Site visit: Fission poised for growth at Patterson Lake South
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN — Handling drill core caked with uraninite — a radioactive, uranium-rich ore mineral — isn’t exactly for the faint of heart, but with grades north of 25% U3O8,…
Fission Uranium Corp
Uranium firms remain optimistic amid low demand
Uranium companies are staying upbeat, given what they see are strong long-term fundamentals for uranium as the number of nuclear reactors around the world increase, despite the current situation of…
Miner Moments #3: Mickey Fulp discusses the uranium market
Matt and Lesley sit down with the Mercenary Geologist, Mickey Fulp, to riff on uranium markets following Canadian leader Cameco‘s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) rather dismal second-quarter results. Lesley discusses…
NexGen scores US$60M from Hong Kong billionaire
VANCOUVER — Explorer NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) made headlines earlier this year with an eye-opening maiden resource at its high-grade Arrow uranium deposit in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and…
TNM Data Miner: Digging into the data on equity financings in Canada
VANCOUVER — Welcome to a new feature at The Northern Miner where we have some fun with raw data sets relating to mining, mineral exploration, and commodity markets. To begin we’ll be…
Fission heats up PLS with twin ‘book-end’ discoveries
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is back in the discovery business at the Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin following a year filled with uncertainty.
Junior uranium execs pitch rebound in market
VANCOUVER — The CEOs of three North American uranium juniors took to the stage during an open-panel session at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in January to discuss the broader uranium market and argue why it is due to…
Fission eyes ‘landmark’ deal with China’s CGN Mining
VANCOUVER — It was a stormy 2015 for explorer Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) marked by a failed merger, struggling uranium prices and the brief threat of a proxy battle from retail shareholders.
Fission steps into the ring for proxy fight with retail investor
VANCOUVER — Things might be a little tense at Fission Uranium’s (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) annual general meeting (AGM) due to a proxy battle launched by a retail shareholder looking to replace its board of directors. A…
Shareholder activism is the ‘new normal,’ Kingsdale report says
VANCOUVER — There’s been a rising tide of proxy contest activity in Canadian markets since 2008, and advisory firm Kingsdale Shareholder Services is cautioning companies that higher shareholder activism represents a “new…
Fission powers forward after Denison deal dies
VANCOUVER — The dust is settling for Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) after a failed merger with Lukas Lundin’s Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN), but the company can’t move on just yet, due to an activist…
Fission Uranium’s Triple R shows strong economics
Analysts are applauding Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Triple R deposit at its 100% owned Patterson Lake South property just outside the southwestern portion of …