Paladin Resources Ltd: Langer Heinrich Uranium Project, Namibia; Mining Licence Approval Granted.PERTH, Western Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. For the local government area, see City of Perth. Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. -- Paladin Paladin archetypal gunman who leaves a calling card. [TV: Have Gun, Will Travel in Terrace, I, 341] See : Wild West Resources Ltd ("Paladin") (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :PDN (1) (Packet Data Network) See packet switching. (2) (Premises Distribution Network) The network that connects a customer's ADSL transceiver (ATU-R) to the Service Modules (PCs, routers, set-top boxes, etc.). See DSL. )(ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange :PDN) is pleased to advise that the Minister of Mines has approved the granting of a 25-year Mining Licence to Langer Heinrich Uranium (Pty) Ltd, wholly owned by Paladin Resources Ltd, allowing full scale development of the Langer Heinrich mining operation to proceed. This is a milestone achievement for the Company and Paladin would like to acknowledge the highly professional and timely manner in which both the Commissioner of Mines and the relevant Departments of the Namibian Government have dealt with the progress of the Project. As previously announced, the planned Langer Heinrich uranium mine will produce 2.6Mlb of U3O8 by processing 1.5Mt of calcrete ore per year over a 15-year period based on the current Bankable bank·a·ble adj. 1. Acceptable to or at a bank: bankable funds. 2. Guaranteed to bring profit: a bankable movie star. Feasibility Study The analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The operational (will it work?), economical (costs and benefits) and technical (can it be built?) aspects are part of the study. Results of the study determine whether the solution should be implemented. mining model. With the Langer Heinrich mine in production, Namibia will maintain its position as an important producer of uranium on the world scene. During the Mining Licence approval process a significant amount of preparatory work for the Stage 1 development work has been carried out and the overall project schedule has been maintained. Negotiations with construction engineers are well advanced and negotiations have also commenced for the construction of the 80km water pipeline and electrical power line to the site. Long lead-time equipment items have been identified and orders have been placed. The planned Stage I development is projected to proceed to engineering and design to enable the construction to begin during early 4th quarter 2005. Commissioning activities are expected to commence September 2006. Key development personnel to supplement the Company's onsite Project team have been identified and office facilities have been established in Swakopmund. The development of the Langer Heinrich uranium mine marks a significant event not only for Paladin but also for the uranium supply industry in general. Langer Heinrich represents the first new, conventional uranium mining Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. As uranium ore is mostly present at relatively low concentrations, most uranium mining is very volume-intensive, and thus tends to be undertaken as open-pit mining. and treatment operation to be given the go ahead in more than two decades and, moreover, Paladin will be the first new supplier to enter the uranium industry since 1983. With Langer Heinrich now moving into the construction phase and the Kayelekera Uranium Project in Malawi undergoing its Bankable Feasibility Study, Paladin is clearly differentiating itself from its competitors. The Directors believe it will be the only new player in the world that will be able to establish new uranium production within the next 3 to 5 years totally endorsing the strategy the Company embarked upon nine years ago to accumulate quality uranium projects through the period of extended downturn in the uranium market. Paladin Resources Ltd. (TSX:PDN) (ASX.:PDN) |
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