Standard Uranium
Standard Uranium is a Canadian junior uranium exploration company operating under a project-generator model in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, with a flagship Davidson River Project and JV-funded exploration across approximately 219,327 acres of land.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersVancouver, Canada
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Standard Uranium does
Standard Uranium Ltd. is a Canadian junior uranium exploration and project-generator company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a secondary office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Founded in 2017 and listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (STND) since May 2020 — with additional listings on OTCQB (STTDF) and Frankfurt Stock Exchange (9SU0) — the company holds approximately 219,327 acres (88,758 hectares) of uranium exploration claims across the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, the world's premier high-grade uranium district. Its flagship Davidson River Project encompasses 30,737 hectares in the southwest portion of the basin, positioned along the same Patterson Lake structural corridor that hosts NexGen's Arrow deposit and Paladin's Triple R deposit.
The company's underlying exploration technology combines ExoSphere Multiphysics surveys (a partnership with Fleet Space Technologies integrating 3D Ambient Noise Tomography, Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio, and ground gravity datasets to produce cover-corrected 3D basement models) with ALS GoldSpot's SmartMatch machine-learning drill-targeting platform. Fieldwork is executed through diamond drilling campaigns — including a planned 8,000-10,000 metre 2026 program at Davidson River, a 2,457 metre program at Corvo, and a 1,200-1,500 metre program at Rocas — supported by ISO/IEC 17025-certified geochemical assay analysis at SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories. Technical leadership is anchored by former NexGen Energy personnel Sean Hillacre (President/VP Exploration) and Galen McNamara (Technical Advisor, 2018 PDAC Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year), with Doug Engdahl (14 years at Cameco and AREVA/Orano) joining the board in December 2025.
Standard Uranium operates under a project-generator business model adopted in June 2023. The company finances exploration through a combination of equity issuances (LIFE offerings, private placements, public offerings, flow-through shares) and partner-funded earn-in option agreements on non-flagship assets. Earn-in partners include Aventis Energy (up to C$6M for 75% of Corvo), Collective Metals (up to C$4.5M for 75% of Rocas), and Aero Energy (Sun Dog project). Capital raised is concentrated on advancing the flagship Davidson River Project while preserving shareholder optionality across the broader portfolio. Standard Uranium is pre-revenue, with 1-10 employees, a C$15.058M market capitalization, 150,578,607 shares outstanding, and formalized Exploration Agreements with Kineepik Métis Local Inc., Clearwater River Dene Nation, Ya' Thi Nene Lands and Resources, and English River First Nation.
Standard Uranium firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Standard Uranium
- Legal name
- Standard Uranium Ltd.
- Website
- https://standarduranium.ca
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Standard Uranium is a Canadian junior uranium exploration company operating under a project-generator model in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, with a flagship Davidson River Project and JV-funded exploration across approximately 219,327 acres of land.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Standard Uranium industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Uranium Exploration
- SIC
- Metal Mining (1000)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Uranium Mining & Milling (Yellowcake/U3O8 Production) (EUAKACAB)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Uranium Exploration & Resource Development (EUAKACAA)
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Where Standard Uranium is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Vancouver
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Standard Uranium business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Equity Financings: Standard Uranium is a pre-revenue junior exploration company. Funding is raised through public and private equity offerings including non-brokered private placements, Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (LIFE) offerings, and flow-through share financings to support exploration activities.
- Joint Venture Partnerships: The project-generator model involves option/earn-in agreements where partners (Aventis Energy, Collective Metals) fund exploration programs in exchange for equity interests in specific projects. This provides non-dilutive capital for exploration while Standard Uranium retains upside on discoveries.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Standard Uranium product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Standard Uranium is a Canadian junior uranium exploration company that identifies, acquires, and explores uranium properties in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, Canada. The company operates a capital-efficient project-generator model, advancing multiple assets through partner-funded earn-in exploration while retaining upside exposure on its flagship 30,737-hectare Davidson River Project. Revenue is derived indirectly through equity financings and joint venture earn-in arrangements with resource companies rather than from the sale of produced uranium.
