Uranium stocks, like Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SYH) (OTCQX: SYHBF), Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE: UEC), Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE: UUUU) (TSX: EFR), Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) (TSX: CCO), and NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) could benefit substantially from the energy-intensive demands of data centers and artificial intelligence. Microsoft, for example, reached a deal with Constellation Energy to reopen Three Mile Island to power its data centers for the next two decades. Even Google signed a deal to buy small nuclear reactors from Kairos Power to fuel its artificial intelligence plans.
In addition, we have to consider that “Around 90 nuclear power plants are being planned, 61 are under construction and decommissioned nuclear reactors are being revived,” says Swiss Resource Capital. Also, as noted by Carbon Credits, “BMO Capital Markets projects a strong outlook for uranium demand. The investment banking subsidiary of BMO projected it to grow at an annual rate of 2.9% through 2035. This increase is largely driven by China’s aggressive push to build new nuclear reactors and the potential for reactor restarts in North America.”
Look at Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SYH) (OTCQX: SYHBF), For Example
Skyharbour Resources just commenced its fall diamond drilling program at the 73,294 hectare Russell Lake Uranium Project. The Project is 51% owned by Skyharbour as operator with joint-venture partner Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. owning the other 49%. It is strategically located in the central core of the Eastern Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan with access to regional infrastructure including an all-weather road and powerline. Skyharbour is planning a 4,500-metre diamond drilling program in seven to nine holes at the project, building on the successful results from the drilling campaign completed earlier this year. The Company's geologists, along with a contracted drilling crew, are based at Skyharbour’s exploration camp on the McArthur River-Key Lake haul road, situated within five kilometres of Denison Mines' Phoenix deposit at the Wheeler River Project.
Russell Lake Project Location Map:
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Fall Diamond Drilling Program at Russell Lake:
Skyharbour plans to complete approximately 4,500 metres of drilling at Russell to follow up on notable previous exploration and findings and to test new targets developed by the geological team. The drilling program will be focused on the road-accessible Fork target within the broader Grayling target area as well as the M-Zone Extension target. All-in drilling costs are lower given the nearby infrastructure including the mine and mill haul road as well as Skyharbour’s exploration camp at the project. A total of 4,500 metres in seven to nine holes is planned with five to six holes planned on the Fork target and two to three holes planned on the MZE target.
Russell Lake Project Target Areas:
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The Fork target is a newly identified target to the west of the Grayling Zone and on-strike with Denison’s M-Zone at their adjacent Wheeler River Project. Earlier this year, the best intercept of uranium mineralization historically on the Russell Lake Project was discovered in hole RSL24-02, which returned a 2.5 metre wide intercept of 0.721% U3O8 at a relatively shallow depth of 338.1 metres, including 2.99% U3O8 over 0.5 metres just above the unconformity in the sandstone (see news release dated July 19th, 2024, titled: “Skyharbour Drills New Discovery at Russell Project with High-Grade Uranium Mineralization Up to 3.0% U3O8 at Newly Identified Fork Zone”). This high-grade intercept is a new discovery at the recently identified Fork Target which has very limited historical exploration due to a lack of reliable geophysical data and drill targets resulting from nearby powerline interference. The mineralization is open in most directions including along strike, and will be a focus for this drill program.
Fork and Grayling Drill Targets:
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Skyharbour has also refined additional drill targets in the M-Zone Extension area, along trend from the Grayling Zone and Denison’s M-Zone, where historical drilling intersected basement-hosted uranium. More recent drilling by Denison in 2020 at the M-Zone encountered uranium mineralization with significant faulting, core loss, geochemical anomalies, and radioactivity encountered in other drill holes. Like the Grayling Zone, the mineralization is hosted by a graphitic thrust fault within a significant magnetic low. It is also noted that cross structures associated with Denison’s Phoenix and Gryphon uranium deposits potentially trend onto the Russell Lake property within the M-Zone Extension target area, further enhancing the prospectivity of this target.
