceed with a substantial iron ore business on a standalone basis" - Aug 29, 2011

HL:

+ maiden JORC iron ore resource of 209.1 million tonnes @36.1% Fe from the Tap Norte Banded Iron Formation in Brazil

+ maiden iron ore resource is the culmination of a major drilling &resampling program completed over the last 15 months

+ Potential extensions from Tap Sul &Tap Leste areas alone are estimated to contain an additional 120-180 Mt of iron ore which are currently being aggressively drilled. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BDR&E=ASX&N=184268

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Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources - Resource Drilling Commences, @Elaine Project - Aug 29, 2011

HL:

+ A recently completed electromagnetic(EM) survey indicates a sulphide body(the target zone) that strikes approximately E-W over a distance of @least 300m dipping steeply south with a depth to top of between 100m &120m.

+ Drilling is designed to result in an inferred resource estimate early in ´12 &to grow dimension of previously announced results including:

- 122.7m @0.55% Cu, 317 ppm Co &0.08g/t Au from 487m depth in MKED007;
and
- 188m @0.35% Cu, 174ppm Co &0.02g/t Au, from 263m depth in MKED008; with
- 108m @1,241ppm TREO, 0.02 kg/t U3O8 &0.08 kg/t ThO2 from 313m depth.

+ Estimated Exploration Target* of between 40 &45 million tonnes based on interpreted dimensions which remain open along strike &@depth. True thickness of the zone is not yet defined with MKED007 &008 not able to fully penetrate the zone. The Elaine mineralisation is open along strike &@depth. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CYU&E=ASX&N=234612

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Red Bull holt Doppelsieg in Spa ; Vettel siegt vor Webber, Schumacher fährt von Platz 24 auf Rang 5 - Aug 28, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/sport/formel1/13535106-red-bull-domin…" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://web.de/magazine/sport/formel1/13535106-red-bull-domin…

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Endlich zweite Erde entdeckt? ; neu entdeckter Planet schwebt in grüner Zone; Ist es die lang gesuchte zweite Heimat im All? Astronomen melden den Fund eines Planeten, der Leben beherbergen könnte. Außerdem korrigieren sie die Zahl der "potentiell bewohnbaren Himmelskörper" nach oben. Allein in der Milchstraße gibt es wohl viele Milliarden - W/SO - Aug 27, 2011

- M. Becker -
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/weltraum/13527526-neu-entdeckt…

"Die Suche nach erdähnlichen Planeten ist das wohl am heftigsten umkämpfte Feld der Astronomie: Zahlreiche Forscher sind auf ihm aktiv, eifersüchtig beäugen sie die Veröffentlichungen der Konkurrenten. Jeder will der Erste sein, der einen "definitiv lebensfreundlichen Planeten" findet. Mehrfach wurde bereits die Entdeckung entsprechender Kandidaten gemeldet, doch keiner dieser Funde blieb unumstritten.

Das gilt auch für den neuesten Felsbrocken, den Forscher jetzt geortet haben wollen. Der Planet befindet sich demnach im Orbit um den Stern HD 85512 und besitzt die 3,6-fache Masse der Erde. Er liegt zudem am inneren Rand der bewohnbaren Zone - also gerade noch weit genug entfernt von seinem Heimatstern, dass Wasser nicht verdampfen würde, sondern in flüssiger Form existieren könnte. Damit wäre die Grundbedingung für Leben erfüllt, schreiben Francesco Pepe vom Schweizer Observatory of Geneva und seine Kollegen in einem Beitrag, der im Fachblatt "Astronomy & Astrophysics" erscheinen soll.

Der Planet namens HD 85512b umkreise seinen Stern in einer so engen Umlaufbahn, dass er ihn alle 54 Tage einmal umrunde. Da der Stern aber kleiner und kühler sei als unsere Sonne, könnte der Planet Leben beherbergen.


Zahlreiche Voraussetzungen für Lebensfreundlichkeit

Das aber ist gleich an mehrere Bedingungen geknüpft, wie aus einem weiteren Fachartikel hervorgeht, den Lisa Kaltenegger vom Heidelberger Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie gemeinsam mit Pepe und dem Schweizer Astronom Stéphane Udry verfasst hat. So müsste der Planet eine durchschnittliche Wolkenbedeckung von 50 Prozent haben - andernfalls würde so viel Sonnenlicht seine Oberfläche erreichen, dass es wohl doch zu heiß wäre für die Existenz von flüssigem Wasser. Umwabern dagegen zu viele Wolken den Felsbrocken, könnte er eine kochend heiße und lebensfeindliche Welt wie die Venus sein.

Zudem betonen Kaltenegger und ihre Kollegen, dass sie nur eine mögliche Version von HD 85512b berechnet haben - die Basis waren Rechenmodelle für eine Atmosphäre, die - wie die Gashülle der Erde - aus Sauerstoff, Kohlendioxid und Stickstoff besteht. Die "interessante Frage", ob Planeten mit Atmosphären anderer Zusammensetzungen ebenfalls bewohnbar wären, habe man offen gelassen.

Der britische Astronom Paul Wilson kritisiert prompt, die Studie von Kaltenegger und ihren Kollegen basiere lediglich "auf einer Menge Vermutungen". Sie stelle keinen großen Beitrag zur Exoplaneten-Suche dar, schreibt Wilson in seinem Blog. Allerdings steht Wilson dem Astronomenteam nahe, das mit dem "Kepler"-Weltraumteleskop der US-Weltraumbehörde Nasa nach Exoplaneten fahndet.

Dieses Team hatte im Herbst 2010 ebenfalls die Entdeckung eines potentiell lebensfreundlichen Planeten gemeldet. Francesco Pepes Team - das mit dem High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (Harps) der europäischen Südsternwarte arbeitet - nahm sich daraufhin die Daten vor. Das Ergebnis: Der Planet existiert womöglich gar nicht.


Unsichere Suche nach außerirdischem Leben

Ohnehin können Wissenschaftler bisher bestenfalls vermuten, wo im All Aliens hausen könnten. "Niemand kennt die genauen Bedingungen, unter denen Leben überhaupt entsteht", sagt Kaltenegger im Gespräch mit SPIEGEL ONLINE. "Wir wissen nicht einmal, wie groß die Chance für die Entstehung von Leben auf der Erde war. "

Deshalb werde es wohl unmöglich bleiben, allein anhand von indirekten Beobachtungen und Rechenmodellen zu bestimmen, ob ein Exoplanet tatsächlich Leben beherbergt. "Dafür muss man das Lichtspektrum der Atmosphäre direkt beobachten und auswerten", sagt Kaltenegger. Nur so lasse sich die chemische Zusammensetzung der Gashülle bestimmen und die Frage nach Leben beantworten.

Doch erst die kommende Generation von Weltraumteleskopen, zu denen etwa das amerikanische James-Webb-Telescope gehört, dürfte stark genug sein, um die winzigen Felsplaneten neben ihren hell strahlenden Heimatsternen direkt zu beobachten. Bis dahin sind noch einige Jahre Geduld gefragt.

In der Zwischenzeit haben die Astronomen reichlich damit zu tun, Kandidaten für die Suche nach der zweiten Erde zu finden. Und deren Zahl scheint unaufhaltsam zu steigen - das zumindest ist ein weiteres Ergebnis der Studie von Pepe und seinen Kollegen. Etwa 30 Prozent aller sonnenähnlichen Sterne könnten demnach Planeten wie die Erde besitzen. Erst im Oktober 2010 hatten Wissenschaftler im Fachblatt "Science" diesen Wert auf 25 Prozent geschätzt.

Zwar hat Pepes Team für die aktuelle Untersuchung nur zehn Sterne beobachtet, doch die Forscher betonen, dass mehrere andere Studien zuvor auf eine ähnliche Quote kleiner Planeten gekommen seien. Die Zahl potentiell lebensfreundlicher Welten wäre damit gewaltig. In der Milchstraße gibt es 100 bis 300 Milliarden Sterne, jeder Fünfte gilt als sonnenähnlich. Unter dem Strich blieben so 7 bis 20 Milliarden Sterne mit mindestens einem Felsplaneten - und das allein in der Milchstraße, die ihrerseits nur eine von Milliarden Galaxien ist. "

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WikiLeaks cables expose Washington’s close ties to Gaddafi - GR - Aug 27, 2011

- Bill V. Auken -
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=26236

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Die Alm: Gina-Lisa ist RAUS! - df/mom - Aug 28, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-programm/tv-news/1353…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 25, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Shanta Gold - Feasibility Study supports development of gold mine in Singida, Tanzania; Study determined that a mine producing 45,000 ounces of gold/annum @a capital cost of US$39m &an average escalated operating cost of US$412 per ounce, &(based on a US$1200 per ounce gold price an 11% discount rate) should generate a net present value of US$130 million &would have an internal rate of return of 126% ; CEO: "The significant results from the Singida Feasibility Study show attractive investment outcomes &will allow Shanta to proceed to project construction. Singida will enable Shanta to transform into a mid-tier gold producer by ´13, as the Company's annual gold production should increase to >100,000 ounces once the new project is in production alongside the New Luika Gold Mine. The Board of Shanta will now consider the most appropriate timing for the development of the Singida mine. It is currently anticipated that the New Luika Gold Mine, currently in the final phase of construction, should generate sufficient funds for the construction of the Singida mine during ´12. Bridging finance may be required. The New Luika Gold Mine is expected to ramp up to full production in ´12" - Aug 23, 2011
www.shantagold.com/im/press_display.asp?Id=2011/23aug11

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Hathor Exploration - Urges NO Action by Shareholders in Response to Cameco Offer - Aug 29, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/hathor-urges-no-action-by-s…

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Thunderbird Energy - Completes US$25 Million Energy Stream Agreement With Sandstorm Metals &Energy; Thunderbird has also recently announced the commencement of a budgeted $29 million carbon sequestration project @Gordon Creek, to be 80% funded by the US Department of Energy - Aug 29, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/thunderbird-energy-complete…

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Securing uranium supplies still essential to China's energy security; If the flat-lined spot price &declining share values are any indication, the March 11 earthquake &tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station continues to have a devastating impact on the uranium industry worldwide. Fears of similar catastrophes happening closer to home have prompted nations like Germany, the UK, Finland, Italy &Switzerland to rethink their nuclear power programs - U3O8.biz - Aug 27, 2011

- M. Pistilli -
www.u3o8.biz/s/MarketCommentary.asp?ReportID=475565&_Type=Ma…

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Trelawney Mining &Exploration - &Augen Gold Corp. Announce Increased Offer &Support Agreement - Aug 26, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Trelawney-Mining-and-ccn-11675…

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CORRECTION: Treasury Metals - Reports High-Grade Results @Depth in the Eastern Zone &in the Developing Western Target @the Goliath Gold Project; Cumulative drilling in the current campaign is approaching 50,000 metres –up from an initially announced 20,000 metres ; all of these results along with data from a previous program completed in late ´10 will be incorporated into a revised resource calculation expected to be released to the market in Q4/´11; P/CEO: "These higher grade results, from some of the deepest holes drilled to date, continue to demonstrate the significance &tenor of the East Zone high-grade shoot that Treasury Metals has been defining this year. I have also been encouraged by the continuing presence of visible gold recorded from within this zone which now shows very persistent vertical continuity to a depth of 500 metres –an elevation where many of the mines in northwestern Ontario just begin to demonstrate high-grade characteristics" - Aug 26, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/correction-treasury-metals-…

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Euroland ZERBRICHT ; Ein INSIDER PACKT AUS : SO wird die Börse im Herbst ´11 manipuliert!
www.investors-daily.de/gaw/dos/?code=enl5435&ref=gaw&wt_mc=s…

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Africa Closing Gap on Water Access; African countries have an opportunity to sharply increase access to water &sanitation by ´15 - WB, STOCKHOLM - Aug 22, 2011
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:…

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Navigating the Asia Pacific food industry? Welcome to FoodNavigator-Asia.com; The leading source of news for the food &beverage industry in Europe &North America has now expanded to Asia, drawing on the knowledge &expertise of experienced local journalists - FNA - Aug 22, 2011
www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Markets/Navigating-the-Asia-Pacif…

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Turning the spotlight on regional Asian trends; FoodNavigator-Asia spoke to suppliers @the recent Vitafoods show in Geneva about launching new foods &supplements on the Asian market. What are the main challenges? &where are the most promising opportunities? - FNA - Aug 22, 2011
www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Markets/Turning-the-spotlight-on-…

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Australian government backs infant formula research; The Commonwealth Scientific &Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO) will continue a 15-year collaborative period with Australian food company Clover Corporation, by engaging in a new initiative to develop encapsulation techniques for infant &medical foods - FNA - Aug 19, 2011[/b]

- S. Starling -
www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Nutrition/Australian-government-b…

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FDI into China up 19.8% in July - CER/SCMP - Aug 17, 2011
http://newcer.chinaeconomicreview.com/en/content/fdi-china-1…

"Foreign direct investment in China rose 19.8% year-on-year in July as economies in Europe and the US exhibited continuing weakness, the South China Morning Post reported.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce (MofCom), July FDI totaled US$8.3 billion, and inbound investment over the first seven months of the year totalled US$69.2 billion, up 18.6%. Investors are attracted by China's relatively stable economic prospects, said Zhao Xijun, a professor at Remmin University's International Finance Research Center. A June report by the International Monetary Fund predicted that the mainland economy would expand by over 9% this year, compared to growth of 2.5% in the US and 2% in Europe. Japanese carmaker Nissan (7201.TYO) said last month it plans to invest US$7.7 billion in the mainland by 2015. Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's chief executive, said the company's original forecasts for market growth in China were overly conservative. "Everyone is saying the China market is going down. But it's a joke," Ghosn said. "

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Stellar Biotechnologies - Announces a Strategic Agreement for Marketing &Sales With SAFC(R), a business unit of Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ: SIAL - News) a global leader in biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing ; CEO: "The agreement solidifies our position as the only source for a scalable supply of cGMP-grade HMW-KLH for the vaccine business. We have put Stellar's aquaculture KLH supply front ¢er in combination with what we believe is the most important manufacturer &marketer of cGMP biologics in the world, Sigma-Aldrich's SAFC business unit. This exciting development will allow us to move aggressively forward on our diagnostic programs, knowing that the state-of-the-art quality assurance &production capabilities of SAFC will be providing the backbone for companies seeking the highest quality HMW-KLH available for vaccine developers anywhere in the world. We look forward to continuing growth in this relationship &will begin manufacture of SAFC's initial order as soon as possible" - Aug 3, 2011
http://stellarbiotechnologies.com/investors/news_releases/in…

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New World Oil &Gas: CPR confirms Danica Jutland prospectivity - CEO view - MM - Aug 17, 2011
www.miningmaven.com/k2/companies/new-world-gas--oil/new-worl…

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Magellan Minerals - Signs Option on Agua Azul Gold Property, Carajas Mineral Province, Brazil; During the late ´80s &early ´90s, >5,000 garimpeiros(artisanal miners) extracted several hundred thousand ounces of gold from minor drainages &shallow surface workings in bedrock within the license area. Recently, small scale miners have been exploiting a series of veins &silicified zones up to 8 meters wide that returned values up to 87.7g/t Au in grab samples; VPoBD: "The Aqua Azul property is an exciting new project containing high-grade, outcropping gold mineralization in an historic mining area. It is another low cost addition to Magellan's portfolio of quality Brazilian gold assets, &is the first significant prospect to be identified by Magellan in the prolific Carajas mineral province" - Aug 29, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/magellan-minerals-signs-opt…

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40 Millionen für Mario Götze - W - Aug 30, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/sport/fussball/1liga/13549242-40-mill…

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Tupac Shakur wurde zum Joint ; Homies erfüllten dem Rapper seinen letzten Wunsch &RAUCHTEN IHN - W - Aug 30, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/musik/klatsch-tratsch/13549554.html#

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Geldregen verursacht Stau - W - Aug 30, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/auto/verkehr-service/13547254-geldreg…

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El Niño Ventures - Significant drill results continue to be intersected in the Murray Brook deposit, the 5th largest massive sulfide deposit in the Bathurst Mining Camp - Aug 30, 2011

+ Significant drill results; including:

- 4.65 % zinc, 1.90% lead, 1 gpt gold &69.86 gpt silver over 36 meters in MB-2011-10
- 3.87 % zinc, 0.78% lead, 0.66 gpt gold &35.5 gpt silver over 64.5 meters in MB-2011-14
- 3.84 % zinc, 1.43% lead, 0.36 gpt gold &59.37 gpt silver over 75.1 meters in MB-2011-09


+ Drill results confirm higher silver, gold, zinc &lead content than historically reported.

+ Phase I, 15 drill holes completed for a total of 3,132.5 meters

+ $1 Million Phase II drilling program including 6650 meters drilling initiated

+ Massive-sulfide body approaches the surface to the south in the pit area &plunges to the north

+ Out of a total of 1,034 samples obtained from the massive sulfide body, 12% returned assays of >10% lead &zinc combined &24% returned values >1 g/t gold.

+ The deposit remains open &there is good potential to increase grade with additional drilling. ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Significant-drill-results-cnw-…

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Batero Gold - Reports Further Drilling Results From Batero-Quinchia Project, Colombia; commenced its phaseIII – 12,500-metre drill program in July ´11 due to the discovery of three new zones of mineralization; P/CEO: "These drill results continue to confirm gold &copper mineralization @depth @La Cumbre. We are also pleased with the success of our exploration drilling program with porphyry mineralization further intersected &a new discovery of high grade epithermal gold mineralization made @La Lenguita, El Centro Zone. This additional confirmed mineralization @the new discovery area, La Lenguita continues to demonstrate that porphyry-related mineralization may be linked between the El Centro zone &La Cumbre – Dos Quebradas porphyry centres" - Aug 30, 2011

Vertical Drill Hole Highlights @La Cumbre include:

+ LC006, starting @surface, cut 203.02 metres grading 0.69 g/t gold &0.12% copper; including 155.00 metres grading 0.81 g/t gold &0.13% copper including 110.32 metres grading 0.91 g/t gold &0.15% copper.

+ LC010, starting @8.00 metres down hole, cut 350.14 metres to the end of the drill hole grading 0.66 g/t gold &0.15 % copper; including 90.68 metres grading 0.84 g/t gold &0.16% copper.

+ LC011, starting @4.50 metres down hole, cut 350.20 metres to the end of the drill hole grading 0.51 g/t gold &0.12 % copper; including 50.50 metres grading 0.88 g/t gold &0.11% copper.

+ LC017, starting @6.00 metres down hole, cut 296.00 metres grading 0.72 g/t gold &0.12 % copper; including 140.00 metres grading 0.94 g/t gold &0.12% copper including 50.00 metres grading 1.18 g/t gold &0.13% copper. ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/batero-gold-reports-further…
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/bat830m.pdf
www.baterogold.com/i/video1/Video-July26-2011.html

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Northern Manganese - CSIRO Engaged for Seafloor Mining Research - Aug 30, 2011

KP:

+ NTM has engaged CSIRO

+ Protection of the marine environment

+ Scientific approach to seafloor exploration &mining

+ Consultative approach to social impacts ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NTM&E=ASX&N=554946

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Voyager Resources - Cughur Discovery Drilling Update; rates as some of the best copper drilling results in Mongolia since the discovery of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper gold deposits - Aug 30, 2011

HL:

+ Completed diamond tails &further Reverse Circulation(RC) drilling @the Cughur Discovery has continued to return exceptional results, including:

- 84 metres @3.2% copper &9.7 g/t silver from 30 metres(KM0012RCD)
- 26 metres @2.2% copper &7.6 g/t silver from 70 metres(KM0013RCD)
- 110 metres @1.0% copper &2.7 g/t silver from 22 metres to End of RC hole(KM0042RCD)
- 72 metres @0.9% copper &3.1 g/t silver from 28 metres(KM0044RC)
- 72 metres @0.6% copper &0.5 g/t silver from 28 metres to end of Hole(KM0045RC)
- 54 metres @1.0% copper &2.1 g/t silver from 48 metres end of RC hole(KM0046RCD)
- 75 metres @2.4% copper &5.7 g/t silver from 48 metres to end of hole(KM0050RCD)
- 34 metres @3.4% copper &14.7 g/t silver from 92 metres(KM0053RC)


+ The Cughar discovery remains open @depth &along strike.

+ Voyager has now sourced a 3rd diamond core drilling rig, bringing the total number of rigs operating @KM to four.

+ Drilling continues @the Cughur Discovery, with a total of 37 RC holes &7 diamond core tails being completed.

+ Further analytical results from the Cughur Discovery &extents to the higher grade chalcocite mineralisation are expected. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=VOR&E=ASX&N=554902

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Baobab Resources Plc - Tete Resource Statement No.1; MD: "This excellent outcome from the South Zone drilling campaign is above expectation &reinforces our belief in the prospectivity of the whole district. 160Mt is the tipping point to our milestone 300Mt. With the resource drilling programmes @Chitongue Grande finalised, &all but complete @both Ruoni North &South, we remain confident of delivering on our stated objective for ´11. In addition to these, Tenge also has the potential to add substantial upside – an indication of how much should become apparent before the year end" - Aug 30, 2011

HL:

+ 113Mt Inferred Mineral Resource @South Zone, calculated by international consultancy Coffey Mining Limited in accordance with the JORC code, brings global inventory to c.161Mt.

+ South Zone resource reports head grades of 28% Fe, 0.2% V2O5 &10% TiO2 with an indicative average magnetite concentrate grade of 61% Fe, 0.7% V2O5 &7.7%TiO2 @a mass recovery of 23%.

+ The resource remains open along strike &@depth. Zones of intersected mineralisation remaining unclassified due to drill density &will be the focus of ´12 drilling campaigns.

+ Drilling completed @Chitongue Grande Extensions with resource estimation due to commence shortly.

+ Drilling nearing completion @Ruoni North &South. First analytical results due out in the coming weeks &resource estimates scheduled for October.

+ Sites prepared &camp erected @Tenge in preparation for resource drilling due to commence in early September. ...
www.baobabresources.com/files/BAO_AIMRelease20110830TeteReso…

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Cabral Resources - Positive Outcome on Tenement Transfers; remains in detailed discussions with a number of parties in relation to regional ground consolidation opportunities going forward - Aug 30, 2011

+ 3 previously disputed tenements successfully transferred to Cabral

+ 30% reduction in overall purchase price in lieu of 3 tenements

+ Extended payment terms with vendor under new arrangements

+ No change to target exploration tonnages of 331Mt – 644Mt ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CBS&E=ASX&N=646521

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Black Iron - Announces the Creation of A Highly Connected Non-Executive Ukraine Advisory Board; CEO: "Establishing a Ukraine Advisory Board is another significant corporate development for Black Iron &we are fortunate to be able to attract highly respected Ukraine-based professionals like Messrs Bilak, Kinach &Buchatskiy. I look forward to working with the Ukraine Advisory Board as we continue to develop the Shymanivske Project into a world-class iron ore pellet producer &become a significant employer in the Krivoy Rog area" - Aug 30, 2011

+ Mr. Daniel Bilak is A Partner in the Ukraine Office of the International Law Firm CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Heads Their Infrastructure &Property Practice in Kyiv &is A Former Advisor to the Ukraine Prime Minister

+ Mr. Jaroslav Kinach is the Former Ukraine Country Head of the European Bank of Reconstruction &Development &is A Former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine

+ Mr. Igor Buchatskiy is A Former Director of Smart-Holding (Ukraine Private Investment Company), General Manager for ArcelorMittal S.A. &McKinsey &Company Consultant (looser) ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/black-iron-announces-creati…

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Rio Verde Minerals - Announces 2nd Quarter ´11 Results &Provides Update on its Sergipe Potash Project; Sergipe work program is progressing on schedule. The Company has contracted a new driller, SONDAR Mineração, Perfuração e Sondagem Ltda, that has proven experience in the Sergipe basin, &drilling has commenced on the project's 1st target, the Sergi Target. @this target, Rio Verde is twinning an old Petrobras hole located 115m away, which had previously demonstrated potash mineralization of up to 33m. The initial program consists of drilling 4,050m, split into 3 holes of 1,350m each, with each hole taking approximately 90 days to be completed &analyzed. Results from the 1st drill hole are expected in October ´11, &the Company's 1st potash resource is anticipated within the next nine months - Aug 30, 2011

Corporate Development Highlights

+ In June &July ´11, Rio Verde Minerals Corp. closed two rounds of financing for approximately CDN$10.8 million &CDN$560,000 of gross proceeds respectively. This financing was in addition to the CDN$10 million raised in a private equity placement in December ´10, for a total of about CDN$21.3 million raised by Rio Verde since inception.

+ On July 28, ´11, Rio Verde completed the plan of arrangement involving Rio Verde Minerals Corp., EM Resources Inc., EM Subco(BVI) Inc. &Talon Metals Corp, as announced in the August 2, ´11 press release.

