![]() Production could resume in areas already included in existing production area authorizations. The underground injection control permit, issued on October 14, 2014, remains in good standing. In November 2023, the Company received approval from TCEQ for the renewal of its radioactive material license for the Rosita Project. ![]() The Company received approval of production area 5, authorizing injection in the Rosita Project Extension wellfield in September. Completion of the surface reclamation in production areas 1 and 2 was temporarily halted in 2019 and resumed in early 2020 with completion anticipated in 2023, pending acceptance by the TCEQ. The Company began plugging wells in production areas 1 and 2 in 2014 and completed those activities in 2016. The company completed the final phase of TCEQ required stabilization in production areas 1 and 2. Production areas 3 and 5 contain limited uranium resources. The Rosita Project is comprised of four Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) authorized production area authorizations (PAA). The construction of the surface infrastructure, including pipelines, oxygen supply, manifolds, metering, and electrical connections continued through the third quarter. The construction of the 1,000 GPM satellite IX system to service the Rosita Extension wellfield commenced in May 2023. In April 2023, the wellfield for Rosita Extension was completed, and the installation of the surface and electrical infrastructure commenced. On November 1, 2022, the Company announced that it had completed the refurbishment of the Rosita CPP, a key step toward the goal of the Company becoming the next producer of American uranium. A second satellite ion exchange system will be constructed to accommodate expected production from the wellfield that is currently under construction. One satellite ion exchange system is in place at the Rosita Wellfield, but it only operated for a short period of time in 2008. The current plant is designed to have an operating capacity of 800,000 pounds of U 3O 8 per year when production commences. Construction terminated when the plant was 95% complete due to production and price declines. No production has occurred at the Rosita CPP and Wellfield since that time.ĭuring 2007-2008, upgrades were made to the processing equipment and additions to the facility were installed, including revisions to the elution and precipitation circuits, and the addition of a full drying system. Technical difficulties, coupled with a sharp decline in uranium prices, led to the decision to suspend production activities in October 2008. Production was halted in July of 1999 due to depressed uranium prices, and it resumed in June 2008. Resin was processed at the Rosita CPP, and the recovered uranium was precipitated into slurry, which was then transported to Kingsville Dome for final drying and packaging. ![]() It was originally designed and constructed to operate as an up-flow ion exchange facility, in a similar manner to the Kingsville Dome CPP. During that time, 2.65 million pounds of U 3 O 8 were produced. Initial production of uranium from the Rosita CPP, commenced in 1990 and continued until July 1999. The Rosita CPP will receive uranium-loaded resins from various remote south Texas projects and satellite wellfields. The Rosita CPP is located on a 270-acre surface tract, 100% owned by enCore, located central to the mining lease area. The Rosita ISR Uranium Central Processing Plant (CPP) and Wellfield is enCore’s initial focus for production in November 2023.
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