I have more stuff when the tenerments got acquired etc. As to you post not sure, I will look into it but im sure they would of made announcement if there was any change recently but you have to remember they did go after these before uranium was hot thats why I bought them ages ago.
Sorry if there is format errors has I have this on word documents and they do not paste that well. AUSTRALIAN UNITED GOLD LTD ACN 00 8 98 2 47 4 1st Floor, 8 Parliament Place West Perth WA 6005 PO Box 1618 West Perth WA 6872 Tel: (08) 9481-7833 Fax: (08) 9481-7835 Email: [email protected] Website: www.austunitedgold.com 7th November 2005 Australian Stock Exchange Companies Announcement Office 20 Bond Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Sirs, ACQUISITION OF NAMIBIAN URANIUM OPPORTUNITIES • Two granted licences totalling over 267 square kilometres prospective for Uranium • Previous contained uranium studies have identified 1,930 tonnes of U3O8 at grades of 0.034% in one target within one of the licences. • Similar rock types and environment to the Langer Heinrich deposit • No exploration has taken place in the last 20 years • Modern exploration techniques not utilised • Both licences have been granted as prospecting licences in respect of nuclear fuels, precious metals, semi precious stones and industrial minerals. The Directors of Australian United Gold Limited are pleased to announce the Company has entered into an agreement with a local Namibian titleholder which gives it the right to acquire two granted Prospecting Licences in Namibia. The areas have the potential to host uranium mineralization similar in style to the Langer Heinrich deposit to the south. Both tenements have been granted for a period of three years from May 2005 with no encumbrances. The principal target area is at Engo Valley in the Kunene area and covers PL 3306 of 194.57 square kilometres. The second area is at Mile 72 in the Erongo area and covers PL 3308 of 72.72 square kilometres. Following earlier exploration fieldwork on the Engo Valley uranium deposits in the 1980s, the results of percussion and diamond drill holes were compiled. From these historical studies the cumulative contained U 3 O 8 was estimated to be 1,930 tonnes for the main Engo Valley deposits with a grade of 0.034% of U 3 O 8. A polygonal cross-section method was used in the work. The studies were not prepared in accordance with the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code 2004). There has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource in accordance with the JORC code and further exploration will be required to commence an updated resource estimate. No exploration activities have been attempted for the last 20 years and modern exploration techniques are now available to delineate and expand on the existing anomalism. Rock types and structural features are similar the those encountered at the Langer Heinrich deposit to the south and the Tertiary weathering pattern is consistent with other calcrete hosted examples of uranium mineralization in other parts of the world. ________________________________________ Page 2 2 Style of uranium mineralization The two licences have the potential to host surficial uranium deposits which are broadly defined as young (Tertiary to Recent) near-surface uranium concentrations in sediments or soils. These deposits usually have secondary cementing minerals including calcite, gypsum, dolomite, ferric oxide, and halite. Uranium deposits in calcrete are the largest of the surficial deposits. Uranium mineralization is in fine-grained surficial sand and clay, cemented by calcium and magnesium carbonates. Surficial deposits comprise about 4% of world uranium resources. Calcrete deposits represent 5% of Australia¹s total reserves and resources of uranium. They formed where uranium-rich granites were deeply weathered in a semi-arid to arid climate. The Yeelirrie deposit in WA is by far the world's largest surficial deposit. Other significant deposits in WA include Lake Way, Centipede, Thatcher Soak, and Lake Maitland. In WA, the calcrete uranium deposits occur in valley-fill sediments along Tertiary drainage channels, and in playa lake sediments. These deposits overlie Archaean granite and greenstone basement of the northern portion of the Yilgarn Craton. The uranium mineralization is carnotite (hydrated potassium uranium vanadium oxide). Regional Geology and Mineralization The Mile 72 tenement is located approximately 167 kilometres north of the Lange Heinrich deposit in central western Namibia. The Engo Valley tenement is further north. Uranium mineralization is calcrete related and occurs in valley-fill sediments within an extensive Tertiary drainage system. The calcrete consists of interstitial calcium carbonate that was precipitated under arid to semi-arid conditions. The uranium mineralization occurs as carnotite, which