Honeymoon Uranium Mine
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The Honeymoon Mine was Australia's second operating in-situ recovery uranium mine, beginning production in 2011.[2] It is located in South Australia and is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Location | |
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Location | Kalkaroo, South Australia[1] |
State | South Australia |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 31°44′27″S 140°39′44″E |
Production | |
Products | Uranium |
Production | 37 tonnes |
Financial year | 2013-2014 |
History | |
Opened | 2011 |
Closed | 2013 |
Owner | |
Company | Boss Resources Limited |
Website | https://bossresources.com.au |
Year of acquisition | 2015 |
Honeymoon is a sandstone-hosted paleochannel deposit.[3] Operations at Honeymoon were suspended in November 2013, following difficulties in reaching production targets, high costs and a falling uranium price. The project was placed in care and maintenance,[4] then sold by Uranium One (a 100% subsidiary of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation) to Boss Resources and Wattle Mining (as of March 2018 a subsidiary of Boss) in September 2015[5] for a sum of A$9 million. Boss Resources anticipates resuming production at the mine in 2019.[6]