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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. government approved plans Tuesday to expand a Wyoming uranium mine while it considers a proposed new mine by the same developer not far away.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will allow Littleton, Colorado-based Ur-Energy to more than double the surface area of its Lost Creek Mine while tapping deeper deposits underlying the sagebrush country of south-central Wyoming.

The BLM is meanwhile considering the company's plans for a new mine in Shirley Basin about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Lost Creek. The BLM is taking initial comments from the public on that p...