Key Lake

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Key Lake, once the site of open pit uranium mining at two sites the Gaertner deposit and the Deilmann deposit, is now currently processing uranium ore from the McArthur River mine and from stockpiles on site. The mill has an annual production capacity of 18 million pounds of yellow cake, the largest capacity in the world. In addition, ammonium sulphate fertilizer is produced as a byproduct from used regents. Local deposits have been mined out and the pits are being used as a tailing's management site. The mill and mines are owned by Cameco.

Key Lake is located 570 kilometres north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by air on the southern rim of the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin.The nearest village by road is Pinehouse, 220 kilometres south of Key Lake.


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