Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:
SYH) (OTCQX:
SYHBF)
(Frankfurt:
SC1P) (“Skyharbour” or the
“Company”), is pleased to announce that its partner company, North
Shore Uranium (“North Shore”), has completed a maiden drill program
at its 55,699 hectare Falcon Property (“Falcon” or the “Property”)
located at the eastern margin of the Athabasca Basin in northern
Saskatchewan.
Location Map of Falcon
Project:https://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/Sky-SouthFalconOption.jpg?v=0.1
During the program, three targets were drilled
along a strong, dominantly northeast-trending electromagnetic
(“EM”) conductor system, P03, P08
and P12 (Table 1). At P03 and P08 the targeted sub-vertical EM
conductors were intersected. At P12, the hole had to be terminated
prior to reaching the interpreted conductor depth. Highlights from
the program include:
- Radioactivity:
Elevated total count gamma probe readings were obtained at targets
P03 and P08 with a maximum value of 2695 counts per second
(“cps”) at P03.
- Conductor
modeling: Three-dimensional plate models of the EM
conductor systems were modelled using Maxwell EMIT software. At P03
and P08, the targeted conductors were intersected very close to the
depths predicted by the models.
- Favorable
structures: A brittle graphitic fault zone with angular
rubble and clay gouge underlain by gneiss with strong silica
alteration and patchy chlorite alteration was encountered
coincident with the EM conductor at P03. A brittle fault zone with
bleached clay, hematite staining and altered pegmatite explained
the EM conductor at P08.
- Next Steps: Fault
zones and alteration similar to that encountered at P03 and P08 can
be associated with basement-hosted uranium mineralization. The
forthcoming analytical results integrated with the drill hole data
will guide future work related to these two targets. Target P12
remains untested and should be drilled again to reach the targeted
EM conductor depth. It lies within a prominent interpreted
structural zone near several other priority targets in the South
Walker area. In addition, multiple high priority untested targets
on the Property have the potential for basement-hosted uranium
mineralization. Using its proven exploration methods, the Company
will continue to prioritize these targets for future field
evaluation and drilling.
Electromagnetics with 2024 Drill Targets
P03, P08 and P12:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/Electromagnetics-with-2024-Drill-Targets.jpg
Select samples of drill core have been sent for
analysis, and final analytical results are expected in four to six
weeks. The geochemical analyses are performed to detect the
presence of uranium, pathfinder elements, gold and other
metals.
Mr. Brooke Clements, President and CEO of North
Shore stated: “The initial results from our maiden drill program
are encouraging and confirm the presence of sub-vertical basement
structures with associated radioactivity, graphite and alteration
at P03 and P08. The intersection of altered and graphitic
structures at the modelled Maxwell plate depths validates our
team’s exploration approach and techniques. The initial results
from the program also reinforce our belief that Falcon is a highly
prospective uranium property and affirm the prospectivity of other
compelling untested EM conductors that have been identified, many
of which are associated with interpreted structures. The Company is
excited to receive the analytical results from this program and
looks forward to maximizing its exposure to significant discovery
by continuing to evaluate target zones at Falcon with the potential
to host an economic uranium deposit.”
Total field magnetics with 2024 drill
targets P03, P08 and
P12:https://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/Total-field-magnetics-2024-drill-targets.jpg
TABLE 1: Falcon Drilling
Summary
Drillhole Information |
Gamma Probe Results* |
ID |
Prospect |
Dip (°) |
Azi (°) |
Over-burden (m) |
FinalDepth(m) |
From (m) |
To(m) |
Avg.cps |
Peakcps |
FN24001 |
P03 |
-50 |
135 |
6 |
230 |
196.51199.92203.21205.42 |
196.92200.92203.51206.32 |
1475849775705 |
2695163710221196 |
FN24002 |
P08 |
-47 |
120 |
30.5 |
144 |
42.25 |
45.95 |
1085 |
2120 |
FN24003 |
P12 |
-47 |
315 |
2.5 |
106 |
No gamma probe testing as hole was abandoned due to unstable ground
conditions before target horizon was reached |
*The results are for total gamma ray counts and
were obtained using a Mount Sopris 2SNA-1000-S Spectral Gamma-Ray
probe
Target P03:
Drillhole FN24001 at target P03 in the north
Knob Lake area intersected approximately six metres of overburden
followed by an alternating succession of metasedimentary rocks
comprised of variably garnetiferous and graphitic pelitic gneisses,
cross-cut by numerous plagioclase-dominant granitic pegmatites to
222.53m. Granite with intercalations of biotite-garnetiferous
pelite was encountered to the end of hole at 230m. The
metasediments between 94-175m were host to an estimated 0.1%-1%
pyrrhotite and 0.1-0.5% pyrite. A blocky fracture zone and
interpreted brittle fault with graphite-rich gouge was encountered
within the graphitic gneiss unit between 193.48-196.01m; the
projected EM conductor intersection depth was 195m. A key interval
just below this fault zone associated with strong localized
chlorite and silica alteration between 196.5 and 206.3m returned
the most notable gamma probe readings. A pegmatite-rich interval
from 196.51-196.92m returned a gamma probe reading of 2695 cps. The
combination of the spatial relationship between the graphitic
horizon, the structure, alteration and the radioactivity upgrade
this target. P03 has the exploration criteria that are important
for a basement-hosted uranium mineralizing system. This structure
together with other zones of the EM conductor system in the
immediate area are prospective as potential conduits for
precipitated uranium within basement-hosted graphitic fault zones
and follow-up drilling will be considered.
