… Moving to make the most of its natural resources, companies want to tap its lithium-rich groundwater to create rechargeable batteries, the sunlight that warms its desert stretches for solar power and the uranium veins concentrated underground to fuel nuclear reactors. Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. announced in January 2023 that it planned to build a new uranium mill just miles from the city of Green River, to process ore from its own mines in Utah and Colorado and from other mining businesses. Approaching two years later, earlier timelines for starting up the proposed Maverick Minerals Processing Plant have been delayed from 2025 and 2026. In a recent interview, CEO George Glasier said that 2028 is “more realistic based on our progress so far.”