NYSE American-listed Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) has selected consultants for planned development work at the Roughrider uranium project, formerly owned by Rio Tinto.
The company appointed SLR Consulting and Wood (Canada) to conduct an S-K 1300 initial assessment economic study (IAES) for the project, located in the eastern Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan near Orano’s McClean Lake mill.
SLR will focus on the capital and operation costs, construction and production schedule of the project through identified options and opportunities.
The southwestern Saskatchewan town of Cabri, a contractor and a landowner were fined recently for violations of the province's environmental and waste.