The company mining uranium just south of Grand Canyon National Park reported a record amount of production during operations in April and says it believes the extracted uranium quality is unprecedented in modern U.S. mining history.
Energy Fuels announced that the uranium mine produced more than 4,600 tons of ore that contained 151,400 pounds of uranium in April.
It said it believes the quality of the extracted uranium makes the Pinyon Plain Mine one of the highest grade uranium mines in U.S. history. And it reported that production rates have increased over the past several months.
With April’s results having the largest production since operations began at the mine. Several Native American tribes have expressed concerns about the mine since before it began operation.
