Frome Basin South Australia
A processed satellite image of the Cauvery Basin. That
part of the Jaffna Peninsula that is surrounded by oil exploration block C3 is at the right bottom corner of the image. The parts that are brighter (ie to the left of the peninsula) suggest the presence of uranium, possibly caused by hydrocarbon microseepages from the underlying basin. The coincidence of uranium and hydrocarbon is a known and well documented phenomenon, even if often ignored.
SEE ALSO
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Mohand Bersi, Hakim Saibi, Moulley Charaf Chabou, Aerogravity and remote sensing observations of an iron deposit in Gara Djebilet, southwestern Algeria,Journal of African Earth Sciences,Volume 116,2016, Pages 134-150
A consortium composed of Metallurgacal Corporation of China, China International Water and Electric Corporation and Hunan Heyday Solar Corporation has signed up to carry out a feasibility study on the exploitation of Gara Djebilet iron ore in western Algeria. The project could cost in excess of $2bn, according to preliminary estimates.
The Algerian side of the Tindouf Basin is interesting for remote sensing analysis conducted by an Australian researcher has yielded evidence of uranium mineralization possibly coincident with hydrocarbon microseepage.
It is therefore likely that China is interested in the Tindouf Basin's potential for iron ore, as well as uranium.
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