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January 29, 2006
Industrial Directory launches metal products directories
Metal stampings can be sources at small stampings
fourslide stampings, and progressive die stampings.
More metal fabicators and formers can be found at this list of product sourcing pages being developed.
Rubber and plastic manufacturers can be found at product specific directories. Packaging Materials and supplies and conveyors and machinery can also be easily sourced.
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January 23, 2006
Solomon Receives Payments from Randall’s Sale in Australia and Expands Programs in Mongolia
Solomon Resources Ltd. (SRB:TSX-V) is pleased to announce that it has received the cash proceeds of A $ 1,100,000, from the release of environmental bonds previously held by the Western Australia Department of Mines. The bonds have been replaced by Integra Mining, the purchaser of Solomon’s Randall’s Tenements (see Solomon News Release dated August 2nd, 2005). Solomon has also received 6,967,485 shares of Integra stock, initially priced at A $ 0.071 per share. Shares of Integra closed at A$ 0.175 per share on January 19, 2005, reflecting a 250% increase in value.
Vancouver, Canada, January 20, 2006 – Solomon Resources Ltd. (SRB:TSX-V) is pleased to announce that it has received the cash proceeds of A $ 1,100,000, from the release of environmental bonds previously held by the Western Australia Department of Mines. The bonds have been replaced by Integra Mining, the purchaser of Solomon’s Randall’s Tenements (see Solomon News Release dated August 2nd, 2005). Solomon has also received 6,967,485 shares of Integra stock, initially priced at A $ 0.071 per share. Shares of Integra closed at A$ 0.175 per share on January 19, 2005, reflecting a 250% increase in value.
The funds will be used to conduct additional drilling at the Company’s Bayantsagaan Gold Project in Mongolia (see News Release January 13th, 2006) and to fund ongoing exploration programs to acquire additional gold, copper and uranium projects in Mongolia.
Solomon recently established a wholly owned subsidiary in Mongolia, “SRM XXK”, which will hold all new properties, outside of the Gallant Option Agreement. SRM XXK is a Mongolia Limited Liability Company, headquartered in Ulaanbaatar. The new company is headed up by Mr. Batmunkh Enkhnasan, Exploration Manager and Director General. Batmunkh is a graduate of the Mongolia Technical University, and has been exploring for gold and copper in Mongolia for eight years. He has worked as an exploration geologist with Harrods Minerals, and later Gallant Minerals before being seconded to WMC Resources Corp for two years. He briefly worked for Erdene Gold Inc. as Project Geologist before joining Solomon in 2005.
About Solomon Resources Ltd.
Solomon Resources Ltd. is a Canadian public company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold properties world wide. The Company is managed by a proven team of exploration geologists credited with the discovery and/or development of a number of significant deposits in the world, including the SNIP, Eskay Creek, and Brewery Creek deposits in Canada, the Segala gold deposit in Mali, the Chimney Creek, Mule Canyon, Ruby Hill, Mesquite, and Ortiz gold deposits in the United States, the Gosowong deposit in Indonesia, and the Cadia East deposit in Australia.
Solomon has active copper-gold and gold exploration projects in Mongolia, Australia and Burkina Faso. Solomon Resources Ltd. is a Tier 1 Company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) and trades under the banner (SRB). For additional information visit Solomon’s website at www.solomonresources.ca.
Contact Information - Keith A. Laskowski, President and COO
Direct: 1 720-272-6224
Larry Nagy, Chairman and CEO:
Office: 604-669-6656
Fax: 604-684-9877
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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January 19, 2006
Toughquip Locates High Quality Work-Ready Construction Equipment
Toughquip embarks upon locating high quality, work-ready equipment for searching customers at no additional cost to the customer.
DALLAS (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) January 19, 2006 -- Toughquip, LLC announces a new, easy-to-use heavy equipment locater service based on customer requirements at no additional cost.
Equipment locating can include high quality, work-ready; backhoes, dozers, excavators, graders, scrapers, loaders, off-highway trucks, paving equipment, compactors, skidders, pipelayers, diesel powered generators, equipment and on-highway truck engines – construction, earthmoving and mining equipment.
Toughquip, publisher of the Caterpillar® Equipment Buyer Information Guide, evaluated more than 100,000 of their website visitors and found that 78%+ were searching for specific equipment. As a result, Toughquip embarks upon locating high quality, work-ready equipment for searching customers at no additional cost to the customer. Searching customers can view a limited number of machines and specifications online www.findconstructionequipment.com/Heavy-Equipment-for-Sale.htm for immediate purchase. Customers will simply email desired requirements to Toughquip. Information should include; equipment make, model, year, number of hours, special attachments etc. Toughquip will review requirements and endeavor to locate the equipment that best fits their needs. Once the equipment has been located Toughquip will forward photos, specifications, condition, special notes and many times TA reports on the specified equipment.
When Toughquip locates the desired equipment, in most cases, the customer can view all areas of the equipment from their office with a Live-Cam. This allows the customers to check the undercarriage, tires, buckets, blades etc. before purchasing. This locating service and Live-Cam availability is offered worldwide.
For searching customers that desire to locate their own equipment Toughquip provides many links to equipment suppliers online. Online linked suppliers include; new equipment, used equipment, new parts, used parts, engines, engine parts, equipment service, equipment finance, equipment attachments, equipment auctions and heavy equipment associations.
The Caterpillar ® Equipment Buyer Information Guide can be viewed at www.toughquip.com and the equipment locator site can be viewed at www.findconstructionequipment.com/Heavy-Equipment-for-Sale.htm .
Caterpillar® is the registered trademark of Caterpillar, Inc. and is used for reference purpose only. Toughquip is not associated with, nor is it a licensed representative of Caterpillar Inc.
CONTACT:
Jeff Moore
Toughquip
820 S. MacArthur Blvd
Suite 105-325
Coppell, TX 75019
PHONE 866-681-4636
International: 972-745-6563
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Will 'Helicopter Ben' Spike Gold Prices Further?
According with http://www.investmentu.com , Ben Bernanke (a.k.a. “Helicopter Ben”) -- who takes over from Greenspan in less than two weeks’ time -- earned his nickname when he suggested dropping money onto household lawns from helicopters.
New York (PRWEB) January 19, 2006 -- According with http://www.investmentu.com , Ben Bernanke (a.k.a. “Helicopter Ben”) -- who takes over from Greenspan in less than two weeks’ time -- earned his nickname when he suggested dropping money onto household lawns from helicopters. In his own words:
“The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press, which allows it to produce as many dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.”
Not so.
It may not cost the government much, but cranking up the money machine costs Americans plenty, as it dilutes the dollar.
This, in turn, continues to impact gold prices. In fact, since Bernanke’s nomination as our next Fed Chairman, gold has gained 15.9% and recently hit a 25-year high.
“We believe that now is a good time to buy gold. The fundamentals spell a strong bull market for gold, and Bernanke is certainly doing his part to fan those fires with his weapon of choice -- the printing press,” says Rich Checkan, advisory panelist for Investment U, a free, educational, financial e-letter with more than 275,000 subscribers.
What’s behind Bernanke’s willingness to ramp up the money supply?
