Uranium
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URANIUM: NexGen begins Rook I environmental assessment
SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver-based NexGen Energy says the Rook I project description has been accepted by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment. That clears the way for the company to begin the environmental assessment of…
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URANIUM: Fission tables PFS and considers underground-only scenario at PLS
SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium has tabled a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Patterson Lake South uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca region, outlining an open pit and underground hybrid operation. It’s working on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) level underground only scenario…
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URANIUM: Purepoint completes initial fieldwork at Hook Lake
SASKATCHEWAN – Purepoint Uranium Group says it has finished the initial fieldwork at the Hook Lake joint venture. The project lies on the southwest edge of the Athabasca Basin in the Patterson uranium district, between Fission’s Tri[le R deposit and…
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URANIUM: Niger to pay $14.5M for 10% of GoviEx’s Madaouela uranium project
NIGER – Niger’s Ministry of Mines issued a letter supporting the negotiations between Canada’s GoviEx Uranium and the country’s federal government regarding the Madaouela uranium project. Although final documents on their commercial understandings still need to be signed, the Vancouver-based…
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MARKETS: Raymond James raises gold, copper forecasts, lowers uranium
Brian MacArthur of Raymond James is increasing his price forecasts for gold, copper, zinc and coking call and lowering his estimate for uranium. The mining analyst has revised his average gold price for 2019 to US$1,301 per oz. from US$1,293…
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URANIUM: NexGen finds high radioactivity in first holes of 2019
SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver-based NexGen Energy has been busy with feasibility stage drilling at its 100% owned Rook I property in the Athabasca Basin. In the A2 sub-zone, the emphasis is on converting indicated to measured resources. Nineteen closely spaced drill…
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URANIUM: Fission hits good grades outside high grade zone
SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium of Kelowna, B.C., is pleased with the results from three holes of its winter work program at the Patterson Lake South uranium property in the Athabasca Basin. The holes were dual purpose: to expand resources outside…
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URANIUM: ALX Uranium wants a piece of the Close Lake project
SASKATCHEWAN – Canada’s ALX Uranium signed a non-binding letter of intent this week with Orano Canada, a subsidiary of France’s Orano Group. The letter refers to the possible acquisition by ALX of a 51% participating interest in the Close Lake…
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URANIUM: NexGen advances Arrow feasibility at Rook I
SASKATCHEWAN – NexGen Energy of Vancouver has compiled a report on the pilot holes for shaft development and additional exploration drilling of the Arrow uranium deposit at its Rook I project near Patterson Lake in the Athabasca Basin. Three shaft…
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UxC’s Nick Carter expects uranium’s ‘gradual upward movement’
Nicolas Carter is an executive vice-president of uranium at UxC LLC, one of the nuclear industry’s market research and analysis companies. Carter has 21 years of nuclear industry experience. He manages and coordinates uranium consulting projects and products, including The Ux…
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URANIUM: Fission advances PLS toward feasibility
SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium of Kelowna, B.C., is advancing the Triple R deposit at its Patterson Lake South property to the feasibility stage. Twenty-eight geotechnical holes are to be drilled as part of the resource development phase of work. Work…
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Is Global Atomic Stephen Roman’s next big thing?
Serial mine builder and financier Stephen Roman cut his teeth working for Denison Mines (TSX: DML), the uranium company built by his father. After starting there as a miner at the age of 19, he spent the next 25 years at the…
