Hillview Project

(E51/1127) - Encounter 80%, Avoca 20%

The Hillview project is located 50km south east of Meekatharra. Historical uranium exploration at Hillview by Western Mining Corporation in the 1970s, identified a 15km long zone of near surface uranium mineralisation.

Encounter drilled three aircore sections in July 2007 as an initial test of a large scale anomaly. These lines centred around the main homestead and utilised existing tracks and fence lines for drill rig access. The drilling successfully outlined a laterally continuous and coherent envelope of near surface mineralisation that is interpreted to be in excess of 3km long and up to 1km wide. This mineralisation is up to 10m thick with results typically within 10 metres of surface. Figure 1 outlines a cross section of the mineralisation discovered at Hillview.

Better results from Phase 1 include:

  • 10m @ 209ppm U 3O 8 including 6m @ 270ppm U 3O 8
  • 4m @ 270ppm U 3O 8 including 3m @ 324ppm U 3O 8
  • 5m @ 221ppm U 3O 8
  • 10m @ 209ppm U 3O 8 including 6m @ 270ppm U 3O 8
  • 4m @ 287ppm U 3O 8 including 3m @ 324ppm U 3O 8
  • 7m @ 170ppm U 3O 8 including 1m @ 259ppm U 3O 8

A second phase of aircore drilling was completed at Hillview during the December quarter. A total of 160 holes were drilled along the five sections noted in blue on Figure 2. These sections now take the total strike length of the Hillview drilling to in excess of 12kms.

A third phase of drilling is planned for April 2008 to infill the area of mineralisation and provide sufficient information to facilitate a resource calculation at Hillview.

Figure 1: Cross Section Hillview Project (vertically exaggerated)

Figure 1

Figure 2: Hillview Project Summary Plan

Figure 2