Paladin Energy Ltd: Quarterly Activities Report for Period Ending-30 June 2009

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Jul 30 (MARKET WIRE) --
Paladin Energy Ltd ("Paladin" or "the Company") (TSX: PDN)(ASX: PDN)
releases a summary of its activities for the three month period ended 30
June, 2009.

HIGHLIGHTS

- Langer Heinrich quarterly production sustained above nameplate at
693,116lb and marginally up on the March 2009 quarter.

-- recoveries achieved for the June 2009 quarter were significantly
higher than the March quarter (74.5%) averaging more than 82%,

-- sales during the quarter of 445,000lb at an average price of
US$51.27/lb U3O8 for a total revenue of US$22.8M.

- Langer Heinrich Stage II construction expected to be completed in July
2009. Construction and commissioning commenced during the quarter and is
95% complete. New nameplate of 3.7Mlb is expected to be achieved during
the September quarter.

- Langer Heinrich Stage III expansion go ahead approved by the Board.
Production budgeted to increase to 5.2Mlb from December 2010 quarter at
an estimated capital cost of US$71M.

- Kayelekera in its final stages of commissioning and commenced ramp-up
during the June 2009 quarter. Commercial production should be achieved
during the September 2009 quarter.

- FY2009 total production was up 60% on the previous year at 2,737,572lb.
A combination of commissioning and ramp-up delays now resolved caused the
shortfall to targeted production of 3Mlb for the year. Paladin maintains
its production target of 6.6Mlb for FY2010.

PRODUCTION GUIDANCE FOR LANGER HEINRICH AND KAYELEKERA URANIUM PROJECTS

During the quarter, both the Langer Heinrich and Kayelekera Projects were
undergoing parallel commissioning and ramp-up activities with each site
presenting its own challenges. At Langer Heinrich, the integration of
Stage II with Stage I introduced additional downtime but despite this the
plant was still able to exceed Stage I nameplate production confirming
the robustness of base plant capacity. It is anticipated, however, that
the ramp-up to Stage II will be relatively quick as competent operations
personnel are all familiar with the equipment being introduced. At
Kayelekera, a modern Resin-In-Pulp (RIP)/elution plant with no analogue
outside of Russia, commissioning and ramp-up was started on what is
basically a new process and will require some optimisation throughout
ramp-up in addition to dealing with the normal issues of starting up a
new plant.

These delays in ramp-up have had a negative impact on production during
the early part of the start-up phases although by the end of June both
projects essentially have reached the desired performance in their
respective ramp-up schedules. Teething problems and longer than expected
commissioning start-up issues has caused approximately a 2 month delay on
the Paladin production schedule. This caused a marginal production
shortfall from Langer Heinrich and Kayelekera of about 262,000lb U3O8 to
end June 2009 resulting in an overall production total from both projects
of 2,738,000lb U3O8 (including 34,600lb from Kayelekera) as opposed to
the forecast of 3,000,000lb.

The positive outcome has been that both projects essentially are back on
schedule and the Company is confident that with the late June/early July
trend of improvement, the stated 12 month production to June 2010 of
6.6Mlb U3O8 will be achieved.

LANGER HEINRICH URANIUM PROJECT, Namibia (Paladin 100%)

Production

Langer Heinrich exceeded Stage I nameplate design production for the
fourth consecutive full quarter with 693,116lb U3O8 produced versus
650,000lb U3O8 for nameplate (i.e. 6% above design). Production for the
12 months ending June 2009 amounted to 2,702,972lb, 200,000lb below a
target which had been based on an earlier completion of the Stage II
expansion. However, the operation did successfully produce an annual
surplus of 102,856lb above original plant design capacity, in spite of
the construction/operational interfaces associated with Stage II
construction. A similar approach will be taken for the Stage III
expansion to minimise operational interference.

Crushed tonnes for the quarter amounted to 385,704t with an average mine
grade of 933ppm U3O8. Langer Heinrich surpassed project life production
of 4,000,000lb in early May 2009.

Sales

Sales in the quarter were 445,000lb U3O8 at a value of US$22.8M,
representing an average sales price of US$51.27/lb U3O8. The planned
inventory build foreshadowed in the last quarterly report is continuing.

