Cameco reported in early March that Western Australia's minister for environ ment, Albert Jacob, conditionally approved Cameco and Mitsubishi Development's Kintyre uranium project in the remote East Pilbara region of Western Australia. Cameco owns 70% of the project and is the operator; Mitsubish owns the remain ing 30%. Cameco Australia Managing Director Brian Reilly welcomed the approval, which followed a high-level environmen tal impact assessment and more than four years of extensive community con sultation and rigorous environmental and technical studies. He also said that, while Cameco is continuing to take steps to develop its Australian projects, no development decisions will be made until market conditions signal new uranium production is required.
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