+ On August 3, ´11, Rio Verde commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol RVD.

+ On August 4, ´11 Rio Verde entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the operating interest in Fosfatar Mineração Ltda., a private company with phosphate assets in the north &northeastern regions of Brazil. Rio Verde intends to commence production @the Fosfatar Phosphate Project in ´12. ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/rio-verde-minerals-announce…

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 30, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Americas Petrogas - &ExxonMobil Sign Agreement for Shale Oil &Gas Project in Argentina; Pursuant to the terms of the FOA, ExxonMobil has committed to fund US$53.9 million(including taxes) during the exploration phase with a further US$22.4 million(including taxes) if the parties proceed to the exploitation phase, for a total potential initial investment of US$76.3 million. This focus of exploration, exploitation &other related activities is expected to be directed towards the Los Toldos 1 &2 blocks. ExxonMobil will earn a 45% interest in the Los Toldos blocks with Americas Petrogas retaining a 45% interest &the government entity, Gas y Petroleo del Neuquen("G&P"), maintaining a 10% interest; expects to spud the 1st well in the 4th quarter of ´11 with the primary target being the unconventional Vaca Muerta formation &potential secondary targets in other conventional &unconventional formations, In addition to the Los Toldos blocks, Americas Petrogas has five other blocks within the Neuquén Basin's western shale corridor, including the Huacalera block which is located south of the Los Toldos blocks &which was recently drilled, cased &cemented, having intersected 1,742 feet of Vaca Muerta shale; In published reports, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has cited a risked, recoverable resource of 240 trillion cubic feet("TCF") of gas for the Vaca Muerta shale in the Neuquén Basin; MD: "We believe the next major shale development outside of North America will be in the Neuquen Basin. Our Argentina management &technical personnel look forward to working with ExxonMobil to explore the substantial hydrocarbon potential of the Los Toldos blocks."; ExxonM GM: "We are pleased to be working with Americas Petrogas on the highly prospective Los Toldos blocks &if successful, look forward to providing clean &reliable energy for Argentina" - Aug 30, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/americas-petrogas-exxonmobi…

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Coal now accounts for 40% of global power generation - M.com - Aug 30, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/30/coal-now-accounts-for-40-of-global…

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Small Canadian miner’s Tibetan plateau gold mine likely largest in Asia - M.com - Aug 30, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/30/small-canadian-miners-tibetan-plat…

"China Daily reports local land and mineral resource officials in the Qinghai province estimate that the Dachang gold mine in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu is likely to become one of the largest gold mines in Asia with 300 tonnes in proven reserves.

The geological exploration was conducted jointly by Qinghai mining development bureau and TSX-listed Inter‐Citic Minerals with a total investment of $31.3 million. The project is at an elevation of approximately 4,500 meters and consists of five exploration licenses covering some 279 square kilometers. Tiny Inter-Citic says it allocated $6.3 million in exploration expenses for this year.

The current proven reserve at the Dachang mine in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu is 195 tonnes, with another 35 tonnes expected to be confirmed by the end of 2011, according to the Qinghai Land and Resources Department.

The Province of Qinghai is endowed with rich mineral resources. The proven gold reserves of the province’s six mines, including Dachang, is 430 tonnes. The Dachang Gold Project is located approximately 160 kilometers from the City of Golmud. "

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Argentina considers OPEC-like deal for lithium - M.com - Jul 4, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/07/04/argentina-considers-opec-like-deal…

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Korea - inks lithium deal with Bolivia to mine world’s largest salt flats - KH/M.com - Aug 1, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/01/korea-inks-lithium-deal-with-boliv…

"The Korea Herald reports a Korean consortium forged an agreement with Bolivia’s state-run miner Comibol over the weekend to manufacture lithium-ion battery parts, boosting Korea’s bid to tap the largest lithium deposits in the world.


A research project involving extracting lithium will begin next month at Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni – an 11,000 square kilometers salt flat (pictured) – with plans for constructing lithium-carbonate processing facilities. The soft, silver-white metal is widely used in rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, laptops and electric cars and the price has been steadily increasing prompting talk of a Opec-style cartel to control production and prices among South American nations that together control 85% of the world’s resources.

According to the January 2011 update by the US Geological Survey lithium resources total 9 million tonnes in Bolivia and in excess of 7.5 million tons in Chile, the two top countries. Identified lithium resources for China, US and Argentina total 5.4 million, 4 million tonnes and 2.6 million tonnes respectively, while Brazil, Congo, and Serbia each contain approximately 1 million tons.

According to the Korea Herald, Korea imports all of its lithium needs, which nearly doubled to 11,000 tons last year compared with 5,200 tons in 2008. Prices reached $4,752 per ton as of July 28, up $200 compared with last month and almost 100 percent from 2003, government data show.

MINING.com reported in July Argentina is promoting the idea of an OPEC-like cartel for itself, Bolivia and Chile – which together control 85% of the world’s reserves of lithium – to manage prices and limit overproduction.

Analysts are warning that lithium poses the same supply and demand problems for the electric car market as oil does for the internal combustion engine. According to Argonne, a research company, in 2009, worldwide lithium production reached 120,000 tons. If electric cars achieve a 5% penetration rate by 2020, an additional 60,000 tons of lithium will be needed to fill the demand. However, new production coming on stream should fill demand and recycling would reduce the need for virgin materials. "

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China wants to keep rare mineral export restrictions - M.com - Aug 30, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/30/china-wants-to-keep-rare-mineral-e…

"China said on Wednesday that it would appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that it illegally restricted exports of certain rare and speciality metals and minerals including bauxite, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon metal, silicon carbide, yellow phosphorus and zinc.

The United States, European Union and Mexico argued that the minerals are key inputs for numerous industries and any cut in supplies could lead to sharp spikes in world prices. The complainants fear a similar situation to rare earths where the price of certain elements have tripled thanks to export cuts and China’s virtual monopoly on production.

The Institute of International Trade reports China has claimed that its measures are in harmony with the objective of sustainable development promoted by the WTO and enhance the healthy development of the resource industry.

Similar exports restriction by Beijing of rare earths – the 17 elements critical to many high-tech products from iPods and wind turbines to hybrid cars and military hardware – has lead to runaway prices and security concerns outside China.

MINING.com reported in July when news broke that China was raising REE export quotas for the second half of the year it was greeted with some surprise and a measure of relief by high-tech manufacturers, but as the implications of the announcement on future pricing of the 17 elements begin to sink in some analysts are pointing out that rather than easing the pressure on manufacturers, China’s move was aimed at cutting off at the knees development of mining projects outside its borders. "

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New Prince Rupert BC potash terminal edges closer - M.com - Aug 30, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/30/new-prince-rupert-bc-potash-termin…

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Lydian International - Reports Solid Drill Results from Amulsar; Including 98 Meters @1.5 g/t, 44 Meters @3.3 g/t &21 Meters @10.7 g/t Gold; Step-Out Drilling Amplifies Potential for Resource Extensions Towards the Northeast @Tigranes &Southeast @Arshak - Aug 30, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/lydian-reports-solid-drill-…

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Tintina Resources - Reports an Inferred Copper-Cobalt-Silver-Gold Resource for the Lower Copper Zone on its Sheep Creek Property, Montana, USA: 2.5MMT @4.71% Cu, 0.06% Co, 5.1 g/tonne Ag &0.35 g/tonne Au @a 1.5% Cu cut-off grade based on an assumed copper price of $2.50/lb; VPoE: "This new resource estimate keeps us firmly on the path toward our ´11 goal of identifying one billion pounds of copper in Inferred &Indicated Resource categories @Sheep Creek. Infill &expansion drilling of the existing Upper Copper Zone Inferred Resource(7 million tonnes grading 2.4% Cu, 0.12% Co &12.3 g/t Ag containing 366 million pounds of copper - see January 6, ´11 news release) in the Strawberry Butte target area, together with the results from ongoing drilling on the Lower, Middle &Upper Copper Zones in Strawberry East target area two miles to the east, should ensure we achieve this objective" - Aug 17, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/tintina-reports-inferred-co…

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Potash producers zone in on Amazon as investors pour $68 billion into Brazil mining - M.com - Aug 30, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/30/potash-producers-zone-in-on-amazon…

"Potassio do Brasil, partly owned by Canadian merchant bank Forbes and Manhattan, is seeking to renew negotiations with Brazil’s government over rights to a potash reserve in the Amazon currently held by state oil company Petrobras adjacent to what it called a ‘world class’ potash discovery last week.

The Potassio do Brasil mine will take $4 billion to develop and follows news earlier this month from Toronto-listed Verde Potash which announced a 1.1 billion tonne resource at its Amazon Cerrado Verde project that is suitable for open pit mining.

The discoveries come as Brazil readies a new mining royalty regime – in certain instances doubling the rate – which would be managed by government decree. Mining investment in the world’s fifth largest economy is also predicted to accelerate to $68.5 billion through 2015.

Potassio do Brasil says the discovery could eventually produce 4 million tonnes of potash-rich sylvinite ore and Reuters reports the company is also in the process of readying an initial public offering which it hopes to launch before the end of the year.

Founded as Amazon Mining in 2005, Verde Potash says it has at its Cerrado Verde project over 90 million tonnes of potassium oxide versus Brazil annual consumption of 4 million tonnes.

Brazil’s mining institute Ibram expects $68.5 billion investments in the 2011-15 period, up more than 6% from the previous forecast of $64.4 billion. Ibram says political stability and high quality deposits have favoured Brazil’s mining sector while a strong local currency, official red tape and uncertainty over the mining code are challenges.

Fox Business reports according to the system now under discussion, royalties charged on mineral sales in Brazil would vary according to global market prices, within a band that would specify a minimum and maximum royalty chargeable to be set by government decree. Analysts at Barclays Capital, BTG Pactual and elsewhere recently said they expect Brazilian iron-ore royalties to be doubled to 4%. "

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Nevsun Resources - Drills 30m of 8.55% Copper Adjacent to Bisha Mine - Aug 31, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/nevsun-drills-30m-of-855-co…

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Japan Creates Major Feed-In Tariff for Renewable Energy - SB - Aug 31, 2011

- P. Gipe -
www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/228…

"In a major breakthrough for the feed-in tariff movement worldwide, Japan's upper chamber has approved a new law implementing a feed-in tariff policy for renewable energy.

The law, which goes into effect next July, sets a target of 30,000 MW of new renewable development within the next decade, nearly five times the 6,500 MW of wind, solar, and geothermal power currently operating in the country.


The move has global implications, as the world's third largest economy follows that of the world's second-largest economy, China, and the world's fourth-largest economy, Germany, in implementing feed-in tariffs in order to rapidly develop renewable energy.

The new law is also a clear sign that Japan plans to reduce its reliance on nuclear power, after the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power's Fukishima 1 plant.

Japan's action, after weeks of bitter debate between renewable energy advocates and Japan's old-guard nuclear industry, follows that of nearby Asian giant China, which this summer announced feed-in tariffs for large solar photovoltaic (solar PV) power plants.

China had previously implemented feed-in tariffs for wind energy that powered the country to world leadership in 2010, when it installed nearly 19,000 MW of new wind turbines--3.4 times the amount installed in the USA.

Germany, Japan's global competitor in heavy machinery, autos, and steel, has used Advanced Renewable Tariffs, a modern system of feed-in tariffs, since the year 2000. Germany's system of renewable tariffs has made the country the overall world leader in renewable energy development, producing rapid growth of wind energy, solar PV, and biogas.


Global Implications

Japan's bold step away from nuclear power could provide impetus to feed-in tariffs in North America, where the policy has been slow to gain traction outside of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Vermont.

Adoption of feed-in tariffs by Japan - a country with an industrial economy built around competitive exports - is a seeming endorsement at the highest international level that rapid development of renewable energy is desirable, if not essential, and that feed-in tariffs are the policy best suited for the task.

Observers say a key feature of the new law is the creation of a special parliamentary committee to determine the details of the program, including specific tariffs. In the past, this function would normally have been assigned to the powerful Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

However, the political fallout from the nuclear disaster at Fukishima has led to a dramatic loss of trust in METI, which has opposed both the rapid expansion of renewables, and also the use of feed-in tariffs to do so. Taking program design and pricing away from METI is a major victory for renewable energy advocates in Japan.


Program Specifics

While details remain sketchy, the program is tailored to 20-year contracts for wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and small hydro.

The tariffs are cost-based and include cost recovery from utility ratepayers with reduction for heavy industrial users. And the program will be reviewed every three years.

As in Germany, heavy industry can apply for a reduction in the surcharge on electricity to support the program. Similarly, those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake will not have to pay the surcharge for the program through the end of March 2013, according to the Japan Electric Association.

Reuters reports that a ruling party lawmaker said he expects the tariff for solar PV to start at 40 Yen per kilowatt-hour ($0.50 USD/kWh), and the tariff for wind energy to start at 20 Yen per kilowatt-hour ($0.25 USD/kWh).

If implemented as suggested, the wind energy tariff would be among the highest in the world.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries--a Japanese company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of wind turbines--has installed few wind turbines in its home market. This could change quickly.

The widely expected passage of the new law has unleashed a burst of entrepreneurial activity not seen in Japan for some time.

Japanese firms are already lining up projects to take advantage of the new policy, says Rikkyo University's Andrew Dewitt. He cites as an example Mitsui and Toshiba's plans to build a 50 MW solar PV power plant in Aichi Prefecture by 2013.

It remains to be seen if Japan will open its domestic market to foreign manufacturers of renewable technologies, especially solar PV. "

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American Manganese - Patent Application Submitted for Artillery Peak Manganese Extraction Process; P/CEO: "The process combines a series of conventional technologies in a unique configuration that is designed to be energy &water efficient. The continuous bench scale pilot plant test program that is currently underway is corroborating the conceptual process previously described in the report, "The Recovery of Manganese from Low Grade Resources: Bench Scale Test Program Completed", prepared by Kemetco Research Inc. of Richmond, BC. This intellectual property is one of the cornerstones of the Company's business plan" - Aug 30, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/american-manganese-inc-pate…

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Centrex Metals - Announces Initial 319.4Mt Mineral Resource Estimate @Fusion Magnetite Project, Total Erye Iron Mineral Resource now 478.6Mt; up ~200% - Aug 31, 2011

HL:

+ Initial 319.4Mt Mineral Resource established @Fusion magnetite project by Eyre Iron

+ Estimated magnetite recovery of 20.1%(DTR) &concentrate grading 67.8% Fe

+ Total Eyre Iron Resource now @478.6Mt between Fusion &Carrow

+ Further drilling in these areas aimed to commence late in ´11 should provide additions to the initial estimate as a further 200Mt to 400Mt of Exploration Target extensions are evaluated over the three deposits(2)(3)

+ Further additions expected as Exploration Targets are drilled out

+ More Fusion results due in coming months as Iron Mount prospect is evaluated

+ Coarse grind size of 75μm indicated by Davis Tube test work confirmed for Fusion from diamond core composite metallurgical sample testing

+ Environmental &social scoping studies completed for Fusion

+ Process &infrastructure scoping designs well underway ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CXM&E=ASX&N=184318

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Iron ore miners call the shots as China steelmakers’ profits melt away - M.com - Aug 30, 2011
www.mining.com/2011/08/30/iron-ore-miners-call-the-shots-as-…

"China’s 27 largest steel companies saw a 15.7% decrease in the first-half profits from a year earlier for a combined profit of $1.6 billion, according to the Shanghai-based researcher Wind Info, as soaring iron ore costs squeezed margins.


The woes of China’s steelmakers, which have been switching to cheaper low grade ore to cut costs as prices top $180/tonne, are in stark contrast to profits at miners. Last week results for BHP Billiton showed its iron ore division accounted for the bulk of its record $22 billion in profits. BHP, Vale and Rio Tinto – control nearly 70% of the 1 billion tonne annual iron ore seaborne trade and dominate price talks.

Reuters quotes a Shanghai trader who sells Indian cargoes to Chinese mills as saying that there’s absolutely no weakening in the market, especially for low grade ore and that higher grade Indian material is likely to cross $190 a tonne soon.

India is curbing iron ore exports to stimulate its own steel industry. Monsoon rains have virtually halted iron ore shipments from India’s west coast and eastern areas are suffering from congested ports and other logistics problems, traders said. High grade iron ore – 62% iron content – rose 25 cents to $180.50 a tonne on Monday, the highest since May 16, according to Platts data.

China Daily reports tight monetary policy, as well as the weak demand from downstream industries such as real estate and autos, will add to the financial pressure of the steel industry, analysts said.

Bloomberg reports China’s auto sales have slowed this year after surging 32% in 2010 to a record, as the government phased out incentives and imposed purchase restrictions to curb traffic.

MINING.com reported last week New York brokerage GFI’s announcement that it now offers on-screen iron ore swap trading is the latest indication that the economics of the world’s foremost dry bulk commodity are being changed fundamentally. Started in 2008, derivatives trading in iron ore is up fourfold this year after setting a record in July as investment banks enter the massive market in numbers. "

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Colombia Clean Power bringing new coking coal technology to Colombia - M.com - Jul 19, 2011

- Andrew Topf -
www.mining.com/2011/07/19/colombia-clean-power-bringing-new-…

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India looking to get into rare earth game - M.com - Aug 31, 2011

- Andrew Topf -
www.mining.com/2011/08/31/india-looking-to-get-into-rare-ear…

"A government panel is working on a strategy to encourage discovery of rare earth elements in India, Economic Times has revealed:


“The committee will look into the current availability of rare earth and energy critical elements and decide the strategy for production to ensure long-term raw material security. It will also encourage the recovery of ECEs which can be found as byproducts in the production of other minerals.”

The news comes on the same day as an announcement that China will appeal a World Trade Organisation ruling that it illegally restricted exports of certain rare and specialty metals and minerals including bauxite, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon metal, silicon carbide, yellow phosphorus and zinc, MINING.com reported.

The United States, European Union and Mexico argued that the minerals are key inputs for numerous industries and any cut in supplies could lead to sharp spikes in world prices. The complainants fear a similar situation to rare earths where the price of certain elements have tripled thanks to export cuts and China’s virtual monopoly on production.

China is by far the largest supplier of rare earth elements that are used in a number of high-tech industries and renewable energy applications including wind turbines, smartphones and batteries used in electric cars.

According to Economic Times, state-owned Indian Rare Earth has not mined rare earths since 2004, although the company has set up a processing plant in Orissa with capacity to produce 11,000 tonnes by early next year. At the same time, several companies are getting into rare earth production in India, anticipating more supply shortage from China:

Toyota Tsusho, a part of Toyoto Motors, is setting up a rare earth processing plant in Vishakapatnam Industrial Development Zone, with a partial supply of mixed rare earth chloride from Indian Rare Earths. German chemical company BASF and Indian Oil Corporation are also reported to have plans to produce rare earth minerals from catalysts used in petroleum refinery. "

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Australian miners driving deeper into Africa - BS/Reuters/AAA - Aug 31, 2011
www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/RPT-PREVIEW-Aust…

"South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) will this week woo stock listings from a growing number of Australian mining companies searching for funding and drawn to Africa by the international commodities boom.


Investment by Australian miners and exploration companies in Africa has surged to $US20 billion ($A18.8 billion) and more is in the pipeline, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says.

About 230 Australian resources companies currently hold more than 650 projects in 43 African countries and territories.

Around 20 companies and 100 projects had been added since the beginning of 2011 alone , Special Minister of State Gary Gray told the Africa Down Under conference in Perth.

Of all overseas Australian mining projects, more than 40 per cent were in Africa and billions of dollars of further investment was in the pipeline, Mr Rudd said.

"Australian resources companies have well and truly discovered Africa," Mr Rudd told the conference via videolink.

Although about 50 Australian mining companies are prospecting in Africa, only a small handful have bothered with secondary listings outside of Australia.

Noah Greenhill, senior general manager of the JSE, said Africa's biggest share market was targeting companies in need of funds to get projects off the ground, rather than established operators, to consider a secondary or dual listing on the JSE.

"A dual listing will only be successful on the back of a capital raising," Mr Greenhill said. "In other words, don't dual list if you don't need capital."

Africa's output of copper, gold, coal and other minerals was set to soar over the next few years, Mr Greenhill said, speaking ahead of the three-day meet in Perth that is designed to promote Australian companies operating in Africa.

"Foreign direct investment to Africa increased from $9 billion in the year 2000 to $62 billion in 2008 , almost as large as China relative to GDP (gross domestic product).

"And despite all of this, Africa's commodities boom is just starting."

Africa had arguably the world's richest mineral deposits, estimated at 30 per cent of global mineral resources , but accounted for only five per cent of exploration expenditure , so activity was set to surge, Mr Rudd said.

Aside from the allure of resources, Mr Rudd said the continent was becoming a more attractive investment destination in other respects.

"Africa is changing for the better. Democracy, accountability and governance in many countries across the continent are improving.

"Africa is young and urbanising. Technology is changing society."

Former no-go places such as Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola are being increasingly targeted for foreign investment in mining.

Mali this year expects its gold production to rise 20 per cent to 60 tonnes, making it Africa's third largest gold miner behind South Africa and Ghana.

In Guinea, Rio Tinto is co-developing the giant Simandou iron ore project with China's Chalco and this year paid $4 billion for Mozambique coal miner Riversdale.

The Africa Down Under conference has broken records again this year, with 2,000 delegates and 11 African resources ministers attending.


Liberian gold

Chief executive of Ghana gold miner Adamus Resources, Steve Connelly, said he was turning his attention to Liberia, little known for mining but which could hold large deposits of untapped gold.

"Liberia has enormous potential as a second focus of exploration for Adamus," Mr Connelly said.

Gryphon Minerals wants to beef up its African portfolio as it nears development of its Banfora gold project in Burkina Faso.

Gryphon last year paid $24 million to acquire fellow Australian prospector Shield Mining, which holds exploration ground in Mauritania.

Government ministers from South Africa, Angola, Liberia Senegal and Zimbabwe are set to speak at the conference, and promote their countries' foreign mining policies.

An address by Tapiwa Mashakada, minister of economic planning and investment promotion for Zimbabwe, is expected to touch on plans to partly nationalise foreign mines.


Unworkable plan

The chief executive of Impala Platinum, the world's second largest platinum producer, last week said a drive by Zimbabwe to force foreign miners to transfer 51 per cent of their local equity stakes to black investors was unworkable.

The JSE's Greenhill also said South African investors run the risk of being "sidelined" from investing in promising prospects in Africa controlled by companies whose shares are traded only in far-away bourses, particularly in Toronto, Sydney and London.

"When the share price goes from one dollar to 20 dollars and there are no South African investors in the share, we are just sitting on the sidelines asking, 'What just happened?'" Mr Greenhill said.

"We don't have to own all of it, we're not greedy," Mr Greenhill added. "We want to own a little bit."

Already half of the 71 basic resource companies whose stock is traded on the JSE are listed on other exchanges, most notably BHP Billiton Ltd and Anglo American .

All up, dual listings account for 83 per cent of the overall market capitalisation of mining stocks on the exchange.

South Africa's mines minister Susan Shabangu is scheduled to address the conference ahead of a public assessment next month of miners' progress in reaching targets aimed at giving previously excluded blacks a greater share of ownership.

South Africa's Chamber of Mines has said black ownership among its members averaged 28 percent, already exceeding state-mandated targets under the country's mining charter of 26 per cent by 2014 – politically charged findings at odds with anything the government has said to date. "

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Beijing’s coal use to be capped - CBN - Aug 31, 2011
http://cnbusinessnews.com/beijings-coal-use-to-be-capped/

"The capital city will cap its annual coal consumption at 20 million tons by 2015, as part of its plan to release less carbon and further reduce air pollution, the municipal commission of development and reform said on Monday.

The city will rely on other forms of energy, such as natural gas, petrol, diesel and import electricity from other provinces, to meet its increasing energy demand. “With the city continuing to expand and more people settling in Beijing, the energy demand is set to increase, so the pressure to further bring down energy and carbon intensity is mounting,” said Wang Yingjian, a senior official from the municipal commission of development and reform. Beijing is the country’s second largest energy consumer, and by 2015 its total energy consumption is expected to reach 90 million tons of coal equivalent, an increase of about 20 million tons from the 2010 level.

According to the commission, Beijing aims by 2015 to reduce its energy consumption for each 10,000 yuan ($1,566) of GDP by 17 percent compared with the 2010 level and carbon emissions by 18 percent. The green goals are slightly stricter than the five-year national energy target of 16 percent and carbon intensity target of 17 percent.

Construction, vehicles and residential electricity consumption account for the bulk of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to Guo Qingshan, deputy director of the municipal commission’s environment and resource department. “We will continue to prioritize the development of public transport systems, and improve traffic efficiency through city planning,” said Wang.

