Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) released assays on five more holes at their PLS discovery in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan.  The strike length of R390E zone has doubled since the 2013 winter program started to over 120m of strike.  The highlight of this batch of results was a 47m interval of mineralization including… Continue Reading

By James Kwantes, World of Mining Rebalancing, Part 2: Signs of life (click here for part 1) In my last post, I detailed the positions that I’ve sold (Amerigo Resources, Sandstorm Gold/Metals & Energy) or dramatically reduced (Lumina Copper) in the past couple of months. This post takes a closer look at stocks I’ve purchased… Continue Reading

NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV) has started a 3,000m drill program on their Rook I property which is located next door to Alpha/Fission’s PLS project (see recent drill results here). NexGen has already completed aerial VTEM and magnetics as well as ground gravity testing. The exploration team at NexGen, led by Andrew Browne, has already defined a… Continue Reading

Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) and Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) announced this morning, after being halted late yesterday, that they had discovered a fourth mineralized zone at their Patterson Lake South Discovery.  The fourth zone, R945E, is located 165m grid east of R780E zone and extends the total strike length of the PLS deposit to 1.05km.  Hole PLS13-084 hit… Continue Reading

The best story in mineral exploration today is the PLS uranium discovery by Fission / Alpha, which has created a land rush in the Southwestern region of Northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. Click here for a high res map by way of Rivador Consulting Ltd. Fission / Alpha continue to deliver outstanding market performance and are halted… Continue Reading

Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) and Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) announced further results from their $6.95 million, 44 hole, 11,000m drill and ground geophysics program at their Patterson Lake South (PLS) deposit in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.  The companies announced drilling results including hole PLS13-080 which encountered 13.41m composite off-scale mineralization including 7.6m of continuous off-scale mineralization.  This… Continue Reading

Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) and Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) announced the results of an additional four drill holes from their Patterson Lake South Deposit (50/50 Joint Venture) in the Athabasca region of Saskatchewan.  The two are in the process of completing a $6.95 million, 11,000m drill and ground geophysics program on the project.  Drilling highlights included 18.5m… Continue Reading

Visual Capitalist has taken on uranium in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin in their latest infographic. Sprott USA Chairman Rick Rule calls the Basin, “The Persian Gulf of Uranium.” Read our past coverage of exploration companies in the area. Source.

David Talbot, Senior Mining Analyst at Dundee Capital Markets, is one of the foremost uranium analysts in Canada. He sat down with the Energy Report to discuss a few of his favourite names. Read: Top Ten Stocks for a Uranium Price Rebound: David Talbot On the uranium price’s recent poor performance, Mr. Talbot commented, “What we… Continue Reading

NexGen Energy has finished their 3,472.9 meter summer drill program at Radio. CEO Leigh Curyer commented, “These first 9 holes within the 5 test zones of summer drilling at Radio has confirmed these zones contain the basement geology, alteration and structural features that host uranium mineralization elsewhere in the Athabasca basin. Receipt of the completed… Continue Reading

Rumours are circulating on Howe and Bay Streets that someone may soon move on the PLS project in Northern Saskatchewan, a 50/50 joint venture held by Fission Uranium (TSXV:FCU) and Alpha Minerals (TSXV:AMW), fuelling demand for the shares of both companies. Click to enlarge: FCU.V AMW.V These are unsubstantiated reports, but the PLS project is… Continue Reading

Here’s a promoter’s map of the Western Athabasca Region in Northern Saskatchewan showing Fission/Alpha’s discovery in the middle. Update: Comments from Twitter: @tommyhump Thats the people who paid 2B on map. CIN has a great land position which the mkt will figure out — Cdn Intl Minerals (@CIN_TSXV) July 19, 2013 @tommyhump cut my teeth in… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals (TSXV:AMW) shares have been on a tear since last fall when they discovered high grade uranium close to surface at the Patterson Lake South project in the Western Athabasca Region of Saskatchewan and analysts believe this trend will continue over the coming months. Here’s the 12 month chart: Today, the company announced more impressive… Continue Reading

Sprott USA Chairman Rick Rule spoke with INN’s Andrew Topf about fundamentals for a higher uranium price, and Rule characteristically provided profund commentary on the natural resources business. “This industry needs amalgamation more than anything else,” according to Rule. “There’s too much G&A across the whole mining space and combining two companies together and getting rid of one… Continue Reading

NexGen Commences Drilling at Radio Project, Eastern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Related: Read the NexGen backstory in this CEO.CA interview here. NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX.V:NXE) (“NexGen” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a 4,000 meter drill program at the Radio property, which is immediately adjacent to, and on trend approximately 2km east from, Rio… Continue Reading