Genome Prairie is working in collaboration with University of Saskatchewan, Contango Strategies and Cameco Corporation, to develop and commercialize innovative technology that will help minimize environmental impacts and associated reclamation costs in uranium mining and milling industries.
Both the governments have made a combined investment of $1.5m towards the creation of new software for microbial assessment for value-added, environmental, and natural resources (MAVEN).
MAVEN software will allow full analysis and application of efficiencies to enable the effective employment of microbes to absorb contaminants and significantly reduce the costs of reclamation.
The software will also reduce the environmental impacts of uranium mining and milling by the efficient use of naturally-occurring micro-organisms to offset reclamation efforts.
The Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Lynne Yelich said that the project will assist in the reduction of operational costs associated with mining reclamation, ultimately resulting in substantial productivity improvements in the mining industry.
