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

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

We called up Brent Cook, economic geologist and editor of Exploration Insights, for a quick conversation on the junior resource sector as we head into the summer doldrums yesterday (MP3 download link). Mining stocks are cheap but Brent’s not calling the bottom yet. “If you buy something in this market, be prepared to buy the same number… Continue Reading

Topics include NexGen Energy, Fission Energy, Alpha Minerals and Denison Mines. Recorded April 24, 2013.

Despite dramatic headwinds in both the uranium and exploration industries, Canadian explorer NexGen Energy has cornered the Athabasca Basin’s two best, recent uranium discoveries. On March 11, 2011, the uranium industry was devastated by the nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima power plant on the west coast of Japan. The black swan event also coincided with… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals Reports 53m of 6.57% U3O8 With 10.5m of 29.26% U3O8 at Patterson Lake South JV, SW Athabasca Basin Industry sources continue to be amazed with the quality of this discovery. Press release, Stock quote.

Alpha Minerals Inc (C:AMW) Shares Issued 20,400,561 Last Close 4/8/2013 $4.10 Alpha Minerals Inc. has entered into an agreement with Salman Partners Inc., Cormark Securities Inc. and Raymond James Ltd. pursuant to which the underwriters have agreed to underwrite the offer and sale of 1.2 million flow-through shares and 500,000 non-flow-through units of Alpha Minerals… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals has disseminated the assays for hole 38 at Patterson Lake South, with intervals including 34 meters of 4.92% u3o8. Read the news release. See also: Alpha, Fission shares resume furious ascent on uber high-grade U3O8 drillhits by Kip Keen over at Mineweb. AMW shares were up 11.6% at press time. Stock quote.

This morning Skyharbour Resources announced they have acquired a land package in the Southwestern Athabasca region in close proximity to the Fission/Alpha Minerals discovery. Shares in the junior exploration company (TSXV:SYH) traded up 10% to six cents by press time. The company has been around for over ten years but inactive as of late save for a rollback in… Continue Reading

Nice news out from Alpha Minerals and JV partner Fission Energy this morning. Read: ALPHA MINERALS DISCOVERS THIRD ZONE OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION AND “OFF-SCALE” RADIOACTIVITY 780 METERS EAST OF ORIGINAL DISCOVERY AT PATTERSON LAKE SOUTH, ATHABASCA BASIN. This continues to demonstrate a very strongly mineralized multi-zone corridor. Shares in Alpha Minerals had reached as high as $4.30 by press time.… Continue Reading

Father and son Ben and Garrett Ainsworth may have lead Alpha Minerals and JV partner Fission Energy to the radioactive mother lode on a new frontier in the Athabasca Region of Northern Saskatchewan. Not long ago, Alpha Minerals, formerly ESO Uranium, was a dog of a stock. Trading at just $.02 last October, chances of… Continue Reading

There have been some big moves in the uranium space this week, as the predictions by several analysts and close watchers of the space have begun to come true. It starts with two high-profile deals that were announced this week: ARMZ is buying the remaining 49% of Uranium One for $1.3B. While the purchase price,… Continue Reading

The Haywood uranium banking team is keeping busy as they have arranged/ advised for Denison to purchase Fission Energy in stock and subsequently spin out one of their exploration assets that is generating a lot of interest in the Athabasca basin, the Patterson Lake project.  This move further solidifies Denison as the consolidator of strategic assets the… Continue Reading