Star Uranium is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 resource company with its head office in Saskatoon

Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. The company is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of uranium

Uranium

Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...

, diamond

Diamond

In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

 and other precious metal

Precious metal

A precious metal is a rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value.Chemically, the precious metals are less reactive than most elements, have high lustre, are softer or more ductile, and have higher melting points than other metals...

 properties.

Properties

Uranium

• Alexander Lake, Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
  
  
• Collins Bay
  Collins Bay
  Collins Bay is a bay lying between Deliverance Point and Cape Perez on the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Rear Admiral Kenneth St. B. Collins, Royal...
  
  , Saskatchewan
• Cree Lake
  Cree Lake
  Cree Lake is a lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. The lake is the fourth largest in the province and is located west of Reindeer Lake and south of Lake Athabasca. There is no highway access, but the lake is reachable by float plane...
  
  , Saskatchewan
• David Lake
  David Lake
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  , Saskatchewan
• Pardoe Lake, Saskatchewan
• Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan

Diamond

• Fort à la Corne
  Fort a la Corne Provincial Forest
  The Fort à la Corne Provincial Forest is a mixed-wood forest conservation area in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is east of the city of Prince Albert and just north of the James Smith First Nation. The fort takes its name for a historic Hudson's Bay Company post in the area...
  
  , Saskatchewan
• Peace River
  Peace River
  Peace River may refer to the following in Canada:*Peace River , a river in British Columbia and Alberta*Peace River, Alberta, a town in northwest Alberta*Peace River , an electoral district...
  
   – Buffalo Head Hills, Alberta
  Alberta
  Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
  
  
• Zama Lake
  Zama Lake
  Zama Lake is a large lake in the Mackenzie County, in north-western Alberta, Canada.It is located approximately west of High Level, at the confluence of Zama River and Hay River. The lake covers and forms an intricate river, lakes and wetland system. The Hay-Zama Lakes complex is a Ramsar site...
  
  , Alberta

Other (precious) metals

• Anglo Rouyn, Saskatchewan

Disputes

Since June 2003 the company (together with sister company United Uranium

United Uranium

United Uranium is a Canadian resource company with its head office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The company is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of natural resources such as uranium, diamond, copper and other precious metals.- Properties :Uranium*Hatchet Lake, Saskatchewan,...

) had a dispute with Shore Gold over ownership of 25 groups of mineral claims totaling over 35,000 hectares in the Fort à la Corne area of Saskatchewan. The issue was all about who was first in line at the Department of Mineral Resources of the Government of Saskatchewan to register mineral deposit claims.

On March 1, 2007 a Saskatchewan court ruled in favor of Star Uranium but on March 30, 2007 Shore Gold appealed the court ruling. On July 9, 2008, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan is the highest superior appeal court in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It hears appeals from the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan as well as the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan and administrative tribunals...

ruled that Star Uranium and United Uranium were entitled to register mineral claims to 25 blocks of land in the Fort à la Corne area.