UPDATE 1-Canada renews license for Cameco's Cigar Lake uranium mine
June 13, 2013 at 13:33 PM EDT
June 13 (Reuters) - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on Thursday renewed the uranium mining license to Cameco Corp to build and operate its Cigar Lake project in northern Saskatchewan. Cigar Lake is the second-biggest high grade biggest uranium deposit in the world, according to Cameco. The license is valid from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2021, the CNSC said in a release. In its application, Cameco sought authorization to complete the final stages of commissioning at the facil