While many in the area are excited by the view of a discovery, Broken Hill based geologist Wolfgang Leyh says known deposits approximately Broken Hill are quite small.After working in the region for 40 years, Mr Leyh has questions concerning the long term economic viability of uranium mining in the far west.
"From detailed mapping that's been done here, by the state geological survey, they've done... the majority of these small showings of uranium have previously been identified, and they're all too small to be economic."So statistically the odds are not very good quality this side of the border, at least in the outcropping areas."
Despite that, Mr Leyh says there is the possible for hidden deposits which would not appear on a geological survey and can be discovered upon further exploration.A part of the reason behind the excitement is significant uranium near the border in South Australia, but Mr Leyh says there are no guarantees that deposits of a like scale will be found in NSW.
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