[New post] Australian uranium company developing interest in USA mines, despite USA govt pulling out of them.

Christina MacPherson posted: " Utah uranium mines being eyed by Australian companyForeign investors consider $75 million in federal funding that was supposed to boost uranium production in the United States, but the Biden administration indicates it won't renew the program. Aus" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Antinuclear Australian uranium company developing interest in USA mines, despite USA govt pulling out of them. by Christina MacPherson Utah uranium mines being eyed by Australian company Foreign investors consider $75 million in federal funding that was supposed to boost uranium production in the United States, but the Biden administration indicates it won't renew the program. Australian interest in uranium mining in San Juan County. By Zak Podmore  Salt Lake Tribune: July 16, 2021 East Canyon • On the flank of a remote mesa in San Juan County, where the abandoned shafts of the None Such uranium mine cut into the hillside amid a yellowing juniper forest, Utah's uranium boom days seem part of a distant past. Rusting metal machinery and other trash protrude from eroding, unfenced tailings piles left by operators in the 1970s. Small Bureau of Land Management signs warn passersby — mostly adventurous all-terrain vehicle riders braving washed-out roads — it's unsafe to enter the mines. But a few scattered survey stakes along the mesa, located 14 miles north of Monticello, provide a subtle indication that the area's rich uranium and vanadium deposits may soon be tapped once again. In May, TNT Mines — an Australian zinc, gold and uranium mining company — acquired dozens of mining claims in the East Canyon uranium-vanadium project area, and according to a recent presentation to investors, the company is currently mapping the geology of the area. The renewed interest in the region's uranium deposits, TNT said in the presentation, is being driven by two major factors: East Canyon's proximity to Energy Fuels' White Mesa Mill near Blanding (the only conventional uranium mill operating in the United States) and policies implemented by then-President Donald Trump that sought to boost domestic uranium production. Although there are several fully permitted uranium mines in San Juan County, including Energy Fuels' Daneros Mine near Bears Ears National Monument, they have remained mostly idle in recent decades due to low global uranium prices......... Trump added uranium to the U.S. "critical minerals list" in 2018, a move that President Joe Biden's Interior Department recently announced it would reverse this fall. In December, the massive COVID-19 relief package set aside $75 million to create a stockpile of domestically mined uranium, another Trump administration recommendation that was ostensibly part of the former president's "American energy dominance" agenda. But the promise of government subsidies and low taxes has drawn the attention of foreign companies such as TNT Mines........... Congress provided the $75 million in funding to the domestic uranium stockpile this year, and the Trump administration recommended extending the program for 10 years. But under Biden, the Energy Department has reversed course, leaving funding for the uranium reserve out of its 2022 budget request. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/07/13/trump-era-policies-entice/ This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ Christina MacPherson | July 29, 2021 at 5:36 am | URL: https://wp.me/pAhaJ-nOV Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Antinuclear. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://antinuclear.net/2021/07/29/australian-uranium-company-developing-interest-in-usa-mines-despite-usa-govt-pulling-out-of-them/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com