Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Australia, Canada, Argentina:

Earth Heat Resources Changes Name to Rampart Energy and Withdraws from Copahue Geothermal Project - Copahue Volcano On Red Alert

Earth Heat Resources Ltd of Adelaide has changed it's name to Rampart Energy Limited, according to a May 22 news release. On it's website the new company lists just one geothermal project interest, the Fiale Geothermal Project, located in the Lake Assal region of Djibouti.

On April 23 Earth Heat Resources announced it had withdrawn from the Copahue Geothermal Project Joint Venture (JV). Geothermal One of Canada has assumed all current and future liabilities associated with the Copahue geothermal development in western Argentina.

On May 27, Chilean and Argentine officials issued a red alert Monday for the increasingly active Copahue volcano bordering the two countries and ordered the evacuation of about 3,000 people.