Projects — White Pine

White Pine

Reviewed: 25th September 2024

White Pine Uranium Project

Prospectivity: Regionally Anomalous Uranium Results

Open source data acquired from The Ontario Geological Survey, including lake sediment analysis1 and mapping2 and demonstrates that the White Pine Uranium Project displays regionally anomalous uranium in lake sediment results, alongside prospective geology; such as:

  • White Pine is supportive of intrusive-type uranium target (an example is Rössing in Namibia) with two granitic rock bodies (called batholiths) intruded into an area of gneiss
  • Statistical analysis completed over a lake sediment sampling study containing over 4,000 samples and covering approximately 15,000km2 delineates White Pine as a prospective uranium target
  • The White Pine Uranium Project is easily delineated when plotting the 99.5% percentile data
  • Very highly anomalous and extremely anomalous uranium in lake sediments compared with regional data, including values of up to 149 ppm uranium
  • Nine samples within the claim area contain uranium values in excess of 5 standard deviations above the mean and are considered extremely anomalous

Geology and Geochemistry: Regionally Anomalous Uranium Results

The project has multiple important factors underlining its prospectivity, including:

  • Top 20 highest uranium concentrations at White Pine all exceed the regional anomalous (mean plus 2 standard deviations) value for uranium
  • Samples of up to 149 ppm U in lake sediments, with sustained occurrences in close proximity or each other, suggesting a mineralised source proximal to the lakes
  • Both batholiths have significant radioactive occurrences, and the project’s location – at the apex of a ‘fertile’ intrusion is highly prospective for intrusive-style uranium mineralisation

Geophysics: Historic Radiometric & High-resolution Magnetic Data

Katoro has gained access to historical work completed on White Pine; this includes an airborne radiometric and magnetic survey previously flown over the project3.

This work has indicated;

  • Intense radiometric response across the land surface in the vicinity of the anomalous U in lake sediments
  • Magnetic data collaborates with mapped geology, reinforcing the project’s prospectivity.

Analysis is ongoing, and will be combined with forthcoming fieldwork to determine target areas for more intensive exploration.

Equivalent Uranium Concentration

 

Ternary Radioelement Map

 

Total Magnetic Intensity

 

Location: Easy Access for Cost Effective Work

Located within 8km of the Trans-Canada Highway, with access via established logging roads, White Pine is around 24 km from the town of Ignace. Thanks to this ease of access, unlike many Canadian uranium projects, no helicopters are need for access, massively reducing overheads.

Sources:

1 Ontario Geological Survey – Jackson, J.E. 2003, Lake Sediment Geochemical Data from the Ignace Survey Area, Northwestern Ontario: Operation Treasure Hunt, MRD118 & Russell, D.F., 2004, Lake Sediment and Water Data for the Sturgeon Lake-Wabigoon Lake Area, MRD130 & Felix, V.E., 2005, Lake Sediment and Water Analytical Data for the Eagle Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario, MRD 145

2Breaks, F.W. 1980, Sioux Lookout-Armstrong, Geological Compilation Series, Kenora and Thunder Bay Districts, Ontario Geological Survey: 2000 Series Map, NTS Number: 52

3 Goldak Airborne Surveys 2008, Technical report on a radiometric survey, Basket Lake Block, Northwestern Ontario, Takara Resources Inc.