2013 Should Be the Turnaround Year for Uranium: David Talbot
December 4, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY – Zig Lambo of The Energy Report (12/4/12) http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/14809 After two years of uncertainty, David Talbot tells The Energy Report why he expects 2013 to be the year that the balance in the uranium energy equation finally begins its tilt toward the demand side, with 2014 marking a probable supply shortfall. Talbot discusses [...]
Cameco Accepts Uranium Reality
November 7, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY – ProspectingJournal.com – Uranium giant Cameco Corp. (TSX: CCO) has finally come to terms with the reality of the uranium market, slashing its outlook and target production to 36 million pounds a year by 2018. Cameco announced that it was reducing development work at some of its projects including the Millennium property in the [...]
Canada’s Athabasca Basin to Profit from Unquenched Demand for Uranium
May 15, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– Early in 2012, two rapidly mobilizing economies put aside their differences and agreed on a deal that would see Canada supply China with 52 million pounds of uranium by 2025. It spoke volumes about the vast energy resources at Canada’s disposal; that Canada’s beacon for growth in the 21st century is provided by means [...]
The Upside to a Natural Gas Downturn
March 16, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY–Marin Katusa, Casey Research The energy market is a complex beast, its many parts interconnected through a multitude of linkages. When one part fails, the entire system reacts: certain linkages are burdened with extra stress, while other components sit idle. Only by studying the entire machine can one understand the rippling effects that stem [...]
Uranium: Surging Demand in Nuclear Industry
March 9, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY-ProspectingJournal.com-Few can doubt that nuclear power has taken a tumble since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Last year Japan shut down all but two of its reactors for maintenance, but stern resistance has thus far prevented the Japanese government from bringing any of them back online. The population is clearly still reeling from the effects of [...]
The Uranium Supply Crunch: Strong Demand Spurs Exploration in the Athabasca
March 1, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
ANALYSIS—ProspectingJournal.com—Recently, we touched on the sizzling Canadian uranium scene after Rio Tinto threw its weight around Saskatchewan’s renowned Athabasca Basin via the takeover of Hathor Exploration [HAT – TSX] and its Roughrider uranium project for $654 million. This takeover has since fed into a continuous stream of good news for uranium investors, as Harper just [...]
Unity to Proceed With $1.2M Private Placement
February 22, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
NEWS–Unity Energy Corp., (the “Company”) (TSX-V:UTY) is pleased to announce that it intends to proceed immediately with a non-brokered private placement to raise up to $1,250,000 by selling an aggregate of up to 5,000,000 common shares at a price of $0.25 per share. Both flow-through and non-flow-through shares are being sold through the offering. All [...]
Cameco: Harper and the Uranium Rush
February 17, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– Remember the days when Steven Harper exercised negative rhetoric about selling uranium to sources that could not guarantee responsible use? Let’s just say he has experienced a change of heart, coupled with a vehicle upgrade. Harper has just signed a new deal that has the green stuff written all over it. Having recently reached [...]
Why Not Thorium?
February 15, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
GUEST COMMENTARY–Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist, Casey Research The Fukushima disaster reminded us all of the dangers inherent in uranium-fueled nuclear reactors. Fresh news yesterday about Tepco’s continued struggle to contain and cool the fuel rods highlights just how energetic uranium fission reactions are and how challenging to control. Of course, that level of [...]
Uranium Didn’t Go Anywhere, Did You?
July 24, 2011 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com–While it’s perhaps a bit early to announce the rebirth of the uranium sector, signs are now pointing to a steady comeback as governments and businesses are returning to one of their favourite obsessions: worrying about–and profiting from–the world’s energy needs. For someone invested in uranium, early 2011 was a classic textbook example of an [...]
ProspectingFM – Ep2: Mickey Fulp (mercenarygeologist.com)
June 27, 2011 by prospectingjournal · 2 Comments
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Episode 2: In this episode we tackle the topic of nuclear energy from the mining perspective. Uranium stocks have taken a massive slide in the days following Fukushima. In an interview recorded June 15, 2011, we speak to geologist extraordinaire, Mickey Fulp of MercenaryGeologist.com about all things nuclear, including uranium and the much talked about [...]
