Ian Hore-Lacy - Table 1

Table 1: Estimated recoverable resources of uranium (tU₃O₈). (Note: 1 tU = 1.1793 tU₃O₈)

Country	Resources	% of Total

Australia	894 000	25%
Kazakhstan	681 000	19%
Canada	507 000	14%
South Africa	335 000	9%
Namibia	291 000	8%
Brazil	281 000	8%
Russia	195 000	5%
USA	130 000	4%
World total	3 638 000

Reasonably Assured Resources plus Estimated Additional Resources category 1, to US$80/kg U (US$31/lb U₃O₈) from Uranium: Resources, Production and Demand 1997, OECD NEA and IAEA, 1998. Brazil, Kazakhstan and Russia figures above are 91% of in situ totals.