Hawk Uranium Inc. is pleased to announce that Geotech Ltd., of Aurora, Ontario has commenced a 2,000 km helicopter-borne Time Domain Electromagnetic Geophysical Survey with a VTEM system over Hawk’s wholly owned Cluff Lake Uranium Project in Northern Saskatchewan. Geotech Ltd. has advised Hawk that it expects to complete this survey by the end of [...]

The 9th International Mining and Machinery Exhibition, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) In association with Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Coal, Government of India, focuses on the opportunities, both international and national, provided by the shift of mining companies towards customer satisfaction and expectations. It examines till the elements that make up The [...]

Uranium explorer Brinkley Mining saw its shares rise sharply as it confirmed it had received an early stage bid approach.
“The company notes the movement in its share price today and confirms that it has received an approach which might lead to an offer being made for its shares,” it said in a brief statement.

The South Dakota Water Management Board has approved new rules for injection wells for uranium mining operations proposed for the Black Hills region.
The water board approved the rules Thursday after listing to public testimony the previous day.
State environmental officials say it will be at least two years before any mining begins.

The Uranium Corp of India Ltd (UCIL) is going ahead with its mining and milling project in West Khasi hills of Meghalaya despite opposition from NGOs, the government said Wednesday.
“UCIL proposes to set up a mine and mill near Kylleng Pyndengsohiong Mawthabah in the West Khasi Hills district,” Prithiviraj Chavan, the minister of state in [...]

An agreement will soon be signed between South Australia and a Canadian province that will see a sharing of knowledge on uranium and other minerals.
The Primary Industries Department says the proposed collaboration is with Saskatchewan in central Canada, which has a similar geology to South Australia.
The Department’s geological survey manager, Mark McGeough, says a lot [...]

City council in Moncton, N.B., voted unanimously Monday night to call on the province to ban all uranium exploration and mining in New Brunswick.
The councillors are particularly worried about uranium exploration on the outskirts of the city.
The mining giant Vale Inco (formerly known as CVRD-Inco) is exploring for uranium south and west of Moncton.
A smaller [...]

Ninety-four pages of proposed rules for uranium mining companies that need to obtain state groundwater permits were too much Wednesday for the South Dakota Water Management Board.
The panel had planned to make a decision on the rules but decided to delay it until a special meeting April 2-3 in Rapid City.
Board members want to know [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management will open bidding for 19 parcels of land as uranium mining leases to the private sector on Friday, March 7.
These parcels, located in the Uravan Mineral Belt in southwestern Colorado, between the communities of Gateway and Egnar, will be leased for the exploration, development, and production [...]

Energy companies with eyes on Labrador are getting nervous after a proposed moratorium on uranium mining on Inuit land passed first reading recently.
On March 5, a bill calling for a three-year moratorium on mining on Inuit land passed first reading at a meeting of the Labrador Inuit self-government, the Nunatsiavut assembly.
Already the bill is causing [...]