Why Neu Horizon Uranium (ASX:NHU) is mapping Swedish black shale ahead of winter drilling

Sonal Goyal

04 November 2026 09:58 PM AEDT

Why Neu Horizon Uranium (ASX:NHU) is mapping Swedish black shale ahead of winter drilling

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Key Highlights

• Neu Horizon is surveying its Swedish permits to pick drill targets.

• The company plans a winter drilling campaign.

• Electromagnetic surveys suit black shale targets.

• Early-stage exploration often ends without a discovery.

Neu Horizon Uranium (ASX:NHU) is flying helicopter and ground surveys across its Swedish permits because it wants to choose drill targets before a planned winter campaign. The company listed on the ASX on 7 July 2026 and has used its first weeks as a public explorer to begin that groundwork.

A new uranium explorer

Neu Horizon Uranium (ASX:NHU) Limited is classified by the ASX within the Energy sector and describes its Business as mineral exploration in Sweden and Canada. Its ordinary shares are quoted under the code NHU.

It says that money fully funds a two-year exploration programme in Sweden.

The focus is Sweden, where it holds five district-scale projects covering more than 110,000 hectares that target uranium in black shale. In Canada it is exploring more than 35,000 hectares of basement-hosted uranium targets along the northern rim of the Athabasca Basin.

The survey programme

The first piece was a drone magnetic and radiometric survey, announced on 15 July 2026. On 29 July 2026 the company announced a RadonX survey across six priority prospects in the Arvidsjaur, Hotagen and Krokom projects.

RadonX uses buried detector cups, set about 35 metres apart on lines about 70 metres apart, to sample radon gas that can indicate uranium beneath glacial till. The survey comprises 3,600 cups, left in the ground for about ten days before analysis with a portable Gamma spectrometer. It targets historical uranium occurrences identified by the Geological Survey of Sweden in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Arvidsjaur surveys were described as under way on 29 July, while those at Hotagen and Krokom were still planned. Named prospects include Ravenberget and Suddesjaur at Arvidsjaur, Stor-Stensjön at Hotagen, and Storvallflon at Krokom.

The announcement of 5 August 2026 added a SkyTEM helicopter-borne electromagnetic and magnetic survey of about 3,200 line-kilometres. It covers 11 exploration permits: four at Krokom, five at Vilhelmina South and two at Vilhelmina North.

Why electromagnetic surveys suit black shale

The permits are underlain by uranium-bearing black shales with moderate to high graphite content. Graphite conducts electricity strongly, so an electromagnetic survey can trace how continuous those shale units are beneath cover.

Flight lines are spaced 150 to 250 metres apart and flown perpendicular to the shale units where possible. The company plans to integrate the results with the drone and RadonX data to refine drill-hole locations.

At Krokom, prospects such as Djupsjöberget, Kälen and Hamborg join Storvallflon in targeting stockwork black-shale uranium in a more deformed, metamorphosed region, while Vilhelmina is aimed at stratiform deposits in a setting the company compares with the Viken, Haggan and Tåsjö alum shale deposits.

What has not been reported

None of the documents reviewed reports survey results, a resource estimate or drilling. The company has not yet shown that any prospect contains economic uranium.

The company did not name individual Canadian projects in the announcements read, and no financial statements for the new company were reviewed.

Risks and milestones

Early-stage exploration frequently ends without a discovery. Radon and electromagnetic anomalies are indirect indicators, and drilling is the only way to test them. Uranium prices, project funding, access in winter conditions and Sweden's regulatory stance on uranium Mining are further unknowns, and the last of these was not addressed in the documents reviewed.

Share Liquidity can also change as Escrow ends. A notice dated 14 August 2026 recorded 8,035,919 securities leaving escrow on 25 August 2026, and an application for Quotation of securities was lodged the same day.

The next milestones are the interpretation of the SkyTEM, RadonX and drone data, the selection of drill targets and the start of the winter drill campaign.

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