Between 2006 and 2010, Beijing cut its energy intensity by 26.59 percent, which was the best performance in the country. “Beijing already boasts higher carbon productivity than most other cities in the country, thanks to its optimized industrial structure,” said Zou Ji, China director of the World Resources Institute, a US-based environmental think tank. The output of Beijing’s service industry now accounts for 75 percent of the city’s total revenue, which helps the city maintain a rapid economic growth without putting too much carbon into the air, said Zou.

To achieve its green goals, Beijing will also replace four large-scale coal-fired power plants with natural-gas electricity generation systems. It will also increase the share of renewable energy in the whole energy mix from 3.2 percent in 2010 to 6 percent by 2015, officials said. "

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Universal Coal Plc - Coking Coal Acquisition - Donkin; C: "We are delighted to have secured an additional farm-in agreement to achieve a 50% shareholding of the Donkin property. This is in line with Universal’s strategy of consolidating key areas surrounding all our project areas" - Aug 31, 2011

HL:

+ The farm Donkin 72MS has a gross historical JORC Inferred resource of 42.4Mt, covering the northern extent of a farm area of 1,178 hectares.

+ Historical data shows a coal zone of up to 20m thick present on the northern section of the property. The depth to the coal zone is anticipated as being between 20-70m. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=UNV&E=ASX&N=555196

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Pacific Wildcat Resources - initial niobium resource estimate for Mrima Hill exceeds 1.5 billion pounds - Jul 7, 2011
www.pacificwildcat.com/_content/documents/407.pdf

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Nigeria: Mining Sector to Generate Two Million Direct Jobs - AA - Aug 29, 2011

- Idris Ahmed -
http://allafrica.com/stories/201108291032.html

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$93bn/year needed for Africa infrastructure - MW, PERTH - Aug 31, 2011

- Esmarie Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/93bn-a-year-needed-for-africa-i…

"Global law firm DLA Piper on Wednesday estimated that Africa would need an estimated $93-billion infrastructure investment each year.

“This is best exampled when you consider there are only 10 000 km of roads connecting African countries and between 60 000 km and 100 000 km of road network is required to sufficiently integrate the region,” DLA Piper head of mining and energy Robert Edel told delegates at the Africa Downunder conference.

“An estimated expenditure of $32-billion on roads would increase trade on the African continent by $250-billion dollars over the next 15 years alone ,” he said.

Edel said that the continent’s energy sector also needed financial assistance, particularly when considering that 48 sub-Saharan African countries generated roughly the same power output as Spain.

“However, there are challenges in terms of capital availability. This is dogged by the fact development costs for African resources and infrastructure projects are very high, the payback periods are long and there are sovereign, regulatory and policy risks not evident in other markets.

“To deal with these issues, China and North Asia will become the major source of resource investment flows into Africa.”

Edel noted that the Asian majors have shown a willingness to lend for longer terms and at lower rates than their Western counterparts.

He added that this willingness was also likely to be matched by North Asian credit agencies as strategic imperatives for North Asian governments were competition for resources, and a geopolitical, not just commercial approach to infrastructure financing – an environment less comfortable for western lenders.

He warned, however, that successful future development of African resources and infrastructure would involve significant interface with government as many African governments had key policy requirements for railways, ports, power stations and transmission lines. "

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Vale to process 81Mt ore waste - ZER - Aug 30, 2011
www.zacks.com/stock/news/59946/Vale+to+Process+Ore+Waste?adi…

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Nigeria to open up iron ore exploration to private sector - HSNW/IO - Aug 31, 2011
www.hellenicshippingnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&vi…

"Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Musa Mohammed Sada, said the federal government would open up the exploration and exploitation of iron ore to private sector participation in a bid to boost steel production in the country.

Mr Sada in a statement released by the ministry on Wednesday, disclosed this when he received the management team of Sojitz Global Trading Nig Ltd in Abuja led by its president and CEO of Shuhei Inoue.
Sada while expressing government’s desire to achieve a virile development of the steel sub sector reiterated its readiness to collaborate with private investors. He said that “Our major interest now is steel making and private production of iron ore for the steel production.” He stressed that government is ready to encourage private investors to explore and exploit iron ore resource for the development of the nation’s steel sub sector. He reiterated that for the nation’s mining industry to move forward and achieve the desired result, government would encourage “private investors to play their roles as operators while the government plays its role as a regulator.”

He added that this decision led to the enactment of the 2007 Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act for the mining industry to operate in line with the international best practices, saying that the issuance of mining titles is based on first come, first serve in line with the law. "

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Potash from waste producer makes Canada market debut - M.com - Aug 15, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/08/15/potash-from-waste-producer-makes-c…

"Shares in Organic Potash Corporation commenced trading on the Canadian National Stock Exchange on Monday, August 15, 2011, under the symbol “GOP”.

Organic Potash Corporation’s focus is on the production of potash from the ash of agricultural waste, in particular, cocoa husks.

Pursuant to an exclusive technology licensing agreement for West Africa with GC Technology Ltd., Organic Potash Corporation has the right to use proprietary technology, consisting of specially designed and patented kilns, to produce the ash from cocoa husks.

Organic Potash Corporation works with the cocoa farmers of Ghana to have the cocoa husks burned to an ash using the patented kilns and delivered to its factory. Once delivered to the factory, the ash is put through the patented process that leaves its final form of 99%+ pure potassium carbonate (potash).

Organic Potash Corporation is currently constructing its factory and formalizing its supply chain to be able to produce potassium carbonate.

Effective July 8, 2011, Organic Potash Corporation and Tulox Real Estate Developments Inc. amalgamated to form Organic Potash Corporation with each respective shareholder becoming a shareholder in the Company. Each OPC shareholder received one (1) Company share for each share owned in OPC.

Each TRED shareholder received one (1) Company share for every two and one half (2.5) shares owned in TRED. Concurrent with the listing of the amalgamated company, financing of $2,536,468 was raised at a price of $0.15 which will be used to fund the construction of the first production facility. The Company now has 64,325,252 common shares outstanding.

The directors and officers of the Company are Heather Welner, the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company; Jonathan Held, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company; Augustus Tanoh, the Executive Vice-President and a director of the Company; Wally Rudensky, a director; Michael Galloro, a director; and Don Gordon, a director. "

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IC Potash courts partners for New Mexico project - MW, TORONTO - Aug 24, 2011

- M. Hill -
www.miningweekly.com/article/ic-potash-courts-partners-for-n…

"TSX-listed IC Potash is in talks with “quite a few” companies to partner on its Ochoa project in New Mexico, and hopes to have an agreement penned within the next 12 months, CEO Sidney Himmel told Mining Weekly Online.

The company aims to complete a prefeasibility study on the potential mine in early November this year, and a full feasibility study by the first quarter of 2013, with first production anticipated for the end of 2015.

“We’re definitively going to bring in partners, that’s the plan,” Himmel said in a Tuesday telephone interview, declining to name which companies IC was talking to, or say which countries they were from, citing sensitivities in the negotiations.

The rationale behind partnering was to gain access to marketing expertise, and the company was talking to fertiliser distributors, as well as mining firms familiar with the market for sulphate of potash (SOP), the type of crop nutrient IC will produce at Ochoa.

Himmel said that the company was considering partnering at the project and corporate level, or could even consider a combination of both.

“It’s really a financial decision in terms of not giving away too much of the project, stock dilution – what the stock price is, what the project valuation would be,” he explained, adding that IC would want to keep majority control of Ochoa.

One thing Himmel was also cognisant of was keeping the door open for an acquirer to step in, “if it should come to that”.

IC plans on producing 600 000 t/y of SOP, a less common form of the crop nutrient, but one which fetches a price premium to muriate of potash (MOP).

The SOP market is around six-million tons a year, while MOP stands at some 50-million tons a year.

Himmel said that because SOP does not contain chloride, it is better for saltier soils, and its use leads to better colour, aroma, and distribution of mass in crops that have it added to their fields.

It also allows for better transportability for crops that last longer and store better, he noted.

SOP is mainly used to grow fruits, vegetables, tobacco and potatoes, and its price currently fetches a $125/t to $150/t premium to MOP. Nearly one-third of the world’s production comes from Saskatchewan.

On Wednesday, Scotiabank said the spot price for potash free-on-board at Vancouver port stood at $490/t in July and remained at that level in August, a 43% year-on-year rise.

The bank added prices were likely to climb a further $30/t to $40/t for South East Asian buyers in the fourth quarter.

The major SOP producers include Belgium’s Tessenderlo Group and Germany-based K+S. China is also a big producer of the crop nutrient, but it consumes it all internally.

IC raised $20-million in March and this will last the company through to the completion of Ochoa’s feasibility study, Himmel said.

A preliminary economic assessment earlier this year estimated the capital costs of the mine to be around $662-million.

Shares in IC were trading down slightly at C$1.11 apiece by 10:22 in Toronto. "

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Mining Summary - LC - Aug 31, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Sundance Resources - Increase in High-Grade Hematite Resources - Sep 1, 2011

HL:

+ Mbalam a truly world‐class iron ore project with High Grade Hematite Resources now totalling 521.7 Mt grading 60.7% Fe which was compiled in accordance with the JORC Code.

+ 488.5 Mt is in the Indicated category, which represents 94% of the total resource.

+ Project has additional further resources of 2.3 Bt of Itabirite Hematite @38% Fe.

+ Resource estimate now incorporates assay results from >960 drill holes totalling >140,000m of drilling.

+ New Resource figures fed into Definitive Feasibility Study(DFS) enhancement studies as basis for a Reserves upgrade.

+ Significant potential to grow project further with numerous drilling targets identified.

+ Sundance set to enjoy 1st‐mover advantage in unlocking a new iron ore province. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SDL&E=ASX&N=555466

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International Resource Journal, V III, I IX - Sep11

+ mining
Minera Isla Riesco

+ Company focus
Kawar Energy

+ country focus
Indian Coal ...
www.internationalresourcejournal.com/E-MAG/2011/Sep/file.pdf

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Earth Explorer, Issue #1, 2011 - Aug11

+ Five best practices for handling the data explosion.

+ Overcoming exploration challenges in the basins of the East African Rift System.

+ Interview with Shawn Ryan, the prospector behind the new Yukon Gold Rush.

+ 3D Model of the Amphitheater Mountains answers questions and reveals mining potential.

+ How UXO seabed surveys are paving the way for Europe�s burgeoning wind power industry.

+ Airborne Surveys focus exploration in the Yukon�s White Gold district.

+ Intensive geophysics camp links research and education in Vale, Oregon. ...
http://issuu.com/earthexplorer/docs/earth_explorer_issue_1_2…

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Minbos Resources - Cacata - Maiden Indicated JORC Resource - Aug 31, 2011

HL:

+ 22.5Mt @21.4% P2O5 Indicated JORC compliant resource estimate(@an 8% cut-off) defined for the Cacata deposit, located in the Company’s Cabinda project area in the Republic of Angola. Includes a high grade zone of 6.8mt @32.3% P2O5 @a 28% cut-off.

+ The resource estimate confirms the high grade &Direct Shipping Ore(DSO) potential of the Cacata deposit. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MNB&E=ASX&N=555206

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1st gold-based emissions control technology in commercial production; with one of the four largest European diesel car manufacturers. The World Gold Council has provided an additional investment which will help the company to accelerate wider commercial adoption of NS Gold; inclusion of gold in this technology provides significant benefits for diesel vehicle manufacturers, providing emission reductions of up to 30%, manufacturing cost reductions, or alternatively improved fuel economy. Catalytic converters in cars &trucks use precious metals, such as platinum, to catalyse the oxidation of harmful by-products in the engine exhaust, &thereby reduce noxious emissions; potential to use gold in this type of application has long been considered by the industry, but until Nanostellar’s breakthrough the technical challenges concerning catalyst durability prevented its use. Following rigorous performance &durability testing, the NS Gold catalyst has proven to be fully compliant with the current European vehicle emissions standards(Euro-5); Dr Richard Holliday, Director, Technology @the World Gold Council: “This is one of the most advanced &exciting applications of gold in technology, with the potential to address stricter legislation on reductions in engine emissions cost-effectively, while broadening the technological uses for gold. We look forward to continuing our strategic partnership with this cutting-edge, innovative company &sharing our expertise to help spur further progress in other technologies” - CN - Jul 1, 2011
www.commodities-now.com/reports/metals-and-mining/6886-first…

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Aviva Corporation - Initial Base Metal Mineral Resource Bumbo Project West Kenya - Sep 1, 2011

HL:

+ Bumbo Deposit estimated to contain an inferred mineral resource of 1.68Mt grading 4% Cu Equivalent – 1.8% Cu, 0.7g/t Au, 36.8g/t Ag &5.4% Zn

+ Modelling of peripheral gold mineralisation @Bumbo identified an exploration target of 450,000 to 700,000 tonnes grading between 1g/t &1.5g/t Au

+ Encouraging results from early VTEM anomaly drilling in the Bumbo base metals precinct including – 69m @0.6%Zn, 0.15% Cu &4.2g/t Ag @VTEM 3 ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AVA&E=ASX&N=555473

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 1, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 42.031.955 von Popeye82 am 01.09.11 15:57:10

Peak Resources - Ngualla Continues to Grow on New Rare Earth Results - Sep 1, 2011

Highlights include:

NRC043 26m @6.56% REO from 24m

NRC044 92m @3.13% REO from surface

NRC046 84m @3.86% REO from surface
including 66m @4.42% REO from 8m

NRC049 93m @3.62% REO from 32m

NRC052 44m @4.81% REO from 44m

NRC053 161m @3.88% REO from 12m to EOH
including 74m @4.71% REO from 20m

NRC054 101m @2.86% REO from surface
including 32m @5.08% REO from surface ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=PEK&E=ASX&N=555465

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Digital Energy Journal; I XXXII - Sep11
http://c183554.r54.cf1.rackcdn.com/DEJ32webv2.pdf

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Nimrodel Resources - Takatokwane Drilling Update - Sep 1, 2011

HL:

+ Results received for 10/22 holes completed @Takatokwane

+ Results confirm, or in some cases exceed, our expectations of quality &consistency between horizons.

+ Further confirmation that the coal seams appear continuous throughout the target area

+ Resource modeling has started &will assist in the compilation of the maiden JORC resource expected Q4 ´11. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NMR&E=ASX&N=555602

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Sunridge Gold - Reports High Grade Assay Values From Adi Nefas, Asmara Project, Eritrea - Sep 1, 2011

HL:

+ NG 101-D intersected 4.60 metres of 9.13% zinc, 4.93 g/t gold &1.20% copper

+ AN GT 02 intersected 5.04 metres of 11.21% zinc, 4.07 g/t gold &5.85% copper

+ AN GT 04 intersected 15.99 metres of 10.36% zinc, 3.96 g/t gold &1.97% copper

+ AN GT 07 intersected 26.13 metres of 13.52% zinc, 1.88 g/t gold &1.23% copper
www.marketwire.com/press-release/sunridge-gold-reports-high-…

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Colombia Clean Power &Fuels - Acquires Additional Metallurgical Coal Concessions &Permitted Mining Operation - Sep 1, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Colombia-Clean-Power-Fuels-prn…

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Oceanic Iron Ore - Assay Results Return 39.9% Fe Total Over 36 Metres &39.4% Over 46 Metres; Company remains on track to release a resource estimate &preliminary economic assessment in respect of the Hopes Advance project area by October of this year - Sep 1, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/oceanic-iron-ore-corp-assay…

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Gaddafi droht weiter; Gaddafi kündigt per Audiobotschaft "langen Krieg" an - DPA, TRIPOLIS/ISTANBUL/PARIS - Sep 1, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/aufruhr-arabien/13562654-…

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5 Aktien die auch Warren Buffett auf dem Schirm hat


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+ extrem niedriges KGV <8
+ hohe Dividendenrenditen
+ geringes Verlustrisiko

+ Bisher haben NUUUR XXX &Warren Buffett diese Aktien im Visier ...
www.value-telegramm.de

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Strike Gold - Acquires Two Graphite Projects in Saskatchewan, Canada - Sep 1, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Strike-Acquires-Two-Graphite-c…

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Stolen radioactive material from Namibia's Trekkopje mine recovered - MW/Reuters, WINDHOEK - Sep 2, 2011
www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=134720&s…

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Deutsche arbeiten länger; Beschäftigte arbeiten im Schnitt eineinhalb Stunden mehr, wieder genauso lang wie vor der Wirtschaftskrise - DPA, FRANKFURT/ESSEN - Sep 2, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/beruf/karriere/13571256-studie-deutsc…

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Libyen-Gelder sollen fließen; Pariser Konferenz verspricht großzügige Hilfen bei Wiederaufbau - DPA, PARIS/TRIPOLIS - Sep 2, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/nachrichten/aufruhr-arabien/13570296-…

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NSL Consolidated - QLD Thermal Coal 6.6-18.7 Bt Exploration Target - Jul 18, 2011

HL:

+ Final due diligence on acquisition of Queensland exploration permits for coal(EPC Applications) 2198, 2336, 2337 &2338 is now complete – settlement of the acquisition has occurred;

+ In addition to previously established exploration target of between 500 million &600 million tonnes1 of thermal coal for EPC Application 2198(South Bulburrum), Independent Geologist’s Report in relation to EPC Applications 2336, 2337, 2338 establishes exploration target of between 6.6 billion &18.1 billion tonnes1 of thermal coal product in the Winton Formation;

+ Independent Geologist’s Report confirms that the Winton Formation is the main targeted coal-bearing structure, similar in mineralisation style to East Energy Resources(ASX:EER) 1.2 billion tonne JORC Inferred resource @the Blackall Coal Deposit(EPC 1149)2;

+ Proposed initial exploration plan, including drilling, now under review. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=NSL&E=ASX&N=549344

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Raumschiff bei Testflug zerstört ; Rückschlag für die Weltraumpläne des Amazon-Gründers &Milliardärs Jeff Bezos: Ein unbemanntes Raumschiff seines Raumfahrtunternehmens Blue Origin musste bei einem Testflug wegen einer Panne zerstört werden - W - Sep 3, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/weltraum/13580128-raumschiff-v…

"Wegen einer "Fluginstabilität" habe der Antrieb des Gefährts abgeschaltet werden müssen, das Raumschiff sei in einer Höhe von 13.700 Metern verloren gegangen, teilte Blue Origin mit. Das Unternehmen bestätigte damit einen Bericht des "Wall Street Journal", wonach das Raumschiff bereits am 24. August bei einem Testflug zerstört wurde.


"Das ist ein Ausgang, den sich keiner von uns gewünscht hatte, aber wir wissen, dass das eine harte Aufgabe ist", erklärte Blue Origin. Vor drei Monaten habe das zweite Testraumschiff des Unternehmens einen Test erfolgreich absolviert. Nun werde ein neues Gefährt gebaut.

http://images.ui-portal.de/images/130/13580130,pd=1,h=300,w=…


Blue Origin will künftig Flüge für Weltraumtouristen anbieten, bereits 2006 gab es einen ersten Testflug. Das Unternehmen hält seine Forschung in der Wüste des US-Bundesstaates Texas vor den Augen der Öffentlichkeit weitestgehend verborgen. Bezos war mit dem 1994 von ihm gegründeten Internetkaufhaus Amazon zum Milliardär geworden. Er ist nach wie vor Chef des Unternehmens. "

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 2, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Lahm ist "absolut unqualifiziert" ; Ex-Bundestrainer Jürgen Klinsmann kritisiert Buch-Autor Lahm scharf - DPA, BERLIN - Sep 3, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/sport/fussball/nationalelf/13584336-k…

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Das seltenste Element der Erde ; Astat: In der gesamten Erdhülle gibt es nur einige Billionstel Gramm ; partly known as Kryptonit - W - Sep 2, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/wissen/mensch/13581010-astat-ist-das-…

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‘Never seen before’ copper price spikes ahead – Revett CEO; The copper price might hit $5/lb to $6/lb in the next three to five years, as the world experiences a supply shortfall, TSX- &NYSE-listed Revett Minerals CEO John Shanahan said on Friday. “I’m convinced there’s going to be a copper shortage over the next three to five years. I think it’s going to be a significant shortage, so if there’s any short term supply interruptions, like strikes, we’re going to see spikes in copper prices that we’ve never seen before,” he told Mining Weekly Online - MW, TORONTO - Sep 3, 2011

- M. Hill -
www.miningweekly.com/article/never-seen-before-copper-price-…

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Forécariah project key to Guinea’s iron-ore sector – Bellzone CEO - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Sep 2, 2011

- Brindaveni Naidoo -
www.miningweekly.com/article/forcariah-project-key-to-guinea…

"JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Bellzone Mining’s Forécariah joint venture (JV) project remained key to the development of the iron-ore sector in Guinea, as well as to the growing importance of West Africa as an iron-ore producer globally, CEO Nik Zuks said on Friday.


“Progress continues at a fast pace with several key long-lead items purchased and clearing of the route to port complete, ensuring we remain on schedule and on budget,” he added.

Bellzone Mining and China International Fund are partners on the Forécariah JV project, which remains on schedule to start production in the first quarter of 2012.

Progress includes the completion of the mining and processing feasibility study and key long-lead items have been purchased including the crushing and screening plant, the road haulage truck fleet, mining haulage fleet, earthmoving equipment, accommodation camp and the drill and blasting equipment.

A vessel has been chartered, leaving China in early October, to deliver the purchased equipment and plant to Guinea.

Further, the existing road upgrade and new road construction to support the bulk ore road trains will be done in five sections, which have been awarded to Guinea-based contractors for the grub and clear work, which is now complete.

Construction contracts for three sections have been awarded to Guinean contractors and the contracts for the remaining two sections will be awarded shortly.

China Communications and Construction Company (CCCC) and Second Harbour Consultants have completed the port feasibility study, which has been presented to the government and work will start once approval has been received.

Port engineering, procurement, construction and management contracts have been awarded to CCCC and detailed engineering and procurement activities are in progress.

Permission to start land acquisition and clearance has been submitted to the government and is expected to start in September. "

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China Gold International Resources - Announces a 443% Increase in The Measured &Indicated Resource @its Jiama Copper Gold Mine: 1,006 million tonnes @0.41% Cu, 0.044 % Mo, 5 g Ag/t, 0.10 g Au/t, 0.02% Pb &0.02% Zn M &I &170.1 M tons @0.51% Cu, 0.048 % Mo, 9.48 g Ag/t, 0.17 g Au/t, 0.07% Pb &0.04% Zn Inferred; will Proceed with Planning to Support a Major Mine Expansion - Aug 25, 2011
www.chinagoldintl.com/i/pdf/2011-Aug25-NR.pdf

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Atacama Pacific Gold - Reports Initial Cerro Maricunga Gold Resource Estimate of 1.62 Million Ounces Indicated &1.95 Million Ounces Inferred - Aug 24, 2011
www.atacamapacific.com/investors/pdf/news-110824.pdf

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Mawson West - Announces Positive Feasibility Study for Dikulushi Cutback Project - Aug 29, 2011

HL:

+ Proven &Probable Mineral Reserves of 539 kt @6.1% Copper(Cu) &182g/t silver(Ag), @$3.50/lb Cu &$30/oz Ag.

+ Existing processing capacity of 500 ktpa. All feed is sulphide ore with budgeted Cu recoveries of 90% Cu &Ag(based on plant actuals for same material).

+ Expected concentrate grade of >50% Cu &>1500g/t Ag(based on actual plant recoveries from same material).

+ Anticipated 12 month pre-strip costing $61 million, fully funded from Mawson’s existing cash reserves, &paid back in <12 months.

+ Anticipated operating costs of $1.46/lb Cu($0.10/lb Cu exclusive of duties &taxes, depreciation &amortization, &net of silver credit).

+ @$3.50/lb Cu, &10% discount rate the net present value(“NPV”) is $116 million(90% or $104 million apportioned to Mawson) with an internal rate of return(“IRR”) of 128%.

+ Upside potential as current reserves do not include Dikulushi underground, Kazumbula or Boomgate deposits &Mawson is in the process of drilling additional exploration prospects within a 50km radius of Dikulushi. ...
www.mawsonwest.com.au/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/935-176…

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Victory Nickel - Estimates 21 Million to 34 Million Tonne @0.49% to 0.59% total nickel Exploration Target Mineralisation(ETMI) in Minago North Limb, Any resources identified in the North Limb would be in addition to the known total nickel resource of 54.2 million tonnes M &I &14.6 million tonnes Inferred in the Minago Nose deposit - Aug 16, 2011
http://cnrp.marketwire.com/cnrp_files/20110816-ni816.pdf

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Western Lithium - Significantly Upgrades its Kings Valley Lithium Resource in Nevada, USA: now totals 37.3Mt @0.40% lithium M &I +24.2Mt @0.386% lithium - Jul 14, 2011
www.westernlithium.com/news-items/4608

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European Goldfields - Resources &Reserves Updated; Economics Confirmed; COO Appointed - Jul 15, 2011

HL:

+ The Company has completed an update to its Resource and Reserve Statement("NI 43-101") for the Skouries &Olympias projects to reflect the current environment for costs &commodity prices, to account for the timing in the receipt of the permit &the implementation of the Business Development Plan approved under the EIS.


