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Project Highlights
- Open in all directions for expansion
- Wide zones of low grade uranium mineralization
- Similar radiometric signature to C Zone
Location and History
Area 51, located 4 kilometres north of
C Zone, was identified as an exploration target by a radiometric survey during the 2005 exploration season. It has a strong radiometric response that is over 1 kilometre in length, similar to the signature produced by the C Zone. No outcrop is present at Area 51, as it is covered by a very thick layer of regolith.
Geology
Veining with occasional sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and locally uranium mineralization is commonly found at the unconformable contact between crystalline basement rocks of the Archean Kanairiktok Intrusive Suite and Moran Lake Group sedimentary rocks. The Moran Lake Group rocks are in turn unconformably overlain by rocks of the Bruce River Group.
Previous Exploration Work
Subsequent to the 2005 radiometric survey which identified Area 51 as a potential exploration target, 9 grab samples were taken. Results from the 9 surface samples collected were as high as 0.05% U3O8.
Surface samples collected during the 2006 exploration season returned results between 0.01% and 0.02% U3O8. As well, two trenches were dug along the unconformity. Samples from Trench 1 returned a maximum of 0.004% U3O8, while Trench 2 was not sampled. Near the end of the exploration season 1438 metres in 13 holes were drilled. The drilling consistently intersected wide zones of lower grade uranium mineralization along the entire 1.2 kilometre strike length, all of which is open to depth and along strike.
Examples of some of the better intersections:
- ML-A51-03: 0.012% U3O8 over 24.66 metres
- ML-A51-06: 0.012% U3O8 over 14.43 metres
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