Small-Time Prospectors See Big Future in New Mexico Uranium

“Paul Robinson, research director for the Southwest Resource Information Center, an Albuquerque conservation group, said he’s skeptical that the uranium industry will strike it big in New Mexico anytime soon… ‘There is almost no growth in the U.S. uranium production through 2030,‘ he said. ‘The buzz about uranium production is all marketing, not demand.‘

‘The trend has more to do with rounding up investors,‘ Jantz said. ‘Irrespective of the industry’s press releases, conventional mining at least has a real problem in that there’s only one mill in the entire U.S. to deal with this stuff. That’s the White Mesa mill in Blanding (Utah).‘”  NewsWest.net

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