The key elements of the update for the Greek assets are as follows:

+ A net increase in the total Skouries &Olympias Measured &Indicated Mineral Resources(over previously filed NI 43-101 report) to 9.6 million ounces of gold &1,205kt of copper. In addition there is a newly declared Inferred Resource of 828,000 ounces of gold &288,000t of copper @Skouries;

+ This update increases the Company's total Measured &Indicated Resources inclusive of Reserves to 23.8 million gold equivalent ounces &attributable Proven &Probable Reserves to 18.1 million gold equivalent ounces;

+ Projected total initial capital expenditures to primary gold production of US$300 million for Skouries &US$165 million for Olympias;

+ Forecast combined average life of mine cash operating costs in the lowest quartile globally @US$350-US$400/oz.

+ David Cather has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. Mr. Cather has a 25 year track record in the mining industry &previously worked for De Beers &Anglo American.

+ Goldman Sachs International has been appointed to assist in the evaluation of a potential move from AIM to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. Lazard & Co., Limited will also provide financial advice in connection with such evaluation. ...
www.egoldfields.com/egoldfields/regulatorynews_item.jsp?ric=…

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Miners should look @protection measures as nationalism tide rises; Resource nationalism, which is seen as the number-one threat to the mining industry, is not only limited to Africa, with @least 25 countries globally raising the issue in some form, Melbourne-based law firm Gilbert Tobin said on Friday. Some of the countries said to be looking @options of nationalisition included China, India, Australia, Canada, the US, Brazil, Peru &Chile - MW, PERTH - Sep 2, 2011

- Esmarie Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/miners-should-look-at-protectio…

"PERTH (miningweekly.com) − Resource nationalism, which is seen as the number-one threat to the mining industry, is not only limited to Africa, with at least 25 countries globally raising the issue in some form, Melbourne-based law firm Gilbert Tobin said on Friday.

Some of the countries said to be looking at options of nationalisition included China, India, Australia, Canada, the US, Brazil, Peru and Chile.

But in Africa alone, at least ten countries have either increased, or announced an intention to increase the take of the State from resource projects, including South Africa, Zambia, Ghana and Tanzania, Gilbert Tobin partner Michael Blakiston said at the final day of the Africa Downunder conference in Perth.

The mining sector was seen an easy target for governments looking to retain or gain wealth, as it was thought to be highly profitable.

“The attraction of the mining industry to a state is that simplistically, the industry appears to be highly profitable due to the high commodity prices which are repeatedly headlined.”

Blakiston warned that while some individual companies posted extraordinary profits, the industry as a whole was experiencing significant cost pressures despite the high commodity prices.

“The State should not be seduced by the performance of these companies, as they do not represent the endeavours of the industry as a whole.”

He said that it was often as a result of miscommunication that governments operated under a false impression regarding the profitability of the resources sector.

Examples of nationalistion were not limited to the expropriation of mining projects, but included black-economic empowerment, resource rent taxes, new mining acts, state participation, amendments to royalty rates and even beneficiation.

“Beneficiation in itself is incredibly important, but not all minerals can be beneficiated within a country. So why pass a law that you must do it, or suffer a penalty?” Blakiston asked.

He told delegates that an increasingly common occurrence has been that penalties or changes to the mining laws were being effected without prior consultation with the resources sector, or the players within that sector.

“We have had examples in Africa where due to the trouble that individual countries have faced, they make statutory changes which in some cases have had extraordinary results. When asked in forums how they came to this decision and what modeling and consultation was done, it hasn’t occurred.”

“That’s not the way to progress industry, or to treat industry,” Blakiston said.

He added that the issue of resource nationalism was being added to an already significant list of demands already being placed in the mining industry, including social responsibility in the form of community developments and training and education responsibilities, environmental protection, technology transfer, and issues of transparency.

However, Blakiston noted that companies were provided with a measure of protection in the form of existing national legislation, the implementation of development or investment agreements and state agreements, as well as bilateral investment treaties.

He said that companies had to investigate adding clauses to their contracts prior to developing resource projects, which would include a hardship clause, political force majeure and expropriation clauses, along with political risk insurance.

Other protection measures included continuous engagement between the mining company and the state, as well as continuous engagement with foreign states and aid donors, as well as the creation of an active chamber of mines.

“Companies need an active chamber of mines, not only to protect a company’s individual identity, but to allow a push-back on a protected basis.”

Blakiston’s comments echoed that of Ernst & Young (E&Y), which ranked resource nationalism as the top business risk for mining and metals companies in its latest mining and metals risk report.

In the E&Y survey, published last month, resource nationalism jumped from the number four spot in the 2010 rankings. The global skills shortage remained in second spot. "

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Levon Resources - Reports 1st Bulk Tonnage NI 43-101 Compliant Resource @its Cordero Project in Mexiko - Jun 21, 2011

+ An indicated resource of 521.6 million tonnes(MT) containing: 310.9 million ounces(Moz) silver, 0.908 Moz gold, 5.3 billion pounds(Blbs) zinc &2.9 Blbs lead.

+ An inferred resource of 200.9 MT containing: 139.9 Moz silver, 0.229 Moz gold, 2.2 Blbs zinc &1.2 Blbs lead.


Using a USD $15 NSR cutoff, a subset of the total Mineral Resource within the open pit geometry includes:

+ An indicated resource of 170.7 MT containing: 173.9 Moz silver, 0.466 Moz gold, 2.7 Blbs zinc &1.7 Blbs lead.

+ An inferred resource of 65.5 MT containing: 88.4 Moz silver, 0.094 Moz Au, 1.2 Blbs zinc &0.7 Blbs lead. ...
www.levon.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=463262&_Type=News-…

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Extract advancing Husab financing talks, strategic partner still an option; Uranium hopeful Extract Resources said on Friday that the development decision on its $1.66-billion Husab uranium project, in Namibia, would only be taken once financing for the project has been locked in. Extract project manager Andrew Penkethman said @the Africa Downunder conference that the development decision would also be dependent on the granting of a mining licence - MW, PERTH - Sep 2, 2011

- Esmarie Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/extract-advancing-husab-financi…

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African Metals - exceeds projected targets with Resource Update @the Luisha South Project, Katanga Provence / DRC, increasing contained Copper &Cobalt by 114 % &90 % respectively: revised resource as estimated includes 14.7Mt @1.1% Cu &0.3% Co Inferred - Aug 29, 2011
www.africanmetals.com/EN/home/home_article.asp?y=21999&c=41

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Cadillac Ventures - Thierry Mine Updated Mineral Resource Estimate Increases Measured &Indicated by 33% &Inferred by 75%: updated Resource estimate consists of 8,281,000 Measured &Indicated tonnes @1.73% Cu &0.20% Ni, &14,639,000 Inferred tonnes @1.70% Cu &0.16% Ni, using a cut-off NSR of C$46.30/tonne - Sep 1, 2011
www.cadillacventures.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=476701

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Ammonia leaching technology replaces sulphuric acid - MW - Sep 2, 2011

- Natasha Odendaal -
www.miningweekly.com/article/ammonia-leaching-technology-rep…

"Minerals processing technology firm MC Process has been appointed the global tech- nical partner for London-listed Alexander Mining to introduce an ammonia leaching process into the African market for the first time.

The AmmLeach process, which was developed by Alexander Mining in 2007, uses ammonia-based chemistry to selectively extract, besides others, copper, zinc, nickel and cobalt from ore deposits.

“The process is more environment friendly than conventional acid heap leaching, which uses sulphuric acid to dissolve copper and cobalt. AmmLeach is also selective in that it will not dissolve all available nonspecific metals, such as iron and manganese, along with the copper or cobalt, as sulphuric acid does,” says MC Process CEO Mark Craddock.

Further, the solvent extraction process is simpler and can save time as, following on a solvent-extraction electro- winning process for copper, the process immediately moves to cobalt extraction.

Meanwhile, MC Process is currently undertaking the testing of and planning for three projects awarded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two of the projects comprise the installation of a heap-leach copper and cobalt solvent extraction electowinning (SXEW) plant, while the third project comprises the installation of a combination agitating leach and heap-leach copper/ cobalt SXEW plant.

Construction of the plants is expected to start within six months, with commissioning by mid-2012, Craddock adds.

Other technologies devel- oped by MC Process include a new, patented, froth-flotation cell, which entered the market in July. This cell uses a combination of technologies to integrate copper recovery, using two flotation processes.

Besides other features, the cell technology comprises an internal sparge column, with its own froth launder for fast floating materials, and a large-volume external cell with its own launder and a mechanical forced-air mechanism, which allows more resi- dence time for the slower floating materials, he says.

Further developments include the introduction of a new, patented inverted cone-design paste thickener. The cone, which faces upwards into the thickener, is ground supported, eliminating the need for structural supports. The paste is also withdrawn from the periphery of the thickener, as opposed to the centre of the cone, which results in faster water recovery, a reduced environmental footprint and faster production of pumpable paste, he says.

MC Process has also developed a low-cost, pure composite flocculent plant, which is believed to be five times stronger than steel, lightweight, durable and noncorrosive, Craddock says.

Meanwhile, the company reports that there is increasing interest in the company’s solvent-extraction pilot plant systems.

MC Process is currently constructing a turnkey solvent- extraction plant for platinum-group metals recovery for one of the top three platinum producers in South Africa.

The South African-designed plant computerises phase disengagement and measures the conductivity of the organic, or aqueous, phase. Further, the plant can be remotely monitored for crud build-up and phase disen- gagement, or shift challenges. "

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Sheffield Resources - 1.8Mt Maiden Resource @Yandanooka HMS Project; MD: "This is a terrific result for our shareholders &a great achievement by Sheffield’s exploration team, just eight months after listing. Yandanooka has many attributes which are favourable for mining - the deposit is @surface, close to established infrastructure, &has a high value mineral assemblage. We will now investigate its feasibility for near term development. Yandanooka is just one of several heavy mineral sand projects held by Sheffield in the North Perth Basin. Our strategy is to carefully evaluate each project with a view to sequential mining with a mobile plant. Importantly, Sheffield’s maiden HMS resource coincides with strengthening prices in the supply constrained titanium dioxide &zircon markets" - Aug 16, 2011

HL:

+ Maiden Resource estimated @Yandanooka HMS project: 71.75 million tonnes(Mt) @2.6% of heavy mineral(HM) containing 1.84Mt HM(Indicated &Inferred)

+ Includes 37.5Mt @3.8% HM containing 1.41Mt HM as an Indicated Resource within a High-Grade core to the deposit.

+ Yandanooka deposit is @surface, close to existing infrastructure &has a high value mineral assemblage: 11.5% zircon, 6.9% rutile, 10.2% leucoxene &61.9% ilmenite. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SFX&E=ASX&N=553327

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Botswana to lift coal licence moratorium by month-end; Botswana, which is seeking to diversify its mining output away from diamonds, would lift a moratorium on new coal prospecting licences by the end of the month, Trade &Industry Minister Dorcas Makgato-Malesu said on Friday. Botswana froze the issuing of new prospecting licences for coal &coal bed methane in July, pending the finalisation of a coal roadmap on how to manage &optimise the benefits from the estimated 212-billion tons of coal - MW, PERTH - Sep 2, 2011

- Esmarie Swanepoel -
www.miningweekly.com/article/botswana-to-lift-coal-prospecti…

"PERTH (miningweekly.com) − Botswana, which is seeking to diversify its mining output away from diamonds, would lift a moratorium on new coal prospecting licences by the end of the month, Trade and Industry Minister Dorcas Makgato-Malesu said on Friday.

Botswana froze the issuing of new prospecting licences for coal and coal-bed methane in July, pending the finalisation of a coal road map on how to manage and optimise the benefits from the estimated 212-billion tons of coal.

Neighbouring South Africa, which is the world’s fifth-largest coal producer, is also developing a coal road map to consider different scenarios for future development of its domestic coal sector and infrastructure needed to support development.

Makgato-Malesu, who was speaking at the last day of Africa Downunder conference, in Perth, said that Botswana is looking at ways to diversify its resources output away from diamonds, specifically to coal.

“On many levels, we have to go back to the drawing board in terms of the current legislation that we have for [mineral resources], for them to be aligned with our strategy for coal, coal-bed methane, and diamond and precious stone cutting and to deal with downstream activities.”

Makgato-Malesu said that the Botswana government was also looking at developing prospecting laws applicable to the natural gas industry.

“Overall, we are looking at product diversification, active exploration on coal and coal-bed methane, especially in the centre of the country, and active exploration for other minerals such as uranium, copper, nickel and rare-earth metals. With the huge appetite that exists for the other resources, it makes sense for us to do so beyond just diamonds.”

Botswana aims to become a primary supplier of coal, she stated.

“Lots of people talk of black diamonds, and we believe that beyond our diamonds, if you look at the amount of coal that we have in our country, at the supply deficit in the region, and at the increasing international demand, you will see that there is great potential for us to mine coal and do all the related downstream activities, and this will add more value to our economy. More so than the diamonds have.”

However, Makgato-Malesu noted that to enable the shift in resource focus, Botswana had to address specific infrastructure issues, specifically related to export.

She said that the government was currently looking to augment its export capacity through South Africa with a dry port in Namibia. The country was also looking at rail links with both Namibia and Mozambique.

The country would also seek infrastructure links with the African states to the north.

Meanwhile, Makgato-Malesu noted that the current mining policy in Botswana was aimed at maximising the return to the local economy while maintaining a competitive environment for investment.

“We have been very successful in terms of partnerships. These are not mandatory, but optional partnerships that we have developed over the years. We continue to encourage the private sector to invest, and while there is the option for the government to take a 15% equity in projects by paying for the stake, we press for the private sector to come in and do business, like it's supposed to happen.” "

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Sherwin Iron - Roper River Resource soars 58% to 168Mt - Sep 5, 2011

HL:

+ Maiden inferred resource estimate @Mt Fisher of 15.6Mt @44.0% Fe

+ Maiden Sherwin Creek Resource expected late October ´11 ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SHD&E=ASX&N=555849

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Asian Activities Report for September 1, 2011: CBD Energy (ASX:CBD) Signs Management Agreement with the AusChina Energy Joint Venture - ABNNW - Sep 1, 2011
www.abnnewswire.net/press/en/69322/Asian_Activities_Report_f…
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CBD&E=ASX&N=646996

"Sydney, Sep 1, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - CBD Energy (ASX:CBD) has signed an agreement to participate in the management of the AusChina Energy Joint Venture. AusChina is the culmination of several years of discussions and relationship building by each shareholder - CBD Energy, China Datang Corp Renewable Power Co Ltd (HKG:1798) and Tianwei Baobian Electric Co (SHA:600550), two of China’s biggest renewable energy companies . AusChina intends to acquire or develop A$6 billion projects over the next eight years, with an objective of owning one third of Australia's renewable energy base by 2020. "

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Venturex Resources - 45% Increase in Sulphur Springs Cu-Zn Reserve: 5.663Mt @1.9% Cu, 4.3% Zn; 0.2% Pb &18g/t Ag, for a 3.0% CuEquiv. - Sep 2, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=VXR&E=ASX&N=555688

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Scandinavian Resources - Kiruna Iron Metallurgical Summary - Sep 5, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SCR&E=ASX&N=555913


Kiruna Iron Drilling &Assay Update - Sep 6, 2011

HL:

+ Updated global JORC Resource for the Kiruna Iron Project scheduled for late in 2nd Quarter ´11/´12

+ Preliminary metallurgical testwork confirms that Kiruna Iron Project mineralisation could produce a high quality iron concentrate(+70% Fe)

+ In the tradition of mining iron in Kiruna, all Kiruna Iron AB prospects are being considered as open pit mining opportunities


+ ‘Flagship’ Rakkurijoki Prospect(6km from Kiruna)

- Drilling ongoing with two drill rigs in-filling the JORC inferred mineral resource

- Drilling results indicate iron mineralisation starts @surface &is ‘open’ beyond 400m

- Highly encouraging assays results received


+ Puoltsa Prospect

- Initial iron results confirm the wide historical drill intercepts


+ Laukkujärvi Prospect

- Initial iron results provide "encouragement" for further drill testing


+ General

- PhaseI exploration drilling has now been completed for a total of 14,202m

- PhaseII infill drilling of Rakkurijoki now underway with two drill rigs on site

- Detailed ground geophysical surveys commenced @Rakkurijärvi ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SCR&E=ASX&N=556011

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Eritrea potash mine to start production in ´16; Minerals developer South Boulder Mines plans to open the world’s 1st openpit potash mine in Eritrea in ´16, MD Lorry Hughes said on Friday. Speaking in Perth, he said that a definitive feasibility study had commenced on the Colluli potash project, which would cost between $500-million &$750-million to deliver - MW, PERTH - Sep 2, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/eritrea-potash-mine-to-start-pr…
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=STB&E=ASX&N=555707

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Liberia expects to ship 1st post-war iron, gold soon; Liberia is poised to reap the rewards of its mineral riches once again, with the 1st shipment of iron ore produced since the end of its decades-long civil war expected later this year &gold production due to resume in as soon as six months. Liberia, one of the world's poorest countries, is still recovering from the ´89-´03 war that decimated its mining industry which, before ´90, contributed >25% to GDP - MW/Reuters, PERTH - Sep 2, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/liberia-expects-to-ship-first-p…

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G-Resources - Reports a 1st Resource for the Tor Uluala Gold &Silver Deposit, @Martabe - Sep 5, 2011

HL:

+ The Tor Uluala Mineral Resource contains an estimated 730,000 ounces of gold &4,290,000 ounces of silver @an average grade of 1.0 g/t gold &6.0 g/t silver. A total of 81 diamond drill holes for 17,554m were used to define the resource.

+ This 5 September ´11 Mineral Resource estimate is the 2nd of three resource estimates planned for ´11 &follows a program of diamond drilling to delineate the Purnama Timur, Horas &Tor Uluala Deposits.

+ With the recent Purnama Timur maiden Resource statement this brings the additional resources in ´11 to date to 960,000 ounces of gold &6,400,000 ounces of silver. G-Resources Group‟s JORC compliant &classified Mineral Resources as @5 September ´11 are estimated to contain 7.46 million ounces of gold &72.6 million ounces of silver. A further upgrade will be announced when a maiden resource for the nearby Horas Deposit has been completed.

+ All the Martabe deposits remain open in several directions.

+ G-Resources acquired the Martabe project in July ´09 @which time the total estimated resource was 138.1 Mt @1.3 g/t gold &14 g/t silver for 5.905 million ounces of gold &61.498 million ounces of silver. With this September ´11 resource estimate, G-Resources has added an estimated 1.55 million ounces of gold &11.1 million ounces of silver to the Martabe deposits representing an increase of 26.2% for gold resource &18.1% for silver resource. ...
www.irasia.com/listco/hk/gresources/announcement/a79033-e_1s…

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Six firms awarded Australian petroleum exploration permits - MW, PERTH - Jul 8, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/six-firms-awarded-australian-pe…

"PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Federal Resources and Energy Minster Martin Ferguson on Friday granted petroleum exploration permits to six companies, including US-based Chevron, Apache and Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production.


The six companies have been given a total of ten permits to explore for oil and gas in Australian waters off the Western Australian and South Australian coasts in areas open for bidding under the 2010 offshore petroleum acreage release.

The exploration work that followed would have a combined value of nearly A$137-million over three years, Ferguson said, with further investment possible, depending on initial findings.

The Minister said that broadening the country’s geological frontiers stood to make Australia less reliant on fuel imports which, in turn, enhances energy security.

“Australia has a A$16-billion trade deficit in crude oil, refined products and liquefied petroleum gas. That figure may double within four years. So everyone who fills up at the bowser has a stake in future discoveries,” Minister Ferguson said.

“But we must meet our energy security requirements in a way that also ensures the safety of workers and the environment. By integrating the lessons of what happened at Montara, we are making sure our oil and gas industry continues to be among the best and safest in the world.”

Ferguson noted that earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed a package of bills that would further strengthen existing arrangements by establishing a single national offshore petroleum regulator consistent with the core recommendation of the Montara Commission of Inquiry.

“The exploration activities to be undertaken in the Bight region will also be subject to additional conditions, attached to the two permits, recognising the region’s importance in terms of tourism, agriculture and the marine environment.”

The Minister said that local communities could have confidence that the highest and most stringent safety standards would apply to exploration, with any future work subject to further environmental and regulatory approval processes.

In line with the deed of agreement between PTT, the operator of Montara and the Australian government, Ferguson said that additional conditions have been placed on the permit granted to the company in the Bonaparte basin off Western Australia.

These revolved mostly around design and operational safety. "

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Highlands Pacific - Frieda Resource Update: >2billion tons @0.45% copper, 0.22 g/t gold &0.7 g/t silver - Sep 2, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=HIG&E=ASX&N=234879

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Cabral Resources - Positive Aeromagnetic Survey &Exploration Results - Sep 6, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CBS&E=ASX&N=647669

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Hot Chili - 1st Resource @Productora; has commenced a 55,000m reverse circulation(RC) &8,000m diamond(DD) drilling programme which aims to expand the initial resource adjacent to, along strike, &@depth - Sep 6, 2011

HL:

+ Resource estimate of 85.1Mt grading 0.6% copper, 0.1g/t gold &146g/t molybdenum

+ Contained metal of 483,000 tonnes of copper, 290,000 ounces of gold &12,418 tonnes of molybdenum

+ Resource from surface(no pre-strip)

+ 37% Indicated &63% Inferred classification

+ Resource confined to central 1.4km extent of project, representing only 15% of Productora’s 9.5km mineralised trend.

+ Aggressive drilling programme has now re-commenced ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=HCH&E=ASX&N=556009

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EMED Mining - Provides Update on Permitting Progress for its Rio Tinto Mine - Sep 6, 2011
www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EMED.L

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Hathor Exploration - Intersects 42 m of 2.95% U3O8 @Far East Zone, as Roughrider Continues to Grow; highest GT to date on Far East, &the 12th highest GT of the nearly 400 drill holes completed on the entire deposit - Sep 6, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/hathor-intersects-42-m-of-2…
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H2O Innovation - Professional Water Technologies Enters Into a Sales Representation Agreement With Omya, a leading global producer of industrial minerals , &a worldwide distributor of chemical products, for EMEA Market - Sep 6, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/H2O-Innovations-Professional-c…

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"Größter Kiffer seit Bob Marley" - W - Sep 6, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/musik/klatsch-tratsch/13600316-lenny-…

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Inca Pacific Resources - Compania Minera Milpo S.A.A. to Acquire Inca Pacific Resources Inc. - Sep 6, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/compania-minera-milpo-saa-t…

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Vista Gold - Announces Increased Estimated Gold Resources @the Batman Deposit @its Mt. Todd Gold Project, Northern Territory, Australia: total mineral resource estimate for the Batman deposit is now 5.98 million ounces of measured &indicated mineral resources(1) &2.61 million ounces of inferred mineral resources(2) - Sep 6, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Vista-Gold-Corp-Announces-prne…" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Vista-Gold-Corp-Announces-prne…

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Intra Energy - signs Agreement for Port Facilities - Aug 26, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=IEC&E=ASX&N=646087


Intra Energy Completes Acquisition of Coal Mining Licence - AI - 6-Sep-2011
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=41692
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=IEC&E=ASX&N=647734

"Intra Energy Corporation Limited (IEC) have announced that it has completed the acquisition of coal leases in the Songwe-Kiwira Coalfield, lying to the north of Lake Nyasa in southwest Tanzania. IEC has acquired a 70% interest in the Songwe-Kabulo Mining Licence SML235 and 3 surrounding Prospecting Licences and will hold its interest through the recently incorporated company, Tanzacoal East Africa Mining Limited.

IEC is currently considering several operating scenarios, which will supplement production from its current Mbalawala mine operations.

