Uranium rich source rocks identified at Yeelirrie

Blaze International Limited has identified a number of prospective, uranium....

  Blaze International Limited has identified a number of prospective, uranium rich sediments and source rocks as a result of a recently completed detailed airborne radiometric-magnetic survey over its Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia.The Yeelirrie uranium project comprises thirteen tenements, covering an area of approximately 2,000sqkm surrounding BHP Billiton’s Yeelirrie uranium deposit.The detailed radiometric survey recently completed over Blaze’s project area defined surface radiometric anomalies within the broader Yeelirrie valley system, adjacent to BHP Billiton’s Yeelirrie uranium deposit. According to Blaze, the surveys identified uranium enhanced sediments and source rocks within tributaries of the main Yeelirrie channel at both the Yeelirrie North and South prospects. The company said these tributaries contribute significant uranium mineralisation into the main Yeelirrie channel over ten’s of kilometres. At Yeelirrie North, the survey has highlighted four south flowing tributaries with enhanced uranium signatures, with the western most of these tributaries feeding approximately 10km, into the main Yeelirrie channel at the approximate position of the Yeelirrie uranium deposit. The remainder of the tributaries feed into the main channel below the Yeelirrie deposit.At Yeelirrie South, the survey revealed two east flowing tributaries of the main Yeelirrie channel, which were highlighted by their prominent uranium channel signature. Blaze said the radiometrically anomalous tributaries within the company’s tenements would now be followed up by geological reconnaissance, ground radiometric surveys and air core drill testing priority target areas. The company will use the airborne magnetic data collected at the same time as the radiometric data to define favourable structures that may have played a part in the precipitation of uranium mineralisation within the regolith. Blaze will commence the ground reconnaissance and ground radiometric surveying next month, which will be followed by drilling of the uranium anomalies