[audio:https://blog.ceo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Rick-Rule-CEO.CA-Nov-4-2013-Tommy-Humphreys-Audio.mp3] Sprott USA Chairman Rick Rule, the Carlsbad, California based natural resource financier with nearly four decades of experience, joined us for a conversation earlier today on the current mining bear market, which is approaching its third anniversary. As expected, Mr. Rule was upbeat, and sounds to be making the most of the opportunities being… Continue Reading

Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV), the joint venture partners who continue to advance the Patterson Lake South discovery in Saskatchewan, announced this morning that they discovered a sixth mineralized zone in a step-out hole drilled 525 metre’s from the original discovery zone.  The new zone, R600W, is on a 1755m trend with all five high-grade… Continue Reading

According to Bloomberg, Greenland is set to lift a uranium mining moratorium which has been in place for 25 years.  Greenland is thought to be extremely rich in rare earth and uranium minerals which could spark a uranium mining rush to the arctic island.  Denmark has backed Greenland’s plans to expand the development of its natural resources to include… Continue Reading

We had the wonderful opportunity of attending the Canaccord Genuity Global Resources Conference during the past couple of days in Miami, Florida. Canaccord put on a first class event with many of mining and energy sector’s best CIOs and CEOs on hand. Below are some of the key takeaways from the conference: Most miners are… Continue Reading

An interesting development in the Canadian uranium sector from Reuters this morning; as part of the Canada-EU free trade agreement, Canada has agreed to ease foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian uranium mines.  Currently foreign mining companies cannot own more than 49% of producing Canadian uranium mines, but that is about to change claims Reuters.  Note… Continue Reading

NexGen Energy (NXE:TSXV) has completed their first phase of drilling on their Rook I project and announced a summary of their findings.  Rook I is 2.1km northeast of Fission/Alpha’s Patterson Lake South Discovery.  The program was designed to narrow down a large prospective target area, to determine if mineralization existed their and to better understand the geology… Continue Reading

Discovery Investing’s Chris Berry says he’s just returned from the SME Global Uranium Symposium last week in Corpus Christi, Texas, with his tail between his legs. “It appears that any “nuclear renaissance” will be delayed for some time due to a confluence of factors…This offers investors perhaps the most precious commodity of all – time… Continue Reading

THE CALANDRA REPORT: Subscribe Concordia Resource Corp. – one of Canada’s most puzzling metals equities – is gaining a DRC Congo nickel, copper and cobalt property and another, copper and gold, in Australia. Concordia (CCN in Canada) explains that pending shareholder approval it also shall distribute shares of a new Argentina-focused explorer to shareholders. That’s… Continue Reading

NexGen Energy (TSXV:NXE), a uranium exploration company focused on Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, provided an update on their first 8 holes of drilling at Rook I, which is immediately adjacent to and along strike to Fission / Alpha’s Patterson Lake South discovery. Read: NexGen Energy Ltd: Rook 1 Drilling Update. The news release suggested NexGen had encountered the… Continue Reading

The market has, so far, shrugged off more impressive drill results from Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) this morning (FCU up $0.01).  Is there such a thing as ‘discovery fatigue’?  The company’s released assays from two holes from the Western and Eastern regions of the R390E zone at their PLS deposit. The highlights include… Continue Reading

This morning, Patterson Lake South Joint-Venture partners Alpha Minerals (AMW:TSXV) and Fission Uranium (FCU:TSXV) announced they had potentially found a fifth high-grade uranium zone as part of their 2013 drill campaign.  The most recent hole, PLS13-098, intersected 76m of total composite mineralization within a total 107.5m section (to vertical depth of 317m).  This adds to… Continue Reading

Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (9/18/13) Many mining companies find themselves in a high-grading dilemma, according to Brent Cook, publisher of Exploration Insights. As companies deplete higher grade reserves, they have to acquire new deposits. But unless you are a geologist, don’t look to NI 43-101s to always give you reliable information about the quality of a… Continue Reading

Positive results continue to roll in at PLS, the 50/50 joint venture owned by Fission Uranium and Alpha Minerals. Read: Alpha Minerals JV Confirms Significant Mineralization With Strong “Off-Scale” Radioactivity at R945E Zone At PLS Project. The market appears to have been expecting success. Shares in both Fission and Alpha were effectively flat at press… Continue Reading

Cameco Corp (CCO:TSX) provided an update on its Cigar Lake project located in northern Saskatchewan.  Cigar Lake is owned by Cameco (50% operator), AREVA (37.1%), Idemitsu Canada Resources (7.875%) and TEPCO Resources (5%).  Construction of the mine is currently at 97% however, while commissioning underground facilities, Cameco found more work that will delay jet boring… Continue Reading

There’s a tremendous post out from the good people at Sprott today: Hostile Takeovers Gone Bad. The author, geologist and investment advisor Steve Todoruk, says that Cameco made a fatal flaw in their attempted takeover of Hathor Exploration in 2011 by not acquiring shares in the company before the takeover announcement. As a result they… Continue Reading