Global Uranium Fund Inc. is pleased to announce that the equity shares and warrants which currently trade as stapled units on the TSX under the ticker symbol GUR.UN, will separate and trade independently on Friday July 6, 2007 in connection with the closing of the over-allotment. The ticker symbols for the equity shares and […]
Mr. George Sanders, President, Consolidated Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd. is pleased to report that a diamond drill and crew have been secured for the Otish ground program and that an airborne uranium survey is now underway over the Company’s claims in the Papaskwasati and Matoush regions of the Otish Mountains, Quebec. The drill is […]
Crescent Resources Corp. announces that it has signed a contract with Compania Paraguaya de Mineria S.A. for 20,000 metres of drilling on the Oviedo Uranium Project in Paraguay. This open-hole drilling program using reverse-circulation equipment is scheduled to commence in early August.
The open-hole drilling method in conjunction with a down-hole gamma-ray probe will give immediate […]
Universal Uranium Ltd. and Silver Spruce Resources Inc. are pleased to announce the results of detailed lake bottom geochemistry surveys on the CMBNW and Jacques Lake properties, part of the CMB joint venture.
The results indicate significant uranium anomalies on both properties. The CMBNW block returned values ranging from background (less than 17 ppm) […]
The uncovering of significant uranium bearing samples from trenching conducted by previous operators has led Callinan Mines (TSX VENTURE: CAA) to option 1,581 acres of ground near Snow Lake, Manitoba.
Historic channel samples on the “Dion Lake” claims returned grades of up to 1.7% U3O8 over 3-4 meters. Representative chip sampling from the property returned grades […]
DIOS EXPLORATION INC. initiated last week its first prospecting and ground geophysics field campaign for uranium exploration on the Opinaca Nord Property since an option agreement was negotiated with Sirios Resources Inc. to acquire a 50 % interest in the property (press release dated 07-05-16). The project comprises three significant uranium anomaly clusters as […]
Ur-Energy Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of a letter of intent with Titan Uranium Incorporated whereby Ur-Energy can earn up to an undivided 51% working interest in Titan’s R-Seven and Rook I properties by funding Cdn $9 million in exploration programs managed by Titan over a 4-year earn in period. Diamond drilling of […]
Toxic, radioactive dust released from armour-piercing depleted uranium shells lingers for decades in the environment and contaminates land far from where it is used, according to British scientists.
The finding raises fears that communities living in or returning to war zones may be forced to live on contaminated ground, in danger of inhaling the substance or […]
Recent research by the Department of Geology at University of Leicester, and at the British Geological Survey aims to improve understanding of how depleted uranium particulate behaves in the environment. PhD research student Nicholas Lloyd has identified uranium oxide particulate that has survived more than 25 years in the environment, and depleted uranium contamination nearly […]
A state judge denied a request by two environmental groups to temporarily stop test drilling for uranium in Fall River County.
Circuit Judge Jack Delaney said at a hearing Tuesday that the groups had not shown how continuing the exploration would harm the environment.
Defenders of the Black Hills and ACTion for the Environment are challenging a […]