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    Navoiyuran’s new Uzbekistan uranium output: ISR cost and recovery lens for engineers

    April 23, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Navoiyuran’s new Uzbekistan uranium output: ISR cost and recovery lens for engineers

    First reported on MINING.com

    30 Second Briefing

    Uzbekistan’s state uranium miner Navoiyuran has begun commercial production at its Qizilkok in-situ recovery project in the Navoi region, a 9,400-tonne reserve with a 15-year mine life and now the company’s third-largest operation after Sugrali and Uchkuduk. Qizilkok uses a low-reagent in-situ leaching process that relies on higher oxygen dosing rather than chemicals, which Navoiyuran says boosts recovery and can cut costs by up to threefold compared with conventional ISR. The new output supports Navoiyuran’s 7,000-tonne natural uranium production in 2025, a 35% year-on-year increase that cements its claimed sixth-place global ranking.

    Technical Brief

    • Pilot industrial operations at Qizilkok started in December 2024, preceding commercial output by roughly two years.
    • Qizilkok lies ~600 km northwest of Tashkent in Uzbekistan’s central Navoi region.
    • Navoiyuran’s total ore reserve base is reported at 96,600 tonnes U across 43 deposits.
    • All Navoiyuran mines, including Qizilkok, use in-situ recovery rather than open pit or underground methods.
    • ISR at Navoiyuran injects leaching solution to dissolve uranium in situ, then pumps pregnant liquor surface‑side.
    • Low-reagent leaching at Qizilkok substitutes higher oxygen dosing for conventional chemical reagents in the lixiviant.
    • Djengeldi deposit is developed via the Nurlikum Mining JV with Orano (France) and Itochu (Japan).

    Our Take

    With Kazatomprom locking in large offtake such as the supply deal with India’s Department of Atomic Energy, Navoiyuran’s expanded reserve base of 43 deposits in Uzbekistan may give utilities and traders an alternative Central Asian source, slightly diluting Kazakh dominance in our uranium coverage.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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