Vancouver-Mesa Uranium Corp. said Sept. 15 that it has filed potash exploration permit applications with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The 25,500 acre area (40 square miles) White Cloud potash project is located 40 miles north of the Lisbon Valley uranium project in southeastern Utah. Mesa says the project has excellent potential for potash from both solution mining and naturally-occurring potash brines. Access and infrastructure are considered good as the project is close to rail, interstate highway, and power lines. The White Cloud project is located in the Paradox Basin, a geologic province known to contain potash deposits and potash brine. The project is located 1.5 miles north of Intrepid Potash’s Cane Creek potash mine, with 2007 production of 77,000 tons of potash and 109,000 tons of by-product salt. Mesa is a resource development company focused on uranium and potash exploration in Utah and Arizona.
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