Project Phase:
Exploration
Commodity:
Uranium
Size:
785 hectares over 7 Projects
Location:
Mohave County, Arizona
The Arizona Strip: North America’s Premier High-Grade Uranium District
The Arizona Strip is historically recognized as the highest-grade uranium district in the United States. While typical domestic sandstone-hosted deposits average approximately 0.1 percent, historic production in this district has set the benchmark for high-margin breccia pipe production, with head grades typically ranging from 0.42 percent to 1.08 percent U3O8.
Strategic Asset Highlights
Nexus Uranium holds a 100 percent undivided interest, with no underlying royalties or encumbrances, in 38 federal lode claims covering approximately 785 hectares in Mohave County, Arizona.
- Seven Drill-Ready Targets: The portfolio includes the SGB, RN, EM, BUS, JD, LJ, and ULJ targets, all identified through extensive historic exploration.
- Drill-Confirmed Structure: The EM target features a historic drill hole that intersected breccia at depth, confirming the presence of a collapse pipe system and significantly de-risking future exploration.
- Robust Technical Database: Our exploration programs are supported by extensive prior ground geophysics—including CSAMT, seismic reflection, and ground magnetics—as well as surface sampling identifying uranium and multi-element pathfinder anomalies.
The Geologic Model: Collapsed Breccia Pipes
The primary targets in the Arizona Strip are Collapse Breccia Pipes. These are vertical, cylindrical structures formed when overlying sedimentary strata collapse into deep limestone solution cavities.
The uranium ore within these pipes is notoriously “blind” at the surface, typically residing hundreds of feet below ground in formations such as the Hermit Shale and Coconino Sandstone. To translate surface echoes into subsurface targets, Nexus utilizes a diagnostic link based on specific “fingerprints”:
Topographical Clues: We identify circular moats, radial drainage patterns, and inward-dipping beds that signal the structural subsidence of a buried pipe.
Geochemical Clues: We track halos of pathfinder metals—specifically Copper, Zinc, and Arsenic—that have migrated upward from the mineralized zone to the surface.
Portfolio Synergy and Strategic Growth
The Arizona Strip acquisition adds a high-grade, fundamentally different deposit type to the Nexus portfolio. By pairing these high-margin breccia pipe targets with our large-scale, resource-stage assets in South Dakota and Wyoming, Nexus provides shareholders with a unique, diversified vehicle for exposure to the U.S. domestic energy renaissance.
