Häggån

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  • owner: Aura Energy
  • Location: Storsjön District in Sweden[1]
  • Coverage Area: 110 km2[1]
  • JORC Compliant Inferred Resource: 800 million pounds U3O8[1]
  • Grade: Average grade of 160 ppm U3O8 plus credits from co-products: molybdenum, vanadium, nickel and zinc[1]
  • Status (as of December 2012): Scoping Study update complete; metallurgical testwork and pre-feasibility planning underway[1]
  • technology: bioheap leaching[1]
  • other Aura projects in Sweden: http://www.auraenergy.com.au/sweden.html
  • WNN: Swedish resource world's second largest
  • uranium concentration: 0.02%[2]
  • information on WISE Uranium: http://www.wise-uranium.org/upeur.html#HAEGGAN
    • "Global miner" interested in partnership to develop Häggån project: On Oct. 29, 2012, Aura Energy Ltd announced that it had received a second offer from another major uranium market participant (a "global miner") for a partnership to develop the Häggån deposit.[3]
    • On Aug. 14, 2012, Aura Energy Ltd announced that it signed an Exclusivity Agreement with "a major uranium market participant", in respect of a potential strategic partnership for the Häggån uranium and polymetallic project in Sweden.[3]
    • On May 29, 2012, Aura Energy Ltd announced that a Revised Scoping Study financial model prepared by independent consultants RMDSTEM confirms that the Häggån Project is financially robust.[3]
    • On Feb. 7, 2012, Aura Energy Ltd announced that a scoping study confirms the economic viability for a bioheap leach project at Häggån.[3]
    • ore grade according to WISE Uranium: 0.013% U [4]
    • size according to WISE Uranium: 307,692 t U[4]