25th July 2006
Who's Right: Symmetrical or
Asymmetrical Geological Models?
How do they figure they'll find uranium mineralization, though? "There's a northwestern-southeastern trending band of mineralization in the Lisbon Valley, primarily on the upthrown side of t...
25th July 2006
Will Steen's Son Follow in His Father's Footsteps?
The area is right, and it may be ripe for a discovery. Early exploration drilling for both companies is now being assayed in Canadian laboratories. Both companies are scheduling more drilling in the ve...
24th July 2006
Leave no stone unturned. That's how professionals execute a program to get a project launched. The turnaround of Louisiana Energy Services (LES) is nothing short of spectacular. Resurrected from the dead, the LES enrichment facility is quickly moving forw...
24th July 2006
We asked Louisiana Energy Services (LES) President Him Ferland if the uranium could come from Kazakhstan, Niger, Namibia or elsewhere. He couldn't say from where, "Again, it's coming from the U.S. utilities. I'm sure the U.S. utilities will comply with wh...
24th July 2006
Boldly, we asked President Jim Ferland for a guarantee that LES-enriched uranium would not be shipped to rogue nations, which may have their own opinions on proliferation issues. He explained, "We certainly will comply with every rule and regulation that'...
24th July 2006
After the uranium is enriched, about 90 percent becomes waste. "Initially, it will be stored on site in the form of depleted UF6 (uranium hexafluoride)," Ferland explained. "Obviously, the majority of the U-235 will be taken out of the tailings at that po...
24th July 2006
Who better than to explain the LES puzzle than Jim Ferland? As president of Louisiana Energy Services, Ferland came onboard nearly three years ago. At the time, the LES project was still in Tennessee, but rapidly losing traction. Ferland admits the situat...
24th July 2006
This latest wrinkle is just one in another of several disruptive episodes as LES moves forward into operations. We talked with Ferland about charges of environmental racism in Louisiana, where LES first began its long journey to obtain an NRC license. As ...
24th July 2006
We talked with Sprott Asset Management Research Analyst Eric Nuttall about the natural gas situation in Canada and the fate of many CBM gas producers and developers. Since our last conversation spot natural gas prices have dropped by 15 percent. Natural g...
24th July 2006
Introduction: We talked with Sprott Asset Management Research Analyst Eric Nuttall about the natural gas situation in Canada and the fate of many CBM gas producers and developers. Since our last conversation spot natural gas prices have dropped by 15 perc...
24th July 2006
We talked with Sprott Asset Management analyst Eric Nuttall. With bloated natural gas storage levels, Natural and CBM gas stocks have gotten crushed. Is there relief in sight? What are the fundamentals which might drive natural gas prices, and subsequentl...
24th July 2006
We talked with Sprott Asset Management analyst Eric Nuttall. With bloated natural gas storage levels, Natural and CBM gas stocks have gotten crushed. Is there relief in sight? What are the fundamentals which might drive natural gas prices, and subsequentl...
24th July 2006
We talked with Sprott Asset Management analyst Eric Nuttall. With bloated natural gas storage levels, Natural and CBM gas stocks have gotten crushed. Is there relief in sight? What are the fundamentals which might drive natural gas prices, and subsequentl...
24th July 2006
We talked with Sprott Asset Management Research Analyst Eric Nuttall about the natural gas situation in Canada and the fate of many CBM gas producers and developers. Since our last conversation spot natural gas prices have dropped by 15 percent. Natural g...
24th July 2006
Soft-spoken SXR Uranium One Chief Executive Neal Froneman is very polite. When we phoned him at his home in South Africa, early last Thursday morning, he patiently answered his first question before telling us he had just stepped out of the shower. We pau...
