Sept 23 (Reuters) - Cameco Corp CCO.TO :
* Cameco and AREVA celebrate start of production at cigar lake
* During 2015, through Sept. 19, McClean Lake mill processed and packaged
6.1 million pounds of uranium concentrate from ore mined at Cigar Lake
* Says Jet Boring Mining System (JBS) continues to perform as expected
* Says McClean Lake mill expansion construction activities continue to advance
well with completion slated for 2016
* Says Cigar Lake has achieved the lower threshold of its 2015 production
target range of 6 million to 8 million packaged pounds
* Says once the expansion is complete, the mill will have capacity to produce
24 million pounds of uranium per year
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