Why Rick Rule Likes Uranium Explorers with Scale
Uranium – Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, talked uranium with INN Senior Editor Andrew Topf at the the recent World Resource Investment Conference.
Uranium – Rick Rule, Chairman of Sprott US Holdings, talked uranium with INN Senior Editor Andrew Topf at the the recent World Resource Investment Conference.
Gold – The recent drop in gold prices is a confirmation, or a revelation, to investors of the battle between the physical and paper gold markets. In this interview with The Gold Report, Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter, predicts the timing of a handoff from Asian physical demand to Western speculative demand and assesses the readiness of the junior market to respond to a revival in commodity prices. Plus, in a tip to Father's Day, he discusses his efforts to groom the next generation of investors.
Uranium – Flat uranium market activity in May for 2014 delivery has analysts cut their near-term uranium price forecasts.
Uranium – Jim Paterson, CEO and director of Kivillaq Energy, discusses the significant progress and successes at the company’s Angilak uranium exploration property in Nunavut Territory, Canada.
Uranium – Australia, the third-largest uranium producer in the world, is home to nearly one-third of the world’s known uranium resources.
Uranium – Bloomberg reported that Toro Energy Ltd, which is planning to develop the Wiluna uranium mine for US$279million Australia, is in talks with potential partners from China, South Korea, and Japan.
Uranium – Reuters reported that Cameco Corp has started its uranium concentrate shipment to China. In 2010, the company signed a deal to supply China Nuclear Energy Industry Corp with 23 million pounds of uranium concentrate by 2020.
Uranium – Uranium spot prices may be stuck in a slump post-Fukushima, but the nuclear power industry is showing signs of recovery.
Uranium – The Globe and Mail reported that Cameco Corp. will start mining in its Cigar Lake Uranium project by mid-2013. Cigar Lake is the second biggest high grade uranium deposit in the world and was discovered over 30 years ago.
Uranium – Uranium Equities Ltd. (ASX:UEQ) announced that, as per results from an independent pre-feasibility study-level engineering study, its PhosEnergy Process is a viable and low-cost way to extract uranium as a by-product of phosphate fertilizer production. Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO,NYSE:CCJ), which, along with Uranium Equities, commissioned the study, has now committed a further $4 million to the project.
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