M-Zone Extension Drill Targets:
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Russell Lake Project Historical Summary:
The Russell Lake Project is a large, advanced-stage uranium exploration property totalling 73,294 hectares strategically located between Cameco’s Key Lake and McArthur River Projects and adjoining Denison’s Wheeler River Project to the west and Skyharbour’s Moore Uranium Project to the east. The northern extension of Highway 914 between Key Lake and McArthur River runs through the western extent of the Property and greatly enhances accessibility, while a high-voltage powerline is situated alongside this road and the western edge of the property south of Key Lake. Skyharbour’s acquisition of Russell Lake creates a large, nearly contiguous block of highly prospective uranium claims totalling 108,999 hectares between the Russell Lake and the Moore uranium projects.
There has been historical exploration carried out at Russell Lake. However, most of it was conducted before 2010, prior to the discovery of several major deposits in and around the Athabasca Basin. In 2023, Skyharbour’s inaugural diamond drilling program tested several Fox Lake Trail targets and the Grayling Zone. Significant uranium mineralization was intersected in the majority of holes at the Grayling Zone over a strike length exceeding one kilometre. More recently, Skyharbour completed 5,152 metres of drilling in a 2024 winter/spring drill program making a new discovery at the newly identified Fork Target area. Hole RSL24-02 marks the best intercept of uranium mineralization historically at the project, returning a 2.5 metre wide intercept of 0.721% U3O8 at a relatively shallow depth of 338.1 metres, including 2.99% U3O8 over 0.5 metres at 339.6 metres just above the unconformity in the sandstone.
2024 Fork Target Drill Hole Location Map:
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Several notable exploration targets exist on the property including the Grayling Zone, the M-Zone Extension target, the Little Man Lake target, the Christie Lake target, the Fox Lake Trail target and the newly identified Fork Zone target. More than 35 kilometres of largely untested prospective conductors in areas of low magnetic intensity also exist on the Property.
Other related developments from around the markets include:
Uranium Energy announced that it has received approval from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Uranium Recovery Program, to increase the licensed production capacity at its Irigaray Central Processing Plant to 4.0 million pounds of U3O8annually. The Irigaray Plant serves as the cornerstone of UEC’s hub-and-spoke production strategy in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The facility supports four of UEC’s fully permitted uranium in-situ recovery (“ISR”) satellite projects in the area, including the producing Christensen Ranch project. Engineering work is already underway and certain key equipment, including a filter press, has been acquired to increase the plant’s output.
Energy Fuels recently noted that "Uranium drives our current financial outlook, while rare earth elements and heavy mineral sand products are significantly adding to our long-term value and growth strategy," said Mark Chalmers, Energy Fuels' President and Chief Executive Officer. "This quarter, we maintained our clean balance sheet while adding a new long-term U.S. utility customer, completing another spot sale of U3O8, and commencing processing of the large inventory stockpile of uranium feedstock at the White Mesa Mill, which is expected to continue well into 2025 and beyond. Uranium production is, and will remain, the core of the Energy Fuels' business, as we leverage our unique permits, facilities and expertise to process uranium-bearing materials to produce a variety of critical materials that advance the global energy transition through an American-based supply chain. We have long been a leading U.S. uranium producer, and we have now proven our ability to produce important rare earth materials at commercial scale with the completion and successful commissioning of our REE separation circuit this quarter. We are also aggressively moving forward with our plans to secure rare earth feedstocks globally and expand our processing capacity domestically in order to capture market share and achieve profitability. Our acquisition of Base Resources Limited and its world-class Toliara heavy mineral sands/monazite project in Madagascar on October 2, 2024 is an exciting step in achieving these objectives.
Cameco Corporation will issue its third quarter results before markets open on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Cameco invites investors and the media to join its third quarter conference call with the company's senior executives on Thursday, November 7, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Eastern. Cameco will discuss trends in the market and the execution of its strategy before opening the call to questions from investors and the media.
NexGen Energy will host its 2024 third quarter conference call on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 8:30 am Eastern Standard Time. During the call, NexGen's President and Chief Executive Officer, Leigh Curyer, alongside Chief Commercial Officer, Travis McPherson, and Chief Financial Officer, Benjamin Salter, will provide a comprehensive update on the Company's 100%-owned Rook I Project. This will include the latest progress on the approval process, project development, and recent exploration achievements at Patterson Corridor East. Management will also discuss insights into the Company's marketing negotiations, developments on financing activities, along with an analysis of current market fundamentals and industry dynamics.
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