IEC have also announced that it has received a Resource Estimate Report from JB Mining Services Pty Ltd, which has confirmed a JORC coal resource of 100 million tonnes comprising 74.7 million tonnes Indicated and 25 million tonnes Inferred, at the “Kabulo” deposit situated within SML235 of the Songwe-Kiwira Coalfield.
Estimates were prepared in accordance with the “Australian Guidelines for the Estimating and Reporting of Inventory Coal, Coal Resources and Coal Reserves” (March 2003). Resources are reported in compliance with the Joint Ore Reserves Committee’s “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves ~ The JORC Code ~ 2004 Edition”. "

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Scandinavian Resources - Cooperation Agreement with Boliden - Sep 6, 2011

HL:

+ Cooperation agreement with Boliden Mineral AB allows Kiruna Iron AB(KIAB) to earn 100% interest in Lannavaara iron rights

+ Lannavaara contains a 74 – 92Mt @34 – 41% Fe JORC Exploration Target 1 last drilled in the ´70’s

+ Lannavaara adjoins KIAB’s highest priority greenfields iron exploration project called Paljasjärvi &together the two prospects form the “Lannavaara Hub” – refer Location Map on attached document

+ The global JORC Exploration Target for the Kiruna Iron Project is 218 – 323Mt @32 – 39% Fe 1,2(updated on 6 September ´11)

+ The global JORC Resource for the Kiruna Iron Project is 412Mt @39% Fe(reported to ASX on 29 July ´11)

+ Agreement further consolidates KIAB into Europe’s #1 iron district ...
www.scandinavianresources.com/reports/323-110902-xFinal-Boli…
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=SCR&E=ASX&N=556176

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Alexco Resource - Intersects 6.04 Meters of 31.5 Ounces Per Ton Silver, @Flame &Moth, Significantly Expands Mineralized Zone - Sep 7, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/alexco-intersects-604-meter…

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Padbury start prep work @Telecom Hill - AI - 7-Sep-2011
www.australianinvestor.com.au/news.asp?id=41701
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=PDY&E=ASX&N=556227

"Padbury Mining Limited (ASX:PDY) and joint venture partner Aurium Resources Limited (ASX:AGU) have announced that preparatory works have commenced at Telecom Hill in readiness for its $5.5 million drilling program, which will commence later this month.

Track access works are underway to facilitate the extensive RC and diamond drilling programs.
“This is an exciting time for the JV partners as we aim to prove up a Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) source at Telecom Hill,” Padbury Managing Director Gary Stokes said.

“We are now on track to start the largest drilling program in the JV partner‟s short Mid-West iron ore exploration history.”

This drilling program aims to further increase and upgrade the already defined JORC compliant inferred resource of 850Mt @ 27.3% Fe with the first priority within the program to be aimed at a DSO exploration target of 10-55Mt at 55-58% Fe'. "

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Krucible Metals - Increase for Inferred Korella Yttrium Resource; Inferred Resource has increased from 4.2Mt @0.96kg/t Y2O3 to 6.05Mt @0.92kg/t Y2O3, representing an increase of 40% in contained Y2O3; Company expects further increase in JORC Inferred Resource when all analytical results are received in 3-5 weeks' time - Sep 7, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=KRB&E=ASX&N=235036

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 6, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 7, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Riverstone Resources - Reports 62.8 g/t Gold over 16 metres, @Yaramoko - Sep 7, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/correction-riverstone-repor…

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ZYL - Significant Increase in Open Cut Resources, 373% - Sep 7,2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=ZYL&E=ASX&N=556180

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Baja Mining - Commences Underground Mining, @Boleo - Sep 7, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/baja-mining-commences-under…

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Apollo Minerals - Initial Iron Exploration Target, @Commonwealth Hill - Sep 2, 2011

HL:

+ Review has confirmed potential for iron mineralisation in the form of both Direct Shipping Ore(DSO) &coarse grained magnetite

+ Historical drilling @St Andrews Prospect shows Direct Shipping Ore(DSO) grade, near-surface iron mineralisation:

- 24m @56.4% Fe from 12m, including
- 4m @70% Fe from 20m


+ Magnetic data review has identified other anomalies with a combined strike length in excess of 30km

+ Initial Exploration Target1 @Sequoia Prospect has been estimated to range between 40 to 80 million tonnes of magnetic iron mineralisation @an expected grade of 25 –35% Fe over a 1km strike length ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AON&E=ASX&N=647269

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Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Triple Win; By ´50, the world will need 70% more food. See how climate-smart agriculture can help - WB - Sep11
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-pA1Ee02U

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Open Knowledge Aids Problem-Solving on Green Growth, ICT; New model of development problem-solving taps open-source technology, social networks, &innovators - WB - Aug 29, 2011
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:…

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Key to Africa’s Progress in Water &Sanitation; In Sub-Saharan Africa, an additional $6 billion/year will be needed to accelerate progress toward ´15 goals - WB - Sep11
www.wsp.org/wsp/FeaturesEvents/Features/key-africa-progress-…
www.worldbank.org/wb/slideshows/water-sanitation-sub-saharan…
www.wsp.org/wsp/content/pathways-progress-status-water-and-s…
www.wsp.org/wsp/sites/wsp.org/files/publications/CSO-Synthes…

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Niger Takes Action to Reverse 50 Years of Food Insecurity - WB, WASHINGTON - Sep 1, 2011

+ >half of Niger’s population faces food insecurity

+ A new report points to broader solutions beyond emergency food aid

+ World Bank supports new social safety net to cover a million people ...
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:…

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"10 Most Interesting Gold Stocks" - HGR - Sep 6, 2011

- Kirk -
www.highgradereview.com/10-interesting-gold-stocks-1/

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Africa Oil - Provides Update on Proposed Transfer of Puntland Subsidiaries +Independent Assessment of Prospective Resources: indicates gross best estimate prospective resource in Dharoor Valley +Nugaal Valley Blocks, including both prospects +leads, are in excess of 5.2 billion barrels of oil; net present values from the profit oil revenue less the un-recoverable amount of funds from the production operation; discounted @0, 5, 10, 15 +20% before +after income tax ranges from 0.043 -316.8billion US$ - Sep 7, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/africa-oil-provides-update-…

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Premium Exploration - Acquires Highly Prospective Patented Gold Mining Claims With Industrial Site in the Heart of the Idaho Gold Project - Sep 6, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/premium-exploration-acquire…
http://bit.ly/PropertyAquisitionMapTopo

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Government of Canada Investing in Next Generation Auto R&D - Aug 29, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invest…

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Hastings Rare Metals - Significant Resource Upgrade, @Hastings Project: Total 36.2Mt @8.913ppm ZrO2, 3.546ppm Nb2O5, 182ppm Ta2O5, 110ppm Ga2O5, 318ppm HfO2, 186ppm Dy2O5, 1.120ppm Y2O3, 2.102ppm TREO &1.802ppm HREO - Sep 8, 2011

HL:

+ New JORC-compliant resource estimate of 36.2 million tonnes containing significant rare metals &heavy rare earths.

+ This represents a 307% increase in Indicated Resources to 27.1 million tonnes &a 64% increase in Indicated plus Inferred Resources.

+ Increases of >12% in grades of zirconium, niobium &yttrium.

+ First ever JORC-compliant estimation of the rare metals hafnium &gallium &the heavy rare earth dysprosium.

+ Heavy rare earths grades for dysprosium(186ppm) &yttrium(1,120ppm) compare well with other major deposits &confirm Hastings as a major new source of heavy rare earths.

+ The revised resource estimate relates to 1.8km of strike length – an additional 750 metres of strike extension to the south has been identified Tthe deposit also remains open @depth. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=HAS&E=ASX&N=556334

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Synodon - Signs 1st US Contract with ElPaso, who operates North America’s largest natural gas pipeline system - Sep 6, 2011
www.synodon.com/documents/news_releases/2011-09-06 - Synodon…

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Black Iron - Reports Two Additional Twin Holes With Iron Grades >32% - Sep 8, 2011

+ Assay Results From Two Additional Twin Holes @Shymanivske Continue to Confirm Iron Content, Band Lengths, &Align Well With Historic Reported Results

+ Hole 20347-T Intersected 55.9 Meters Grading 33.8% Iron While Hole 20289-T Intersected 17.7 Meters Grading 32.8% Iron &40.2 Meters Grading 31.4% ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/black-iron-reports-two-addi…

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Wildcat Silver - drill results continue to expand Hermosa mineralization &confirm resource remains open in all directions; drills "up to" 33.5 metres of 230.9 g/t silver, 4.18% manganese, 0.13% zinc, 2.34% lead &0.20% copper &25.5 metres @20.58% manganese, 3.35% zinc &1.01% lead; Five drill rigs are currently progressing exploration @Hermosa, focusing on expanding the size &upgrading the quality of the current resource. An update to the existing Hermosa resource &preliminary economic assessment is expected to be released in the 4th quarter of ´11 - Sep 8, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wildcat-drill-results-cnw-4003…

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Crazy Horse Resources - Updates Resource Calculations, Preliminary Economic Assessment &Provides Clarification of Prior Disclosure - Sep 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/crazy-horse-resources-inc-u…

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Alderon Releases Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment - Sep 8, 2011

Highlights of the Rose Central Kami Iron Ore PEA include:

+ Concentrate production rate of 8 million tonnes/year @a grade of 65.5% iron

+ Commercial production commencing in ´15 with a mine life of 15.3 years

+ Capital cost of US$989 million(excluding closure costs, sustaining capital &leased equipment)

+ Pre-Tax IRR of 40.2%

+ NPV(discounted @8%) of US$3.07 billion

+ Payback period of 2.7 years

+ Total operating cost(excluding royalties) of US$44.87/tonne concentrate(averaged over the life of mine) ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/alderon-releases-positive-p…
http://alderonmining.com/_resources/kami/SitePlan.pdf
www.marketwire.com/library/20110907-adv98.jpg

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Southern Pacific Resource - Completes SAGD Drilling @STP-McKay Thermal Project &Reduces Estimate of Total Project Capital Cost - Aug 31, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/southern-pacific-completes-…

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Lithium One - Defines New Zone of High Grade Lithium-Potash Brine, @Sal de Vida; P/COO: "The higher grade results from the North Basin drilling have outlined a significant new discovery on the Sal de Vida Project, confirming our belief in the project's development +growth potential. The average lithium content in the North Basin is 23% higher than the grade of the Central Basin inferred resource, +the potassium grade is 35% higher. The North Basin salt body is similar to those hosting the resource being produced by FMC to our west from the same salar, +the giant Salar de Atacama lithium operations in Chile. We expect the North Basin to make a significant contribution to the upgraded Sal de Vida resource expected later this year" - Aug 31, 2011

HL:

+ New 50 km2 North Basin drill discovery averaging 852 mg/L Li +10,181 mg/L K

+ North Basin includes halite sequences from surface to >180 metres deep

+ Drill program continues in Central Basin to complete resource upgrade ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/lithium-one-defines-new-zon…

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Blackline GPS - to Preview Ultra Thin Covert Tracker , @Enforcement Expo - Aug 25, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/blackline-to-preview-ultra-…


Blackline Wins ASIS, leading organization for security professionals worldwide, Accolades Security's Best Award ; C. Slater: "It's an honor to have Flat Track selected as one of the top 10 new security solutions by the renowned ASIS International organization. We're pleased that the judging panel recognized Flat Track's ground-breaking design featuring an ultra-slim 8 mm thick profile" - Aug 31, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/blackline-wins-asis-accolad…

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Douglas Lake Minerals - Commences Airborne Survey on Its 800 Km2 Licence in the Handeni District; P/MD: "We eagerly await the results of this airborne survey, as it will further enhance our understanding of our current twelve targets. In addition it is expected to delineate even more potential targets as well as aid the structural interpretation of the geology that is typical of the Handeni district" - Aug 30, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/douglas-lake-commences-airb…

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Montero Mining &Exploration - Identifies a Massive New Zone With Bastnaesite Over 256m @0.6% TREO @the Tumbili Target @the Wigu Hill Rare Earth Project, Tanzania - Sep 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/montero-identifies-massive-…

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IBC Advanced Alloys - Receives Drilling Permit Approvals for ´11 Utah Drill Program, to Quantify Upstream Beryllium Properties in Juab County, Utah, located immediately adjacent to the large Spor Mountain beryllium mine; VPoE: "The ´10 Utah airborne survey identified a number of high interest target zones that are worthy of further investigation with a comprehensive drilling program. The Company's focus is to quantify the potential beryllium mineralization, which we hope will underpin continued downstream manufacturing growth, as well as provide a strategic upstream resource to support our R&D efforts, such as our nuclear fuels initiative, which has the potential to drive future consumption" - Sep 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/ibc-advanced-alloys-receive…

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Globex Mining - Duquesne‐Ottoman Option Inferred Gold Resource Increases 56% -to 4,171,000 tonnes @5.42 g/t (6.36 g/t uncut) hosting 727,000 cut ounces Au/853,000 uncut ounces - Sep 8, 2011
www.kitco.com/pr/1188/article_09082011144440.pdf

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Santa Fe Metals - Don Indio Channel Samples Return Up To 5.63% Copper &25.3 oz/t Silver; P/CEO: "We are extremely pleased with the initial success of the Don Indio sampling program. These initial findings are very encouraging &help to confirm the high grade historic data. Management will be implementing a phaseII sampling program to determine the continuity of the mineralization along strike &down dip on both limbs of the anticline. A subsequent phaseIII program will include underground drilling @the Pilar Grande &San Marcos West deposits to develop a resource for the property" - Sep 7, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/santa-fe-metals-corp-don-in…

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Genomatica - Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, eighth-largest chemical maker in the world , Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Partnership with Genomatica for Sustainable Chemicals in Asia; Includes joint venture for 1st Asian commercial Bio-BDO plant, research &development of additional chemicals, &equity investment - Apr 28, 2011
www.genomatica.com/news/press-releases/mitsubishi-chemical-s…


Novamont, a leader in the production of bioplastics containing renewable raw materials of agricultural origin, &Genomatica to Create Joint Venture for 1st Industrial Plant for BDO from Renewable Feedstocks; Key terms of the LOI include that Novamont will provide the capital needed for construction of the 1st plant. In addition, Novamont will commit to purchase the production output from the 1st plant. Genomatica will have an option on a portion of the BDO production; Initial production expected by the end of ´12 - Aug 18, 2011
www.genomatica.com/news/press-releases/novamont-signs-loi/


Genomatica Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering; number of shares to be offered +the price range for the offering have not yet been determined - Aug 24, 2011
www.genomatica.com/news/press-releases/genomatica-files-regi…

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Columbus Gold - Obtains Drill &Sets Drilling Schedule, @1.9 Million Oz. Paul Isnard Gold Project - Sep 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/columbus-gold-obtains-drill…

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Obama will Wirtschaft mit 450-Milliarden-Programm Schub geben - DPA, WASHINGTON - Sep 9, 2011
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/3388920-obama-will-wirtsc…


Obama: Amerika muss wettbewerbsfähig bleiben ; Jetzt komme es darauf an Jobs zu schaffen, "um Amerika wiederaufzubauen" - DPA, WASHINGTON - Sep 9, 2011
www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/3388957-obama-amerika-mus…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 42.046.963 von Popeye82 am 06.09.11 02:26:39

South Boulder Mines - High Grade Potash Returned from Colluli Area B - Sep 7, 2011

HL:

+ South Boulder Mines Ltd(ASX; STB) is pleased to confirm that high grade potash has been intersected from recent shallow diamond drilling @the Colluli Area B discovery. Highlights include:

- Hole Col-023
2.04m of sylvinite @27.63% KCl from 33.63m.

- Hole Col-026
2.96m of sylvinite @29.85% KCl from 86.06m.

- Hole Col-027
1.72m of sylvinite @39.69% KCl from 50.28.

- Hole Col-037
5.58m of sylvinite @31.47% KCl from 65.59m.


+ The 1st “partial hole assays” returned from upper mineralised zones in 9 holes have confirmed Area B as a significant addition to the Colluli Potash Project,(Figure 1 and Table 1). The results continue to support the current project Exploration Target of #1.25 – 1.75 billion tonnes @18-20% KCl.

+ Continuous zones containing sylvinite, carnallite/kieserite &kainitite mineralisation have been identified in 18/22 holes drilled @Area B to date &remain open in all directions. The remainder of the assays from these holes will be returned in the coming months &will form part of ongoing JORC-Compliant Mineral Resource Estimate updates for the project.

+ Exploration &development activity is currently focused on resource compilation for the September update, downhole geophysical logging, metallurgical testwork, mining engineering &hydrogeological
assessment to support definitive feasibility studies. As indicated in the June quarterly report an engineering scoping study into the low cost production of 1-2mt of potash by ´16 or sooner will be complete in the current quarter.

+ The potash industry continues to demonstrate outstanding long-term fundamentals in terms of demand and prices have recently moved >$500/t.

+ Details on further exploration results &feasibility study activity will be released as they come to hand. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=STB&E=ASX&N=556215

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Mountain Lake Resources - Arranges Private Placement Financing with Sprott Asset Management - Aug 31, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mountain-Lake-Arranges-bw-3681…


Step-Out &Infill Drilling Results Continue to Expand Leprechaun Gold Resource, @Valentine Lake Project, Newfoundland; Leprechaun Deposit is Situated @the SW End of a 23km Long Gold-Bearing Mineralized Corridor - Sep 8, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/StepOut-and-Infill-Drilling-bw…

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Advanced Explorations - Progressing With Feasibility Study; P/CEO: "The Company is pleased to host such a distinguished Chinese delegation whose visit demonstrates a sincere commitment to fully understanding the technical, financial +social aspects associated with the Roche Bay Project. The XXP-AEI Joint Venture represents one of the largest potential Chinese mining investments in Canada. Given the Federal Government recent announcements in respect to supporting responsible mine development in Nunavut, the Company's development plans align well with the social +economic development needs of the north" - Sep 7, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/advanced-explorations-inc-p…

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Ein Jahr nach dem Entzug; Ex-Raucherbaby weiterhin clean - W - Sep 8, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/gesundheit/kind/13618540-ardi-haelt-e…

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Amex Resources - Mba Delta Ironsands Project Update - Sep 9, 2011

HL:

+ Mining Lease application over 220 million tonne Indicated Resource

+ Meetings conducted with Fiji Government &Reserve Bank(Fiji)

+ Work commenced @Lautoka Port

+ Off-take negotiations in China further advanced ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AXZ&E=ASX&N=556482

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A Lower-Carbon Route to Replacing Oil - NYT - Dec 28, 2010

- Matthew L. Wald -
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/a-lower-carbon-rou…

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AuRico Gold will bis ´15 1 Mio. Unzen Gold/Jahr produzieren - GI - Sep 9, 2011
www.goldinvest.de/index.php/aurico-gold-will-bis-2015-1-mio-…

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China setzt Produktion auf III Seltene Erden-Minen aus - GI - Sep 7, 2011
www.goldinvest.de/index.php/china-setzt-produktion-auf-drei-…

"China wird die Produktion Seltener Erden auf drei großen Minen des Landes aussetzen, berichteten staatliche Medien am gestrigen Dienstag. Dieser Schritt könnte das Angebot aus China, dem größten Exporteur der wertvollen Minerale, verknappen.

Li Guoqing, Direktor des Amts für Bergbau der Stadt Ganzhou in der östlichen Provinz Jiangxi hatte am Montag erklärt, dass drei von acht großen, Seltene Erden produzierenden Bezirken die Produktion zum Jahresende einstellen würden. Das berichtete die offizielle, englischsprachige Zeitung China Daily. Es sei nicht bekannt, wann die Produktion wieder aufgenommen werde, hieß es weiter.


Ganzhou produziert fast 40% der Seltenen Erden in China, Minerale, die in der Herstellung von Hightech-Produkten wie Batterien, Windturbinen und Elektronik verwendet werden. China, dass rund 97% des weltweiten Angebots dieser 17 Elemente produziert, hatte schon in der Vergangenheit eine Ressourcenerschöpfung und Umweltschäden angeführt, um die Begrenzung der Produktion zu rechtfertigen. Peking hat für die Produktion eine Obergrenze von 93.800 Tonnen und für die Exporte von 30.184 Tonnen festgelegt und erklärt, man könne das Ausstoßniveau, dass ausländische Kunden fordern, nicht aufrechterhalten.

Es wird damit gerechnet, dass sich die Nachfrage nach Seltenen Erden in den kommenden fünf Jahren verdoppelt. Das chinesische Produktionswachstum wird allerdings wahrscheinlich deutlich niedriger ausfallen, sodass große, Seltene Erden importierende Länder bereits mit dem Gedanken gespielt haben, juristische Schritte einzuleiten. "

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Hudson Resources - Drills Highest Grade Intervals to Date, @Its Greenland Rare Earth Project - Sep 9, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/hudson-drills-highest-grade…

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'You Can’t Trust' Central Planners , Marc Faber Says - FY - Sep 9, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/t-trust-central-…

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Hedge Fund Billionaire Ray Dalio Explains the World - FY/BB - Sep 9, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/hedge-fund-billi…

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Golden Predator - Acquires Livingstone District; Now Controls Largest Land Position in the Yukon - Sep 1, 2011
www.goldenpredator.com/documents/GPD-NR11-34-Livingstone-Acq…
www.goldenpredator.com/documents/GPD-NR11-34-Livingstone-Acq…

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Latin Resources - Extends Area of Elevated Heavy Mineral Content &Increases Global Average Heavy Mineral Content, @the Guadalupito Iron, Gold &Mineral Sands Project, Northern Peru - Sep 7, 2011

HL:

+ A global all inclusive(no lower cutoff grade applied) average of 10.4% total heavy mineral content determined in 366 samples from 1 m deep pits along 17 km of strike of prospective shoreline sediments(including previously reported results from 192 samples).

+ Latest results support previously announced conceptual exploration target of 2 billion tonnes of mineralised sediment.1,

+ An average of 17.4% heavy mineral content was determined in the -1mm+52μm “Sand” fraction(representing an average of 62.5% of total sample mass)

+ Previously reported heavy mineral assemblage of 6 “Sand”(-1mm+52μm) fraction samples analysed by Mineral Liberation Analysis(MLA) are consistent and the heavy minerals of most economic significance include:

- Magnetite(avg. 41 %);
- Low iron Andalusite(avg. 13 %);
- Ilmenite &other Ferro-Titanium oxides(avg. 11 %);
- Zircon(avg. 0.9 %); &
- Gold(reported 01 Sept ´11) (avg. 1100mg/m3 in the undersize fraction)


+ Previously reported mineralogical test results show clean grains of liberated minerals which indicate good potential for low cost mineral processing. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=LRS&E=ASX&N=556417

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Legacy Iron Ore - Mt Bevan Iron Ore Project Drilling Update; CEO; "Legacy’s Mt Bevan joint venture with Hawthorn Resources Limited is shaping up to be one of Australia’s premier magnetite resources. The latest drilling intersections again confirm the excellent continuity &thickness of the magnetite mineralisation. When drilling is completed, we look forward to a very substantial increase in the JORC compliant resource for the project" - Sep 9, 2011

HL:

+ Resource extension drilling successfully underway

+ Drilling intersects 100m+ thick magnetite unit – significant intersections up to 156m wide

+ Drilling to date extends main thick magnetite unit >2km strike –a 50% addition to the strike length of JORC resource zone

+ Results in line with Exploration Target for magnetite of 1.5 –2.0 Bt grading 30% -40% Fe* –for the southern part of the Western BIF target alone ...
www.legacyiron.com.au/LCY11-060 Second Stage Drilling Update…

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From Jindivik to Predator &Global Hawk; The following characteristics are required of Materials used in aircraft construction are as follows: Materials that are light weight, have high specific strength, heat resistance be fatigue load resistance, crack resistance &corrosion resistance. These requirements have been common since man took to the air - FFA - Sep11
www.vision6.com.au/download/files/18587/1435406/Article 7 Se…

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African Resources set for Major Growth ; "The Africa of today is a vastly different continent from even ten years ago", Australian minerals &resource companies are operating more projects in Africa than they are in any other foreign region of the world, which is where Western Australia comes into play - RR - Sep 1, 2011
www.vision6.com.au/download/files/18587/1435408/Article 8 Se…

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Mining the truth : The rhetoric &REALITY of the commodities boom , IP No. VII - AI - Sep 8, 2011

- David Richardson +Dr Richard Denniss -
www.tai.org.au/index.php?q=node%2F19&pubid=913&act=display

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African Energy Resources - Measured Resource Drilling Underway, @Sese - Sep 9, 2011

HL:

+ Detailed infill drilling has commenced @the Sese coal project in Botswana to provide information suitable for classifying a Measured Resource in the northern half of Block‐B &part of Block‐C(the two areas with the lowest stripping ratios).

+ Five drill rigs are currently working @Sese on the infill drilling.

+ The Measured Resource drilling programme comprises:

- 98 core holes on a 500m x500m grid
- 6 large diameter core holes(200mm core) to collect samples for additional test work
- A minimum of 8 reverse circulation(RC) percussion holes to provide structural information in key areas.


+ Indicated Resource delineation drilling @the Sese coal project was completed in August.

+ The Company expects to announce an upgrade for the deposit to an Indicated Resource in the 4th quarter of ´11.

