Cooke Uranium Project (Permits 1, 1A & 2)

This project involves the construction of the uranium plant and other infrastructure. The proposed project has three separate components which will be implemented in phases. This PPA covers Permits 1 & 2. Permit 1: Uranium Plant, Acid Plant (to be built later) and Cooke Dump re-processing infrastructure: Construction of a uranium plant, an acid plant and re-processing infrastructure to optimise uranium and sulphur value from the Cooke Dump. Permit 1A: Pyrite Storage Facility: Construction of a facility to store pyrite removed concurrently from the tailings in the uranium plant, which will be used to produce sulphuric acid when the acid plant is built. Permit 2: Long-term disposal option: Development of a long-term, large capacity TSF for storage of re-processed tailings from the uranium plant. Permits 3 & 3A (PPA 4178) : Millsite interim disposal scheme (two phases): The existing Millsite tailings dams and Pits will be re-commissioned as TSFs for storage of Dump 20 tails and re-processed Cooke Dump tailings. The uranium plant will cost R3,5 billion.