Wise uranium Project

North Kharasan Project
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Japan opened a major uranium mine in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 24, 2009, gaining access to alternative energy
supplies from resource-rich Central Asia. Khorasan-1, tucked away in the arid steppes of southern Kazakhstan, is being
developed by a group of Japanese firms including Toshiba Corp, as well as Kazakh state uranium company
Kazatomprom and a unit of Canada's Uranium One.
Khorasan, with uranium reserves of more than 80,000 tonnes, will produce about 180 tonnes of the commodity this
year and reach full capacity by 2014 when it is due to start yielding 3,000 tonnes of uranium a year. Under the deal,
about 2,000 tonnes will be shipped to Japan to fuel its nuclear power plants. The companies have invested about $430
million in the project so far. (Reuters Apr. 24, 2009)
On Apr. 24, 2007, 
Marubeni Corporation 
, 
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. 
, and 
Chubu Electric Power
Co., Inc. 
announced the acquisition of indirect participations in the Kharasan 1 and Kharasan 2 uranium mine
projects.
Kharassan has a mine life of 25 years; full production of 2.0 million pounds U3O8 (750 t U) is expected in 2012.
(UrAsia Feb. 20, 2006)
Karamurun project, Shieli and Zhanakorgan districts, Kyzylorda region
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Residents affected by in situ leach mining projects in Shieli region demand creation of a commission to
investigate the situation
: Inhabitants of the Shieli district reported that the conditions reported from the ranch of
Elibay Dzhikibaev can be found all over the region. They demand the creation of a commission to investigate the
situation. The residents emphasize that they are not opposed in principal to mining and processing of uranium, but
under the condition not to bring harm to people and to compensate loss to peasant farms in proper time. (Caravan Mar.
26, 2010)