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PTT Exploration plans to increase its stake in oil block in Mozambique

25-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Macauhub | 6:00 AM

Thai state group PTT Exploration is interested in acquiring a greater stake than the 8.5 percent it owns in the Area 1 block in the Rovuma basin in northern Mozambique, the [...]
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E Timor may explore natural gas in Timor Sea on its own

25-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Macauhub | 6:00 AM

East Timor may carry out its natural gas exploration in the Timor Sea without other partners, thus bringing an end to its partnership with Australia’s Woodside [...]
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Philippines’ resources agency hikes mining fees

25-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Rappler | 6:00 AM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would be raising all filing fees for mining applications and the required minimum paid-up capital of applicants. [...]
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Medusa Mining reports more high grades at Co-O

25-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Proactiveinvestors | 6:00 AM

More high grades from Medusa Mining’s (LON:MML ASX:MML) ongoing exploration drilling at the Co-O gold mine in the Philippines highlight the miner’s all-round [...]
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Indonesia’s Bakries start pull-out from miner Bumi

Indonesia’s Bakries start pull-out from miner Bumi

25-Feb-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

The powerful Indonesian Bakrie family said Friday it would start the process of divorcing from London-listed miner Bumi Plc after winning a crucial shareholder vote over [...]
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Rothschild loses battle for Bumi’s board, Bakrie plan to go ahead

Rothschild loses battle for Bumi’s board, Bakrie plan to go ahead

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

British financier Nathaniel Rothschild lost Thursday his battle for control of Bumi Plc, with plans by Indonesia’s powerful Bakrie family to pull out of the [...]
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Tampakan miner reviews ECC conditions

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Rappler | 6:00 AM

Xstrata-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. is seeking clarifications on some of the conditions laid down by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the [...]
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CNOOC to invest more in coalbed gas after deal

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | china.org.cn | 6:00 AM

China’s largest offshore oil producer announced Thursday it will increase its stake in the country’s leading coalbed methane producer in a move to tap [...]
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PanAust may boost output at Laos mine

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Dow Jones | The Australian | 6:00 AM

Panaust may look to significantly increase production at its new Ban Houayxai gold and silver mine in Laos in the next couple of months after lifting reserves by more than [...]
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PanAust seeks copper, gold projects with Codelco in Chile

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Bloomberg | 6:00 AM

PanAust Ltd (PNA), an Australian operator of copper and gold mines in Laos and Thailand, is seeking to acquire assets in Chile with partner Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile [...]
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TVI Pacific Inc. Completes 34th Shipment of Copper Concentrate

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Canada NewsWire (press release) | 6:00 AM

CALGARY, February 21, 2013/CNW/ – TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) (OTCQX:TVIPF) (TVI or the Company) announced today that its Philippine operating affiliate, TVI Resource [...]
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Barisan Gold Completes Extension of Exploration Licenses

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Marketwire (press release) | 6:00 AM

Barisan Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:BG) wishes to inform shareholders that its majority-owned Indonesian subsidiary, PT Gayo Mineral Resources (“Gayo”), has [...]
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PHI Group Engages Runge to Conduct Technical Due Diligence of PT TSA Coal Concessions in Indonesia

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Marketwire (press release) | 6:00 AM

PHI Group, Inc., (OTCQB: PHIL), (PINKSHEETS: PHIL), a company focused on energy and natural resources, announced today that it has engaged PT Runge Indonesia, a subsidiary [...]
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E Timor risks all in oil dispute with Aust

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | Thediplomat | 6:00 AM

East Timor appears ready to roll the dice in its dispute with Woodside Petroleum over construction of a liquefied natural gas plant. If East Timor’s move backfires, it [...]
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Space next frontier for rare earth search: scientists

Space next frontier for rare earth search: scientists

23-Feb-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

The quest for rare earths vital to some of modern life’s most indispensable technologies may see mining robots jet to the stars within decades, a world-first conference [...]
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