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 collected multiple samples from
two of the first three uranium prospects drilled at its 55,699
hectare Falcon Property (“Falcon” or the “Property”) located at the
eastern margin of the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan,
returning anomalous uranium values of greater than 300 ppm U3O8 and
up to a maximum of 572 ppm U3O8 (Table 1). North Shore is now
planning future exploration programs on the Property.
Location Map of Falcon
Project:https://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/Sky-SouthFalconOption.jpg?v=0.1
As reported on March 20th, 2024, three targets
were drilled along a strong, dominantly northeast-trending
electromagnetic (“EM”) conductor system, P03, P08 and P12. These
results confirmed the encouraging field findings for P03 and P08
that were based on downhole gamma probe readings and geologic
observations. Uranium mineralization was confirmed at P03 and P08
with the most significant intersection being at P08, 316 ppm U3O8
over a 4.7 metre interval with a peak value of 572 ppm U3O8. The
following summarizes North Shore’s drilling results and future
plans:
- P03: A blocky fracture zone and
interpreted brittle fault with graphite-rich gouge was encountered
between 193.5 - 196.0m coincident with the projected location of
the modelled EM conductor. Below this fault zone from 196.6 to
209.0m, multiple samples had elevated uranium content including two
samples with greater than 300 ppm U3O8.
- P08: A 4.7m interval between 42.3 -
47.0m returned 316 ppm U3O8 with one sample in the interval
returning the highest reading from the program, 572 ppm between
42.3 - 42.8m. From 102.3 - 105.5m, a brittle pegmatitic and
graphitic fault zone was intersected at the projected depth of the
EM conductor.
- Next Steps: Given the encouraging
results, North Shore will evaluate potential options for further
evaluation of the uranium-bearing structures associated with
targets P03 and P08, including drilling deeper and/or shallower
and/or along strike of the interpreted EM conductor. As the
modelled target at P12 was not reached, North Shore will consider
re-testing this target. In addition, multiple high-priority target
zones that have been identified at Falcon have not yet been
evaluated by drilling. North Shore is currently planning a field
program to investigate the highest priority targets by mapping and
prospecting and continues to prioritize targets for future
drilling.
Electromagnetics with 2024 Drill Targets
P03, P08 and P12:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/Electromagnetics-with-2024-Drill-Targets.jpg
Mr. Brooke Clements, President and CEO of North
Shore stated: “We are very encouraged to have confirmed
near-surface uranium mineralization at two of the first three
targets drilled at Falcon during our maiden drill program. These
results affirm our belief that Falcon has great uranium exploration
potential, emphasizing the importance of following up on these
results as well as testing other compelling untested EM conductor
zones that we have identified. We believe that we have just
scratched the surface at Falcon and we look forward to future
exploration programs on the Property.”
TABLE 1: Falcon Drilling
Results
Drillhole Information |
Anomalous Uranium U3O8 (ppm)1 |
ID |
Target |
Dip(°) |
Azi(°) |
Cover(m) |
Total Depth (m) |
# Samples |
From(m) |
To(m) |
Interval(m) |
IntervalValue |
Max.Value |
FN24001 |
P03 |
-50 |
135 |
5.8 |
230 |
120 |
5.8 |
196.6 |
|
NAR |
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
196.6 |
197.1 |
0.5 |
378 |
378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
197.1 |
199.5 |
|
NAR |
86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
199.5 |
201.1 |
1.6 |
182 |
321 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
201.1 |
203.1 |
|
NAR |
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
203.1 |
203.8 |
0.7 |
105 |
105 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
203.8 |
205.7 |
|
NAR |
61 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
205.7 |
206.3 |
0.6 |
345 |
345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206.3 |
208.5 |
|
NAR |
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
208.5 |
209.0 |
0.5 |
130 |
130 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
209.0 |
230 |
|
NAR |
8 |
FN24002 |
P08 |
-47 |
120 |
30.5 |
144 |
46 |
34.0 |
40.6 |
|
NAR |
51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40.6 |
41.2 |
0.5 |
103 |
103 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41.2 |
42.3 |
|
NAR |
98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42.3 |
47.0 |
4.7 |
316 |
572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47.0 |
67.6 |
|
NAR |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67.6 |
68.4 |
0.8 |
110 |
110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68.4 |
69.4 |
|
NAR |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
69.4 |
71.0 |
1.6 |
128 |
132 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71.0 |
109.5 |
|
NAR |
96 |
FN240032 |
P12 |
-47 |
315 |
2.5 |
106 |
39 |
2.5 |
94.0 |
|
NAR |
11 |
1ICP-MS uranium total digestion analysis results were converted
to U3O8 ppm values. Cutoff and anomalous U3O8 value is 100 ppm.
Minimum sample interval, 0.5 m. NAR= no anomalous results. All
reported sample depths are drill hole depths and intervals and do
not reflect true thicknesses.
2The drillhole was abandoned at 106m owing to
unstable ground conditions prior to reaching the target depth of
125m.
Target P03:
An interpreted section from drillhole FN24001,
which was drilled to a depth of 230m at target P03 is shown in the
image below.
