The newly-developed ZTEM surveys provide a new dimension for surveying electromagnetic targets, and as expected, provide superior detail of conductive zones at depth.
The first ZTEM survey at the Hodgson project identified five areas with basement conductors, that identify targets trending northeast, north and northwest in areas where the company had previously identified AMT geophysical responses, and significant surface geochemical anomalies.
CanAlaska said the survey has identified 35km of conductive trends on the project, which is located in the east-central part of the Athabasca Basin, 27km northwest of the McArthur River mine and 21km west of the Cigar Lake deposit.
The reconnaissance ground AMT surveys had confirmed a series of basement conductors and indicated the presence of conductive zones in the sandstones, structures thought to be related to uranium mineralizing events.
The current ZTEM survey mapped these basement conductor patterns in more detail and has given significant information as to the shape and size of these targets.
The second ZTEM survey, which covered CanAlaska’s claims on the western portion of the Carswell structure, has confirmed basement conductors in areas where previous VTEM surveys were hampered because of conductive overburden.
CanAlaska has assembled a land position, north and north-west of the new discoveries by Areva and UEX, and west and south of the historic Cluff Lake uranium mines, located within the basement uplift.
