Description Forte Energy hopes that West Africa is sitting atop its winning lottery ticket. The company acquires, explores, and develops uranium and energy-related projects throughout the world. Forte has an extensive portfolio of properties in Guinea and Mauritania in West Africa, where it is focused on uranium exploration. In addition, the company has copper and cobalt mineral interests in Queensland and Western Australia. In keeping with its change of focus to its West African uranium assets, Forte Energy changed its name from Murchison United in late 2008.