Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd is a

uranium mining Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the earth. Over 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia were the top three uranium producers, respectively, and together account for 68% of w ...

company owned by the US-based nuclear company, General Atomics.Evans, Simo
"Fukushima fallout for uranium stings Heathgate Resources"
''Australian Financial Review'', 2013-08-26. Heathgate owns and operates the Beverley and Beverley North uranium mines which are located in the Frome Basin about north of

Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

. In 2000, Heathgate Resources established Australia’s first operating

in-situ recovery In-situ leaching (ISL), also called in-situ recovery (ISR) or solution mining, is a mining process used to recover minerals such as copper and uranium through boreholes drilled into a deposit, '' in situ''. In-situ leach works by artificially d ...

(ISR) uranium mine. The company is based in Adelaide and is a sponsor of the South Australian Museum. In the South Australian Parliament, Heathgate Resources has been represented by lobbying firms Hawker Britton and Barton Deakin Government Relations.

Beverley mine

Beverley commenced production in late 2000 and was officially opened in 2001. In August 2008, an extension to the Beverley Uranium Mines mining lease was approved. Since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the Beverley mine has suffered significant financial losses. Heathgate claims to operate the "world's most advanced In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mine." The project's infrastructure includes a processing plant, two satellite plants, a power plant, airstrip and camp accommodation to sleep 180 persons. The

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workforce travels in two Encore jets, operated by

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.Marsland-Smith, Dr A
"Heathgate resources update"
''Slideshare.net'' 2013-11-29. The power plant is gas-fired, has an output of 4 MW and was constructed by Leighton Contractors for a cost of $5.8 million."Beverley uranium mine power station"
''Leighton Contractors''

Beverley North mine

The Beverley North deposits were discovered in 2009 and mining was approved in February 2011.

References

{{Reflist Uranium mining companies of Australia Mining in South Australia