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CALGARY, May 30, 2012 /CNW/ - Coalspur Mines Limited ("Coalspur" or "Company") (ASX: CPL, TSX: CPT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Gill Winckler as Managing Director and CEO and a member of the Board, effective July 1(st),2012, following the resignation of Mr Gene Wusaty to pursue other interests. Gill Winckler joins Coalspur from BHP Billiton, where she has worked for the past 15 years in a number of senior executive roles.  Gill was Chief Development Officer of...

CHICAGO, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO), BHP Billiton Ltd (NYSE: BHP) and Vale S.A (NYSE: VALE). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Get the...

VANCOUVER, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Reliance Resources Limited, (TSX: RI) (the company) an Indonesian gold explorer, with a portfolio of five mineral tenements covering 68,000 acres on the islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera in East Indonesia, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Wilson as a director of the company, a former BHP Billiton Indonesia President Director. Mr. Wilson brings great Indonesian insight to the Reliance Resources board. He was President...

TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Axiom Gold and Silver Corp. (OTCBB: AXIO, Berlin: 0X0) announced today that Axiom Gold and Silver will be in attendance at the World Money Show Orlando from February 9-12. The show is being held at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando FL. Axiom Gold and Silver is being sponsored at the show by Steve Crowley's American Scene Radio where the Company participates in live interviews with Steve Crowley. About Steve...

MELBOURNE, Australia and HOUSTON, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Petrohawk Energy Corporation today announced the expiration of its offer to purchase for cash all or any part of its outstanding US$600 million aggregate principal amount of 10.5 per cent Senior Notes due 2014 and US$800 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875 per cent Senior Notes due 2015 . The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 9 November, 2011. An aggregate principal amount of US$10,360,000 of the 2014...

CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO), Potash (NYSE: POT), CNOOC (NYSE: CEO) and Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Get the most recent insight from...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BHP Billiton [ASX: BHP, LSE: BLT, NYSE: BHP, NYSE: BBL, JSE: BIL] announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Petrohawk Energy Corporation through a short-form merger under Delaware law of its wholly owned subsidiary with and into Petrohawk, with Petrohawk being the surviving corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP Billiton. The merger was the final step of the acquisition process and follows the previously announced...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BHP Billiton [ASX: BHP, LSE: BLT, NYSE: BHP, NYSE: BBL, JSE: BLT] announced today that all conditions to the closing of the tender offer (the "Offer") by BHP Billiton Limited, BHP Billiton Petroleum (North America) Inc. and North America Holdings II Inc. ("Merger Sub"), to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Petrohawk Energy Corporation ("Petrohawk") [NYSE: HK] for US$38.75 per Petrohawk share net to the seller in cash,...

HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP, LSE: BLT, NYSE: BHP, NYSE: BBL, JSE: BLT) and Petrohawk Energy Corporation ("Petrohawk") (NYSE: HK) announced today that on 17 August 2011, BHP Billiton and Petrohawk received notice from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. ("CFIUS") that CFIUS has concluded that there are no national security issues of concern in relation to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement between BHP Billiton and Petrohawk,...

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy announced today it has named Gerry Brophy Chief Project Officer - Australia and Keith Downham Vice President of Resource Development - Indonesia to advance the company's growth and business goals. Ian Livingstone-Blevins also was named General Manager at the Wilpinjong Mine in New South Wales, Australia. Gerry Brophy will direct and manage Peabody's Australian project management teams with responsibility for the engineering and...