Vancouver, B.C., August 16, 2013 – Azincourt Resources Inc. (TSXV: AAZ) (the “Company” or “Azincourt”) announces that, in keeping with its focus on uranium exploration at the Patterson Lake North project and in light of the moderate results from operations to date, it has assigned all of its interests in an option to acquire the … Read More
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China Sets Example With Nuclear Open House
[blockquote] “CGN has realized that ensuring production safety depends not only on technology, but also transparent operation and public supervision.” [/blockquote] Those were the words last week of Hu Guangyao, spokesperson for China’s largest nuclear power company, the China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN). The company has announced an open house event to be held each year … Read More
China Goes Deeper in Search for Uranium
Just recently, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) announced it had made a technological breakthrough in uranium mining with a record drilling depth of 2,818.88 meters. The drilling was conducted at Fuzhou City, in east China’s Jiangxi Province, and is more than twice the 1200 meter depth previously achieved by CNNC. In a statement, the state-owned company, … Read More
US Directs More Money Into Nuclear Research
The US government’s Department of Energy (DOE) has just announced $3.5 million for research into four advanced nuclear reactor projects that go beyond traditional light water designs. According to the announcement, the projects are led by General Atomics, GE Hitachi, Gen4 Energy and Westinghouse and will address “key technical challenges to designing, building and operating … Read More
Picking the Uranium Winners
Have you ever taken part in a fantasy stock pool? If not, think hockey pool, football pool or similar and it’s basically the same concept. You pick your team (in this instance your stocks) and the winner is the one who picks the best performers over a given period of time. The online stock pools … Read More
Feature Article: Azincourt Uranium starts its journey at Patterson Lake
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
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