UEX eyes 2.94% Co and 2.08% Ni drilled over 4.5 metres at West Bear

According to Mining News Pro -  Highlights from the first assays include 2.94% cobalt and 2.08% nickel over a 4.5 metre core length and 1.94% cobalt and 3.68% nickel over 11.0 metres. Both these results came from hole WBC-044 that had a total length of 13.8 metres averaging 0.72% cobalt and 1.06% nickel.

Other assays were positive as well. Hole WBC-043 interested 012% cobalt and 0.31% nickel over 13.8 metres. WBC-042 returned 20.5 metres averaging 0.55% cobalt and 0.25% nickel, including 1.90% cobalt and 0.57% nickel over 5.5 metres. WBC-045 returned 20.5 metres at 0.04% cobalt and 0.14 nickel. The final hole – WBC-046 – returned 52.0 metres averaging 0.53% cobalt and 0.36% nickel, including 2.0 metres at 1.65% cobalt and 0.75% nickel, 9.0 metres at 2.17% cobalt and 1.07% nickel, and 1.0 metre at 0.96% cobalt and 0.94% nickel.

True widths are estimated to be 90% to 95% of core lengths.

UEX announced the maiden resource estimate for West Bear last July. Inferred resources were 390,000 tonnes grading 0.37% cobalt and 0.22% nickel for 3.2 million lb. of contained cobalt and 1.9 million lb. of contained nickel.