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Rabbit Lake Operation
Owner: Cameco

The Rabbit Lake operation, which opened in 1975, is the longest operating uranium production facility in North America, and the second largest uranium mill in the world
 
Key facts
• Maximum licensed capacity of 16.9 million pounds (currently 11 million)
• 100% owned and operated by Cameco
• closest community is Wollaston Lake, about 40 kilometres by air
• longest-operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan, beginning in 1975
• total production 1975 to 2012 – 186.3 million pounds
• first Canadian mine to introduce seven-days in/seven-days-out commuter system
• Rabbit Lake employs over 300 Cameco staff and an equal number of long-term contractor employees
• deposits include mined-out original Rabbit Lake open pit, Collins Bay A–, B– and D–zones as well as Eagle Point underground mine
• mined-out Rabbit Lake open pit used for tailings facility
• Eagle Point has reserves of approximately 24.0 million pounds U3O8
• total production for 2012 was 3.8 million pounds U3O8
• exploration drilling has extended Eagle Point mine life through to 2017
• Investments in upgrading the Rabbit Lake mill allowed us to handle additional ore mined at Eagle Point as well positioning the • Rabbit Lake mill to process ore from regional deposits through toll-milling arrangements.
 
2121 - 11th St W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada S7M 1J3
Phone:+1 (306) 956-6200
Fax:+1 (306) 956-6201