Rio Tinto sells Roughrider project to Uranium Energy for $150M
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) has agreed to purchase 100% of the Roughrider project for $150 million from Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO). Rio will receive $80 million…
Denison Mines
Denison and Uranium Energy fight over explorer UEX
Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE: UEC) announced overnight that it had received a competing offer to acquire uranium exploration outfit UEX Corporation (TSX: UEX) and named Denison Mines (TSX: DML) as…
Denison receives approval for Phoenix ISR feasibility field test
Saskatchewan-focused uranium developer Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) has received approval to prepare, construct and operate the facilities required to carry out the feasibility field test (FFT) planned for the Phoenix deposit – the…
Canada’s Top Ten base metals and uranium companies
The green energy revolution is driving unprecedented demand for sustainable sources of base metals and uranium which is increasingly seen as an acceptable form of baseload power generation. Here’s a…
CNSC okays Denison amendment of McClean Lake tailings licence
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted permission to expand the McClean Lake tailings management facility (TMF), reported Denison Mines (TSX: DML; HYSE: DNN). The uranium mine, mill and…
Kazakh uranium industry unaffected by unrest
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazatomprom, remains unaffected by the ongoing turmoil in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, Reuters reported the Kazakh producer as saying. “Uranium mining is going…
Denison to sell GoviEx shares and warrants
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) is selling 32.5 million common shares it holds in GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) at 48¢ per share to one of the junior…
Rising spot uranium prices buoy explorers, developers and producers
Raymond James has raised its target prices on Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) and NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE) as spot uranium prices have jumped…
Prairie Snapshot: Eight companies with potential in the heart of Canada
The Canadian Prairies may soon be known as much for their diverse mineral wealth including uranium, nickel, copper and zinc, as for their potash endowment and rolling hectares of grain….
TSX posts small gain, Aug. 30-Sept. 3
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 176.80 points or 0.86% to finish the August 30 to September 3 trading week at 20,821.40. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.92 points or…
Denison and UEX hash out $40.5M joint ownership deal for JCU
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) and UEX Corp. (TSX: UEX; US-OTC: UEXCF) have hashed out a deal that will see each company with a 50% interest in JCU Exploration,…
Denison bids for JCU (Canada) Exploration
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-AM: DNN) is offering to buy JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Overseas Uranium Resources Development Company Ltd., for cash payments of up…