Exposing Powertech Uranium Corp's plans for mining near Nunn, Weld County, Colorado

Powertech drilling rig at northwest corner of Weld County Roads 19 and 106. The drilling contractor is Davis Drilling from Gillette, Wyoming.

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Another local business opposes uranium mining in northern Colorado. Northern Colorado Feeders Supply, located in Fort Collins, is only eleven miles southwest of a potential open pit uranium mine.

HB-1161, the "Land and Water Stewardship Act," to be introduced in Colorado Senate on Thursday

Navajo President to U.S. Congress: Navajo Nation will not allow in situ uranium leach mining on tribal land

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Conoco's Trevino in situ leach processing plant and evaporation ponds - Hebbronville, Texas, 1982 (click for larger image)

Timnath Town Council calls on EPA, State of Colorado, and Weld County to "deny any and all permits" to Powertech Uranium Corp.

Texas county intends to sue uranium mining company for contaminating well water

U.S. Congresswoman Musgrave urges Larimer County commissioners to oppose Powertech's mine plans

Uranium mining controversy hits Washington Post, CNN, Baltimore Sun, and international websites

Sign on State Highway 392 - Windsor, Colorado. This business is 12 miles due south of the southern mining area. Powertech has not ruled out using open pit mining for this area. The uranium ore is above the water table, so typical in situ leaching methods are problematic. Powertech has suggested using a "modified in situ" process involving flooding the mine area. (Photo: Lilias Jarding)

Sign near the Goliad ISL site - Weesatche, Texas. Uranium Energy Corp, a junior mining company with administrative offices in Canada, is attempting to permit the Goliad Project and faces stiff local opposition.

Kingsville Dome ISL uranium mine and processing plant - Kleberg County, Texas - Uranium Resources, Inc.

This site is dedicated to uncovering the facts surrounding Powertech Uranium Corp's stated plans to mine uranium in Weld County, Colorado. Furthermore, its purpose is to protect the health, environment, property, and livelihoods of residents, landowners, and business owners by petitioning elected officials and government agencies on this matter of heightened public concern.

My family and I live on the prairie between the towns of Wellington and Nunn, Colorado. Our land is about two miles west of the area that Powertech wants to mine. Our water, and all our neighbors' water, comes from wells drilled into the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer.

After reviewing the history of uranium mining by the in situ leach and open pit methods, my opinion is that this project would likely contaminate the groundwater aquifer used by hundreds of well owners, disperse windblown radioactive dust over the Fort Collins/Wellington/Nunn/Ault area, and negatively impact the real estate market and general economic prosperity of this part of northern Colorado.

Powertech proposes to mine on at least twelve sections of land, roughly 7,000 acres, located between the City of Fort Collins and the towns of Wellington, Nunn, and Ault. One of the mining areas is six miles from the city limits of Fort Collins, and much of the mining area is located within the proposed growth management area of the town of Nunn.

The proposed project is generally referred to as the Centennial Project. In fact, it is two projects: The "Indian Springs" project consists of the seven northern sections where in situ leach mining is proposed. The "Centennial" project includes the five southern sections of land slated for sand and gravel mining followed by conventional open-pit uranium mining.

At the July 19 open house in Nunn, Powertech representatives suggested the company is considering an untested alternative to open-pit mining on the southern sections - flooding the area to saturate the shallow uranium deposits, followed by "modified" in situ leaching. Powertech officials admit that this flooding process has never been attempted.

The Canadian corporation, incorporated in 1984 as Ararat Oil & Minerals Inc., has for most of its existence been a manufacturer of boilers and water heaters. In May 2006, control of the publicly-traded shell corporation was transferred to the current goup of managers who announced that the company was now in the uranium mining business. However, Powertech has never mined uranium, has never realized revenue from mining uranium, and has never obtained a permit to conduct uranium mining.

It has, however, raised more than $23 million in Europe and Canada by promoting and selling penny stock to investors. The promotion of Powertech has been orchestrated from its head office in Centennial, Colorado and its corporate office in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Vancouver address has been shared by at least six other Canadian penny stock firms in the recent past.

One of Powertech's proposed open pit uranium mine sites is 6 miles northeast of Fort Collins' city limits, 6 miles due east of the Fort Collins Soccer Club Complex, 4 miles northeast of Cobb Lake, 5 miles due east of the Colorado State University Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center, 6 miles northeast of the Anheuser Busch Brewery, 2 miles north of Black Hollow Reservoir, 8 miles northeast of the Fort Collins Country Club and Long Pond, and 9 miles northeast of Lindenmeier Lake. (large map)