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Uranium Mine Ownership - Asia

(last updated 5 Feb 2010)

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> Explanation of Signs and Symbols

 
CHINA   flag

712 Uranium Mine · Benxi · Chanziping · Chenxian · Chongyi · Fuzhou Hangjian · Hengyang · Lantian · Quinglong · Shihongtan · Tengchong · Xiangshan · Xiazhuang · Yili · Yining · Zaohuohao

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - China)

Hengyang mill, Hunan Province idle

(on standby)
[DETAILS external link (scroll for English)]

Chenxian mine, Hunan Province operating

[DETAILS external link (scroll for English)]
Size: 5000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

712 Uranium Mine, Hunan Province

[ISSUES] · [DETAILS external link (scroll for English)]

Fuzhou Hangjian, Fujian Province operating

Tengchong (ISL), Yunnan Province operating

Size: 6000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Yili deposit, Xinjiang Autonomous Region exploration completed

Size: 13,000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Shihongtan deposit, Xinjiang Autonomous Region exploration completed

Size: 3,000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Yining mine (ISL), Xinjiang Autonomous Region operating

Chongyi, Shaanxi Province operating

Lantian mine, Shaanxi Province operating

Size: 2000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Quinglong field, Liaoning Province operating

Size: 8000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Benxi mine, Liaoning Province operating

Size:
Ore grade: 0.34% U

Zaohuohao deposit, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region exploration completed

Size: 5000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Chanziping deposit, Guangxi Autonomous Region exploration completed

Size: 5000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Xiangshan field, Jiangxi Province exploration completed

Size: 26,000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Xiazhuang field, Guangdong Province exploration completed

Size: 12,000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Guyuan, Hebei Province

Size:
Ore grade:
 [ISSUES]

 
INDIA   flag

Baghjanta · Bandugurang · Bhatin · Bodal · Domiasiat · Gogi · Jaduguda · Kylleng-Pyndemsohiong-Mawthabah · Lambapur-Peddagattu · Mohuldih · Mosaboni · Narwapahar · Pulivendula · Rakha · Rohil - Ghateswar · Surda · Turamdih · Tyrnai · Wahkyn

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - India)

Jharkhand

Jaduguda mine and mill (Jharkhand) operating

Size:
Ore grade: 0.04% U
> Aerial View: Google Maps external link new window
[ISSUES]

Bhatin mine (Jharkhand) operating

Narwapahar mine (Jharkhand) operating

Size:
Ore grade: 0.05% U

> Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

Turamdih mine (Jharkhand)
Turamdih mill

Size:
Ore grade: 0.034% U

> Aerial View: Google Maps external link new window
[ISSUES]

Bandugurang mine project (Jharkhand)

(also spelled Banduhurang, Bandurang)
Size:
Ore grade:

[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]

Baghjanta mine project (Jharkhand)

(also spelled Bagjata)
Size:
Ore grade:

[ISSUES]

Mohuldih mine project (Jharkhand) idle

(also spelled Mahuldih)
Size:
Ore grade:

[ISSUES]

Rakha, Surda and Mosaboni Uranium Recovery Plants (Jharkhand) operating

Size: 6615 tonnes U
Ore grade: about 0.0085% U
 (uranium is by-product of copper production)

 

Meghalaya

Kylleng-Pyndemsohiong-Mawthabah mine and mill project (West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya) under construction

(formerly Domiasiat project)

Size: 8,056 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.085% U
 [ISSUES]

Wahkyn deposit (West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya) exploration completed

Size: 4,240 tonnes U
Ore grade:

Tyrnai deposit (West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya) exploration completed

Size: 509 tonnes U
Ore grade:

 

Andhra Pradesh

Lambapur-Peddagattu project (Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh) under construction

Size: 5900 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.044% U
 [ISSUES]

Pulivendula project (Cuddappah district, Andhra Pradesh)

Size:
Ore grade: 0.039% U (?)
 [ISSUES]

 

Karnataka

Gogi mine (Gulbarga district, Karnataka) under construction

Size:
Ore grade:
[ISSUES]

 

Rajasthan

Rohil - Ghateswar deposit (Sikar district, Rajasthan)

Size:
Ore grade:
[ISSUES]

 

Chhattisgarh

Bodal deposit (Rajnandagaon district, Chhattisgarh)

Size:
Ore grade:
[ISSUES]

 
IRAN   flag

Saghand 1 & 2 deposits (Yazd province) under construction

Size: 491 tonnes U (RAR); 876 t U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.0533%

Saghand mine (?), aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
Saghand mine and mill (?), aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[DETAILS external link] · [ISSUES]

Bandar Abbas deposit

[ISSUES] Size: 100 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.2%

 
IRAQ   flag

Akashat mine

Al Qaim uranium concentration plant

[ISSUES]