His problem is that he’s facing government deficits in excess of $8 trillion. That’s about $27,000 for every man, woman and child living in the United States. And it’s growing… Secretary John Snow has just asked Congress to raise the national debt ceiling, which 14 months ago was set at $8.1 trillion.
So what does a Fed Chairman do to get control of the largest debt in all of history? Simple: devalue the currency and you devalue the debt.
As the Fed starts flooding the market with new dollars, the price of gold will continue its march upward.
How high can we expect gold to be driven by this unending supply of new money?
We could see gold reach more than $3,000 an ounce. If that sounds outrageous, just consider that gold’s all-time high was $850 in 1980. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $2,159 an ounce. Advisory Panelists for Investment U agree: The likelihood of gold surpassing its all-time high is not only likely, but a highly conservative estimate…
For more on “Precious Metals – The Bull Market Confirmed,” click below:
http://www.investmentu.com/research/PreciousMetals.html
For more information about our editors, or to set up an interview, please contact Juan Muñoz at 410.223.2693
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Informed Buyers, Increased Awareness and Preference, Vigorous R&D Program, Industry Leading Support, Life Cycle Aspects Drive Inpro/Seal To Record Results
Inpro/Seal reports record sales. Attibutes it to an installed product/installation base fast approaching two million; direct customer feedback; a vigorous R & D program; an engineering data bank of over 58,000 designs that assures same day delivery at no extra charge; and an “educate and inform” marketing approach that has lead to a dramatic increase in acceptance for for the Inpro/Seal brand.
ROCK ISLAND, IL (PRWEB) January 18, 2006 -– Inpro/Seal Company, the Rock Island, IL, based manufacturer of bearing isolators reports record sales for calendar year 2005. In addition, the company reports that advance orders, shipments and projections are far ahead of last year.
Dynamics
Though a number of factors come into play, the firm attributes much of this extraordinary success to: an installed product/installation base fast approaching two million; direct customer feedback; a vigorous R & D program; an engineering data bank of over 58,000 designs that assures same day delivery at no extra charge; and an “educate and inform” marketing approach that has lead to a dramatic increase in acceptance for for the Inpro/Seal brand.
Product Enhancements From A Very Active R & D Program
Their R & D program, conducted from the worlds largest campus devoted to bearing isolation technology, continues to develop new products and enhancements to existing products that increase plant productivity with measurable bottom line results. To illustrate how active their R & D is, these are a few examples announced during 2005:
- MGS Motor Grounding Seal - a revolutionary new product that stops the damaging effects caused by destructive residual shaft currents on AC motors. Specifically developed for VFD controlled motor applications, the MGS prevents pitting, fluting, fusion craters and eliminates catastrophic motor failure while permanently protecting bearings from contamination.
- Articulating Powder Seal - Inpro/Seal now offers two sealing solutions the Air Mizer™-PS and the Articulating Air Mizer™- PS™ that provide a positive seal in applications were dry particulates, powders and bulk solids are handled, processed, packaged and stored.
- Oil Mist – significant enhancements and improvements were made to their tried and proven oil mist bearing isolator, renaming it the OM 32 Oil Mist Bearing Isolator Series. The OM 32 is the only known method that solves housekeeping issues to contain and keep stray most from entering the environment.
- VBXX-MT™ Series Bearing Isolators – offers machine tool users protection from coolant, chips, humidity and heat, that can cause spindle malfunction and expensive, unscheduled downtime. The highest performance is assured with a reverse interface that avoids direct impingement of coolant and chips.
- Plus –the only product that protects rolling element bearings on paper machines from the wet end to the dry end; IEEE-841 motors that use bearing isolators as part of their specification and the standard for bearing protection; ad hoc designs for gear boxes, axial shaft movement and one of a kind projects and more.
Important To Educate And Inform
According to David C. Orlowski, President and founder of Inpro/Seal Company and considered by many as the “father” of bearing isolation technology, “More and more lip seal users at the plant maintenance level (and above) have learned that there are misconceptions when it comes to sealing devices and that contact seals are not the only option when it comes to protecting bearings.”
Orlowski continued, “Over the last couple of years, we have conducted extensive research into the use of bearing protection on a market-by-market, application by application basis and found that people wanted to know more about bearing isolators. As a direct result, in 2005 we published a brochure entitled Introduction To Bearing Isolators……A Short Lesson In Bearing Isolation which has become the most successful literature we have ever developed.”
Maintenance People Are Fast Becoming Converts To Bearing Isolators
Orlowski went on to say that, “When lip seals were first introduced more than 70 years ago, they were the only kind of sealing device available. Convenient and inexpensive, they went on to capture a 99% market share. Today, lip seal manufacturers state that at best, they have a median, average life cycle of 1,844 hours or 77 days of operation, though some may survive up to 3,000 hours. This means that, in the real world, lip seals are not meant for heavy duty, industrial applications where rotating equipment is designed to run, uninterrupted for five years. Once end users find out that bearing isolators provide levels of protection unavailable in any kind of bearing protection device with bottom line implications, they get fed up with the 70-year-old technology they had been using and quickly become an Inpro/Seal convert. Another in-demand brochure, Are Lip Seals Obsolete?, provides more in-depth information.
Energy Aspects
Orlowski concluded, “When engaged with a rotating shaft, each contact seal, (lip seal and face seal) consumes, on average, 147 watts of power while operating. To show how significant this is, a plant with 600 operating pumps, can run up annual costs in excess of $117,000 for energy to drive the lip seals. Add to that the costs associated with downtime and you can again see why more and more end users are switching to Inpro/Seal bearing isolators.”
More On Motors
Since the Federal mandate for the use of premium efficiency motors (EPAct) was put into effect, more and more end users have opted for a significantly more reliable IEEE-841 Motor, developed by the Institute of Electrical Engineers. The IEEE-841 standard was written to establish additional guidelines to improve motor reliability, efficiency and performance. A very important feature of these motors is bearing protection. Realizing that the most economical motor is one that runs reliably and the avoidance of a single motor failure more than pays for the entire motor, the IEEE-841 Motor has become an industry standard.
VBXX-D, The Next Generation
When Inpro/Seal introduced their original VBX™ series fifteen years ago, it provided end users with a way to eliminate the root cause of premature equipment failure – contamination entering the bearing environment – while increasing productivity and reliability in the process. Since then, hundreds of thousands have been installed in plants around the world. Today, the VBXX-D the next generation in bearing isolators has taken hold offering the latest and best non-contacting labyrinth sealing technology to improve plant uptime and reliability with an ROI that more than doubles previous results with levels of bearing protection previously unavailable.
Industry Leading Internet Support
Inpro/Seal has also invested heavily into web sites dedicated to the education of bearing isolation technology with much downloadable information. When an end user visits www.inpro-seal.com or www.bearingisolators.com they will find a wealth of information related to both Inpro/Seal and bearing protection, including: specific applications, case histories, data sheets, facts and questions, specifications and more. Interactive spreadsheets include a Cost Justification Worksheet and Contact Seal Energy Consumption Calculator. Simply to complete, an end user merely fills in the blank to calculate ROI and benchmark repair costs.
