Uranium

The in-situ recovery facility at Ur-Energy's Lost Creek uranium project Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Credit: Ur-Energy

Ur-Energy flaunts its Lost Creek project

Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) has impressed many analysts with stellar uranium grades from its relatively new Lost Creek in-situ recovery facility in Sweetwater County, Wyo., despite missing initial production targets.


Boen Tan (left), chief geologist, and Richard Mazur, president and CEO of Forum Uranium, examine an outcrop in Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin. Credit: Forum Uranium

Forum Uranium hopes 2014 will be a breakout year

For a pint-sized explorer and developer with a market capitalization of $11 million and $4 million in cash, Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; TSX: FDCFF) has grand plans for its projects in Saskatchewan and Nunavut. But then the company also has some…




Senior project geologist Chad Sorba examines core samples at Denison Mines' Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin. Credit: Denison Mines

Denison to drill 60,000 metres in 2014

While challenging market conditions are forcing many companies to axe their exploration budgets, Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) is pumping $15 million into a 60,000-metre drill program in the Athabasca basin in 2014, marking one of its…


Facilities and equipment at Cameco's 50% owned Cigar Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan. Mining at Cigar Lake is expected to begin this quarter. Credit: Cameco

Cameco rises on uranium optimism

Saskatoon-based Cameco (TSX:CCO; NYSE:CCJ), like many uranium miners, is enjoying renewed predictions of higher uranium prices and growing demand.


Trenching by U3O8 Corp. at the Laguna Salada uranium project in Argentina's Chubut province. Credit: U3O8 Corp.

U3O8 eyes JV with Chubut gov’t at Laguna Salada

VANCOUVER — There are a myriad of issues that can raise trip up mine developers in Argentina, but it looks like Toronto-based U3O8 Corp.’s (TSX: UWE; US-OTC: UWEFF) Laguna Salada uranium–vanadium project in Chubut province…



"Near Blind River" - watercolour by Duncan R. Derry, October 1954.

Book excerpt: The life and times of Duncan Derry

The following is an excerpt from the newly published biography “Mining exploration – the life and times of Duncan R. Derry” by his son Douglas L. Derry. Over a half century, Duncan Derry travelled extensively internationally working as an…


Fission ends 2013 with a bang

Since April 2013, Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU; US-0TC: FCUUF) has released assay results from its Patterson Lake South discovery a total of 23 times—including in its most recent press release on the second last day of 2013.




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