Hathor Exploration

Hathor Exploration Limited is a uranium exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its exploration office is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Hathor's exploration projects concentrate on properties within the Athabasca Basin of Northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

This article is about the uranium exploration company. For other uses, see Hathor (disambiguation).

Hathor Exploration Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryUranium mining
Predecessor
  • Longview Minerals Ltd.
  • Sixgill Minerals Ltd.
FoundedJune 28, 1996 (1996-06-28) in Alberta
Headquarters
Vancouver
,
Canada
ParentRio Tinto
Subsidiaries
  • Northern Continental Resources Inc.
  • Roughrider Uranium Corp.
  • Terra Ventures Inc.

In 2009, Hathor Exploration was reported as having the sixth most significant exploration project in Saskatchewan (based on expenditures) and the 51st out of 100 in Canada at their Midwest NorthEast property in the Athabasca Basin, by Natural Resources Canada.

The name Hathor was inspired by the ancient Egyptian goddess, who besides being one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt, was also the patron goddess of miners in ancient Egyptian culture.

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