NexGen Energy project near Patterson Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, on April 16.
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Along the western edge of Canada’s Saskatchewan province, by a bend in a lake ringed by endless stands of black spruce, a small outpost has been carved out of the forest to mark what just might be the hottest new mining project on Earth today.
It is a desolate, unforgiving spot.