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Abstract

McClean Lake Uranium Mine is located at West of Wollaston Lake, about 700 kilometres north of Saskatoon in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan, Canada. Location coordinates are: Latitude= 58.2676, Longitude= -103.79722. This infrastructure is of TYPE Uranium_Mines and CATEGORY Fuels and Resources. It has 1 unit(s). The first unit was commissioned in 1999. It is operated by Areva.

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Mine Efficiency and Impact
Mine Overall Rating State-of-the-artWorth DuplicatingEnvironmentally Responsible
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Description

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Type Of Mine Give Brief Description
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Uranium Mill Processing Capacity (U3O8 Tonnes/year)
Uranium Extraction Methods Used LeachingIn-situ LeachingHeap LeachingTank LeachingCounter Current Decantation (CCD)Ion Exchange (IX)
Source of Water
Waste and Produced Water Management
Disposition of Tailings
Environmental Issues
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Unit Information

Unit # Mine Unit Name Date Commissioned (yyyy-mm-dd) Decommission Date (yyyy-mm-dd) Production Capacity (Tonnes U3O8/year) Cost to Develop this Unit U3O8 Concentration (%) Seam Thickness (m) Seam Depth Below Surface (m)
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Environmental Issues

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Owner and Operator Information

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