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11:27:55 PM New US Map Could Stop Species From Becoming Endangered
Wired News - USA

Through ground and satellite surveys of land cover, the US Geological Survey's Gap Analysis Program has generated data that conservationists may be able to ... [more]

11:12:13 PM The geologist's view: It could be a gold mine, but not for a long time
Independent

Antony Benham is an economic geologist at the British Geological Survey. He worked on the Afghanistan Geological Survey from 2006-08. [more]

10:42:16 PM AP Business NewsBrief at 6:15 pm EDT
TMCnet (press release) - USA

Geologists have known for decades that Afghanistan has vast mineral wealth, but a US Department of Defense briefing this week put a startling price tag on ... [more]

10:23:26 PM Animas Resources Reports a NI 43-101 Resource Estimate for Golden Arrow
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) The mineral resource estimate was completed by Mr. Steven Ristorcelli, CPG, of MDA, and Dr. Odin D. Christensen, CPG, as a consulting minerals geologist, ... [more]

9:28:51 PM Minerals in Afghanistan? Mais oui!
Foreign Policy (blog)

M. (1971) The geology and minerals in the south part of Eastern Afghanistan (Report of the Kabul team on the work in 1970). Kabul Rec. Off. DGMS, 1971. .... [more]

8:44:51 PM Crocodiles: Brain food for early humans
United Press International

BALTIMORE, June 14 (UPI) -- A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins University geologist Naomi Levin say early hominids' diet included turtles and ... [more]

8:13:28 PM Claims over Afghan mineral wealth
BBC News - E,UK

The findings were made by the US Geological Survey under contract to the Afghan government, he said. The New York Times cited an internal Pentagon memo ... [more]

8:09:52 PM Afghan Officials Giddy Over Mineral Wealth Estimate
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

American geologists experts have said it could take far longer given the lack of any mining infrastructure in the country, perhaps decades. ... [more]

6:29:49 PM BP's Gulf Of Mexico Disaster - Palinology Versus Geology
The Market Oracle - London,UK

Almost never do we hear the real reasons, a lot more to do with geology and rarefied remaining oil reserves onshore, than bomb-wielding terrorists. ... [more]

6:18:24 PM Gov't Geologist Spoke Of Vast Economic Benefit Of Afghan Minerals -- Over
TPM - New York,NY,USA

TPMMuckraker (blog) American geologists who assessed Afghanistan's mineral deposits realized the potentially vast economic benefits of the minerals as far back as 2007, .... [more]

5:56:11 PM US Geologists Discover $1 Trillion in Mineral Deposits in Afghanistan
ABC News - United States

By LUIS MARTINEZ US geologists have concluded that Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries after 30 years of violence and war, lies atop a bonanza ... [more]

4:17:02 PM Unigold Announces the Discovery of a New Gold Zone in the Dominican
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) Mrs.Chenard is a former Chief Geologist for Barrick Gold at the Pueblo Viejo Project in the Dominican Republic.Mrs. Chenard holds an engineering degree in ... [more]

2:55:27 PM Revised Cut-Off Grade Results in Significant Expansion of Avalon's
Market Wire (press release) - USA

Marketwire (press release) (Ontario and New Brunswick), Senior Consulting Geologist at Scott Wilson RPA, is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 for the ... [more]

2:55:07 PM Brazil Gold Releases Amazonia Geological Report
MarketWatch - USA

Mr. Reid is a thirty-five year veteran of the geological sciences profession who holds a BSc Geology from Michigan Technological University, an MSc Geology ... [more]

2:13:15 PM US Finds Large Mineral Deposits In Afghanistan
All Headline News - USA

Kabul, Afghanistan (AHN) - The US Geological Survey has discovered large deposits of minerals in Afghanistan, a discovery that could lead to a better, ... [more]

1:26:59 PM Wolverine Exploration Announces Executive Appointment and Outlines 2010 ...
MarketWatch - USA

Trenches will be cut in areas identified and located by the project geologist, Ed Montague. It is anticipated that several will be located near previously ... [more]

12:34:25 PM Jessica Biel 'feels very comfortable with guns'
Gaea Times - Kolkata,West Bengal,India

ATEAM savvypromoter Report: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan (AP): AP - A team of US geologists and Pentagon officials ha... http://bit.ly/9XLq1v. [more]

12:06:12 PM Afghanistan mineral deposits worth potentially $1 trillion, according to
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News The country, however, is likely decades away from fully exploiting its natural resources because of its spotty infrastructure, geologist Jack Medlin tells ... [more]

10:43:45 AM Chinese geologists start first RP geochem mapping
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines

Filipino geologists and engineers are now working with 12 of their Chinese counterparts for the mapping activity that will take three years to complete, ... [more]

10:01:38 AM How to Live: Follow Your Heart, Risk Be Damned
CBS News - USA

I don't, for example, regret taking a class on geology in college because of the fact that I never became a geologist. I do regret getting a C in that class ... [more]

9:01:05 AM Report: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A team of US geologists and Pentagon officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and ... [more]

6:09:43 AM Hints of riches were hidden during decades of conflict
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

In 2004, US geologists sent to Afghanistan as part of a broader reconstruction effort stumbled across an intriguing series of old charts and data that ... [more]

3:59:50 AM Palin: All of the above on energy
Daily Mail - Charleston

They either choose not to understand the geology, science, and technology behind an all-of-the-above approach to energy security, or they understand it, ... [more]

2:50:00 AM aftershocks follow two moderate quakes in Southern California
China View, Beijing, China

.... aftershocks have occurred in parts of Southern California following two moderate quakes Saturday night, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sunday. ... [more]

1:15:10 AM US Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

The vast scale of Afghanistan's mineral wealth was discovered by a small team of Pentagon officials and American geologists. The Afghan government and ... [more]



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