Aura to Acquire Brazilian Project
Vancouver — Aura Gold (ORA-T, AUGIF-O) is expanding its asset base in Brazil by acquiring an advanced copper-gold project in a $293-million all-stock deal that transfers control of the junior to the …
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Wealth Eyes Argentina’s Uranium Riches
Vancouver — Wealth Minerals (WML-V, WMLLF-O) believes its Diamante-Los Patos uranium property in northwestern Argentina could lead to proverbial riches in the form of a potential large-tonnage, near-…
Arianne Makes Switch to Uranium
Gold explorer Arianne Resources (DAR-V, DARUF-O) is jumping on the uranium train.
Bayswater-Kilgore Combo Broadens Uranium Portfolio
Vancouver — With a plan to merge, Bayswater Uranium (BAY-V, BAYFF-O) and Kilgore Minerals (KAU-V, KLGRF-O) look to create a more diversified explorer with a footprint in all the major uranium distric…
Tenajon Acquires Newfoundland Moly Project
Vancouver — Believing it has the potential to host a sizable molybdenum deposit, Tenajon Resources (TJS-V, TJRUF-O) has struck a deal to acquire the Moly Brook property on the southern coast of Newfo…
Spot Prices (April 23, 2007)
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Restless SXR Uranium One Steps Up the Pace
SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) has come a long way in less than two years; formed at the end of 2005 with the aim of becoming a senior uranium producer, the company is closing in on its goal with a …
U.S. Uranium Auction Breaks US$100 Barrier
Vancouver — Spot uranium prices, having recently broken through the US$100-a-lb. barrier, should continue to rise as utilities and U.S. hedge funds scramble to buy up available supplies of the radioa…
Why Chubut’s Treasures May Stay Buried
Santiago, Chile — The windswept steppes of Chubut in southern Argentina hide some of the country’s most promising deposits of minerals, including gold, silver and uranium. But local opposition to min…
Solex Seeks Yellowcake in ‘Athabasca Basin of Peru’
It was the Pilunani belt, an area of past silver, zinc and lead production that originally interested Vancouver-based junior Solex Resources (SOX-V, SLXRF-O) in Peru. But while the company did acquire…
Uranium Resuscitates Icon
Icon Industries (ICN-V) has neither a geologist nor a website, and its new uranium property, in the Otish basin of Quebec, has no name, but the market’s recent infatuation with uranium has forced the …
U.S. Markets April 10-16
The stock markets in the United States saw steady gains during the trading period April 10-16, the same week the International Monetary Fund released an economic forecast that predicted the U.S. econo…