About Inpro/Seal
Inpro/Seal Company is the originator and the world’s number one manufacturer of bearing isolators, used to protect motor and pump bearings, machine tool spindles, turbines, fans, gear boxes, paper machine rolls and many other types of rotating equipment. Additional applications include the sealing, handling, processing, packing and storage of dry particulates, powders and bulk solids.
Nearly two million of Inpro/Seal’s original bearing isolator designs are in operation in process plants worldwide, where end users continue to report significantly reduced operating costs with increased productivity and reliability. Protected bearings have proven to run 150,000 hours (17 years) or more, eliminating the need for costly maintenance and repair. Documented cases show that a plant can more than double the mean-time-between failure (MTBF) and reduce maintenance costs by at least half, with users reporting an extremely high ROI.
As the recognized global leader in bearing isolator technology, Inpro products are marketed to the aerospace, automotive, petroleum, refining, nuclear, power generation, metalworking, food processing, grain processing, chemical, water, wastewater treatment, metalworking, hydrocarbon processing, HVAC, pulp and paper, mining, mineral, ore processing and general industrial markets.
Signoff
For more information on Inpro/Seal Bearing Isolators, including “Introduction To Bearing Isolators”, “Are Lip Seals Obsolete?” or a complete CD interactive package, contact: Terri Hageman at: Inpro/Seal Company, P.O. Box 3940, Rock Island, Illinois 61204. Phone numbers are: (800) 447-0524 or (309) 787-4971. Fax number is: (309) 787-6114. Website: www.inpro-seal.com or www.bearingisolators.com
Inpro/Seal®, the Inpro/Seal logo and other Inpro/Seal marks are registered® names owned by Inpro/Seal. Air Mizer™- PS; Air Mizer™- PS; Articulating Air Mizer™- PS; Motor Grounding Seal (MGS) ™: OM 32™; STS™; VBX™; VBXX ™; VBXX-D™; VBX-S™; VBX-H™; VBXX-D™ and other trademarks are the property of Inpro/Seal. For more information about Inpro/Seal and its products, visit the Company's web site at www.inpro-seal.com or its companion site www.bearingisolators.com
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January 18, 2006
Zunch Communications, Inc. Selected by Trident Resources for Search Engine Optimization
Industry leader to provide company with online positioning solutions.
DALLAS, Texas (PRWEB) January 18, 2006 -– One of the world’s leading search engine optimization, website design and Microsoft Certified application development companies, Zunch Communications, Inc., announced today that it will provide search engine optimization solutions for Trident Resources LP.(www.tridentresources.com), a global sourcing company that provides metal, plastic components and assemblies at a low cost.
“Online orders have the potential to dramatically increase the size of Trident Resources,” said Zunch Chairman & CEO John Sanchez. “Our search engine optimization team is excited and ready to help this company improve its online presence.”
The Zunch Communications, Inc. SEO team will be working to increase the number of search engines and directories in which in the Trident Resources website is listed and to improve upon the current rankings for the site. It will also analyze the current search engine strategy employed by Trident Resources and update this information based on keyword and a thorough website analysis.
About Trident Resources LP.
Trident Resources LP. is a global sourcing company that provides quality products and services to the North-American continent. Trident Resources provide low cost metal and plastic components and assemblies including: compression, rubber and injection molding. It also provides metal stamping, investment, sand, aluminum and die casting plus much more. This is accomplished through strategic relationships with manufacturing companies in Asia.
About Zunch Communications, Inc.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Zunch Communications, Inc. (http://www.zunch.com) is a search engine optimization, website design and Microsoft Certified application development company dedicated to achieving measurable results for its clients. Top-ranked worldwide in search engine optimization; Zunch Communications is a member of DFWIMA, SEO Consultants, seopros, DFWSEM, topseos and a Circle Member of SEMPO. Zunch also maintains offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Shanghai and Mumbai.
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January 16, 2006
Stallion Expands Existing Footprint in Mid-Continental U.S.
On January 9, 2006, Stallion acquired the assets of Trail Blazer Hot Shot, Inc. (Elk City, Oklahoma). With service locations in Elk City, Canadian, and Chickasha, Trail Blazer has been a leading provider of surface equipment rental services for the major Oklahoma basins. Assets include over 120 forklifts and man-lifts, 40 generators, and a variety of other surface rental equipment.
Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 16, 2006 -- On January 9, Stallion acquired the assets of Trail Blazer Hot Shot, Inc. (Elk City, Oklahoma). With service locations in Elk City, Canadian, and Chickasha, Trail Blazer has been a leading provider of surface equipment rental services for the major Oklahoma basins. Assets include over 120 forklifts and man-lifts, 40 generators, and a variety of other surface rental equipment.
The Oklahoma acquisition complements Stallion’s current rig housing operations in Elk City. With this acquisition, Stallion will be able to serve the Texas panhandle, Fayetteville Shale, and other plays of the Arkoma and Anadarko Basin with a comprehensive service offering.
Hill Dishman, Stallion’s chief operating officer, commented, “Trail Blazer comes with a great management team and a large inventory of surface rental equipment. We are planning to integrate our current rig housing services with Trail Blazer’s inventory along with our newly launched remote communications services. Our customers continue to request an integrated package of services at the drill site. Trail Blazer supports our strategy of providing Everything but the Rig™ in the Mid-Continent region.”
The Company now provides services in the Gulf Coast, South Texas, ArkLaTex, Ft. Worth Basin, Permian Basin, Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma, Arkoma Basin, Rocky Mountains, and Williston Basin. With over 375 employees in 19 locations and over 1,300 land-based rig housing units, an extensive fleet of surface rental equipment, significant solids control capability, and integrated satellite communications services, Stallion is the leading drilling support service provider in the United States.
To accommodate continued growth, Stallion also recently relocated its corporate office to 410 Roberts. Just east of downtown Houston and about a mile from Minute-Maid Park, the newly renovated warehouse provides 20,000 square feet of custom-built office space where 40 employees provide corporate sales, finance & accounting, human resources, benefits administration, payroll, and operations support services.
David Schorlemer, Stallion’s CFO, commented, “Our new offices will enable the Company to support our acquisitive strategy with ongoing administrative, accounting support and employee services. The new build-out provides adequate meeting rooms for ongoing training and provides ample room for projected growth in 2006 and beyond.”
Stallion is also pleased to announce the promotion of Michael Moore to Vice President-Sales and Marketing. Mr. Moore will continue to lead the Company’s marketing programs and provide leadership in the corporate sales area as well as digital marketing and branding programs.
Please find additional information at the Company’s newly updated web site: www.stallionoilfield.com
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Trade Winds Ventures Inc Strikes High Grade Gold Once Again on Detour Lake, Ontario Canada Property
Trade Winds has been drilling its Block A and Detour West Block property for over two years with over 110 drill holes and over 59,000 metres of drilling. Block A is beside the historic Detour Lake Mine which produced over 1.5 million oz. Well financed with $6 million in treasury,
(PRWEB) January 16, 2006 -- Trade Winds Ventures Intercepts Multiple High-Grade Gold Zones along the M Zone Structural Corridor on Gowest Option, Detour Lake, Ontario
Timmins, Ontario, January 12, 2006 – Trade Winds Ventures Inc. is pleased to report gold fire-assay results from diamond drill hole TWDDH-107 and wedge hole TWDDH-107H completed on Section 12800E in late November 2005.
