17. September 2018

IAEA highlights nuclear’s role in combating climate change

Nuclear power can make a „vital contribution to meeting climate change targets while delivering the increasingly large quantities of electricity needed for global economic development,“ according to a new report by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The report, Climate Change and Nuclear Power 2018, was published last week and has been updated from the last report released in 2016 „to include the latest scientific information and analyses on the link between energy production and climate change“.

The Paris Climate Change Agreement, which aims to keep global temperature increases this century well below 2ºC, and to drive efforts to limit temperature increases to below 1.5ºC , was adopted in December 2015 at the 21st conference of the parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris. It entered into force in November 2016.

IAEA Deputy Director General Mikhail Chudakov said: „This scenario requires a significant scaling up of all clean, low-carbon technologies such as nuclear power, with electricity demand expected to rise sharply in the coming years as countries need more power for development. If nuclear power deployment doesn’t expand in line with this scenario, the other technologies may not fill the gap – and we may not meet our climate targets.“

The production and use of energy accounts for almost two-thirds of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. The IAEA notes that around 70% of the world’s electricity is currently produced through the burning of fossil fuels. To meet climate goals by 2050, 80% of electricity will need to be from low-carbon sources, it says.

„As a large scale energy source, nuclear power has a significant potential to contribute to GHG emissions reduction,“ the new report says. „Nuclear power has avoided a significant amount of CO2 emissions in recent decades. In the absence of nuclear energy, and assuming fossil fuel technologies had produced the corresponding amount of electricity according to their historical shares in the electricity mix, CO2 emissions would have been considerably higher.“ The IAEA estimates that nuclear power avoided the emission of some 68 gigatonnes of CO2 between 1970 and 2015.

The IAEA said the new report considers how „the nuclear industry’s efforts to address challenges to greater deployment of nuclear power – such as radioactive waste management, safety concerns and high investment costs – could significantly boost the potential of the low-carbon source to contribute to climate change mitigation“. Such efforts, it says, include „progress in the development of waste disposal repositories, reactors with passive and inherent safety systems, reactors that generate less waste and reactors with alternative cost models“.

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19.09.2018

GoviEx appoints Feasibility Study consultants

VANCOUVER, CANADA – GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSX-V: GXU; OTCQB: GVXXF) (“GoviEx” or “Company”) today announced the appointment of SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd (“SRK”) and SGS Bateman (Pty) Ltd (“SGS”) as the consultants for the completion of a feasibility study for the Madaouela Project (the “Feasibility Study”). SRK and SGS were part of the team that completed the pre-feasibility study (the “Pre-Feasibility Study”)1 and environmental permitting work for the Madaouela Project. Both companies have considerable experience in uranium and African project development.
“We are excited to commence this next stage in the development of the Madaouela Project,” said Chairman Govind Friedland. “GoviEx has steadily and actively focused on value accretion for our projects while staying in tune with the state of the market; our appointment of SRK and SGS corresponds with a recovering uranium market price. GoviEx will continue to advance our projects with discretionary spending commensurate with improving market fundamentals.”
During the period of weak uranium pricing, GoviEx’ strategy focused on building its project pipeline by targeting low-cost acquisitions and advancing project development with technical optimization. The Feasibility Study will allow GoviEx to include the positive effects of certain optimizations, which were not available at the time the Pre-Feasibility Study was produced:

• The addition of Agaliouk Exploration Permit (announced November 15, 2017) adds 11.67 million pounds (Mlb) U3O8 in the Measured and Indicated categories (of which 5.96 Mlb U3O8 relates to the open-pit amenable Miriam Deposit) and 9.35 Mlb U3O8 in the Inferred category.
• The inclusion of membrane separation in the Madaouela Project process design could potentially reduce operating and capital costs, which may significantly improve project economics. The review study results (announced April 5, 2018), while based on the Pre-Feasibility Study inputs, are preliminary in nature and require further technical studies; however, these initial results are sufficiently relevant to support their inclusion of membrane separation in the Feasibility Study for the Madaouela Project.

“We believe the fundamentals of the uranium market are recovering,” noted Chief Executive Officer Daniel Major. “The World Nuclear Association is reporting increased nuclear reactor start-ups, and major uranium producers have announced production cuts. The current impacts of these developments are evidenced by the rising uranium spot price. The Board of GoviEx believes our key commercial advantages are our two mine-permitted projects, as they provide us with the ability to react positively to a uranium rally.”

GoviEx’s corporate strategy remains focused on the development of two projects: initially, Madaouela in Niger, and then Mutanga in Zambia. The Madoauela Project is located approximately 10 km south of the town of Arlit and Orano Mining’s mining subsidiaries of Cominak and Somair, in north central Niger. Deposits are hosted within sandstones of the Tim Mersoi Basin. The Madaouela Mine Permit was approved in January 2016, with approval of the Environmental Permit in July 2015. Infrastructure includes road access, labour, ground water and available grid power.

The key highlights from the Pre-Feasibility Study are as follows:
• The Madaouela Project contains Mineral Resources (November 2017) of 111 Mlb U3O8 in the Measured and Indicated categories, and 28 Mlb U3O8 in the Inferred category.
• Probable Mineral Reserves are 60.54 Mlb U3O8.
• Uranium recovery is forecast at 93.7%.
• Annual production is forecast at 2.69 Mlb U3O8 for 21 years.
• Cash Operating Cost is forecast at US$24.49 per pound of U3O8.
• Start-up Capital Expenditure is estimated at US$359 million.

