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Show i Ore buying station Hearing completion Plateau Resources Limited, a uranium resource development company, is near- !ing completion of an ore buying station located 12 miles south of Blanding. Ralph B. (Mike) Sewell, area manager of Plateau Resources, said the new facility, being built on a 12-acre tract, is planned for completion by early July. The station will include a single large building to house equipment for weighing, weigh-ing, sampling, and crushing uranium ore, and an assay laboratory. The system will be able to process about 50 tons of ore an hour when complete, Sewell said. Plateau Resources Limited is involved in exploration, production and process- ing of uranium ore in Garfield, San Juan, and Wayne Counties in Utah, and will contract for uranium ore purchases J throughout the Uravan Mineral Belt in eastern Utah and in Western Colorado. Sewell added that when the Blanding J ore buying station begins operations in j, early July, the staff of four people will include a superintendant, two mill operators and one secretary. The station , also will serve as a base for company j geologists and exploration teams. The firm plans to build and operate additional mining and uranium ore ! processing facilities in the Henry Moun- tains area of Garfield County. |