British Columbia has slapped an official moratorium on uranium exploration and development in the province, reinforcing a long-standing informal ban on the nuclear fuel and dashing the hopes of companies that hoped to take advantage of soaring prices for the commodity (click here to read the story in ReportonBusiness.com).

Powertech Uranium Corporation, a British Columbia corporation, cannot mine uranium in their backyard so they want to mine it in ours. We hope not.

---

Bookmark with:        What are these?