Does Russia Own South Dakota Uranium Interests?
US Senator Mike Rounds might know.
Do you see any similarity in the Logo? Is there an ownership connection?
If Senator Rounds doesn’t know, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to find out. His sister and brother-in-law worked for Powertech in 2008. We have not checked to see if they are still employed by the company. South Dakotans would likely find it very interesting to know if there is a “Russian connection” to the uranium mining in their state.
It was 2010 when the Obama administration (and Hillary Clinton) signed off of the Russian/American uranium deal. Senator Mike Rounds was Governor of South Dakota at the time. Maybe South Dakota uranium was not in any way connected to this deal… maybe. We do know that our neighbor, Wyoming is in the mix, so South Dakota may not be much of a stretch.
The US currently IMPORTS uranium to supply our own national needs. Why then, would we allow ANY export? Particularly, why would we allow RUSSIAN ownership, which could facilitate a supply line to IRAN or other undesirable recipients. Reports confirm that US uranium has, indeed left the country.
Nearly $150 million dollars in “contributions” to the Clinton Foundation (not disclosed by the Clinton Foundation) came from stockholders in “Uranium One”, the Russian owned company that currently owns one fifth (or perhaps more) of America’s uranium. Maybe the 2010 deal which Hillary signed off on, as Secretary of State, is only coincidental… sure! One might also wonder if any of the $150 million (or other funds) accrued to the benefit of anyone in South Dakota. When the names of all the Clinton donors are uncovered, it might be an interesting study to cross-reference them with donations to South Dakota politicians.
Powertech Uranium Corp merged with Azarga Uranium…
“Azarga Uranium is a mineral development company that owns six uranium projects, deposits and prospects in USA (South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado)”
John Mays, Chief Operating Officer for Azarga Uranium, has ties with Russian-owned Uranium One:
“From 2006 until joining Powertech Uranium, Mr. Mays served as the Chief In-situ Mining Engineer at UrAsia’s three ISR projects in Kazakhstan, and later Uranium One”
The World Nuclear Association reports that some American uranium mining operations are owned by… RUSSIA.
The internet site specifically discloses this Russian ownership.
“Toronto-based Uranium One‘s main interests are in ISL projects. Uranium One is now wholly owned by Russia’s ARMZ. In Wyoming, Uranium One USA had production from its Willow Creek ISL project in the Powder River Basin from 2011. It acquired 500 tU/yr capacity from Christensen Ranch ISL mine through the Irigaray central processing plant when it bought those assets for $35 million from Areva in mid-2009″
If Wyoming… maybe also South Dakota??
Are you connecting any dots? Admittedly, this is only speculation… so, we simply pose the question. Are South Dakota uranium mining interests (in total or in part) owned by Russian stockholders?
Senator Rounds, please answer the question. South Dakota would like to know.
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This is going to get very interesting now! As a past opponent to SD DNR, I find it almost impossible to believe Rounds and other SD DNR didn’t have major influence to Help Approve these bad government approved endorcements and deals.
John Mays’ father, Wallace Mays, co-founded Powertech and was hired as operations manager for UrAsia Energy, which was acquired by Uranium One. Both Wallace Mays and John Mays worked for UrAsia, and John became Uranium One’s chief in-situ mining engineer. It is unlikely that either would have worked for UrAsia if Frank Giustra had not acquired the Kazakhstan uranium mine interests with Bill Clinton’s help.
I just finished watching a special of Fox News on the shortly to be released book Clinton Cash which showed the way Uranium One, the Clintons, A Canadian billionaire and the Russian Government who are “good friends” of Iran are all tied together. To think that our politicians are in any way tied to this is truly heart breaking but I guess money can buy not only allegiance but a person’s soul as well. I pray our state and elected officials look into this carefully and to whatever extent we can plug a leak in the dam that we do so. I would be surprised if denials and business as usual is not what will be the order of the day.
Thank you Gordon…when I heard of Hillary’s money-for-uranium scandal I immediately thought of Rounds…great article. The person who knows the most about this matter is Betty Wyatt…give her a call.