JNR and Altius stake claims in Newfoundland
In one of the largest staking campaigns for uranium ever undertaken in eastern Canada, JNR Resources (jnn-v, jnrrf-o) has teamed with Altius Minerals (ALS-T, ATUSF-O) to stake more than 10,500 claims …
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Otish basin seeing increased activity
Uranium exploration activity is at a 25-year high in the Otish sandstone basin of north-central Quebec. While that would probably still be true if one prospector was carrying a scintillometer, the dis…
Protestors stop Salazar’s drills
News that protestors had ransacked Salazar Resources’ (SRL-V, SRLZF-O) Curipamba gold and silver exploration project in Ecuador gave the market a shock, but the company insists the incident was not co…
Cameco investment sees Western Uranium on course
SITE VISIT Orovada, Nev. — Uranium giant Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) must like what it sees in Western Uranium (WUC-V, WURNF-O), and its flagship Kings Valley…
Bannerman aims for top 10
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — Bannerman Resources’ (BNNLF-O, BMN-A) Welwitschia uranium project in Namibia is named after a rather ugly plant found exclusively in the…
Uranium industry finds downside to the boom
The commodity boom is stretching mining resources to the limit across all sectors in the industry, but nowhere are shortages of manpower and equipment more pronounced than in the field of uranium expl…
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St Andrew Goldfields — Louis Gignac appointed director
Editorial: Gold Fields has its fill of Hugo
There were more tectonic shifts in the landscape of gold mining during the week ended Oct. 13, the 41st trading week of 2007.
AFN’s Fontaine looks to past to see future
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