Together with previously reported results from TWDDH-107F, high-grade gold mineralization has now been intercepted on Section 12800E in three holes over a 100 metre height along the M Zone, which remains open along strike to the west and to depth.
The high-grade gold mineralization occurs along the upper contact of the M Zone, mafic/ultramafic contact next to an altered felsic dyke. A summary of assay results immediately along the contact include:
Hole TWDDH-107 6.78 grams/tonne Au over 5.05 metres
Includes 21.90 grams/tonne Au over 1.20 metres
Hole TWDDH-107F 5.77 grams/tonne Au over 6.75 metres
Includes 22.54 grams/tonne Au over 1.40 metres
(Previously reported, 30 metres down-dip of TWDDH-107)
Hole TWDDH-107H 10.29 grams/tonne Au over 4.00 metres
Includes 46.40 grams/tonne Au over 0.70 metres
(35 metres down-dip of TWDDH-107F)
Drilling along Section 12800E further demonstrates the M Zone Structure’s consistent ability to contain high-grade gold mineralization along strike and down-dip. To date significant gold concentrations along the M Zone have now been discovered over a 4.0 kilometre strike length.
TWDDH-107 was collared on Section 12800E at 21530N bearing 193 degrees, dipping 69.2 degrees, ending at 1175.35 metres with the end of the hole bearing 203 degrees and dip at 49.7 degrees. Posted below in Table #1 are assay results from the M Zone Structural Corridor which continues to return high-grade gold values along the M Zone’s upper contact and related hanging wall quartz zones. Wedging of TWDDH-107A, TWDDH-107F and TWDDH-107H began around the 600 metre interval of TWDDH-107.
Estimated true width of mineralization is approximately 70% of core length as reported in above table.
Altogether, three wedge holes have been completed from pilot hole TWDDH-107. The upper most hole TWDDH-107A, wedged up, testing the M Zone 30 metres above TWDDH-107 returning 3.62 grams/tonne gold over 0.60 metres along the ultramafic/mafic contact, cutting off the up-dip extent to the high-grade M Zone. The remaining holes TWDDH-107, TWDDH-107F and TWDDH-107H all contain high-grade gold mineralization along the upper contact of the ultramafic/mafic M Zone (as reported above) and are spaced 30 and 35 metre intervals.
Gold mineralization along the upper M Zone contact remains open to depth with the down-dip trend of hangingwall quartz zones apparently entering into the M Zone about 30 metres beneath TWDDH-107H. Therefore, further drill testing down-dip of TWDDH-107H has been recommended by Detour Lake geologists and will be initiated during the 2006 winter drilling program.
Trade Wind’s Gowest Project is located approximately 5.0 km west of Placer Dome’s Detour Lake Mine, which historically produced 1.7 million ounces of gold. Trade Winds is earning its 60% interest in project from Gowest Amalgamated Ltd. (TSX-V: GWA), one of its three optioned Detour Lake Properties located in one of Canada’s most prolific gold producing belts, the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, situated approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Timmins, Ontario.
Mr. Lorne Warner, P. Geo. Is the qualified person for Trade Winds’ Detour Lake Projects. Trade Winds, as operator of the projects, has implemented a quality control program to ensure best practice in the sampling and analysis of the drill core. All fire assay results are being provided by ALS Chemex.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Ian D. Lambert, President & CEO (604) 742-2522
Terry McGee, Investor Relations Toll Free (877) 811-4518 x228 Local Calls (604) 742-2531
Visit our Website at www.tradewindsventures.com
WARNING: The Company relies upon litigation protection for "forward-looking" statements.
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Solomon Announces More Gold Results from Bayantsagaan Project, Mongolia
Solomon Resources Ltd. (SRB:TSX-V) is pleased to announce the results from its second phase of drilling at the Bayantsagaan Gold Project, located 110 km northwest of Ulaanbaatar and 35 km southwest of Centerra Gold’s Boroo gold mine. Solomon completed three additional core holes totalling 618 m in December 2005, stepping out on mineralization identified in the first phase of drilling on the property. The December drill program was suspended due to winter conditions and the seasonal break.
Vancouver, Canada (PRWEB) January 15, 2006 -- Solomon Resources Ltd. (SRB:TSX-V) is pleased to announce the results from its second phase of drilling at the Bayantsagaan Gold Project, located 110 km northwest of Ulaanbaatar and 35 km southwest of Centerra Gold’s Boroo gold mine. Solomon completed three additional core holes totalling 618 m in December 2005, stepping out on mineralization identified in the first phase of drilling on the property. The December drill program was suspended due to winter conditions and the seasonal break.
Two areas of gold mineralization have been identified: the north-south trending Bayantsagaan gold zone, and the recently discovered, northeast trending Sujegtei gold zone, 600 m to the northwest (SRB News Release November 2, 2005). Gold mineralization at Bayantsagaan is hosted in structural zones, within and adjacent to granitic intrusions, similar to the deposits at Boroo and Gatsuurt. Sericite-quartz-sulfide alteration minerals are present over large areas and contain variable grades of gold mineralization.
Drilling will resume with a ten hole RC drill program when weather conditions improve and will test the strike extensions of the Bayantsagaan and the Sujegtei gold zones, most notably 600 m to the northeast where these two mineralized systems intersect (see attached Map).
Bayantsagaan Gold Zone
The Bayantsagaan gold zone strikes N10°W and dips 60º NE. Gold mineralization has been traced 300 m down-dip over a strike length of 300 m in five prior drill holes. One additional hole completed in this second phase of work (BT-11) was collared 50 m to the north and intersected the Bayantsagaan zone approximately 310 m down dip. The following significant results were obtained:
From To (m) Width g/t Au
BT-11 21.00m 43.65m 22.65m 0.25g/t
59.70m 67.40m 7.70m 0.23g/t
127.40m 137.40m 10.00m 0.32g/t
175.40m 195.00m 19.60m 0.18g/t
244.20m 303.00m 58.80m 0.26g/t
Inclu- 287.00m 295.00m 8.00m 1.05g/t
ding 308.80m 332.70m 23.90m 1.46g/t
Inclu- 311.70m 314.30m 2.60m 9.23g/t
ding 352.70m 356.70m 4.00m 0.30g/t
360.70m 373.80m 13.10m 0.30g/t
Drill hole BT-11 confirms the extension of the both the higher grade main gold zone, and the presence of extensive low grade mineralization within subsidiary structures throughout the intrusive. The system contains a higher grade structural zone that remains open both along strike and at depth, is continuous between drill hole intercepts and is enveloped by lower grade material.
