Articles Tagged "Areva resources"

UEX Continues to Expand Shea Creek’s 58B Area

UEX Corporation reports its continuation of  exploration in the 58B Area of the Shea Creek Project. Shea Creek hosts the Kianna, Anne, and Colette Deposits and is one of ten 49%-owned Western Athabasca Uranium Projects joint-ventured with AREVA, the operator. The 58B Area represents a new mineralized zone which lies between the Kianna and Colette Deposits (see Figure [...]

UEX/Areva 2010 Western Athabasca Basin Drilling Programs Underway

Areva Resources & UEX Corporation have began the 2010 drilling programs at the Shea Creek Project and the Beatty River Project which were announced on November 24, 2009. The drilling of a new pilot hole (SHE-134) has commenced in the northeast area of the Kianna Deposit (“Kianna”). Concurrently, the drilling of another new pilot hole (SHE-135) has started in [...]

Canadian mill to be idled in mid-2010

World Nuclear News reports the McClean Lake uranium mill in Saskatchewan, is to be put on stand-by in mid-2010 until market conditions improve as announced by the partners in the project. McClean Lake is operated and 70% owned by Areva Resources Canada, with Denison Mines holding 22.5% and OURD Canada holding the remaining 7.5%. The [...]

Int. Enexco reports drilling to resume at Mann Lake

International Enexco Ltd. reports that drilling operations will resume at International Enexco’s Mann Lake uranium project, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Site preparations for a winter program will begin in December of this year, with drilling to commence as weather permits. The Mann Lake project is a uranium exploration joint venture between International Enexco Ltd. (30%), Cameco Corporation (52.5%), [...]

UEX/Areva drilling in the prospective corridor

UEX Corporation reports all its results from the 2008 summer/fall drilling program, by its joint venture partner, Areva Resources of Canada at the Shea Creek uranium project, Saskatchewan, Canada. A significant outcome of this program is that drilling between the Kianna and Anne Deposits has now established that mineralization at the unconformity is continuous between the two deposits, [...]

Nuclear build boosts Areva figures

World Nuclear News reports that MOX nuclear facility and 2 new nuclear power reactors have helped drive Areva’s first-half sales up by 16%. The sudden rise in figures can be attributed to the start of major nuclear projects, which would be expected to maintain the new financial situation in the longer term, rather than indicate too strong a [...]

UEX/Areva drilling outlines new zone of high-grade mineralization

VANCOUVER, /CNW/ – UEX Corporation (“UEX”) announced today that AREVA group subsidiary AREVA Resources Canada Inc. (“AREVA”) has reported to UEX all results from the 2008 winter/spring drilling program at the Shea Creek Uranium Project (“Shea Creek”), which is located in the western Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Full News.