Australia has the largest known recoverable resources of uranium worldwide, with 1.68 million metric tons as of 2021. The total known uranium resources in Kazakhstan that year were approximately 815,200 metric tons that year, placing the country in a distant second-place after Australia.
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* IAEA estimate.
The source makes the following statement regarding the incorporated resources: reasonably assured resources plus inferred resources (recoverable), to 130 U.S. dollars per kilogram of uranium, as at January 1, 2021.
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World Nuclear Association. (May 30, 2023). Recoverable resources of uranium worldwide in 2021, by major country (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263558/uranium-resources-by-country/
World Nuclear Association. "Recoverable resources of uranium worldwide in 2021, by major country (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. May 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263558/uranium-resources-by-country/
World Nuclear Association. (2023). Recoverable resources of uranium worldwide in 2021, by major country (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263558/uranium-resources-by-country/
World Nuclear Association. "Recoverable Resources of Uranium Worldwide in 2021, by Major Country (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263558/uranium-resources-by-country/
World Nuclear Association, Recoverable resources of uranium worldwide in 2021, by major country (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263558/uranium-resources-by-country/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Recoverable resources of uranium worldwide in 2021, by major country (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], World Nuclear Association, May 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263558/uranium-resources-by-country/