GTI Resources to start drilling for uranium in Utah within a month

GTI Resources Ltd (ASX:GTR) will start drilling for uranium at its Henry Mountains Uranium & Vanadium Project in Utah as soon as late June following approval from the state.

The second phase of uranium exploration at Section 36 of the project, includes surface drilling of up to 40 holes, as well as geophysical logging of an additional 39 existing small diameter drill holes.

Approval follows initial uranium exploration of Section 36 in May, which included geological mapping, the mapping of all existing underground adits and geophysical downhole logging of 56 existing shallow drill holes.

What does the second phase involve?

Targets for drilling identified in the first phase were generated using information gathered from the downhole geophysical logging program and geologic mapping.

Second phase exploration includes surface drilling of the exploration target areas and in proximity to the principal existing underground mines, the East and West mines.

In addition, GTI will conduct a second stage of downhole geophysical logging of an additional 39 existing small diameter drill holes within the exploration target areas.

Section 36 at the Henry Mountains project in Utah.

Next steps

GTI is hoping to develop and release a uranium mineral resource for Section 36 and other areas within the wider Henry Mountains project.

The company owns around 1,500 hectares of land in the Henry Mountains region of Utah, which forms part of the prolific Colorado Plateau uranium province, once the most important uranium resource in the US.

Sandstone-hosted ores have been mined in the region since 1904 and the region has historically produced in excess of 17.5 million tonnes at 2,400 ppm uranium oxide and 12,500 ppm vanadium oxide.

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