A technical report on the Cigar Lake Uranium mine was produced on Dec 31, 2011
Cigar Lake will be one of the biggest Uranium mines in the world.
From 2016, it is planned to produce 8000-9000 tons per year for 10 years.
The mine will nearly double the uranium production from Canada
2013 a few tons
2014 2000 tons
2015 5500 tons
2016 8000 tons
2017-2026 about 9000 tons
Cameco reports in the Q2, 2012 financials that Cigar Lake is still on track to this schedule.
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