ATHABASCA BASIN​

NE Athabasca Basin

key highlights

Why the area is important

extensive history

The Northeastern Athabasca Basin has an extensive history of uranium exploration, discovery, and development. This region is host to many significant uranium occurrences and includes one of the two currently operating uranium mines in Saskatchewan (Cameco’s Cigar Lake) along with a mill (Orano’s McClean Lake mill).

four projects

Fission has four projects in the NE Athabasca Basin. All four Fission projects overlie major structural trends that are known to host high grade, unconformity associated uranium mineralization.

CHAIRMAN, CEO, DIRECTOR​

Dev Randhawa, MBA

 

Dev Randhawa is a seasoned CEO with extensive experience in resources, mining exploration, and energy companies. As the former CEO of Fission Uranium Corp., Mr. Randhawa, along with his technical team, led the high-grade uranium discovery at PLS in 2012. Recently, Paladin Energy made an offer of $1.1 billion to buy Fission Uranium.

In 1996, Dev founded Strathmore Minerals Corp., leading it until 2008. Mr. Randhawa spun off Fission Energy Corp. in 2007, focusing on uranium exploration in Saskatchewan. He sold major assets to Denison Mines in 2013 for $85 million, creating Fission Uranium Corp.

Dev has executed significant joint ventures, including a $50 million partnership with Sumitomo (Japan) and $44mil with KEPCO (Korea). In 2016, Dev negotiated an $82 million investment in Fission from CGN Mining. He holds a BBA from Trinity Western College and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.