24th July 2006
We talked about the Sweetwater Mill, which he informed us would use a solvent extraction circuit, not an ion exchange for stripping resins as would be found with an In Situ Recovery (ISR) operation. Does that rule out ISR? "No, not at all," he told us. Fr...
24th July 2006
A Preference for Underground and Open Pit
Another core competency is underground mining. "I think the majority of the deposits we are looking at are underground," Froneman explained. "There is some open pit potential. Of course, that is a skill that we...
24th July 2006
Wyoming's Green Mountain Properties
One of the reasons ISR operations have become more popular is because their capital and operating costs are significantly lower than those for conventional mining. Less money required to start up; less labor intensiv...
24th July 2006
Where is Neal Froneman heading with SXR Uranium One in the United States? "I think our focus at this stage is mainly Wyoming, Utah and Arizona because of the breccia pipes," said Froneman. "New Mexico is an area I don't know well. That is not an area we'v...
24th July 2006
One fan, Sprott Asset Management Market Strategist Kevin Bambrough, emailed us his thoughts about the company's proposed acquisitions, "We view the transactions very positively and feel that it's further evidence that we've moved from the early exploratio...
17th July 2006
Uranium mining in Sweden is banned. After the next parliamentary elections, Sweden may reverse its phase out of nuclear energy. Will that give a boost to Sweden's uranium mining sector? Some Canadian exploration companies have already established a base t...
17th July 2006
Sweden's Dependency on Nuclear Energy
At first glance, we bought the same anti-nuclear propaganda the rest of the world's media swallowed. In other words, we were misled into believing Sweden was phasing out its nuclear power plants. Perhaps, you had a...
17th July 2006
Increased Uranium Exploration Activity
At this time, uranium mining is banned in Sweden. Will that soon change? In November 2005, Platts carried a news item that the world's second largest uranium producer Cogema, a subsidiary of Areva, was spending ab...
17th July 2006
Sweden should become an excellent test case for a change in Australia's Three-Mines policy. Sweden's September election could officially set back the worldwide anti-nuclear movement and further change attitudes in the European Union. This weekend's G8 Sum...
12th July 2006
Background
We wrote about Kilgore Minerals this past winter, because it holds prospective U.S. uranium properties. While studying the company, it became evident the company's uranium would take a backseat to the company's gold property in southern Idah...
12th July 2006
Rationale
The purpose of the 2006 drilling program, Burmeister told us, is to determine "the true potential of the Dog Bone Ridge area target." Niel Prenn, a professional engineer with Mine Development Associates of Reno, Nevada, completed a scoping le...
08th July 2006
Commodities Bull Jim Rogers believes cleaner burning fuels will out-perform oil in the coming years.
In a taped telephone interview, commodities bull Jim Rogers said, "I see a great future for uranium and nuclear power." Rogers sees opportunity in th...
08th July 2006
We talked with Jim Rogers, legendary commodities trader, who picked the bottom of the commodities bull market in 1999. Bestselling author, biker capitalist and widely followed, Jim Rogers talks about what he's now investing in.
StockInterview: Of all t...
08th July 2006
We talked with Jim Rogers, legendary commodities trader, who picked the bottom of the commodities bull market in 1999. Bestselling author, biker capitalist and widely followed, Jim Rogers talks about what he's now investing in.
StockInterview: You bega...
08th July 2006
We talked with Jim Rogers, legendary commodities trader, who picked the bottom of the commodities bull market in 1999. Bestselling author, biker capitalist and widely followed, Jim Rogers talks about what he's now investing in.
StockInterview: In an i...
