Cameco, Pioneer beget uranium explorer
Cameco (CCO-T) and Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) plan to create a public company named UEX, which will explore for uranium in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.The proposed deal calls for Pioneer sharehold…
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Masuparia cuts high grade at Greywacke
Vancouver — Junior Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) continues to intersect high-grade gold at its Greywacke project, 90 km northeast of La Ronge, Sask. The company is testing the continuity between gold interc…
Masuparia cuts high grade at Greywacke property
Vancouver — Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) has kicked off a 1,000-metre drill program at its Greywacke project, 90 km northeast of La Ronge, Sask.The first hole intersected 22.9 grams gold per tonne over a t…
Diversification helps Cameco ride out weak uranium market
Uranium producers have had little to cheer about in recent years.Hopes were raised earlier this year when the U.S. government unveiled its proposed energy policy, which included an increase in the use…
Cameco closes debentures sale (July 23, 2001)
Cameco (CCO-T), the world’s largest uranium supplier, has completed the sale of $50 million worth of Series B 7% debentures, which are due July 6, 2006.The debentures have received a rating of A (low)…
Rio drops Vicuna property
Vancouver — Despite cutting wide zones of copper-silver mineralization in its first round of drilling on the Vicuna gold project in northwestern Argentina, Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has decided to stop explo…
Snap Lake underground mine takes shape under De Beers
Snap lake, N.W.T. — The Canadian North comprises a vast region of lakes, rivers, Arctic tundra and, more recently, diamonds. With one mine already established and three others scheduled to come on-st…
Partners plan drilling
A budget of $4.8 million has been approved by the Fort la Corne joint-venture partners for further drilling and evaluation of three kimberlite bodies at the Saskatchewan project.Partners De Beers Ca…
More stones at Fort la Corne
Based on results from last year’s bulk-sampling of two kimberlites at the Fort la Corne project in Saskatchewan, partners Kensington Resources (KRT-V) and De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) are c…
Saskatchewan kimberlites yield low grade
Bulk sampling has confirmed the low grade of two promising kimberlites at the Fort la Corne joint venture in Saskatchewan.Pipes 122 and 141 were targeted for additional sampling, the objective being…
Tenke Mining fires up second rig at Vicuna
Vancouver — Junior Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has added a second drill rig to its 23-hole program on the Vicuna gold project, in northwestern Argentina.The reverse-circulation work is testing five targets:…
Cameco hit by weak uranium prices
Sagging spot prices for uranium eroded Cameco’s (CCO-T) bottom line in 2000.For the year, Cameco’s suffered a net loss, after special items, of $87 million (or $1.57 per share) on revenue of $689 mill…