VANCOUVER, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CanAlaska
Uranium Ltd. (TSX.V - CVV) ("CanAlaska" or the "Company") is
pleased to report the commencement of winter drilling on the Cree
East project in the Athabasca Basin. The drilling is being
carried out for the 50/50 Joint Venture between CanAlaska Uranium
Ltd. and the Korean Consortium, comprising Hanwha Corp., Korea
Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), Korea Resources Corp. (KORES) and SK
Networks Co. Inc.
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Detailed ground geophysical surveys (Moving Loop
Time Domain Electro-Magnetics) were completed over the property in
December 2010 - January 2011 and crews are now on-site as part of
a planned $3.58 million, 7,650 metre,
two drill, 18-hole winter drill program.
CanAlaska plans to commence with drilling on
targets located at Zone A, where previous drill-holes have located
major fault offsets, hematization and clay alteration in the
sandstone and basement units local to major breaks and offsets in
the conductive airborne target.
Elevated uranium values in the sandstone units
indicate uranium mineralization in the hydrothermal process. Areas
of co-incident low resistivity in the sandstone of these areas have
been outlined by previous geophysical surveys and represent the
prime targets for drill-testing this winter.
A second drill is on-site to test the 3 targets
in Zones I, C and D that are located within shallow lake-covered
areas. In each of these areas, previous drilling has
intercepted uranium mineralization and strong alteration in
surrounding rocks and the covering Athabasca sandstone. The best drill intercept
was in drill-hole CRE040 at Zone I, where the first of two holes
into a new target intercepted strongly fractured and clay-altered
core, hematization and geochemically anomalous uranium and trace
base metal mineralization above an upper basement intercept of 1.4
m @ 0.091% U3O8 in a graphitic conductor
unit.
At Zone D, previous drill-hole CRE017
intercepted 1.7 m @ 0.012% U3O8 in basement
rocks. Overlying this was uranium and boron (±Ni, As) above
the unconformity for up to 30-40 metres with values of up to 10
times background. There are also major basement offsets
totaling up to 45 metres within this zone.
In all drill areas on the project, geological
and geophysical work has more closely-identified the targets and
ongoing drilling is expected to concentrate within 100 metres of
previous wider-spaced drill intercepts. A summer 2011 drill
program is also anticipated for land-based targets, which were
upgraded by this past summer's drilling on Zones A, H and G (see
News Release - Sept 28th, 2010).
The Qualified Person for this news release is
Peter G. Dasler, P. Geo.
About CanAlaska Uranium
CANALASKA URANIUM LTD. (CVV -- TSX.V, CVVUF
-- OTCBB, DH7F -- Frankfurt)
is undertaking uranium exploration in twenty one uranium projects
in Canada's Athabasca Basin -- the "Saudi Arabia of Uranium". Since
September 2004, the Company has
aggressively acquired one of the largest land positions in the
region, comprising over 2,500,000 acres (10,117 sq. km or 3,906 sq.
miles). To-date, CanAlaska has expended over Cdn$75 million exploring its properties and has
delineated multiple uranium targets.
For more information visit www.canalaska.com
On behalf of the Board of Directors
(signed)
Peter Dasler,
M.Sc., P.Geo., President & CEO,
CanAlaska Uranium Ltd.
The TSX Venture has not reviewed and does not
accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release:
CUSIP# 13708P 10 2. This news release contains certain
"Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of
the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included
herein are forward-looking statements that involve various risks
and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements
will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events
could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the Company's expectations are disclosed in the
Company's documents filed from time to time with the British Columbia Securities Commission and the
United States Securities & Exchange Commission.
SOURCE CanAlaska Uranium Ltd.
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