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The article reports on how mining methods are selected to extract coal seams in West Virginia. It is reported that coal seams that are less than three feet thick cannot be recovered using underground mining methods regardless of the seam's location in the geologic column. It mentions that a minimal configuration for underground mine development requires at least 600 feet of seam width from one side of the ridge to the other.

The article presents the business operation updates of the Nevada-based corporation Sunergy Inc. on its Liberian diamond and gold mining operations in Liberia. It mentions the company's completion the legal licenses to conduct dredging operations on the countries Bomi Hills for prospects of alluvial gold and diamond bearing gravels. It also highlights the company's on-going operations in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The article reports that the gold producing and exploration company Silver Lake Resources is locked in the profit margins through a forward gold hedging program for 50,000 ounces from 50,000 ounces of surface stockpile at Mount Monger, Western Australia. It also discusses the multiple near term options that the company has to develop Mount Monger operations that include Wombola Dam open pit mining, Lorna Doone open pit mining, and Maxwells underground expansions.

The article informs that True Gold Mining Inc. will begin Phase 2 construction of the fresh water reservoir at the Karma Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa from February 2014 and expected to be complete by June 2014. It mentions that the reservoir is a part of the Company's plan to develop and operate a heap leach mine at the Karma Project and to collect water during the 2014 rainy season for company use.