2014

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…


Toronto Stock Exchange, Jan. 20-24

Disappointing manufacturing data in China, battered currencies in many emerging markets and renewed anxiety over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to taper its bond purchases slammed many North American equities. The S&P/TSX Composite…


TSX Venture Exchange, Jan. 20-24

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather during the trading sessions following a month-long run that saw it close near a three-year high last week. The Venture dropped 9.03 points during the trading period en route to a…


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…


Correction

The item “2014 PDAC Awards” on page B20 of the PDAC preconvention supplement (T.N.M., Jan. 20–26/14 and Jan. 20–Feb. 2/14) included two spelling errors in the identification of the Skookum Jim Award winner: Jim MacLeod,…


US markets, Jan. 20-24

Investors soured on U.S. equities over the holiday-shortened period, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 580 points to 15,879.11, the S&P 500 Index lost 51 points to 1,790.29 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was off 94 points to 4,128.17.



B2Gold defines large resource near Otjikoto in Namibia

B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) has unveiled an initial resource estimate for the Wolfshag zone that’s near its 90%-held Otjikoto gold deposit in Namibia, indicating the zone could boost the economics of its newest mine.





Drillers at Orezone Gold's Bombor gold project in Burkina Faso. Credit: Orezone Gold

Orezone streamlines heap-leach economics at Bombor

VANCOUVER — Around seven months ago junior Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE; US-OTC: ORZCF) announced a notable shift in strategy at its Bomboré project 85 km east of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The company had initially hoped to take…


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