Employment
Construction at Cigar Lake is expected to generate about 500 jobs.
After construction and during production, Cigar Lake will have a permanent workforce of about 250 people.
To the extent possible, Cigar Lake will be built by northern people, as McArthur River was.
Cameco strives to the greatest extent possible, to use residents of the north to staff its operations and this practice will continue with Cigar Lake.
Processing Cigar Lake uranium will also support the Rabbit Lake and McLean Lake operations. This means that Cigar Lake is essential to maintaining employment for nearly 500 people - half of which will be from the north.
These combined project activities will allow Cigar Lake to move to production, bringing the potential of 20 to 30 years of employment and business opportunities.