Connected Minerals Limited has reported strong uranium grades from its Phase 2 drilling programme at the Etango North-East Project in Namibia, where 17 of the 23 holes completed at the Ondapanda Prospect returned economic grades.
According to Connected Minerals Managing Director Warrick Clent, the latest results build on the success of the Phase 1 campaign earlier this year and continue to highlight the project’s growing potential.
“The results from Phase 2 at Etango North-East continue to impress, with over 80% of all holes drilled in Phases 1 and 2 returning economic uranium grades,” Clent said.
Clent stated that significant intercepts from Phase 2 include 3 metres at 265 ppm eU₃O₈ from 34 metres, including 1 metre at 435 ppm; 6 metres at 295 ppm from 42 metres, including 2 metres at 485 ppm; and 4 metres at 456 ppm from 36 metres, including 1 metre at 716 ppm.
He said one of the widest intersections recorded to date was 18 metres at 209 ppm from 1 metre in hole OPRC0038.
Clent noted that these results demonstrate multiple, stacked and mineralised alaskite (leucogranite) zones, reinforcing the company’s view that Etango North-East mirrors the geological model of Bannerman Energy’s world-class Etango Uranium Project.
“The continued presence of multiple, stacked and mineralised alaskites further supports our view that Etango North-East’s geology follows the model of Bannerman’s Etango Uranium Project (429Mt @ 225ppm U₃O₈),” Clent said.
He added that the results “continue to impress”, pointing out the shallow, high-grade nature of several intersections and the project’s 80% drilling success rate across both phases.
Clent further said mineralisation remains open at depth and along strike, adding that Connected Minerals is now planning the next stage of exploration to further define the uranium potential at Etango North-East.
“The grades in the central zone of the Ondapanda Prospect are impressive, and the more recent drilling in the western portion has outlined mineralisation that will require follow-up in future programmes. We are currently planning the next stage of exploration at Etango North-East and will update the market in due course,” he said.