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13.09.2018

Blue Sky Uranium VP Exploration Receives “Explorer of the Year” Award

Vancouver, BC / Globe Newswire / September 13, 2018 / Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V: BSK, FSE: MAL2; OTC: BKUCF), „Blue Sky“ or the „Company“) is pleased to announce that Guillermo Pensado, Vice President of Exploration, received the “Explorer of the Year” Nivaldo Rojas Award at the 2018 Argentina Mining conference last week. Nominees for the award are put forth and voted on by members of the exploration and mining community attending the annual conference, which is the premium international event of the Argentinean mining sector.

“On behalf of Blue Sky and our shareholders, I am very proud of Guillermo’s distinguished recognition,” stated Nikolaos Cacos, President and CEO. “We have always believed in attracting top talent for Blue Sky, and this much deserved award highlights our exceptional technical team.”

Mr. Pensado is a professional economic geologist with more than two decades of expertise in the mineral exploration industry, with particular emphasis on uranium. He has extensive experience in exploration and economic project assessment in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, USA and Canada, mainly focused in uranium, precious metals and copper deposits. Mr. Pensado has led the exploration program at Blue Sky’s Amarillo Grande project since 2016.

About the Amarillo Grande Project
The Company’s 100% owned Amarillo Grande Uranium-Vanadium Project in Rio Negro Province, Argentina is a new uranium district controlled by Blue Sky. The Project includes several major target areas over a 145-kilometre trend, with uranium and vanadium mineralization in loosely consolidated sandstones and conglomerates, at or near surface. The area is flat-lying, semi-arid and accessible year-round, with nearby rail, power and port access. The Company’s strategy includes delineating resources at multiple areas for which a central processing facility could consolidate production. The Ivana deposit is the cornerstone of the Project and the first area to have a NI 43-101 Inferred Resource estimate, which includes 23.9 million tonnes averaging 0.036% U308 and 0.019% V2O5, containing 19.1 million pounds of U3O8 and 10.2 million pounds of V2O5, at a 100 ppm uranium cut-off (Thorson et al., April 18th 2018 filed on SEDAR).

Mineralization at Amarillo Grande has characteristics of sandstone-type and surficial-type uranium-vanadium deposits. The sandstone-type mineralization is related to a braided fluvial system and indicates the potential for a district-size system. In the surficial-type deposits, carnotite mineralization coats loosely consolidated pebbles, and is amenable to leaching and simple upgrading.

The near-surface mineralization, ability to locally upgrade, amenability to leaching and central processing possibility suggest a potentially low-cost development scenario for a future deposit.

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09.10.2018

Blue Sky Uranium Step-Out Drilling Program Confirms Expansion at Ivana Deposit, Amarillo Grande Project, Argentina

Vancouver, BC / Globe Newswire / October 9, 2018 / Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V: BSK, FSE: MAL2; OTC: BKUCF), „Blue Sky“ or the „Company“) is pleased to announce that results from the recently completed reverse circulation (RC) drilling program have confirmed the southern expansion of the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium deposit on its wholly-owned Amarillo Grande Uranium-Vanadium project in Rio Negro, Argentina.

Analytical results have been received to date from all 61 holes drilled (totaling 1,043 metres) in the recently completed RC drilling program.They demonstrate that the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium deposit extends more than 1,000 metres to the south of the current mineral resource (Thorson et al., April 18th 2018 filed on SEDAR).Highlight analytical results are compiled in Table 1 below.Table 2 (here) contains all significant intervals (>1m averaging >30ppm U3O8) as well as drill hole location information. A map of drill holes is shown in Figure 1 (here).

„We are pleased that drilling in the Ivana uranium-vanadium deposit area has demonstrated it is open to expansion outside of the current mineral resource” stated Nikolaos Cacos, Blue Sky President & CEO.“Blue Sky continues to advance high-priority targets in the Ivana area while progressing the processing design and metallurgical test work to support a PEA.”

The Company continues to advance with its ongoing mineralogical, metallurgical, and process engineering studies at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) under the guidance of the Company’s Technical Advisor, Chuck Edwards P.Eng. The objectives of the work at SRC include confirming the balance of uranium and vanadium in the ore preparation, and optimizing the leach extraction rate and recovery, in support of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). The work will include QEMSCAN® quantitative mineralogy testing and customized leach experiments. Preliminary QEMSCAN® mineralogy was conducted in June and has aided in the design of the current metallurgical and process testing.

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07.09.2018

Electric vehicles and opportunities for nuclear energy

The electrification of transport could potentially offer many opportunities for nuclear generation, Brandon Munro told the World Nuclear Association Symposium 2018 in London today.

The acceleration in global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) over the past six years is a key litmus test signalling the reality of this shift, the CEO of Bannerman Resources said. The initial penetration of EVs into the world economy has been driven by incentives supporting their use, and by 2050 they will be „baked in“ by bans on vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE), he said. However, in the meantime, the next phase of uptake will be consumer led, driven by the features and benefits of EVs.

EVs offer engineering benefits with less moving parts than ICE vehicles, with higher efficiency, lower running costs, CO2 emission reductions – provided they are powered from a decarbonised grid, noise pollution reductions, and no exhaust emissions. These benefits will shift consumer perception of EVs, he said.

Challenges are the high upfront costs compared to ICE vehicles – although running costs are lower; consumer anxiety about the range of the vehicle; and standardisation in charging availability, which will be important to achieve a widespread uptake of EVs, Munro said. Different charging scenarios – and the time taken to charge a vehicle – will be key, and will have profound impacts on the electricity grid.

Currently, EVs are charged either by „slow“ charging at private homes or public charging points, or rapid DC charging at public charging points. Flash charging – where an overhead charger provides a short but intense burst of charge – is very attractive for electric bus routes, where a charging can take place when the bus is at a stop, providing enough capacity to enable the vehicle to reach the next charge point, and is already in existence.

