In consideration of the ongoing uncertainty in the uranium and securities markets, Energy Fuels has taken a number of steps to reduce its rate of spending. Energy Fuels’ capital preservation strategy is being implemented to ensure that the Company will be in place with strong, developed assets, ready to catch any significant upswing in the [...]
Golden Band Resources Inc. (GBN: TSXV) reports that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration of Anhui Province, Peoples Republic of China (Anhui Geology). Contemplated under the MoU are exploration-stage gold projects that Anhui Geology may elect to participate in under business relationships that would be [...]
Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. announced today that London Mining Plc and Wits Basin have entered into definitive terms for the formation and operation of a 50/50 joint venture company which will own all the issued shares in China Global Mining Resources Ltd. (“CGMR”). CGMR, currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wits Basin, holds the rights [...]
The Fort Hills Energy L. P. announced that it will defer the final investment decision on the mining portion of the Project until a cost estimate consistent with the current market environment can be established. The Partnership now anticipates making a final investment decision in 2009. The Sturgeon Upgrader portion of the Project will be [...]
Sparton Resources Inc. announce that its 60% owned Chinese joint venture company , Yunnan Sparton New Environ Tech Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent with the Fourth Institute of Nuclear Engineering for the final engineering design and construction of a bulk sampling plant to finalize a production flowsheet for processing uranium bearing waste coal [...]
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. announced in response to the recent sharp decline in molybdenum prices plans to reduce production from its Henderson primary molybdenum mine and to defer the restart of the Climax molybdenum mine.
Molybdenum markets have been strong in recent years, averaging $30 per pound in 2007 and $33 per pound in the [...]
Colorado Goldfields Inc. in conjunction with Blue Sky Water Technologies, Inc., of Folsom, California, has proven its ability to treat water issues at its Gold King Mine.
Results from Alpha Analytical, a nationally certified third-party testing laboratory in Sparks, Nevada, showed that Blue Sky’s technology removed five of the EPA’s “contaminants of concern.” Cadmium, copper, manganese, [...]
George H. Read, P. Geo., Senior Vice President Exploration and Development, is pleased to announce that a project proposal for a joint Star-Orion South Diamond Project has been submitted to the Environmental Assessment Branch of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, in addition to the following Federal agencies: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Health Canada, Indian and [...]
DIOS EXPLORATION just received the first outcropping rock samples results from a two-day reconnaissance on its CHAT BRUN uranium property in the LaGuiche Basin, Quebec, Canada. Ten grab-samples from rock outcrops were collected by Dios geologists on their first visit of this new property. Two biotite-rich samples, located one kilometre apart, returned values of 710 [...]
Cardero Resource Corp. announce that SRK Consulting has updated the recent Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Pampa de Pongo iron deposit. The increased NPV and IRR result from the positive MIDREX Direct Reduction material evaluation (See NR 08-25), which demonstrated the suitability of Pampa de Pongo iron oxide pellets as Direct Reduction (DR) process [...]
