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

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

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

NexGen Energy (TSXV:NXE), an Athabasca Basin focused uranium exploration company, has closed a $5 million financing at a price of $.35 per unit (with a half warrant at $.55). The company intended to raise $1.8 million but interest surely sparked from the success at Fission Uranium and Alpha Minerals’ PLS discovery, immediately adjacent to NexGen’s… 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

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

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

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

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