Ugh.

A Canadian corporation spearheading a controversial uranium mining project near Edgemont is re-initiating the permit process with South Dakota so it can progress with the project, which will be the company’s first.

Powertech Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Azarga Uranium based in British Columbia, Canada, first began applying for permits and licensing for its Dewey Burdock Project in 2013. The project is the company’s initial development priority.

The project will use “in situ leach” mining, a process similar to fracking in which injection wells are used to pump groundwater fortified with oxygen and carbon dioxide into the ore deposits to dissolve uranium. The production wells are then used to pump the uranium-laden fluids to the surface for recovery. For the Dewey Burdock Project, fluids from the production wells will be processed at two separate facilities at the mine site to extract and concentrate the uranium, according to a project description on the DANR website.

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Proposed uranium mine resumes permit process (Rapid City Journal)

Gee, fracking to mine uranium? That’s got to be really good for the groundwater.