Uranium







PUREPOINT URANIUMDrill foreman Dave Whitbread (left) and Purepoint Uranium's senior geologist Peter Daubeny discuss where to place a drill at Purepoint's Red Willow uranium project, in northern Saskatchewan.

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…


BY SUSAN KIRWINManaging director Peter Batten (left) discusses the Goanikontes deposit with an analyst during a site visit to Bannerman's Namibian uranium projects.

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 Namib Desert of southwestern Africa,…


BY STEPHEN STAKIWWestern Uranium's lithium project manager Ed Benson and company president and chief executive Pam Klessig give an overview of the lithium deposits at the Kings Valley uranium project, in northwestern Nevada.

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 property. The major recently invested…


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 …


Pele drilling confirming Elliot Lake resource

Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V, PMNHF-O) expects to see results of a scoping study on the company’s Elliot Lake uranium project soon, following a successful infill drilling campaign.


Khan, Western Prospector mull shared infrastructure

Vancouver — Neighbouring uranium explorers Khan Resources (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) and Western Prospector Group (WNP-V, WEPGF-O) are looking at collaborating on government-related issues and development of t…


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