Sujegtei Gold Zone
The Sujegtei gold zone is a covered mineralized zone discovered by Solomon during the first phase of drilling when drill hole BT-08 intersected 20.9 m @1.07g/t Au. The hole was collared to test a northeast trending structural zone, interpreted beneath colluvium (SRB news release November 2, 2005). Two additional holes were attempted in December to determine the trend of mineralization in the subsurface. Drill hole BT-10 was drilled beneath BT-08 to the east, and BT-12 was drilled to the northwest. Both holes failed to reach their targeted depth due to extensive faulting and broken ground indicative of a major fault system. The following significant results were obtained:
From To (m) Width g/t Au
BT-10 20.20m 24.00m 3.80m 0.57 g/t
BT-12 75.80m 86.00m 10.20m 0.18 g/t
89.60m 100.60m 11.00m 0.33 g/t
102.60m 112.80m 10.20m 0.19 g/t
Based on these results, it can be inferred that the Sujegtei gold zone strikes northeast with a sub-vertical dip. The zone remains open to the northeast, southwest, and at depth. Drilling was stopped in mid-December due to winter conditions and the seasonal break.
Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101
All gold values reported here are from 30 g fire assays, using a 0.1 g/t low grade cut-off. All assay intervals are based on core intervals. David Tupper, P.Geol. a ‘qualified person’ for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has verified the data disclosed, including sampling, analytical and test data, contained in and supervised the preparation of this news release.
QA/QC
Solomon has implemented quality assurance and quality control measures in its exploration programs, including the following:
- Drilling was completed under the supervision of Solomon geologists, by Landrill International of Moncton, New Brunswick.
- All field work is carried out under the supervision of Solomon geologists in accordance with procedures developed to conform to NI 43-101.
- All analytical work is being completed at SGS Analabs Pty. Ltd. in Ulaanbaatar, and accredited Australian laboratories. In addition to the standard internal check and repeat assays undertaken by SGS Analab, Solomon’s staff submitted their own blind standard and blank check samples at a rate exceeding 1 in 10. All check sample results received are within acceptable limits of variability.
Forward Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this news release contain forward-looking information, which involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting the business of Solomon Resources Ltd. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
Solomon Resources Limited
About Solomon Resources Ltd.
Solomon Resources Ltd. is a Canadian public company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold properties world wide. The Company is managed by a proven team of exploration geologists credited with the discovery and/or development of a number of significant deposits in the world, including the SNIP, Eskay Creek, and Brewery Creek deposits in Canada, the Segala gold deposit in Mali, the Chimney Creek, Mule Canyon, Ruby Hill, Mesquite, and Ortiz gold deposits in the United States, the Gosowong deposit in Indonesia, and the Cadia East deposit in Australia.
Solomon has significant gold exploration projects in Mongolia and Australia. Solomon’s shares trade under the banner SRB on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V). For additional information visit Solomon’s website at www.solomonresources.ca.
Contact Information -
Keith A. Laskowski, President
Direct: 720-272-6224
Larry Nagy, CEO
Phone: 604-669-6656
Fax: 604-684-9877
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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A Dynamic Novel Promotes Conservation of the Land Absaroka: Where the Heart of a Soldier Meets the Land of the Crow
Raven Publishing, Inc., introduces Absaroka, celebrating not only the Day of the Horse, but also honoring the natural beauty of the land and a way of life that is being threatened. Recent efforts by the government to expand oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as well as in Montana and Wyoming wilderness areas, and the push for coalbed methane wells raise serious environmental issues. Those who would see our land and it’s wildlife protected will enjoy Joan Bochmann’s true-to-life novel. Young Matt Reed faces the challenge of saving his ranch from those who would take advantage of his family’s hardships to exploit and ravage the land. This book addresses many contemporary issues such as war, loss, conservation, protection of wild horse, and battling natural elements for survival.
(PRWEB) January 15, 2006 -- Author, Joan Bochmann emphasizes the tenacity and triumphs of the human spirit in her debut novel, Absaroka (Raven Publishing Inc., $10.00, 196 pgs. ISBN: 0-9714161-8-4).
Readers will share the emotions and reasoning of a variety of characters,including the horses’. A homesick soldier returns to the Rocking R Ranch in northern Wyoming, the home he has longed for while on the battlefields, to find it changed. His mother died of cancer while he was half a world away, so he was prepared for that grief—but not for the further losses that waited, loss of his father, and it looks like the ranch as well.
For information on the author: http://www.ravenpublishing.net/Joan_Bochmann.html.
To schedule an interview or to request a review copy, please call Angela Kelly at (406)
580-3747.
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Stallion Launches StaRComm™ Satellite Services
In December 2005, Stallion Oilfield Services launched Stallion Remote Communications™. StaRComm provides integrated VSAT services with telephone, fax, and internet, along with integrated wireless intercoms. StaRComm services are currently being offered in selected Stallion locations. The Company plans to deploy over 100 integrated VSAT units in 2006.
Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 14, 2006 -- In December 2005, Stallion Oilfield Services launched Stallion Remote Communications™. StaRComm provides integrated VSAT services with telephone, fax, and internet, along with integrated wireless intercoms. StaRComm services are currently being offered in selected Stallion locations. The Company plans to deploy over 100 integrated VSAT units in 2006.
Craig Johnson, Stallion’s CEO, commented, “With the launch of StaRComm, Stallion becomes a fully-integrated provider of drilling support services. We can provide housing accommodations, surface rental equipment, solids control services and the entire communications infrastructure – intercoms, phone, fax, and internet access complete with a laptop computer, if requested. The customer can just show up and begin working at the new site. This one-stop shop approach provides value to our customers through greater productivity at the drill site.”
The Company now provides services in the Gulf Coast, South Texas, ArkLaTex, Ft. Worth Basin, Permian Basin, Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma, Arkoma Basin, Rocky Mountains, and Williston Basin. With over 375 employees in 19 locations and over 1,300 land-based rig housing units, an extensive fleet of surface rental equipment, significant solids control capability, and integrated satellite communications services, Stallion is the leading drilling support service provider in the United States.
To accommodate continued growth, Stallion also recently relocated its corporate office to 410 Roberts. Just east of downtown Houston and about a mile from Minute-Maid Park, the newly renovated warehouse provides 20,000 square feet of custom-built office space where 40 employees provide corporate sales, finance & accounting, human resources, benefits administration, payroll, and operations support services.
To find additional information on Stallion Oilfield Services or Stallion Remote Communications visit the Company’s newly updated web site, www.stallionoilfield.com.
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Elkton, Maryland Resident Launches Website to Raise Money for Sago Mine Fund
An Eastern shore resident is raising money for the Sago Mine Fund to assist the families affected by the tragedy that occurred at the Sago mine in West Virginia on January 2, 2006. Mr. Downey, a computer consultant, is raising money for the relief fund by selling space on a web page he setup shortly after the accident at the Sago mine.
Elkton, Maryland (PRWEB) January 14, 2006 -- Eric Downey, A Maryland computer consultant, is raising money by selling pixels on a web page he specifically setup for advertisers to place a small graphic logo and a link to their website. The cost is a mere $1 per pixel to be sold in 10 by 10 pixel blocks.
After the accident in West Virginia Mr. Downey heard of a money earning website being run in England by a college student who was raising funds to pay for college. He decided that would work well for raising money for the Sago Mine Fund as well and immediately put his idea into motion. And so www.pixels4sagominers.com was born.
