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PHOENIX, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bonanza Goldfields Corp (BONZ:OTCBB) announced today that it commenced on Tuesday March 16, 2010 their extensive 3000 feet of trenching program of two unpatented placer claims (320 acres) located in the Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County Arizona on th

FOX ISLAND, Wash., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Black Hawk Exploration, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BHWX) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Blue Lithium Energy, has received notice from its on-site geologist E.L. (Buster) Hunsaker that Boart Longyear had reached its target depth

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Bear Mining Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: BGBR) ("Big Bear") is pleased to provide a corporate update. Effective March 16, 2010, Mr. Steve Rix has been appointed as President and director of Big Bear.  Mr. Rix has 25 years of business exper

FORT LEE, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Empire Resources, Inc. (OTC: ERSO) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.025 per share.  The dividend is payable on April 14, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 1, 2010. The Board

NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Capital Gold Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CGC; TSX: CGC) today announced the resignation of Gifford A. Dieterle as Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Capital Gold Corporation effective immediately. John Brownlie, Capital Gold's President and Chief O

VANCOUVER, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (TSX: FVI / Lima Stock Exchange: FVI) is pleased to announce that a conference call to discuss the Company's 2009 year end financial results will be held on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) / 9:00 a.m. (Paci

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) today announced the winner of the first annual Media for Liberty Award, a $50,000 award acknowledging and encouraging media contributions that examine the lin

Stock Symbol: AEM (NYSE and TSX) (All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted) TORONTO, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico-Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to announce today a private placement of an aggregate of $600,000,000 of guaranteed sen

Shares Listed: Toronto Stock Exchange - Ticker Symbol - ARZ NYSE Amex: - Ticker Symbol - AZK U.S. Registration: (File 001-31893) News Release Issue # 7-2010 VANCOUVER, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX - ARZ; NYSE Amex - AZK) is pleased to announce its fina

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- First National Capital Corporation, a national provider of cost effective equipment leasing and project finance solutions, is proud to announce that the Company was ranked as the fifth largest independent lessor/equipment finance company in the United

VANCOUVER, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; NYSE Amex: TGB) ("Taseko" or the "Company") reports the results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Except where otherwise noted, all currency amounts are stated in Canadian dollars. For the year ended

VANCOUVER, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Polaris Minerals Corporation (TSX: PLS) today announced the appointment of Mr. Eugene ('Gene') Martineau to the Board of Directors. Roman Shklanka, Chairman of Polaris, commented: "Gene Martineau will be an invaluable addition to the Polaris Board. Mr. Ma

NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ASOE; "Apollo" or the "Company"), a leading vertically integrated miner, refiner and producer of tellurium (Te), the core element of thin film solar panels, and high-purity tellurium-based metals for

ALVIN, Texas, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Team, Inc. (Nasdaq: TISI) announced that it is lowering its pro-forma earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2010 to $0.80-$0.90 per fully diluted share. This guidance excludes the impact of previously announced non-routine charges assoc

IRVING, Texas, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of twelve cents per share on common stock to stockholders of record April 2, 2010.  The dividend will be paid April 16, 2010.   This is t

ST. LOUIS, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced that it was the successful bidder for a state coal lease known as the Otter Creek Tracts located in southeastern Montana.  Arch made a one-time bonus bid for the lease of $85.8 million, payable in April 20

TORONTO, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (TSX: HW, NYSE: HWD) (the "Company"), will release its Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End results for the period ended January 31, 2010, after market hours on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Beginning at 8:30AM (EDT) on Thu

NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: China Coal Tar Industry Report, 2009-2010 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0182999/China-Coal-Tar-Industry-Report-2009-2010.html Affected by sluggish market demand, China's coa

NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: China Mining Machinery Industry Report, 2009 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0182994/China-Mining-Machinery-Industry-Report-2009.html Promoted by RMB4 trillion stimulus package

VANCOUVER, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Argentex Mining Corporation (TSX-V: ATX, OTCBB: AGXM) is pleased to announce that, on March 16, 2010, its President Kenneth E. Hicks exercised the last 450,000 of the 750,000 share purchase warrants originally acquired by him in a private placement on Jan

