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Ur-Energy and Energy Fuels Host U.S. Department of Commerce Section 232 Investigators on Tour of Domestic Uranium Mines and Mills
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nUr-Energy and Energy Fuels Host U.S. Department of Commerce Section 232 Investigators on Tour of Domestic Uranium Mines and Mills\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nDENVER, Nov. 27, 2018\n\n\n\nDENVER, Nov. 27, 2018 /CNW/ -- Ur-Energy Inc. (NYSE American: URG; TSX: URE) (\"Ur-Energy\") and Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU; TSX: EFR) (\"Energy Fuels\") recently hosted a team of U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Section 232 investigators at four uranium mines and mills in Utah and Wyoming. The tour was part of DOC's Section 232 investigation into the effects on national security of today's high levels of uranium imports into the U.S.\n\n\nThe tour included stops in Utah at Energy Fuels' White Mesa Mill, which is the only operating uranium mill in the U.S., and the La Sal Complex, which is one of only two underground uranium mines currently operating in North America. The tour also included visits to two operating in-situ uranium recovery (ISR) facilities in Wyoming: Energy Fuels' Nichols Ranch ISR Project and Ur-Energy's Lost Creek ISR Project. \n\"We were pleased to have the opportunity to show the DOC investigators the high quality of our uranium production facilities, the vast uranium resources we have in our portfolio of projects, and the expertise and professionalism of our people,\" said Mark Chalmers, president and CEO of Energy Fuels. \"We clearly demonstrated that domestic companies can supply the U.S. nuclear power industry and meet our national security needs well into the future.\" \n\"We demonstrated to the Commerce team that the U.S. industry can compete in a global market on a level playing field,\" said Jeffrey Klenda, chair and CEO of Ur-Energy. \"We look forward to the DOC's findings and to President Trump using his authority to take action to support a sustainable domestic uranium mining industry.\"\nExperts from the companies highlighted the following during the tour:\nU.S. companies have substantial licensed, permitted, and constructed mining and milling capacity that can ramp up production quickly to ...