the Ranger uranium mine is an open cut mine. When the uranium is near the surface, the miners dig the rock out of the pits. then the open pit mining strips away the topsoil and rock that lie above the uranium ore. With the uranium it’s found deep underground, miners must dig underground to reach it. The rock is then removed through underground tunnels.

At the Ranger uranium mine the used a technique called acid leaching. Leaching is were you used and acid pumped underground to remove the ore from it surrounding material.