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This "strategic decision" is underpinned by rising uranium prices, the climate of increasing support and demand for nuclear energy, and the recent announcement by ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Fuels Inc - with whom Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has a toll milling agreement - to restart its uranium circuit at the White Mesa mill, the company said.

Tony M is one of three past-producing, fully-permitted, uranium mines in Utah owned by Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, and produced nearly one million pounds of U3O8 during two different periods of operation from 1979-1984 and from 2007-2008. It was acquired by Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Ltd on the company's share-for-share merger with Consolidated Uranium Inc, completed last December.

Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's announcement comes just over six months after Consolidated Uranium began work towards reopening the underground workings at Tony M. Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß said it plans to reopen the main decline into the mine and gain underground access by the end of the first half of this year. "This critical step is expected to facilitate the assessment of the mine’s underground conditions, enable direct analysis of the uranium mineralisation in place, and allow for the collection of necessary data required to prepare an efficient mine plan," the company said. "The work programme also includes underground and surface geological mapping of the sandstone-hosted uranium and vanadium mineralisation to allow for more precise extraction plans for inclusion in an updated economic study."

¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Fuels announced in late December that it plans to restart the uranium circuit at the White Mesa mill in 2025, and Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß said it intends to deliver ore to the mill in time for the restart of the uranium circuit.

Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß thinks the timing of the restart is "ideal", given current and near-term uranium market dymamics, CEO and Director Phil Williams said. "With the uranium spot price now trading around USD100 per pound, we are in the very fortunate position of owning multiple, past-producing, fully-permitted uranium mines in the US that we believe can be restarted quickly with relatively low capital costs. Our existing toll-milling agreement with ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Fuels places Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß in a unique position to become a conventional uranium producer in the near-term."

The work programme at Tony M includes updating and maintenance of existing mine ventilation and other infrastructure, surveying and rehabilitating underground mine workings and ground support as needed, and upgrading and/or replacement of utilities.

Iso¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß said it is also evaluating plans to restart operations at the Daneros and Rim mines.