Murchison to commence Uranium drilling

Murchison United NL has announced that drilling is scheduled to commence...

  Murchison United NL has announced that drilling is scheduled to commence shortly at its Bohoduo uranium prospect in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.This programme follows recent successful drilling campaigns carried out by the Company at the Firawa prospect in Guinea and the Bir En Nar prospect in Mauritania.With preparations including topographic surveys and bulldozing already completed, the drill rig is currently being transported to Bohoduo and is scheduled to start drilling around 15 May 2008. The initial drilling programme is expected to take approximately one month to complete and will comprise 14 holes of between 50m and 150m in length for a total of 950m, with a further six holes identified for drilling if warranted.The drilling programme will be carried out by Amco Construction, with assay samples taken for multi-element analysis by ALS Chemex in Canada.Drilling will target a 700 metre long uranium anomaly at the Bohoduo Prospect which was the subject of groundwork by Davy McKee in the 1980s. Previous work included pit and trench ground work and some incomplete diamond drilling. The anomaly identified by Davy Mckee occurs in an area where small granite bodies intrude paragneiss along a shear zone.A field visit undertaken in 2006 by Murchison’s Technical Director, Bosse Gustafsson, confirmed the presence of uranium mineralization with the limited grab samples collected returning grades of up to 433ppm uranium. Airborne geophysical data indicates a 12 km long extension of the anomaly to the east.