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blue Dolphin Energy Company (Nasdaq: BDCO) ("Blue Dolphin"), an independent oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, announced today that it received a notification letter from NASDAQ on March 16, 2010, for failure to meet the per share m

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Power Corporation (Nasdaq: EPG) (the "Company") announced that it received a NASDAQ Staff Determination (the "Staff Determination") on March 16, 2010 indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price re

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, today announced that its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plains Exploration & Production Company (NYSE: PXP) ("PXP") announces the dates and times of upcoming investor events at which members of management will address the investment community: PXP is scheduled to present at the Howard Weil 38th Annual Energ

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As President Obama signed the HIRE act, Scottsdale-based REEIS Inc is poised for growth. The SBA loan guarantee program, which provides banks extra security necessary to underwrite loans and free up capital for small businesses needed to begin hiring and e

WHIPPANY, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH) ("Suburban Propane"), a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, announced today that pursuant to the offer of Su

LONDON, March 19, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Notification of Transactions of Directors and Connected Persons Notified in Accordance With DTR 3.1.2 R. Name of Issuer: Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) Date of transaction ("DATE"): 17 March 2010 Nature of t

VISTA, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Envirepel Energy, Inc. ("EEI"), a privately held company in Vista, California, announced today it plans to reopen its first Renewable Energy Facility ("Kittyhawk") by the middle of April 2010, after temporarily closing it in June 2009 to address a shareholder

DALLAS, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tidelands Royalty Trust "B" (OTC Bulletin Board: TIRTZ) ("Tidelands") today declared a quarterly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.447002 per unit, payable on April 14, 2010, to unitholders of record on March 31, 201

FORT BELVOIR, Va., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Energy Support Center and Air Transport Association of America, Inc., signed a strategic alliance agreement today in Washington, D.C., recognizing a partnership for the development and deployment of alterna

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais - CEMIG (NYSE: CIG - CIG.C) (Bovespa: CMIG4 - CMIG3) (Latibex: XCMIG) (CEMIG) announces the following Webcast. What: Fourth Quarter 2009 Results of Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais - CEM

MILWAUKEE, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Who: Gale Klappa – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) What: Milwaukee Business Journal Power Breakfast Klappa will address the company's out

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the 38th Annual Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 21

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baker Hughes and BJ Services announced today that at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, Baker Hughes' stockholders and BJ Services' stockholders each voted to adjourn their meetings.  The parties are making progress and cont

DALLAS, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE: HGT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.141337 per unit, payable on April 15, 2010, to unitholder

LAFAYETTE, La., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY) today announced that David H. Welch, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kenneth H. Beer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at Howard Weil's 38th Annual En

LAFAYETTE, La., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY) today announced the results of its participation in the Outer Continental Shelf Sale 213 held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by the Minerals Management Service ("MMS") in New Orleans covering available blocks in the c

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geokinetics Inc. (NYSE Amex: GOK) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the 38th Annual Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 21 - 25, 2010. Richard Miles, President and Chief Executive Officer and Sc

ALLENTOWN, Pa., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) successfully challenged PPL's proposed Time of Use Tariff. Sustainable Energy Fund intervened on behalf of electric customers last fall alleging that PPL's proposed Time of Use (TOU) program unjustly enriched electric

HOUSTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- As most high school and college students are busy tackling tests or taking it easy during spring break, student teams from across the Americas are preparing for the ultimate extracurricular activity -- designing, building, and testing a vehicle that travels the fart

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, today announced that its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plains Exploration & Production Company (NYSE: PXP) ("PXP") announces the dates and times of upcoming investor events at which members of management will address the investment community: PXP is scheduled to present at the Howard Weil 38th Annual Energ

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As President Obama signed the HIRE act, Scottsdale-based REEIS Inc is poised for growth. The SBA loan guarantee program, which provides banks extra security necessary to underwrite loans and free up capital for small businesses needed to begin hiring and e

