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Soltera Mining Acquires Three More Past-producing Gold Prospects

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Eric Pratt asked:

Soltera Mining Corp. (OTCBB:SLTA) has been busy acquiring properties during the first quarter of 2008. Unstable markets have been unable to dampen the resolve with which management goes about building shareholder value.

Three weeks ago, Soltera announced it had obtained two new Mexican gold properties through the acquisition of Aztek Mineral, S.A. de CV. One week after that, the vending in of the Eureka Copper-Gold property and joint venture with TNR Gold Corp. (TSX.V:TNR) was announced.

That brings to 4 the number of gold projects under development by Soltera, summarized as follows:

El Torno (Argentina, gold, mining rights 7,863 hectares) is located in the Andean Cordillera near the international border with Bolivia. The property contains a very large gold-bearing quartz vein that extends intermittently for at least 14 km long north-south. The vein is sub-vertical and the gold is concentrated in a 2 meter-thick breccia zone along its western flank.

Historically, El Torno was worked by the Incas and the Spanish over a long period and has more than 1,000 m of underground galleries. There is still a small-scale operation extracting gold from elluvial deposits on the east side of the vein. In 1997, Puma Minerals carried out 2,100 m of drilling on a 1 km length; and in 1999 Penoles Minerals (operators of the world’s richest silver mine and Mexico’s richest and largest gold mines) undertook surface sampling, geological mapping and an IP geophysical survey in the same area. The combined (non NI-43-101 compliant) results of this work showed:

a) El Torno is within a “gold province” that extends several hundred kilometers north-south through Argentina and Bolivia;

b) The strongly mineralized breccia zone on the west side of the vein carries up to 37 gpt gold in the tested area, and has potential for several million ounces along the length of the vein;

c) Samples of stockwork zones some distance from the main vein gave up 23 gpt and in one case 112 gpt gold;

d) There are several IP geophysical anomalies that could indicate mineralization, but have not yet been drilled.

Soltera holds almost all the 14 km length and commenced their exploration in late 2007 with a geochemical stream sediment survey combined with structural mapping designed to target specific parts of the vein and the surrounding area for more detailed investigation.

Soltera will now define drill targets using more detailed geochemical and geophysical surveys. Drilling is scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2008 and, given success, this will lead immediately to a full feasibility study to commence before year’s end.

Real de Cananea, Mexico

The “Real de Cananea” (Mexico, gold, mining claims 1,030 hectares) is located in Sonora State 26 km from the Cananea copper mine owned by Penoles. It contains a gold-bearing fault zone up to 270 m wide and more than 400m long within Cretaceous volcanic rocks that are intensely altered and carry gold.

There is a small old mine in the center of the property that was probably first worked by the Mayas and certainly by the Spaniards, with several shafts reaching 100 m below surface. The hard wallrock was mined with enormous effort and this, together with the fact that water had to be transported 8 km, indicates the importance of the mineralisation. Gold is widespread on the property, with altered rocks showing up to 65 gpt.

Soltera’s target is a large-scale open-pit and the area is broad enough to accommodate well in excess of 1 million ounces. Geochemical, geological and geophysical surveys will be used to define drill targets and drilling is scheduled for the third quarter of 2008.

Eureka, Argentina

(Argentina, copper-gold, around 10,000 hectares) is located in northern Argentina near the Bolivian border and only 3 km from the El Torno project. The property contains ‘Red Bed’ type strata-bound copper mineralization within sedimentary sandstones, clays and conglomerates. The surface exposures are weathered and contain erratically distributed gold. Alluvial gold has been worked in the area since prior to the time of the Spanish arrival and there is an old mine with over 5 km of underground workings that exploited copper and gold on a small scale until 1987.

The deposit is similar in style to major copper deposits in the Bolivian part of the Tertiary Belt. A geological estimate in the late 1990’s (historic resources estimate which is not NI-43-101 compliant) was 50 to 60 million tons grading 1% copper. Only 70 meters of the 450 m deep formation has been explored to date which leaves extensive upside potential.

TNR Gold Corp. (“TNR”), a Vancouver based mining company listed on the TSX with extensive experience in Argentina, has entered into an option agreement with the option vendor to acquire a 75% interest in the property by spending a total of US$3,000,000 in exploration and option payments before April 20, 2010.

TNR will undertake detailed geological mapping, trenching, geochemical and geophysical surveys, sampling the historic underground workings and drilling. Soltera is not required to incur any expenditure on the project at the present time.

