Strong results have come for Connected Minerals as part of its maiden trenching and sampling program at the Etango North-East uranium project in Namibia.
Among results from the newly named Ondapanda prospect, trench one returned 1m at 5413 parts per million (ppm) uranium oxide (U₃O₈), with other notable intercepts including 2m at 2084ppm U₃O₈ and 1m at 4847ppm U₃O₈ in trench six.
“We are very excited by the results from this extended programme at Etango North-East, which is located along strike from, and within the same rock units as Bannerman Energy’s world-class Etango uranium project,” Connected Minerals managing director and chief executive officer Warrick Clent said.
“These outstanding results, from a further 132 rock chip samples, extend the high-grade area of mineralisation identified by the company from our initial exploration programme.
“Additionally, with three potential zones identified by the scintillometer survey, we certainly have multiple targets to focus on in the coming months and build on this promising start.”
The company collected 132 rock chip samples over 139m length of newly extended trenches, confirming and expanding upon previously reported high-grade uranium mineralisation.
A detailed scintillometer survey identified three key areas of interest including the Ondapanda prospect, extending north and covering 1000m by 500m.
The Onkumbwa prospect is in the south-west, showing similar geological characteristics, while the Pandula prospect, in the south-east, is also demonstrating strong potential for mineralisation.
“Given the success to date at Etango north-east, we are looking to commence our maiden drilling program as soon as possible,” Clent said.
“As such, we are currently in discussions with multiple drilling firms to identify the earliest date we can commence drilling.”
The Etango North-East project is located within the same rock units as Bannerman Energy’s Etango project, which holds 429 million tonnes of resources at 225ppm U₃O₈.
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