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US seals big uranium investment in Niger, two years after troops left

Dasa project, which the company describes as the highest-grade uranium deposit in Africa, according to a company statement on Wednesday.

US seals big uranium investment in Niger, two years after troops left

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Dasa project, which the company describes as the highest-grade uranium deposit in Africa, according to a company statement on Wednesday.

The US government has approved up to $414-million in financing for a uranium project in Niger, according to the project's developer, in what sources described as a win for Washington two years after the...

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Dasa project, which the company describes as the highest-grade uranium deposit in Africa, according to a company statement on Wednesday. The US government has approved up to $414-million in financing for a uranium project in Niger, according to the project's developer, in what sources described as a win for Washington two years after the West African nation expelled all US forces.

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The US government has approved up to $414-million in financing for a uranium project in Niger, according to the project's developer, in what sources described as a win for Washington two years after the West African nation expelled all US forces.

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