Alligator Energy Ltd (ASX:AGE) has taken the first step in pursuing resource growth at the Blackbush deposit of the Samphire Uranium Project in South Australia with a high-resolution ground-based gravity survey over the area.
The company intends to leverage the new data to gain a better understanding of the palaeochannel hosting the Blackbush uranium mineralisation and optimise parameters for a regional gravity survey between the Blackbush and Plumbush deposits.
Additionally, Alligator intends to begin an infill and extensional drilling program for about 100 holes at the Blackbush deposit, expected to begin in the first week of October this year.
Targeting extensions of Blackbush resource
“The Samphire Project Team, led by chief operating officer, Andrea Marsland-Smith, has been rapidly progressing our understanding of the detailed stratigraphy and mineralisation within the Blackbush Deposit, leading to our recent enhanced mineral resource estimate,” Alligator Energy CEO Greg Hall said.
“The commencement of this high-resolution gravity survey is the next step to target extensions to the resource at Blackbush, and ultimately to the broader Samphire channel system which extends around and to the south of Blackbush.
“Alligator continues to use latest innovative technologies to improve and enhance its work, while minimising impact on the land.”
In the latest chapter of the company’s pursuit of innovative technologies, Fleet Space Technologies have recently completed an Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) trial at Blackbush.
The trial was designed to test the effectiveness of ANT in mapping the Samphire palaeochannel and its internal stratigraphy.
Alligator believes the new technique may accelerate drill targeting for future exploration programs.
The company will compare results from the high-resolution ground gravity survey and ANT trial once the gravity survey is complete.