Drill Hole
FN24001:https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/Drill-section-from-drillhole-FN24001.png
Underneath six metres of overburden, an
alternating succession of metasedimentary rocks comprised of
variably garnet-rich graphitic pelitic gneisses crosscut by
numerous pegmatites was encountered to 222.5m. A blocky fracture
zone and interpreted brittle fault with graphite-rich gouge was
encountered within the graphitic gneiss unit between 193.5 -
196.0m; the projected EM conductor intersection depth was 195.0m.
The key interval is just below this fault zone from 196.6 - 209.0m
where multiple samples had elevated uranium content including three
samples with greater than 300 ppm U3O8 with the highest value being
378 ppm U3O8 (Table 1). Strong localized chlorite and silica
alteration and multiple pegmatite intrusions were observed in this
zone. Anomalous nickel values between 275 and 527 ppm were reported
between 193.0 - 197.1m. Anomalous molybdenum values between 140 and
193 ppm were reported in three samples between 200.6 - 203.1m. The
combination of the spatial relationship between anomalous uranium
content, the graphitic horizon, the structure and alteration are
exploration criteria that are important when exploring for a
basement-hosted uranium deposit. North Shore will consider further
investigation of this structure at depth and/or along the strike of
the associated EM conductor system.
Drill Core Highlighting Anomalous
Interval:https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/drill-core-photo-from-anomalous-interval-which-returned-258-ppm-U3O8.png
Target P08:
An interpreted section from drillhole FN24002,
which was drilled to a depth of 144m at target P08 is shown in the
image below.
Drill Hole
FN24002:https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/Drill-section-from-drillhole-FN24002.png
After intersecting 30.5 metres of overburden, an
alternating succession of metasedimentary rocks comprised of
variably garnetiferous and graphitic pelitic gneiss and schist
cross-cut by numerous plagioclase and K-feldspar granitic
pegmatites was encountered to 132.3m. Granitic gneiss intersected
by K-feldspar granitic pegmatites is present until the end of hole
at 144m. The graphitic units were host to up to 30 percent
graphite, with localized patches up to 60 percent. Two zones with
elevated uranium were encountered. Within a zone from 40.6 - 49.0
m, a 4.7m interval between 42.3 - 47.0m returned 316 ppm U3O8 with
the highest reading in the interval being 572 ppm between 42.3 -
42.8m. This interval is associated with an interpreted brittle
fault zone between 43.9 - 49.0m. Between 67.6 - 71.0 m, a
pegmatite-rich brittle fault zone comprised of fractured pegmatites
and blocky and rubbly graphitic metasediments was encountered. A
3.4m interval between 67.6 - 71.0m had uranium values in samples
ranging from 110 - 128 ppm U3O8. The entire graphitic schist upper
portion of the hole displayed very strong patchy
chlorite-cordierite-hematite-illite alteration to 102.3m. From
102.3 - 105.6m, a brittle pegmatitic and graphitic fault zone was
intersected at the projected depth of the EM conductor along with
strong bleaching (illite+/-sericite) clay alteration, strong
hematite and chlorite along fractures and patchy silica alteration.
The alteration minerals associated with the interpreted structure
can be indicative of a proximal hydrothermal system and significant
uranium was encountered associated with pegmatites in the upper
brittle fault zone. The Company will consider further investigation
of these interesting features in the future.
Drill Core Showing Altered Fault
Zone:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/drill-core-photo-showing-part-of-the-altered-fault-zone-that-corresponded-with-the-EM-conductor.png
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.
Laboratory Analyses, Quality Control,
Quality Assurance and Analytical Procedures:
The analyses were performed by the Saskatchewan
Research Council Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan (“the SRC”) and 205 samples from the three holes were
analyzed. All samples were prepared by crush & grind (PREP-01)
then analyzed by ICP-MS total and partial digestion (ICP-MS2:
Basement), Boron by fusion/ICP-OES and Gold by Lead fusion Fire
Assay (Au1). Select radioactive samples (>600CPS, RS125 SRC
scintillometer) were analyzed with the ICP1 partial and total
digestion method instead of the ICP-MS2 method due to high
radioactivity.
The drill program was managed by TerraLogic
Exploration Inc, (“TerraLogic”) including the selection of samples
for analysis in the field and shipment of the samples to the SRC.
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.
QA/QC protocols were maintained through the
random insertion of blanks and certified reference material
(standards) throughout the drill core sampling process. The drill
core was split in half with a manual splitter in the field, select
split sample intervals were then placed in a sealed bag and
transported by TerraLogic personnel to the SRC; the remainder of
the core was stored on site. Upon receipt of the results from the
SRC, the program, TerraLogic compiled and assessed all of the
analytical data including the QAQC standard and blank data
collected during the 2024 season. All standards returned acceptable
values based on the following protocol: Failure Limit = Accepted
CRM value +/- 3x standard deviations.
Falcon Uranium Project:
The Falcon Property is approximately 50 km east
of the Key Lake mine. 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.
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 Thunderbird
Resources (previously Valor) 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 $20 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.
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