Product overview
Standard Uranium is a Canadian junior uranium exploration and project-generator company offering uranium exploration services through a portfolio approach. The core offering centers on the Davidson River Project, a flagship 30,737-hectare exploration property in the southwest Athabasca Basin, surrounded by major uranium players. The company operates a project-generator model that advances multiple assets via partner-funded exploration (Corvo, Rocas, Brown Lake projects with partners like Aventis Energy and Collective Metals) while preserving capital. The portfolio spans approximately 219,327 acres across 10 high-quality uranium exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Davidson River Project The flagship uranium exploration property located in the southwest Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, encompassing 30,737 hectares across ten contiguous mineral claims along structural corridors hosting significant uranium deposits and surrounded by major uranium producers including NexGen, Paladin, Denison, Cameco, and Orano.
- Corvo Uranium Project A uranium exploration project in the eastern Athabasca Basin operated under an earn-in joint venture with Aventis Energy Inc., which funds exploration programs in exchange for up to 75% project equity. Inaugural drilling intersected 23 metres of composite anomalous radioactivity exceeding 300 cps, with surface sample grades up to 8.10% U3O8.
- Rocas Uranium Project A uranium and rare earth element exploration project in the southeastern Athabasca Basin operated under an earn-in joint venture with Collective Metals Inc., which funds exploration for up to 75% project equity. Inaugural drilling totaled 1,200–1,500 metres and returned high-grade rare earth element mineralization up to 9.83% TREO.
- Sun Dog Uranium Project A uranium exploration project in the northern Athabasca Basin (19,603 hectares) operated under an earn-in option agreement with Aero Energy, with historical surface uranium grades up to 13.0% U3O8 reported at the project.
- Athabasca Basin Project Portfolio A portfolio of approximately 219,327 acres (88,758 hectares) of highly prospective uranium exploration land across the Athabasca Basin, comprising ten projects including optioned projects (Corvo, Rocas, Brown Lake) advanced through partner-funded earn-in agreements and available projects (Sun Dog, Atlantic, Canary, Ascent) available for new joint venture arrangements.
Quantifiable outcome
- Intersected 3 metres of anomalous radioactivity (peaks up to 1,650 cps) from 464.0 to 466.0 metres depth at Davidson River Project
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Companies that use Standard Uranium
Customer profileSegments1 record
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Standard Uranium technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- Has API
- No
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Feature3 records
Standard Uranium partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.
- Kineepik Métis Local Inc. (KML)coreExploration Agreement formalizing partnership for uranium exploration activities on Métis territory in the southeastern Athabasca Basin. Covers the Rocas project and includes commitments to employment, environmental monitoring, training opportunities, and benefit-sharing with the local Métis community.
- Fleet Space TechnologiescoreStrategic partnership for ExoSphere Multiphysics surveys integrating 3D Ambient Noise Tomography, HVSR, and ground gravity datasets. First-ever multiphysics surveys in the southwest Athabasca Basin conducted at the Davidson River project to generate cover-corrected 3D models for improved drill targeting.
- Aventis Energy Inc.coreEarn-in option agreement where Aventis Energy can earn a 75% interest in the Corvo Uranium Project by funding CAD $6 million in exploration expenditures over three years. Aventis fully funded the 2026 winter drill program of 2,457 metres.
- Collective Metals Inc.coreThree-year earn-in option agreement where Collective Metals can earn a 75% interest in the Rocas Uranium Project by funding CAD $4.5 million in exploration expenditures. Funding provided for the inaugural 1,200-1,500 metre drill program.
- Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN)coreExploration Agreement signed for the Davidson River Project, formalizing community-aligned exploration on traditional territory of the Clearwater River Dene Nation.
- Ya' Thi Nene Lands and ResourcescoreExploration agreement with Athabasca First Nations and Communities for exploration activities on traditional territories.
- English River First Nation (ERFN)coreActive exploration agreement holder for uranium exploration in the Athabasca Basin.
- ALS GoldSpot DiscoveriessupportingEngaged for machine-learning targeting (SmartMatch) to identify and prioritize drill targets across exploration projects.
