Canada eyeing record year for flow-through
Vancouver — Eyeing another record-breaking year, Canadian mining companies are facing pressure to fund their exploration activities by issuing flow-through shares to investors seeking generous tax sh…
Uranium
Ivanhoe looks beyond Oyu Tolgoi
Vancouver — Looking beyond its flagship Oyu Tolgoi property in Mongolia, Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) says it has found a series of related iron oxide copper-gold systems, some of …
High-grade uranium lifts Formation Capital (January 26, 2007)
Vancouver – Formation Capital (FCO-T, FCACF-O) got welcomed news from project partner and operator Cameco (CCO-T, C…
Purepoint teams up with Cameco in Athabasca basin
It’s not often a uranium giant like Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) initiates a joint venture on one of its projects and then…
Trigon shifts to uranium
Vancouver — Shareholders of the newly renamed Trigon Uranium (TEL-V, TELWF-O) have to be happy with its diversification from diamonds into uranium earlier this year, especially in light of surging pr…
Rio Tinto rethinks Sweetwater sale
Vancouver — A hot uranium market has prompted Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) to pull the proposed sale of its Sweetwater assets in Wyoming to sxr Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) and contemplate developing the…
Friedland looks beyond Oyu Tolgoi
Vancouver – Looking beyond its flagship Oyu Tolgoi property in Mongolia, Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, I…
Canada closing in on record year for flow-through financings
Vancouver – Eyeing another record-breaking year, Canadian mining companies are facing pressure to fund their explor…
Paladin Becomes Uranium Producer
Vancouver — Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) has entered the elite league of uranium producers with successful commissioning of its Langer Heinrich mine in west-central Namibia.
Laramide Buys New Mexico Uranium Royalty Portfolio
Vancouver — Laramide Resources (LAM-T, LMRXF-O) has acquired a royalty package on a number of uranium projects located in the Grant’s mineral district of New Mexico.
Aberdeen finds royalty niche in high-risk countries (January 09, 2007)
While Aberdeen International (AAB-V) has scored only one gold royalty project since changing directions more than a…
Rio Tinto rethinks Sweetwater uranium sale
Vancouver – A hot uranium market has prompted Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) to pull the proposed sale of its Sweetwater …