Mining

As previously reported, the Stage II mining productivity target was
achieved in February 2009 in anticipation of the increase in plant
throughput starting during the June quarter. Mining was performed in both
Pit A and the new Pit D.

Process Plant

The process plant efficiency was much improved over the quarter as a
result of improved settling in the Counter Current Decantation (CCD)
circuit and increased Ion Exchange (IX) capacity. Monthly recoveries for
the period were consistent and achieved an overall recovery of 82.3% vs
the 74.5% for the previous quarter.

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April May June Quarter
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Recovery % 82.6 82.0 82.5 82.3%
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In late June, a seventh stage CCD thickener was commissioned which is
to be followed up with the installation of a second clarifier/sand filter
stage. These two implementations plus improvements to the bi-carbonate
circuit control should further improve plant recovery.

IX continues to provide challenges, however, process improvements
identified by in-house studies are in the process of being installed and
are expected to improve efficiencies in this area.

Precipitation and drying performance remain well above design rates and
product specifications continued as always to meet customer demands.

Lender's Tests and Construction Practical Completion

As reported subsequent to the June quarter, Langer Heinrich has
successfully met all conditions related to its project finance loan
Completion Test. Additionally, the previously outstanding construction
related condition of leach tank lining remediation has been satisfied
enabling the declaration of construction practical completion. As a
result of achieving completion, the interest margin on the outstanding
Langer Heinrich project finance debt will reduce by 1% per annum and the
loan becomes non-recourse to Paladin Energy Ltd.

Tailings

Current emphasis is on the design and construction of extensions to the
berm walls of the existing temporary tails facility. The design of a new
tailings facility to the west of the plant is in progress. This facility
will be utilised for thickened tailings placement up to approximately
Year 2015 after which further in-pit deposition is envisaged. Preliminary
designs have been completed and various options are currently under
review. A construction schedule for the facility will soon result from
this work.

Stage II Upgrade Progress

The Stage II expansion to 3.7Mlb pa U3O8 began commissioning during the
quarter starting with the expanded IX circuit. Additionally, the complete
slurry leaching circuit was commissioned at the end of June, which is
expected to quickly bring the Stage II anticipated production levels into
line. There was a 2 month slippage in the production ramp-up schedule
largely as a result of delayed piping deliveries but this has now been
over-come.

In July, the critical second Leach circuit was placed on-line, which
immediately resulted in a step change in production capacity. The
relatively small portion of Stage II construction remaining to be
completed in July, including the crusher recycle and new dryer equipment,
will not materially affect the operation's ability to produce at Stage II
levels for the remainder of the September quarter.

Stage III Upgrade

As announced 30 June 2009, the go-ahead for the Stage III expansion was
approved by the Board with the following design parameters:

- Nominal production to increase to 5.2Mlb pa U3O8 with a targeted
completion during the December 2010 quarter.

- Minimised capital cost now estimated at US$71M with no significant
additional infrastructure required.

Adoption of this new expansion concept has achieved 87% of the originally
stated production utilising only 41% of the originally planned capital
expenditure.

- Payback 15 months based on current U3O8 term pricing.

- Mine life maintainable for approximately 20 years.

- Potential exists for further expansion.

The Stage III expansion was developed based upon maximum utilisation of
the current water allowances such that the increased production target
was not vulnerable to delays in achieving additional water supply.

At the expanded U3O8 production rate of 5.2Mlb pa, the existing resource,
based on the Resource and Reserve statements released to the ASX and TSX
on 28 May 2008 and 26 September 2008 respectively, is expected to sustain
a mine life in excess of 20 years at 800ppm. After this, the project will
have available 40Mt of low grade stockpiles at 350ppm U3O8 for which a
mining model is expected to be determined. Processing options for this
material are also being investigated.

The Stage III flow sheet will involve a number of upgrades in the
processing plant, particularly:

- Crushing & scrubbing - a complete second feed line with minor increases
to the existing screening plant.

- Leaching - one additional tank (with heat exchangers etc).

- CCD Thickening - two additional units.

- IX circuit - additional adsorption and elution capacity.

Stage III expansion is expected to take 15 months to complete.