Casita Colorada, the Company’s other project in Mexico, is a large mineralized shear zone worked since the end of the 1800’s for gold. The mineralized zone was at least 400 m long and 150 m wide and there is potential for a substantial gold deposit, but the project is being held in reserve so that the company can concentrate on El Torno and Real de Cananea.

Be sure to keep a close eye on SLTA over the next couple months. Geochemical assay results are due any day now, and there’s plenty of news to be generated by exploration activity on all the properties.

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Is it Really Dark or Just a Natural Occurrence in Nature? Ghosts, Truth or Fiction

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Justin Pretorius asked:

For eons the human imagination has focused on things that cannot be seen or things that happen and are unexplainable. What causes this phenomenon, these paranormal activities and is the force behind them good or evil, dangerous or curious and natural or unnatural? Famous scientists and intrepid explorers have vouched at the possibility that these lingering apparitions of long deceased fellows still haunt our waking world and go out of their way, daily, to prove the existence of such paranormal occurrences.

People have photographic, cinemagraphic and witness evidence of things such as transparent spirits, Will O’ the Wisps, Headless horsemen and other paranormal activities such as objects moving without human or natural intervention, doors slamming, lights flickering, and presence of mystical orbs.

The arguments for or against these paranormal occurrences are numerous with “scientists” on either side of the argument trying to disclaim or prove what the previous one had said. Why the fascination though, why would someone try to prove something with instruments that are probably incorrect for the use in the study they are busy with in the first place? Intrepid ghost hunting has become the livelihood of many an entrepreneur willing to take advantage of the gullible nature of paranormal scientists in their quest to prove the inexplicable. Theses humble entrepreneurs go out of their way to sell paranormal scientists equipment used for ghost hunting that often cost hundreds to thousands of dollars where probably the most humble of equipment could do exactly the same job.

Do not get me wrong, I am in no way suggesting that there are no ghosts nor am I suggesting that there are, it just infuriates me to see people been taken advantage off by others who should know better. But then again if people are gullible enough to fall for such things then maybe they should be taken advantage of.

I myself am fascinated by the subject of ghosts as it plays a relatively unusual roll in the human psyche. Have your parents or even you not ever scared you or your children into behaving by telling you that this or that spirit, ghoul or other entity will come and get you or your child if there is no behaving.  Also you have often heard stories of ghosts, spirits or other entities doing good for fellows in history by leading them out of danger or even leading others to their rescue. These paranormal beings have featured in stories where they have comforted, reassured and uplifted the spirit of those around them. Yet there is always an evil element to every character and you have probably heard of paranormal happening where people have been injured, killed, and mentally scared. Now the question that one has to ask is whether the injuries were self inflicted or were they perhaps bought about through mishandlement. Look at young children that are physically hurt by these so called paranormal events, they often portrait scratches, bruises and shallow cuts and these are even bought about under controlled conditions where the children are sleeping and with nobody near them.

The arguments are often endless and tend to go in continuous circles but there is no mistaking that through out history the subject has fascinated human kind and this even before the advent of scientists. So make up your own mind about what or what not to believe but do so with an open mind and without fear. Go and do those ghost tours, find your own sightings and explore the other side of human nature and only once you have done that will you be able to say with surety that you do or do not believe in ghosts.

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The Beauty of International Dating Through Dating Profiles

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Francis Githinji asked:

In the 20th century, international dating was something very rare. The success stories were far much fewer compared to the recent times. People had to migrate and live in one geographical area to be considered dating. Nowadays international dating is the actual cool in thing. With the use of dating web sites on the world cyberspace international dating has been made so easy it is unbelievable. When people sign in they create dating profiles which serve as a marketing tool for them. A good profile has a photo attached on it to show how the person looks like. If another person has any interest in her she contacts her through a chatting system. What happens afterwards is up to the two people. They can either take it to the next level or drop the touch.

The beauty of international dating is in the diverse origins of the two people. The conversations in the chat room are very interesting as the two people try to learn about each other’s lifestyles and culture. It is in this wealth of information that you find each other interesting and attractive since as we all know, knowledge is very attractive. Dating profiles say a lot about who we are. A careful choice of words is very important while laying down a profile. They even say what you can’t. For example you do not have to tell the whole world you are humorous and cockier. It will be seen in your words. You do not have to tell you are cheeky some of your photos will tell. There are several ways of communicating through the dating web sites.

