Cameco and Orano Sign Historic 15-Year Agreement with Indigenous-Owned Rise Air

Cameco and Orano sign historic 15-year agreement with Indigenous-owned Rise Air

SASKATOON, SK, Aug. 29, 2025 /CNW/ - Cameco Corporation and Orano Canada Inc. have signed a landmark 15-year agreement, worth approximately $500 million, with Rise Air, an Indigenous-owned airline, to provide workforce transportation services for northern Saskatchewan operations. This long-term partnership represents the most significant commitment to date between the companies, building on a relationship that began in 1993 with Orano (then COG…

Cameco and Orano sign historic 15-year agreement Rise Air

Cameco Corporation and Orano Canada Inc. have signed a landmark 15-year agreement, worth approximately $500 million, with Rise Air, an Indigenous-owned airline, to provide workforce transportation services for northern Saskatchewan operations. This long-term partnership represents the most significant commitment to date between the companies, building on a relationship that began in 1993 with Orano (then COGEMA) and shortly after with Cameco. Pr…

North Sask. airline signs 15-year deal with Cameco, Orano

Some uranium mine workers in rural Saskatchewan can count on air transport between their worksites and professional training for the next 15 years because of a new $500 million agreement, reached between Cameco, Orano, and Rise Air. The deal also invests in initiatives like the Dziret’ai pilot training program, which aims to train and hire indigenous pilots. The contract made it possible for the airline to purchase three new ATR-72-600 planes to…

Rise Air signs 15-year agreement with Cameco and Orano

Cameco and Orano have signed a historic 15-year agreement with the Indigenous-owned airline company Rise Air. The landmark agreement is said to be worth $500 million and will see Rise Air provide workforce transportation services for Cameco and Orano in northern Saskatchewan over the next decade and a half. At an event in Saskatoon Thursday morning celebrating the agreement, Black Lake First Nation Chief Coreen Sayazie spoke on how previous agre…