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Langer Heinrich Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeStockpile
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Uranium
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Langer Heinrich mine (LHM) was transitioned into care and maintenance in August 2018 due to the sustained low uranium price.

The LHM re-commenced commercial production on 30 March 2024, following successful completion of the Restart.

The LHM will be in operational ramp up during FY2025, with ore feed to the plant sourced from previously mined stockpiled ore. Mining activities are expected to re-commence in FY2026 ahead of achieving nameplate production of 6Mlb p.a. by the end of CY2026.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Paladin Energy Ltd. 75 % Indirect
The tenements are 100% owned by Langer Heinrich Uranium (Pty) Ltd which, in turn, is 75% indirectly owned by Paladin Energy Ltd. The remaining 25% is owned by CNNC Overseas Uranium Holdings Ltd. (CNNC).

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Deposit type

  • Calcrete hosted

Summary:

Langer Heinrich is a calcrete-hosted secondary uranium deposit associated with valley-fill sediments in an extensive Tertiary palaeodrainage system. Uranium occurs as carnotite, an oxide mineral containing both uranium and vanadium, deposited as thin films lining cavities and fracture planes and as grain coatings and disseminations. The deposit extends over a 15 km length. Mineralisation is nearsurface, between one and thirty metres thick, and between 50 and 1,100 metres wide depending on the width of the palaeovalley. After calcrete development and mineralisation, parts of these sediments were eroded because of uplift that caused rejuvenated river flows - the largest being the Gawib River that in part follows the palaeovalley and has dissected and modified both the calcrete and associated mineralisation.

The current mineral resource is modelled to be approximately 16Km in strike, 0m to 100m in depth and varies in width from 300m to 900m depending on the position of the paleochannel walls.

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Comminution

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Production

The Langer Heinrich Mine re-commenced commercial production on 30 March 2024, and the production numbers provided are for the period from that date to 30 June 2024.
CommodityUnits20242018201720162015
Uranium M lbs  ....  Subscribe2.7 4.2 4.8 
All production numbers are expressed as U3O8. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics2018201720162015
Tonnes milled 2.95 Mt3.52 Mt3.57 Mt3.4 Mt
Total tonnes mined 7.6 Mt24.6 Mt20.2 Mt
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Production Costs

CommodityUnits20182017
Cash costs U3O8 USD
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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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