{"id":33,"date":"2026-06-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:06:19","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/index.php\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>URU Metals is exploring and developing a portfolio of high quality assets across a targeted spectrum of commodities in several geographic jurisdictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Zebediela Nickel Project in<\/strong> <strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">URU Metals owns 74.4% of Zeb Nickel Corp traded on the TSX.V under the symbol ZBNI.V.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebnickel.com\/\">www.zebnickel.com<\/a>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The project&nbsp;is located in the Limpopo Province of South Africa close to the platinum mining town of Mokopane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Preliminary Economic Assessment (&#8220;PEA&#8221;) completed in 2012 reported inferred and indicated resources (Non-JORC) totalling over 1.5 billion tonnes with an estimated Net Present Value of US$317 million and a post-tax IRR of 18.6% (assuming a post-tax discount rate of 10%, nickel price of US$8.50\/lb, production of 20,000 tonnes of nickel per year over a 25 year mine life, a total capex cost of US$708 million, and an opex cost of US$3.35\/lb Ni)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/san-joint-venture-map.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/san-joint-venture-map.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/san-joint-venture-map-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/san-joint-venture-map-88x88.jpeg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Importance of the Zebediela Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Importance-of-the-Zebediela-Project.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zeb Nickel Project: Regional Setting and Exploration Model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>he Zeb Nickel Project is located on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex in Limpopo, South Africa, in a district that hosts some of the world\u2019s most important platinum group metal, nickel and copper deposits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three images below are provided to help investors understand the regional position of the Project, the geological setting, and the latest ground geophysics work completed over Targets 1 and 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These images should be read together with the Company\u2019s recent announcements on the ground gravity and electromagnetic survey work. They do not report new drilling results, assay results or mineral resource estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 1: Regional satellite setting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-Projects-Regional-Satellite-20260611-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-Projects-Regional-Satellite-20260611-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-Projects-Regional-Satellite-20260611-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-Projects-Regional-Satellite-20260611-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-Projects-Regional-Satellite-20260611-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-Projects-Regional-Satellite-20260611-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Regional satellite image showing the Zeb Nickel Project mining right in relation to the Valterra Platinum Mogalakwena Mining Complex and the Ivanplats \/ Ivanhoe Mines Platreef Project. The red line shows the interpreted outcrop position of the Platreef \/ Critical Zone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This image shows the regional position of the Zeb Nickel Project within the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zeb sits to the south-east of the Mogalakwena mining complex and east of the Platreef Project area. The image also shows the interpreted outcrop of the Platreef \/ Critical Zone, which forms one of the key regional geological features of the Northern Limb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of this image is not just the proximity to these world-class mines, but also the geological context. Zeb is positioned in a part of the Northern Limb where Bushveld intrusive rocks, major structures, ultramafic bodies and feeder-style magma pathways are interpreted to interact, and these are the types of settings that can be important in nickel-copper-PGE exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 2: Regional geology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Regional-Geology-20260611-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Regional-Geology-20260611-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Regional-Geology-20260611-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Regional-Geology-20260611-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Regional-Geology-20260611-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Regional-Geology-20260611-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><em>Regional geological map showing the Zeb Nickel mining right, the Ivanplats \/ Platreef Project boundary, the Valterra Platinum Mogalakwena Mining Complex and the interpreted magmatic conduit system.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regional geology image places the Zeb Nickel Project into its broader geological framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The map shows the Bushveld intrusive units, older basement rocks, faults, the Platreef \/ Critical Zone outcrop, and the interpreted magmatic conduit system identified from the Company\u2019s geological and geophysical work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>URU\u2019s current exploration model is that the Zeb Nickel system contains several different exploration opportunities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the large historical nickel sulphide resource previously identified by drilling;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>possible Platreef-style nickel-copper-PGE mineralisation in the broader Northern Limb setting; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>higher-grade semi-massive to massive sulphide targets associated with an interpreted feeder or chonolith-style conduit system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In the third model, metal-bearing magma moved through irregular feeder pathways. These pathways can create traps where dense, metal-rich sulphide liquids may collect, particularly where the conduit narrows, bends, changes direction or interacts with other intrusive bodies and surrounding rocks, which is exactly where the recent ground based and airborne geophysics has highlighted dense conductive targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 3: Ground geophysics over Targets 1 and 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ZEB-Geology-GBG-EM-Legend-20260611-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ZEB-Geology-GBG-EM-Legend-20260611-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ZEB-Geology-GBG-EM-Legend-20260611-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ZEB-Geology-GBG-EM-Legend-20260611-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ZEB-Geology-GBG-EM-Legend-20260611-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urumetals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ZEB-Geology-GBG-EM-Legend-20260611-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Detailed geological and ground electromagnetic image showing Target 1 and Target 2 within the Zeb Nickel Project area. The targets lie within or close to the Company\u2019s interpreted magmatic conduit system<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The detailed target image shows the recently completed ground electromagnetic survey areas over Targets 1 and 2, placed directly on the interpreted geological map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has allowed the Company to move the exploration work from a broad airborne target to a more focused ground-based target. The airborne surveys identified areas of interest and the ground surveys were then used to test those areas from surface, improve the resolution and help the Company rank targets before drilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Target 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Target 1 is the Company\u2019s priority follow-up target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ground electromagnetic work confirms a conductive response from surface, while the associated gravity interpretation indicates that the target area is relatively dense. In nickel sulphide exploration, the combination of conductivity and density is important because sulphide-bearing bodies can produce both responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Target 1 is also well positioned within the Company\u2019s interpreted feeder-system model. It lies close to the inferred magmatic conduit system, in the type of geological position where the Company would expect dense sulphide liquids to accumulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, Target 1 is currently being treated as the highest-priority target for integration into the 3D geological model and follow-up drill planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Target 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Target 2 remains geologically interesting, but it is more complex than Target 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ground survey work has helped separate the Target 2 area into more detailed northern and southern components. Magnetic bodies are interpreted in both areas, and the southern area also shows a weaker electromagnetic response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Company currently regards Target 2 as a secondary follow-up area behind Target 1. It remains part of the wider target pipeline and will be ranked against other opportunities across the Project once the ground geophysics has been fully integrated into the 3D model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Zeb Nickel exploration model<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>URU is exploring Zeb Nickel as a magmatic nickel-copper-PGE system with more than one potential target style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Project already contains a large historical nickel sulphide resource. However, the current exploration work is also aimed at identifying higher-grade sulphide accumulations that may occur within feeder structures and conduit margins, as well as Platreef style Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation similar to what is being mined at Ivanhoe Mine\u2019s Platreef Project and Valterra Platinum\u2019s Mogalakwena Mining Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Company interprets a magmatic conduit, or chonolith-style feeder system, linking ultramafic bodies within the Project area. These feeder systems are important because they may have acted as pathways for metal-bearing magma. Where magma flow slowed, changed direction, or interacted with surrounding rocks, dense sulphide liquids may have collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This model is supported by previous drilling at Zeb Nickel, including historical intersections of semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralisation. The current ground geophysics programme has therefore been designed to sharpen the Company\u2019s understanding of the best positions to test this model through drilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geophysical anomalies are exploration targets only. They are not, by themselves, evidence of economic mineralisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presence, grade, continuity and economic significance of any mineralisation can only be confirmed through drilling, sampling, assay work and appropriate technical evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URU Metals is exploring and developing a portfolio of high quality assets across a targeted spectrum of commodities in several geographic jurisdictions. Zebediela Nickel Project in South Africa URU Metals owns 74.4% of Zeb Nickel Corp traded on the TSX.V under the symbol ZBNI.V.&nbsp;www.zebnickel.com. 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