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Goliad Project

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Overview

Mine TypeIn-Situ
StagePermitting
Commodities
  • Uranium
Mining Method
  • Solution mining
SnapshotThe Goliad Project Area consists of multiple contiguous leases that would allow the mining of uranium by ISR methods. Goliad is fully permitted to mine.

In Texas, Uranium Energies fully-licensed and 100% owned Hobson Processing Facility forms the basis for regional operating strategy in the State of Texas, specifically the South Texas Uranium Belt where ISR mining is utilizes. Uranium Energt utilize a “hub-and-spoke” strategy whereby the Hobson Processing Facility, which has a physical capacity to process uranium-loaded resins up to a total of two million pounds of U3O8 annually and is licensed to process up to one million pounds of U3O8 annually, acts as the central processing site (the “hub”) for Palangana Mine, and future satellite uranium mining activities, such as Burke Hollow and Goliad Projects, located within the South Texas Uranium Belt (the “spokes”).

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Uranium Energy Corp. 100 % Indirect
Uranium Energy Corp. holds various mining lease and surface use agreements having an initial five-year term with extension provisions, granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at the Goliad Project, a 995-acre property located in Goliad County, Texas, subject to certain fixed royalty interests or indexed to the sale price of uranium.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Uranium mineralization at the Goliad Project Area is typical of Texas roll-front sandstone deposits. All mineralization at the Goliad Project Area occurs in the Goliad Formation. The Goliad Formation occurs at surface on the Goliad Project Area. The mineralized units are sandstones within the Goliad Formation and are designated by UEC as the A through D sands from younger (upper) to older (lower), respectively. The sand units are generally fine to medium-grained sands with silt and varying amounts of secondary calcite. The sand units vary in color depending upon the degree of oxidation-reduction and could be from light brown-tan to gray. The sand units are generally separated from each other by silty clay or clayey silts that serve as confining units between the sand units.

The four sandstone units (A-D) designated as containing uranium mineralization at the site are all considered to be a part of the Gulf Coast Aquifer on a regional basis. At the Goliad Project Area, each unit is a hydrogeologic unit with similar but variable characteristics. Groundwater from sands of the Goliad Formation is used for water supplies over much of the northern portion of Goliad County.

The Goliad structures include two faults that intersect and offset the mineralized units. These faults are normal faults, with one downthrown toward the coast and one downthrown toward the northwest. The fault throws range from about 40 to 80 feet.

The Goliad sand is one of the principal water-bearing formations in South Texas and can yield moderate to large quantities of water. All of the project areas included in this Goliad Project Area target the Goliad Formation, which is a proven aquifer with characteristics favorable to ISR.

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