is a secondary oxidized carbonate mineral containing both uranium and vanadium. The carnotite occurs as thin films filling cavities and fracture planes and as grain coatings and disseminations in the calcretised sediments. Mineralization is near surface where it has been tested at this stage. After calcrete development and mineralization, parts of these sediments were eroded as a result of uplift that caused rejuvenated river flows that have dissected and modified both the calcrete and associated mineralization. Portions of the mineralization have been removed by this erosional process. Where not dissected by these ephemeral drainage systems, the deposit is blanketed by variable thicknesses of river sand and scree. Regionally the Swakopmund environ forms portion of the Damara Belt eugeosyncline. The oldest beds consists of psammitic rocks of the Nosib Group overlain by several thousand metres of pelitic rocks of the Swakop Group and the Khomas Subgroup all of Neoproterozoic Age. Folding, combined with regional granitisation took place between 650 and 500 Ma ago. Some of these orogenic granites, for example Rossing, are uraniferous. A number of subvolcanic to volcanic non-orogenic complexes were emplaced 120 Ma ago and huge volumes of basaltic lava were extruded. Remnants of this basaltic cover have been preserved and are up to 800 m thick. Weathering and erosion of the uraniferous granites was the source of uranium that precipitated to form secondary deposits such as Langer Heinrich. The lowermost rocks of the Damara Sequence, the pink quartzite of the Etusis Formation of the Nosib Group, form the Langer Heinrich Mountain anticlinorium, a major structure of the area. Overlying these quartzites are schists comprised of rhythmically interbedded fine-grained metapelite, metagreywacke and calcsilicate beds: Collectively these form the Tinkas Member of the Khomas Subgroup, with a maximum thickness of 3,000 m. The uranium mineralized Langer Heinrich palaeochannel, for instance, is principally eroded into these schists. Locally the base of the Khomas Subgroup is represented by glacial marine sediments of the Chuos Formation of which the thickness varies from 0 to 250 m. The orogenic Salem granite has intruded the metasediments and covers large areas north of the Langer Heinrich Mountain. Southeast of the mountain, the Bloedkoppie granite, a leucocratic late-to-post-tectonic member of the Salem granite suite, has intruded the metasediments and covers an area of about 25 km 2 . A portion of this granitic area forms the catchment drainage for the Langer Heinrich valley. On average, it contains 10 to 15 ppm U 3 O 8 and values up to 100 ppm U 3 O 8 have been measured radiometrically. These rocks are believed to be the source of the uranium in the Langer Heinrich deposit and mineralization at Engo Valley. The Bloedkoppie granite is of the same age as the alaskite of the Rossing mine region and may be genetically related. ________________________________________ Page 3 3 Terms of the Acquisition The Company will acquire a 100% interest in the two prospecting licences from Reliance Investment Agencies C.C., a Namibian registered company. The consideration for the acquisition is as follows:- a) the payment of US$30,000; and b) the issue of 5 million fully paid ordinary shares in the Company. Voluntary Escrow: • 3 million shares will be held in Voluntary Escrow for 1 month from the date of issue; and • 2 million shares will be held in Voluntary Escrow for an additional period of 3 months (being a period of 4 months in total). Additionally, 3 million fully paid shares in the Company will be issued to Tansearch Pty Ltd for sourcing and facilitating the acquisition. These shares to be subject to Voluntary Escrow for a period of 4 months from date of issue. Proposed exploration The Company proposes to commence exploration activities for Uranium on both tenements as soon as possible. Both licences are granted with the right to explore in respect of Nuclear Fuels, which includes Uranium. The program will focus on confirming and expanding the known mineralization at Engo Valley and investigating the other targets in the area. This will include a radiometric survey followed by auger drilling. Reverse Circulation drilling will be utilized to better define the anomalous areas. The company anticipates that a significant zone of uranium mineralization can be delineated. D N ZUKERMAN Director The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Malcolm Castle, who is a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Malcolm Castle is not a full-time employee of the Company. He is employed by Agricola Consultants. Malcolm Castle has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves”. Malcolm Castle consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears”.
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