Posted on 10/22/2009 9:15:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Kingdom’s uranium prospects ‘promising’
By Taylor Luck
AMMAN - After less than a year of exploration, the Jordanian-French Uranium Mining Company (JFUMC) is reporting promising results for the potential location of the Kingdom’s first uranium mine, company officials said on Tuesday.
Over the last nine months, drilling and geological mapping carried out by the firm, a joint venture between French mining company AREVA and Jordan Energy Resources Inc., has revealed large amounts of high-grade uranium close to surface levels.
Operating within a 1,469-square-kilometre concession area, the JFUMC has focused on a 100-square-kilometre fertile zone in Swaqa as well as the Khan Azzabib, Wadi Maghar and Attarat areas.
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Jordan is home to some 130,000 tonnes of uranium, most of which is found within 1.5 metres of surface level and suitable for extraction.
(Excerpt) Read more at jordantimes.com ...
Ping!
Iran, Syria and North Korea just became the King’s very good friends.
Oh goody! Lots of uranium lying around in a small kingdom surrounded by some of the worst fanatics in the world.
Nothing like having your uranium supply close at hand if you want to build bombs.
How’s that Mayan calendar 2012 thing looking?
The geiger counter is going crazy. We must have found uranium ...
And, look, it's already in these handy cylindrical metal cases for easy pickup ----"
I’m planning to spend 2012 at Cancun. Might as well be at the source of the coming destruction of the world, eh?
” I’m planning to spend 2012 at Cancun. Might as well be at the source of the coming destruction of the world, eh? “
Just be careful the water or the drug cartels don’t get you before the Apocalypse does. It would be a shame to go that far and miss it.
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