Honeymoon Uranium Mine
Honeymoon Uranium Mine Location in Australia | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kalkaroo, South Australia |
| State | South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°44′27″S 140°39′44″E / 31.74095°S 140.66236°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Uranium |
| Production | 37 tonnes |
| Financial year | 2013-2014 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Closed | 2013 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Boss Resources Limited |
| Website | https://bossresources.com.au |
| Year of acquisition | 2015 |
The Honeymoon Mine was Australia's second operating in-situ recovery uranium mine, beginning production in 2011. It is located in South Australia and is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Honeymoon is a sandstone-hosted paleochannel deposit. Operations at Honeymoon were suspended in November 2013, following difficulties in reaching production targets, high costs and a falling uranium price. The project was placed in care and maintenance, then sold by Uranium One (a 100% subsidiary of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation) to Boss Resources and Wattle Mining (as of March 2018 a subsidiary of Boss) in September 2015 for a sum of A$9 million. Boss Resources anticipates resuming production at the mine in 2019.