 
JAPAN   flag

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Japan)

 
JORDAN   flag

Swaqa uranium mine project

[ISSUES]

Jordanian-French Uranium Mining Company

 
KAZAKHSTAN   flag

Akdal · Budenovskoye · Inkay · Irkol · Kandjugan · Karamurun · Karatau · Korsan · Munkuduk (Mynkuduk) · Muyunkum (Moynkum, Moinkum) · North Kharasan · South Inkay · Tortkuduk · Tselinny · Uvanas · Zarechnoye

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Kazakhstan)

The Reconstruction of the Uranium Industry in Kazakhstan external link (UI 1997 Symposium)

Akdal mine (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

Dec. 31, 2009ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:1,962 t U3,308 t U 11,690 t U6,020 t U
Ore grade:0.057% U0.057% U 0.057% U0.062% U
The Reserves stated are included in the Resources!
> Download Technical Report Feb. 2010 · Technical Report March 21, 2006 (5.3M PDF) external link · Technical Report Oct. 7, 2005 (5.7M PDF) external link (SEDAR)
 Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

> Calculate Mine Feasibility
[ISSUES]

Betpak Dala Joint Venture

Inkay project (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

End 2008ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:5,269 t U49,269 t U 6,846 t U98,115 t U
Ore grade:0.068% U0.059% U 0.059% U0.042% U

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES] · [DETAILS: UI 1997 Symposium external link]

Joint Venture Inkay

South Inkay project (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

Dec. 31, 2009ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:538 t U12,500 t U538 t U12.500 t U17,077 t U
Ore grade:0.0093% U0.038% U0.0093% U0.038% U0.040% U
The Reserves stated are included in the Resources!
> Download Technical Report Feb. 2010 · Technical Report Aug. 22, 2009 (14.3MB PDF) external link · Technical Report March 20, 2006 (4.5M PDF) external link · Technical Report Oct. 11, 2005 (4M PDF) external link (SEDAR)
 Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

> Calculate Mine Feasibility
[ISSUES]

Betpak Dala Joint Venture

Budenovskoye deposit (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[ISSUES]

Budenovskoye 2 (Karatau) deposit operating

Dec. 31, 2009ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size: 11,269 t U 12,538 t U3,654 t U
Ore grade: 0.090% U 0.10% U0.068% U
The Reserves stated are included in the Resources!

> Download Technical Report Jan. 25, 2010 (2.3MB PDF) external link (SEDAR)

> Calculate Mine Feasibility

Karatau LLP

Budenovskoye 1, 3, 4 deposits under construction

Size: 25,100 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.094% U
 JSC Akbastau

Kandjugan mine (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[ISSUES]

Tsentralnoe Mining Co

North Kharasan Project, Syr-Darya district operating

 ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:   5,301 t U29,051 t U
Ore grade:   0.2% U0.095% U

> Download Technical Report March 25, 2006 (2.4M PDF) external link · Technical Report Oct. 14, 2005 (2MB PDF) external link (SEDAR)
 Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

> Calculate Mine Feasibility
[ISSUES]

Kharasan 1 deposit

Kyzylkum LLP

Kharasan 2 deposit

Baiken-U LLP

Karamurun mine (ISL), Syr-Darya district operating

(Production start planned for 2000)
North Karamurun, aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
South Karamurun, aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[ISSUES]

No. 6 Mining Company

Munkuduk (Mynkuduk) project (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

Size: 49,000 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.035% U
 East Munkuduk, aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
East Munkuduk (detail), aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[DETAILS: UI 1997 Symposium external link] · [ISSUES]

West Mynkuduk deposit (Size: 18,000 t U)
APPAK LLP

Muyunkum (Moynkum, Moinkum) mine (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

End 2005ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:3,140 t U11,319 t U  1,210 t U
Ore grade:0.06% U0.06% U  0.06% U

[ISSUES]

KATCO Joint Venture

Tortkuduk project (ISL)

End 2005ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size: 14,202 t U  10,937 t U
Ore grade: 0.06% U  0.06% U

KATCO Joint Venture

Tselinny project, Stepnogorsk, Kokshetau district exploration completed

[ISSUES]

Tselinny Mining & Processing Co.

