Qualla: Beverley Uranium Mine https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:28 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/r/4/e/k/beverley-uranium-mine-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Beverley Uranium Mine https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine Beverley Uranium Mine: Introduction https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. Geomartin assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0. There is no great pit at Beverley, no towering headframe, no mountain of tailings. From the air, the northern Flinders plain looks almost undisturbed, scattered with low buildings and a grid of wellheads near the dry edge of Lake Frome. That is precisely the point. When commercial mining began here in November 2000, Beverley became Australia's first uranium operation to use in-situ leaching, a method that pulls uranium from the ground without ever digging it up. It was a first-of-type for the country, and from the very beginning it was contested. The deposit was discovered in 1969 by one of Bill Siller's exploration companies and named, like much in this region, for a person in his life: his wife, Beverley.

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/4/e/k/beverley-uranium-mine-wp/r4ek-beverley-uranium-mine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Beverley Uranium Mine: Mining Without a Mine https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. Geomartin assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0. Beverley is what geologists call a palaeochannel deposit. The uranium, mostly in the mineral coffinite, sits in loose sands within the buried channel of an ancient river, 100 to 150 metres below the surface, trapped between impermeable layers of rock. Rather than excavate it, ope...

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/4/e/k/beverley-uranium-mine-wp/r4ek-beverley-uranium-mine-mining-without-a-mine.mp3 0:06 2 full Beverley Uranium Mine: The Promise and the Problem https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. Geomartin assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0. Supporters argue in-situ leaching leaves a far smaller footprint than conventional mining: no open pit, no rock waste, less dust. Critics counter that injecting acid into an aquifer carries its own risks, and that what happens underground is hard to see and harder to undo. The re...

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/4/e/k/beverley-uranium-mine-wp/r4ek-beverley-uranium-mine-the-promise-and-the-problem.mp3 0:06 3 full Beverley Uranium Mine: The Container https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. Geomartin assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0. In May 2000, opponents of the mine gathered to protest, and what happened next would take a decade to resolve in court. Ten protesters, the Supreme Court of South Australia eventually found, were subjected to unnecessary force, including batons and capsicum spray. Nine adults wer...

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/4/e/k/beverley-uranium-mine-wp/r4ek-beverley-uranium-mine-the-container.mp3 0:06 4 full Beverley Uranium Mine: An Expanding Frontier https://qualla.com/beverley-uranium-mine/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. Geomartin assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0. Beverley did not stay alone for long. In 2005, the Four Mile uranium deposit was found just to the north-west, jointly held by a Heathgate subsidiary and Alliance Resources, and approved for development in 2009, with final processing planned at the Beverley plant. Further deposit...

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