Field work in Aricheng exploration area
Scout drilling confirms that the two uranium-bearing structures, Aricheng Epsilon and Aricheng West, merge to form a mineralized corridor that is 900 metres in length. Uranium in Aricheng Epsilon is concentrated in a set of inclined, sheet-like breccias. The breccias occur within an envelope of albite-chlorite-hematite-calcite alteration.
The Aricheng Epsilon structure is sub-vertical in orientation and has been intersected at a depth of 250 metres below surface. Mineralization remains open along strike and at depth.
Drill Hole Locations
A total of 818 metres in the first five bore holes (Phase I scout drilling) have been completed to date on the Aricheng Epsilon structure.
Plan view (Figure 3A) shows the location of Phase I drill holes at Aricheng Epsilon. The collar position of each hole is shown as a dot and the extent of each inclined hole is shown as a black line. U3O8 grade (%) is shown as a histogram along the trace of the bore hole. The coloured background is ground magnetic data (blue marks least magnetic areas while green areas have higher magnetism). Radiometric data is marked by contour lines. Figure 3B is a wider view of Figure 3A, which shows the location of Aricheng Epsilon relative to the uranium zone drilled at Aricheng West. These areas lie about 100 metres apart.
Long Section
The long section of the Aricheng West corridor, in which the mineralized structures at Aricheng West and Aricheng Epsilon merge, 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 structures. A pierce point is the approximate location at which each bore hole intersects the structure. The most recently reported bore holes are labeled in red.
Assay Results
Summary of significantly mineralized intercepts cut in the five bore holes totaling 818 metres drilled in the Phase I program at Aricheng Epsilon.
* Note: lb/st is an abbreviation for pounds per short ton.
1 short ton = 2,000lbs or 0.907 metric tonnes.