Dating web sites are great avenues through which international dating is made possible. The chances where people meet through other channels are very few. They might exchange contacts but their meeting only bears fruit if they go back to using the technology like e-mail, yahoo messenger and any other private chat system. These people lay out their dating profiles in the answers they give. If you really want to know who a person is, do not give him/her time to rethink the words to define who he is. If he is fully aware of his identity, he should be able to say who he is without any hesitation. Time to sit down and come up with a dating profile to place in a dating site only allows biasness. It is actually a “painted profile”

Good use of dating sites combined with good dating profiles yields to perfect international dating opportunities. It is a good feeling of not being a local hero. Being an international giant in the dating field exudes a lot of pride. For instance to date a black man if you are white woman or a white woman if you are a black man calls for a lot of liberty and flexibility of mind. International dating is for the adventurous people who are highly spirited. Someone who is accommodative enough to embrace different cultures. Life is enjoyable, live for the moment and see wide and far before you close your eyes forever.

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Up gold and the downturn turn both wholesale businesses and individuals into gold hoarders

Monday, November 16th, 2009
gao asked:

As economic situation significantly influncing most market sectors, from wholesale to department stores, and the unemployment rate climbing to 11% in California, a new tide of gold hoarding has come on the scene. Those people who unfortunately lost their jobs began to take their chances of finding gold along the river banks of California. Either individual buyers or wholesale businesses are now purchasing gold as a guarantee against a sinking stock market. The economic slowdown and rising gold prices have inspired a tide of gold prospecting.

Gold mining is the process to get gold from the ground. As gold is largely nonreactive metal, In the ordinary course of things it is found in a pure state. Yet it is not easy to locate the areas where gold presents and to obtain it from the earth. There are some methods to scan gold. The most commonly used one among gold mining amateurs is the gold scanning technique. The principle is that gold is a metal and will sink at the bottom of the solution. People fill the pan with water and the floating impurities are thus removed. Using the skill, gold diggers return home with gold in their packs.

The technique introduced above is just a primordial method. Some gold exists deeply in the rock and does not present on the earth crust. Some skills like using metal detectors are there to verify the presence of gold. Then computers are used to precisely pinpoint the volume of the gold. With mechanical method of digging out the ore in which gold presents, the sample is delivered to the labs for experts to analyze if it is a rewarding business activity. In addition, the explorer must get governmental permissions. To obtain qualified gold, further chemical techniques including cyanide processing are employed|used|taken.

It is reported that citizens in America purchased 77 tons of gold items last year, which was 42 percent higher than that of 2007. The prices for gold have reached approximate 900 USD per ounce.

For jewelry wholesale and retail store runners, it is more practical to buy and recycle old fineries than promoting new pieces to the shoppers

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Metal Detectors Your Safest Choice

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Barry Jenkins asked:

Everyone has taken the time to pass through a metal detector and known that feeling of safety associated with it. Whether at an airport or a high security prison, it can feel very safe and secure knowing that you are going into a safe building. Everyone feels safe after passing through a metal detector because they know that the only weapons on the other side of the detector are the weapons designed to protect them. It’s very simply put: metal detectors work and make people feel safe.

That added feeling of security is found throughout many of our day to day buildings we use in our lives. The feeling of knowing you are safe can be created in any airport, office building, college, condo, or other tightly confined area. Knowing that you are safe can be achieved by making an entrance available to those who enter the building. This way you can control who goes into the building and what they bring into it.

When considering purchasing a metal detector, there are a number of options to consider. The two different types of metal detectors are the “walk-through” and the “hand-held” models of metal detectors. Hand-held models are metal detectors that allow the owner or security guard to physically detect whether the person has any metallic items on them. The security agent will simply wave the hand-held detector around the person to locate the source of the metal object. Walk-through detectors offer a quick means of processing people. They alert security officers to potentially dangerous metal objects such as guns and knives. The advantage of this is to allow for people to pass through quickly and at the least inconvenience possible.

Wondering how metal detectors work? There is an interesting explanation behind this effective and crime preventing item. Metal detectors use electromagnetic induction to detect objects that are considered metallic. Inside of the metal detector is a tool that when induced by a metallic current, it creates a magnetic field. When the metallic field comes in contact with a gun or a knife, the device is sounded to the presence of the metal.

Still not sure which metal detector is right for your needs? Consider the advantages of both models. Hand-held detectors are more affordable than a walk-through detector. The hand-held model identifies exactly where the metal is located on a person’s body. Whereas the walk-through models only identify that the person has a metal object on them. Ideally, the best option for the ultimate in security and piece of mind is having both items present. This way you will maximize the coverage and find the criminals’ weapons in no time.

Stop taking chances and consider the metal detector as a method of deterrence for would-be criminals. Any security expert will tell you that having a metal detector is the ultimate way to put fear into the hearts and minds of criminals. People will think twice when they realize they have to pass through a metal detector in order to gain entrance. Consider making your building or checkpoint safer. Consider buying a metal detector today.

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