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Enrg puts plored by the French Government during the
1950s but it wasn’t until the late 2000s when
MGM completed almost 10,000m of drilling
new energy and published the initial resource that the
project came to attention.
Paladin Energy Ltd subsequently acquired
the ground before relinquishing it in 2016
into Agadez during the height of the uranium downturn.
Keats said the company found the histori-
cal information on the project to be very use-
Caroline Keats ful.
ebranded clean energy minerals ex- Takardeit hosts a recently updated JORC- “While Paladin’s drilling programme actu-
Rplorer Enrg Elements Ltd has reported compliant inferred resource of 16.5mt @ ally sat outside that Takardeit deposit area,
encouraging early results from its maiden 295 ppm uranium for 10.7 mlb. there were quite a few holes where there
drilling programme at the Agadez uranium “We saw some really nice hits as part of were mineralised intersections in the deeper
project in Niger. this programme and, in particular, there are carboniferous zone in areas that surround
Enrg (formerly Kopore Metals) completed three holes with 2m intersections in the Tak- the shallow Takardeit resource area,” she
the 11-week campaign during Africa Down ardeit Centre, which is actually the mineral said.
Under having only acquired the Agadez
“For us, and the work that we’re doing at
130 mm high x 92 mm wide + bleed resource area,” Keats said. Takardeit, this is obviously going to be very
tenements, including the historical Takardeit
“We have grades between 1,100 and
resource, in May.
The drilling programme comprised about 1,200 ppm, and the average grade at Tak- important. The highest grades that we saw
from the Paladin drilling programme were
ardeit Centre for the programme was 341
5,500m for 414 holes, including 105 RC ppm. The drilling results confirm and extend around 1,300-1,700 ppm.”
holes and five diamond holes, with an aver- that mineralisation beyond that Takardeit re- Meanwhile, Enrg is set to resume drilling
age depth of 50m. At least four holes were source area. at its Ghanzi West copper project in Botswa-
drilled to a maximum depth of 200m. “Mineralisation can be seen from surface na following the completion of an airborne
Enrg managing director Caroline Keats down to a depth of 40m and remains open EM and gravity survey over the 2,630sq km
said the drilling was designed to target near- in multiple directions. Once we receive the property which sits along strike of Sandfire
surface mineralisation in and around the assays later this year, we expect to update Resources Ltd’s upcoming Motheo mine
Takardeit resource area as well as provide that Takardeit resource.” and Cobre Ltd’s recent Ngami discovery.
the company a better understanding of the The Agadez tenements were first ex-
regional geology. – Michael Washbourne

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