Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission - Public Session Topic 7 – Expansion of Exploration and Mining...

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission - Public Session Topic 7 – Expansion of Exploration and Mining - Day 2 10 November 2015

Ted Tyne, Executive Director Mineral Resources, DSD and

Greg Marshall, Director Mining Regulation, DSD

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Slide 1a – Uranium Mines, Developing Projects and Past Trends in Exploration Expenditure and production by Volume and Value (extract from Mineral Exploration in SA 2014 pg 99)

Slide 1b – Uranium Mines, Developing Projects and Past Trends in Exploration Expenditure and production by Volume and Value (extract from Mineral Exploration in SA 2014 pg 99)

Slide 2 – Uranium Mines, Exploration Licences and Uranium Mineral Occurrences, April 2014 (extract from SARIG online map and information resources)

Slide 3 – Uranium Focused Companies Active in South Australia, April 2014 (extract from SARIG online map and information resources)

Slide 4 – Australia - Location of Significant Mineral Discoveries in Past Four Decades (extract from Presentation by Prof. Richard Schodde, MinEx Consulting July 2015)

68% COPPER

C Carbon 12.0107

6 82% GRAPHITE

50% ZIRCON

U Zircon 91.224

40

& 24% (global)

& 10% (global)

Slide 5 – South Australia is acknowledged as resource rich and a leader in uranium exploration and mining development

Slide 6 – South Australia Uranium Mine Developments 1980 -2015

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