EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project

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EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-06-22/article-8138/encore-receives-blm-authorization-for-dormant-uranium-project/

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Source: ans.org.

The Bureau of Land Management authorized EnCore Energy to begin construction on the Dewey Burdock in situ recovery project in South Dakota. This approval allows for the development of access roads, monitoring wells, and power lines on federal land. The project holds over 17 million pounds of uranium resources and currently awaits a license renewal decision from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

EnCore Energy announced on June 18 that the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision and approved the Dewey Burdock uranium project, authorizing the company to begin construction for the uranium in situ recovery project in southwestern South Dakota.

Having received a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact from the BLM, EnCore subsidiary Powertech has been authorized to construct access roads, four groundwater monitoring wells, and overhead power lines on approximately 240 acres of BLM-managed public land within the larger 10,580-acre Dewey Burdock project.

Dewey Burdock, which EnCore acquired from Azarga Uranium in 2022, was approved for inclusion in the Fast-41 Program by the U.S. Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council in August 2025 following President Trump's Executive Order 14241, "Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production."

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