Kintyre uranium deposit

Kintyre uranium deposit
Location
Kintyre uranium deposit
Location in Western Australia
Location Karlamilyi National Park
State  Western Australia
Country Australia
Coordinates 22°20′17″S 122°04′19″E / 22.338°S 122.072°E / -22.338; 122.072Coordinates: 22°20′17″S 122°04′19″E / 22.338°S 122.072°E / -22.338; 122.072
Production
Products Uranium
Owner
Company Cameco (70%) and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (30%)
Website www.cameco.com/australia/kintyre
Year of acquisition 2008

The Kintyre uranium project is located 60 km south of the Telfer gold mine and 260 km northeast of Newman at the western edge of the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia.

History

Uranium was discovered in the Kintyre area in 1985 by CRA Exploration Pty Ltd, now Rio Tinto.[1] Due to depressed uranium prices, they placed the project in care and maintenance in 1998. The camp was dismantled and the site rehabilitated in 2002.[2] The deposit was initially within the Karlamilyi National Park, but the area enclosing the deposit was excised from the park in 1994.

Ownership

The Kintyre property was acquired in 2008 by a joint venture between Cameco Corporation and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd. The project is operated by Cameco Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cameco.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McKay, A.D. and Meiitis, Y. (2001), Australia's uranium resources, geology and development of deposits. (PDF), AGSO-Geoscience Australia, Mineral Resources Report 1, ISBN 0-642-46716-1, retrieved February 12, 2009
  2. ↑ "Kintyre - History". Cameco Corporation. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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