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SEATTLE, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- National science and engineering company Integral Consulting Inc. welcomes Mr. Steven Helgen, Dr. Andrew Nicholson, and Mr. Sean Kosinski to its geochemistry and hydrogeology team. With these hires, Integral further strengthens its offerings and responds to increasing demand for specialized technical expertise to support mine permitting, compliance, and closure projects. "Integral is pleased to have such excellent people join our growing team. With their...

Ice, when heated, is supposed to melt.That's why a collection of glaciers in the Southeast Himalayas stymies those who know what they did 9,000 years ago. While most other Central Asian glaciers retreated under hotter summer temperatures, this group of glaciers advanced from one to six kilometers.A new study by BYU geologist Summer Rupper pieces together the chain of events surrounding the unexpected glacial growth."Stronger monsoons were thought to be responsible," said Rupper, who reports...

Dwight Crandell, a renowned volcanologist in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, has died of a heart attack at the age of 86, his family said. Crandell died Monday at a hospice in Wheat Ridge, Colo., The Seattle Times reported Friday. When Crandell began working in the Puget Sound lowlands in the 1950s, conventional wisdom held the region had been shaped by glaciers, the Seattle Times reported Friday. Crandell and his colleague, Don Mullineaux, soon observed however that the region's deep layers of...

Did a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter? A geologist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and two Romanian colleagues report in the January issue of Quaternary Science Reviews that, if the flood occurred at all, it was much smaller than previously proposed by other researchers.Using sediment cores from the delta of the Danube River, which empties into the...

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Mexoro Minerals Ltd. Announces Inferred 15.25 Million Tons Grading 2.62 G/T Gold Equivalent At Its Cieneguita Project. (OTC Bulleting Board: MXOM) (Frankfurt: OYA1). Mexoro Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has updated its preliminary technical report estimate at its Cieneguita Project located in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Company finalized its current drilling program finishing 100 holes for a total of 20,215 meters of drilling....

Hunt Gold Corporation (PINKSHEETS: HGLC) confirms that Mr. Jack Light has been appointed as the Company's Senior Geologist with immediate effect. Mr. Light will consult with Senior Management on all projects and provide advice on local and regional geology, as well as exploration programs and permitting for all properties. As former Project Geologist for the Gladstone McCabe Mine during its period of production by Magma (BHP), Jack Light will have a special role in exploration of Hunt Gold...

ENSR and EDAW have opened a Portland office at 333 S.W. Fifth Ave., Suite 225. ENSR provides consulting, engineering, remediation and environmental health and safety management solutions. It serves industrial and commercial companies and government agencies, with more than 3,000 employees in 90 locations around the world. ENSR's regional staff includes engineers, geologists, scientists, wetlands specialists, and water resources and natural resources specialists. EDAW is a 70-year-old...

Elray Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: ELRA), a technically driven gold and precious mineral exploration company, announced today that it has appointed a project team responsible for its ventures in Cambodia and worldwide to be led by Mr. Grant Roberts and Mr. Tony McDougal. Mr. Grant Roberts is a geologist with 28 years experience in geology, mineral exploration and geophysics. He has executed and managed geological and geophysical programs including large global corporations such as BHP, Riotinto...

NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beacon Redevelopment Industrial Corporation (Pink Sheets: BCND) has retained an expert geologist to evaluate the company's natural gas holdings on its properties. The company believes that the natural gas holdings on its properties are significant and needs an expert opinion and evaluation to verify its belief, if the expert geologist agrees the company may explore a possible spin off of its natural gas holdings or an out right sale....

VANCOUVER, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. (OTC BB: DLKM./ Frankfurt: D6O.F) announced today the appointment of two senior Tanzanian officials to the Board of Directors. Mr. Gus Sangha and Dr. David Groves have stepped down from the Board and the Company thanks them for their valuable assistance during their tenure. Dr. Groves will remain with Douglas Lake as Director of Exploration. Dr. Medard M.C. Kalemani, LLB, LLM, PhD, Mining Management - Director Dr....