Medaro Mining (MEDA.CN) on Tuesday said it started ground fieldwork at its Clay Howells West rare earth element (REE) project in northern Ontario.
The work is intended to support target generation and prioritization for possible follow-up exploration, it said. The current field program is expected to include ground-based radiometric surveying using portable radiometric instruments, which may include a gamma-ray spectrometer or scintillometer, to measure total count radioactivity and, where instrument capability permits, potassium, uranium and thorium values.
It may also include reconnaissance geological mapping and prospecting, targeted rock sampling, soil geochemical sampling over accessible target areas and follow-up grids, and integration of geological, radiometric and geochemical data to define and rank priority exploration targets. The Phase 1 program is expected to collect about 50 to 100 rock samples and about 100 to 200 soil samples, subject to field conditions, access, exposure, and logistical considerations, the company said.
Samples collected during the program will be submitted to an accredited laboratory for multi-element analysis, it added.
Shares of the company were last seen unchanged at $0.40 on the Canadian Securities Exchange.