Denison Mines White Mesa mill in southern Utah is
the only conventional uranium plant currently
operating in the U.S.
(Photo courtesy of Denison Mines)

The White Mesa Mill is the only con-ventional uranium mill currently operating in the United States. It is fully licensed and permitted to process 2,000 st/d, pro-ducing up to 8 million lb/y of uranium. A vanadium co-product recovery circuit allows for the processing of vanadium ore, and its central location allows for hauling of uranium ore from Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.

Steve Antony, president and CEO of Energy Fuels, said, “This transaction is transformational for Energy Fuels and reshapes the landscape of the uranium sector within the United States. It com-bines the highly strategic asset of the only operating uranium mill in the United States, White Mesa, with a significant resource base that substantially increases White Mesa’s available feedstock. The result is an unmatched production growth profile and the opportunity for both Energy Fuels and Denison shareholders to benefit from the clear operational synergies that result from this transaction.”

On closing of the transaction, current Denison shareholders will hold approxi-mately 66.5% of the issued and outstand-ing shares of Energy Fuels. The combined company will have measured and indicat-ed resources of 49.8 million lb of U3O8 , plus inferred resources of 17.9 million lb of U3O8 .

Following completion of the transac-tion, Denison will focus on its Canadian development assets, which include the Wheeler River project in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, and on exploration and development projects in Mongolia and Zambia.