Drill Hole
FN24001:https://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/Drill-hole-FN24001.jpg
Target P08:
Drillhole FN24002 was also drilled in the
northern Knob Lake Area. After intersecting 30.5 metres of
overburden, an alternating succession of metasedimentary rocks
comprised of variably garnetiferous and graphitic pelitic gneiss
and schists cross-cut by numerous plagioclase and K-feldspar
granitic pegmatites was encountered to 132.32m. Granitic gneiss
intersected by K-feldspar granitic pegmatites is present until the
end of hole at 144m. The graphitic metasediments throughout the
hole were host to up to 30 percent graphite, with localized patches
up to 60 percent. The most notable gamma probe results were
returned between 42.25-45.95m, within a K-feldspar pegmatitic
interval with a peak reading of 2120 cps. This anomalous interval
was followed by a brittle fault zone, from 43.90-49.00m, comprised
of fractured pegmatites and blocky and rubbly graphitic
metasediments. The entire graphitic schist upper portion of the
hole displayed very strong patchy
chlorite-cordierite-hematite-illite alteration to 102.27m. From
102.27-105.55m, a brittle pegmatitic and graphitic fault zone was
intersected at the projected depth of the Maxwell conductor. This
lower fault zone displayed strong bleaching (illite+/-sericite)
clay alteration, strong hematite and chlorite along fractures and
patchy silica alteration. These alteration minerals can be
indicative of a proximal hydrothermal system and the results
suggest the possibility that the structures at target P08 could be
related to a basement-hosted, fault-controlled mineralizing system
and future follow-up drilling will be considered.
Target P12:
FN24003 was drilled at P12 in the South Walker
area within a prominent interpreted northeast-trending structural
zone as defined by EM and magnetics. After drilling three metres of
glacial overburden, extensively fractured monzonitic orthogneisses
cross-cut by plagioclase and K-feldspar granitic pegmatites was
encountered to 52.08m. A succession of variably garnetiferous and
graphitic metasediments cross-cut by plagioclase-rich pegmatites
was encountered to the final hole depth of 107.60m. The hole was
abandoned before reaching the modelled Maxwell conductor plate
depth of approximately 125m due to unstable ground conditions and
was not evaluated with the gamma probe. Therefore, the target
remains untested and will likely be targeted for drilling in a
future program.
Drill Program logistics and Quality
Control, Quality Assurance and Analytical Procedures:
Multiple potential targets with favorable
geologic and geophysical characteristics were evaluated, and three
were selected for drilling. The drill program was managed by Laura
Tennent, B.Sc of TerraLogic Exploration Inc, (“TerraLogic”). The
drill contractor was Quesnel Brothers Diamond Drilling Ltd. based
in Denare Beach, Saskatchewan.
TerraLogic adheres to best management
exploration practices, including Quality Assurance and Quality
Control (QA/QC). All standard operating procedures have been
developed and overseen by Jarrod Brown M.Sc., P.Geo. of TerraLogic,
a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
All drill core was systematically photographed,
measured (recovery, rock quality designation (“RQD”), natural
fracture count, longest stick), oriented (Reflex – ACTIII) and
logged (lithology, alteration, mineralization, structure, veins,
brecciation and weathering). The core is then scanned with a RS230
Spectrometer to determine total gamma Counts Per Second (CPS), and
with a KT-10 magnetic susceptibility meter. Upon completion of the
drilling, while the rods are still in the hole, a calibrated Mount
Sopris 2SNA-1000-S Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Probe rented from
Terraplus Inc. was used to measure the natural gamma spectra within
the hole. Measurements for total counts (GR-total, counts per
second (“cps”), Potassium cps (K), Thorium cps (Th) and Uranium cps
(U) were collected. The data is processed using WellCad software
and the Terraplus Inc. calibrated K-Factor.
