Ur-Energy shares gain momentum
Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-Arca: URG) has seen its shares nearly double in the past year, as it gears to become the next U.S.-based uranium producer.
Volume 99 Number 26 Aug 12 - 18, 2013
Underground work delayed at Oyu Tolgoi
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 gives Oceanic a vote of confidence
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.
Azincourt gets going at Patterson Lake
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.
Wheeler River wins more converts for Denison
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…
Ecuador Gold and Copper boosts resources at Condor
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…
Semafo gets cash for Samira Hill
In a tough gold market, Semafo (TSX: SMF; US-OTC: SEMFF) has turned a non-core asset into cash.
Paladin’s production, cost-cutting impresses
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.
Candente eyes Cobriza to boost opportunities
The whole appears greater than the sum of its parts for Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), which is acquiring Cobriza Metals (TSXV: CZA; US-OTC: CBZMF) — a company it spun out in late 2011 — to survive and hopefully thrive in a harsh…
Colossus falls on delay at Serra Pelada
Colossus Minerals’ (TSX: CSI; US-OTC: COLUF) shares fell hard after the company announced that it needs more dewatering capacity at its Serra Pelada polymetallic development project in Brazil.
Strateco appears out of luck at Matoush
Any chance that Strateco Resources (TSX: RSC; US-OTC: SRSIF) had in advancing its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Otish Mountains after the provincial government temporarily banned uranium development in late March has been…
Energy Fuels looks to be the name in US uranium mining
Uranium prices look poised to finally come back around, and Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; US-OTC: EFRFF) is hoping to be one of the first places for investors to park their capital.