Successful Uranium Exploration Program Completed
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ASX: ADD
2 May 2024
Successful Mundowdna Uranium
Exploration Program Completed
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Maiden Mundowdna & Mundowdna South reconnaissance exploration program
successfully completed
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Program came in under budget and ahead of schedule
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Exploration program included gravity and gamma spectrometer surveying
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760 soil samples and rock chips collected along ~80 line kilometres utilising existing
pastoral tracks
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Assays results expected early June
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Gravity survey results due within two weeks
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Clearance process underway for next stages of exploration including drilling
Adavale Resources Limited (ASX: ADD) (“Adavale” or “the Company”) is pleased to advise the
successful completion of the maiden exploration program on EL6821 and EL6957, Mundowdna and
Mundowdna South, within the Company’s expanding Uranium portfolio in South Australia. The
program was completed ahead of schedule and under budget, with all of the key objectives completed.
Adavale’s Executive Director, David Riekie commented:
“The Mundowdna and Mundowdna South reconnaissance programs marked the start of a busy
uranium exploration program for the Company.
“I congratulate the field crew on an excellent job by completing the program in half the anticipated
time.
“The geophysical data is now being processed and we look forward to interpreting it with the soil
results in early June. Drilling targets will be determined shortly afterwards.”
Exploration Program
The maiden exploration program consisted of the following four priority tasks:
• Gravity surveying to map subtle density contrasts that potentially reflect buried palaeochannel
systems.
• Soil sampling that is capable of measuring very low levels of uranium and other indicator
metals at surface.
• Gamma spectrometer surveying to quantify surface radiation levels.
• Rock chip sampling to quantify uranium levels within of known regional anomalies.
Directors & Officers
GRANT PIERCE
ALLAN RITCHIE
Chairman
CEO
DAVID RIEKIE
LEONARD MATH
Executive Director
CFO & Company Secretary
JOHN HICKS
Non-Executive Director
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Figure 1: Overview of interpreted palaeodrainage and palaeochannels with completed transects for soil, gamma and gravity
program. Soil locations denoted by yellow dots and the palaeodrainage outwash direction denoted by the black arrows.
Summary of Exploration Tasks and Objectives
The gravity survey was undertaken to identify potentially prospective buried palaeochannels by
mapping subtle density contrasts in the underlying bedrock. Being typically less dense than the
surrounding rock, sediments deposited in palaeochannel systems can be identified using this
technique.
Approximately 80km of gravity surveying was undertaken with readings taken at points corresponding
to the 760 soil sample locations (refer Figure 1). Preliminary results for the survey were generated in
the field then finalised.
The soil sampling program was conducted in parallel with the gravity survey with the collection of 760
samples along 80km of existing station tracks. Samples are in the process of being transported from
site to Perth for analysis at Intertek Laboratories.
The program will employ the TerraLeach analytical method, which can detect mineralisation at depth
by measuring very low levels of uranium and other indicator metals at surface. This technique has
been demonstrated to be effective in detecting buried uranium mineralisation in Australia and globally.
In conjunction with the soils and gravity program, a gamma spectrometer survey was undertaken to
identify any near surface radiation related to uranium mineralisation. The spectrometer data was
recorded on a continuous data log and will be correlated with the soil and gravity data.
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Figure 2: Photos from the recent exploration program showing sampling and the terrain at Mundowdna.
This announcement is authorised for release by the Board of Adavale Resources Limited.
Acknowledgements to traditional owners
Adavale acknowledges the Dieri and Adnyamathanha as Traditional Custodians of the land on which
our current works are located. With respect to Elders past, present and emerging, Adavale is
committed to conducting its activities with respect to the communities in which it operates.
Further information:
For broker and media enquiries:
David Riekie
Executive Director
E: investor@adavaleresources.com
P: +61 2 8003 6733
Andrew Rowell
White Noise Communications
E: andrew@whitenoisecomms.com
P: +61 400 466 226
Competent Persons Statement
The information in this release that relates to “exploration results” for the Project is based on information
compiled or reviewed by Mr Patrick Harvey MAppSci, Australia. Mr Harvey is a consultant for Adavale Resources
Limited and is a member of the AIG. Mr Harvey has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of
mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration as well as to the activity that is being undertaking to
qualify as a Competent Person under the ASX Listing Rules. Mr Harvey consents to this release in the form and
context in which it appears.
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ABOUT ADAVALE – Uranium and Nickel Sulphide Explorer
Adavale Resources Limited (ASX:ADD) is a uranium and nickel sulphide explorer.
Adavale holds 5 granted exploration licences prospective for their sedimentary uranium potential within the
northern part of the highly prospective Northern outwash from the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. ADD has
recently acquired an additional exploration licence EL6553 (456km2) to increase this strategic holding to
2,058km2. The 2024 exploration program has commenced with a reconnaissance program at Mundowdna and
Mundowdna South.
The Company also holds the Kabanga Jirani Nickel Project, a portfolio of 12 highly prospective granted licences
along the Karagwe-Ankolean belt in Tanzania. The 9 southernmost licences are proximal to the world-class
Kabanga Nickel Deposit (87.6Mt @ 2.63% Ni Eq). Adavale holds 100% of all licences except 2 licences known
as the Luhuma-Farm-in are held 65% adding a further 99km2 bringing the portfolio to 1,315sq km). Adavale’s
licences were selected based on their strong geochemical and geophysical signatures from the previous
exploration undertaken by BHP.
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