Global Nickel Investments Ltd (”Global Nickel”) is a Sydney-based exploration & investment company that manages mineral and mining assets in Australia and New Zealand.

The Company’s is currently developing the Jutson Rocks Gold and Nickel project and the Mt Cornell Gold and Nickel project in Western Australia. The Company is also developing the Round Hill Gold Mine and the Longwoods Tops Igneous Complex Platinum project in New Zealand.

The Company’s primary focus in 2009 is the consolidation of its Gold, Nickel and Platinum Group Elements projects in Western Australia, and the completion of infrastructure building at Longwoods in New Zealand.

JUTSON ROCKS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Jutson Rocks project comprises two adjacent exploration licenses which are prospective for Nickel Sulphides and Iron Ore, that run across a Greenstone Belt. Global Nickel also has a strategic Option agreement over a neighbouring tenement with current owner Graynic Metals Ltd.

If acquired and combined with Jutson Rocks, the third EL(A) 38/1850 would essentially add another 10km to the strike length of the Global Nickel Greenstone Belt. Along with previous Gold, Nickel and Platinum discovered a Banded Iron Stone Formation Iron Ore, is present within these tenements.

More information about Global Nickel Investments, please visit their website www.globalnickel.com.au

Global Nickel Investments is listed on ASX, ASX code: GNI

Some Interesting Australian Mining Companies – Profile

A number of members have asked me to provide some coverage and share profile of Australian mining companies, here are some of them for those of you interested in Australian mining companies.

Jaguar Minerals Limited

Jaguar Minerals Limited is engaged in the exploration of mineral tenements in Australia. It has interest in five projects, which are Temma (copper and base metal), Kintore (gold), Springfield (gold and copper), Mount David (gold and copper) and Wilson River (zinc, lead and silver).

Kintore is located 43 kilometers north of Coolgardie and comprises a group of contiguous prospecting licenses and mining leases with a total area of 725 hectares. It has a 100% interest in three prospecting licenses covering 449 hectares. Springfield project area covers 139 square kilometers. The Wilson River project is located in North West Tasmania.

Jameson Resources Limited

Jameson Resources Limited (Jameson) is an Australia-based company. The Company is engaged in mineral exploration. It operates in Canada and Australia. The Company’s projects include Basin Coal Mine project, Ora Banda project and Errabiddy Project. The Basin Coal Mine is a thermal coal mine, which covers an area of 2172 Ha and includes nine coal licences, one coal lease and two mining claims. The Ora Banda Project consists of gold deposits and is conducive for the development of gold mineralization.

The Errabiddy project comprises two exploration licences in the Gascoyne Province of Western Australia. The Project is considered to be prospective for gold, nickel and uranium mineralization.

Jervois Mining Limited

Jervois Mining Limited is an Australia-based company engaged in gold production and mineral exploration. The Company’s asset is the nickel/cobalt/iron/ laterite near deposit in New South Wales.

The Company produces gold from its gold mining tenement at Bullabulling, near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Its other tenements include Forest Reefs in New South Wales, Nyngan in New South Wales, Summervale and Young in New South Wales.

We have published an electronic report Australian Mining Companies Guide with hundreds of Australia based mining companies; for more information, please visit our website http://researchwhitepaper.com

American Oil & Gas Companies Profile

Here are some more Oil & Gas companies based in Americas for your information; we will cover more oil & gas companies from other regions in the coming weeks.

Petrominerales Ltd (Central & Latin America)

The Company’s principal activity is exploring, developing and producing crude oil in Colombia and Peru.

Petrominerales operates four contiguous blocks in the Deep Llanos Basin covering 439,872 acres. At the heart of our Basin operations is the impressive Corcel Block, where we have drilled 13 wells, 12 of which were successful oil wells, on about 15 percent of the block. Petrominerales has a significant presence in the Central Llanos Basin, with six exploration blocks covering 540,347 acres in the northern and central plains region. The Llanos heavy oil belt extends along the southern and eastern edges of the Llanos Basin, sharing the same La Luna source rock as the Faja del Orinoco accumulations in Venezuela that are expected to produce approximately 600,000 bopd by the end of the decade. This region in Colombia currently produces approximately 140,000 barrels of heavy oil per day from the Apiay, Castilla, Castilla Norte, Chichimene and Rubiales fields.

There are other operations Petrominerals is currently operating through Central and South America, it is also one of the most active oil & gas investors in the region.

Bill Barrett Corporation (USA)

The Group’s principal activity acquiring, exploring for, developing and producing oil and natural gas in the Rocky Mountain regions. It operates in nine basins, the Piceance, the Wind River, the Uinta, the Powder River, the Williston, the Green River, the Denver-Julesburg, the Paradox and the Big Horn.

The Group seeks high quality exploration and development projects with potential for providing long-term drilling inventories that generate high returns. The company is also participating in other joint-ventures and exploration activities in the Rocky Mountain regions.

