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.
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