Location

The Piñon Ridge Mill will be located in the heart of Colorado’s uranium mining district in Western Montrose County. Energy Fuels chose this location to allow the uranium ore to be milled near where it is mined. This will prevent the need to haul the ore to other mills, often on lengthy routes over mountainous roads. The proposed mill site is located in the Paradox Valley between the communities of Bedrock and Naturita. The Paradox Valley has been the site of extensive mining activity in past years and there are existing uranium mines near the mill site.

Energy Fuels, with the assistance of independent site selection contractors, considered a variety of potential sites utilizing criteria such as availability of land, geology, proximity to ore, distance from population centers, and community acceptance. The Paradox Valley site was chosen due to its high score under the criteria applied by Energy Fuels and its contractors.

The Piñon Ridge Mill site will cover approximately 400 acres of the 880 acres that Energy Fuels owns in the area.

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