“It’s actually a pretty neat idea. Once the page starts filling up with advertisers it has a certain artistic quality to it”, commented Eric after seeing the similar site being run in England.
The web page will exist for the next 5 years unchanged with the exception of advertisers buying up space. This is critical for anyone who wants to immortalize their presence on the Internet. Most advertisements only last for a few seconds on a page before it’s rotated out for another banner. On www.pixels4sagominers.com an advertisement is permanently fixed on a spot on the page.
On top of the advertising a company will receive they will know that a large portion of the money they paid is being used to help the families of the miners who lost their lives at the Sago mine.
Go to www.pixels4sagominers.com for more information or to help contribute to the relief fund.
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January 12, 2006
Oil Rocks
Petroleum crude oil comes from rocks.
(PRWEB) January 12, 2006 -- Given all of the news on rising oil prices these days, one cannot help but think that oil comes from oil companies. However, the simple fact is that oil comes from rocks.
As a matter of fact, rocks are a very important source of energy from the coal rocks that powered the steam engines in the 19th century Industrial Revolution to the crude oil found in rocks that powers the internal combustion engines of the 20th and 21st centuries. About petroleum, one can hate it or love it, but one can hardly ignore it or escape from it because of the many very important uses for it ranging from fuels to chemicals to medicines to plastics which make up our modern world. Thus, it's something that's worthy of our attention.
Given all of the above, a company called "ONTA" which is a geology and not an oil company has come up with a practical and simple way of presenting petroleum crude oil in a more natural and friendly way to everyone who uses it so that it no longer remains one of life's mysteries. Thus, one can now learn all about petroleum crude oil in a fast, fun, affordable, clean and safe way with their new and timely educational "Oil Rock Set". This basic set of two rocks comes with an oil source rock from which petroleum crude oil was formed and an oil reservoir rock in which petroleum crude oil is found. Also included with it is an information sheet. For more information, visit their website www.oilrockset.com by clicking on it.
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January 11, 2006
New Book Reveals Proactive Methods for Measuring and Managing Corporate Exposure to Risk
The Maintenance Scorecard, ISBN 0831131810 (Published by Industrial Press), reveals methods for proactive measurement of the likelihood of safety, environmental or operational incidents, through failures of physical assets.
(PRWEB) January 16, 2006 -- In the wake of the Hatfield disaster court case in the UK, the passage of bill C-45 into applicable law in Canada, rafts of legislation in the USA senate regarding the reliability of the energy industry, and the recent lawsuit against Disneyland following an incident there, risk has never been more at the forefront of the those who own and manage physical assets. Particularly given trends towards individual accountability as well as corporate accountability.
The new book The Maintenance Scorecard, ISBN 0831131810, looks at the area of asset management in layman’s terms as a center for the mitigation of corporate risk exposure.
In particular it looks at the risk of safety, environmental and operational failures of physical assets.
Aimed at assisting asset-centric organizations to extract greater economic value from their physical asset base, this book details several aspects of risk measurement, and recognizes the unique responsibilities that physical asset managers have with respect to managing risk of a safety incident, or of a breach of environmental standards or legislation.
It starts with an overview of what risk is, and how organizations can manage risk in a cost effective manner, taking care to discuss various asset-centric business sectors. Form this point it goes on to discuss how to build the asset management structure to manage this risk, the impact of daily maintenance and operations activities (normally overlooked or seen as efficiency areas only) and then goes on to detail a new approach to measuring risk in a proactive, rather than reactive sense.
Today, many industrial organizations use only measures such as incident rate metrics, frequency of near misses and other such measures. However, as the book points out, these measures are after the event. By the time it shows up on the management dashboard it is far too late.
For this reason measurement of risk is associated with the asset management interventions that are put into place to ensure that risk is managed to a controllable level. Via this method asset managers can ensure that their physical assets are being managed in a way that supports the tolerable risk envelope that they have decided to work within. Furthermore, they are able to see when they are currently facing higher levels of risk based upon the day-to-day activities that normally go unnoticed.
When properly applied The Maintenance Scorecard is a revolutionary way for a company to view its physical asset base and its management. It changes the focus on the area from one of neccesity, to an approach that develops it as a centre for generating strategic advantages. .
Daryl Mather is a specialist in asset management, risk and reliability.
This article is based on his new book “The Maintenance Scorecard” ISBN: 0831131810. He currently assists selected companies to achieve strategic advantages.
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January 10, 2006
Mine Rescue System - MRS announced by Falcon Group, LLC
Falcon Group, LLC announces the Mine Rescue System (MRS) technology that can locate and help rescue underground mine personnel.
Las Vegas, NM (PRWEB) January 10, 2006 -- Falcon Group, LLC announced today the Mine Rescue System (MRS) technology that can locate and help rescue underground mine personnel. The proprietary technology allows for rapid surface location of underground personnel which allows for both surface and underground rescue in a timely manor.
The MRS system is packaged in a lightweight battery powered backpack or case that can be initiated by underground personnel in less than 1 minute. It then broadcasts a signal that can be identified by surface sensory units and triangulation of the underground personnel’s location beacon can be achieved. Thus allowing for accurate and immediate surface drilling of a pilot hole where basic life extending resources such as oxygen, water, food, medical and communications can be delivered. At the same time a parallel rescue shaft can be drilled saving precious minutes, hours and even days. The system may also be used to quickly identify personnel locations for underground rescue teams. The technology can be used either for vertical rescue (Surface to Mine Rescue), or horizontal rescue (Mine to Mine Rescue).
Both field transportable and permanent installations of the MRS system can be implemented. Permanent sensor installations can monitor 7x24 underground mine beacons for immediate response and rescue.
Designers at Falcon Group said “If a system such as the MRS was available for the Sago Mine accident, then both the surface and underground teams could have gone directly to the trapped underground personnel”.
Falcon Group is offering the technology in the form of a non-exclusive group technology license so that multiple companies and manufactures can build and distribute these safety systems worldwide for the protection of all miners.
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The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) announces expansion in the Quad Cities
The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) announces expansion in the Quad Cities
Alexandria, Virginia (PRWEB) January 10, 2006 -- The Association of Women in the Metal Industries is excited to announce expansion into the Quad Cities. The first meeting will take place on February 2, 2006 at The Mark of the Quad Cities (1201 River Drive, Moline, IL 61265).
You don’t want to miss this informative 2006 Forecast Panel of Dan Miksta, VP of IPSCO, Sharon Wendel, Global Coinage Sales Manager of PMX Industries and Sallie Blake, Commercial Process Manager of Alcoa. This meeting is open to members and non-members. Networking begins at 6PM. To register for the event please contact: Catherine Crews, Mako Metals, President, Chicago Chapter 708-747-1000. Reservations must be received by January 27th.
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The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) announces 2006 International Board of Directors
Alexandria, Virginia (PRWEB) January 10, 2006 -- The Association of Women in the Metal Industries is proud to introduce their 2006 International Board of Directors:
International President
Victoria Zanutto
Admin. Assistant/HR Administrator
Myers Container/CMS, LLC
International Vice President
Terry Miller
Vice President
C-S Metals Service, Inc.
