Purepoint Uranium Group Inc: Hook Lake JV Partners Approve $4 Million For 2018 Exploration Budget
November 16 2017 - 6:45AM
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (the “
Company” or
“
Purepoint”) (TSX:PTU.V) announced today that the
proposed 2018 Hook Lake JV exploration program with a budgeted cost
of $4,000,000 has been approved by the JV partners. Situated within
the Patterson Uranium District, the Hook Lake JV is a project owned
jointly by Cameco Corp. (39.5%), AREVA Resources Canada Inc.
(39.5%) and Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (21%), and is on trend
with recent high-grade uranium discoveries including Fission
Uranium’s Triple R deposit and NexGen’s Arrow deposit.
Highlights:
- An exploration budget of $4,000,000 has been approved by the
Hook Lake JV partners for 2018;
- The proposed 2018 exploration program includes 9,000 metres of
diamond drilling, approximately 16 holes utilizing two drills, and
a geophysical survey;
- The 2018 diamond drilling will continue to test high-priority
targets along the Patterson Corridor;
- A ground gravity survey is scheduled to be conducted over the
Derkson Corridor early 2018;
- The 2017 program has now re-commenced with 4 to 5 holes
scheduled to be drilled before year-end;
- Purepoint is currently fully funded through to the end of the
2018 exploration program.
The 2018 exploration program plans for 16 diamond drill holes,
approximately 9,000 metres of drilling, and a geophysical survey.
Drilling will follow-up on the early success at the Dragon Zone and
continue testing high-priority Patterson Corridor targets while
advancing towards the northeast. A ground gravity survey is also
planned for the Derkson Corridor (east of the Patterson Lake
Corridor) that will cover the historic mineralized hole DER-04.
Current mobilization of camp and drill equipment is complete and
drilling has now commenced. The remaining 2017 budget is expected
to allow for 4 to 5 drill holes prior to the end of the year
(Purepoint press release September 28, 2017). The initial hole will
be collared at the Spitfire Zone to test for mineralization
approximately 50 metres northeast of NexGen’s Harpoon hole HP-16-20
that intersected 13.5 m at 3.9% U3O8 (NexGen press release of
Mar. 23, 2017).
Spitfire/Harpoon Discovery
The Spitfire high-grade uranium mineralization has been
correlated with NexGen’s Harpoon discovery by Purepoint and both a
long section and plan map are available on the Purepoint website.
No drilling has yet been conducted by Purepoint during 2017
proximal to the Harpoon discovery. The initial Spitfire drill hole
this fall will test for mineralization near the Hook Lake southern
claim line, approximately 50 metres northeast of NexGen’s Harpoon
hole HP-16-20 that intersected 13.5 m at 3.9%
U3O8 including 2.5 m at 20.9% U3O8.
Dragon Zone
One of the two diamond drills mobilized this month will start
within the Dragon target area and test the same location where hole
HK17-75 was lost earlier this year. Drill Hole HK17-75 was a
follow-up to the favourable alteration and radioactivity
encountered by HK17-72 (see Purepoint PR, Apr. 13, 2017) and was
spotted by moving the drill 200 metres southwest along strike from
the HK17-72 collar location. Unfortunately, the hole was lost at a
depth of 204 metres within a pressurized sand seam similar to those
present within the Spitfire Zone.
Derkson Corridor
A ground gravity survey is scheduled to be conducted along the
Derkson Corridor early in 2018. Historic exploration efforts in the
area focused on the Derkson Corridor, where SMDC encountered
uranium mineralization near the unconformity averaging 0.24% U3O8
and 1.35% Ni over 2.5 metres in 1978. Drill holes along this trend
encountered very encouraging clay basement alteration but were
typically completed only 30 to 40 metres past the unconformity.
Based on the geologic setting of the Patterson Corridor
mineralization, it is considered that the historic shallow drilling
along the Derkson Corridor did not properly test for
basement-hosted uranium deposits.
Hook Lake JV Project
The Hook Lake JV project is owned jointly by Cameco Corp.
(39.5%), AREVA Resources Canada Inc. (39.5%) and Purepoint Uranium
Group Inc. (21%) and consists of nine claims totaling 28,683
hectares situated in the southwestern Athabasca Basin. The Hook
Lake JV is considered one of the highest quality uranium
exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin due to its location
along the prospective Patterson Lake trend and the relatively
shallow depth to the unconformity.
Current exploration is targeting the Patterson Lake Corridor
that hosts Fission’s Triple R Deposit (indicated mineral resource
79,610,000 lbs U3O8 at an average grade of 1.58% U3O8),
NexGen Energy’s Arrow Deposit (indicated mineral resource
179,500,000 lbs U3O8 at an average grade of 6.88%) and the
Spitfire Discovery by the Hook Lake JV.
About Purepoint
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. is focused on the precision
exploration of its seven projects in the Canadian Athabasca Basin.
Purepoint proudly maintains project ventures in the Basin with two
of the largest uranium producers in the world, Cameco Corporation
and AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Established in the Athabasca Basin
well before the initial resurgence in uranium earlier last decade.
Purepoint is actively advancing a large portfolio of multiple drill
targets in the world's richest uranium region.
Scott Frostad BSc, MASc, PGeo, Purepoint's Vice President,
Exploration, is the Qualified
Person responsible for technical content of this
release.
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For further information please contact:
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. Chris Frostad,
President and CEO (416) 603-8368 www.purepoint.ca
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