URU Metals Advances Zebediela Project with Airborne Geophysics
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This RNS announcement provides a general update on the progress of URU Metals' Zebediela project, including the completion of an airborne geophysical survey. It does not contain any of the mandatory news types that would require a more detailed analysis.
Key Points
- Completion of high-resolution airborne geophysical survey over Zebediela project
- Survey confirmed key aspects of the geological model, including the presence of a long-lived ultramafic magmatic plumbing system
- Identified several major fault zones that are interpreted as potential magma conduits and trap sites for sulfide mineralization
- Further interpretation and modeling of the dataset planned to define high-priority drill targets
Summary
URU Metals Limited has announced the completion of a high-resolution airborne geophysical survey over its Zebediela project area in South Africa. The survey, conducted by Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics, incorporated both gravity and magnetic data to enhance the understanding of the underlying geological structures of the project.
The airborne data has confirmed key aspects of the Zebediela Project's geological model, particularly the presence of a long-lived ultramafic magmatic plumbing system connecting the Uitloop I and II bodies. The survey has also highlighted several major fault zones that are interpreted to be part of a regional fault network, which likely acted as magma conduits and trap sites for sulfide mineralization.
The company plans to submit the dataset to a consulting geophysical company for further interpretation and modeling, with the goal of defining high-priority drill targets in untested parts of the ultramafic plumbing system.