Mixed jobs data and comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it would keep buying US$85 billion per month in Treasury and mortgage securities were the main headlines during the trading week. Non-farm payrolls rose by 162,000 in July, which…
Laramide Resources (TSX: LAM; US-OTC: LMRXF; ASX: LAM) ended 2012 with an enterprise value of less than US$1 per lb. in the ground for its district-scale uranium resource in Australia and a handful of smaller projects in the U.S. — yet…
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU) made headlines last year with the J-Zone discovery at its Waterberg uranium joint-venture in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and the company is showing no signs of slowing down.
NovaCopper (TSX: NCQ; NYSE-Arca: NCQ) — a junior explorer that NovaGold Resources (TSX: NG; NYSE-Arca: NG) spun out early last year to explore and develop its Upper Kobuk mineral projects in the Ambler mining district of northwestern…
VANCOUVER — Russian major Uralkali (LSE: URKA) has apparently bowed out of one of the world’s two big potash cartels, which together supported prices by limiting supplies. It was an unexpected move that stunned the potash market on…
Shares in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) plunged nearly 20% after the miner’s parent company Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) halted underground work at the Oyu Tolgoi mine until the Mongolian parliament…
Quebec’s Ministry of Finance and Economy is interested in taking a minority stake in Oceanic Iron Ore’s (TSXV: FEO; US-OTC: FEOVF) Hopes Advance iron ore project in the Ungava Bay region.
VANCOUVER — There is critical mass building around the Patterson Lake uranium camp in the western reaches of Saksatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and Vancouver-based junior Azincourt Uranium (TSXV: AAZ) is hoping to make a big discovery.
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-Arca: DNN) owns a 60% stake in the Wheeler River uranium project that lies between Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) Key Lake mill — the world’s largest high-grade uranium mill — and its…
VANCOUVER — The jurisdiction may not be ideal given recent events, but Calgary-based explorer Ecuador Gold and Copper (TSXV: EGX) is outlining some sizable resources at its Condor gold-silver-copper project in Ecuador’s Zamora…
In a tough gold market, Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) has turned a non-core asset into cash.
With the uranium price dropping, Paladin Energy (TSX: PDN) is finding ways to cut costs and prepare for a quick expansion, in case prices rebound.
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