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RABBIT LAKE

Summary

  • second largest uranium milling operation in the world with a licensed capacity of 16 million pounds
  • 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 2009 - 178.7 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 21.3 million pounds U3O8
  • total production for 2009 was 3.8 million pounds U3O8
  • recent exploration drilling has extended Eagle Point mine life through to 2015
  • in latter half of this decade, Rabbit Lake mill is expected to process about half of the uranium from Cigar Lake, subject to regulatory approval

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RABBIT LAKE OPERATION

Rabbit Lake operation

Wayne Champagne, an employee with...

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Last Reviewed: March 19, 2010