Mendygaliyev and three co-authors, reported in early 2021 that reservoir-infiltration uranium deposits ("sandstone" type) today are the main active source of uranium mineral raw materials in the world and the only one in Kazakhstan. Their main advantage in the form of better environmental friendliness, productivity and minimum production costs creates prospects for their further detection in various parts of the world. It is important to simplify and improve multi-stage, expensive and difficult geological exploration works for the purpose of forecasting and searching them with affordable innovative solutions.
The available multispectral satellite imagery has opened up new opportunities for the study of uranium ore provinces. Mapping of uranium ore provinces based on multispectral satellite imagery allows them to be compared with certain key ore-controlling data from geological and geophysical studies. The near-surface visible nature of geotectonic structures, climatic conditions and zonal anomalies are more easily and efficiently visualized using modern space technologies and computer solutions. The explanation of the derived correlations with the geotectonic and climatic conditions allows the use of multispectral images in order to simplify and improve the quality of forecasting, prospecting and exploration of reservoir-infiltration uranium deposits.
More advanced aerial and space remote sensing methods make it possible to detect surface anomalies associated with this type of ore. The scientific
explanation of the nature of these anomalies and their role in the geological and genetic model of ore formation creates a solid theoretical basis for improving the exploration methodology. The convergence of the results obtained, their theoretical explanation, simplicity and convincingness of the results make it possible to make new predictions of promising areas of reservoir-infiltration uranium regions for several of the key ore-controlling factors and use this methodology in conjunction with other data from regional and local studies at all stages of exploration.
The authors concluded that modern computer solutions greatly simplify data processing, improve their quality and open up new opportunities. Space and airborne remote sensing technologies have provided geological services with highly justified public and commercial solutions for forecasting and prospecting for ores. The obtained convergence of the results is theoretically substantiated and the use of this method should bring forecasting and prospecting of reservoir-infiltration uranium deposits to a new level, simplifying and improving the quality of geological exploration at all stages. To carry out the first steps in predicting new uranium ore zones with the auxiliary use of this method, it was decided to build in this way and analyze
the world map.
According to the results obtained, the most promising were the territories of the Arabian Peninsula, the prospects of which are expected in the sediments of the Meso-Cenozoic artesian basins near the area located above the oil and gas bearing area of the Ghawar field. The visualized territories have large-scale areas for the formation of similar systems of penetration of ore-forming infiltration flows over long distances and depths, and the underlying oil and gas areas should create powerful recovery sources communicating with the overlying horizons to meet the infiltration flows, which can form large sandstone
uranium deposits of the Kyzyl Kum and Australian types.
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