QA/QC protocols are maintained through the
random insertion of blanks and certified reference material
(standards) throughout the drill core sampling process. Drill core
is split in half with a manual splitter, select split samples are
then placed in a sealed bag and transported by TerraLogic personnel
to the laboratory while the remainder is stored on site. Analytical
testing will be performed by the Saskatchewan Research Council
Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Falcon Uranium Project:
The Falcon Property, which constitutes part of
North Shore’s Falcon Property, contains eleven mineral claims
comprising approximately 42,908 hectares approximately 50 km east
of the Key Lake mine. Nine of the claims are from Skyharbour’s
original South Falcon Uranium Project and the remaining two claims
are from Skyharbour’s Foster River Project. Historical uranium
mineralization discovered at Falcon is shallow and is hosted in
several geological settings including classic Athabasca-style
basement mineralization associated with well-developed EM
conductors. At the EWA target, up to 0.492% U3O8 and 1,300 ppm
lead was encountered in outcrop grab samples (Sask. Mineral
Deposits Index [SMDI] 5038). Historical grab sampling at Knob Lake
(SMDI 1014) also encountered up to 0.01% U3O8 in an outcrop of
pegmatite, while anomalous nickel, copper, and molybdenum were
found in historical grab samples from the Fraser North target area
(SMDI’s 1125 and 1126).
A well-defined northeast-trending, locally
folded, electromagnetic conductor system runs throughout the
Property, which was defined by airborne and ground geophysical
surveys by JNR Resources (“JNR”) in the 2000’s. In 2008 JNR
conducted a drill campaign at the property area. Of the 47 holes
drilled that year, 28 holes (totaling 7,348 metres) were drilled on
the South Falcon Uranium Property at the Walker (14 holes), Walker
South (7 holes), and EWA target areas (6 holes). At the Walker and
South Walker targets, which lie along the aforementioned EM
conductor system, structurally disrupted and variably altered
metasediments (including graphitic pelitic gneisses) with anomalous
boron, copper, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, arsenic, and vanadium
were encountered in several drill holes. During this same drill
campaign, the Fraser Lakes Zone B uranium deposit was discovered
approximately four kilometres east of the Walker South target on a
refolded extension of the EM conductor system. At the EWA target,
which lies along a separate northeast-trending EM conductor,
anomalous uranium, boron, lead, and molybdenum were encountered in
structurally disrupted pegmatites; the best result was 0.235% U3O8
over 0.5 m (within a 3.5 m interval of 0.113% U3O8) in hole
WYL-08-501 (Sask. Mineral Assessment File 74H02-0045).
Furthermore, in 2022, Skyharbour completed a
FALCON® airborne gravity gradiometer and magnetic survey over nine
of the eleven claims at the Falcon Property. This new geophysical
data will assist North Shore in prioritizing areas along the EM
conductor system for drilling. Over 30 kilometres of the EM
conductor system remains untested on the Falcon Property. North
Shore’s initial focus will be on the two claims formerly part of
the Foster Project (geophysics), and on generating drill targets on
three claims at the southeastern end of the EM conductor systems
including Knob Lake, which shows similarities to the Fraser Lakes
Zone B deposit approximately 6 km to the northeast and several
other high-priority targets elsewhere along the main EM conductor
system.
Significant potential exists on the project for
basement-hosted, unconformity-related uranium deposits like those
further to the north in the Wollaston Domain (i.e. Eagle Point,
Rabbit Lake, Key Lake and others), as well as for
pegmatite/granite-hosted (i.e. alaskite-type) U-Th-REE
mineralization like at the Fraser Lakes Zone B deposit on
Skyharbour’s adjacent South Falcon East Property, currently under
option to Tisdale Clean Energy.
The Option Agreement:
North Shore may acquire an initial 80% interest
in the Property by issuing common shares of the Resulting Issuer
(“Shares”) having an aggregate value of CAD $1,225,000; making
aggregate cash payments of CAD $525,000; and incurring an aggregate
of CAD $3,550,000 in exploration expenditures on the Property over
a three-year period. Once North Shore has earned an initial 80%
interest in the Property, North Shore may acquire the remaining 20%
interest in the Property within 90 business days by issuing Shares
having a value of CAD $5,000,000, and making a cash payment of CAD
$5,000,000 to Skyharbour. If North Shore does not elect to acquire
the remaining 20% interest, a joint venture will be formed with
Skyharbour holding a 20% participating interest.
