Harrejokk Project (U)

The Harrejokk Project consists of two exploration licenses Harrejokk West (~50Ha) and Harrejokk East (~100Ha) which are located within the Arjeplog – Arvidsjaur uranium province of northern Sweden (Figure 1). Licences were staked over areas of known uranium mineralisation originally discovered by the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) in 1970 and are located ~9km north-west of Continental Precious Minerals “Pleutajokk Project” (5-6MIb @0.1%U3O8).

Mineralisation is hosted either by a series of meta-felsic granite, monzonite, syenite units (c. 1.88-1.87 Ga) and/or slightly younger (c. 1.85-1.75 Ga) non-magnetic granite and pegmatite units. To the south a series of mafic to felsic meta-volcanic units occur and are interpreted to have been juxtaposed by a major NW – SE trending composite fault system. To the west basement sequences have been overlain by a variably deformed and metamorphosed sequence of sedimentary rocks (conglomerate, sandstone, arkose, greywacke, siltstone, shale, limestone, dolomite) assigned to the Caledonian orogenic belt.

Harrejokk East Prospect

Historically three boulder trains each measuring ~300m x 20m and returning a reported average of 0.1% U3O8 were identified by the SGU within the Harrejokk East Prospect area. Following a program of surface mapping and geophysics twenty-five diamond drill holes were completed in 1974 to test the source of radioactive boulder trains. Eleven holes intersected uranium mineralisation with better results including: 4.5m @0.14% U3O8 from 85m (HAR74114) and 5.3 metres @ 0.11% U3O8 from 34 metres (HAR74116). Overall, two moderately SE dipping uranium mineralised structures were identified. Mineralisation occurs dominantly as uraninite disseminations or fracture fillings hosted by a weakly altered (potassic?) leaucogranite.

Harrejokk West Prospect

At the Harrejokk West prospect 65 samples originally taken in 1970 from a 400m x 20m boulder train returned an average of 0.25% U3O8 (range: 0.1% - 4.2%U3O8). Follow-up geophysics and trenching resulted in the discovery of bedrock mineralisation (range: 0.1% – 1.5%U3O8) occurring as narrow high grade disseminations hosted by a sodium-metasomatised (altered) granitoid.

In 1973-1976 nineteen diamond drill holes were completed by the SGU to further test overburden covered bedrock however, no mineralisation of significance was intersected. Following the completion of drilling no subsequent work has been undertaken at the prospect area.

Work Programs

Work completed by Hodges Resources has included an initial site reconnaissance inspection during 2008 and a follow program of ground scintillometer surveying completed during the 2009 summer field season (figures 3 & 4). Additionally a compilation of historic SGU data and re-logging of historic drill cores has been completed for the project.