Water Management Workers Rally in Response to Unfair Labor Practices CHICAGO, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 100 workers forced to take a furlough day by the City of Chicago in violation of their contract rallied in opposition outside the Department of Water Management on Friday. (Log

WHIPPANY, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH) ("Suburban Propane"), a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, announced today that pursuant to the offer of Su

VISTA, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Envirepel Energy, Inc. ("EEI"), a privately held company in Vista, California, announced today it plans to reopen its first Renewable Energy Facility ("Kittyhawk") by the middle of April 2010, after temporarily closing it in June 2009 to address a shareholder

DALLAS, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tidelands Royalty Trust "B" (OTC Bulletin Board: TIRTZ) ("Tidelands") today declared a quarterly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.447002 per unit, payable on April 14, 2010, to unitholders of record on March 31, 201

MILWAUKEE, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Who: Gale Klappa – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) What: Milwaukee Business Journal Power Breakfast Klappa will address the company's out

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the 38th Annual Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 21

LAFAYETTE, La., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY) today announced that David H. Welch, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kenneth H. Beer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at Howard Weil's 38th Annual En

LAFAYETTE, La., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY) today announced the results of its participation in the Outer Continental Shelf Sale 213 held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by the Minerals Management Service ("MMS") in New Orleans covering available blocks in the c

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geokinetics Inc. (NYSE Amex: GOK) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the 38th Annual Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 21 - 25, 2010. Richard Miles, President and Chief Executive Officer and Sc

ALLENTOWN, Pa., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) successfully challenged PPL's proposed Time of Use Tariff. Sustainable Energy Fund intervened on behalf of electric customers last fall alleging that PPL's proposed Time of Use (TOU) program unjustly enriched electric

PURCHASE, N.Y., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) announced today global goals to provide access to safe water to three million people in developing countries by 2015 and to continuously strive for positive water balance in company operations in water-distressed areas. This new

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hyperdynamics Corporation (NYSE Amex: HDY) today announced that it has agreed in writing with the government of the Republic of Guinea to extend for an additional five working days their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).  The MOU was entered into in

XI'AN, China, March 19 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Recycling Energy Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: CREG; "CREG" or "the Company"), a leading industrial waste-to-energy solution provider in China, today announced that the Company's common stock will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and

DENVER, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE Amex: KOG), an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana and in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming, today announced that it has realigned its financ

HOUSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TPC Group Inc. (OTC: TXPI.PK) today announced that Moody's Investors Service affirmed the Company's B1 Corporate Family Rating (CFR), affirmed the B1 rating on TPC Group's existing term loan and assigned a B1 rating to the Company's proposed amended and ex

DEARBORN, Mich., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DTE Energy, a company that provides natural gas and electric utility services to 3.4 million Michigan homes and businesses, recently purchased 19 Ford Transit Connects and is exploring additional ways to integrate the new compact van into its vehi

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- First National Capital Corporation, a national provider of cost effective equipment leasing and project finance solutions, is proud to announce that the Company was ranked as the fifth largest independent lessor/equipment finance company in the United

PHOENIX, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bonanza Goldfields Corp (BONZ:OTCBB) announced today that it commenced on Tuesday March 16, 2010 their extensive 3000 feet of trenching program of two unpatented placer claims (320 acres) located in the Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County Arizona on th

PARIS, March 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TANZANIA: Bigwa Rufiji Mafia exploration license Maurel & Prom 60% operator PetroQuest 20% Hollick 20% OBJECTIVES Mafia Deep drilling began 4 August 2008. The initial target depth w

(PRZCF.OTCBB) (PH0.FRANKFURT) (TSXV.PHE) VANCOUVER, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - The Company is pleased to announce that it has retained Mercator Geological Services Limited to expedite the completion of a 43-101 report on the Brazil Lake Lithium and Rare Metals Property. Upon receipt of the 4

VANCOUVER, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the positive results of the recent stack tests at its wholly owned subsidiary Queenstake Resources USA, Inc's Jerritt Canyon Gold M

