The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (TSX: U.U for USD; U.UN for CAD), the world’s largest holder of the heavy metal, now has about 70 million lb. of uranium after it bought 450,000 lb. last week as nuclear energy’s strategic value comes into sharper focus.
The transaction on Friday brings to 950,000 lb. of uranium oxide (U3O8) Sprott’s weekly buy and its third quarter purchases to about 2.3 million lb., the highest since the first quarter of 2023, BMO Capital Markets analysts Helen Amos and George Heppel said in a note on Monday. The Trust’s holdings total a market value of about $5.53 billion (C$7.6bn), according to Sprott.
“With the trust poised to continue raising funds and the market heading into a seasonally stronger period for contracting in the fourth quarter, we could potentially see more spot purchasing of uranium in the near term, increasing the interest in the uranium market,” the…
