McArthur River Expansion

Scope

The world’s largest, high grade uranium mine was sanctioned by Cameco and JV Partners AREVA (Orano) for a significant brownfield expansion to prepare the mine for new mining zones, to update and expand existing surface and underground infrastructure as well as laying the ground work for production flexibility at both the McArthur River Mine and Key Lake Mill sites. The mine had been running for approximately 10 years at this point from first production in 1999 to 2009. As a Program Director and Manager for Cameco Corporation, James lead the McArthur River Expansion (MRX) Program from initial scoping through to project delivery over period of approximately five years (2008-2012). The icons to the right represent areas that work worked on by James, Cameco team, consultants and contractors.

“In late 2006, Cameco initiated a strategic plan to revitalize the Key Lake facilities in order to ensure that the mill would be able to process McArthur River’s Mineral Reserves for the next thirty years. The key objectives of this plan are to refurbish or replace selected areas of the existing infrastructure, enhance environmental performance and increase nominal production capacity to approximately 25 Mlbs U3O8 per year.” [1]

[1] Technical report titled “McArthur River Operation, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada”, dated November 2, 2012 with an effective date of August 31, 2012.