+ It is expected that a Measured Resource for Block‐B(northern half) &part of Block‐C will be announced in the 2nd quarter of ´12. ...
www.africanenergyresources.com/images/stories/pdf/2011-09-09…

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Beaufield Resources - Completes Summer Field Work, @Schefferville Iron - Sep 8, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/beaufield-completes-summer-…

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Miners pumping $82 billion into Australian economy – 70% more than last year - IM - Sep 2, 2011

- F. Els -
www.mining.com/2011/09/02/miners-pumping-82-billion-into-aus…

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Nuclear regulation bill introduced to Indian parliament - WNN - Sep 9, 2011
www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Nuclear_regulation_bill_introd…

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China seeking cheaper iron ore - M.com - Sep 4, 2011

- A. Topf -
www.mining.com/2011/09/04/china-seeking-cheaper-iron-ore/

"Fed up with paying high prices for iron ore, China is seeking out new supplies of the crucial steelmaking ingredient.

The Australian reports that China is increasing iron ore imports from countries outside the major producing regions of Australia and Brazil to diversify supply away from the players that dominate the sector:


The economic powerhouse has reported that iron ore imports from countries other than Australia, Brazil, India and South Africa had increased by up to 4 per cent in the first half of this year, compared with the same period last year.

The China Iron & Steel Association has widely flagged that it has an ambitious plan to source 50 per cent of the steelmaking ingredient from Chinese-invested overseas resources, up from 10 per cent now, in the next five to 10 years.


MINING.com reported August 30th that iron ore miners are calling the shots as Chinese steelmakers’ profits melt away:

China’s 27 largest steel companies saw a 15.7% decrease in the first-half profits from a year earlier for a combined profit of $1.6 billion, according to the Shanghai-based researcher Wind Info, as soaring iron ore costs squeezed margins.

The woes of China’s steelmakers, which have been switching to cheaper low grade ore to cut costs as prices top $180/tonne, are in stark contrast to soaring profits at Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Vale — which control two-thirds of seaborne iron ore trade and control price talks.

BHP”s West Australia iron ore business accounted for over half the mining giant’s record $22-billion profit announced last month; at Rio Tinto, iron ore contributed US$5 billion to earnings.

Also in August, Reuters reported that China aims to develop and control resources, especially in west Africa, to gain a foothold on supply and tackle the hegemony of the top three iron ore suppliers.

“Chinese firms have signed a number of iron ore deals in Africa, which at their peak could contribute nearly 250 million tonnes of iron ore when they come on stream in the medium to long term.”

Examples include Rio Tinto and Chinalco’s 2-billion-tonne Simandou JV project in Guinea; Sichuan Hanlong’s bid for the outstanding shares of Sundance Resources, which is trying to develop the Mbalam project in Congo/ Cameroon; and a plan by Bellzone Mining Plc and China International Fund (CIF) to mine the Kalia iron ore resource, also in Guinea, estimated at around 6 billion tonnes. "

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Venezuela signs cooperation agreements with Chinese firms; The Government of Venezuela has signed three cooperation agreements worth $470m with Chinese firms to increase iron ore production &transportation of Ferrominera del Orinoco - MT - Sep 8, 2011
www.mining-technology.com/news/news129258.html

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Aquila Resources - West Pilbara Iron Ore Project Resource Increases to 1.22Bt - Sep 9, 2011

HL:

+ Total JORC iron ore Resource now totals 1.22 billion tonnes

+ 296Mt(32%) increase from the previous Mineral Resource Statement

+ Significant potential to further expand Channel Iron Deposit, Detrital &Bedded Iron Deposit Mineral Resources ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AQA&E=ASX&N=556564

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EPM Mining Ventures - Tata Chemicals to acquire 30.6% stake - ET, NEW DELHI - Aug 24, 2011
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-24/news…

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Karnalyte Resources - Announces Significant Increase in Potash &Magnesium Resources; P/CEO: "The updated resource estimate is incredibly encouraging as we have identified additional potash resources far beyond those captured in the ´10 Preliminary Assessment. We had previously outlined sufficient resources in the current development area for 30 years of production @the one 2 million tonne/year facility that we are currently working towards. The new resources identified in this updated Report are 3.6 times the number of resources identified in the ´10 Preliminary Assessment. These resources are based on approximately 20%(17,500 acres) of our lease &permit area with 80% yet to be explored " - Sep 1, 2011

Highlights of the Report include:

+ Net indicated KCl tonnage of 201.3 million metric tonnes("MMT"), an increase of 258% from 56.19 MMT reported in previous estimates*.

+ Net indicated MgCl2 tonnage of 167.9 MMT, an increase of 235% from 50.16 MMT reported in previous estimates*. ...
www.karnalyte.com/News/news-details/2011/Karnalyte-Announces…

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China revises up ´15 renewable energy goals : report; country aims to have 100 gigawatts(GW) of on-grid wind power generating capacity by the end of ´15 &to generate 190 billion kilowatt hours(kWh) of wind power/anno, the China Securities Journal reported, citing a government plan. The goal was higher than a target of 90 GW proposed earlier by the National Energy Administration. Of the planned 10 GW of solar power capacity in ´15, photovoltaic power installations will account for 9 GW &solar thermal capacity will make up the rest, the report said - CGT/Reuters - Aug 29, 2011
www.china-greentech.com/node/2479

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Germany wants deputy finance minister to join ECB, plans proposals for eurozone governance - SH/CP, MARSEILLE - Sep 10, 2011
www.stockhouse.com/News/FinancialNewsDetailFeeds.aspx?n=1461…

"Germany's finance minister said Saturday he wants his deputy to take on a key position at the European Central Bank and will make proposals for the governance of the eurozone next week.

The two announcements, made on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Seven developed nations in Marseille, France, could have a lasting impact on the way the eurozone handles its crippling debt crisis.

If he gets approval from the other 16 eurozone finance chiefs, Joerg Asmussen will succeed Juergen Stark on the ECB's six-member executive board at the end of the year, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.

Stark unexpectedly resigned from the board Friday in a move analysts said was triggered by disagreements over the ECB's bond buying program. The announcement of his departure sent stocks and the euro tumbling as it drew up more questions over the eurozone's crisis strategy.

Stark was one of only a handful of ECB decision makers who opposed the bank's massive purchases of Italian and Spanish government bonds in recent weeks.

Supporters of the purchases argue that they help support struggling governments during unwarranted market selloffs and buy time for the currency union to find a more lasting solution to its debt troubles. But opponents like Stark have warned that they saddle the bank with risky investments that could hurt its independence and stability if one of the aided governments defaults.

Asmussen, who sat side-by-side with Schaeuble at the news conference, declined to comment on whether he supports or opposes the ECB's bond purchases.

Unlike Schaeuble, Asmussen is a member of the opposition Social Democrats and survived the handover of the finance ministry in 2009 to the conservatives because of its experience in European and financial policy. He had joined the ministry in 1996 and quickly rose through the ranks. Generally, the Social Democrats support loser monetary policy and more help for the eurozone's weaker members.

However, like the current Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, Asmussen studied under former Bundesbank President Axel Weber — both forceful opponents of the bond buying program.

At the same news conference, Schaeuble also said that he plans to make new proposals on the future governance of the eurozone at a meeting with his counterparts next week.

He said he will make the proposals together with French Finance Minister Francois Baroin at a meeting with their counterparts next week in Wroclaw, Poland.

The governance of the eurozone, especially when it comes to fiscal and economic issues, has moved into the centre of debate during the debt crisis, which has pushed Greece, Ireland and Portugal into needing hundreds of billions of euros in rescue loans and created concerns over the finances of Spain and Italy.

Schaeuble did not give details on his plans. However, last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a "new economic government" for Europe.

Under that new regime, eurozone leaders would meet at least twice a year under European Union President Herman Van Rompuy. Merkel and Sarkozy also called for all eurozone nations to enact constitutional amendments requiring balanced budgets. "

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Italian finance minister: further measures may be needed on top of current austerity package - SH/CP - Sep 10, 2011
www.stockhouse.com/News/FinancialNewsDetailFeeds.aspx?n=1461…

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World Agriculture Report - H &Co - Sep 5, 2011
www.capmarkets.com/ViewFile.asp?ID1=165211&ID2=500088593&ssi…

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G7 finance officials to speed aid to Arab democracies, kickstart Libyan oil production - SH/CP, MARSEILLE - Sep 10, 2011
www.stockhouse.com/News/FinancialNewsDetailFeeds.aspx?n=1461…

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Baobab Resources Plc - Ruoni Resource Drilling Completed; MD: "Baobab is pleased to announce that it has completed the scheduled ´11 drilling campaigns required to define the targeted resource base of 300Mt @the Massamba Group. Drilling is continuing in the Tenge area where the Company believes there is an exceptional opportunity to add substantially to the resource inventory. Drilling @Ruoni North &South has defined consistent packages of high head grade, high mass recovery mineralisation that appear to be thickening markedly as they converge in the fold hinge area underlying the Tenge prospect. The Company remains on track to deliver a series of resource updates over the coming months &looks forward to releasing further significant drill results as they come to hand" - Sep 7, 2011

HL:

+ Resource drilling programmes @the Massamba prospects of Ruoni North &South have been completed.

+ Analytical results from holes on the 1st two Ruoni North drill traverses have been returned. The traverses, spaced 170m apart, defined a broad, heavily mineralised zone from surface dipping moderately to the southwest.

+ Significant drill intercepts, up to 73m in length, report an average head grade of 41% Fe with saleable DTR concentrate grades averaging 58% Fe, 0.8% V2O5 &13% TiO2 @a mass recovery of 46%.

+ All Chitongue Grande resource expansion drill samples have reached the ALS laboratory in Australia. Consultant, Coffey Mining Pty Ltd, has commenced preliminary data validation &geological modelling.

+ Drilling has commenced @the Tenge prospect. ...
www.baobabresources.com/files/BAO_AIMRelease20110907TeteDril…

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China a 'world leader' in energy conservation - ECF/ANN - Sep 9, 2011
www.energychinaforum.com/news/55331.shtml

"China has become a world leader in saving energy and reducing emissions, Sha Zukang, undersecretary-general of the United Nations, said after the opening ceremony of the High-Level Symposium on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Beijing on Thursday.


"China is the world's top country in terms of the policy and measures implemented in the fields of energy conservation and emissions reduction," said Sha.

However, it is inevitable that China's total emissions will continue to increase because of its development stage, according to Sha.

"The government, therefore, will need to cautiously balance economic growth and emission reductions."

China announced energy-conservation and emissions-reduction targets for the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period on Wednesday.

Under the plan, energy use for each 10,000 yuan (US$1,538) of GDP, or energy intensity, will drop to 0.869 tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015, compared with 1.034 tonnes in 2010, the government said in a statement on its website.

The target represents a 32 percent decline from the 1.276 tonnes of coal equivalent in Chinese energy consumption in 2005.

By 2015, energy intensity will be reduced by 16 percent and carbon intensity by 17 percent from 2010 levels, according to Zhang Ping, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission.

China aims to save 607 million tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.

The plan also said the government will further reform resource taxation. Taxes on oil, natural gas and coal are to be based on price rather than volume and tax rates will rise.

Between 2000 and 2010, China's energy intensity fell 44 percent. GDP expanded 9.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2011, but the growth rate is forecast to slide below 9 percent next year for the first time since 2001.

Sha hoped a renewed sense of political commitment would be the outcome of next year's UN Conference on Sustainable Development. He also stressed the importance of financial ministers' participation in formulating policies for sustainable development.

"Only by attracting more ministers of finance and foreign affairs to join in and run the council can we achieve the ideal goal of boosting energy conservation and sustainable development by economic cooperation," Sha said. (Edited by EnergyChinaForum.com. For more information, please email to: [e-mail]) "

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Goldsource Mines - Signs Definitive Arrangement Agreement With Zero Emission Energy Plants Ltd. - Sep 1, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/goldsource-mines-inc-signs-…


Goldsource Begins Drill Program, @Border; Applications have been submitted to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy &Resources for conversion of existing coal permits to coal leases. The Company has applied to retain approximately 56,000 hectares which covers all current coal resources, potential exploration targets &road &rail infrastructure access; P: "In connection with the business combination of Goldsource &ZEEP, both parties agree that continuing the exploration &development of this valuable asset @Border is an important component in the strategy to ultimately develop a major coal gasification energy centre in Saskatchewan utilizing the Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne technology under license to ZEEP. The current program will provide valuable information on the existing as well as potential new coal resources &set the stage for possible bulk sampling of the deposits in ´12" - Sep 6, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/goldsource-begins-drill-pro…
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Lingo Media - iGroup to Publish &Sell Lingo Media Textbooks in 9 New Markets in Asia Pacific - Aug 31, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/igroup-to-publish-and-sell-…

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Indonesia govt says no low-rank coal export ban soon; Indonesian government officials on Friday denied market talk that the country will soon impose an export ban on all low calorie coal exports from ´14. The energy &minerals ministry has been drafting a regulation that would by ´14 require coal producers to upgrade low-quality coal to a medium-quality coal before exporting, with several media &analyst reports this week saying the regulation was completed &would be implemented this month - MW, JAKARTA - Sep 9, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/indonesia-govt-says-no-low-rank…

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Cape Lambert buys rest of Africa-focused Pinnacle - MW, JOHANNESBURG - Sep 9, 2011

- M. Webb -
www.miningweekly.com/article/cape-lambert-buys-rest-of-pinna…

"Australian resources company Cape Lambert has entered into an agreement to buy the remaining interest in Africa-focused iron-ore company Pinnacle.

Cape Lambert increased its stake in Pinnacle to 90.2% from 42% in May, and is now buying the remaining 9.8% for A$5-million in cash and 20.67-million shares at a deemed price of A$0.53 a share.

The company, led by Tony Sage, now owns 100% of two potentially large-scale iron-ore projects in West Africa.

Kukuna, in Sierra Leone, comprises one exploration licence of 68 km2 and is located 70 km north of Cape Lambert’s Marampa iron-ore project and associated infrastructure. The project has an exploration target of between one-billion and two-billion tons, grading between 30% and 35% iron.

The Sandenia project, in Guinea, comprises two exploration licences covering 608 km2.

Shares in Cape Lambert rose 4% on Friday to A$0.505 apiece. "

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Minemakers - Updated Resource Estimate for Namibian Sandpiper Project - ~1.8billion tonnes @~19% P205; Definitive Feasibility Study(“DFS”) in progress &estimated for completion in Q1 ´12 - Aug 31, 2011

HL:

+ Regional infill gravity core sampling has allowed new mineral resource estimation to be undertaken, resulting in an increase in mineral resource estimates:

Indicated 74 20.6% 74 20.6%
Inferred 1,877 18.4% 1,717 19.0%

+ Regional infill sampling has been completed in the northern half of the project area only as part of the Definitive Feasibility Study resource development programme.

+ Overall deeper penetration of the mineralised sediments of up to 3.0m was obtained with an improved gravity coring system. Phosphate mineralisation is generally still open @depth to the east &south. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MAK&E=ASX&N=555178

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Glory Resources - to Acquire High Grade Sappes Gold Project - Aug 18, 2011

HL:

+ Glory Resources executes Heads of Agreement to acquire 100% of the high grade Sappes Gold Project located in Sappes, northeast Greece.

+ Sappes Gold Project Feasibility study updated in ´10 demonstrates JORC Measured &Indicated resources of 830koz @ 10g/t Au &ore reserves of 638koz @ 15g/t.

+ Up front acquisition price comprising AUD$32.5m in cash, AUD$4m in shares @$0.25 each. A further AUD$10m in milestones subject to final mining approvals &1st gold pour.

+ Future targeted gold production of 510,000oz for a total capex of US$100m &estimated opex cost of US$297/oz over 7 year mine life.

+ Glory Resources to undertake a A$42.5m Capital Raising.

+ Leading UK broker, Renaissance Capital, mandated as lead manager to the Capital Raising.

+ Development of Sappes Gold Project to deliver significant local socio‐economic benefits.

+ Acquisition will result in the Company needing to re‐comply with Chapters 1 &2 of ASX Listing Rules. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GLY&E=ASX&N=553633

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Ethiopia targeting $2bn in earnings from mining - MW - Sep 9, 2011

- Njiraini Muchira -
www.miningweekly.com/article/ethiopia-targeting-2bn-in-earni…

"Ethiopia is targeting to have the mining sector contribute 10% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the next five years, Minister of Mines Sinknesh Ejjigu says.


She adds that widespread reforms undertaken in the sector over the years, coupled with impressive incentives, are attracting foreign investors and encouraging increased production by independent small-scale producers.

“Our aim is to have the sector contribute 10% of GDP in the next five years,” she says, adding that Ethiopia is targeting to earn $2-billion from the sector by 2016.

Currently, the sector accounts for about 4% of GDP.

Ejjigu says that, during the 2010/11 fiscal year, the mining sector earned $509-million, up from $300-million in the previous year , from gold, tantalum and gemstone exports.

Ethiopia has in recent years undertaken reforms of the mining sector as part of the Horn of Africa nation’s ambitious Grand Transformation Programme.

The reforms include the introduction of incentives like low royalty levels and exemption from customs duty and taxes for mining equipment.

The mining sector is the second-largest foreign exchange earner after agriculture. "

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China Closes Strategic Lithium Transaction in Latin America - SLC/BW, SHANGHAI - June 1, 2011
www.sinolatincapital.com/show_news.asp?id=229

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Investment Tools for Comparing Gold Stocks - Part 1 - GS - Jul 1, 2011
www.globalspeculator.com.au/documents/Investmenttoolsforcomp…


Investment Tools for Comparing Gold Stocks - Part 2 - GS - Sep 1, 2011
www.globalspeculator.com.au/documents/InvestmentToolsforComp…

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Wirbel um Facebook-Gezeter; SPD-Politiker beschimpft Kommentator mit: "Sie KÖNNEN MICH MAL " - DPA, BERLIN - Sep 11, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/digitale-welt/internet/13634766-defti…

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Matsa Resources - Shandong Gold, one of China's top 500 enterprises &one of China's largest gold
producers, to Commence Norseman Site Inspection - Aug 12, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MAT&E=ASX&N=552985

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Vettel nicht zu stoppen: Triumphaler Sieg in Monza! , Wetten GEGEN seinen WM Titel werden langsam höher bezahlt, als gegen Griechenlands Pleite ; Die Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke von Monza hat den Formel-1-Fans am Sonntag in Monza ein Rennen beschert, das vor allem in der 1sten Rennhälfte kaum Zeit zum Durchatmen bot. Jede Menge harte Zweikämpfe sorgten für jede Menge Spannung in einem Rennen, das mit einem großen Knall begann, was gleich einige Piloten aus dem Rennen warf; Schumi auf 5 - W - Sep 11, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/sport/formel1/13638576-vettel-nicht-z…

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Guinea doubles state mines ownership; It's now law for the Guinea state to take a 15 percent free-carry in mining projects &buy another 20 percent in yet another demonstration that Africa's governments want more of the resource pie - Mmx/Reuters - Sep 11, 2011
www.miningmx.com/news/markets/Guinea-doubles-state-mines-own…

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Mozambique considers tripling Beira; MOZAMBIQUE is considering tripling capacity of its coal terminal to 18Mtpa in order to meet demand from mines in Tete province &neighbouring Zimbabwe, said Bloomberg News citing the Noticias newspaper - Mmx/BB - Sep 9, 2011
www.miningmx.com/news/energy/Mozambique-considers-tripling-B…

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UK commission calls for banks to isolate investment arms to protect against future bailouts - SH/CP, LONDON - Sep 12, 2011
www.stockhouse.com/News/FinancialNewsDetailFeeds.aspx?n=1461…

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German politician says possibility of Greece leaving eurozone cannot be ruled out - SH/CP - Sep 12, 2011
www.stockhouse.com/News/FinancialNewsDetailFeeds.aspx?n=1461…

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Amarillo Gold - Upgrades Mara Rosa Resource to Measured +Indicated 1.17 Million Ounces @1.75 g/t Au - Sep 13, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/amarillo-gold-upgrades-mara…

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Hathor Exploration - Roughrider PA Estimates C$1.0 Billion Pre-tax NPV, Using US$70 Uranium Price &7% Discount Rate, does not include the Far East Zone - Sep 13, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/hathor-exploration-limited-…
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/727546_fig_1.pdf

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Montero Mining &Exploration - Identifies Initial Mineral Resource of 3.3M Tonnes Grading 2.6% LREO5 Including 510,000 Tonnes Averaging 4.4% LREO5 on the Eastern Ridge of the Wigu Hill Rare Earth Project, Tanzania; P/CEO: "We are excited to report an initial inferred mineral resource of 3.3 million tonnes @2.6% LREO5 based on 2,225m of drilling, with a higher grade core of 0.59 million tonnes @4.4% LREO5. Our initial resource only represents shallow drilling down to 150m from surface on two/ten drill targets currently identified @Wigu Hill &we are focused on adding to our initial 43-101 Compliant Resource Estimate through exploration drilling on the remaining 8 targets. The resource is currently classified as inferred, however through further in-fill drilling &metallurgical test-work, currently underway, we are confident it can be upgraded to the indicated category. The results of our initial resource combined with the potential of the Tumbili &Nyati targets, indicate the potential for a sizeable Light Rare Earth deposit" - Sep 13, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/montero-identifies-initial-…

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Selwyn Resources - Announces Updated Mineral Resources for Selwyn Project - Sep 12, 2011

Global Mineral Resource Highlights

+ The XY Central deposit 93, 94, &95 lenses have an Indicated mineral resource of 29,936,000 tonnes grading 6.35% zinc &2.69% lead @a base case 2.0% zinc cut-off grade; &

+ The Don deposit has an Indicated mineral resource of 36,901,600 tonnes grading 5.63% zinc &2.11% lead @a base case 2.0% zinc cut-off grade;

+ Global Indicated Mineral Resources increased by 17% through conversion of existing Inferred mineral resources, which resulted in an additional 2.1 billion pounds of zinc &1 billion pounds of lead in the Indicated category.

+ A 34 percent increase in mineral resources in the Don deposit reflects the success of step out drill holes that were part of the definition drilling program. This drilling also identified high mineral potential for significant tonnages of high grade mineralization @depth that is interpreted to connect to the Don East deposit(see August 15, ´11 news release). ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/selwyn-announces-updated-mi…

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Cabral Resources - New Tenement Additions - Sep 13, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CBS&E=ASX&N=648565

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Buxton Resources - Wide, High Grade Magnetite Intercepts, @Zanthus - Sep 12, 2011

HL:

+ Excellent drilling results substantially upgrade Zanthus Magnetite Project, located just 25km south of the Trans Australian Railway, 200km east of Kalgoorlie.

