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Show New Uranium Discoveries Show Wide Distribution The world is expanding its known sources of uranium, vital mineral of the Atomic Age. Both newly - independent Burma and the Union of South Africa have announced the discovery of extensive exten-sive uranium deposits, National Geographic society notes. These latest lat-est finds are further evidence that the atomic-energy ore is much more widely distributed around the globe than popularly believed. Prospecting for uranium lodes is much simpler than searching for gold. The uranium can be detected easily by a scientific "divining rod." Radioactive by nature, the mineral literally broadcasts its whereabouts in the ground. Forty years ago Hans Geiger, a German scientist, invented the instrument which hunts out the hidden ore. |