Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. (ERA.AU) said Monday it applied for government approval of a heap leach expansion project at the Ranger uranium mine in Australia's Northern Territory.

If approved, the heap leach facility will result in production of 15,000 to 20,000 metric tons of uranium oxide a year.

ERA's pre-feasbility study into the heap leach project is expected to be completed within the first half of 2009.

ERA is the world's fourth largest uranium producer.

-By Elisabeth Behrmann, Dow Jones Newswires;

61-2-8272-4689 elisabeth.behrmann@dowjones.com
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