+ Consistent, wide, high-grade magnetite drill intercepts have been received &confirm a significant iron discovery @Cohen over >4km of strike. Results include;

- ZRC020 : 112m @32.8% Fe(from 32m)
inc. 80m @36.2% Fe
inc. 28m @42.2% Fe

- ZRC024 : 104m @26.1% Fe(from 22m)
inc. 28m @30.1% Fe

- ZRC029 : 78m @29.3% Fe(from 54m)
inc. 44m @33.3% Fe

- ZRC027 : 151m @28.1% Fe(from 92m)
inc. 78m @31.7% Fe
inc. 28m @36.5% Fe


+ Additional magnetite mineralisation has been discovered @the Joplin Prospect with best results including:

- ZRC070 : 56m @30.8% Fe(from 86m)
inc. 14m @33.2% Fe

+ Further Davis Tube metallurgical test work is underway to optimise previous excellent results: A relatively coarse grind size produced good recoveries to high grade concentrates with generally low impurities. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=BUX&E=ASX&N=556708

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MicroVision - Signs Agreement with Intel to Expand SHOWWX+ Distribution; Intel to distribute &resell SHOWWX+ laser pico projector through its preferred channel partners, offering a big-screen display in an extremely small size - Jul 28, 2011
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-ne…


MicroVision Demonstrates the Future of Mobile 3D Displays - Sep 12, 2011
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-ne…

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Forge Resources - Secures Option for Eucla Basin Mineral Sands Project - Sep 13, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=FRG&E=ASX&N=648533

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Ark Mines - to acquire advanced Indonesian copper/gold project - Sep 13, 2011

HL:

+ US$22,000,000 spent on exploration to date

+ 18,000m of diamond drilling completed

+ Ongkang Gold deposit will be in production within twelve months

+ Ark can significantly upgrade Ongkang with limited infill drilling

+ JORC resource on Ongkang will be undertaken upon purchase

+ Project lies within Indonesia’s Ring of Fire

+ Total acquisition cost of AUD$4 million cash &issue of 10 million Ark shares @ 20c

+ An initial placement will be made to make the 1st payment of $1,000,000 in the next 7 days using existing placement capacity

+ 6 major projects &numerous other targets across 20,840 ha

+ Bonanza Gold grades in the Epithermal Zones

+ Mineralisation deeper than 850m in the Porphyry Gold -Copper Targets

+ Significant mine accommodation &Infrastructure

+ River transport to major port

+ 6th Generation Contract of Work

+ Advanced forestry permitting

+ Walk-up operation - established team &all facilities in Jakarta &Kalimantan

+ Ark to continue advancing exploration on NSW projects ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=AHK&E=ASX&N=648532

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Vanoil - Completes 398.61 Kilometers of 2D Seismic on Its 100% Owned Block 3B in Kenya; program was designed to cover several leads previously identified on the re-processed ´75 Chevron &the ´10 Vanoil seismic data in Block 3B. The ´11 seismic data is high quality with location, time &litude content having been jointly assessed &controlled by the contractors; Bureau Geophysical Prospecting[BGP] &RPS. This premium data has been gathered to further image some specific structural leads &as a reconnaissance programme to identify more new leads in Block 3B. In addition, the ´11 seismic program was also designed to enable Vanoil to improve on the geologic model in the Lamu Basin, one of the three basins identified on the Vanoil Blocks - Sep 13, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/vanoil-completes-39861-kilo…

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Blackline GPS - to Share Spotlight With US Secretary of Homeland Security - Sep 12, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/blackline-to-share-spotligh…

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IBC Advanced Alloys - Vice President of Nuclear Fuels Jim Malone Appointed Chairman of World Nuclear Association Fuels Working Group; working group's objective is to explore evolutionary fuel technologies with a view to developing, supporting &commercializing alternative fuel-types for the nuclear industry ; P/CEO: "IBC commends Jim for this prestigious appointment with the World Nuclear Association. Jim's role as Vice President of Nuclear Fuels for IBC has led to significant developments of our Company's beryllium oxide nuclear fuel development program, &we believe his role with the Fuel Technology Working Group will foster a greater understanding of alternative fuel technologies, &potential cost efficiencies &safety improvements for the existing industry" - Sep 12, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/ibc-vice-president-nuclear-…

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Beacon Hill Resources Plc - Hard Coking Coal Potential of Minas Moatize Coal Confirmed - Sep 13, 2011
www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=135373&s…

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Metallica Minerals - Option to purchase 100% Gippsland Zircon Rutile HMS Project from Rio Tinto - Aug 26, 2011

Oresome’s Exploration Target* for the two defined areas are:

+ Stockdale – Glenaladale area: 500 to 800Mt of mineralised sand with an average of 3-4%
HMS, with the HMS containing approximately 14-18% Zircon, 5-7% Rutile &35-55% Titanium Minerals

+ Mossiface area (~55 km east): 25 to 35Mt of mineralised sand with an average of 2.5-3.0%
HMS, with the HMS containing approximately 25-30% Zircon, 8-10% Rutile &36-44% Titanium Minerals ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=MLM&E=ASX&N=234573

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Paramount Gold &Silver - Multi Million Ounce Gold Resource Defined @Paramount Gold's Sleeper Project in Nevada: 2.6 million ounces @0.47 g/t Au &25.3MOz @4.56g/t Ag M/I +1.12MOz @0.43g/t Au &8.2MOz @3.12g/t Ag I - Sep 13, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Multi-Million-Ounce-Gold-iw-14…

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Bellhaven Copper &Gold - Receives Maiden NI 43-101 Resource Estimate for La Mina Gold-(Copper) Project, Colombia: inferred resources containing 1.0 Moz of gold @0.77g/t Au +0.31% Cu, respectively 1.6 Moz of gold-equivalent @1.26g/t AuEq; All of announced resources occur @the La Cantera prospect, one of several porphyry gold-(copper) prospects undergoing exploration by Bellhaven @La Mina, &the only one drilled sufficiently to date to allow for the calculation of resources; D/CEO: "We are extremely pleased by the results of the NI 43-101 resource estimate for La Cantera, the 1st of which we believe will be several resource estimates going forward for La Mina's many prospects. The 1.26 g/t AuEq avg. grade establishes La Cantera as one of the highest grade resources for a porphyry gold-(copper) deposit in the Americas . The resources crop out on surface &therefore may be amenable to low-cost, open-pit mining as opposed to high-cost, underground mining" - Sep 13, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bellhaven-Receives-Maiden-NI-c…

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Verbände: Autofahren wird zum Privileg; Zum Auftakt der Automesse IAA haben die großen Automobilverbände vor einer sozialen Spaltung der Gesellschaft wegen der immer höheren Kosten für Autofahrer gewarnt - DPA, OSNABRÜCK - Sep 14, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/auto/verkehr-service/13679962-verbaen…

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Cyclone Power Technologies - Global Lift Equipment Manufacturer Signs Key License Agreement with Cyclone Power Technologies - Sep 14, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Global-Lift-Equipment-bw-24593…

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NEVADO Resources - Discovers 18 Additional Massive Oxides Iron-Titanium-Vanadium lenses, @Surface on the La Blache Project; Iron-Titanium-Vanadium grades are not expected to be different from the released drill hole &field sample assay results from ´10 &´11 for the massive &semi-massive to vein-type oxide. Grades in the massive oxides generally range in the 59% to 70% Fe2O3, 17% to 22% TiO2 &0.05 to 0.15% V2O5; P/CEO: "As the exploration work progresses @La Blache it is becoming obvious that the massive black oxides mineralization is not only pervasive across the entire La Blache #1 claim blocks, but the mineralization follows specific kilometric &elliptical trends forming in some cases significant masses or lenses. The Farrell-Taylor Occurrence is one such lens having been modelled geophysically &drilled with current dimensions of 1,500 metres by 550 metres by 115 metres. Now there appears to be @least 9 other lenses offering similar size potential as the Farrell-Taylor Occurrence. NEVADO's planned 15,000 metres drill program scheduled to start in September will confirm this potential. NEVADO also staked ®istered 186 mineral claims along the north-eastern &southern boundaries of the project to ensure maximum coverage of potential target areas" - Sep 13, 2011

HL:

+ New massive oxides occurrences linked to 6 kilometric-sized target rings part of the 420 km2 La Blache Anorthositic Complex

+ Horizontal to sub-horizontal lenses, sills &veins of massive oxides ranging from 3 metres to 750 metres in observed length, &50 metres to 900 metres wide

+ The Farrell-Taylor Occurrence is one such lens having been modelled geophysically &drilled with current dimensions of 1,500 metres by 550 metres by 115 metres. Now there appears to be @least 9 other lenses offering similar size potential as the Farrell-Taylor Occurrence; The 18 new massive oxides discoveries are distributed within 6 kilometric sized target ellipses or rings, some as sub-rings to the original 45 kilometres long La Blache Ring of Iron-Titanium-Vanadium &others associated with one new ring, the 16 kilometres long La Blache East Ring of Iron-Titanium-Vanadium

+ Further "synthesis work" has demonstrated that each massive oxides occurrence are part of larger systems based on the topographic, lineament, geological &geophysical trends, ranging from 400 metres to 4,000 metres in potential length for the vertical lenses, &700 metres to 3,000 metres in potential length &50 metres to 900 metres in potential width

+ NEVADO stakes more mineral claims to the north-eastern &southern boundaries of project ...
www.marketwire.com/press-release/nevado-discovers-18-additio…

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Largo Resources - Continues to Report High Grade Drill Results from Its Maracas Vanadium Project in Bahia, Brazil - Sep 14, 2011

+ Intersected 35 metres grading 1.68% V2O5 including 7 metres grading 2.09% V2O5

+ Intersected multiple zones to the east of Gulcari "A" including 37 metres grading 1.00% V2O5 &5 metres grading 1.28% V2O5 ... -
www.marketwire.com/press-release/largo-continues-report-high…

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Hathor sees 5m lb/y mine @Roughrider, Cameco questions assumptions; Hathor Exploration, the subject of a C$520-million hostile bid from Cameco, on Tuesday published the results of a preliminary economic assessment of its flagship Roughrider deposit in Saskatchewan, showing that it could “potentially be one of the lowest cost uranium producers in the world” . Cameco, the number-one producer of the nucler fuel, said it doubted the assumptions used in the study , &that it's inital review of the report wouldn't lead the comapny to raise its bid - MW, TORONTO - Sep 13, 2011

- M. Hill -
www.miningweekly.com/article/hathor-sees-5m-lby-mine-at-roug…

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South Africa’s manganese geology superb – OMH- MW, KATHU - Sep 13, 2011

- M. Creamer -
www.miningweekly.com/article/south-africas-manganese-geology…

"[b]KATHU, Northern Cape (miningweekly.com) – Technically and geologically, South Africa has superb manganese that others can only dream about , says Singapore-based and ASX-listed OM Holdings CEO Peter Toth.[/b]


OMH has a 26% stake in Ntsimbintle, the company headed by struggle veteran and business leader Saki Macozoma, who has teamed up with mining luminary Brian Gilbertson in the building of South Africa’s newest manganese mine, Tshipi é Ntle, near Mamatwan in the Northern Cape.

In South Africa for the official Tshipi sod turning, OMH is a world-leading independent manganese-focused producer, smelter and marketer that has a manganese mine in Australia and sinter and alloy processing facilities in China.

“We can only dream about what you’ve got here in South Africa,” says Toth in an interview with Mining Weekly Online.

“Large thick shallow homogenous continuous seams – it’s a dream from a mining and geological point of view. You’ve just got to get it to a port,” he added.

Therein lies the rub. State-owned transport enterprise Transnet has been battling with the logistics, which is the key element in the unlocking of South Africa’s manganese treasure chest.

South Africa has 80% of the world's manganese, but only 15% of the market.

The country has the wherewithal to gain a greater market share, provided it establishes competitive rail and port capacity.

Tshipi director Finn Behnken says the reef is as thick as 46 m in parts.

“That’s like standing beneath a 16-storey building , glancing up and saying, right, that’s solid manganese ore ,” Behnken tells Mining Weekly Online.

The average thickness is 30 m, the first 15 m is slightly lower in grade at 31,5% and the portion of ore below that – which forms the heart of the Tshipi orezone – has a manganese content of 37% and totals 163-million tons.

Tshipi, an open pit operation set to commence production in 2012, is designed to produce 2.4-million tons of manganese ore every year for the next 60 years.

It is located next to the long-standing Mamatwan manganese mine operated by BHP Billiton’s Samancor, where Ntsimbintle is also a 9% black economic-empowerment partner.

The comany is majority owned by broad based black South African entities and has a strong international shareholding through Australian-listed Jupiter Mining and Singapore’s OMH. The shareholders have raised the R1.7-billion necessary to construct the new mine.

The manganese lies 70 m below the present level of the Kalahari and requires the removal of 22-million tons of overburden to access, says Tshipi GM Mokgosi Nkoana.

“This transaction will considerably strengthen trade ties between South Africa, Singapore and China and will be beneficial for all partners,” says Macozoma.

Cynthia Mogodi, chairperson of the John Taolo Gaetsewe Developmental Trust, which owns 15% of Ntsimbintle, stressed the importance of the mine for the impoverished region.

“It is very important for our area which is one of the poorest in South Africa,” she says. "

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Galaxy Resources - Completes Offtake Agreements for Battery Project - Sep 7, 2011

HL:

+ Off-take framework agreements signed with 13 Chinese electric bicycle manufacturers for 100% of battery production

+ 5 year agreements with minimum quantity conditions in place

+ Proposed Battery Project to produce 350,000 lithium-ion e-bike battery packs/annum

+ Sales agreements subject to Galaxy Board approval of the Battery Project investment

+ Strong interest in proposed plant’s automation, technology &battery density capabilities ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GXY&E=ASX&N=556146


Galaxy Commences James Bay Feasibility Study - Sep 14, 2011

HL:

+ James Bay Definitive Feasibility Study commences as part of farm-in deal

+ Completion of DFS allows for Galaxy to secure 70% of James Bay project

+ Galaxy to fast track the study development of James Bay project

+ Engineering firms Genivar Inc, DRA Americas Inc &Hatch Engineering appointed to manage DFS ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=GXY&E=ASX&N=557035

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Indian firms eye huge mining investment in Afghanistan - MW/Reuters, KABUL - Sep 14, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/indian-firms-eye-huge-mining-in…

"Despite increasing insecurity in Afghanistan and gun battles with Taliban rebels in the capital Kabul , Indian firms are bidding billions of dollars for a contract to mine iron ore in a central district of the country.


A consortium led by state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) could invest up to $6-billion in the mine, railroads and a steel plant in a race with China to lock in raw materials for two of the world's fastest-growing economies.

The bid also signals India's intention to remain engaged in Afghanistan long after 2014, when US-led forces complete a pullout.

The contract for the Hajigak mines in Bamiyan province is potentially the single biggest foreign investment project in war-ravaged Afghanistan but it could be complicated by Pakistan, which is sandwiched between India and Afghanistan and fears closer cooperation between the two.

"We will be guided by Afghanistan's national interests in arriving at a decision," said a government official after six bidders, two of them Indian, emerged for Hajigak this week.

"If it is an Indian company which wins it then so be it," the official said, dismissing concerns that deeper Indian involvement will stoke new tensions with Pakistan.

India is Afghanistan's biggest regional aid donor and sixth largest overall. It has pledged $2-billion in projects, from constructing a new parliament building to laying a highway to Iran, to project Indian "soft power".

Old enemy Pakistan publicly derides those attempts to secure influence in what it sees as its backyard, but Islamabad has been concerned by governments in Kabul that it feels are too cosy with New Delhi.


PREFERRED BIDDER

For Hajigak, bids to mine four blocks of an estimated reserve of two-billion tonnes were received from the consortium led SAIL, US-based ACATCO LLC, Iran's Behin-Sanate Diba and Gol-e-Gohar Iron Ore, Canada's Kilo Goldmines and Corporate Ispat Alloys, another Indian firm.

Afghan officials will name a preferred bidder after a 45-day evaluation process and the SAIL-led consortium is seen as having the best chance.

"India is a strong contender without doubt," the government official said, adding that the bidder's experience in mining, financial capacity and the royalty offered would be factors.

He also drew attention to President Hamid Karzai's position that countries which had helped Afghanistan in the past must be given priority in developing its resources.

While the United States is still seen as an occupying force despite pouring billions of dollars of aid into Afghanistan, India's lower-profile efforts, focused on key issues like roads, electricity and education, have won it goodwill.

But Indian interests have been frequent targets of attacks in the last decade.

The embassy in Kabul was hit by two bomb attacks in 2008 and 2009, killing 75 people and wounding hundreds. Indian engineers working on projects in Afghanistan have been kidnapped and hostels for Indian workers have been attacked.

The Taliban have claimed many of these attacks, but India blames Pakistan's military spy agency, the ISI, saying it is trying to undermine New Delhi's influence.

There are some fears that an Indian-run mining concession could be a large, and tempting target.

But with an economy ravaged by more than three decades of war, Afghanistan's government is under tremendous pressure to ensure projects involving foreign investment flourish.


PROTECTION

Jawad Omar, a spokesman in the mines ministry, said a 7 000-strong mine protection force is being raised to protect mine sites, including Hajigak.

So far, mainly Chinese and Indian companies have shown interest in mining Afghanistan's resources.

China's National Petroleum last week was chosen as a preferred bidder for an oil field in northern Afghanistan, taking the country a step closer to a second major deal after winning a $4-billion copper project in Logar province in 2007.

Global miners such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have stayed away from Afghanistan because of security concerns but also because of high production costs especially in transporting deposits from the landlocked, mountainous country with few roads and little other infrastructure.

For India, a direct land route from Hajigak is out because it would involve travel through Pakistan.

Other options include transporting the ore westward to the Iranian port of Chabahar which is connected by roads that Indian engineers have built. The ore can also be moved by slurry pipelines after turning it into slush, but that may involve Pakistan as well.

New Delhi seems to be banking on the fact that the overall security situation will improve in coming years.

"The fact is a lot of things can change from now till the time this reaches production stage which I understand is years away in this kind of operation," said an Indian diplomat in New Delhi.

Exploration at Hajigak is due to start next year and development of the mine will take four to five years. Then the infrastructure of road and rail networks which the developer has to build will take several more years.

"You are talking of 10 years at least before commercial production starts,' the diplomat said. "Hard to say what Afghanistan will look like three years from now, let alone 10 years." "

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The Green Strike Group: The fuels, the force, the skinny; Energy security &defense - biofuels are all over it. Most prominently, the US Navy's Green Strike Group. Er, the Green Strike What? - BD - Sep 13, 2011

- J. Lane -
http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/09/13/the-green-strik…

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Alligator-based biofuels &lipo for 'gators - BD - Sep 13, 2011

- J. Lane -
http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/09/13/alligator-fat-b…

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 14, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Champion Minerals - Drillhole LM11-09 Intersects 359m Grading 30% Total Iron, @the Moire Lake Project in ClusterI of the Fermont Holdings; Drillhole LM11-10 intersects 249.5m grading 22.3% Total Iron including an interval of 130.7m grading 29.1% Total Iron; diamond-drilling program @Moire Lake initially comprised 5,000 m &was designed to validate the historic Resource of the Lac Moire Occurrence, which was estimated @101 MT grading 31% FeT3. The program was increased to a projected 10,400 m as a result of favourable results obtained early; initial ´11 drill program also included two planned holes to test a northeast-trending linear magnetic anomaly underlying the eastern part of the Project. Recent prospecting revealed outcrops containing specular-hematite &magnetite iron mineralization in zones up to 40 m wide coincident with this anomaly. As a result, an added 1,800 m of drilling(permit-pending) is planned to delineate the extent of iron formation along this trend; Champion expects to complete a Mineral Resource Estimate for the Moire Lake Project in Q4-´11 followed by a PEA study in early ´12; Fermont Holdings drill program continues to utilize nine drill rigs including one drill @Moire Lake &eight drills distributed amongst four Projects within ClusterII, that are proximal to the Company's flagship Fire Lake North - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/champion-minerals-drillhole…

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Kootenay Gold - Step Out Drilling on Promontorio Intercepts 92 meters of 147 gpt Silver Equivalent(56 gpt Ag, 2.11% Pb+Zn) Extending the Southwest Zone 100 Meters Down Dip, Includes 5 Meters of 378 gpt Silver Equivalent(174 gpt Ag, 4.72% Pb+Zn) - Sep 15, 2011
www.kootenaygold.ca/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=479274&_Type…

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EnWave Corporation - Signs Research &Development Agreement, with an Option to License with Bonduelle Canada Inc.; C/"Co-CEO": "Having developed many partnerships with companies outside of Canada, we are excited to begin a collaboration with a Canadian company that holds such a substantial presence in the global food sector. Bonduelle is a global leader in fresh, frozen, &canned vegetables , &they have a significant corporate focus on the use of innovation to provide the highest-quality products to the market" - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/enwave-signs-research-devel…

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 15, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Cap-Ex Ventures - New High Grade Magnetite Zone Discovered on Block 103; DDH103-23 Returns 159.9 Metres Grading 31.3% Total Iron - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/cap-ex-ventures-ltd-new-hig…

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US army to develop next-generation combat vehicle - AFP, WASHINGTON - Aug 19, 2011
www.dawn.com/2011/08/19/us-army-to-develop-next-generation-c…

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Beaufield Resources - Reports the Seven Last Holes From Tortigny, drills up to 19.35m @7.19% Zn, 2.53% Cu, 0.33% Pb, 74.38 g/t Ag &0.29 g/t Au; 43-101 is Underway, More Exploration Starting - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/beaufield-reports-seven-las…

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Cardero Resource - Receives Final ´11 Drill Results, Ferro-Titanium Projects, Minnesota, USA; Highlights include 110.9m grading 20.2% TiO2, 31.3% Fe2O3 &0.2% Copper, results demonstrate that the main mineralized intrusion @Longnose is a thick, laterally continuous intrusion of iron-titanium oxide-bearing ultramafic rocks &is open to the southeast; With all drill data results in place, SRK expect to have a 43-101 report completed in Q4 ´11, report will include resource estimates for the TiTac South &Longnose deposits; Coalhunter Changes Name to Cardero Coal Ltd. - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/cardero-receives-final-2011…
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/cdu_Fig01.pdf
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/cdu_Fig02.pdf

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Wildcat Silver - announces additional drill results, including 19.8 metres of 420.6 g/t silver, 15.8% manganese, 2.8% zinc, 2.3% lead &0.3% copper, Results continue to indicate that mineralization remains open beyond the current drilling; Company continues to drill with five rigs on the Hermosa property &remains focused on expanding the size &upgrading the quality of the current resource. An update to the existing Hermosa resource &preliminary economic assessment is expected to be released in the 4th quarter of ´11 - Sep 15, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wildcat-announces-additional-c…
http://files.newswire.ca/918/Hermosa_Project.pdf

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Lydian International - to Run Detailed Engineering Design Stage in Parallel With Bankable Feasibility Study, @Amulsar; Trade-Off Study Now Complete &Detailed Engineering Studies to Be Conducted in Parallel With Ongoing Bankable Feasibility, Resource Development &Exploration Work; P/CEO: "Our aim is to start pouring gold as soon as we can @Amulsar. The simple geology, favorable topography, very good metallurgy &easy access to infrastructure are clearly favorable &mean that developing an optimal mine-design which can accommodate an increasing gold resource is relatively straight forward. We are fortunate in this sense as this now means that the overall time-line to production is shorter than might be expected for more complicated &perhaps more remote mining projects" - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/lydian-run-detailed-enginee…

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EastCoal - New West Block of Coal; Records indicate that the West Block of the H8 seam initially extends for approximately 2.5 kilometers along strike &3 kilometers down dip; independent NI 43-101 compliant technical report is being commissioned to evaluate the coal resources in the West Block. Until this is completed, it is not possible to define a resource, On definition of a resource tonnage, the Company expects to develop quickly into the new area - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/eastcoal-inc-new-west-block…

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Intel investiert 300 Millionen in die Ultrabooks-Entwicklung - Aug 16, 2011
http://efgfp.de/newsportal/Intelinvenstiert

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Milliardenübernahme: Google kauft Motorola-Mobilfunksparte - Aug 16, 2011
http://efgfp.de/newsportal/GooglekauftMotorola

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"10 Most Interesting Gold Stocks" - HGR - Sep 12, 2011
www.highgradereview.com/10-interesting-gold-stocks-3/

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Special Report - Understanding Oil - MM - Sep 10, 2011

- Oil exploration companies present private investors with both exciting &challenging opportunities. Low share prices &the commensurate potential for substantial capital gains can prove to be an intoxicating mix.

However with great rewards can also come great risks. An investment in an oil exploration company is not only a play on the likelihood of a successful find; it is also a play on the oil market in general. Proper research is therefore vital, even though the subject matter can appear voluminous &complex. Even knowing where to start can be problematic. However as with all natural resource exploration, understanding the underlying commodity &the price machinations thereof is probably the best place to begin. Here are a few thoughts &ideas which we hope will ease that road for investors ... -
www.miningmaven.com/k2/news/blog/special-report-understandin…

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Rückkehr des Rohrstocks ; Fast die Hälfte der Briten will die Prügelstrafe an Schulen zurück - DPA - Sep 16, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/beruf/bildung/13699946-renaissance-de…

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B. Pitt: "Ich war der LANGEWEILER " - W - Sep 16, 2011
http://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/klatsch-tratsch/13700918…

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Batero Gold - Drills Vertical Hole Intersecting 751.00 Metres Grading 0.54 g/t Gold +0.13% Copper, From 5.00 Metres Below Surface; P/CEO: "This is a significant new development @La Cumbre porphyry. The mineralized extent of the porphyry body has increased substantially +combined with the strong gold +copper mineralization discovered near surface, these new findings indicate that higher grades of mineralization encountered @depth may potentially increase the overall grade of La Cumbre porphyry significantly"; Upon completion of the 3rd phase of drilling the company will have completed 55,000 metres in ´11 which will contribute to its maiden resource estimate to be published @the end of the year, PhaseIII drill program is scheduled to complete @the end of October, ´11 - Sep 16, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/batero-gold-drills-vertical…
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/bat0916_project_plan_map.p…
www.mapsbyair.com/Batero/Batero_Gold_Aug_30_2011.wmv

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For mining bosses' pockets, ´11's another bumper year; Move over bankers, there’s a hoard of new mining millionaires be made this year. According to a new Coopers Consulting +PwC report, 56% of the industry’s CEOs will earn >$1-million this year in salaries, bonuses +shares, compared with 52% in ´10 - MW, TORONTO - Sep 16, 2011

- M. Hill -
www.miningweekly.com/article/for-mining-bosses-pockets-2011s…

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Paragon Minerals - drills 27.4m @1.18% copper, 11.65% zinc, 3.82% lead, 54.70g/t Ag &1.07g/t Au, "up to" 7.0m of 1.65% copper, 12.74% zinc, 3.27% lead, 185.75 g/t silver &10.13 g/t gold, @South Tally Pond; P/CEO: ""Drilling @Lemarchant continues to encounter significant thicknesses of base metal massive sulphides &we are very encouraged by the presence of high-grade precious metals. With the drill program now complete, Paragon will look to produce a preliminary NI43-101 resource estimate on the Main massive sulphide zone" - Sep 15, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Paragon-drills-7-0-metres-1-cn…

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Potash West NL - Testwork Confirms Potassium Extraction Potential; MD: "It is encouraging that we have been able to confirm the work carried out by previous researchers, showing that glauconite can be broken down readily, releasing the potassium. Identifying new process options is a significant part of our strategy &will increase the intellectual property of the Company as well as potentially unlocking the value of our extensive potassium-rich glauconite holdings. Considerable work will still be required to establish the optimum conditions, but we are pleased that we have achieved these initial milestones" - Sep 13, 2011

HL:

+ Potassium extraction from greensand confirmed

+ Upgrading of potassium-rich glauconite by magnetic separation demonstrated

+ A range of alternate processing routes under investigation in addition to those in published literature ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=PWN&E=ASX&N=556861


Potash West Extends WA Land Holding by 40 Percent; MD: "these exploration licenses will not only add
significantly to our prospective landholding but, importantly, increases our contiguous footprint, which will aid future project development. The deposits are located close to the potash consuming region of the WA Wheat Belt, in a region with established infrastructure" - Sep 14, 2011

HL:

+ Exploration tenure increases by almost 40% to 2,905 km².

