No easy stroll down the yellowcake road
A global hunger for energy from a source that does not contribute to global warming means that uranium is hot these days.
Canada
Hathor drilling extends Roughrider zone
Drilling at the Roughrider zone at Hathor Exploration’s Midwest NorthEast property in the Athabasca basin. Left to Right: geologist David Edwards, senior project geologist Alistair McCready, and geolo…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE APRIL 1-7
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index posted a gain in the first week of April, climbing 57.46 points over the April 1-7 trading session to close at 2,551.32.
Hathor, Fission feud over claim boundaries
Vancouver–A staking battle is brewing in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin: not long after Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-o) announced excellent drill results from its Midwest Northeast uranium projec…
A word that ‘sends money running’
In a relatively mining friendly country like Canada, few things can take the sails out of an explorer’s stock as quickly as the mention of the word moratorium.
Canadian uranium companies seek financial partners on Asia tour
Six of eight companies that have signed up to participate in a mineral investment seminar this month in Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul, organized by Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Energy and Resources, are uran…
Forum gets cozy with Agnico-Eagle
VANCOUVER — A recent financing by Forum Uranium (FDC-V, FDCFF-O) has Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) stepping up to take roughly 9% of the junior explorer’s shares.
Tumultuous ride for Uranium One (April 14, 2008)
Investors in Uranium One (UUU-T, SXRZF-O) weren’t too happy to hear that the company posted a net loss of US$17.6 million (5 a share) for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2007.
Otish Energy goes from hot spot to clear skies
As newly named uranium explorer Otish Energy (OEI-V, OEIGF-O) mobilized two drills in Quebec’s Otish basin in late March, the snowy conditions were a far cry from the company’s past experience develop…
Tribune, Fission, hunt for North Shore targets
Joint-venture partners Tribune Uranium( TCB-V, TCBZF-O) and Fission Energy (FIS-V, FSSIF-O) have planned a 700-line-km airborne geophysical survey and a 1,000- metre drill program for their Grey Willo…
Proposed mines showing robust economics
The week ended April 5, the fourteenth trading week of 2008, started off on a high note, with a positive new economic study of the top Canadian gold play of the past year: Osisko Exploration’s wholly …
Miners must prepare for new accounting standards
The issue of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been on the radar in Canada for a number of years, and it’s been an issue simmering on the back burner for many companies. However, …