RABBIT LAKE
The Rabbit Lake operation, which opened in 1975, is the longest operating uranium production facility in North America, and the second largest uranium mill in the world
- Maximum licensed capacity of 16 million pounds (currently 11 million)
- 100% owned and operated by Cameco
- closest community is Wollaston Lake, about 40 kilometres by air
- longest-operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan, beginning in 1975
- total production 1975 to 2010 – 182.5 million pounds
- first Canadian mine to introduce seven-days in/seven-days-out commuter system
- deposits include mined-out original Rabbit Lake open pit, Collins Bay A–, B– and D–zones as well as Eagle Point underground mine
- mined-out Rabbit Lake open pit used for tailings facility
- Eagle Point has reserves of approximately 25.5 million pounds U3O8
- total production for 2010 was 3.8 million pounds U3O8
- recent exploration drilling has extended Eagle Point mine life through to 2017
- Cameco continues to upgrade the Rabbit Lake mill such as the installation of a new acid plant (2010-2011) and is moving ahead on a plan to increase tailings capacity at the site. These investments will allow us to handle additional ore mined at Eagle Point as well position the Rabbit Lake mill to process ore from regional deposits through toll-milling arrangements.
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RABBIT LAKE OPERATION
Last Reviewed: November 2, 2011

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