V.ISO Intersects 7.5m of 14.5% U3O8 in Drill Hole LE20-51 Including 3.5m of 30.9% U3O8

IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to report additional assay results from the winter 2020 drilling program at the Hurricane zone.  The Hurricane zone is a new discovery of high-grade uranium mineralization on the Company’s 100% owned Larocque East property (the “Property”) in the Eastern Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan. …

Uranium bucks weak commodity trend

The collapse in economic activity from the coronavirus pandemic has hit the price of most industrial metals and minerals, but uranium is bucking the trend. The price of the radioactive material, used in nuclear power stations to generate electricity, has risen 14 per cent in the past two weeks to $27 per pound, breaking out of …

Namibia Halts Mining Operations to Curb Spread of Covid-19

Namibia halted mining and quarrying operations to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo. The semi-arid southwest African nation is the world’s top producer of marine diamonds and the fifth-biggest of uranium. While minimal operations and critical maintenance work will be allowed, employers should ensure that …

COVID-19 impacts nuclear industry worldwide

With world economies dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 virus nuclear operators considering their options. United States In the USA, Maria Korsnick, president of the Nuclear Energy Institute told the New York Times that some operating reactors are “considering measures to isolate a core group to run the plant, stockpiling ready-to-eat meals and disposable tableware, laundry …

US low-carbon power seeks way past pandemic

The USA’s clean energy sectors have outlined the government support they need to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Associations representing the nuclear, hydro, solar and wind energy industries have all written to Federal leaders for help. The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has written to Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, requesting assistance to ensure continued nuclear operations …

Russias Rosatom Continues Building Nuclear Power Plants Abroad Despite Coronavirus

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom continues building nuclear power plants in coronavirus-hit countries, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said on Thursday. “Despite the difficulties with epidemiological situation in certain countries, where Rosatom is building NPPs, projects implementation continues,” Likhachev told reporters. “Of course, maximally tough measures are being implemented in these countries for ensuring safety …

Coronavirus could disrupt normal refueling practices for nuclear facilities as staffing concerns grow

The nuclear sector has sprung into action to screen employees for signs of the novel coronavirus and prepare for potential disruptions to their typical refueling practices in light of pandemic-related travel restrictions. Nuclear generators have been enacting pandemic protocols for weeks to continue protecting their workforce. “We were prepared in advance for a range of …

T.DML Announces US$5 Million Public Offering

Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (DML: TSX, DNN: NYSE American) is pleased to announce that further to its previously announced over-night marketed public offering (the “Offering”) of common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”), it has entered into an underwriting agreement with a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, as …