UComps: Liquidity

EXCLUSIVE TO SIGHTLINEU3O8 – Certainly, most investors are concerned with the liquidity of an equity investment – especially when dealing with junior resource companies. Once again, we compiled the total number of shares traded for each company over the last 24 months.  With that, we calculated the number of times that the total outstanding shares are …

UComps: Project Jurisdiction

EXCLUSIVE TO SIGHTLINEU3O8 – One of the most compelling considerations/risks in evaluating a project is the jurisdiction it resides in.  Government stability, tax regimes, permitting requirements, mining law maturity, etc. can mean the difference between an economic project and a complete loss of investment. For this comparable we went to The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of …

UCOMPARABLES

EXCLUSIVE TO SIGHTLINEU3O8 – In response to numerous requests, we are pleased to launch a new section of research focused on those public companies operating in the uranium supply space.   UComparables will provide metrics and data gathered across the entire spectrum of uranium exploration companies and uranium development companies. Who is Included For the …

V.PTU: Completes the 2018 Winter Drill Program with the Discovery of a New Mineralized Shear Zone at Hook Lake

Toronto, Ontario – May 14, 2018– Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (the “Company” or “Purepoint”) (TSX.V: PTU) today announced the results of the latest winter program at its Hook Lake Project, a joint venture between Cameco Corporation (39.5%), Orano Canada Inc. (39.5%) and Purepoint (21%) in the Patterson Uranium District, Saskatchewan Canada. Scott Frostad, Vice President, …

The New Criterion: Uranium – recovery wave or down in the dumps?

With a number of false dawns since the 2011 Fukushima disaster that smashed demand, no-one should be holding their breath. But the industry true believers contend the market will drift into undersupply and catch buyers on the hop when their current long-term contracts expire. Paladin Resources (PDN, 12c) last month joined other major global producers by …

How to trust the expansion of uranium mining in India

The big picture of power availability in India stresses the importance of urgent action. The growing per capita power consumption along with high population growth rate, urbanisation and rising middle class emphasises the critical importance of improving new power generation capacity. The Central Electricity Authority estimates the requirement of energy generating capacity to increase from the current 43 GW to 640 GW by 2026-27. …

How to save the failing nuclear power plants that generate half of America’s clean electricity

With no price on carbon, here’s how states are keeping nuclear power plants open. Nuclear power currently provides about 20 percent of US electricity — and 50 percent of its carbon-free electricity. Insofar as the US economy has decarbonized (carbon emissions have been falling, fitfully, for more than a decade), nuclear power gave it a …

US firms should be involved in Saudi nuclear plans

A senior executive at engineering giant Bechtel told CNBC on Thursday that U.S. businesses should be involved in Saudi Arabia’s civilian nuclear energy ambitions. The presence of American firms would likely be welcomed by the Saudis and should also be welcomed by the U.S. government, according to Stuart Jones, regional president for Europe and Middle …