Authorised Reprint – July 25th, 2013 Vancouver- There is critical mass building around the Patterson Lake uranium camp in the western reaches of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, and Vancouver-based junior Azincourt Uranium (TSXV:AAZ) hopes to be the next outfit to bring a significant discovery to market. In late April the company signed a joint-venture agreement with … Read More
Author: admin
The Athabasca Basin Is About To Get Hot
In case you missed the press release our partner, Fission Uranium, has started its $6.95 million summer exploration program at Patterson Lake South (PLS), which is host to a major new uranium discovery. What’s more, they have already hit with their first hole – approximately 85 m of mineralization, including 18.93 m of off-scale (>9999cps) as measured … Read More
Summer Exploration Plans Announced For Our Patterson Lake (PLN) Project
In case you missed today’s press release, we’ve announced details for the Summer exploration program at Patterson Lake (PLN). When I say we, I’m talking about Azincourt and our joint venture partner – Fission Uranium (the project operator). The goal of the program is to identify and prioritize drill targets for the winter program. To … Read More
Azincourt Announces Summer Exploration Program For PLN
Saskatoon, SK, July 22, 2013 – AZINCOURT URANIUM INC. (“Azincourt” or “the Company“; TSXV:AAZ), and its Joint Venture partner Fission Uranium Corp. (“Fission”; TSXV:FCU) announces an update for their summer exploration plan at Patterson Lake North (“PLN”) in the Athabasca Basin. The program, budgeted at $0.53m and expected to commence early August, will consist of … Read More
The First Ten: Japan’s Power Companies Apply For Reactor Restarts
A large number of industry observers believe that the restarting of Japan’s idled reactors will act as a catalyst for the uranium sector – driving up the spot price of uranium and improving the value of related stocks. You can bet that anyone watching in uranium is paying very close attention to news coming out of Japan … Read More
What Constitutes A Good Uranium Grade?
The world average grade for uranium is 0.2% (WNA). It’s not surprising that compared to gold, silver, copper and other ores, even highly profitable uranium grades can sound low. The comparison chart above gives you a good idea of grade value in the uranium sector. Some of the highest uranium grades in the world … Read More
The Athabasca Basin: Home To The World’s Highest-Grade Uranium
The Athabasca Basin in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada supplies just over 19% of the world’s uranium. It’s also the leading district for high grade uranium with an average grade ten times above that found elsewhere in the world. Three of the majors have a presence there and in 2011 Rio Tinto spent $654 million … Read More
Fission Uranium: A Closer Look At Our Joint Venture Partner
As you know, Azincourt entered into a property option agreement with Fission Uranium on April 29, 2013 allowing us to earn up to a 50-per-cent interest in Fission’s Patterson Lake (PLN) project. The right joint venture can be a superb way of combining teams and resources in order to maximize the end result. With that … Read More
Azincourt Closes Private Placement and Receives TSX Venture Exchange Approval to Option with Fission Uranium
Vancouver, B.C., June 19, 2013 – Azincourt Resources Inc. (TSXV: AAZ) (the “Company” or “Azincourt”) announces that further to its news releases dated April 30, 2013 and May 15, 2013, the Company has now received TSX Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) approval to: its option agreement with Fission Uranium Corp. (“FCU”) dated April 29, 2013 whereby Azincourt … Read More
Patterson Lake North: 2013 Exploration Plans
With a new triple-A management team and the right financing in place Azincourt Uranium is now in the process of finalizing exploration plans for Patterson Lake (PLN) in the Athabasca Basin – home to some of the the world’s richest uranium deposits. Our partner, Fission Uranium, is the operator at PLN and we’re working closely … Read More