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Heavy Rare Earths moves closer to drilling at Radium Hill
Australian company Heavy Rare Earths has cleared a cultural heritage milestone at its Radium Hill project in South Australia.
The survey took place from October 12 to 14 with representatives of the Wilyakali Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and heritage specialists.
The project lies about 90km southwest of Broken Hill, along an 8km corridor where surface samples have indicated uranium, rare earths, yttrium and scandium.
The company has submitted an environmental and rehabilitation plan, including a radiation management plan, to South Australia's Department for Energy and Mining, and is working through feedback.
Approval would allow the first shallow drilling at Radium Hill, aimed at testing known and suspected mineralised areas and assaying for a wider range of critical minerals than earlier drilling did.
Heavy Rare Earths is also working with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation to assess possible ways to process material from the project.
Heavy Rare Earths has cleared a cultural heritage milestone at its Radium Hill project in South Australia, moving it closer to maiden drilling.
The company has submitted an environmental protection and rehabilitation program, including a radiation management plan, to South Australia’s Department for Energy and Mining.
The planned shallow reverse circulation drilling would target an 8km corridor with potential uranium, rare earths and scandium mineralisation.
The heritage survey took place from October 12 to 14 with representatives of the Wilyakali Native Title Aboriginal Corporation and other participants.
Heavy Rare Earths is also working with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation to assess potential processing routes.
- Who
- Heavy Rare Earths, an ASX-listed company.
- What
- It is preparing for maiden shallow drilling at Radium Hill after completing a cultural heritage survey and submitting an environmental protection and rehabilitation program.
- When
- The heritage survey ran from October 12 to 14. The drilling date is not stated.
- Where
- Radium Hill in South Australia, about 90km southwest of Broken Hill.
- Why
- The planned drilling aims to test an 8km corridor for uranium and other critical minerals, including rare earths and scandium.
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A cultural heritage survey was conducted with representatives of the Wilyakali Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, an anthropologist, an archaeologist and Heavy Rare Earths personnel.
Heavy Rare Earths submitted its Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation, including a radiation management plan, to South Australia’s Department for Energy and Mining.
The company received initial feedback from the department and continued working with it as the application progressed.
Heavy Rare Earths said it planned a maiden shallow reverse circulation drilling program once the application is approved.
- Project
- Radium Hill, South Australia
- Drilling target
- An interpreted 8km corridor
- Distance from Broken Hill
- About 90km southwest
- Heritage survey
- October 12–14
- Surface sample maximum
- 0.36% U₃O₈
- Processing partner
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
What people are saying
Once it’s approved, we’ll start a maiden shallow RC program along the Bonython Corridor. This will be the first drilling at Radium Hill to assay for the full suite of critical minerals.