EX-5.16 8 o53689exv5w16.htm EXHIBIT 5.16

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EXHIBIT 5.16

TO:		Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission, as Principal Regulator
		Alberta Securities Commission
		British Columbia Securities Commission
		Ontario Securities Commission
		Manitoba Securities Commission
		Autorité des marchés financiers
		New Brunswick Securities Commission
		Nova Scotia Securities Commission
		PEI Securities Office, Consumer, Corporate and Insurance Services Division, Office of the Attorney General
		Securities Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador
		Northwest Territories Registrar of Securities
		Government of Nunavut Securities Registry
		Yukon Department of Community Services Securities Registrar
AND TO:		U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
AND TO:		Cameco Corporation

Dear Sirs and Mesdames:

Re: Short Form Prospectus and Registration Statement of Cameco Corporation (the “Corporation”)

In connection with the Corporation’s short form prospectus dated February 18, 2009, and any amendments thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Short Form Prospectus”) and with the Corporation’s registration statement on Form F-10 dated February 18, 2009, and any amendments thereto and any registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Registration Statement”), the undersigned does hereby consent to reference to our name and our involvement in the preparation of or supervision of the preparation of scientific and technical information, in the following instances:

	(a)		under the headings “Interests of Experts” in the Short Form Prospectus; and
	(b)		under the headings “Centerra Gold Inc.- Kumtor Mine”, “Centerra Gold Inc. — Boroo Mine”, Centerra Gold Inc. — Reserves and Resources”, and “Interests of Experts” in the Corporation’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2007 dated March 28, 2008 in connection with a technical report for the Boroo deposit dated May 13, 2004 and technical report for the Kumtor mine dated as of March 28, 2008,

(collectively the “Technical Information”) in the Short Form Prospectus and Registration Statement, and to the inclusion and incorporation by reference of information derived from the Technical Information in the Short Form Prospectus and Registration Statement.

The undersigned does hereby confirm that we have read the Short Form Prospectus and all information specifically incorporated by reference therein and that we have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations as defined in the Securities Act (Saskatchewan) contained therein that is derived from the Technical Information prepared by or under our supervision, nor are there any misrepresentations within our knowledge as a result of the services we have performed for the Corporation.

Dated this 19^th day of February, 2009.

STRATHCONA MINERAL SERVICES LIMITED

By:		/s/ Graham Farquharson
		Authorized Signatory