Ridgeline Announces Proposed Acquisition of Intellectual Property for Frac Water and Produce Water Treatment

Technology lowers water treatment costs and enhances capture of heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and other contaminants Tests demonstrate increased recovery of hydrocarbons

Ridgeline Energy Services IncRidgeline Energy Services Inc., an environmental technology and consulting company focused on waste management in the oil and gas industry, reports that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement dated April 4, 2011 with Danzik Hydrological Sciences, LLC (“DHS”) and Dennis M. Danzik (the “Purchase Agreement”) to acquire 100% of DHS, a private Delaware limited liability company. Mr. Danzik is the sole member and owner of the interests in DHS. Both DHS and Mr. Danzik are at arm’s length to Ridgeline. [Read more...]

Excalibur Files NI 43-101 Report on Silver King Property

Excalibur Resources Report Silver King PropertyExcalibur Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has now received a NI 43-101 compliant technical report on its Silver King Property. The report is filed on the Company’s web site www.excaliburresources.ca and on www.sedar.com.

This report was prepared as a listing requirement for the TSX Venture Exchange and does not include a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate. The report’s author, Linda Dandy, P.Geo, a qualified person, previously supervised geochemical, geophysical, mapping, trenching and diamond drilling programs on the Silver King Property. [Read more...]

Chalice Gold Mines Appoints Senior Vice President of Corporate Development

Chalice Gold MinesChalice Gold Mines today announced the appointment of Dan W. Hrushewsky as the Company’s Senior Vice-President of Corporate Development based in Toronto, Canada.

Mr. Hrushewsky is a graduate Mechanical Engineer, holds an MBA, and is a CFA charter holder. His over 20 years of experience in the mining sector includes project debt and equity finance, investor relations, and corporate development with a bank, a broker, the buy side, and mining companies. [Read more...]

Century Mining Corporation Grants Stock Options

Century Mining Corporation Grants Stock OptionsCentury Mining Corporation announces that it has granted a total of 930,000 stock options, including 650,000 options to independent directors and the balance to employees of the Company. The stock options are exercisable into common shares of Century at an exercise price of C$0.425 per share for a period of five years. Century’s common shares closed at C$0.425 on the TSX Venture Exchange on April 14, 2011.

Century has 434,036,751 common shares issued and outstanding. Under the terms of the Company’s “rolling” Incentive Stock Option Plan, a maximum of 43,403,675 shares are available to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options at this time. Including this grant of 930,000 options, a total of 14,921,667 shares have been reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding option grants. A further 28,482,008 shares are available for issuance pursuant to future option grants at this time.

Black Diamond Group Limited Announces April Dividend

Black Diamond Group LimitedBlack Diamond Group Limited is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the month of April of $0.095 per share to holders of common shares. The dividend will be paid on May 16, 2011 to shareholders of record on April 29, 2011. The ex-dividend date is April 27, 2011. This dividend is an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes.

Orbite Identifies Rare Earth Elements in its Grande-Valee Deposit, Further Enhancing its Offering to the Aluminum and High-Technology Industries

Alumina clay deposit of Grande-Vallée whose Orbite owns - Offering to the Aluminum and High-Technology Industries
Exploration Orbite is pleased to announce the presence of high-value by-products such as scandium, gallium and other important rare earth elements in its Grande-Vallée deposit, all of which offer strong economic potential for the company and for Canada. The Company is also pleased to announce its filing of a provisional U.S. patent application that extends protection for its existing patented technology to the extraction of scandium, gallium and other rare earth elements from aluminous clay. [Read more...]

BioteQ Announces Succession Plan for CEO

BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc logoBioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc., a leader in the treatment of industrial waste water, announced today that Brad Marchant, Chief Executive Officer, will be retiring from the Company as of June 30, 2011. Following his retirement, Mr. Marchant will continue with the Company as a consultant to ensure a smooth transition to a new CEO and also to provide continuity and support for the Company and the Board of Directors as required for investor and customer relations, strategic planning and corporate issues. Dr. David Kratochvil will take on expanded executive responsibilities in his role as President and Chief Operating Officer. The Board of Directors has initiated a search for a new CEO with cooperation and input from Mr. Marchant. [Read more...]