Session Details
Uranium demand is outrunning supply. The deposits that will close the gap are deeper and blinder than anything yet mined. This session sizes the gap, then shows the technologies changing the odds, in exploration and in recovery.
Machine learning and compositional data analysis are reading the geochemical fingerprint of sandstone above blind uranium and rare earth mineralisation. Ambient noise tomography is imaging the unconformity in the Athabasca Basin beyond the reach of conventional ground geophysics. In South Australia, new geological thinking is redefining where prospective ground sits. Digital technology proven in the oilfield is being brought into in situ recovery wellfields. Orano presents its Sabre technology, and the International Atomic Energy Agency opens the second hour with a global view of innovation in uranium exploration and mining.
Eight short, data led presentations in two one hour blocks. Results, not concepts: what was tested, what it showed, and what it changed.
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Uranium: New technology for discovery and recovery