The next development in this area will be in-road charging built into the road surface, where vehicles can pick up charge at points along a route. There is also a possibility to use EVs to provide electricity storage and demand-side management, harnessing the electricity stored in the batteries of idle vehicles to „crowdsource“ the grid.

The need to power EVs from a decarbonised grid provides opportunities for nuclear, Munro said, with policy benefits linked to clean energy sources. Growth scenarios in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global EV Outlook 2018 see global electricity consumption from EVs reaching 404 TWh (New Policies scenario) and 928 TWh (EV30@30 scenario) by 2030, with China projected to lead the way as its currently relatively small transportation fleet grows and adopts EV technology as standard.

It has already been observed that with current mobile charging, EV charge demand peaks in the morning and evening, adding extra pressure on peak electricity demands at times when renewable energy sources, notably solar, will be less available or electricity stores will be depleted. Home charging, typically overnight will deplete overnight resources, also supports the need for baseload generation, as do the future options of flash and in-road charging.

By 2030, under the IEA’s EV30@30 scenario, 25 additional 1000 MWe reactors would be needed just to support the needs of EVs, Munro said. The nuclear energy industry should respond to this opportunity by anticipating the coming electrification of transport, he said, ensuring that nuclear is positioned with renewables as the clean energy source to power EVs and supporting charging options reliant on baseload generation.

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08.10.2018

UN report shows increased need for nuclear

A large increase in the use of nuclear power would help keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees, according to a United Nations report published today. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report – Global Warming of 1.5 degrees – was commissioned by governments at the Paris climate talks in 2015 and will inform the COP24 summit in Katowice, Poland this December.

The report considers the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Under all scenarios compatible with 1.5 degrees outlined in the report, the contribution of nuclear power increases.

The shares of nuclear and fossil fuels with carbon dioxide capture and storage in electricity generation are modelled to increase in most 1.5-degree pathways „with no or limited overshoot“.

„Nuclear power increases its share in most 1.5-degree pathways by 2050, but in some pathways both the absolute capacity and share of power from nuclear generators declines,“ the Summary for Policymakers of the report says. „There are large differences in nuclear power between models and across pathways. One of the reasons for this variation is that the future deployment of nuclear can be constrained by societal preferences assumed in narratives underlying the pathways. Some 1.5-degree pathways no longer see a role for nuclear fission by the end of the century, while others project over 200 EJ yr of nuclear power in 2100.“

An increase in the use of nuclear power can be realised through existing mature nuclear technologies or new options, it says, referring to Generation III/IV reactors, breeder reactors, new uranium and thorium fuel cycles, small reactors or nuclear cogeneration.

„Even though historically scalability and speed of scaling of nuclear plants have been high in many nations, such rates are currently not achieved anymore. In the 1960s and 1970s, France implemented a programme to rapidly get 80% of its power from nuclear in about 25 years, but the current time-lag between the decision date and the commissioning of plants is observed to be 10-19 years,“ it says.

The current deployment pace of nuclear energy is „constrained by social acceptability in many countries“, it notes, owing to concerns over risks of accidents and radioactive waste management.

„Though comparative risk assessment shows health risks are low per unit of electricity production, and land requirement is lower than that of other power sources, the political processes triggered by societal concerns depend on the country-specific means of managing the political debates around technological choices and their environmental impacts,“ the report says.

„Such differences in perception explain why the 2011 Fukushima incident resulted in a confirmation or acceleration of phasing out nuclear energy in five countries while 30 other countries have continued using nuclear energy, amongst which 13 are building new nuclear capacity including China, India and the UK,“ it adds.

The costs of nuclear power have increased over time in some developed nations, it says, „principally due to market conditions where increased investment risks of high-capital expenditure technologies have become significant“.

„Countries with liberalised markets that continue to develop nuclear employ de-risking instruments through long-term contracts with guaranteed sale prices. For instance, the UK works with public guarantees covering part of the upfront investment costs of newly planned nuclear capacity. This dynamic differs in countries such as China and South Korea, where monopolistic conditions in the electric system allow for reducing investment risks, deploying series effects and enhancing the engineering capacities of users due to stable relations between the security authorities and builders,“ it says.

Unprecedented changes

In a statement to accompany the report, the IPCC said limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to 2 degrees „would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society“. It adds: „With clear benefits to people and natural ecosystems, limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to 2 degrees  could go hand in hand with ensuring a more sustainable and equitable society.“

„One of the key messages that comes out very strongly from this report is that we are already seeing the consequences of 1 degree C of global warming through more extreme weather, rising sea levels and diminishing Arctic sea ice, among other changes,“ said Panmao Zhai, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I.

The report highlights a number of climate change impacts that could be avoided by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to 2 degrees, or more. For instance, by 2100, global sea level rise would be 10 cm lower with global warming of 1.5 degrees compared with 2 degrees. The likelihood of an Arctic Ocean free of sea ice in summer would be once per century with global warming of 1.5 degrees, compared with at least once per decade with 2 degrees. Coral reefs would decline by 70-90% with global warming of 1.5 degrees, whereas more than 99% would be lost with 2 degrees.

The report was prepared under the scientific leadership of all three IPCC working groups. Working Group I assesses the physical science basis of climate change; Working Group II addresses impacts, adaptation and vulnerability; and Working Group III deals with the mitigation of climate change.

Global Warming of 1.5 degrees is the first in a series of Special Reports to be produced in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Cycle. Next year the IPCC will release the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, and Climate Change and Land, which looks at how climate change affects land use.

