Azimut Employs JV Strategy at Quebec Properties
Montreal’s Azimut Exploration (AZM-V, AZMTF-O) has signed several letters of intent for $14.6 million worth of exploration over the next five years on its northern Quebec uranium properties.
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Announcement
New Millennium Capital, a Canadian iron ore development company, announced that the Honourable A. Anne McLellan has joined the Company as a Strategic Advisor.
Sprott Moly Closes $189M IPO
Vancouver — Sprott Molybdenum Participation (MLY-T) closed a highly successful initial public offering (IPO) to raise gross proceeds of $189 million on the sale of 37.8 million units at $5.00 apiece.
Going Underground at Shea Creek
Vancouver — Areva Resources Canada, a subsidiary of French energy giant Areva (ARVCF-O) has informed its joint-venture partner UEX (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) that it plans to sink a shaft at their Shea Creek u…
Attack of the Killer Bs: New Life for Old Camps
Very few explorers are doing grassroots exploration for uranium these days. Why should they? There’s no real need.
Aurcana Launches La Negra Production
Vancouver — Production has begun at Aurcana’s (AUN-V, AUNFF-O) 80%-owned La Negra silver-copper-zinc-lead mine in Queretaro state, Mexico, following completion of a mill refurbishment and expansion p…
TSX Venture Exchange April 10-16
The 5-day trading session ended April 16 was another period of furious gains in the junior resource sector, as evidenced by the TSX Venture Exchange Index closing at a strong 3,348.73, up 66.1 points …
U.S. Markets April 10-16
The stock markets in the United States saw steady gains during the trading period April 10-16, the same week the International Monetary Fund released an economic forecast that predicted the U.S. econo…
Uranium Resuscitates Icon
Icon Industries (ICN-V) has neither a geologist nor a website, and its new uranium property, in the Otish basin of Quebec, has no name, but the market’s recent infatuation with uranium has forced the …
Solex Seeks Yellowcake in ‘Athabasca Basin of Peru’
It was the Pilunani belt, an area of past silver, zinc and lead production that originally interested Vancouver-based junior Solex Resources (SOX-V, SLXRF-O) in Peru. But while the company did acquire…
Why Chubut’s Treasures May Stay Buried
Santiago, Chile — The windswept steppes of Chubut in southern Argentina hide some of the country’s most promising deposits of minerals, including gold, silver and uranium. But local opposition to min…
U.S. Uranium Auction Breaks US$100 Barrier
Vancouver — Spot uranium prices, having recently broken through the US$100-a-lb. barrier, should continue to rise as utilities and U.S. hedge funds scramble to buy up available supplies of the radioa…