Australia's uranium resources: trends, global comparisons and new developments

This paper discusses Australia's uranium resources with reference to the history of exploration and discovery, magnitude of the resources, main styles of mineralisation, ownership and significant recent developments which will lead to increases in production. Future expansion of Australia's uranium resources requires that known prospects with good resource potential are tested further, or new discoveries are made. This is more likely to happen following the abolition in March 1996 of the 'three mines policy'. 13 refs., 4 tabs., 4 figs