Trans Atlantic Petroleum Limited (Canada, Middle East, Europe)

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in Morocco, Romania, and Turkey. The company holds interests in six exploration licenses in southeastern Turkey; three exploration permits in Morocco consisting of two Guercif permits and one Tselfat permit; and three production licenses in Romania.

It also focuses on the provision of oilfield and contract drilling services in Morocco and Turkey. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Calgary, Canada.

We thought this is quite an interesting company considering its main operations and geographical spread. It is certainly a company to consider if you have potential oil & gas projects in Morocco, Romania and Turkey, also Mexico; this can be a potential strategic partner for you.

The above companies were extracted from our Global Oil & Gas Companies Guide which include over 1,500 Oil & Gas related companies worldwide. For more information about this Guide, please visit our website http://researchwhitepaper.com

Australian Mining Companies Profile

Australia is full of mining / resources companies, and is generally considered as one of the world’s top 4 mining countries. A large number of mid-sized Australian resources companies have been merged since 2000/2001, but in the recent years, a number of junior companies have established themselves in becoming sizable producers. We will start publishing profile of interesting & emerging Australian Mining companies.

Atlas Iron (Iron Ore)

AGO is an exploration company with four projects in varying stages of exploration at Farrel Well, Pardoo, Abydos, Mt Gould and Weld Range, in Western Australia.

These projects are believed to be highly prospective for iron ore and base metal mineralisation. AGO focuses primarily on discovering and developing iron ore projects. AGO’s Pardoo and Abydos projects in the Pilbara region have significant deposits of Direct Shipping Ore (DSO). It is one of the fastest emerging mid-tier iron ore companies in Australia and has made substantial progress from its operations, the company is also actively seeking acquisition opportunities in the iron ore sectors.

Bougainville Copper (Copper, Gold & Silver PNG Areas)

Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is an investment company. The Company has produced copper concentrate containing gold and silver from a mine at Panguna, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, from 1972 until operations were suspended due to militant activity in May 1989. BCL is one of the very early Australian starters that had recognized the potential mining opportunities in PNG, the company’s shareholders include Rio Tinto and the PNG Government.

Global Mining Investments Limited (Mining Investments)

Global Mining Investments Limited is an Australia-based company. The Company invests in the metal and mining sectors of global equity markets. The Company’s objective in managing capital is to provide shareholders with capital growth over the medium-to long term, balanced with the distribution of income received by the Company, through the payment of fully franked dividends to its shareholders.

The commodity spread at June 30, 2009, was 21% in gold, 12% in platinum, 11% in copper, 5% in coal, 4% in nickel and the balance spread across diversified producers, but this is changing on ongoing basis.

The company is one of a handful (but increasing) listing mining investment companies based out of Australia. GMI invests both Australian and offshore opportunities, the company is also looking at opportunities in the oil & gas sectors as well. To our knowledge, they mainly invest in listed companies, we are checking if they also invest in Pre-IPO or early stage unlisted companies.

We hope you find these profiles useful, hopefully it will assist you in terms of career opportunities, business leads or sales leads. For more information about Australian mining companies, please have a look of our Australian Mining Companies Guide on http://researchwhitepaper.com, more coverage on Australian and other mining/resources companies will be published on ongoing basis.

This week, we continue to look into some major Oil & Gas companies around the world. You may find these information useful if you are looking for business leads, or maybe you are a recruitment agent specializes in the booming oil & gas sectors, or maybe you are looking for new career opportunities.

Oil & Gas continue to grow despite of the falling oil prices and rising interests in renewable energy sectors, this week, we picked 4 companies from different parts of the world.

Zargon Oil & Gas (Canada & USA)

Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd (Zargon) is a Canada-based company engaged in the exploration for and development and production of petroleum and natural gas in Canada and the United States. Zargon derives its revenue from the production and sale of petroleum (oil, natural gas liquids) and natural gas.

In 2008 & 2009, it had made several acquisitions including Rival Energy and Newpact Energy Corp. It is currently ranked one of the largest oil & gas companies in Canada. Zargon is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; but it has operations across North America.

ROC Oil (Australia)

I used to follow ROC Oil a lot when I was an Oil & Gas analyst in Australia. The company is one of the very first Australian companies that has explorations in overseas opportunities. Today, the group has operations in 4 regions: Australia / New Zealand, Africa, China and the United Kingdom.

During 2008/2009, ROC’s drilling programme included 15 exploration/appraisal wells in China, Angola, Australia and Mauritania, and more than a dozen development wells in China, Mauritania and the North Sea.

Some of its wholly owned subsidiaries include Roc Oil (Gobi) Pty Limited, Elixir Corporation Pty Ltd, Anzon Energy Nigeria Roc Oil (WA) Pty Limited and Roc Oil (GB) Limited. In 2008, the Company also completed the acquisition of Anzon Australia Limited, one of the promising junior energy companies. ROC is headquartered in Sydney, NSW, Australia but has operations worldwide.

Aban Offshore Ltd (India/Asia)

Essar Oil Limited (EOL) is an India-based company that is engaged in the exploration and production of oil and gas, refining of crude oil, and marketing of petroleum products.

