Mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns. This is the conclusion of two engineers from the University of Oviedo, whose research is being published this month in the journal Renewable Energy. The method they have developed makes it possible to estimate the amount of heat that a tunnel could potentially provide.

Southampton Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SV) ("Southampton") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with a private individual whereby it may earn up to a 100% interest (subject to a 1% net smelter royalty) in 40 mineral claim blocks located in the Yukon Territory.

A 3.9 magnitude temblor recorded at the time of a mine collapse in southern Utah on Monday, Aug. 6, was not from an earthquake, but more likely the result of the collapse itself, according to an analysis by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists.

Armenians have grown used to working their fields with assault rifles aimed over their heads.