THE cry ‘If it can’t be stopped, at least make it fair’ was heard loud and clear from junior companies, lobby groups and analysts Australia-wide in the wake of the introduction of the Minerals Rent Resource Tax (MRRT) to the House of Representatives of Federal Parliament in early November.

MINING giant Rio Tinto has agreed to buy Canadian uranium junior Hathor Exploration for C$578 (A$554.8 million) cash, trumping a hostile bid from Canada-based competitor Cameco.

URANIUM miner Toro Energy has completed a drilling program at its wholly-owned Theseus project in northeastern WA, where it intersected high-grade uranium mineralisation.