International Treasurer
Marty Phillips
Sales Representative
Skyline Supply Company
International Secretary
Sian Marcone
Account Manager
Mittal Steel USA
International Past President
Pamela Edmiston
National Sales Coordinator
Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.
International Marketing Chair
Jacqueline Cech
Inside Sales Manager
EMJ Company
International Membership Chair
Tamela Olt
Account Manager
IPSCO
International Programs Chair
Sarah Moran
Account Manager
Mittal Steel USA
International Mentoring Chair
Lori Masset
MIS
Howard Precision Metals, Inc.
Bylaws/P&G Chair
Helene Watson
Buyer
Longview Fibre Company
Midwest Regional Director
Mary Murphy
District Sales
Olympic Steel, Inc.
Northeast Regional Director
Loretta Wysocki
Inside Sales Representative
Sandmeyer Steel Company
Southern Regional Director
Sheri Burdette
Office Manager
AMS Specialty Steel
Western Regional Director
Vesna Vejnovic
Value Added Sales Representative
ESCO Corporation
The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) is a professional society of individuals who share the belief that women in similar industries who come together benefit themselves, their careers and their companies through interaction, education and sharing of expertise. AWMI was founded in California in 1981 to foster the professionalism and personal growth of women in the metal industries, address their unique challenges, and publicize their achievements. The programs and activities of the AWMI are structured to enhance members' knowledge, skills and experience. AWMI advocates the promotion of professional women and the increase in their numbers in metal and metal-related companies. Membership is open to both women and men seeking professional development and career advancement.
Information regarding AWMI can be found on our website:
www.awmi.org or by contacting Elizabeth Hawkins– Director of Member Services.
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The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) Celebrates 25 years of Excellence.
Alexandria, Virginia (PRWEB) January 10, 2006 -- AWMI is pleased to mark its 25th year of existence in 2006. Many challenges face AWMI in terms of membership, fundraising, marketing, growth and maintaining our purpose. The AWMI Founders had a vision and made dreams become reality. Now, as women's careers in the metal industries are maturing and expanding, AWMI's current leaders must do the same.
AWMI will provide stronger programs than ever before to help its members develop new skills and abilities to compete in the workplace. AWMI will address technology issues, communication skills, international business issues and a host of others to support its members' continued successes well into the future.
The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) is a professional society of individuals who share the belief that women in similar industries who come together benefit themselves, their careers and their companies through interaction, education and sharing of expertise. AWMI was founded in California in 1981 to foster the professionalism and personal growth of women in the metal industries, address their unique challenges, and publicize their achievements. The programs and activities of the AWMI are structured to enhance members' knowledge, skills and experience. AWMI advocates the promotion of professional women and the increase in their numbers in metal and metal related companies. Membership is open to both women and men seeking professional development and career advancement.
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January 06, 2006
Sterling Investment Services Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index and Component Report
Sterling Investment Services is pleased to announce their latest research report, “A Comprehensive Technical Analysis of the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index XAU.” The report contains primarily a “technical analysis” of the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Sector Index 'XAU' and the components that comprise the index.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 6, 2006 -- Sterling Investment Services (www.sterlinginvestments.com) is pleased to announce their latest research report, “A Comprehensive Technical Analysis of the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index XAU.” The report contains primarily a “technical analysis” of the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Sector Index 'XAU' and the components that comprise the index. In this report, Sterling Investment Services presents different methods of examining the 'XAU' and where they think it may move towards. This report can be located on their home page at www.sterlinginvestments.com.
The component companies of the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index include Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX), Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM), Anglo Gold Ashanti (NYSE: AU), Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX), Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE: GFI), Goldcorp, Inc. (NYSE: GG), Glamis Gold, Ltd. (NYSE: GG), Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY), Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC), Meridian Gold, Inc. (NYSE: MDG), Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS), and Placer Dome (NYSE: PDG). Each of these components is examined in detail with future expected price movement discussed.
About Sterling Investment Services:
Sterling Investment Services Publishes the Prime Stock Newsletter providing daily stock and options recommendations, the Sterling Weekly newsletter providing weekly market commentary, our weekly calendar, and updates on past recommendations. In addition to the above newsletters Sterling Investment Services tracks the various sector indices that comprise the overall market and publishes technical research reports on those indices. Subscription information is available at our website www.sterlinginvestments.com
Sterling Investment Services, Inc. has not been compensated for the publication of the above mentioned report or this press release. Sterling Investment Services derives its revenue from the sales of subscription, research reports, and advertising placed on its web site. The Sterling Investment series of newsletters is produced by Sterling Investment Services, Inc. We also offer custom research reports on any stock investment that you may desire information on. Sterling Investment Services may hold positions in the securities recommended or may be providing consulting services to the companies mentioned within this report.
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January 04, 2006
Tucson Based Bronco Energy Announces the Acquisition of the Hazleton Coal Mine in Indiana
Bronco Energy Fund, Inc., announced this morning that its wholly owned subsidiary, Bronco Coal Co., has acquired the land, equipment, permits, and mineral rights to the Hazleton Coal Mine located in Gibson County, Indiana, north of Evansville.
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) January 4, 2006 -- Bronco Energy Fund, Inc., announced this morning that its wholly owned subsidiary, Bronco Coal Co., has acquired the land, equipment, permits, and mineral rights to the Hazleton Coal Mine located in Gibson County, Indiana, north of Evansville. The project, consisting of more than $35,000,000 in cash and debt instruments, marks Bronco’s entry into mining operations in the Illinois Basin, an area where Bronco’s President, Dan Baker, has extensive experience.
According to Dan Hodges, company Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, “The Hazleton was an easy choice for Bronco due to its Illinois VII seam of low-sulfur compliance coal, and the market demand for it. Bronco is not just after large coal reserves, but is making acquisition choices based on present and anticipated market demand, proximity to those markets, and ultimate profitability. That means some of our acquisitions will be in smaller niche mines. Standard Bank, plc, our project finance bank on this transaction, saw that conjoining the Hazleton Mine assets and operations with Bronco’s senior management mine experience was a good combination, and worked diligently clear through closing. Kudos to them.”
The mine is projected to produce 1.45 millions tons annually, with the majority already contracted out for two years to utilities directly for blending and compliance coal usage.
About Bronco Energy Fund, Inc.
Based in Tucson, AZ, Bronco Energy Fund, Inc., is an integrated energy company, with a focus of investing in companies and projects related to coal reserve exploitation, oil and gas exploration and production, “clean power” generation and coal-to-liquids production, and newly emerging technologies. Its subsidiary companies include Bronco Coal Co., Bronco Power Co., Bronco Petroleum Co., and Bronco Emerging Technologies, Inc. With a nine person professional Board of Directors, the Company seeks to make investment in projects or companies such as those indicated and welcomes presentation of candidates.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations and changes in consumer and business consumption habits and other factors over which Bronco Energy Fund, Inc. has little or no control.
For more information, please visit our Website at www.broncoenergy.com. Or call (866) 305-0485.
On Behalf of the Board:
Bronco Energy Fund, Inc.
Daniel L. Hodges – Executive Chairman
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New Crisis for U.S. Utilities: Uranium Supply Crunch Coming
Canadian analyst forecasts "unbelievable highs" ahead for nuclear fuel as utilities scramble for reliable uranium supply.
