Arkle’s Phase 2 drilling programme starts on schedule in Namibia
London-listed Arkle Resources says its Phase 2 drilling programme at the Onyofi project, in the Erongo region, in Namibia, is starting on schedule, with the drill rig mobilising to site on November 9.
This drilling programme follows the company’s uranium discovery confirmed by maiden drilling at the uraniferous leucogranite (ULG) target where uranium was intersected in eight of nine holes.
Phase 2 has been designed to test the ULG system at depth, at closer spacing and laterally beyond the current footprint, including the continuity of the higher-grade sheets, as the first step towards a maiden mineral resource estimate in 2027.
The programme comprises about 1 700 m of reverse circulation drilling on the ULG target and is expected to take three weeks to complete.
Holes will be surveyed with a downhole radiometric probe, as in the maiden programme, and samples will be submitted for laboratory assay, with results to be reported as they become available.
In parallel, the mapping, sampling and trenching programme under way since late September is continuing and is scheduled to run through November, working systematically through further targets across the licence package, including an extensive ULG target on EPL 8290.
A further three lines of horizontal-loop electromagnetic ground geophysics have been run over the past week on EPL 8298 to map a large paleochannel target in the north-east of the licence, with results expected to be reported soon.
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