From time to time we publish other peoples views in an attempt to add some balance to the debate regarding investment opportunities. Today’s article is about Potash as an investment sector and the companies that have caught this writer’s attention. This is the opinion of the author and not uranium stocks (read more…)

On turnover of 867,000 shares Aurora gained $0.38 to close at $3.94. It is hard to see just what contributed to this move, as there has been no real news that we are aware of released today.

The last news we saw was about the establishment of a new panel that will give community representatives from coastal Labrador input into project planning and key environmental work, but that was a week ago (read more…)

This chart is courtesy of www.U308.biz.

A month ago it looked promising as there were signs of a small rally forming however this appears to have dissipated as investors used the higher prices to cut their loses and return their cash to the sidelines. We had hoped to bring you more ‘buy’ signals but have decided to remain cautious until a clearer picture emerges (read more…)

Better know as a uranium explorer Laramide Resources Limited have today released drill results for 28 drill holes for gold assays for their Westmoreland property. The results are summarized as follows:

These results included drill hole WDD08-023 which intersected 4 metres at 1.30g/t Au from 38 metres and 19 metres at 1.09g/t Au from 54 metres. All 28 drill holes were drilled with either NQ or HQ core into The Garee Lens, which forms part of the Redtree Deposit at The Westmoreland project. Mineralisation within the Garee lens is flat lying and hence the true width of mineralisation is generally between 75 % and 100 % of the intersection within the drill holes (read more…)

The United States nuclear power industry is planning to build 34 new nuclear power plants bringing the total to 134 nuclear reactors going forward. However these projects take time to bring on stream with estimates of 4 to 8 new nuclear plants operational by around 2016. There are a few fences to be cleared along the way including skyrocketing commodity costs, solutions for radioactive waste disposal, forward prices in electricity markets and environmental compliance costs (read more…)

On Saturday night we had the privilege of attending a rugby match between New Zealand’s All Blacks and the Brits at Eden Park in Auckland. It was a super night despite my team getting beat and a wee drop of rain just to add to our despair.

The intermittent showers were a nuisance but there is an upside apparently as New Zealand relies on rain to fill the lakes that are used to generate hydropower (read more…)

For a small financial inducement the Local Authorities in Britain are to be canvassed with the view to seeking volunteers to store radioactive waste. During his monthly media conference, the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said that:

“The world may need another 1,000 nuclear power stations to bolster energy security and fight climate change and Britain needs 10 nuclear reactors starting operations around 2020 (read more…)

In an attempt to fill 27 job categories the United Kingdom government have relaxed immigration laws in order to attract skilled workers from anywhere with knowledge of the nuclear industry. The Home Office have added these jobs to the ‘national shortage’ list with the hope of attracting the right people with the requisite skill sets (read more…)

Having found support at the $0.15 level this minnow has now managed to gain about 50% in the last month, yet another example of buyers creeping back into the uranium sector and snapping up a few bargains. The volume was a healthy 841,000 shares traded and the stock price now stands at $0.22. This is a small company with a market capitalisation of $26.23 million (read more…)

When trying to envisage the future have you ever dreamed that one day you might have your own independent nuclear power plant supplying all your energy needs (read more…)