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) January 4, 2006 -- Research analyst Kevin Bambrough for North America’s top-ranked money management firm, Sprott Asset Management, predicts a major crisis ahead for U.S. utilities hoping to obtain fuel for their nuclear reactors, especially for those proposing new reactors. “The supply is just not there,” warned Bambrough in a recently published interview appearing in StockInterview.com. “For people who want to bring on new facilities and contract for it (uranium), it’s very difficult to do that.” Bambrough advised utilities, “You have to go to mines that are not even there yet in order to try and contract supply.”
Bambrough warns of a supply deficit peaking in 2015 that might hypothetically drive uranium prices to an “unsustainable” high “north of $500/pound.” The U.S. EIA projects, during Bambrough’s timeframe, 67% of the nuclear fuel required to power the 103 U.S. nuclear facilities has not yet been contracted. Under this scenario, Bambrough sees an investment opportunity with many of the junior uranium companies. He explained the Sprott team has invested in juniors that “acquired properties that were once owned and were actively being worked by majors at the end of the 1970’s bull market.”
Because U.S. utilities will be competing, later this decade, with China, India and others for uranium, local utilities may have to rely upon a reliable domestic uranium source for their reactors found with some of the junior uranium exploration companies. Bambrough cited his favorites among the junior uranium stocks, Strathmore Minerals (TSX: STM, Other OTC: STHJF), Energy Metals (TSX: EMC), Tournigan (TSX: TVC), Altius (TSX: ALS) and Western Prospector (TSX:WNP). Bambrough predicted a consolidation among many uranium exploration companies, which may later lead to a single NYSE listed issue to compete with Cameco (NYSE: CCJ), saying, “There are several junior companies that should come together to form large uranium companies to leverage their extremely valuable skilled personnel, lower the exorbitant costs of permitting and exploration, and achieving other economies of scale.”
The entire interview may be viewed at: www.stockinterview.com/stm-bambrough.html
Contact:
StockInterview.com
Julie Ickes
(941) 929-1640
(Source: StockInterview.com)
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Users Speak Out About SAP NetWeaver
Service Oriented Archiectures are the future of enterprise software, and this ground-breaking report on SAP NetWeaver early adopters delivers insights and recommendations.
(PRWEB) January 4, 2006 -- Based on 300 user interviews split between existing R/3 users and early adopters to NetWeaver, this comprehensive report provides an insightful look into early adopters of SAP's NetWeaver platform and their experiences regarding scalability, integration, usability, and emerging set of best practices.
This report provides invaluable insights into what the profile of SAP NetWeaver customers is quickly emerging as, compares SAP NetWeaver with Web Services, and defines Service Oriented Architecture insights from this exclusive set of users spoken with. Applications used today and users' roadmaps for the futures are defined here in detail, and there are recommendations for companies who are considering the NetWeaver platform. The momentum of SAP's partnerships' efforts are also explained succinctly and to the level anyone evaluating NetWeaver needs to know. The bottom line is that if you compete with, are considering purchasing, or are interested in what SAP NetWeaver early adopters are thinking, buy this report.
Specific insights include:
• For many NetWeaver adopters, scaling across a global value chain is the vision that is accomplishable yet difficult. Issues of complex integration with legacy systems, internal political battles, licensing issues with SAP and concerns about security all make this strategy stay in vision versus reality status.
• Consumer Products and Chemicals are the two verticals leading the SAP R/3 customer base in adopting NetWeaver. Healthcare, Higher Education & Research, Insurance and Life Sciences are lagging relative to all other verticals SAP competes in.
• Existing SAP customers are 70% more likely to be early adopters of NetWeaver than non-SAP accounts. SAP is being successful in its upsell strategy to existing accounts.
• Even the most loyal SAP customers are using NetWeaver the majority of time outside their firewalls. For many of the early adopters, NetWeaver is the foundation for internal processes that are secure already and have strong ROI associated with them.
Priced at $25.00, this report is available for digital download from Amazon.com at the following URL:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000CVIL0I/qid=1135962554/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-3147897-3195809?v=glance&s=ebooks
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January 03, 2006
Worldwide Laser Introduces the LP2000 Series of TEA Laser Marking Systems
Worldwide Laser Services Corporation introduces the LP2000 series of TEA laser marking systems which utilizes a mask for laser etching and laser marking.
Gilbert, AZ (PRWEB) January 3, 2006 -- Worldwide Laser Services Corporation today announced the introduction of the LP2000 series of TEA laser marking systems. The TEA laser system utilizes a mask for laser etching and laser marking. Worldwide Laser manufactures the LP2000 a spark gap driven TEA mask Co2 laser, the LP2500 a ceramic thryatron Co2 TEA laser, and the LP3000 with a water tight metal vessel & ceramic thryatron.
The LP2000 series of TEA mask Co2 lasers come in several configurations from Standard System (SS) to High Speed (HS) and Very High Speed (VHS). They are capable of laser marking or laser etching up to 90,000 parts per hour. The LP2000 series of lasers are generally air cooled but for higher speed operations they are water cooled. The power ranges from 1.9 joules to 5.0 joules depending on the model and configuration. The lasers require an external gas bottle and are ‘flow through’ so that the laser gas mix is consumed. The LP2000 series of laser has a refined and redesigned gas flow system which makes the laser gas consumption of the LP2000 series of TEA Co2 lasers the lowest in the industry.
The LP2000 series of TEA Co2 lasers are not controlled by computers therefore they require operator intervention to change the mask for the laser mark or for the laser etch to be changed. However the TEA Co2 lasers which are pulsed have extremely high peak power. Therefore, they can laser mark or laser etch many materials that sealed beam RF excited Co2 lasers are unable to mark or etch.
Worldwide Laser has been manufacturing, rebuilding, & maintaining TEA Co2 mask lasers for over 20 years. Worldwide Laser is the industry leading experts for TEA Co2 laser marking systems. Worldwide Laser also has the complete range of spare parts and optics for the Lumonics series of TEA Co2 laser from 920 to 960.
For information or a quote on the LP2000 series of TEA Co2 laser marking and laser etching systems, parts for the Lumonics series of Co2 TEA lasers, or a refurbished 940, 960, or 960 SSM TEA Co2 laser just call Worldwide Laser at 1-480-892-8566 option 5 or visit their website http://www.wlsc.com
About Worldwide Laser
Worldwide Laser was founded in 1986 and the company has evolved into a respected major laser marking systems manufacturer. They have also developed an impressive list of national and international service and parts clients. Worldwide currently has active clients in ten countries on three continents. Worldwide has developed a major service organization for TEA CO2, CWCO2, and ND-YAG based laser marking products. They provide one of the largest inventories of spare parts in North America. Their own products include the LP2000 series of TEA Co2 lasers, the LP9000 series of diode & flash lamp YAG lasers, and the LP8000 series of Co2 lasers. Worldwide Laser has established a major laser marking job shop with TEA CO2, CWCO2, Diode, and flash lamp ND-YAG laser marking systems. For further information call (480) 892-8566 or visit their website http://www.wlsc.com
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