American Pacific completes radiometric survey at Madison Copper-Gold Project in Montana

The use of radiometric technology is a unique and novel approach to skarn/porphyry exploration, and has the ability to identify potassium anomalies, which are essential to porphyry formation. The data collected from the survey is currently being interpreted and will provide valuation information for the planning of a larger Phase III regional exploration programme.

“The use of radiometric technology is relatively common in uranium exploration; however, it’s rarely been used in copper and gold skarn and porphyry exploration,” commented Managing Director of Exploration, Eric Saderholm. “Surveying these muted or limited surface uranium expressions will give us a valuable regional targeting tool that mapping simply cannot. Additionally, this survey identifies potassium anomalies that often indicate potassic alteration, a style of potassium enrichment widely known to be essential to copper and gold porphyry emplacement and will further enhance our understanding of the property-wide geology and the refinement of regional targeting.”

The historic documentation of uraninite within the Madison Skarn mineralisation, lead the Company’s geological team to evaluate uranium in relation to gold and copper within the geochemical multi-element data. Data pointed to a strong correlation between copper and uranium in the skarn minerals resulting in the commissioning of a radiometric survey of the property to identify uranium exposures and anomalies.

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