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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. 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,〔The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Lorna Oakes, Southwater, p157-159, ISBN 1-84476-279-3〕 was also the patron goddess of miners in ancient Egyptian culture. ==History== The company was founded on June 28, 1996 in Alberta as Longview Minerals Ltd. Following its inception, the company then moved out of Alberta and was renamed pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act under the name of Sixgill Minerals Ltd. on September 26, 1996. On May 28, 1997 the company changed its name to Hathor Exploration Limited. In 2006 Hathor Exploration completed the acquisition of Roughrider Uranium Corp. which led to the discovery of the Roughrider Deposit of the Midwest NorthEast property, and then in 2009 and 2011 respectively acquired Northern Continental Resources Inc.〔Hathor Exploration Limited: December 4, 2009 Press Release (http://www.hathor.ca/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=375141)〕 and Terra Ventures Inc.〔Hathor Exploration Limited: August 22, 2011 Press Release (http://www.hathor.ca/i/pdf/2011-08-22_NR.pdf)〕 giving the company full control of both the Russell Lake and Midwest NorthEast properties. On August 26, 2011, Cameco announced its intention to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hathor Exploration Limited, and made an all-cash offer to shareholders of $3.75 CAD per Hathor share.〔Cameco Corp.: August 26, 2011 Press Release (http://www.cameco.com/media/news_releases/2011/?id=566)〕 This announcement initiated a bidding process between Cameco Corp. and Rio Tinto which came to an end on November 30, 2011. Rio Tinto succeeded in its bid to acquire Hathor Exploration by obtaining 70.21% of the outstanding Hathor common shares on a fully diluted basis through their all-cash offer of $4.70 CAD per Hathor share.〔Rio Tinto: December 1, 2011 Press Release (http://www.riotinto.com/media/18435_media_releases_21314.asp)〕 On January 12, 2012, Rio Tinto announced that it had successfully acquired 135,290,661 Hathor common shares, representing 100% of the outstanding Hathor common shares on a fully diluted basis. As a result, Hathor de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hathor Exploration」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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