vieles tfthats y! 8, 4 i “ae. & fac” <4 tnchs 1 ve ra UNCLASSIFIED eae vd¥> y monthly rates of delivery specified in their contracts. Beginning in July, the United Kingdom from Canadian production under contract to the AEC through March 1962, sl Ryne “ Meret] ou Atomic Energy Authority was to take delivery of 1,500 tons of U;0, a year, to be released The Canadian Government announced on May 7 that Canadian producers would be permitted to make private sales of uranium produced in excess of their Eldorado contract re- quirements to other buyers for peaceful uses of atomic energy, subject to Canadian licensing regulations. Until this time, Eldorado was the sole buyer and seller of uranium produced in e 4 hs Yagil ale ose, Vi ioe, ip. , Vs. aed e ve¥ Canada. weg ly e . Mr. W. J. Bennett resigned as president of Eldorado Mining and Refining, Limited, on April 30. He was succeeded by Mr. R. J. Henry, vice president of Eldorado since 1953.* ‘ ‘ * t wy th “4 UES * oe be oe de Mee ad i DELETED Belgian Congo A supplement to the agreement with African Metals Corporation was prepared which provides for the delivery of a refined uranium trioxide in lieu of uranium concentrates. Deliveries of uranium trioxide will start in August 1958. The arrangementto accept delivery of refined ~ material is besed upon a long standing commitment. Other countries Deliveries from Portugal] and Australia continued as scheduled. In Portugal, a slightly lower grade of mill feed was offset by maintaining a high rate of mill throughput. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES Limited technical assistance in uranium exploration continued in Australia, Brazil, and Peru during the quarter. Similar assistance to Chile began in ApriL Two geolczists from Pakistan and one from Greece continued their training in uranium exploration, mining, and processing in the western United States. Technicians from Arabia, Japan, Thailand, and Turkey began training in May. (End of UNCLASSIFIED section.) DOE ARCHIVES * Mr. Hears died on July 6. His successor has not been announced, : gs Denariment of Encr ~ torisve Q*hc2 HisHerre ag “es UNCLASSIFIED