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The price of uranium has doubled in the last
two years and the current global energy
picture has prompted predictions of an
increased demand for uranium in the near
future.
Taken in this context, exploration for
primary uranium resources is again relevant.
Quebec has been the focus of uranium exploration
since the first wave in the 1970's and
80's, and thus presents an obvious potential.
Known uranium concentrations in the province
occur in unconformity type settings, as
sedimentary hosted mineralization unrelated
to unconformities, and in association with
intrusive rocks (pegmatites, granitoids,
skarns). The potential for iron oxide (U-Cu-Au)
deposits has yet to be properly evaluated.
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