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Honeymoon uranium mine

Documents and reports
Uranium incident report

Resource: Uranium
Company:

Uranium One Inc
Website: www.uranium1.com 

Joint Venture project, 51% owned by Uranium One and 49% owned by Mitsui & Co Ltd

Status: Operating

Mining operation:

Advanced in situ recovery (ISR)

Location:
400 km north-east of Adelaide, approximately 75 km north west of Broken Hill

map showing location of Honeymoon mine in South Australia

Tenement information:

Tenement information is available through the South Australian Resources Information Geoserver (SARIG).
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The deposit:

The deposit occurs as five discrete mineralised sand packages, located near the confluence of a major tributary entering the Yarramba Palaeochannel.

Distribution of uraninite, coffinite and uranium phosphate mineralisation is structurally influenced.

Resource estimates and production estimates: 

Indicated mineral resource estimates are available from Uranium One's website.

Approval process: 

The Uranium One Board gave final approval to the development of the Honeymoon in situ recovery uranium project in August 2006, following the successful completion of the feasibility study.

In January 2008 PIRSA (the Mineral Resources Division is now part of DMITRE) approved the Mining and Rehabilitation Program (MARP) for the Honeymoon Project (including construction of the wellfield, process plant and related infrastructure).

The radiation waste management plan and radioactive management plan have also been approved for construction activities. 

Documents and reports: Mining and rehabilitation program (MARP) - now Program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)

Note: Following amendments to the Mining Act 1971 which came into force on 1 July 2011, MARPs will be replaced by Programs for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPRs). Previously approved MARPs will be deemed to be PEPRs.

The Honeymoon Operations MARP provides a background to the project, details of constructed project infrastructure, description of the proposed operational activities, an assessment of the environmental social and economic risks resulting from the operations of the project, management, mitigation and control measures to ameliorate residual risk, and details of the project closure.

Publicly available documents and reports can be accessed via the South Australian Resources Information Geoserver (SARIG) (opens in new window).
Open the application, go to Databases (top left grey navigation bar), then select Publications and Reports from the drop-down list.

For a copy of the reports in an alternative format contact Customer Services:
Phone: +61 8 8463 3000
Email: pirsa.customerservices@sa.gov.au

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Uranium incident report: 

South Australia's uranium mines and processing facilities are required to report incidents involving the unplanned release of radioactive process materials, radioactive liquids or radioactive wastes associated with the physical and chemical processing of uranium ores, following Standard criteria and procedures.

Spill incident summary

Honeymoon spill incident summary from the demonstration plant (1999–2001) (.pdf 8.3kb)

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