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SMITH RANCH-HIGHLAND

Summary

  • largest uranium production facility in the US
  • a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Cameco
  • uses environment-friendly in situ recovery (ISR) mining technique to extract uranium
  • Smith Ranch and Highland are operated as a combined facility but have separate processing facilities with annual production capacities of 2 million pounds U3O8 each
  • Smith Ranch facility was completed in 1997 and employs state-of-the-art technology
  • proven and probable reserves total 6.4 million pounds U3O8
  • Smith Ranch was acquired in July 2002
  • in 2008 production was 1.2 million pounds U3O8
  • employs about 110 people

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SMITH RANCH-HIGHLAND

Smith Ranch-Highland

Operator Francis Horne conducts a...

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Last Reviewed: February 19, 2009