Noronex Launches First Uranium Drilling Campaign at Etango North Project in Namibia
Noronex Begins Uranium Drilling at Etango North in Namibia’s Prime Uranium District
Ferrodrill has commenced drilling at Noronex Limited’s Etango North Uranium Project in central Namibia, marking the company’s first uranium-focused drilling campaign in the country and a key step in expanding its presence in Namibia’s hard-rock uranium district.
Noronex appointed Ferrodrill on 22 January to undertake a reverse circulation drilling program on Exclusive Prospecting Licence 6776. The well-established Namibian contractor will execute the maiden subsurface testing of multiple high-priority uranium targets.
The program is the first designed to test targets identified through ground spectrometry, remote-sensing lithostratigraphic interpretation, and detailed field mapping.
Etango North is strategically located in the heart of Namibia’s uranium province, immediately along strike from Bannerman Energy’s Etango development, which hosts a 207-million-pound U₃O₈ resource, and close to the long-operating Rössing and Husab uranium mines.
The project sits within a geological corridor known for alaskite-hosted uranium systems, the primary mineralisation style underpinning large-scale uranium production in central Namibia.
Recent geological interpretation has highlighted favourable structural and stratigraphic settings for uranium mineralisation within Noronex’s licence area, including domal closures and flat-lying alaskite sheets.
These features align with known uranium deposits in the district and are considered highly prospective, particularly where mineralisation may be concealed beneath shallow cover.
Noronex managing director and CEO Victor Rajasooriar described the start of drilling as a major milestone.
“The commencement of drilling at Etango North marks our first-ever uranium-focused campaign in Namibia,” Rajasooriar said. “The combination of strong surface uranium anomalies, favourable geology, and its location in a world-class uranium district makes Etango North a compelling exploration opportunity.
We look forward to receiving results from this maiden program and advancing the project alongside our ongoing copper exploration activities in Namibia and Botswana.”
The current program is designed as a first-pass campaign to validate the geological model and assess the potential for subsurface uranium mineralisation.
Results from this phase will inform target refinement and guide follow-up drilling as the exploration program progresses.
Etango North introduces a uranium dimension to Noronex’s southern African exploration portfolio at a time when global interest in secure uranium supply is intensifying.
With Namibia already established as one of the world’s leading uranium producers, early-stage drilling success in proven districts is increasingly considered strategically significant for junior explorers aiming to build long-term project pipelines.
