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    re: start of move That’s why Namibian gov changed their rule and granting u licenses for 12 month only now >> because co lake MLS sitting on EPLS over 1 year and doing nothing. For MLS it is great to have open licenses, they can concentrate and sorted out their zinc project first. MLS still a bargain at these levels.


    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 U3O8 was estimated to be 1,930 tonnes for the main Engo Valley deposits with a grade of 0.034%
    of U3O8. 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.
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    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 km2. A
    portion of this granitic area forms the catchment drainage for the Langer Heinrich valley. On average, it
    contains 10 to 15 ppm U3O8 and values up to 100 ppm U3O8 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.
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    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.
 
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