Inkai is a very significant uranium deposit, located in Kazakhstan. There are two production areas (blocks 1 and 2) and an exploration area (block 3). The operator is joint venture Inkai limited liability partnership, which we jointly own (60%) with Kazatomprom (40%).

Inkai is one of our three material uranium properties.

Key facts

• business office located in Almaty, Kazakhstan
• majority of employees are Kazakh nationals
• employed up to 200 workers during construction and will require nearly 500 employees as it moves to full production
• Cameco's share of reserves is 50.4 million pounds U₃O₈ at an average grade of 0.07%
• Cameco's share of 2013 production was 3.0 million pounds
• current approved licensed capacity 5.2 million pounds (Cameco share 3.0 million)
• ISO 14001 certified as well as BSI OHSAS 18001 certification