Ur-Energy makes first shipment from Wyoming uranium project

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Ur-Energy makes first shipment from Wyoming uranium project

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ur-energy-makes-first-shipment-from-wyoming-uranium-project

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The first shipment from Shirley Basin to Lost Creek (Image: Ur-Energy)

Ur-Energy completed its first shipment of uranium from the Shirley Basin in-situ recovery mine to the Lost Creek processing facility on August 19. This milestone follows final state authorization in June and marks the transition of the site to full production. The project operates as a satellite mine to the Lost Creek hub, utilizing a shared processing model to increase the company's total annual production capacity.

Ur-Energy has made the fist shipment of uranium from its Shirley Basin uranium mine, marking the project's transition to full operations and making the company a multi-asset uranium producer. ;

Uranium mining operations began at Shirley Basin, an in-situ recovery operation which is being run as a satellite mine of Ur-Energy's Lost Creek hub operation, in April. The State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality issued the final authorisation to advance to full operations in late June, and on 19 August, the first shipment was made from Shirley Basin to the Lost Creek processing plant. The operation will now ramp up to full production.

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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ur-energy-makes-first-shipment-from-wyoming-uranium-project