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Cigar Lake

Name: Cigar Lake
Address: Saskatchewan, Canada

Uranium mine / mill · Saskatchewan, Canada · operated by Cameco Corporation (CCJ)

Status

Operating

Production (2024, annual, WNA)

6,501 tU

Resources

215 Mlbs U₃O₈

Grade

14.7% U₃O₈

Published figures

Estimated

Production (2024, annual, WNA)	6,501 tU	source
Resources	215 Mlbs U₃O₈	source
Grade	14.7% U₃O₈	source
AISC	$33/lb	source
Deposit type	Unconformity	source
Mining method	Jet Boring / Freeze Wall	unsourced

Quarterly production (100% basis)

100% basis

Real

Dried and drummed U3O8 is the production figure; upstream stages are labelled and never substituted. Hover a figure for the company's wording and unit; click it to open the document. The annual tU figure above is the WNA mining table, a different measure. Sector-wide tracker →

Period	Dried and drummedMlb U3O8, 100% basis	Source
second quarter of 2026	2.90unverified	source
first quarter of 2026	4.90unverified	source
third quarter of 2025	4.00unverified	source
second quarter of 2025	5.10unverified	source
three months ended March 31, 2025 (first quarter of 2025)	5.00unverified	source

Second-highest grade uranium deposit globally; #2 producer in 2024

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