Industry response

Responding to the report, Agneta Rising, director general of World Nuclear Association said: „Today’s IPCC report makes clear the potential benefits of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees, the urgency for action to achieve this and the necessity of nuclear energy as an important part of an effective global  response.“

The London-headquartered Association noted the report concludes that achieving the 1.5 degrees goal will require global greenhouse gas emissions to start reducing almost immediately. This will require a faster switch to electricity for energy end use and for that greater electricity demand to be met by low-carbon generation, including nuclear, it said. Nuclear generation increases, on average by around 2.5 times by 2050 in the 89 mitigation scenarios considered by the IPCC, it added.

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12. November 2018

Climate change demands world ‚revisits‘ nuclear, says UNECE director

The search for solutions to climate change must include discussion of nuclear power, Scott Foster, director of the Sustainable Energy Division of UNECE, told World Nuclear News (WNN) today.

Nuclear power has for the first time been included on the programme of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE’s) Ministerial Conference of the International Forum of Energy for Sustainable Development. In its ninth year, the annual event is being held this week in Kiev.

In an interview with WNN during the conference, Foster said: „The challenges that we’ve seen since Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima is that the response has been more rebar, more concrete, more containment because they’re concerned about risk. The origins of the risk have almost always been human and institutional, but the response has been technological. So, the consequence has been just rising costs, but not actually addressing the underlying risk.

„One of the issues we’re trying to explore at this forum is can we revisit that equation. Is it possible to address the human and institutional risk factors without actually having the corresponding increase in the capital costs of nuclear [power]. Now, there are those who believe that the nuclear long-term waste issue is huge. I won’t deny that. There are issues that nuclear has risks that other technologies don’t have. I don’t deny that. But we are facing a species existential threat in climate change and, at some point, you have to go, ‚Excuse me, but which is the risk we think we can manage, and which is the risk that we can’t?‘ I would suggest the fact that we are in the process of wiping out 50% of the species on this planet, probably including our own, might lead people to a different conclusion.“

The UNECE region will play an important role in attaining the international energy and climate objectives that were agreed in 2015, notably the Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals and the agreement reached at the 21st COP meeting in Paris in 2015, referred to as the Paris Agreement. Energy underpins most of these goals, and the energy sector plays a critical role in finding solutions for both sustainable development and climate change mitigation.

Asked how challenging it is for him to include nuclear in discussions with other parts of the United Nations, Foster said: „Nuclear is not in my organisation’s mandate per se, but we have organised this forum with explicit segments looking at the nuclear challenge. The International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna is the one best equipped to address nuclear topics, but we’ve got an ongoing Pathways project, which is exploring what are the strategic options countries have, given their own natural endowments of resources, given their own legislative history, etc. What’s their best pathway to achieving the 2030 agenda? You can’t have that conversation by excluding something you don’t like. So, leave it [fossil fuels] in the ground, or no nuclear? It doesn’t leave you with a lot of options.“

He added: „Given that 80% of today’s energy mix is fossil, it’s improbable that we’re going to be able to deal with a future that doesn’t have fossil in it one way or another. So, what we want to do, in a transparent and fair way, is not pick the technology, not be for or against. I’m not pro-nuclear, but I’m not anti-nuclear. I’m not pro-renewables, but I’m not anti-renewables. The idea is you’ve got to be very neutral and sterile in your arguments and put them out and say, ‚What’s the most rational approach for us, collectively, to take in terms of economic, environmental and societal needs?‘ And that’s where you’ll get pragmatic and sensible outcomes.“

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15.11.2018

Blue Sky Uranium Reports over 1% U₃O₈ and 0.1% V₂0₅ in Pit Sampling Adjacent to Ivana Uranium-Vanadium Deposit

Vancouver, BC / CNW Group – Cision / November 15, 2018 / Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V: BSK, FSE: MAL2; OTC: BKUCF, „Blue Sky“ or the „Company“) is pleased to report high grades of uranium and vanadium in initial pit samples located a kilometre west of the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium deposit on its wholly-owned Amarillo Grande Project in Rio Negro, Argentina.Pit sampling and auger drilling is ongoing in the area west of the Ivana deposit.

“These results further demonstrate the expansion potential of the Ivana deposit, this time to the west, and the ongoing pitting and auger drilling program has the possibility of significantly expanding the footprint of this new mineralized area,” stated Nikolaos Cacos, Blue Sky President & CEO.”

Highlights of results from channel samples collected from pit walls with significant uranium or vanadium mineralization include:

• 5,032 ppm U₃O₈ & 323 ppm V₂O₅ over 1.7 m at AGI-CAL26,
  • Including 10,658 ppm (1.07%) U₃O₈ and 566ppm V₂O₅ over 0.5 m

• 1,420 ppm U₃O₈ & 539 ppm V₂O₅ over 2.1 m at AGI-CAL36,
  • Including 3,931 ppm U₃O₈ and 1,055 ppm (0.1%) V₂O₅ over 1.1 m

• 1,082 ppm U₃O₈ & 503ppm V2O5 over 2.0 m at AGI-CAL10,
  • Including 2,453 ppm U₃O₈ and 950ppm V₂O₅ over 0.6 m

• 510 ppm U₃O₈ & 457ppm V2O5 over 2.0 m at AGI-CAL39,
  • Including 1,290 ppm U₃O₈ and 782ppm V₂O₅ over 0.8 m

• 489 ppm U₃O₈& 355 ppm V2O5 over 2.0 m at AGI-CAL37,
  • Including 867 ppm U₃O₈and 500 ppm V₂O₅ over 1.0 m

The brownfields pit sampling program is on-going, with a total of 133 pits planned.A map of the pits completed and currently planned is shown in Figure 1 (https://bit.ly/2zPCkGz).To date, analytical results have been received from 39 pits, 35 of which cover an area of approximately 1 kilometre by 500 metres, with the remaining 4 being from a second larger grid to the north.The pits were dug from surface down to a maximum of 2.1 metres. Pits revealed that uranium and vanadium mineralization is commonly present in the area below a 40 to 60 centimetre veneer of un-mineralized soil; the mineralization is hosted in unconsolidated sediments or regolith from underlying basement units.

