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ABC NEWS 17/4/07 Website
SA Premier regarding Uranium miners

South Australia the 'Saudi Arabia' of uranium: Rann
Premier Mike Rann says uranium is "the fuel of the future" even though he opposes the use of nuclear power in South Australia.

Mr Rann will fly to Melbourne and Sydney tomorrow to begin lobbying Labor delegates to overturn the party's "no new uranium mine" policy, ahead of next week's national ALP conference.

Mr Rann says the policy is outdated and illogical and he believes the potential of South Australia's uranium would be huge if the policy could be overturned.

"Sixty companies in South Australia are now holding exploration licences for uranium," he said on Radio 5AA.

"To put it into perspective, if uranium is the fuel for the future, we're not the Texas, we're the Saudi Arabia of it in our state."

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