Twin uranium-lithium explorer Aurora Vitality Metals wraps up maiden drill run, additional useful resource improve potential

Aurora Vitality Metals (ASX:1AE) on Thursday introduced the completion of its maiden drill run in Oregon, drilling for lithium and uranium on the firm’s self-named mission close to the Nevada border.

A number of intersections of each uranium and lithium have been efficiently hit by the exploration staff. Assay outcomes for each are due again within the coming weeks and months. 

Mineralisation on the mission sees lithium lakebed sediments overlying hard-rock uranium mineralisation current at additional depths under. 

Attainable second useful resource improve inbound 

Noteworthy is that the corporate hit uranium outdoors the boundaries of the identified mineralisation space on the mission.

This happens even after Aurora upgraded its uranium useful resource by 36% to 50.6Mlbs simply final month, paving the way in which to a different potential useful resource improve, with drilling kicking off in October. 

Each a Reverse Circulation (RC) and Diamond drill rig have been used throughout the marketing campaign. 

Aurora mobilised a second rig on-site midway by November. 

Uranium metallurgical testwork inbound 

“It’s nice that the staff has been capable of conclude this primary drill program on schedule. We have been lucky to supply the diamond drill that complemented the RC program,” Aurora Vitality Metals MD Greg Cochran stated. 

“[This ensures] that we generated a restricted quantity of core that may be utilised for additional uranium metallurgical testwork and probably the primary stage of lithium evaluation.”

Drilling for uranium in the US, the corporate is totally conscious the Biden Administration is prioritising institution of a safe home uranium provide chain within the US. 

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