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URANIUM

First Uranium plans to raise C$150m, appoints new CEO

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TSX- and JSE-listed First Uranium on Friday announced that it had entered into a heads of agreement to raise up to C$150-million in a private placement and that Deon van der Mescht would become the interim CEO. Van der Mescht is currently the CEO...

By: Creamer Media Reporter

12th March 2010

URANIUM

Extract to complete Rossing South DFS in late 2010

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Uranium developer Extract Resources on Friday reported that its definitive feasibility study (DFS) on Rossing South , in Namibia, would likely increase the overall size of the uranium project's resource. The updated resource estimate would be...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

12th March 2010

URANIUM

Uranium One mulls participation in second Kazakh acid plant

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Uranium miner uranium one is investigating the possibility of becoming a partner in another new sulphuric acid plant in Kazakhstan, CEO Jean Nortier told Mining Weekly Online on Thursday. Although the company is not concerned with the actual...

By: Liezel Hill

12th March 2010

URANIUM – 1

Malawi government receives first tax,  royalty payments from Kayelekera mine

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Australian resources group Paladin says it has earned $33-million to date from uranium exports from its Kayelekera mine, in northern Malawi.

By: Marcel Chimwala

12th March 2010

URANIUM

Uranium One posts FY09 loss; sees higher '10 production

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Uranium One Inc posted a net loss in 2009, hurt mainly by lower realized uranium prices, and said it expects to nearly double production in 2010. The Canadian company, whose main operations are in Kazakhstan, said it sees attributable production...

By: Reuters

11th March 2010

HEALTH & SAFETY

Minister quashes Kalgoorlie radiation claims

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Western Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has quashed rumours of a possible health risk from radiation at a decommissioned BHP Billiton uranium testing site near Kalgoorlie, following the completion of testing at the site....

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

10th March 2010

URANIUM

Dourado plans to list uranium assets in IPO

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ASX-listed Dourado Resources would seek shareholder approval to divest of its uranium assets in the Northern Territory, through the spin-out of a wholly owned subsidiary, the company announced on Wednesday. Dourado would float the subsidiary,...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

10th March 2010

URANIUM

Forsys invites proposals on potential deals

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Uranium junior Forsys Metals has invited a short-list of parties to submit proposals on potential transactions with the company, it said on Tuesday. Forsys' main asset is the Valencia uranium project in Namibia, which is fully permitted and could...

By: Liezel Hill

10th March 2010

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Currency	Industry Term
Johannesburg Perth Toronto Lilongwe Vancouver Valencia	First Uranium Gold Wheaton Mine Waste Solutions RBC Capital Markets Simmers Extract Resources Kalahari Resources Polo Resources Rio Tinto Australia Paladin Uranium One Inc BHP Billiton Cauldron Energy Dourado Resources Forsys George Forrest International Morgan Stanley	CAD USD MWK Cent GBP	Uranium Miner Open Pit Mining Openpit Mining Operation Energy Resources Uranium Testing Site Exploration Licence Applications
Person	Product	Country	Continent
Deon Van Der Mescht Gordon Miller Jack Mines (Simmers) Simmer Mines Vusi Khanyile Steve Galloway Jean Nortier Garry Korte Grain Malunga Marcel Chimwala Correspondent Norman Moore	R1	Namibia Australia Canada Kazakhstan Russia United States Malawi	Africa Europe Australia
Province Or State	Facility	Medical Treatment	Technology
Wyoming British Columbia Western Australia Northern Territory	Kayelekera Mine Kalgoorlie Research Plant	Radiation	Radiation