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Rum Jungle Uranium drills Wingate 1 hole to target depth

Last updated: 09:14 10 Dec 2009 GMT, First published: 10:14 10 Dec 2009 GMT

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Rum Jungle Uranium (ASX: RUM) has announced diamond drill hole Wingate 1 was terminated at target depth near 500 meters yesterday.

The core has been returned to Darwin for cutting, petrographic work and selected assay intervals.

Drilling failed to locate any major shear zones and mainly encountered hematite rich granite with XRF readings of high background anomalous uranium between 20 and 50 ppm. Zones of chlorite rich alteration occurred near minor shears.

The source of the highly anomalous ground water still remains unanswered and further work will be planned once a geochemical analysis of the core is completed.

The next drilling programs will be focused on the newly granted exploration licenses south of Windgap.