Uvanas mine (ISL), Chu-Sarysu district operating

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

Stepnoye Mining Co

Zarechnoye project (ISL), Syr-Darya district operating

Size: 14,500 tonnes U (proven), 4,500 t U (probable)
Ore grade: 0.10% - 0.11%

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

[ISSUES]

Zarechnoye joint venture

Irkol project (ISL), Shieli district, Kyzylorda region operating

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
[ISSUES]

Semizbai-U LLP

Korsan project (ISL), Kyzyl-Orda district exploration completed

Size: 60,000 tonnes U
Ore grade:

[ISSUES]

 
Korea, Republic   flag

Daejon · Miwon · Gwesan

 

Daejon Project

Chubu deposit

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:  858 t U671 t U9,243 t U
Ore grade:  0.026% U0.026% U0.027% U

Yokwang deposit

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    6,338 t U
Ore grade:    0.023% U

Seongdang deposit

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    1,283 t U
Ore grade:    0.020% U

Kolnami deposit

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    1,977 t U
Ore grade:    0.021% U

Miwon Project

Miwon-Isikri-Jukeumri deposit

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    480 t U
Ore grade:    0.029% U

Gwesan Project

Yopyung deposit (Area C)

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    385 t U
Ore grade:    0.030% U

Gottbong deposit (Area C)

1986ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    466 t U
Ore grade:    0.035% U

 
Korea, Democratic People's Republic   flag

[ISSUES]

Sunchon-Wolbingson mine

Kusong mine, North Pyongan province

Pyongsan mine, North Hwanghae province

Sunchon mine, South Pyongan

Unggi mine

Yongchun deposit, Songhak-ri, Hoiryeong

[ISSUES]

 
KYRGYZSTAN   flag

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Kyrgyzstan)

Kara Balta mill operating

(the mill processes uranium mined in Kazakhstan)

> Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
[ISSUES] · [MORE ISSUES] · [DECOMM. ISSUES]

Kamushanovskoe project

July 2007ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:   297 t U362 t U
Ore grade:   0.031% U0.031% U

 
MONGOLIA   flag

Dornod-Uran · Gurvanbulag · Gurvan-Saihan · Mardain Gol · Nemer · Saddle Hills · Ulaan Nuur

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Mongolia)

Gurvan-Saihan idle

Hairhan deposit

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
Feb. 27, 2007ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:   3,036 t U1,341 t U
Ore grade:   0.064% U0.073% U
> Download Technical Report, Feb. 27, 2007: Denison external link · SEDAR external link (1.8M PDF)

Haraat deposit

Aerial view (Choir concessions): Google Maps external link new window
HistoricalReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:    2,461 t U
Ore grade:    0.023% U
> Download Technical Report, Feb. 27, 2007: Denison external link · SEDAR external link (1.8M PDF)

(placed on standby in 1999)

Gurvan-Saihan Joint Venture

Gurvanbulag deposit, Saddle Hills Uranium Project development halted

Gurvanbulag Central deposit

Dec. 17, 2008
Jan. 9, 2009		ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size:1,538 t U5,346 t U1,577 t U5,308 t U846 t U
Ore grade:0.17% U0.13% U0.21% U0.15% U0.11% U
> Download Technical Report Feb. 20, 2009 (17.4M PDF) external link · Technical Report Nov. 27, 2007 (4M PDF) external link · Technical Report Nov. 17, 2006 (9.1M PDF) external link · Technical Report May 4, 2005 (6.76M PDF) external link (SEDAR)

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
> Calculate Mine Feasibility

[ISSUES]

Dornod-Uran idle

Apr. 2009ReservesResources
provenprobablemeasuredindicatedinferred
Size: 20,346 t U 24,731 t U923 t U
Ore grade: 0.11% U 0.10% U0.042% U
Note: Reserves are contained in Resources!
 > Download: Technical Report April 22, 2009 (11.5M PDF) external link · Technical Report Sep. 27, 2007 (3.5M PDF) external link · Technical Report Oct. 25, 2006 (6.3M PDF) external link · Technical Report June 30, 2006 (6.3MB PDF) external link (SEDAR)

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window

> Calculate Mine Feasibility
[ISSUES] · [DETAILS: UI 1998 Symposium external link]

Central Asian Uranium Co. Ltd.

Mardain Gol deposit exploration completed

Size: 1005 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.187 % U
 [DETAILS: FIFTA external link]

Nemer deposit exploration completed

Size: 2528 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.146% U
 [DETAILS: FIFTA external link]

Ulaan Nuur

Size: 8462 tonnes U (projected resource)
Ore grade: 0.042% U

 
PAKISTAN   flag

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Pakistan)

Tumman Leghari, South Punjab operating

[ISSUES]

Baghalchur Mine closed

to be closed from November 30, 1999
[ISSUES]

Dera Ghazi Khan Mine operating

[ISSUES]

Issa Khel / Kubul Kel mines and mills, Miniawali District operating

Shanawah ISL project, District Karak, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) under construction

Size: 578 t U (Reasonably Assured Reserves), 2000 t U (Reasonably Assured Potential)
Ore grade: 0.04% U
 [ISSUES]

Wahi Pandi, Karunuk (Sehwan), and Rehman Dhora (Aamri) showings, Kirthar Range, Sindh exploration

