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Thule Black Sands Reconnaisance and Sampling
Thule Black Sands Reconnaisance and Sampling.
About this update from Alba Mineral Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0928R Alba Mineral Resources PLC 19 September 2017 \n\nClick on or paste the following link into your website browser to view the associated PDF document (including maps and images): \n \nhttp://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0928R_-2017-9-18.pdf \n\n \nAlba Mineral Resources plc\n(\"Alba\" or the \"Company\")\n \nThule Black Sands, North-West Greenland\nCompletion of Reconnaissance Exploration \nand Sampling Programme\n \nAlba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA) is pleased to announce that a reconnaissance exploration programme has been completed across the Company's recently granted, 100% owned Thule Black Sands licence in north-west Greenland. The 186 km2 licence MEL 2017/29 is primarily prospective for ilmenite-bearing heavy minerals sands.\n \nHighlights:\n \n· Completed field work confirms the presence of active beach environments with heavy mineral sands being actively deposited, along with raised beach terraces containing heavy mineral sand.\n· 79 samples collected in total with most collected from active and raised beaches across a combined strike length of approximately 8.5 km.\n· Two bulk samples collected, weighing approximately 50 kg each and representing an active beach and raised beach environment.\n· Handheld XRF Niton analysis shows that samples host Titanium (\"Ti\") and Iron (\"Fe\") bearing mineral phases, being the primary constituents of ilmenite (FeTiO3).\n· Detailed aerial photography completed over most of the licence area to enable geomorphological mapping and the creation of an accurate elevation model.\n \nAlba's Executive Chairman, George Frangeskides, commented: \n\"We are very pleased to have completed this first field programme at our new, wholly-owned Thule Black Sands Project. A significant sampling exercise was undertaken on a portion of the licence and those samples together with the two bulk samples collected will now be sent to specialist laboratories for test work to be undertaken. These results, plus the detailed aerial photography taken over much of the licence area, will enable us to plan our next field season over the coming months.\"\n \n\"In short, our maiden field programme...