Vanadium good news15 Feb 2022 23:01
Asx release
Key Points:
JORC Resource of 18.4 million pounds V2O5 defined within Aura’s low capex, low operating cost Tiris Uranium Project in Mauritania1 .
34% classified as Measured/Indicated Resource.
The vanadium is contained within the mineral carnotite which also contains the uranium at Tiris.
Metallurgical testwork indicates that the vanadium can be readily extracted at low additional cost.
Production of a vanadium product stream is likely to significantly lower the effective cost per lb of U3O8.
Aura Energy Limited (ASX:AEE, AIM:AURA) (“Aura”, the “Company”) a company focused on the development of the low capex, low operating cost Tiris Uranium Project (“Tiris” or the “Project”) in Mauritania, is pleased to announce a JORC compliant Resource estimate for 18.4 million pounds vanadium (V2O5), contained within its Tiris Uranium deposits.
Commenting on the vanadium resource estimate, Aura’s Acting CEO, Will Goodall, said:
“We are very pleased to announce a JORC compliant resource estimate of 18.4 million pounds vanadium at Tiris in Mauritania.
The inclusion of vanadium in the resource estimates for Tiris gives Aura a wonderful opportunity to explore further operating cost reductions through addition of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) as a by-product to uranium.