Mars meets Pleiades: Rare celestial event to light up UAE skies tonight
Web report/Dubai
Astronomers claim it will not happen again until 2038.
A rare astronomical sight will occur today, March 3, after sunset.
Mars will move into its closest position to a spectacular star cluster called Pleiades tonight - a phenomenon that has not occurred in 30 years.
Separated from the star cluster by no more than 2.6 degrees, the Red Planet will become visible in UAE skies with the naked eye.
The last time Mars was in such close conjunction to Pleiades was in 1991 - and the next time it is expected to achieve such proximity will only be in 2038.
Camera footages show rare wildlife species returning to Margalla Hills
National
March 3, 2021
Islamabad: The camera trapping devices showed that rare wildlife species that were believed to have left the Margalla Hills for other destinations are now returning back to their previous natural habitats.
The latest footages recorded through the devices revealed the presence of three more wildlife species including golden jackal, Indian Porcupine and small civet cat. These camera trapping devices installed by Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) throw infrared rays in the night time that never disturbs the animals but makes their clear footages.
Apart from the increasing human interventions the loss of natural habitats was also one of the major factors that resulted in the migration of the wildlife species from the Margalla Hills.
New Jersey Mining Company Evaluates Potential for 20,000 Oz/Year Gold Production at Golden Chest Mine & Possible Spin-out of Rare Earths Subsidiary to its Shareholders
Six identified ore shoots - Katie Dora, Klondike, Skookum, Golden Chest, Paymaster and Joe Dandy.
2020/2021 drill program is testing down-dip extensions of the six recognized ore shoots. Focused on preliminary production/mine-life potential of each individual ore shoot.
Drill program began with high-grade intercept of 0.2 meters of 74.6 grams per tonne gold (gpt), true thickness, in the Katie Dora.
In the Paymaster, a significant additional vein assaying 104 gpt gold over 0.4 meters was encountered in hole GC 21-184. This intercept is located 47 meters above the Idaho Fault.
Altona Rare Earths Plc - Appointment of Broker
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APPOINTMENT OF BROKER
Altona (AQSE: ANR.PL), a mining exploration company with a focus on Rare Earth Elements mining projects in Africa, is pleased to announce the appointment of Optiva Securities Ltd ( Optiva ) as broker with immediate effect.
The Company has appointed a broker at this time, in-line with its planned application to the London Stock Exchange Standard market, where it will look to raise new funds for the rare earths mining exploration work it is committed to. The Company is hopeful that the LSE listing will take place in Q2 2021.
Rare bee found after almost 100 years
1 Mar, 2021 02:00 AM
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Australian endemic bee species, Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Colletidae: Hylaeinae), last recorded in 1923 in Queensland. Photo / James Dorey photography
Australian endemic bee species, Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Colletidae: Hylaeinae), last recorded in 1923 in Queensland. Photo / James Dorey photography
The Country
A widespread field search for a rare Australian native bee, which hasn t been recorded for almost a century, has found that it s been there all along.
However, scientists warned it was probably under increasing pressure to survive.
Only six individual bees were ever found, and the last published record of this Australian endemic bee species,