Bomb-Sniffing Bees Could Find Unexploded Mines In Croatia
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The US Navy has used dolphins to hunt for undersea mines and dogs have been used to sniff out bombs on land. Now, scientists are incorporating honeybees in the hunt for unexploded...
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A Pathways of Progress Update LAS VEGAS, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First Liberty Power Corp. (OTCQB: FLPC), an innovative and diversified mine exploration and development company focused on bringing to market "Mined in America" strategic industrial minerals, is pleased to announce that underground work at their Fencemaker Antimony project is commencing during the 1(st) week of June, 2013. Small Mine Development Corp (SMD) has been engaged as the contractor for all underground...
Web Site: www.CuMtn.com TSX: CUM VANCOUVER, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX: CUM) (the "Company" or "Copper Mountain") announces that further to the Company's news release of May 17, 2013, the damaged SAG mill transformer was replaced late Friday and the mill was back in operation by 6 pm Friday May 17, 2013. Site maintenance personnel were able to successfully replace the damaged transformer with identical transformers from Ball Mill #1. ...
Pathways of Progress Update LAS VEGAS, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First Liberty Power Corp. (OTCQB: FLPC), an innovative and diversified mine exploration and development company focused on bringing to market "Mined in America" strategic industrial minerals, is pleased to announce additional progress towards achieving the goal of near term mining on the Fencemaker property. This week's Pathways of Progress update has First Liberty Power's partner at Fencemaker, James Vogan,...
Pathways of Progress Update LAS VEGAS, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First Liberty Power Corp. (OTCQB: FLPC), an innovative and diversified mine exploration and development company focused on bringing to market "Mined in America" strategic industrial minerals, is pleased to announce a Pathways of Progress update on the Fencemaker mine preparation works. This week, James Vogan, Director of Stockpile Reserves LLC (SRL), First Liberty Power's partner at Fencemaker, recommended to...
Pathways of Progress Update LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- First Liberty Power Corp. (OTCQB: FLPC), an innovative and diversified mine exploration and development company focused on bringing to market "Mined in America" strategic industrial minerals, is pleased to announce the initiation of mine site preparation works for the Fencemaker mine. As a result of last month's management meetings at the Fencemaker mine, the determined action plan was to schedule a site visit to...
FAIRFAX, Va., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has successfully completed the critical design review for Knifefish, the surface-mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle (SMCM UUV), one month ahead of schedule. The General Dynamics team will now begin the development of the system hardware and software to integrate the approved design via the fabrication of three engineering development modules. Knifefish is an essential component of the...
FLAGSTAFF, AZ, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Q-Gold Resources Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: QGR) (http://www.qgoldresources.com) announced today that, based on positive results from a preliminary ground hybrid magnetotellurics ("MT") geophysical survey last Fall over the historic Peck and Black Warrior silver mine complexes, the Company has scheduled a series of additional M/T recording stations on the ridges containing the mines. Both mines, located in the Peck Mining...
LONDON, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The underdevelopment of technologies dedicated to countering the threat of naval mine warfare in favour of other defence capabilities in recent years has created an urgent priority for navies around the world to close the gap before adversaries can exploit this diminished capability. The first step in this process for the year ahead is the assembling of senior officers and commercial solution providers at the Mine Countermeasures...
VANCOUVER, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (NYSE: FSM) (TSX: FVI) (BVL: FVI) (Frankfurt: F4S.F) is pleased to announce that Compania Minera Cuzcatlan S.A. de C.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.) and Plata Pan American S.A. de C.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Pan American Silver Corp.) have entered into an acquisition and option agreement for the 6,254 hectare Taviche Oeste Concessions immediately surrounding the San Jose Mine in Oaxaca,...
MAIDEN ROCK, Wis., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, a Fairmount Minerals company, has reduced its freshwater consumption by more than 50% during the last three years at all of its mines, which are located in Maiden Rock, Bay City, and Menomonie. The mines are recapturing, recycling, and reusing nearly all of the process water following significant capital investment in new technology. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121205/DA24084)...