These results demonstrate that the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium deposit is open for lateral expansion to the west of the current mineral resource (Thorson et al., April 18^th 2018, filed on SEDAR), in addition to the southern expansion potential recently demonstrated by step-out drilling (see news release dated October 9^th, 2018: https://bit.ly/2JYgS6V).Table 1 (https://bit.ly/2B339sy) contains all significant intervals (>1m averaging >30ppm U₃O₈ or >250ppm V₂O₅) as well as pit location information.

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5. November 2018

Skyharbour Option Partner Orano Canada Announces 2019 Exploration Budget of $2.2 Million Including Planned 4,850 Metres of Diamond Drilling at Preston Uranium Property

Vancouver, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SYH) (OTCQB:SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the Company’s option partner Orano Canada Inc. (“Orano Canada”) has announced details for their upcoming 2019 exploration and diamond drilling programs at the Preston Uranium Project located in the western Athabasca Basin near NexGen Energy Ltd.’s high-grade Arrow deposit  and Fission Uranium Corp.’s Triple R deposit.

Preston Uranium Project Claims Map:
http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/SYH_Patterson_Lake_Area_Promo_20161212_blue_hi_res.pdf

Skyharbour and Clean Commodities entered into an Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Orano Canada (previously AREVA Resources Canada Inc.) whereby Orano Canada has an option to acquire up to a 70% working interest in the Preston Uranium Project (see news release dated March 9^th, 2017). Under the Agreement, Orano Canada will contribute cash and exploration program considerations totaling up to CAD $8,000,000 in exchange for up to 70% of the project area over six years.

Skyharbour’s President and CEO, Jordan Trimble commented: “We are excited for the upcoming commencement of exploration and drilling programs by Orano Canada at the Preston Project. With a proposed CDN $2,200,000 budget over the next year we are looking forward to the results that this significant amount of exploration can yield as we work with our strategic partner to further advance the project. Orano Canada has a very knowledgeable technical team with a long history in the Athabasca Basin, which will help to unlock value at this strategic, district-scale property. Skyharbour continues to execute on its key objectives by adding value to its project base in the Basin through ongoing mineral exploration at its flagship, high-grade Moore Uranium Project while utilizing the prospect generator model to advance its other projects with strategic partners.”

Highlights of Orano Canada’s Upcoming Exploration Programs at Preston Uranium Project:

• Orano Canada planning to carry out  CDN $2,200,000 in exploration and diamond drilling programs over the next year
• A planned diamond drilling program consisting of 15 to 20 drill holes at the JL and FSA targets for a total of approximately 4,850 metres to commence in early 2019
• A ground geophysical program consisting of a Moving Loop Transient Electromagnetic (ML-TEM) survey at the Canoe Lake grid
• Orano Canada may earn up to a 70% interest in the 49,635-hectare Preston project through $8,000,000 of total project consideration over six years, including up to $7,300,000 of exploration work programs and $700,000 of cash payments
• If carried to completion, a tripartite joint venture would be formed being 70% as to Orano Canada and 30% as equally divided between Skyharbour and Clean Commodities Corp.

Preston Uranium Project Upcoming Winter 2019 Diamond Drilling Program:

Orano Canada is planning a diamond drilling program consisting of 15 to 20 drill holes for a total of approximately 4,850 metres which is proposed to commence in early 2019 for the Preston Project. Drilling will test targets defined by the 2018 EM surveys on the JL and FSA target grids. There is a possibility that some targets generated by the upcoming 2019 planned ground EM survey within the Canoe Lake area could also be tested by drilling. The estimated cost of the 2019 exploration and drilling programs is CDN $2,200,000.

Preston Uranium Project – 2018/2019 Exploration Program Map:
http://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/OranoExplorationProgram.JPG

Proposed Drilling at JL Target:

The JL grid has no historical drilling yet a field reconnaissance performed by Orano Canada personnel in 2017 within the western portion of the grid identified several outcrops dominantly constituted of felsic to intermediate gneiss with minor granite and pegmatite. During traversing, only thorium related radiometric anomalies were detected in association with some of the pegmatites. A total of 21 drill targets have been identified within the JL grid and seven of the eight discrete basement conductors defined by the 2018 EM survey are considered viable drill targets.

Proposed Drilling at FSA Target:

The western extension of conductor FSA defined by a MaxMin feature was previously tested by historical drilling. Drill hole PN15004, a follow up  to lost hole PN14009, encountered locally graphitic and sulphide-rich metasediments with a 7.5 m graphitic (<20% graphite) and pyrite bearing shear at 179 m. Alteration (clay and chlorite) was noted as moderate to strong within the shear and the drill hole returned a maximum of 1.8 ppm U over 1.0 m from 188.42 m. During the 2017 Orano Canada field reconnaissance of the FSA area, a uranium related radiometric anomaly was detected in an outcrop and two grab samples were taken from the outcrop which returned 47 ppm and 62 ppm U. Within the FSA grid, two conductors were identified on all three profiles providing six drill targets.

