POWERTECH URANIUM CORP. announce that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Powertech (USA) Inc., it has submitted its first major permit application for the Dewey-Burdock Project to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The EPA issues one of three major permits that will allow development of the Company’s Dewey-Burdock Project in the Edgemont Uranium District...
Ogala Sioux got a lift from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission who ruled in late April that the tribe had legitimate concerns about groundwater contamination from a uranium mine, reports Indian Country Today. The mine owners, Cameco Corp. of Canada wants to expand the mine. The tribe believes that fractures in rock allow water used in mining to mix with drinking water resulting in higher cancer...
High Plains Uranium, Inc. and Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX VENTURE: EFR) are pleased to announce favourable results from a drilling program conducted on the Sand Creek Joint Venture area of interest near Douglas, Wyoming. The drilling was conducted by operating partner New Horizon Uranium Corporation. A drilling program was initiated on November 24, 2006 that focused on the “Scott Ranch” target...