Radar Iron (ASX:RAD) has commenced the exploration as part of its farm-in to earn 50% of the Uruara Iron Ore project in Brazil.
The initial focus of the exploration is in the area where mineralisation has already been defined, and close spaced mapping and sampling is now under-way on 100-200 metres spaced traverses across three previously defined trends.
Radar is also to start the ground magnetic survey that will cover the existing mineralisation trends to define them better.
The Uruara Project covers about 68,000 hectares of tenements adjacent to the Amazon River with potential for iron ore shipment from a number of accessible ports.
The project comprises 1 exploration license of approximately 10,000 hectares with a binding right to acquire 6 adjacent applications of 58,000 hectares.
Assays from 24 surface samples suggest high grade mineralisation, grading above 60% Fe with low levels of impurities. Using surface samples and mapping data an exploration target for the high grade mineralisation of 20 million tonnes to 40 million tonnes at 58-65% Fe has been estimated.
Mapping done until now supports the current interpretation of zones of mineralisation of 150-400 metres wide and several kilometres in length.
Approximately 40 rock chip samples should be dispatched shortly, with results expected 2-3 weeks after submission.
The company aims to define first pass drill targets for testing in the second quarter of 2014 and transition from appraisal drilling to in-ground testing to potentially define a resource base in 2014.
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