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11.Dezember 2018

Skyharbour Option Partner, Azincourt Energy, Announces Conducting Vtem Survey at East Preston Uranium Project

Vancouver, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) announces that it’s option partner, Azincourt Energy Corp. (“Azincourt”) has provided an update regarding its winter work program at the East Preston uranium project located in the southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Preston Uranium Project Map:

http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/SYH-Patterson-Lake.pdf

Azincourt has engaged Geotech Ltd to conduct a helicopter-borne Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM™ Max) and Magnetic survey over the southeastern portion of the East Preston Project to complete survey coverage over the entire project area.

The planned survey will consist of 498 line-km with 300m line spacing and 1,000m tie-line spacing – identical parameters to the previous VTEM™ Max survey, and ties directly into the previous flight lines (Figure 1). Flight lines are oriented NW-SE, perpendicular to the NE-SW trending structural and conductor trends of the basement rocks at East Preston.

Geotech Ltd., the sole provider of the VTEM™ Max platform, has a system currently active in Saskatchewan and plans to commence the East Preston survey in mid-December. Weather permitting, the survey is expected to require 5-7 days and will be completed by year en

Azincourt has applied for drill permits at East Preston and upon receipt is planning an approximate 10+ hole, 2000-2500-meter diamond drill program of inclined drill holes to test the structurally-controlled basement uranium deposit model.  Drill targets have been prioritized based on stacking of airborne and ground electromagnetic and ground gravity geophysical data interpretation.

Historical Work

Azincourt is currently earning towards 70% interest in the 25,000+ hectare East Preston project as part of a joint venture agreement with Skyharbour Resources, and Clean Commodities Corp.   Extensive regional exploration work at East Preston was completed in 2013-14, including airborne electromagnetic (VTEM), magnetic and radiometric surveys. Three prospective conductive, low magnetic signature corridors have been discovered on the property. The three distinct corridors have a total strike length of over 25 km, each with multiple EM conductor trends identified.  Ground prospecting and sampling work completed to date have identified outcrop, soil, biogeochemical and radon anomalies, which are key pathfinder elements for unconformity uranium deposit discovery.

Only one of the corridors has been drill tested to date, successfully intersecting structurally disrupted graphitic metasedimentary rocks and anomalous pathfinder elements (including uranium) at the Swoosh S6 target using a combination of Horizontal Loop EM (HLEM) and gravity as primary targeting tools.

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Der Beitrag Skyharbour Resources Options-Partner, Azincourt Energy, gibt die Durchführung einer VTEM-Umfrage im Uranprojekt East Preston bekannt erschien zuerst auf uranaktien.info.

Nuclear important to sustainable energy mix, says UNECE report

06.December 2018

All energy sources, including renewables, nuclear and high efficiency fossil fuel with carbon capture and storage, must be considered along with new business models and significant improvements in energy efficiency and productivity to ensure that the energy needed for sustainable development is available and affordable.

This is one of the key messages expressed in the Outcome Document of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE’s) Ministerial Conference of the International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development that was held in Kiev last month. UNECE published the Outcome Document yesterday. Nuclear power was for the first time included on the programme of the conference, which is in its ninth year.

„Some countries choose to pursue nuclear power with a view that it can play an important role in the global sustainable energy mix,” the Outcome Document states, noting that nuclear power is the second largest source of low-carbon electricity, after hydropower. It adds that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 1.5-degree pathway report estimates that nuclear power generation will need to grow 2.5 times by 2050 if objectives are to be met.

Among its recommendations for priority action, the Outcome Report says that „decisions regarding the future energy mix should be made on the basis of a technology-neutral policy framework where all supply and demand options are recognised for their contribution”. It also says that global investment in the energy sector is “running behind what is needed to achieve deep transformation“.

„Governments should create conducive environments to gain investor trust,“ it says. „Enhancing open markets and strengthening rule of law can contribute to such trust-building. This applies equally to state-owned investors and foreign and domestic private investors.“

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2016, the Paris Agreement on climate change entered into force, with the target of limiting global warming to ‚well below‘ 2 degrees Celsius.

The UNECE conference in Kiev included a workshop on nuclear power, which was co-organised by World Nuclear Association and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Opening the workshop, Scott Foster, director of the Sustainable Energy Division of UNECE, said: „I really want to highlight how important this session is for the whole Forum. We’re heading down the path to 4-6 degrees, which is quite enormous, and the question is what the role of nuclear power is going to be. A dialogue on the energy transition is incomplete without considering nuclear power.“

Among its other key messages, the Outcome Document states that the current Nationally Determined Contributions “widely fail” to meet a 2-degree temperature objective “let alone” the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping warming temperatures well below 2 degrees.

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18.12.2018

Skyharbour Intersects New High Grade Uranium at Maverick Zone including 3.11% U3O8 over 1.8m within 0.56% U3O8 over 15.2m as well as 1.33% U3O8 over 7.8m; Winter 2019 Drill Program Upcoming

Vancouver, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH)(OTCQB: SYHBF)(Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results from its 2018 fall      diamond drilling program at its 100% owned, flagship 35,705 hectare Moore Uranium Project, located approximately15 kilometres east of Denison Mine’s Wheeler River project and proximal to regional infrastructure on the southeast side of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Drillhole ML18-14 intersected high grade uranium mineralization within the Main Maverick Zone consisting of 3.11% U₃O₈ over 1.8 metres within an intercept containing 0.56% U₃O₈ over 15.2 metres. This represents one of the broadest zones of uranium mineralization intersected on the property to date and occurs from 264.5 metres to 279.7 metres downhole, and largely within the underlying basement rocks. Of particular note is that the uranium mineralization continues well into the basement rock in the above reported intercept illustrating the strong discovery potential below the unconformity.

