Driller at Aricheng North
The majority of uranium at Aricheng North occurs in a northeast-trending shear zone breccia in granodiorite in the Kurupung Batholith. Mineralization is associated with an albite-chlorite-hematite mineral assemblage. Drilling has delineated uranium mineralization over a 1.2 kilometre long sector of the structure to a maximum depth of approximately 190 metres below surface. The mineralized structure dips approximately 75º to the northwest, and varies in width from 1.5 metres to 22 metres. The deposit remains open along strike and at depth.
Drill Hole Locations
U3O8 Corp. has drilled 17,302 metres in 101 bore holes at Aricheng North, which has defined a mineralized trend of five shoots extending over 1.2 kilometres in length.
Plan view of the location of drill holes on the Aricheng North structure. The most recent nine holes are labeled in red. The coloured background is ground magnetic data (cool colours are less magnetic areas while warm colours mark higher magnetism).
Long Section
A long section of uranium grade and thickness shows that uranium is concentrated in five mineralized shoots that are at fairly regular spaced intervals along the 1.2 kilometre long section of the structure. Aricheng North remains open along strike and at depth.
A provisional long section of the principal structure at Aricheng North shows the distribution of grade-thickness values (the product of the width of the mineralized interval and its U3O8 grade in %) on a vertical projection of the structure. The coloured circles demarcate the pierce points on the structure. A pierce point is the approximate location at which each bore hole intersects the structure. The most recently drilled bore holes are labeled in red.
Assay Results
Highlights of significantly mineralized intercepts from the latest nine holes drilled for a total of 101 bore holes for 17,302 metres drilled at Aricheng North.
*Note: lb/st is an abbreviation for pounds per short ton. 1 short ton = 2,000lbs or 0.907 metric tonnes.