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May 07, 2008

Lithic’s Zambian Uranium Properties Begin To Shape Up, With An Additional Wildcard Or Two From Togo Thrown In

By Alastair Ford

How many people do you know walking around town with a Thermo Scientific Radeye Pro Personal Radiation Detector in their pocket? Here at Minesite we can name at least one: Jim Kerr, managing director of Lithic Metals & Energy. Such a radiation detector can be put to many uses. One of the most interesting is to point it close in at a novice exploration geologist, into whose pocket you’ve just slipped a small chunk of U308, and watch as his face crumples when he’s suddenly confronted with his own personal radiation reading at thousands of counts per second.

Here in London a more practical use for a radiation detector is to demonstrate to investors and journalists the radioactivity of rocks. Mr Kerr also carries a small lump of davidite with him, pulled from the ground at Lithic’s Oryx uranium prospect in Zambia. Put the two together, and – hey presto! – between 3,000 and 4,000 counts per second. That stuff really is radioactive!

Lithic has come a long way since its initial inception under a different name as a nickel play, back in...