HC Deb 19 December 1956 vol 562 c161W
75. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what surveys have been made for the discovery and working of uranium and thorium in the Colonies; and with what result.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Special surveys have been made in eleven Colonial Territories. These have not as yet disclosed any major deposits of uranium capable of economic working. Thorium is being mixed in Nigeria and Malaya.

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