As part of its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Sony Corporation is actively promoting the use of solar, wind, geothermal and biomass power generation across Sony Group companies in Japan and around the world.

With money jingling in its pocket, Universal Power Corp. (TSX.V:UNX, FSE:3U2A) is ready to start exploring both in Africa and also a world away in northern Canada.

The first results from this year’s exploration are telling Goldcliff Resource Corporation (TSX.V: GCN) that the historical Hedley gold district still has plenty of life left in it.

Teryl hopes to increase revenue and market capitalization for Teryl through further exploration. It helps that Teryl is now mining in a stretch of desert foothills that once yielded approximately $1 billion in copper.

Earlier this week, Bayfield Ventures [TSXV:BYV] and Rainy River Resources [TSXV: RR] announced that they have entered into an option agreement on Bayfield’s Burns Block property, which easterly adjoins Rainy River’s 17/ODM gold zones.

KFG Resources (TSX.V: KFG) announced on Oct 26th that its subsidiary KFG Petroleum will participate in the drilling of 6,550 ft oil test in the Wilcox Formation in Adams County, Mississippi. If this well is successful, the company will retain a 15.375% working interest and an 11.5% net revenue interest in the well and surrounding acreage.

Pennant Energy is ready to step into the limelight as it picks up speed with its latest ground acquisition within the prolific Kaybob oil and gas field in Alberta. The Kaybob is known as one of the largest producing oil and gas fields in North America.

Yale’s program for 2007 has now defined skarn mineralization over a strike length of 250 meters - more than doubling the length upon which previous ore estimates were based - and their work has shown that mineralization is open in all directions.

Golden Reign Resources Ltd. (TSX.V:GRR) is looking to develop Magadan’s Butarni and Dorozhni gold properties in partnership with Status LLC, the mining arm of Moscow’s CentroCredit Joint Stock Commercial Bank.

Investors seeking a grassroots deal with plenty of upside will find EcuaGold refreshing. Companies like this bridge the gap between gambling and putting our money into lesser risk ventures with potential for very high returns. Due diligence tells us EcuaGold has a high stake in a land area of proven mineralization, is well-funded, and works in a “mining friendly” region.

Bayfield is currently pursuing some promising new opportunities with strong indications of future gains in the highly stable political/geographical area of Northwestern Ontario known as Rainy River.

True North Gems (TSX.V: TGX), being the only publicly traded company in North America and one of only a handful in the world trading in coloured gemstones, is finding some of the most precious gems in the world.