Stage: Exploration and Development Pipeline
The Dalton Pass property comprises 640 acres of federal lode mining claims. It is located between the Church Rock and Crownpoint Uranium Districts in the western part of the Grants Mineral Belt.
The previous operator, Pathfinder Mining Company, drilled in excess of 130 exploratory holes. A historical Measured and Indicated resource of 4.735. million pounds U3O8 at an average grade of 0.07% was identified (Not NI 43-101 compliant). Pathfinder was determining the feasibility and amenability of in-situ extraction prior to abandoning development of the project in the 1980s due to the sharp decline in the uranium price.
In 2009, Strathmore plans to complete a NI-43-101 technical report