The Kintyre uranium project is located 60 km south of the Telfer gold mine and 260 km northeast of

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at the western edge of the

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in the East

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region of

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Uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

was discovered in the Kintyre area in 1985 by CRA Exploration Pty Ltd, now

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. Due to depressed uranium prices CRA placed the project on care and maintenance in 1998. The camp was dismantled and the site rehabilitated in 2002. The deposit was initially within the

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, but the area enclosing the deposit was excised from the park in 1994. The Kintyre property was acquired in 2008 by a 70:30 joint venture between

Cameco Corporation Cameco Corporation (formerly Canadian Mining and Energy Corporation) is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2015, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 18 ...

and

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. The project is operated by Cameco Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cameco. The project has an indicated mineral resource of 3.9 million tonnes grading 0.62% U₃O₈, for a total of 53.5 million pounds of U₃O₈.

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*{{citation , title=Australia's Uranium Deposits and Potential Mines - Kintyre, WA , url=http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Australia_Mines/pmines.html#kintyre , publisher=World Nuclear Association , date=January 2012 , accessdate=2012-03-22 , archive-date=2011-03-19 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319005343/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Australia_Mines/pmines.html#kintyre , url-status=dead Mining in Western Australia Mineral exploration Uranium mining in Western Australia

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