Moore Uranium Project Claims Map:

http://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/MooreLakeRegionalTenure.jpg

Highlights:

• Hole ML18-14 was drilled at the western end of the Main Maverick Zone and returned 0.56% U₃O₈ over 15.2 metres from 264.5 metres to 279.7 metres downhole including 3.11% U₃O₈ over 1.8 metres
• Most of this 15.2 metre mineralized intercept is hosted in the basement rock illustrating the strong discovery potential below the unconformity at the Maverick Zone
• Hole ML18-15 was also drilled at the western end of the Maverick Zone and returned 1.33% U₃O₈ over 7.8 metres from 264.3 metres to 272.1 metres downhole including 2.91% U₃O₈ over 1.5 metres
• This 7.8 metre intercept from hole ML18-15 also contained 0.44% Co and 1.62% Ni
• Highlight holes ML18-14 and ML18-15 returned high grade uranium mineralization and successfully expanded the known high grade Main Maverick Zone
• Four exploratory holes testing deeper targets in the underlying basement rocks intersected up to 80 metres of altered and structurally disrupted graphitic lithologies that returned anomalous pathfinder results including uranium mineralization
• Only 2 kilometres of the total 4 kilometre long Maverick corridor have been systematically drill tested leaving robust discovery potential along strike as well as at depth
• Planning is currently underway for a minimum 3,000 metre winter diamond drilling program to commence in the new year; additional news and details are forthcoming

Jordan Trimble, President and CEO of Skyharbour Resources, states: “The recently completed fall diamond drill program at the Moore Project has expanded the known high grade zone at the Maverick corridor with the discovery of uranium mineralization in the underlying basement rocks. We will be commencing a winter drill program to follow up on these results and test more extensively highly prospective targets in the basement rock at the Maverick corridor as well as previously untested graphitic corridors. Skyharbour is well positioned to benefit from the continuing uranium market recovery with strong discovery potential and ample upcoming news flow from its drilling at Moore, as well as from its partner companies’ Orano Canada Inc. and Azincourt Energy’s recently announced and upcoming exploration programs. In the last year we have witnessed increasing uranium prices and improving sentiment amid recent news including additional supply cuts, continued growing demand for uranium in the developing world, several new uranium funds buying physical material, and upward pressure on the spot price in part due to Cameco’s recent and ongoing spot market purchases.”

Fall 2018 Drill Program Summary and Upcoming Winter 2019 Drill Program Plans:

The recently completed fall diamond drilling program was expanded and totaled 3,800 metres in eight drill holes. These holes which were drilled to a depth of up to 750 metres tested both sandstone/unconformity and basement-hosted targets along the high grade Maverick structural corridor.

Moore Uranium Project Regional Grid Targets Map:
http://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/Moore-Lake-Property-Wide.jpg

Skyharbour is funded for and planning a minimum 3,000 metre 2019 winter diamond drilling program slated to commence in the New Year. This drill program will test both unconformity and basement targets along the high grade Maverick corridor, as well as essentially untested prospective conductive corridors identified by Skyharbour’s technical team. Of particular interest are potential underlying basement feeder zones to the unconformity-hosted high grade uranium present at the Maverick corridor. These targets have seen limited historical drill testing.

Moore Uranium Project Maverick Corridor Drilling Map:
http://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/projects/Moore-Lake-Maverick-Trend-w-geophys-inset_20170515_v2.pdf

Drilling at the Maverick Corridor:

Four drill holes in the recently completed program tested the high grade Maverick Main Zone. The best results were from ML18-14 which intersected 0.56% U₃O₈ over 15.2 metres including 3.11% U₃O₈ over 1.8 metres. This mineralization largely occurs in the strongly altered graphitic basement rocks. Of further note is that highly anomalous uranium and pathfinder elements continue several metres to depth below this intercept illustrating the strong discovery potential in the underlying basement rocks.

Drill Hole ML18-15 returned 1.33% U₃O₈ over 7.8 metres from 264.3 metres to 272.1 metres downhole including 2.91% U₃O₈ over 1.5 metres. There were also significant cobalt and nickel results in hole ML18-15 including 0.44% Co and 1.62% Ni over the 7.8 metre intercept.

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04.01.2019

India to bring 21 more reactors online by 2031

India currently expects to bring 21 new nuclear power reactors with a combined generating capacity of 15,700 MWe into operation by 2031, the country’s minister of state for the Department of Atomic Energy and the Prime Minister’s Office told parliament yesterday.

In a written answer to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Jitendra Singh said: „At present, there are nine nuclear power reactors at various stages of construction.“ These include two units in each of the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana, plus three in Tamil Nadu. All these units are scheduled to be completed by 2024-2025, Singh was cited as saying by The Times of India.

„In addition, 12 more nuclear power reactors have been accorded administrative approval and financial sanction by the government in June 2017,“ he told parliament. „Thus, 21 nuclear power reactors, with an installed capacity of 15,700 MWe are under implementation, envisaged for progressive completion by the year 2031.“

Singh also noted that five sites have been granted „in principle“ approval to establish a further 28 reactors. These sites are Jaitapur in Maharashtra, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh, Chhaya Mithi Virdi in Gujarat, Haripur in West Bengal and Bhimpur in Madhya Pradesh.

In response to a separate question in the Rajya Sabha, Singh stated: „There are presently no proposals for accord of administrative approval and financial sanction of nuclear power projects pending with the government.“

India currently has 22 power reactors in operation at seven plant sites with a combined capacity of 6780 MWe.

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07.01.2019

Ringler Research wünscht allen Lesern und Besuchern unserer Uransektor – Informationsseiten die besten Wünsche für 2019 – Gesundheit, Optimismus und Zufriedenheit!

