Sacre-Coeur Minerals Ltd. (the“Company“) announce that it has received a written non-binding proposal for the acquisition of the Company by a large international mining entity. 

Rio Tinto Alcan announced that it has acquired the patent portfolio developed by Moltech Systems Ltd. for drained cathode, inert anode and related aluminium smelting technologies. 

Clean energy pioneer B9 Coal announced a revolutionary proposition for efficient, cheap power generation from coal with carbon capture. 

Nigel Ferguson, the President of African Metals Corporation (TSX Venture Exchange: AFR) is pleased to report that the Company has received final assay results from the remaining 14 holes of the 21 holes completed during the June 2010 Reverse Circulation percussion drilling program, conducted on its Luisha South Project in the Katanga Provence of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mawson Resources Limited announced a Canadian National Instrument NI43-101 inferred mineral resource estimate of 2.0 million tonnes averaging 0.074% U3O8, using a 0.03% uranium lower cut-off, for 3.27 million lbs. U3O8 for the 100% owned Nuottijärvi uranium project in central Finland. Mineralization at Nuottijarvi remains open along strike and at depth.

Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Limited (ASX Code GNM) announce that it has achieved a production target of over 10,000 tonnes of coal mined in a single day at is NRE Wongawilli Colliery on 31st August 2010. 

Dana Resources (OTCBB: DANR, FRA: OD0) announced it is meeting with joint venture candidates about Dana Resources’ base metal s projects. 

On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi), the Project Management Agency of the Research Centre Karlsruhe contracted DBE TECHNOLOGY GmbH, the Federal Office for Geosciences and Resources (BGR) and the Company for Facility and Reactor Safety (GRS) with the R&D project URSEL (Investigations on the robustness of the safety demonstration for HAW repository systems in magmatic host rocks). 

American Power Corp. (OTC.BB:TGMP) will proceed to kick start the development of its advanced Pace Coal Project in Judith Basin County, Montana. 

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) ("Stillwater") and Marathon PGM Corporation (TSX: MAR) ("Marathon PGM") announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which Stillwater, by way of a plan of arrangement, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Marathon PGM. 

Gammon Gold Inc. announced that it has signed the definitive purchase option agreements on the Los Jarros Properties, in Chihuahua State, Mexico. 

Green Gas International (Green Gas), the international clean energy company, announces that its Swiss subsidiary, Hofstetter Umwelttechnik AG (Hofstetter), has been awarded the contract to build a high quality degassing and flaring unit for the gold major Gold Fields. 

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. ("GWMG" or the "Company") announces that it has closed a private placement of $3,000,000 (Cdn.) of secured subordinated debentures of the Company (the "Debentures"), subject to regulatory approval. Subsequent to closing the private placement, GWMG has purchased approximately 20.8% of the shares of Rare Earth Extraction Co. Limited ("Rareco") of Stellenbosch, South Africa for a price of approximately $3,000,000 (Cdn.) 

Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K)(NYSE: KGC) released additional information regarding its proposed friendly combination with Red Back Mining Inc., following Red Back's disclosure today of an updated mineral resource estimate at its Tasiast deposit in Mauritania.