Mawson focuses on uranium exploration in Scandinavia

December 13, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Mawson focuses on uranium exploration in Scandinavia

Mawson Resources Limited announces the company has commenced proceedings to withdraw from its mineral exploration licences in Spain, and at the same time expand its uranium exploration efforts throughout Scandinavia. After a recent Board review of the Company’s uranium assets it was determined Scandinavia holds the greatest potential for further significant discoveries. In Spain, the Company... 

Uranerz Receives Air Quality Permit for ISR Mine Construction

October 24, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Uranerz Receives Air Quality Permit for ISR Mine Construction

Uranerz Energy Corporation announce that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (“WDEQ”) – Air Quality Division has approved and issued the air quality permit for the Company’s Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project. The WDEQ – Air Quality Division has issued Permit No. CT-8644 in the form of a Permit to Construct the Nichols Ranch Uranium ISR Project which includes... 

Uranium One Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Christensen Ranch and Irigaray in Wyoming

August 10, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Uranium One Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Christensen Ranch and Irigaray in Wyoming

Uranium One Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the MALCO Joint Venture (“MALCO”) from wholly-owned subsidiaries of AREVA and EDF for US$ 35 million in cash. The assets of MALCO include the licensed and permitted Irigaray ISR central processing plant, the Christensen Ranch satellite ISR facility and associated U(3)O(8) resources located in... 

Pele Mountain Signs Agreement With the City of Elliot Lake for Surface Rights at Eco Ridge Mine Project

July 27, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Pele Mountain Signs Agreement With the City of Elliot Lake for Surface Rights at Eco Ridge Mine Project

Pele Mountain Resources Inc. announced the signing of a 21-year lease agreement (the “Lease”) between Pele’s wholly-owned subsidiary, First Canadian Uranium Inc. (“First Canadian”), and the City of Elliot Lake (the “City”) in respect of surface rights to key mining claims owned by First Canadian at its Eco Ridge Mine Uranium Project in Northern Ontario. The... 

Uranium One Announces Agreement to Acquire 50% Interest in Karatau Uranium Mine

June 15, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Uranium Mining  
Uranium One Announces Agreement to Acquire 50% Interest in Karatau Uranium Mine

Uranium One Inc. announced the signing of a definitive purchase agreement to acquire a 50% interest in the Karatau Uranium Mine in Kazakhstan from JSC Atomredmetzoloto (“ARMZ”), the Russian state-owned uranium mining company. The purchase price will be paid by way of the issuance of 117 million common shares of Uranium One and a cash payment of US$ 90 million (or equivalent promissory note).... 

Uranium Resources, Inc. Provides Update on Churchrock Project

June 1, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Uranium Resources, Inc. Provides Update on Churchrock Project

Uranium Resources, Inc., announced that it plans to file today a petition with the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc review regarding its ruling on April 17, 2009 that determined URI’s Section 8 in Churchrock, New Mexico is Indian Country and, therefore, comes under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the issuance of an Underground Injection Control... 

Uranium One Announces C$270 Million Financing and Formation of Strategic Relationship with Japanese Consortium

February 10, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  
Uranium One Announces C$270 Million Financing and Formation of Strategic Relationship with Japanese Consortium

Uranium One Inc. said that it has entered into a subscription agreement with a corporation formed by The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Toshiba Corporation, and The Japan Bank for International Cooperation providing for the private placement of an aggregate of 117,000,000 common shares of Uranium One, for gross proceeds of approximately C$270 million. Concurrently with the execution of... 

Powertech Submits UIC Permit Application at Dewey-Burdock

January 15, 2009 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  
Powertech Submits UIC Permit Application at Dewey-Burdock

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... 

Mawson’s Uranium Investigation Permits granted at Don Benito in Spain

December 1, 2008 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  

Mawson Resources Limited, Michael Hudson, President & CEO, advises that Mawson’s Don Benito Uranium exploration Investigation Permits in Spain have been granted. The Don Benito Uranium Investigation Permits lie in the La Haba district, Extremadura region of south-western Spain, in one of two principal historic uranium mining and processing areas in the country. Two “Permisos de Investigación”... 

Cameco Temporarily Suspends UF6 Production in Port Hope

November 29, 2008 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  

Cameco Corporation announced it is suspending uranium hexafluoride (UF6) production at the company’s Port Hope plant. As previously announced, a contract dispute between Cameco and its sole supplier of hydrofluoric acid (HF) has resulted in unreliable and expensive deliveries of this material necessary for the production of UF6. The dispute remains unresolved and Cameco has exhausted the inventory...