GTI Energy Ltd (ASX:GTR, OTC:GTRIF) has appointed Simon Williamson, former general manager and director of Cameco Australia, as a non-executive director..
Restarting uranium mining in Western Australia could create up to 9000 jobs and produce uranium worth more than AUD1 billion a year, a 12-month inquiry by the state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry has found. It recommends that the state overturn its ban on uranium mining to unlock significant economic benefits.
Cameco has requested an extension to state-level environmental approvals for the Yeelirrie project and remains committed to it, the Canadian company said. The government of Western Australia previously set a deadline of 20 January this year for the company to demonstrate "substantial commencement" of the project.
Discovery of tiny shrimp in Beetaloo Basin could stall fracking plans, scientists warn
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FebFebruary 2021 at 8:46pm
Researchers say they discovered a two-centimetre long species throughout an expansive area of the Beetaloo Basin.
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Scientists are warning the discovery of a tiny, blind, predatory shrimp throughout a key aquifer underlying the Northern Territory s Beetaloo Basin could have significant ramifications for plans to frack the area.
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Scientists discovered a tiny shrimp throughout an aquifer beneath the Beetaloo Basin
They say it shows water flows quickly through the aquifer and there is a potential contamination risk
The federal government intends to frack the region as part of its plan for economic recovery
Emails show Yeelirrie uranium mine approved a month before 2019 election after pressure from Cameco
By national science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak and the Specialist Reporting Team s Penny Timms
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JanJanuary 2021 at 1:19am
The Yeelirrie uranium project has a long and sordid history and a sod has not yet been turned.
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The dry red dirt around Yeelirrie station looks utterly inhospitable.
Sitting about 800 kilometres from Perth, in the far north of Western Australia s Goldfields region, the dry and remote land is dotted with spinifex, some small bushes and trees and not much else.