The implementation schedule is driven largely by the procurement and
delivery of the new scrubber, likely to take approximately 12 months.
Efforts are therefore currently focusing on achieving an early placement
of the scrubber purchase order. In addition, as part of full life-of-mine
planning the existing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is being
updated to include this and other potential future site facilities
currently under consideration. Final approval of the new EIA and
subsequent permitting is anticipated by the end of the September 2009
quarter. This is expected to have minimal impact on the overall schedule
as detailed engineering will be undertaken in the interim period.

Although the Stage III annual production is now scheduled for 5.2Mlb
instead of the original planned 6.0Mlb the Company is confident that
water availability through desalination will improve by end 2011 thereby
allowing further expansion possibilities.

The expansion model adopted by Paladin for Stage III provides an
excellent basis for further progressing and expanding the Langer Heinrich
Uranium Project and the Stage III expanded project in itself will offer
potential upside in terms of additional production capacity.

KAYELEKERA URANIUM PROJECT, Malawi (Paladin 85%)

The 3.3Mlb pa Kayelekera Uranium Project commenced final commissioning
and ramp-up during the June quarter 2009. Commercial production is
expected to be achieved during the September quarter with first
production planned to be shipped out towards the end of the September
2009 quarter.

As previously reported, the mine was officially opened by the President
of Malawi, His Excellency Dr Bingu wa Muthariika on 17 April.
Commissioning and optimisation of the uranium process circuits is ongoing
and production ramp-up has commenced with the plant initially operating
in an intermittent mode during this phase. It is anticipated that the
plant achieve 60%-70% design capacity during the September quarter.

Project Development

Final construction of the sulphuric acid plant is expected to be
completed by late August with the remaining works now predominantly being
the lagging and cladding of the completed acid process equipment, piping
and vessels.

The construction workforce is being progressively demobilised with the
intention of retaining several hundred Malawian workers for general
landscaping and camp upgrade.

Detailed planning and scheduling of the earthworks for the lined decant
pond and lift extension of the north wall of the tailing storage facility
by the earthworks contractor has commenced with commissioning of the
former planned in December 2009, prior to the next wet season.

The Malawi Government's road building contractor has sealed the first
13km section of the M26 public road from the town of Karonga to the mine
site with the exception of two bridges and some culverts/drains which
will be completed by the end of the year. Commencement of major road
works on the final 19km section to the mine access road is planned to
start in the next quarter. Road access to site remains non-problematic.

Operations - Commissioning and Ramp-up

With the uranium plant construction substantially complete and the
commissioning in an advanced state, Paladin Operations has taken
occupation and management control of the uranium plant during the quarter.

During the quarter, the plant operated under a stop-start philosophy to
complete final commissioning including outstanding tie-ins and
modification. The length of the operating periods is being gradually
extended as work is completed and ramp-up bottlenecks are identified and
resolved.

At quarter end, the Kayelekera employee workforce totaled 203 of which
70% were Malawian. The mining contractor has a total workforce of 183
people. Routine environmental and radiation monitoring continues along
with the training of new staff and pit crews in these areas.

Production

Albeit still very much in its commissioning and ramp-up phase, Kayelekera
produced 34,600lb during the June quarter.

Mining

Open pit mining activities, operating on a single daily shift, continued
to focus on pit development. Several benches are now developed and the
ore body has been fully exposed across the width of the pit. A total of
223,200t of ore grading 1,195ppm U3O8 and 740,835t of waste were removed
from the pit in this quarter with a total of approximately 2.37Mt mined
from the area since operations began in 2008. The mine is planned to go
to a two shift operation in July.

Process Plant

The Kayelekera processing plant is the first of its kind to be built
outside Russia and also employs new equipment and processes which will
require some degree of refinement during the ramp-up period.

The crushing and milling circuits are generally operating problem free
with the design grind being easily and consistently achieved. To date,
mill throughput has been maintained at around 100-110t per hour as
downstream sections are commissioned.

Most of the plant downtime to date has revolved around the RIP and
elution circuits where some minor plant and equipment modifications have
been made. These modifications include optimisation of screens,
installing a few resized pumps with some piping and valve re-routing.
These changes have improved plant operability such that throughput
capacity is expected to reach 60%-70% by the end of the September quarter.