The Company’s assets include developmental rights in proven exploration blocks, a 10.5 million tons per annum refinery in the west coast of India and over 1,000 oil retail stations across India.

The Exploration and Production (E&P) business of the Company has participating interests in several hydrocarbon blocks for exploration and production of Oil & Gas.

This includes the Ratna and R-Series blocks on Bombay High and an E&P block in Mehsana, Gujarat. It serves retail customers through a network of over 1,000 retail outlets. The Company’s subsidiaries include Vadinar Power Company Limited, Essar Oil Vadinar Limited and Essar Energy Overseas Limited. The company is headquartered in Chennai, India, and is one of the fastest growing oil & gas companies in Asia.

For more information about Oil & Gas companies globally, please visit our website for http://researchwhitepaper.com for our Global Oil & Gas Companies Guide which contains over 1,000 Oil & Gas companies (and growing) worldwide.

Canadian Mining Companies Profile

Since we are relocating our headquarter to Canada very soon, we will start expanding our research into Canadian industries, especially in the mining industry. Canada offers great prospects for those seeking a career in resources industry, it is the world’s mining capital, both in terms of the operations and also in terms of investment industry relating to resources sectors.

There are also talks that the newly proposed mining tax in Australia may also see more mining companies shift from Australia to Canada…we will see, but there are certainly quite a few Australian mining companies listed in Canada instead of Australia already.

This week, we start looking into some interesting Canadian mining companies, you may find these profiles useful as leads or maybe for career opportunities.

Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation (Vancouver based)

Abacus Mining and Exploration Corporation. The Group’s principal activity is to acquire, explore and develop mineral properties. The Group’s assets are located in Canada, Alaska, the United States, Argentina and Portugal. It presently holds options on mineral resource properties in the Afton Mine Camp near Kamloops, British Columbia. These are primarily in base metals as well as exploring for potential precious metals especially gold. Abacus is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Auramex Resources (Vancouver based)

Auramex Resources Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in Canada and Mexico.

The company primarily explores for gold, silver, zinc, cobalt, nickel, and copper deposits. It holds interests in the Brandywine property located in the north of Vancouver, Canada; the Magenta property situated in Sinaloa State, Mexico; and the Bear River property located near Stewart, British Columbia in Canada. The company is based in North Vancouver, Canada, but its operations are across North America.

Celtic Minerals Ltd. (Calgary based)

When I saw the name of this company, I thought they have operations in Europe! Interestingly, the company has nothing to do with Ireland at all. Celtic Minerals actually engages in the exploration and development of base and precious metals in Canada, the United States, and Papua New Guinea. It primarily explores for nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium, and gold property. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Calgary, Canada.

It is one of the few Canadian mining companies currently engages in PNG, which has been traditionally being dominated by Australian mining companies due to their proximity.

Next week, we will cover more Canadian mining companies from different regions, it is very impressive to see Canadian mining companies have presence worldwide!

If you are looking for information about Canadian mining companies, please consider our Canadian Mining Companies Guide which covers over 1,000 mining / mining related companies in Canada. This guide is now available from http://researchwhitepaper.com

Last week, we highlighted several companies that are major Oil & Gas employers from Asia, this week, we have picked 3 more profiles, hopefully this will be helpful if you are a professional seeking opportunities in Oil & Gas sector, or maybe you are a recruitement specialist in the Oil & Gas sector, or maybe you are providing training for the oil & gas sectors.

Frontier Oil Corporation (North America)

The Group’s principal activities are refining of crude oil and the wholesale marketing of refined petroleum products. Petroleum products include various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, asphalt, chemicals and petroleum coke. The Group operates a 130,000 barrel-per-day refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas and a 52,000 barrel-per-day refinery located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It sells refined products to independent retailers, jobbers and major oil companies. Frontier Oil Corporation is headquartered in Houston, the hub of America’s Oil & Gas industry, but its operations are across whole North America.

Painted Pony Petroleum (Canada)

I found this company as I loved the name, Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. is an oil and gas producing company in Canada. The company is actively engaged in exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas resources. Its exploration operations are mainly focused in two core areas namely SE Saskatchewan and NE British Columbia. The company is headquartered in Calgary in Alberta, Canada. It is a mid-sized energy production company and is growing.

Dragon Oil plc (Europe)

When we sae the name Dragon, we thought it is related to China, but no, this is actually an European company, and a major oil producer actually with activities in Central Asia.

Dragon Oil plc is an independent oil development and production company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in upstream oil and gas exploration, development and production activities primarily in Turkmenistan. The Company operates oilfields located in the Cheleken Contract Area offshore Turkmenistan, in the Caspian Sea. The Company’s subsidiaries include Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd., D&M Drilling Ltd., Dragon (Holdings) Ltd. and Dragon Resources (Holdings) Plc.

If you are looking for more information about Oil & Gas companies worldiwde, please visit our website http://researchwhitepaper.com for Global Oil & Gas Companies Guide.