North Shore will be the operator of the
exploration programs during the earn-in stage and for the joint
venture if formed. Two claims totaling 10,673 hectares that form
part of Skyharbour’s Foster River Property are subject to a one
percent (1%) NSR royalty payable to Skyharbour. The remaining nine
claims totaling 32,235 hectares that comprise Skyharbour’s South
Falcon Point Property are subject to a two percent (2%) NSR royalty
payable to Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison”) with North Shore having
the right to purchase one percent of the royalty from Denison at
anytime by paying $1 million. All Shares will be subject to a
four-month-and-one-day statutory hold period in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
Qualified Person:
The technical information in this news release
has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory
requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed and
approved by David Billard, P.Geo., a Consulting Geologist for
Skyharbour as well as a Qualified Person.
About North Shore Uranium
Ltd:
North Shore is a mineral exploration company
focused on uranium exploration at the eastern margin of the
Athabasca Basin through its Falcon property which will increase
from 12,800 to 55,700 hectares with the addition of the claims
subject to the Agreement, and the West Bear property located 90
kilometres to the northeast.
About Skyharbour Resources
Ltd.:
Skyharbour holds an extensive portfolio of
uranium exploration projects in Canada's Athabasca Basin and is
well positioned to benefit from improving uranium market
fundamentals with twenty-nine projects, ten of which are
drill-ready, covering over 587,000 hectares (over 1.45 million
acres) of land. Skyharbour has acquired from Denison Mines, a large
strategic shareholder of the Company, a 100% interest in the Moore
Uranium Project which is located 15 kilometres east of Denison's
Wheeler River project and 39 kilometres south of Cameco's McArthur
River uranium mine. Moore is an advanced-stage uranium exploration
property with high-grade uranium mineralization at the Maverick
Zone that returned drill results of up to 6.0% U3O8 over 5.9
metres including 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 metres at a vertical
depth of 265 metres. Adjacent to the Moore Uranium Project is
Skyharbour’s recently optioned Russell Lake Uranium Project from
Rio Tinto, which hosts historical high-grade uranium drill
intercepts over a large property area with robust exploration
upside potential. The Company is actively advancing these projects
through exploration and drill programs.
Skyharbour has joint-ventures with
industry-leader Orano Canada Inc., Azincourt Energy and Valor
Resources at the Preston, East Preston and Hook Lake Projects,
respectively. The Company also has several active earn-in option
partners including: CSE-listed Basin Uranium Corp. at the Mann Lake
Uranium Project; CSE-listed Medaro Mining Corp. at the Yurchison
Project; North Shore Uranium at the Falcon Project; and TSX-V
listed Tisdale Clean Energy at the South Falcon East Project which
is host to the Fraser Lakes Zone B Uranium and Thorium Deposit. In
aggregate, Skyharbour has now signed earn-in option agreements with
partners that total to over $33 million in partner-funded
exploration expenditures, over $27 million worth of shares being
issued and over $19 million in cash payments coming into
Skyharbour, assuming that these partner companies complete their
entire earn-ins at the respective projects.
Skyharbour's goal is to maximize shareholder
value through new mineral discoveries, committed long-term
partnerships, and the advancement of exploration projects in
geopolitically favourable jurisdictions.
Skyharbour’s Uranium Project Map in the
Athabasca Basin:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/SKY_SaskProject_Locator_2024-02-14_V2.jpg
To find out more about Skyharbour Resources Ltd.
(TSX-V: SYH) visit the Company’s website
at www.skyharbourltd.com.
SKYHARBOUR RESOURCES LTD.
“Jordan
Trimble” Jordan
TrimblePresident and CEO
For further information contact myself or:Nicholas
ColturaInvestor Relations Manager Skyharbour Resources Ltd.
Telephone: 604-558-5847Toll Free: 800-567-8181Facsimile:
604-687-3119Email: info@skyharbourltd.com
NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS
REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE CONTENT OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.
The securities offered have not been, and will
not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any U.S. state securities
laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or
for the account or benefit of, United States persons absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state
securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the
United States, nor in any other jurisdiction.
This release includes certain statements that
may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". All statements in
this release, other than statements of historical facts, that
address events or developments that management of the Company
expects, are forward-looking statements, including the Private
Placement. Although management believes the expectations expressed
in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future
performance, and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other
factors, should change. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, include
market prices, exploration and development successes, regulatory
approvals, continued availability of capital and financing, and
general economic, market or business conditions. Please see the
public filings of the Company at www.sedar.com for further
information.
Grafico Azioni Skyharbour Resources (TG:SC1P)
Storico
Da Gen 2025 a Feb 2025
Grafico Azioni Skyharbour Resources (TG:SC1P)
Storico
Da Feb 2024 a Feb 2025