Australia’s Leading Nuclear Science Organisation Confirms The Quality of Tiris Project Uranium Product
KEY POINTS:
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Minerals confirms that yellowcake product from the Tiris uranium project in Mauritania meets ASTM International specifications.
  • Key milestone in moving towards the first phase of production at the Tiris project.
  • Opens door to marketing discussions with leading nuclear utilities and converters.

Aura Energy Limited (ASX: AEE, AIM: AURA) is pleased to announce the successful production of yellowcake product from beneficiation pilot plant concentrate samples from the Tiris Uranium Project in Mauritania. The samples used in this program were announced on 23 June 2022. The production of yellowcake in the form of uranium oxide concentrate (UOC) from the samples is a key milestone as the Company moves towards near-term Phase 1 uranium production.

Aura’s Managing Director, Dave Woodall, commented: “The successful production of yellowcake from material upgraded in the pilot plant is a significant step for Aura Energy. It opens the door to commercial discussions with nuclear utilities, demonstrates the simple processing parameters required for uranium oxide production at Tiris and provides a strong technical basis for moving the project forward. This will allow us to focus on operating efficiencies as we progress to a final investment decision.”
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Aura Energy Limited (ASX:AEE, AIM:AURA) (“Aura” or “the Company”) a company focused on the fast tracked development of its Tiris Uranium Project in Mauritania, is pleased to provide a research report from Pac Partners.

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Company Name: Aura Energy Limited
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ABOUT AURA ENERGY

Aura Energy (ASX:AEE) (AIM:AURA) is an Australian based minerals company that has major polymetallic and uranium projects with large resources in Europe and Africa. The Company has rapidly grown by acquiring new projects in areas with known polymetallic and uranium occurrences including Sweden and greenfield projects in Mauritania.

The Company is now focused on the Tiris Uranium Project, a major greenfields uranium discovery in Mauritania, with Aura Energy announcing a Resource Upgrade in August 2021 of 10% or 5.0 million lb U3O8 bringing the total JORC Resource to 56 Mlbs (at a 100 ppm U3O8 lower cut-off grade).

Aura Energy also completed a capital estimate update for the Tiris Definitive Feasibility Study, to reflect current global pricing, with these 2021 figures reconfirming Tiris as one of the lowest capex, lowest operating cost uranium projects.

The Company is now undertaking Stage 2 exploration at Tiris, as it progresses the project to near term production.

ASX ANNOUNCEMENTS
06/12/22 - Quality of Tiris Project Uranium Yellowcake Confirmed
31/10/22 - Annual Report
31/10/22 - Notice of Annual General Meeting/Proxy Form
31/10/22 - Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report
20/10/22 - Investor Presentation
19/10/22 - Aura Continues to Advance Tiris Uranium Project
30/09/22 - Full Year Financial Report
19/09/22 - David Woodall Appointed as MD & CEO
06/09/22 - Tiris uranium production and export plans submitted
29/07/22 - Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report
30/06/22 - Engineers engaged for Tiris Engineering Optimisation
23/06/22 - Pilot Tests Confirm Average 550% Upgrading Of Uranium
27/05/22 - Drilling Commences for the Tiris Uranium Resource Upgrade
18/05/22 - Uranium Specialist Patrick Mutz Joins Aura Board
05/05/22 - Investor Presentation - RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up
28/04/22 - Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report


Read all announcementsTHE AURA ENERGY TEAM

PHIL MITCHELL - NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

  • Significant experience in mining M&A having held former roles as Head of Business Development and Strategy at Rio Tinto. Former CFO of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, member of the Executive Committee at Anglo American, and headed acquisitions for billionaire Robert Friedland’s company, HPX.
  • As Head of Business Development and Strategy at Rio Tinto, he was responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s asset and commodity portfolio and was accountable for the M&A portfolio and divestments, in addition to the daily management of the BHP takeover proposal.
  • As the CFO of Rio Tinto’s iron ore business, one the largest Australian business units, he oversaw all commercial aspects of the business including relationships with all JV partners and government. He was also responsible for developing the strategic plan that dominated profitable expansion to support China’s growth.

DAVID WOODALL - MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

  • A senior, corporate executive with a mining engineering qualification and 30 years’ experience across exploration, operations, project development, community alignment and engagement in the mineral resources industry including rare earths, critical minerals, gold, copper, iron ore and nickel.
  • Has served as the Managing Director & CEO of publicly listed companies and has held senior positions with Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group, Newcrest Mining and Ivanhoe Mines.
  • Experienced at transitioning companies from explorers to producers and has overseen transformation and change management in complex and difficult operating environments, driving and linking strategic, operational and transformational change strategies in organisations.

PATRICK MUTZ NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Former MD & CEO of African focussed uranium company, Deep Yellow (ASX:DYL) and Alliance Resources (ASX:AGS).
  • Holds uranium operational experience in open cut, underground, and in-situ mining and related processing. 
  • Currently MD & CEO of Image Resources (ASX:IMA), which he drove into production to become a profitable mining company, with early repayment of debt. 

WARREN MUNDINE - NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Prominent Australian independent thinker and thought leader in the mining sector and nuclear power space and has worked on numerous major resource projects for leading companies including Fortescue Metals Group, Rio Tinto, BHP and AGL Pipelines & Engineering Waanyi Downer Joint Venture.
  • Former director of the Australian Uranium Association and currently the MD and CEO of Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd, an advisory consultancy, which holds controlling interest in several companies across a diverse range of industries including mining resource consulting.
  • Former host of Sky News and Win Television and is currently a director of Australian Government owned television station, Special Broadcasting Services (SBS).

BRYAN DIXON - NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Over 20 years’ experience in the resource sector as a chartered accountant building junior exploration companies into mining producers, with extensive experience in the management of public and listed companies, and joint winner of the Mines and Money Asia-Pacific Mining Executive of the Year in 2017.
  • Held numerous director and management roles with emerging resource companies and founding Managing of Blackham Resources (ASX:BLK), now Wiluna Mining Corporation (ASX:WMC). Former roles with international accounting firm, Resolute Limited and Archipelago Resources, and specialises in project acquisition, exploration, feasibility, financing, development and operations of mining projects to production.

DR WILL GOODALL - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  • Worked with Aura for over 10 years holding the role of Aura’s Principal Metallurgist since 2018.
  • Responsible for delivering the Tiris Uranium Scoping and Definitive Feasibility Studies, and the Häggån Uranium Scoping Study.
  • Holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering), with over 20 years of experience in geometallurgy, mineral processing and hydrometallurgy across a wide range of commodities.
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