Denison and Friedland’s GoviEx to combine African uranium assets
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) has taken the final step that will help it focus on its uranium assets in Canada’s Athabasca basin and in particular its flagship Wheeler…
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CanAlaska Uranium regains momentum in the Athabasca
VANCOUVER — Project generator CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) has been on a rough run since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster rocked the uranium industry in mid-2011, but the uranium junior…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 5: The long weekend edition
Lesley Stokes and Matt Keevil head into the long weekend with discussions on CanAlaska Uranium‘s (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) recent moves in the Athabasca Basin, Metanor Resources (TSXV: MTO; US-OTC:…
NexGen unveils monster resource at Arrow
NexGen Energy‘s (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) shares have surged on the back of a stellar maiden resource estimate on the junior’s Arrow uranium deposit at its Rook 1 property in…
Fission heats up PLS with twin ‘book-end’ discoveries
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is back in the discovery business at the Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin following a year filled with uncertainty.
Junior uranium execs pitch rebound in market
VANCOUVER — The CEOs of three North American uranium juniors took to the stage during an open-panel session at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in January to discuss the broader uranium market and argue why it is due to…
Plateau Uranium making strides at Macusani
Five corporate transactions over eight years and a steady pace of consolidation and resource growth have laid the groundwork for an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the Macusani project in southern Peru that would place it in…
Forum CEO touts ‘exciting’ year on the Athabasca
VANCOUVER — It isn’t a particularly active year for the exploration community, but Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; US-OTC: FDCFF) is bucking the trend with a pair of drill programs it hopes will lead to another major discovery…
Ur-Energy’s Lost Creek uranium project remains robust
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) has updated the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Lost Creek uranium property in Wyoming, with Rich Boberg, the company’s senior director of investor relations, noting there are three…
U3O8 aims to help meet Argentina’s uranium demand
VANCOUVER — It’s been a bumpy ride for foreign mining companies in Argentina over the past three years, but explorer U3O8 Corp. (TSX: UWE) saw light at the end of the political tunnel in late October when the Andean…
NexGen forges ahead at Arrow uranium discovery
NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) has kicked off a 30,000-metre drill program at its exciting Arrow uranium discovery in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, after last year’s success.
TSX posts small gains, Dec. 18-22
The Toronto stock market ended in positive territory, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining 0.5% to close at 13,082.86. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 4.5% to 43.70, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals &…