Pope Resources sets quarterly dividend (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Pope Resources on Thursday said its board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents. The timberlands management company said the dividend will be payable on Sept. 26 to stockholders of record as of Sept. 12.

Applied Thermoplastics Resources’ former controller guilty of mail fraud (BizJournals)
Applied Thermoplastics Resources' former financial controller Anthony Warmus pleaded guilty Thursday in federal district court to mail fraud after stealing $508,000 from the company and spending it on meals, golf and vacations.

Denbury Resources to Present at Lehman Conference (Centre Daily Times)
Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy / Power Conference in New York at 1:40 P.M. EDT on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. The Company's presentation at the conference will be webcast and available through Denbury's website, www.denbury.com. The updated slide presentation that will be used at the conference will be ...

TXCO Resources to Webcast Morgan Keegan Conference Presentation (Centre Daily Times)
TXCO Resources Inc. (Nasdaq:TXCO) today announced TXCO President Gary S. Grinsfelder and Vice President-Capital Markets Roberto R. Thomae will update investors and analysts on the Company's growth and strategy at the Morgan Keegan 2008 Equity Conference, set for September 3-5 in Memphis, Tenn.

SCO countries urge extensive cooperation to meet demand for resources (People's Daily)
Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Thursday called for extensive international cooperation in addressing the issue of global demand for resources. The issue should not be resolved at the expense of the environment, the SCO leaders said in a joint declaration. The leaders pledged to seek global common development through bridging the technology gap between countries ...

Harvest Natural Resources commences drilling operations in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (Oil Online)
Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. has commenced drilling operations on the Hunter No. 1 well on its Starks natural gas and condensate prospect in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Blue Rock Resources ramping up to mine uranium in Colorado Plateau (The Moab Times-Independent)
Just five years ago, the idea of a uranium mill opening in the United States would have been unthinkable; today, Mancos Resources officials say they may have a viable plan to build such a facility in Emery County’s proposed new industrial park.

Felix Resources Says Profit Rises Fourfold on Coal Price Gains (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Felix Resources Ltd. , the coal producer that's also the best performer on Australia's benchmark index this year, said full-year profit rose fourfold on record prices.

Bandon Capital Resources Announces Second Quarter Results (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Bandon Capital Resources Ltd. announces that the results of operations for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 are now available for viewing on the System for Electronic Disclosure and Analysis at www.sedar.com.

Australian market closes higher, led by resources and financials (INO News)
(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market closed higher on Thursday, extending gains for a second consecutive trading session. The market opened higher, tracking Wall Street's gains overnight, and finished near day's highs as resources gained on strong commodity prices.