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Juniper Ridge Project

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10 km W from Baggs, Wyoming, United States

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Unit 1 – 15782 Marine Drive
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Overview

StagePreliminary Economic Assessment
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Uranium
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Sulfuric acid (reagent)
  • Heap leach
  • Leaching & Solvent Extraction (SX)
  • Ion Exchange (IX)
Mine Life10 years (as of Jan 1, 2017)
Latest NewsAzarga Uranium and URZ Energy Complete Merger     July 5, 2018


Owners

Source:
CompanyInterestOwnership
enCore Energy Corp. 100 % Indirect
January 4, 2022 - enCore Energy Corp. and Azarga Uranium Corp. are pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced plan of arrangement whereby enCore has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Azarga Uranium.

Deposit Type

  • Sandstone hosted


Summary:

Uranium mineralization in the Browns Park Formation within the Project and surrounding area is described as Wyoming sandstone roll type mineralization (Austin and D’Andrea, 1978).

While local mineralization displays some of the characteristics of known uranium deposits in the Gas Hills and Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming, the mineralization is not necessarily typical of Wyoming roll-front deposits. The uranium mineralization within the Project is sandstone hosted and was deposited along a geochemical solution front, as is typical of roll-front mineralization and similar to other Wyoming sandstone hosted uranium deposits. The features which distinguish mineralization within the Browns Park Formation harken to its eolian origin and include the absence of carbonaceous trash and lack of stratigraphic controls, i.e., the lack of distinct vertical variations in grain size and the lack of intervening finer grained units (Rackley, 1972).

The source of uranium is described as syngenetic, alteration of the tuffaceous volcanic materials within the Browns Park Formation and/or the immediately overlying North Park Formation liberated uranium which was transported by ground water and concentrated along oxidation/reduction interfaces within the formation (Dribus and Nanna, 1982).

The localization of uranium appears to relate to local variations in permeability and the presence of pyrite and/or hydrogen sulphide. Uranium mineralization, in general, appears to be of the rollfront type mineralization common to the uranium basins in Wyoming, cutting across sedimentary structures (Pincock, Allen, & Holt, 1986).

Uranium mineralization occurs within an eolian stratigraphic unit of the Miocene Browns Park Formation. The host unit consists of tuffaceous, feldspathic sandstone which exhibits small to large scale festoon and planar cross-bed sets ranging up to several feet in thickness. Generally, uranium mineralization is the roll-front type mineralization, common to the uranium basins in Wyoming. Localization of uranium appears to relate to permeability and the presence of pyrite or hydrogen sulphide (Pincock, Allen, & Holt, 1986). The depth of mineralization averages slightly over 100 feet, but ranges from near surface to a maximum of 292.5 feet depending on location within the basin and local topography. Two general areas of mineralization occur within the Project, separated by less than two miles, which are herein referred to as Juniper Ridge East and Juniper Ridge West.

The deposit is relatively flat lying with formation dip less than 5o . The dip of the formation is highest at the margins of the basin and flatter near the center of the basin. The average thickness of mineralization above a 0.02% eU3O8 cutoff grade is slightly in excess of 10 feet.

More than 80% on the known mineralization occurs within the Juniper Ridge East portion of the Project.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The PEA is based on open pit mining utilizing methodologies, equipment, and a generalized design criterion which has been employed at the site and similar sites in the past. Open pit mining has two major facets: primary stripping or the removal of overburden and the mining of the mineralized material as it is exposed by the stripping.

The conceptual mine designs utilized a 0.6:1 (horizontal to vertical) slope. This allows for a highwall cut at a 0.5:1 slope with 10 foot wide safety benches incorporated at 50 foot vertical intervals. Highwall heights range from less than 40 to slightly more than 200 feet. The open pit design employs similar design parameters and mining equipment configurations to those used successfully in past Wyoming conventional mine operations. Ramps were not specifically incorporated in the designs at this level of study because the pits are quite shallow on the northern or up dip side and will not add significantly to the estimated excavation volumes. Minimum turn radii and travel widths were held to 100 feet.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Sulfuric acid (reagent)
  • Heap leach
  • Leaching & Solvent Extraction (SX)
  • Ion Exchange (IX)

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Summary:

The planned uranium recovery method at the Juniper Ridge Project is conventional heap leaching which includes: mobilization of uranium into solution from the mined material stacked on the heap pad via acid leaching, delivery of uranium-rich solutions to a recovery plant, and concentration of the uranium via Ion Exchange (IX).

Uranium recovery at Juniper Ridge will include the following unit operations:
- stacking of mined material on the heap leach pad;
- application of leach solution;
- collection of pregnant leach solution (PLS);
- filtering of sand and fine particles from the PLS;
- IX to transfer uranium from solution onto resin; and
- shipment of the loaded resin to a third party’s CPP for stripping, precipitation, washing, drying, packaging, storage, and loading as yellowcake.

The uranium recovery process equipment will be housed in a single building within the proposed plant boundary. Loaded resin will be produced on-site. Yell ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameterAvg. LOM
Uranium (U3O8) Recovery Rate, % 84.5
Uranium (U3O8) Head Grade, % 0.06

Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsLOM
Uranium (U3O8) k lbs 4,351
All production numbers are expressed as U3O8.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Annual mining capacity 400 k tons of ore *
Ore tonnes mined, LOM 4,003 k tons *
Tonnes milled, LOM 4,003 k tons of ore *
Annual production capacity 0.4 M lbs of U3O8 *
* According to 2017 study.

Reserves at June 9, 2017:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained 
Commodity
Indicated 5,139,000 tons Uranium (U3O8) 0.058 % 6,006,000 lbs
Inferred 107,000 tons Uranium (U3O8) 0.085 % 182,000 lbs

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
Total cash costs Uranium (U3O8) USD 40 / lb *
Assumed price Uranium (U3O8) USD 65 / lb *
* According to 2017 study / presentation.

2017 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of June 9, 2017:
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Preliminary Economic Assessment 2017
Form 10-K 2015
Preliminary Economic Assessment 2014
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News:

NewsDate
Azarga Uranium and URZ Energy Complete Merger July 5, 2018

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