With regard to Mr. Westcott's point of view, having been in Korea, in Seoul, ten days ago, celebrating with them the signing of our transaction, I got a chance to experience firsthand the spirits that were there. Certainly it would be great to see more Canadian spirits in use there.
From our perspective, the ability to go into Korea certainly does help us in other countries. When companies like ours, particularly small companies, are doing transactions in places like Korea, they get recognition.
Currently Korea does buy uranium from Canada. The United States certainly is one of the biggest markets for buying Canadian uranium. But when a small company like ours help to expand that marketplace into places like Korea, that gets us into the limelight, so to speak, and allows smaller companies to then be able to offer their product and services into a bigger marketplace.
So as to the opening of doors and the free trade aspect, anything that removes barriers will be significantly beneficial to us. China and these other countries are looking for other secure sources for the safe supply of uranium, for example, and they're moving into Australia in a big way. We've been to Kazakhstan. They are certainly interested in seeing what's happening in Canada.
So our company moving forward in places like Korea is something that is getting us noticed. In fact, the Japanese already know us in our sector, and are starting to expand that as well. Anything that bodes well for these Asian countries, Korea in particular, opens up a huge marketplace for us. We know that the potential for expansion is there, particularly in industries that in North America have been somewhat constrained by political and environmental issues. In the rest of the world, these technologies have been embraced as being safe and secure and as able to produce the energy that's needed.
For us this door-opening is a huge aspect. Other Canadian companies are going to benefit from this type of move as well as they move closer to production targets and as they are seen as being able to supply the additional sources being looked for.