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		<title><![CDATA[Hecla Mining Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator (Operator's Instructions) And the first question comes from the line of Anthony Sorrentino with Sorrentino Metals. Anthony Sorrentino &#8211; Sorrentino Metals Hello, everyone.  What do you expect exploration spending and capital expenditures to total in 2009? Phillip S. Baker Jr. 2009 we'll spend roughly $10 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:52:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green Tech Yields Job Growth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green initiatives and environmentally-friendly technology research have generated thousands of jobs for workers desperately for employment in this dismal economy. Sandra Hughes reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 19:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil Exploration Snapshot: Shell, Exxon Grab the Reins as Smaller Rivals Pull Back]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP CEO Tony Hayward this week urged the the world's oil industry toÂ focus on the fundamentals and continue to invest in exploration and development despite crude oil's $105-slide since July. But for many companies, the prospect of pouring money into search and developmentÂ inÂ the midst of aÂ slumping economy and low global...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:48:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil and Corporate Responsibility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=199]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oil companies like to boast that their record-breaking profits are largely invested in infrastructure, exploration for new sources of "Texas tea," and in exploring "green alternatives."    But, according to an AP story, the bulk of oil companies' earnings have gone not into exploration, but to stock buybacks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:28:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exploration Through Exploitation In The Internationalization Of Product Development Teams]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312519]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of eight development projects, the present paper suggests that transferring organizational routines to a local development center to utilize home-country knowledge (i.e., exploitation) and the acquisition of local knowledge (i.e., exploration) are not necessarily mutually exclusive activities. Our hypothesis may be summarized as follows:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Challenges in Exploiting Deepwater Gas Reserves]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=126844]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Historically, deepwater exploration has been primarily targeting oil plays. In recent years, deepwater exploration for gas has gained greater focus. This is spurred by projected greater global demand for gas due to increased awareness of gas being a 'green' and 'clean' fuel of choice for the future. Advances in deepwater...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Robotic Communication Systems for Flexible, Sustainable, Affordable, and Autonomous Space Operations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=119679]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper discusses the properties of communication architecture used in Space exploration that will use humans and robots in partnership and leverage the capabilities of each where most appropriate and useful. The paper provides main recommendations as the communication infrastructure that should consider end-to-end system-wide characteristics of sensing and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surface Exploration in Mature Basins]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=108871]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper mentions that surface exploration for hydrocarbons can be optimized by meeting three conditions: (1) more than one well-designed method is used during an interdisciplinary effort, (2) if the results are integrated with subsurface geological and geophysical reality, and (3) if calibration surveys are run for known reservoirs or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Imaging Technologies Reduce Risks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=109768]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Texas and Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico has reemerged as an active area for increased exploration as well as continued exploitation of existing producing assets. Old fields are being reworked and deeper gas wells are being planned. With deep gas exploration comes, a set of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Market-Driven Multi-Robot Exploration]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=120059]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper work presents a novel approach to efficient multi-robot mapping and exploration which exploits market architecture in order to maximize information gain while minimizing incurred costs. The paper shows that the system is reliable and robust in that it can accommodate dynamic introduction and loss of team members...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Empirical Evidence on the Relation Between Stock Option Compensation and Risk Taking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=132805]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper examines whether executive stock options ESOs provide managers with incentives to invest in risky projects. For a sample of oil and gas producers, we examine whether the coefficient of variation of future cash flows from exploration activity our proxy for exploration risk increases with the sensitivity of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Randgold Resources considers options.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6542/is_200106/ai_n25913899]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Randgold Resources Ltd is facing problems stemming from a US$48  million convertible debt securities issue made nearly five years ago by  Randgold and Exploration, its parent and 61.4% shareholder. The issue,  which financed the acquisition of the Malian assets of BHP Ltd,  including Morila, matures this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Photogeology and GIS in Oil Exploration in Ecuador]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=108697]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper describes the oil exploration process conducted in the Amazon basin of Ecuador and explains how it helped to generate geological, structural maps using GIS, air photos, satellite and radar images. This tool and materials used not only allowed a faster way of working but also permitted the development...]]></description>
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