Connected Minerals Limited (ASX:CML) has reported further encouraging uranium results from Phase Two reverse-circulation drilling at its Etango North-East Project in Namibia, confirming consistent economic grades and broad mineralised zones similar to those seen in earlier work.
The latest campaign, completed at the Ondapanda Prospect, comprised 23 holes totalling 3,134 metres. According to the company, 17 holes—about 80 percent—returned economic uranium grades, reinforcing geological continuity first demonstrated in Phase One.
In hole OPRC0020, drilling cut three metres at 265 parts per million equivalent uranium oxide (eU₃O₈) from 34 metres, including one metre at 435 parts per million, and a further six metres at 295 parts per million from 42 metres, including two metres at 485 parts per million.
Hole OPRC0024 produced two metres at 467 parts per million from 14 metres, including one metre at 635 parts per million, and twelve metres at 190 parts per million from 141 metres, including four metres at 302 parts per million.
Hole OPRC0035 returned four metres at 456 parts per million from 36 metres, including one metre at 716 parts per million.
Hole OPRC0016 delivered eight metres at 199 parts per million from 66 metres, including four metres at 300 parts per million and one metre at 446 parts per million.
Hole OPRC0017 intersected five metres at 249 parts per million from 33 metres, including one metre at 479 parts per million.
Managing Director Warrick Clent said the shallow nature of many of the higher-grade hits was particularly encouraging.
He noted that the results from Phase Two continued to impress, with over 80 percent of all holes drilled in both phases returning economic uranium grades.
Several holes, he said, showed multiple high-grade intersections, confirming the continued presence of stacked and mineralised Alaskite units.
Clent added that these findings strengthen the company’s view that the Etango North-East deposit follows the geological model of Bannerman Energy’s nearby Etango Project.
The company’s geologists reported that the central zone of Ondapanda yielded the broadest and richest intersections, including hole OPRC0038, which recorded 18 metres at 209 parts per million eU₃O₈ from one metre depth, the broadest mineralised interval drilled to date. Drilling in the western portion also intersected promising zones that will be targeted in follow-up work.
Connected Minerals said mineralisation at Etango North-East remains open at depth and along strike, and planning is under way for the next exploration phase.
The technical team confirmed that both drilling programmes intersected multiple stacked Alaskite bodies, reinforcing strong geological similarities with Bannerman Energy’s world-class Etango deposit, located within the same uranium province.
Clent added that upcoming work will focus on infill and step-out drilling to define resource potential and guide future development planning.
