Alligator Energy (ASX:AGE) has entered into the assessment phase for the Samphire Uranium Project in South Australia, following the submission of the Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation for conducting the in-situ field recovery trial.
Once the submission is approved, on-site construction of the field recovery trial (FRT) infrastructure can begin. An Environment Protection Agency site permit process is currently underway.
The FRT operations will be undertaken over three to four months after construction and commissioning is completed. The operations will involve establishing three well-field patterns and placement, as well as construction of a pilot processing plant.
Upon completion of the operations, and any additional testwork identified in the short-term, the pilot plant and well-fields will be removed and the area will be rehabilitated.
Alligator Energy expects the FRT operations to be completed towards the end of Q4 2025, with the results expected to follow shortly thereafter.
CEO Greg Hall says the company is pleased to be advancing Samphire through this key task to establish final technical operating parameters and de-risk the future technical and production process.
“The output results will feed directly into a Feasibility Study,” Hall says.
“Once we are close to constructing this pilot plant, we will be calling for expressions of interest from engineering firms with suitable experience to run a Definitive Feasibility Study for a future full-scale ISR mine and process plant.
“The aim is to have the core feasibility team in place while the FRT is in operation during the second half of this year, with studies continuing into H1 2026.”
Alligator Energy is a uranium and energy metals project developer and explorer that owns the Samphire Uranium Project. Samphire has a 17.5 million pound uranium resource, as well as a robust Scoping Study for producing 1.2 million pounds per year.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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