Top-10 large, high-grade uranium projects
Uranium companies have been awaiting a price recovery since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster in March 2011. Since early 2016 the spot uranium price has remained below US$30 per…
Fission Uranium Corp
Fission study shaves capex, build time for PLS
Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has released an updated prefeasibility study (PFS) for an underground-only mine at its wholly owned Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in northwestern Saskatchewan….
Top-10 base metals, uranium explorers and developers in Canada
The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10 base metal and uranium juniors — with no production, and which are not a royalty company — headquartered in Canada,…
Fission considers underground-only scenario at PLS
Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has tabled a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Patterson Lake South uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca region, outlining an open pit and underground hybrid…
Prairie Snapshot: Eight companies looking for uranium and gold
While mineral production has been hard hit in Canada’s Prairie Provinces in line with the extended downturns in potash and uranium prices, the junior and mid-tier sector remains active in…
Uranium reversal may be close, Purepoint says
In one of the few exploration projects it is funding next year, Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) and its joint-venture partners Orano Canada and Purepoint Uranium (TSXV: PTU) are planning…
Site visit: Fission pushes PLS forward in Athabasca
PATTERSON LAKE, SASK. — Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is in the midst of a $6.4-million, mid-year work program at its near-surface Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in northwestern Saskatchewan….
Fission Uranium’s Triple R deposit continues to grow
Despite uranium prices at decade lows and three years of belt-tightening, Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has increased the indicated resource at its Triple R deposit by 8% and the overall…
Fission confirms high-grade uranium discovery at PLS
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU) search for land-based uranium mineralization at its Patterson Lake South (PLS) property in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin appears to be boding well for the junior explorer….
Fission expands uranium resource at PLS
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is trying to strike a fiscal balance between resource expansion and grassroots discovery at its Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in the…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 43: Gold majors and a geologist’s guide to investing
The Northern Miner podcast returns in earnest with a jam-packed episode that drills into quarterly reports from gold majors, the recent uranium spot price rally, and the impending Brexit fundamentals…
TSX moves higher, Dec. 5-9
The Bank of Canada announced that it would keep its interest rate steady, arguing that while economic data “suggests that global economic conditions have strengthened,[uncertainty] — which has been undermining…