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Cameco gets approval for its Australian Kintyre uranium mine

After more than four years of consultation and environmental studies, the miner has been granted conditional approval by Western Australia’s authorities.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2015 | 6:15 am

Fission Uranium’s Randhawa ‘smells a flip’

Latest find turns Athabasca deposit into a "two headed monster" says Fission CEO, who's gathering banks, miners and private equity for "an auction".

Frik Els | March 5, 2015 | 4:15 pm

Mongolia fined $100M for expropriating uranium mine

An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Mongolia to fork over $100 million for expropriating the Dornod uranium project from Khan Resources (CNSX:KRI) back in 2009.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 3, 2015 | 11:30 am

Fission Uranium Corp eyes minority investor as discovery grows more exciting

Fission Uranium Corp. is looking to sell a sizable minority stake in itself as its massive uranium discovery in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin continues to expand.

Financial Post | March 3, 2015 | 11:04 am

Poor market conditions put major chill on global exploration

Global exploration spending dropped 26% in last year, compared with 2013, as several juniors threw in the towel and producing miners slammed the brakes on capital and exploration expenditure.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2015 | 1:04 pm

Hearings start Monday on new uranium mine in Canadian Arctic

Hearings starting on Monday for a new uranium mine in Canada's Nunavut territory are attracting opposition from environmentalists and local First Nations who say the Kiggavik project impinges on important caribou calving grounds.

Andrew Topf | March 1, 2015 | 11:41 pm