+ Company now has potash rights over an estimated 80% of the Dandaragan Trough.

+ Metallurgical test work underway aimed @extracting potassium to produce commercial-grade potash. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=PWN&E=ASX&N=557062

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Taseko Mines - Announces Inferred Resource, @Aley Niobium Project: 159 million tonnes @0.43%, for >1.3billion pounds Nb2O5 - Sep 12, 2011
www.kitco.com/pr/frame/index_base.html?http://www.kitco.com/…

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Vena Resources - Significantly Upgrades Resources, @Macusani Uranium Project - Measured Resources of 5.69 million pounds of U308, Indicated Resources of 12.53 million pounds of U308 &Inferred Resources of 17.42 million pounds of U308; for a Total of 35.64million pounds U3O8, up ~60%; CEO: "It is exciting to report an increase of almost 60% in resources @Macusani including 5.7 million pounds in the measured category. As an aggregate, we have >35 million pounds of U308 resources from a small portion of our target area , encouraging us to continue to convert blue-sky potential to measured resources across the entire plateau" - Sep 13, 2011
www.kitco.com/pr/frame/index_base.html?http://www.kitco.com/…

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Northland Resources - Swedish Government Confirms its Commitment to Increase Capacity on Malmbanan Rail Line; announcement to invest >USD 570million in the Swedish railway network - Sep 9, 2011
www.kitco.com/pr/frame/index_base.html?http://www.kitco.com/…

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Mining Summary - LC - Sep 16, 2011
http://minesite.com/media/pub/var/release_downloadable_file/…

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Eagle Eye turned on Mali; Two essential assets for working in West Africa are a landholding with potential to produce gold +years of experience working there; Eagle Eye Metals has both; InsideStory - RRH - Sep 12, 2011
www.resourcesroadhouse.com.au/_blog/Resources_Roadhouse/post…

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Military Microgrid Capacity to Experience >700% Growth by 2017 - PR - Sep 16, 2011
www.pikeresearch.com/newsroom/military-microgrid-capacity-to…

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The Future of Cars: Extremely Mobile Devices; How Silicon Valley engineers are transforming cars into very smart, very fast &increasingly "opinionated information systems" - PopSci - Sep 12, 2011

- Josh Dean -
www.popsci.com/node/56109/?cmpid=enews091511
www.popsci.com/cars/gallery/2011-08/silicon-valleys-car-inte…







- Silicon Valley Smart Car Some cars already require more code to run than a commercial jet , &they will increasingly use that brainpower to take control of braking, steering &acceleration. By 2030, one engineer predicts, we’ll be summoning driverless cars by cellphone to come pick us up @the airport -





- N 2008, GM's then R &D director, Larry Burns, predicted that autonomous vehicles would be ready for the mainstream by 2018 , the EN-V is one attempt to make his prediction come true -

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The Future of Skin; Stretchable electronics +smart tattoos give human skin an upgrade from the future - PopSci - Sep 14, 2011

- Rebecca Boyle -
www.popsci.com/node/56939/?cmpid=enews091511

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Ten Astounding Cases of Modern Evolution &Adaptation; Animals(including humans ) are constantly adapting to their environments. Here are ten reminders that this incredible process is constant—not limited to the distant past - PopSci - Sep 14, 2011

- Dan Nosowitz -
www.popsci.com/node/56853/?cmpid=enews091511


The Perfect Bird Perch



- Babiana ringens, a South African flowering plant locally known as the Rat's Tail, shows a very particular evolution to invite pollinating birds to dip their beaks into its flowers: a specialized bird perch. B. ringens's flowers grow on the ground, which could mean it garners less attention from birds that don't wish to hang around in that dangerous spot for too long. To entice the Malachite sunbird, the plant has evolved to grow a firm stalk in a perfect perching position for feeding.

This one is interesting because the very same plant shows a distinct difference depending on where it is, according to University of Toronto researchers--when it relies on the sunbird for pollination, it grows a long and appealing stalk (quiet, guys), while in areas with lots of potential pollinators, that stalk has shrunk over many generations of less use. But the stalk is still a major advantage for the plant--plants without the stalk, whether it was broken off or whatever, produce only half as many seeds as those with an intact stalk. -


A Mouse Immune to Mouse Poison



- Earlier this summer, we stumbled upon this newly-poison-resistant house mouse, which can now survive some of mankind's deadliest rodenticide thanks to some very recent hybridization-as-evolution. Warfarin, a common mouse poison, works on most species of mouse, including the common house mouse, but it doesn't work on the Algerian mouse, a separate though closely related species found on the Mediterranean coast. The two mouse species would never normally have met , but human travel introduced them, and the inevitable hybrid mouse began popping up in Germany, safe and sound--due to this new beneficial trait. -


An Echo-Acoustic Flower to Attract Bats



- We're not the only ones who love bats--turns out the Cuban rainforest vine Marcgravia evenia works pretty hard to get their attention, too. In a recently discovered (though not recently developed) evolution, M. evenia's leaves have a distinct concave shape that work like little satellite dishes. Why? To send back a strong signal when bombarded with echolocation from bats. That makes the flower uniquely recognizable to our flying mammal friends, who often rely on echolocation to make up for their poor eyesight.

The design isn't great for photosynthesis, but apparently the benefits outweigh the negatives -


An Evolved Bedbug, Every New Yorker's Worst Enemy



- The most feared and panic-causing insect in New York isn't the cockroach--it's the bedbug. In the late 1990s, after a half-century of "relative inactivity," as we noted back in May, the bedbug suddenly reappeared, stronger than ever. Turns out the bedbug had evolved in ways that make it much harder to eradicate, including a thick, waxlike exoskeleton that repels pesticides, a faster metabolism to create more of the bedbug's natural chemical defenses, and dominant mutations to block search-and-destroy pyrethroids. You almost have to admire the little monsters. -


Adapting to Radiation



- A few weeks ago, we found an example of evolution in action: evolution at the cellular level, and within humans to boot. A small study of cardiologists, who use x-rays very frequently in their work, found that the doctors did have higher-than-normal levels of hydrogen peroxide in the blood, a development that could serve as a warning signal for potential carcinogens down the road. But they also found that that raised level of hydrogen peroxide triggered production of an antioxidant called glutathione, a protector of cells.

Essentially, these doctors are developing protections against the hazards of their jobs from the inside out, starting deep down inside the cells. It's an amazing story--read more about it here -


Moscow's Dogs Adapt to Ride the Subway





Cane Toads Show Surprisingly Unhealthy Evolution



- The tale of Australia's cane toads is tragic and mysterious in equal measure. Introduced in 1935 to control the native cane beetle, which was gnawing up the country's crops, the toads pretty much immediately began breeding like Mogwai and eating up everything in sight, dooming many indigenous species. While the toads spread over most of northeast Australia, researchers began noting something very strange: the toads were mutating to have a very particular set of characteristics: longer legs, greater endurance, more speed.

Those mutations allowed the newly evolved cane toads to move faster and spread further, but here's the thing: it actually made them less healthy. The faster toads had the highest mortality rates, and often developed spinal problems. So what was the point of that evolution?

After analyzing the environment, researchers came up with a new term for this kind of natural selection: spacial sorting. The idea is that the faster a toad could move, thus expanding the cane toad's territory, the easier time it would have attracting a mate--even though the toads were less healthy, and even though there was no real need to keep expanding (certainly not a lack of food). The researchers describe it as "not as important as Darwinian processes but nonetheless capable of shaping biological diversity by a process so-far largely neglected." -


A Rootworm That's Immune to Rootworm Poison



- It's a pretty bad sign when you develop a genetically modified type of corn, weathering all the usual complaints about safety and playing God and all that, all to avoid having your crop gnawed on by a certain kind of pesky bug, only to find that, well, the bug has mutated. That happened to Monsanto (the GM corn maker) and the western corn rootworm (the bug, pictured above in its adult stage).

Rootworms developed a natural resistance to the pesticide inherent in Monsanto's genetically modified corn very quickly. We wrote: "The corn seed also contains a gene that produces a crystalline protein called Cry3Bb1, which delivers an unpleasant demise to the rootworm (via digestive tract destruction) but otherwise is harmless to other creatures (we think)." But an Iowa State University research paper described an instance of the rootworm developing an effective resistance to that protein, raising concerns that the rootworm is flexible enough to respond to all kinds of genetic protection. -


Why Do Dogs Bark?



- We tend to take it for granted that a dog barks--but in the wild, canines hardly ever do, instead whining or yipping or howling. A few studies have examined why this is, and the current conclusion is that dogs bark, well, for us.

That conclusion comes in a bit of a roundabout way: Csaba Molnar's studies show both that a dog's bark contains information, and that humans can understand that information. Despite a dog owner's insistence otherwise, dog owners typically cannot tell their dog's bark apart from the bark of a different dog of the same breed. But humans can quite easily distinguish "alarm" barks from "play" barks , and spectrum analysis shows that alarm barks tend to be very similar to each other, and very distinct from other types of barks.

Evolutionarily speaking, dogs are not very far removed from their wild cousins, perhaps 50,000 years, so Molnar's theory (and the generally accepted theory, to be fair; check out this great New Yorker piece for more) is that wild dogs and wolves were selectively bred for particular traits, one of which may have been the willingness to bark. -


Surviving Religion



- Every year, the Zoque people of southern Mexico dump a toxic paste made from the root of the barbasco plant into their local sulfur cave as part of a religious ceremony, praying for rain. The paste is highly toxic to the Poecilia mexicana a small cave fish closely related to the guppy, which is the point of the ceremony. The fish die, the Zoque eat the fish, and hopefully southern Mexico gets some rain.

The Mexican government has actually banned this practice, due to that whole massive slaughter of fish thing, but if they had waited a little while longer, they may not have needed to. P. mexicana has actually begun evolving to resist the toxin, according to a paper published last year in the journal Biology Letters.

A team of researchers found that some fish somehow managed to survive the wholesale attack, and that even the ones that succumbed seemed to be surviving longer than that species normally would. They tested the fish found in this cave against fish of the same type found elsewhere, and discovered that the cave fish have selectively bred a resistance to the toxin, surviving around 50 percent longer than the non-cave fish.

As a side note, this Livescience article on the subject notes that the fish taste pretty awful. -

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Meet NASA's New Deep Space Rocket; The Space Launch System will be the next NASA-administered launch vehicle to take humans into Earth orbit +beyond; will be the primary vehicle to replace the Space Shuttle, but with significantly more power—enough to reach Mars - PopSci - Sep 14, 2011

- By John Mahoney -
www.popsci.com/node/57009/?cmpid=enews091511

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Peru asks Congress to raise mining taxes; Peru's leftist government presented a bill to Congress on Wednesday that aims to increase mining taxes to fund anti-poverty projects. The scheme aims to replace the current royalty system, which is based on sales rather than operating profits. The current system calls for royalties of between 1% &3% on sales, although it does not apply to all miners; If approved, mining companies with jurisdiction stability agreements will have to pay a "special contribution" of between 4% &13.12% of their profits - MW/Reuters, LIMA - Sep 15, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/peru-asks-congress-to-raise-min…

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US finds 1Mt rare earths deposit in Afghanistan; The US Geological Survey(USGS) said on Wednesday it estimated there were @least one-million tons of rare earth elements contained in resources in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province. According to the USGS, the carbonatite deposit host mainly light rare earth elements, namely lanthanum, cerium, &neodymium, which it says are comparable to those found @Molycorp’s Mountain Pass mine in California - MW, TORONTO - Sep 15, 2011

- M. Hill -
www.miningweekly.com/article/us-finds-1mt-rare-earth-deposit…

"The US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday it estimated there were at least one-million tons of rare-earth elements contained in resources in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province.

According to the USGS, the carbonatite deposit hosts mainly light rare-earth elements, namely lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium, which it says are comparable to those found at Molycorp’s Mountain Pass mine in California.

“The international mining community is beginning to realize Afghanistan's extraordinary mineral potential,” The US Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations acting director Regina Dubey said in a statement.

Companies from India, Iran and Canada are currently bidding to develop the massive Hajigak iron-ore deposit in the country.

The Khanneshin rare earths evaluation is documented in a new USGS report and will be also be included as part of a larger report by the USGS to be released later in 2011.

This will include an updated evaluation of Afghanistan’s main deposits of gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, zinc, phosphorus and uranium.

The Pentagon said in June last year untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan may be worth more than $1-trillion. "

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Why We Need a National Manufacturing Technology Strategy; The manufacturing sector is key to the health of the U.S. economy—&the U.S. needs a strategy to support it - ITIF - Apr 26, 2011

- Stephen Ezell +Robert D. Atkinson -
www.itif.org/files/2011-national-manufacturing-strategy.pdf
www.itif.org/publications/case-national-manufacturing-strate…

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China sets national gold standard, @99.999 pct purity; China has set its 1st national standard for gold @99.999 percent purity, state media Xinhua reported on Friday, citing the National Gold Standardisation Technical Committee; seen by industry observers as another step towards liberalisation of the country’s booming gold sector, paving the way for the opening up of a physical trading market in future - CBN - Sep 16, 2011
http://cnbusinessnews.com/china-sets-national-gold-standard-…

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WesternZagros Resources - Announces 1st Contingent &Increased Prospective Resources, @Sarqala - Sep 15, 2011
www.marketwire.com/press-release/westernzagros-announces-fir…

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Iron Ore Holdings - Maiden Mineral Resource @Western Pilbara Satellite Deposit - Sep 15, 2011

HL:

+ IOH is pleased to announce a maiden JORC Mineral Resource @the Dragon Project of 21.5Mt @55.4% Fe.

+ The Dragon Project is one/four new exploration prospects in IOH’s Western Pilbara Hub.

+ Bedded mineralisation @Dragon is confined to the Brockman Iron Formation &occurs @or near surface.

+ IOH’s Mineral Resource in the Western Hub increases by 9% to 263Mt.

+ IOH’s total Mineral Resource is now 1,040Mt with additional exploration potential.

+ IOH will conduct further drilling @the four Western Satellite prospects during FY´12. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=IOH&E=ASX&N=557399

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EU "wants" rare earth clarity from China - MW/Reuters, WINDHOEK - Sep 14, 2011
www.miningweekly.com/article/eu-wants-rare-earth-clarity-fro…

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Carbon Energy - achieves an Australian 1st, in achieving electricity generation using syngas produced through its unique process of Underground Coal Gasification(UCG) - Aug 10, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CNX&E=ASX&N=234029


CNX delivers an innovation in UCG Process; innovation uses the Company's proprietary "keyseam" technology to deliver a continuous supply of consistent quality gas. The innovation is an important development in UCG which typically relies on manual intervention which can make gas flow &quality levels inconsistent &intermittent - Sep 16, 2011
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=CNX&E=ASX&N=235241

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Industry Titans Push Energy Innovation ; A new report from the American Energy Innovation Council recalls the long history of federal support for technological innovation +calls for increased federal investment in clean energy technology - BI - Sep 14, 2011

- Alex Trembath +Devon Swezey -
http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2011/09/business_industry_ti…

"Yesterday, the American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC)--composed of industry titans like Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Bank of America Chairman Chad Holliday, and leading venture capitalist John Doerr--released a follow-up to their 2010 report "A Business Plan for America's Energy Future." The new report, "Catalyzing American Ingenuity: The Role of Government in Energy Innovation," doubles down on the Council's earlier calls for increased and sustained public investment in clean energy technology, and offers new ideas about how greater energy innovation investment can be paid for in a new era of fiscal austerity.


In the wake of the high-profile bankruptcy of California solar company Solyndra, government critics are attacking federal investment in clean energy innovation, arguing that such decisions should be left to the "free market." But in their new report, these business leaders and entrepreneurs argue that government investment in energy innovation is key to realizing a clean energy future.

In addition to Gates, Holliday, and Doerr, the AEIC boasts membership from former Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns of Xerox, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, and Tim Solso, CEO of Cummins Inc. In the report, these executives highlight the tremendous impact that federal investment has had on technological innovation and economic growth throughout American history:


The federal government has played a central role in catalyzing and driving innovation and technology deployment throughout the history of the United States--often with strong results. This kind of support took a variety of forms. In the 19th century government scientists mapped out natural resource endowments and Army officers surveyed routes for railroads, including helping to plan and sometimes manage their construction. In the early and mid-20th century, programs such as rural electrification and massive public works projects, such as the construction of the Interstate Highway System, enhanced mobility and connectivity and directly or indirectly contributed to the development of new technologies and industries

...government efforts to develop guidance systems for the military played a role in the development of digital computers and microchips. Navy support for aviation technology led directly to Boeing's 707 -- one of the first major commercial jetliners. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created a distributed network of computers called ARPANET, which laid the early foundation for the internet. The U.S. government played a direct and indispensable role in launching the commercial nuclear power industry.


Indeed, as the Breakthrough Institute has documented in "Where Good Technologies Come From," the federal government has made key investments in most of the technologies we take for granted, including the personal computer, the Internet, the jet engine, GPS, cell phones, the biotechnology industry, and countless blockbuster pharmaceutical advances. Today, as the AEIC report makes clear, such investment is urgently needed to catalyze breakthrough innovation in clean energy technologies in order to make them cheaper, more reliable, and therefore more widely adopted around the world.

Critics tend to ignore this history, claiming that innovation is solely the domain of the private sector. Following Solyndra's bankruptcy, these critics have insisted that "the government should not play venture capitalist ." AEIC member John Doerr, perhaps the nation's most well known venture capitalist, sees things differently. Doerr writes, "America must embrace risks in innovation and invest heavily in R&D to create a full pipeline of good ideas." Echoing what we wrote after Solynda closed its doors, the report recommends that federal energy innovation investment "focus more on overall program success than on individual project success and emphasize the value in calculated risks."

In addition to issuing a robust defense of federal investment in energy innovation, the AEIC report also presents smart suggestions for strengthening some energy technology programs and reforming others. They support the federal energy loan guarantee program (which is under increasing scrutiny after Solyndra's bankruptcy), and call for boosting the budget of ARPA-E, the government's innovative, high-risk energy research agency, to $1 billion annually from around $200 million today. They also support a new Clean Energy Deployment Administration to aid the commercialization of first-of-their-kind innovations and mobilize significant private-sector capital in scaling up advanced energy technologies.

The Council also urges reform of the inefficient process by which the government conducts national energy policy, warning that "uncertain annual appropriations, short-term tax credits, and one-time spending injections are all unsuited to creating the sustained, predictable funding stream needed to bolster the country's innovative infrastructure." Moreover, as Breakthrough wrote recently in the National Journal, many of the federal programs supporting clean energy industries are set to expire in the next few years, which will likely precipitate a crash in the industry.

In order to avoid the perpetual boom-bust cycle in clean energy, the US government must increase the kinds of energy innovation investments outlined in the AEIC report. These investments must be rationalized around driving innovation and cost declines to make clean energy cost-competitive without subsidy.

Given the tight fiscal environment, the Council recommends a number of revenue streams that could fund innovation investment without adding to the budget deficit , including revenues from domestic oil and gas production, redirecting existing energy subsidies for mature industries, or small fees on electricity usage.

Ultimately, however, these leading business executives make a forceful case that America's current "budget dilemma," as they call it, is no reason to delay in boosting funding for energy innovation. "Supporting innovation," they write, "is an investment, not a cost." Indeed, given the country's economic malaise, there is no better time to make growth-enhancing investments that could catalyze a new era of American economic leadership in a key global industry. Critics of government investment in energy innovation would do well to listen to these titans of industry, and to heed their recommendations. "

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Smartcool Systems - Saudi Aramco, Arabia's national oil company &the world's largest oil company by crude oil production &exports , Deploys Smartcool Energy Efficiency Technology - Jul 13, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Saudi-Aramco-Deploys-cnw-10225…


Con Edison, subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, one of the nation's(US) largest investor-owned energy companies , Grants Smartcool Market Partner Status - Aug 24, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Con-Edison-Grants-Smartcool-cn…


Smartcool Deploys its Energy Saving Technology in India to a 5th Facility for Genpact Ltd., a global leader in business process &technology management - Sep 15, 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Smartcool-Deploys-Energy-cnw-1…

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Legacy Iron Ore - Binding Formal NMDC, Indian government owned National Mineral
Development Corporation +single largest producer of iron ore in India , Offer Received - Cornerstone Investor - Sep 15, 2011

+ a substantial cash injection into Legacy, from an investor who is debt free, with approximately US$4 billion in cash reserves;

+ a strong cornerstone shareholder with considerable experience in commissioning new resource projects &who is able to assist Legacy with the development of its projects, to transition from a junior exploration company into a substantial mining company;

+ strong relationships with key iron ore customers of NMDC, in Japan, China &South Korea;

+ position Legacy to become the vehicle for NMDC to pursue other opportunities in Australia; &

+ allow Legacy to explore corporate opportunities aimed @realising value for assets, through re-structures &asset divestments. ...
http://stocknessmonster.com/news-item?S=LCY&E=ASX&N=557259

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Q2 2011 iQ Report - IQ/I - Sep 15, 2011

Highlights

Hanging in the Race

A few oil &gas companies must feel like they're just hanging in the race after a tough market in the 2nd quarter. In the five months since Q2 started, the intermediates had a median return, including dividends, of -14.2 percent. Over the same period the juniors had an even lower median return of -20.4 percent. Hopefully, an investor focusing on winning the marathon, not the sprint , will see long-term rewards.


Juniors Race to Get Bigger

Many oil &gas companies believe that bigger is better, due to economies of scale,market recognition &gaining critical mass. Over the past year we have seen a shift towards larger juniors. For all the juniors with production between 500 &10,000 boe/d, the median production level has increased significantly from 2,060 boe/d in Q2 ´10 to 2,584 boe/d in Q2 ´11.

Meanwhile, with more juniors graduating into the intermediate ranks with production between 10,000 &100,000 boe/d, there has been a shift towards smaller intermediates. The median intermediate production level dropped from 28,512 in Q2 ´10 to 24,603 boe/d in Q2 ´11.


It Pays to be a Favourite

Adding together a company's market capitalization with its net debt gives us the total value attributed to the company, called the enterprise value. When we compare these enterprise values to production levels, we once again see a wide range of valuations - &it pays to be a favourite. By having a strong valuation, companies are better able to access capital or use their equity to complete deals that are accretive to their shareholders.

For intermediates the range of valuations goes from $29,555 per flowing boe for Perpetual Energy, all the way up to $199,248 per flowing boe for Crescent Point Energy. For juniors, the range is even greater, starting with a lowly $15,915 per flowing boe for WranglerWest &going up to a sky-high $511,659 per flowing boe for Pinecrest.


Struggling for Per Share Growth

In order for investors to benefit most from their holdings in oil &gas companies,the amount of production per share needs to increase over time. This per share growth is difficult for companies to achieve given the high costs associated with the business. As an indication of this challenge, the intermediates showed a median drop of 2.9 percent in production per share from Q1 to Q2 ´11. The juniors fared even worse over those two quarters, with median production per share dropping 5.3 percent from Q1 to Q2 ´11.

Let's hope this trend towards less production per share was a short-term phenomenon due to the impact of wet spring weather on production rates.


Saskatchewet Slows Things Down

In poring over the Q2 results, it became evident that a few normally stellar companies focused on light oil production in Saskatchewan were hit fairly hard by the wet spring. Companies were not able to access their drilling &production leases enough to be able to keep production levels moving up. This was most evident in the Q2 results of Legacy, PetroBakken &Crescent Point. ...-
http://iq.bmir.com/main/documents/iq_reports/iQ-Mag-Q2-2011-…

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Guyana - MJ - Jul11

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AZH.AX, FBX.V, GMV.V, GYG.V, GUY.TO, SCM.V, SSP.V, Z.V, TKK.V &UWE.V -
www.strongholdmetals.com/media/Guyana Article.pdf