5. Operating Costs – Conventional vs ISL!
Mine (ISL) Country Cost / lb
Honeymoon Australia $30.0
Four Mile (?) Australia $25.0
Beverley (?) Australia $25.0
South Inkai Kazakhstan $21.0
North Kharasan Kazakhstan $8.7
South Kharasan Kazakhstan $20.0
Akdala Kazakhstan $7.3
Karatau Kazakhstan $13.5
Lost Ck USA $40.0
Nichols Ranch / Hank USA $24.0
Bison Basin USA $18.0
Reno Ck USA $26.3
Lance USA $21.4
Average ISL: $21.6
Mine (Conventional) Country Cost / lb
Dawson Hinkler Australia $52.0
Lake Way / Centipede Australia $40.0
Jabiluka Australia $41.6
Pele Mtn Elliot Canada $55.5
Cigar Lake Canada $23.1
Midwest / McLean Lake Canada $23.0
Michelin Labrador $28.2
Kayelekera Malawi $33.0
Dornod Mongolia $23.2
Etango Namibia $48.0
Husab Namibia $27.8
Trekkopje Namibia $40.0
Valencia Namibia $53.0
Langer Heinrich Namibia $26.0
Imouraren Niger $41.0
Jahonda/Kuriskova Slovakia $36.2
Dominion South Africa $46.0
Colorado Plateau USA $52.2
Arizona 1 USA $30.5
Lost Soldier USA $35.0
Mutanga Zambia $33.7
Average Conventional: $37.6
Source: Macquarie Research, September 2008 &
public company financial reporting (Uranium
One, Paladin, ERA, Cameco, Denison, Rio Tinto)
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6. ISL – Proportion of Global U Production
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16%
36%
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Source: world-nuclear.org
7. Sandstone-hosted deposits by Country
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United States of
America
26%
Kazakhstan
20%
Niger
14%
29 Others w/ <
40,000 t ea.
12%
Uzbekistan
8%
Russian
Federation
5%
Gabon
5%
Czech Republic
4%
Australia
3%
S. Africa
2%
China
1%
World Distribution of Uranium Deposits
(UDEPO), with Uranium Deposit Classification,
2009 Edition IAEA TECDOC Series No. 1629
9. Powder River Basin (US)
9 Whitehead, R.L. 1996. GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming USGS Report HA 730-I.
10. Frome Embayment
10
Skirrow, R.G., 2009 (editor). Uranium ore-forming systems of the Lake
Frome region, South Australia: Regional spatial controls and exploration
criteria. Geoscience Australia Record 2009/40, 151 p.
32. Forward Exploration Program
Focus on Tertiary Hosted Uranium
– Reconnaissance Rotary Mud Program & gamma/resistivity
– 800m & 1600m spacing within interpreted paleo-valleys
– Drill along EM lines
– Map oxidation fronts
– Understand Tertiary facies distribution
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