Project Financing - US$167M Project Finance

All conditions precedent to enable drawdown under the project finance
loan are complete. The only outstanding matter before this can occur is
final approval on documentation from the Export Credit Insurance
Corporation of South Africa ("ECIC"). This approval process is well
advanced with final approval anticipated in the coming days. Once this is
achieved, Paladin Africa Ltd will submit the first drawdown statement for
US$84.5M with these funds being reimbursed to Paladin Energy Ltd for
funds spent on completing the project.

Exploration Activity

Resource extension drilling to the west of the Kayelekera open pit
started in June. Currently 18 holes totalling 2,022m have been completed.
Initial results indicate that the mineralisation continues to extend to
the west. However, detailed studies of the completed drilling programme
are needed to determine whether the mine life will be extended. Final
results and a subsequent resource update are expected in the December
quarter.

The initial drilling programme at the Mpata Prospect was completed in
June. A total of 29 RC holes including 3,375m were drilled. Early results
are encouraging, identifying two mineralised arkose units with
significant intersections including:

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Hole From To Thickness Provisional
(m) (m) (m) Grade eU3O8

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MP31 23 29 6 400ppm
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MP35 24 27 3 900ppm
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MP49 14 19 5 450ppm
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The results are currently being evaluated in detail
for follow-up drilling.

ISA URANIUM JOINT VENTURE, Queensland - (Paladin Energy Ltd 50%,
Summit Resources (Aust) Pty Ltd 50% Operator)

The Mount Isa Joint Venture includes the Valhalla and Skal orebodies.
Last year's resource drilling programmes at both orebodies resulted in
upgraded resource estimates. A new short drilling programme at Valhalla
including geotechnical and metallurgical drilling was completed in early
May and an updated resource is expected next quarter after all assay
results have been received. A new drilling programme recently started at
Skal is expected to result in a new resource in the December quarter.

Pre-Feasibility Study

The purpose of the study was primarily to create a basis for determining
resource requirements for a viable project and thereby provide some focus
for exploration in the next 15-18 month. Secondly, it was to provide a
framework for pursuing flow sheet optimisation and further improve
project viability.

Final economic data is still to be collected, validated and analysed in
detail however, a financial model has been developed using the data so
far available and this has confirmed that a resource target of
100Mlb-120Mlb U3O8 is required for the project to achieve targeted
financial criteria. With Valhalla, Skal and Bikini all having significant
potential for additional resources, plus the existence of numerous as yet
untested targets along with the potential for additional resources
offered by the Fusion acquisition, a resource target well above this
target can be reasonably expected.

Valhalla Uranium Deposit

At Valhalla, the 2009 resource and geotechnical drilling completed 52
holes totalling 9,569m RC and 2,169m diamond core with a focus on
resource definition at Valhalla South. Drill results at Valhalla South
were generally favourable and defined several sub-parallel
albitite-hosted mineralised zones with grades of 400ppm-600ppm U3O8 over
strike lengths of 300m-600m at depths of 0m-300m. Total width of the
mineralised area is up to 100m; individual uranium zones range in width
from 10m-25m and dip 80 degrees-85 degrees to the west. Mineralisation
remains open along strike to the south under the Barkly Highway. A
step-out drill programme is planned to commence drilling in early 2010.

Skal Uranium Deposit

The current drilling programme at Skal completed 38 holes including
3,139m RC and 3,092m diamond core during the quarter.

Initial drill results from Skal East are very encouraging. Drill
intercepts include:

SRD0076B 124 - 166m/ 42m @ 1,107ppm U3O8
SRD0078B 186 - 252m/ 66m @ 1,120ppm U3O8
SRD0077C 196 - 220m/ 24m @ 1,030ppm U3O8
SD0096 164 - 203m/ 39m @ 1,185ppm U3O8
SD0096 225 - 251m/ 26m @ 1,187ppm U3O8

Drill holes detailed above were drilled on a nominal 40m x 40m grid as
infills and cover approximately 200m of strike length.