- SRC Geoanalytical LaboratoriessupportingISO/IEC 17025:2005 certified analytical laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan used for geochemical assay analysis of drill samples.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Standard Uranium competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- UEX Corporation: Athabasca Basin uranium exploration company with a portfolio of advanced and early-stage projects. Comparable peer in jurisdiction, commodity, and development-stage focus; larger resource-stage asset base than Standard Uranium.
- ALX Resources Corp: Junior uranium exploration company with Athabasca Basin projects and additional Canadian uranium assets. Comparable in scale, stage, and target commodity to Standard Uranium.
- Skyharbour Resources: Athabasca Basin uranium exploration company operating as a project generator with partner-funded exploration on its portfolio — a near-identical business model to Standard Uranium's, with multiple earn-in option agreements and exploration-stage assets.
- Fission 3.0 Corp: Junior uranium exploration company focused on the Athabasca Basin with a portfolio of exploration-stage projects. Comparable project-generator-style business model and direct overlap in target geology, scale, and listing tier with Standard Uranium.
- NexGen Energy: Operator of the Arrow uranium deposit on the same Patterson Lake structural corridor that hosts Standard Uranium's Davidson River project. NexGen is the most direct comparable — its Arrow discovery is the geological analogue Standard Uranium is targeting, and former NexGen geologists now lead Standard Uranium's exploration team.
- Purepoint Uranium Group: Athabasca Basin-focused uranium exploration company actively drilling multiple projects in the same district as Standard Uranium. Direct peer in scale, exploration methodology, and target geology, with a comparable JV/partnership strategy.
- CanAlaska Uranium: Junior uranium exploration company with a large Athabasca Basin land position and an active partner-funded drill program model. Directly comparable scale, jurisdiction, and stage to Standard Uranium.
Broad incumbents
- Paladin Energy: Owner of the Triple R uranium deposit on the Patterson Lake corridor immediately adjacent to Standard Uranium's Davidson River project. Larger uranium producer with an operating mine (Langer Heinrich) and active Athabasca Basin exploration; the most direct geological analogue for any Davidson River discovery.
- Cameco Corporation: The world's largest pure-play uranium producer with extensive Athabasca Basin operations including McArthur River and Cigar Lake. Standard Uranium's Non-Executive Director Doug Engdahl spent 14 years at Cameco, and Cameco surrounds the Davidson River project — establishing the major-producer benchmark for any Athabasca uranium discovery.
- Denison Mines Corp: Mid-tier uranium developer with the Wheeler River project in the eastern Athabasca Basin — a more advanced exploration/developer with a defined resource and PFS-stage asset. Larger and more diversified than Standard Uranium but operating in the same district.
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Strengths5 records
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Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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Standard Uranium leadership team
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Profiles5 records
Standard Uranium funding detail
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Funding rounds10 records
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Frequently asked questions about Standard Uranium
What does Standard Uranium do?
Standard Uranium is a Canadian junior uranium exploration company that identifies, acquires, and explores uranium properties in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, Canada. The company operates a capital-efficient project-generator model, advancing multiple assets through partner-funded earn-in exploration while retaining upside exposure on its flagship 30,737-hectare Davidson River Project. Revenue is derived indirectly through equity financings and joint venture earn-in arrangements with resource companies rather than from the sale of produced uranium.
Is Standard Uranium a public or private company?
Standard Uranium is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Standard Uranium founded?
Standard Uranium was founded in 2017. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Standard Uranium based?
Standard Uranium is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, in the North America region.
How does Standard Uranium make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Equity Financings are the primary driver. The others are joint Venture Partnerships.
Who are Standard Uranium's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are UEX Corporation, ALX Resources Corp, Skyharbour Resources, Fission 3.0 Corp, NexGen Energy, Purepoint Uranium Group and CanAlaska Uranium. Broad incumbents are Paladin Energy, Cameco Corporation and Denison Mines Corp.
Does Standard Uranium have an API?
No public API is recorded for Standard Uranium.
What industry is Standard Uranium in?
Standard Uranium's product category is Uranium Exploration. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAKACAB, Uranium Mining & Milling (Yellowcake/U3O8 Production), with a secondary code of EUAKACAA, Uranium Exploration & Resource Development. Its SIC code is 1000.