- largest uranium production facility in the US
- 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 12 million pounds U3O8
- Smith Ranch was acquired in July 2002
- in 2007 production was 2.0 million pounds U3O8
- employs about 110 people