GRANTS, N.M. – Anfield Energy Inc., a uranium and vanadium development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is advancing on its goal to become a top-tier energyrelated fuels supplier amid strong momentum in the domestic nuclear sector.
Anfield announced Monday that it had reached a key milestone in its mining equipment procurement program. The company also provided an update June 8 on its progress to renew and reactivate its radioactive source materials license for the Shootaring Canyon Uranium Mill, 3 miles north of Ticaboo, Utah.
The Shootaring mill, a former Uranium One asset, will need an amended license before the mill can resume operations. Currently, the only active uranium mill is Energy Fuels Resources Inc.'s White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah.
Custom haul truck delivered
Anfield said it has received its first custombuilt underground haul truck from Young’s Machine Co. following its 2025 order for specialized mining equipment. Anfield representatives visited the third-generation, family-owned manufacturing facility in Monticello, Utah, where they watched the first truck roll off the production line.
“Young’s Machine Company’s long-standing expertise in serving the Western mining sector makes it an ideal partner as we ramp up production not only at Velvet-Wood, JD-8 and Slick Rock, but also across our other mines as part of our huband- spoke model,” Corey Dias, Anfield CEO, said.
Under a separate agreement, Young’s, which has been producing specialized mining equipment since 1953, also will supply underground loaders to support initial development and production from Anfield’s Utah and Colorado operations. Anfield said the partnership reinforces the company's commitment to local supply chains and domestic manufacturing in support of U.S. uranium production.
The new truck is slated for operation at the Velvet-Wood uraniumvanadium mine in southeastern Utah. It will be relocated later this year to the company’s Colorado mines once the larger underground haul trucks are completed and delivered.
New life forShootaring mill
Regarding the Shootaring Canyon mill, Anfield said the company has been working closely with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to address all requests for additional information related to its license renewal application, including completing the drilling of eight additional monitoring wells, a key requirement prior to resuming full operations.
Anfield also has begun preparatory refurbishment work at Shootaring with the removal of existing leach tanks in the leach building in preparation for comprehensive refurbishment and future operational upgrades. The company expects to complete license renewal by the end of the year and hopes to resume production in 2027.
“We are pleased with the continued momentum at the Shootaring Canyon Mill. Completing the additional monitoring wells, commencing leach tank removal under our current license, and advancing detailed engineering with PSE Engineering all demonstrate our proactive and methodical approach to mill reactivation,” Dias said.
“At the same time, Shootaring represents the next chapter in American conventional uranium milling. As one of only three fully licensed, permitted, and constructed conventional uranium mills in the country, its successful reactivation will mark a meaningful expansion of U.S. milling infrastructure – not competition for its own sake, but growth for the industry’s long-term resilience.”
Anfield has begun the buildout of a new temporary man camp to support upcoming construction and operational activities. The man camp is being constructed just outside the mill boundaries on private land owned by the company. The facility is expected to be completed by the end of the year to coincide with the anticipated start of major refurbishment construction. It will accommodate up to 40 workers and also will serve to house personnel during the transition from refurbishment to initial production.
Current job openings are posted on the Anfield website at www.anfieldenergy. com.