Wie sagt man so schön, ein Bild sagt mehr als 1.000 Worte – anbei haben wir die wichigsten statistischen Übersichten aus unserer Datenbank zu allen börsennotierten Unternehmen des Uransektor zusammengefasst. Die Marktkapitalisierung aller börsennotierten Unternehmen aus dem Uransektor  derzeit immer noch extrem niedrig, sie lag per 31.12.2018 bei 11,8 Bln. USD. Wir erwarten den Beginn des nächsten Bullenmarktes spätestens dann, wenn die Energieversorger ihre auslaufenden langfristigen Uranlieferverträge verlängern wollen. In den nächsten Jahren läuft eine Vielzahl dieser Lieferverträge aus. Die überwiegende Zahl der Entwicklungsprojekte bzw. derzeit stillgelegte Minen benötigen einen deutlich höheren Uranpreis (ca. 45-65 USD pro Pfund U3O8).

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23. Januar 2019

Der Beitrag GoviEx Uranium gibt ein Market Update & veröffentlicht einen Brief an alle Interessensgruppen erschien zuerst auf uranaktien.info.

29. Januar 2019

GoviEx exploring renewable, lower-cost, solar energy solutions to power future mining operations in Niger

GoviEx and Windiga sign MOU for solar hybrid power feasibility study
VANCOUVER, CANADA – GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSX-V: GXU; OTCQB: GVXXF) (“GoviEx” or the “Company”) announced the signing of
a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Windiga Energy Inc. (“Windiga”) to jointly evaluate the feasibility of powering
the Company’s flagship Madaouela Project using a dedicated and renewable hybrid solar power solution.
Windiga is Canadian energy developer focused on developing, owning and operating renewable energy facilities and off-grid
smart power systems on the African continent.

The Company’s Chairman, Govind Friedland, commented, “We are pleased to begin exploring cleaner energy alternatives to power
our future development activities in partnership with Windiga. The benefits of renewable, lower-cost energy are obvious,
and we look forward to updating our stakeholders on the results of these studies.”
Initial discussions and collaboration between the Company and Windiga will target energy solutions for the Company’s flagship
Madaouela Project–with the intent to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20,000 tons per annum and provide sustainable,
renewable power at approximately 25% lower cost than traditional coal-fired options currently available in Niger.
Coal-fired power costs are currently forecast at a pproximately 4% of total life of mine operating costs (1).

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7. Februar 2019

Skyharbour Option Partner Orano Canada Commences Winter Diamond Drill Program at Preston Uranium Project

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7. Februar 2019

Our nation’s ability to power our way of life without carbon emissions is now at the top of lawmakers’ minds on Capitol Hill.  A new momentum is pulsing through the District as Congress held several hearings and proposed a new resolution this week on the threat of climate change and the best way for our energy system to respond.

Early this morning, “The Green New Deal,” a resolution introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), proposed a framework for „meeting 100 percent of the power demand in the United States through clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources.“

“I think we already know what we have to do: a mix of nuclear, solar, wind, hydro and perhaps biofuels,” said Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.) at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on climate change on Feb. 6.

America’s 98 nuclear reactors generate 20 percent of the nation’s electricity, all without carbon emissions. In fact, more than 56 percent of all carbon-free electricity is generated by nuclear, more than all other clean energy sources combined.

“[I]f we are serious about climate change, we need to get serious about the role of nuclear power,” said Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) in the House hearing.

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7. Februar 2019

Blue Sky Uranium Reports Positive Metallurgical Testwork Results for its Ivana Uranium-Vanadium Deposit, Argentina

Vancouver, BC / CNW / February 7, 2019 / Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V: BSK, FSE: MAL2; OTC: BKUCF), („Blue Sky“ or the „Company“) is pleased to announce a summary of the results of the Company’s recent mineralogical, metallurgical and process design testwork program for the Ivana uranium-vanadium deposit, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.

The Company’s process design flowsheet is based on simple and low-cost two-stage processing of mineralized material from the Ivana uranium-vanadium deposit.

„These results indicate that Ivana mineralization can be processed using proven, simple and relatively inexpensive methods to achieve superior recoveries for both uranium and vanadium, which will make a significant contribution towards a very positive economic outlook for the project.“ stated Nikolaos Cacos, Blue Sky President & CEO.

Highlights include:

• Simple two-stage process of concentration/beneficiation followed by Alkaline Leaching using low environmental impact technology and reagents
• Stage 1 – approximately fourfold increase in the grades of uranium and vanadium, and recoveries of 89% for both elements from simple wet scrubbing and screening of raw mineralized material to produce a Leach Feed Concentrate with an approximately 77% mass reduction
• Stage 2 – recoveries of 95% for uranium and 60% for vanadium for Alkaline Leaching of Leach Feed Concentrate
• The optimized leaching process requires no added oxidants and no flotation
• Overall process recovery of 85% for uranium and 53% for vanadium

The Company has engaged independent consultants to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment („PEA“) for the Ivana deposit, and an accompanying NI 43-101 Technical Report. The results of the study and the report are expected in the first quarter of the year. The metallurgical testwork results reported herein are an important part of the PEA study.

Metallurgical Program Overview:

Under the guidance of the Company’s Technical Advisor, Chuck Edwards, P.Eng., several representative composite samples of uranium-vanadium mineralized material from the Ivana deposit were prepared and submitted to The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) for mineralogical, metallurgical and process engineering test work. SRC is one of Canada’s leading providers of applied research, development & demonstration, and technology commercialization, including specific expertise in uranium. SRC is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company.

The representative composite used for the mineralogy, initial beneficiation and leach testing was selected from multiple reverse circulation (RC) drill holes located throughout the Ivana uranium-vanadium deposit and had the following parameters:

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