The Lansdowne Project area is prospective for the occurrence of conglomerate hosted uranium deposits similar to the Blind River Uranium Deposit in Canada. The area has a number of radiometric anomalies in the King Leopold Sandstone. The King Leopold Sandstone contains a radioactive conglomerate layer near its base which has been the subject of persistent past exploration by a number of companies including CRA, and BHP.

While most of the anomalies in this horizon are derived from thorium, the model suggests that uranium mineralisation may be deposited in a long thin deposit along an ancient marine or lake shoreline in a quartz rich conglomerate.

Exploration Programme

The area will be fl own with a detailed radiometric air survey, followed by a ground based radiometric survey over the areas of anomalous readings.

A study of the conglomerate layer in the tenement area will be carried out to determine the facies or environment of deposition of the conglomerate in this area together with the direction of transport. The radiometric anomalies will be sampled to determine what mineral caused the anomaly.

Drilling will then be directed towards the point at which the conglomerate may have been laid down along an ancient shoreline.