 
RUSSIA (Asian part)   flag

Aldansky · Argunskoye · Berezovoe · Dalmatovkoye · Elkon · Gornoe · Krasnokamensk · Lunnoye · Malinovskoye · Pyatiletneye · Streltsovsk · Vitimsky · Zherlovskoye

> see also Russia (Europe)

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Russia)

Aldansky uranium ore district (South Sakha/Yakutia) exploration completed

Severnoye, Druzhnoye, Kurung, Elkonskoye Plateau, Elkon, Vesenneye, Agdinskoye, Snezhnoye, Intersnoye deposits
Size: >340,000 t U
Ore Grade: 0.1 - 0.15% U
 [ISSUES]

 

Lunnoye deposit (South Yakutia)

[ISSUES]

 

Dalmatovkoye ISL project (Zauralsk district, Kurgan region, Transurals, Western Siberia) under construction

Dalmatovkoye and Dobrovolskoye deposits
Size: 10,200 t U
Ore Grade: 0.04% U
 [ISSUES]

 

Malinovskoye deposit, West Siberia ISL project (Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions, Western Siberia)

Size: 10,000 t U (total reserves)
Ore Grade:

 

Vitimsky ISL project (Hiagda district, Buryat region, Transbaikal) under construction

Khiagdinskoye deposit
Size: 11,000 t U
Ore Grade: 0.05% U
 [ISSUES]

Tetrachskoye deposit

 

Krasnokamensk mill, Streltsovsk mine (Lake Baikal region) operating

Size: 128,200 t U (total reserves as of End 2005)
Ore Grade: 0.2% U
 Aerial view: Google Maps new window
[ISSUES] · [DETAILS: SRIC]

 

Zherlovskoye deposit (Chita region) exploration completed

Size: 3000 t U
Ore Grade:
[ISSUES]

 

Pyatiletneye deposit (Chita region) exploration completed

Size: 1300 t U
Ore Grade:
[ISSUES]

 

Argunskoye deposit (Chita region) exploration completed

Size: 4800 t U
Ore Grade:
[ISSUES]

 

Gornoe deposit, Trans-Baikal Territory

[ISSUES]

 

Berezovoe deposit, Trans-Baikal Territory

[ISSUES]

 

Olovskoye deposit, Chernishevsk District, Trans-Baikal Territory

[ISSUES]

 

 
SAUDI ARABIA   flag

Ghurayyah tantalum-niobium deposit

Size: 45,700 tonnes U (inferred)
Ore grade: 0.012 % U

[ISSUES]

 
TAJIKISTAN   flag

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Tajikistan)

 
TURKEY   flag

Salihli-Köprübasi deposit exploration completed

Size: 2852 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.034-0.042% U

Fakili deposit exploration completed

Size: 490 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.042% U

Koçarli (Küçükçavdar) deposit exploration completed

Size: 208 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.042 % U

Demirtepe deposit exploration completed

Size: 1729 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.068% U

Yozgat-Sorgun deposit exploration completed

Size: 3850 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.085% U

 
UZBEKISTAN   flag

(for old mines, see Decommissioning Data - Uzbekistan)

Dzhantuar deposit

Size: 15,000 t U
Ore grade:

[ISSUES]

Bukantausky district (Uchkuduk)

Northern Mining Division
Size: 51,016 tonnes U (RAR + Inferred); 32,386 t U (Prognosticated + SR)
Ore grade:

Uchkuduk mine (ISL) operating

Kendykijube mine (ISL) operating

Auminza-Beltausky district (Zarafshan)

Eastern Mining Division
Size: 49,778 tonnes U (RAR + Inferred); 90,404 t U (Prognosticated + SR)
Ore grade:

Sugraly deposit under construction?

[ISSUES]

Zirabulak-Ziaetdinsky district (Nurabad)

Mining Division No. 5
Size: 12,595 tonnes U (RAR + Inferred); 50,141 t U (Prognosticated + SR)
Ore grade:

North Bukinai mine (ISL) operating

South Bukinai mine (ISL) operating

Beshkak mine (ISL) operating

Lyavlyakan mine (ISL) operating

Tokhumbet mine (ISL) operating

West-Nuratinsky district (Zafarabad)

Southern Mining Division
Size: 51,552 tonnes U (RAR + Inferred); 46,773 t U (Prognosticated + SR)
Ore grade:

Sabyrsaj mine (ISL) operating

Ketmenchi mine (ISL) operating

Shark mine (ISL) operating

Ulus mine (ISL) operating

Navoi mill operating

Aerial view: Google Maps external link new window
[ISSUES]

 
VIETNAM   flag

Khe Hoa-Khe Cao deposit, Nong Son basin, Quang Nam Province

Size: 6744 tonnes U (Inferred)
Ore grade:

An Diem deposit, Nong Son basin, Quang Nam Province

Size: 500 tonnes U (Inferred)
Ore grade: 0.034% U

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