Anfield Energy (TSX.V: AEC; NASDAQ: AEC) announced on October 27, 2026 that it received draft versions of a proposed renewed radioactive materials license and a groundwater discharge permit for its Shootaring Canyon Mill in Garfield County, Utah. The drafts came from the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control within the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
The company said it has submitted all of the materials the division requested. A public notice is expected around the end of 2026, followed by a 45-day comment period that would begin in late 2026 or early 2027. Anfield is targeting issuance of the renewed license in the second quarter of 2027.
Shootaring Canyon is one of only three licensed, permitted and constructed conventional uranium mills in the United States. Under the draft license, the mill could produce up to 1,500 tons, or about 3 million pounds, of yellowcake per year. The draft also requires a financial surety and a valid groundwater discharge permit at all times, and it sets groundwater monitoring, compliance reporting and best-available-technology standards for the process ponds, the South Cell and the decontamination pad.
Anfield is removing legacy equipment under its existing license to prepare the mill for refurbishment. The company holds more than 20 uranium assets in the western United States. Its project closest to production is Velvet-Wood in San Juan County, Utah, which federal officials selected for fast-tracked permitting. Velvet-Wood carries 4.6 million pounds of measured and indicated eU3O8 resources and 552,000 pounds of inferred resources.
Chief Executive Corey Dias said, "Our goal remains to restore domestic conventional uranium and vanadium milling capacity in the United States."
Source: Mining.com -- https://www.mining.com/anfield-energy-secures-draft-state-approvals-for-utah-uranium-mill/