High grade zones greater than 1,000ppm U3O8 occur in brecciated and
albitised quartz veins with stockworks of dark grey veinlets with only
minor zones of foliated albitite. True widths of mineralisation are
30m-35m at depths of 0m - 200m. Initial interpretation shows a 10m-35m
wide, near-vertical, NNE-striking mineralised zone over a strike length
of 400m. Skal East drilling will be completed in July and further
drilling is planned at Skal North and South before a new resource
estimation, expected to be completed late in 2009. MOUNT ISA NORTH
URANIUM PROJECT (100% Summit - Paladin 81.9% shareholder)

Regional exploration, including follow-up work of the airborne
radiometric survey, continues on Summit's 100% owned Mount Isa North
tenements.

Field evaluation of airborne anomalies yielded positive results at five
NS-striking albitised zones 5km-8km north east of the Andersons deposit.
Uranium mineralisation is developed over strike lengths of 500m-750m and
widths of 1m-5m with scintillometer readings of 10x-20x background.
Follow-up mapping and ground surveys are currently being planned.

CORPORATE

Paladin increases investment in NGM Resources Ltd

Paladin has exercised its right to acquire a further $300,000 worth of
NGM Resources Ltd (ASX: NGM) shares increasing its stake in NGM to 16.7%.
Funds are to be used to fund NGM's projects in Niger and for general
working capital purposes.

Paladin added to MSCI Index

Effective 1 June 2009, Paladin Energy Ltd was added to the prestigious
MSCI Global Standard Indices for Australia. This has resulted from their
May 2009 Index Review.

MSCI is a leading global benchmark provider of equity (international and
US), fixed income and hedge fund indices. MSCI provides global equity
indices, which, over the last 30+ years, have become the most widely used
international equity benchmarks by institutional investors.

Paladin added to Dow Jones African Titans 50 Index

Effective 19 June 2009, Paladin Energy Ltd was added to the Dow Jones
Africa Titans 50 Index.

The Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index measures the stock performance of
the 50 leading companies that are headquartered or generate the majority
of their revenues in Africa.

MARKET COMMENTS

Despite the continuing favourable environment for nuclear power worldwide
and long term uranium prices remaining at historically high levels,
global uranium production only increased by 6.5% in 2008 compared with
2007 (51,837t U3O8 compared with 48,709t U3O8). Production in the two
leading uranium countries, Canada and Australia, actually fell by 775t
U3O8. Conversely, Kazakhstan production rose by 28% to 10,050t U3O8,
edging Australia into third ranking, highlighting the increasing
dependence of the nuclear power industry on non-traditional supply
sources. The news that the former President and three Vice Presidents of
Kazatomprom, the state-owned nuclear holding company, had been arrested
on suspicion of irregularities concerning foreign investments in uranium
resources has heightened concerns about security of supply in some
sectors of the global industry. In contrast, uranium production in
Namibia increased by 52% to 5,152t U3O8 making Namibia now the
fourth-largest producer and drawing attention to Africa as a growing
uranium supply source, in large part as a result of Paladin's success at
Langer Heinrich in Namibia and more recently Kayelekera in Malawi.

The Ux spot price recovered from a recent low of US$40/lb U3O8 in April
2009 to close at US$52/lb U3O8 at the end of June. The long term
indicator price eased from US$70/lb U3O8 to US$65/lb U3O8 in April and
remained at that level during the quarter.

The small increase in global uranium production referred to above should
be compared with world uranium requirements of 76,110t U3O8 in 2008. This
will increase as new nuclear power plants are commissioned worldwide
while simultaneously the contribution of secondary supply sources
diminishes significantly over the next five years, exposing the
increasing supply shortfall that will increasingly have to come from
mining and which is expected to propel the market upwards in the future.

Declaration

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Eduard
Becker B.Sc, David Princep B.Sc and Andrew Hutson B.E., all of whom are
members of the AusIMM. Messrs Becker, Princep and Hutson each have
sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and
type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he is
undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2004
Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results,
Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves", and as a Qualified Person as defined
in Canadian National Instrument 43-101.

Messrs Becker, Princep and Hutson are full-time employees of Paladin
Energy Ltd and consent to the inclusion of the information in this
announcement in the form and context in which it appears.

Contacts:
Paladin Energy Ltd
John Borshoff
Managing Director/CEO
+61-8-9381-4366
Email: john.borshoff@paladinenergy.com.au

Paladin Energy Ltd
Greg Taylor
Investor Relations Contact
905-337-7673 or Mob: 416-605-5120 (Toronto)
Email: greg.taylor@paladinenergy.com.au

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