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Appendix E – Australia’s uranium ore reserves and mineral resources

The following tables, prepared by Geoscience Australia, list the uranium ore reserves and mineral resources for Australian uranium deposits as reported by the mining companies as at December 2005. Australia ’s seven largest deposits are shown in bold.

Northern Territory

DEPOSIT

RESERVES / RESOURCES (a) (b)

GRADE

% U3O8

CONTAINED U3O8

(Tonnes)

Alligator Rivers Region

Ranger No 3 Orebody

Ore Reserves

Mineral Resources

0.20

0.14

44 457

42 587

Jabiluka 1

Mineral Resources

0.25

3 400

Jabiluka 2

Ore Reserves

0.52

67 000

 

Mineral Resources

0.46

96 000

Koongara No 1 Orebody

Ore Reserves

0.8

14 500

Koongara No 2 Orebody

Mineral Resources

0.3

2 000

Hades Flat

Mineral Resources

 

726

Ranger 4

Mineral Resources

 

200

Ranger 68 (Barote)

Mineral Resources

0.357

5 500

 

SouthAlligatorValley

Coronation Hill

Mineral Resources

0.537

1 850

El Sherana West

Mineral Resources

 

80

 

Allamber Region

Twin and Dam

Mineral Resources

0.13

746

 

Oenpelli Region

Caramal

Mineral Resources

 

2 500

 

Rum Jungle Region

Mt Fitch and Rum Jungle Creek South deposits and Dyson's Dump

Combined Resources

0.04

2 344

 

AmadeusBasin

Angela

Mineral Resources

0.1

10 250

 

NgaliaBasin

Bigrlyi

Mineral Resources

0.343

2 774

Walbiri

Mineral Resources

0.162

686

 

Pandanus Creek

Eva

Mineral Resources

 

363

 

Arunta Complex

Nolans Bore

Mineral Resources

0.02

3 977

 

Total for Northern Territory

301 940

South Australia

DEPOSIT

RESERVES / RESOURCES (a) (b)

GRADE

% U3O8

CONTAINED U3O8

(Tonnes)

GawlerCraton

Olympic Dam

Ore Reserves (c)

0.05

389 500

 

Mineral Resources (d)

0.04

1 075 500

Prominent Hill

Mineral Resources

0.012

9 990

 

Frome Embayment

Beverley

Ore Reserves

 

12 258

Honeymoon

Mineral Resources

0.12

3 300

East Kalkaroo

Mineral Resources

0.074

910

Goulds Dam

Mineral Resources

0.045

2 500

Billeroo

Mineral Resources

0.03

3 600

 

Flinders Ranges

Radium Ridge

Mineral Resources

0.06

2 177

Mt Gee

Mineral Resources

~0.073

33 200

Armchair, Streitberg Ridge

Mineral Resources

0.1

1 814

 

Olary District

Mt Victoria

Mineral Resources

0.16

400

Crocker Well

Mineral Resources

0.51

6 338

Warrior

Mineral Resources

0.034

4 000

 

Total for South Australia

1 545 487


Queensland

DEPOSIT

RESERVES / RESOURCES (a) (b)

GRADE

% U3O8

CONTAINED U3O8

(Tonnes)

Mount Isa Region

 

 

Valhalla

Mineral Resources

0.125

25 600

Skal

Mineral Resources

0.119

5 000

Andersons Lode

Mineral Resources

0.143

6 500

Mirrioola

Mineral Resources

0.112

241

Warwai

Mineral Resources

0.12

120

Bikini

Mineral Resources

0.139

240

Watta

Mineral Resources

0.45

1 900

Highlander

Mineral Resources

 

90

Other small deposits

Combined Resources

 

34

 

MaryKathleenRegion

Mary Kathleen

Mineral Resources

 

1 200

 

Georgetown Region

Maureen

Mineral Resources

0.123

2 940

Trident

Mineral Resources

0.22

495

Twogee

Mineral Resources

0.12

755

Fourgeo

Mineral Resources

0.077

1 171

Oasis, Gecko, Sybnac

Combined Resources

 

171

 

Westmoreland

Redtree, Junnagunna

 

 

 

Huarabagoo, Sue and Outcamp

Mineral Resources

0.13

22 520

 

HerveyRanges

Ben Lomond

Mineral Resources

0.246

4 758

 

Total for Queensland

73 735

Western Australia

DEPOSIT

RESERVES / RESOURCES (a) (b)

GRADE

% U3O8

CONTAINED U3O8

(Tonnes)

PatersonProvince

Kintyre

Mineral Resources

0.15–0.4

36 000

 

CanningBasin

Oobagooma

Mineral Resources (recoverable)

 

5 000

 

YilgarnCraton – Calcrete Deposits

Yeelirrie

Ore Reserves

0.15

52 500

Centipede (includes Abercrombie and Millipede)

Mineral Resources

0.063

4 400

Lake Austin

Mineral Resources

0.08

151

Lake Maitland ( Mt Joel)

Mineral Resources

0.052

7 900

Lake Raeside

Mineral Resources

0.025

1 700

Lake Way

Mineral Resources

 

4 000

Nowthana

Mineral Resources

0.086

2 023

Thatchers Soak

Mineral Resources

0.03

4 100

Lake Mason

Mineral Resources

0.035

2 700

 

CarnarvonBasin

Manyingee

Mineral Resources

0.09

12 078

Bennets Well

Mineral Resources

0.16

1 500

 

EuclaBasin

Mulga Rock

Mineral Resources

0.14

15 330

 

Total for Western Australia

149 382

 

TOTAL FOR AUSTRALIA

2 070 544


Notes

(a) Mineral Resources are in addition to Ore Reserves (i.e. Mineral Resource figures are exclusive of those resources which have been modified to produce Ore Reserves).
(b) Mineral Resource figures are the sum of resources in the measured, indicated and inferred categories.
(c) As at 30 June 2005 .
(d) As at 30 June 2005 .
 

Definitions of Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources are provided in chapter three of the report and in the glossary.


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