Uranium Energy Corp.'s Sweetwater Project became the first Wyoming mining operation to receive fast-track permitting status under President Donald Trump's latest mineral production initiative.

It’s a milestone for a company that’s re-energizing, going from semi-dormant operations to one of America's leading uranium producers in just 12 months.

The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council announced Aug. 1 that UEC's uranium facility in Wyoming's Great Divide Basin had been added to an expedited federal permitting timeline.

The company says it’s now on track to become the largest dual-feed uranium facility in the United States.

"We called them last week to check on it,” Donna Wichers, UEC's senior vice president of production growth, told Cowboy State Daily. “They said, ‘Well, you

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