Annual report on EL 25692 High Black Range

Abstract

Exploration of the tenement focussed on radiometric highs on the southern side(s) of the tenement, entirely within Moroak Station. The radiometric highs were walked with an Exploranium GR135 Plus gamma ray spectrometer, following flight lines but allowing for the likelihood that the anomalous radiation was sourced off-line. A total of four soil and seven rock chip samples were taken and submitted for ICP-MS assay. The ICP-MS assay utilized a three acid digest followed by a determination of 51 elements. The ICP-MS assays gave uranium results up to 7.62ppm in rock chip samples and up to 3.3ppm in soils. These were much lower than the spectrometer determinations, possibly the result of incomplete acid digestion. Nevertheless, the results are far below what is required for an economic uranium deposit. Investigation of largest known radiometric anomalies on EL 25692 has failed to reveal any significant uranium mineralisation. However, there are many more anomalies which may be worthy of future exploration.