VANCOUVER, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Capstone Mining Corp. (CS: TSX) today reported mineral reserve and resource estimates for its Cozamin and Minto mines, as well as the Kutcho project, as at December 31, 2009. The new mineral reserve estimate at Cozamin incorporates the mineral resources i

VANCOUVER, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (CVV - TSX.V) (the "Company") is pleased to be able to report that, after a 3-year hiatus, the Manitoba Government has completed consultation with local First Nations and has issued exploration permits for ground work and drilling o

TSX Venture: TDC VANCOUVER, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tyhee Development Corp. (TSX Venture, TDC) (the "Company") announced the first results from its 10,000 metre drill program at Clan Lake, Yellowknife Gold Project, NWT Canada. Results include 3.74 grams per tonne (gpt) of gold over 7.5 me

Results indicate main target contains thick, high-quality oil formation QUITO, Ecuador, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Robert Friedland, Co-Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (TSX: IE: NASDAQ: IVAN), and David Martin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iv

TSX-V: ROK VANCOUVER, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Roca Mines Inc. (TSX-V: ROK) ("Roca" or "the Company") has received assay results from two additional drillholes of a five-hole program on the Nuevo Milenio epithermal silver-gold project. The program continues to demonstrate high silver and g

With Four Drill Rigs Active, Initial 87 Holes of Planned 215-Hole Drilling Program Now Completed and Logged NYSE Amex Equities Exchange Symbol - UEC CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE-AMEX: UEC, the "Company") is pleased to announce excellent drilling r

VANCOUVER, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bear Creek Mining Corporation (TSX Venture: BCM) ("Bear Creek" or the "Company") is very pleased to provide the following update on its two advanced development projects, Santa Ana and Corani as well as on two anticipated drill programs on new precious me

TSX.V - LEO VANCOUVER, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Lion Energy Corp. (the "Company" or "Lion Energy") (TSX.V - LEO) is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has granted its final approval for the Farm-In agreement between the Company and Africa Oil Corp., which grants Lion Energy

IRVING, Texas, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent producer based in Irving, Texas, plans to begin re-entry of the BREITLING-BURR #1, the first well prospect in its newly-formed Gulf Coast exploration initiative.   Breitling presently owns a 25% working in

TSX.V: ELN FSE: E7Q VANCOUVER, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - El Nino Ventures Inc. ("ELN" or the "Company") (TSX.V: ELN; FSE: E7Q) is pleased to announce the results of a 4071 sample soil geochemical sampling program from the Kasala Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of the Con

TSX-V: PCY OTC: PCYRF Frankfurt: 3P1 VANCOUVER, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Prophecy Resource Corp. (TSX.V: PCY; OTC: PCYRF; Frankfurt: 3P1) (the "Company" or "Prophecy") has received an updated Technical Report on its 80% owned Titan-Vanadium Property (the "Property") located a

VANCOUVER, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kimber Resources Inc. (NYSE Amex:KBX, TSX:KBR) is pleased to announce a new, upgraded mineral resource estimate for the Carotare Deposit, located approximately 2 kilometres west of the Carmen Deposit, at its 100% owned Monterde project, located in Mexico'

NYSE Amex: BQI CALGARY, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oilsands Quest Inc. (NYSE AMEX:BQI) ("OQI" or "the Company") is evaluating the potential to develop its Axe Lake oil sands discovery in northwestern Saskatchewan using typical steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology. OQI recently d

Toronto Stock Exchange: ITF OTC BB: FGOVF VANCOUVER, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Freegold Ventures Limited ("Freegold") is pleased to announce the staking of 141 State of Alaska mining claims covering 15,360 acres adjacent to its Rob gold project in the Goodpaster Mining District, Alaska. Thes

-drill intercepts include 0.27 oz/ton over 41.5 feet including 3.73 oz/ton over 1.6 feet 300 metres below recent 122-40 intercept - -Level Plan interpretation shows large scale system with geological continuity- TSX:RMX / NYSE Amex:RBY VANCOUVER, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rubicon Minerals

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AAPH) ("American Petro-Hunter" or the "Company") announced today that the company has released an informative video detailing its recent oil reservoir discovery.  The undiscovered reservoir was