Today Australia's share of the world's uranium resources in the low cost category is about 27%. Other countries with major uranium deposits are Canada, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil and the USA.
Estimated Recoverable Resources* of Uranium
tonnes U3O8
percentage of world
Australia
889,000
27%
Kazakhstan
558,000
17%
Canada
511,000
15%
South Africa
334,000
11%
Namibia
256,000
8%
Brazil
232,000
7%
Russian Fed.
157,000
5%
USA
125,000
4%
Uzbekistan
125,000
4%
World total
3,340,000
* Reasonably Assured Resources plus Estimated Additional Resources - category 1, to US$ 80/kg U, at 1/1/99, from Uranium: Resources, Production and Demand 1999, OECD NEA and IAEA, July 2000. Brazil, Kazakhstan and Russian figures above are 75% of in situ totals.
