Pancontinental Uranium Corporation: Crossland CEO, Geoff Eupene, Interviewed on REE Results and Discovery Announcement
March 15 2011 - 1:25PM
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Pancontinental Uranium Corporation (TSX VENTURE: PUC) ("Pancon") is
pleased to advise that Mr. Geoff Eupene, CEO of its joint venture
(JV) partner, Crossland Uranium Mines Ltd. (ASX: CUX)
("Crossland"), and a Director of Pancon, was interviewed on
Australian radio following last week's press release (March 9)
describing the latest results of the JV's Rare Earth Elements (REE)
alluvial sampling program and bedrock REE discovery. In the
interview Mr. Eupene discussed the importance and significance of
these results. The interview can be found at:
Boardroom Radio Australia (6 min) -
http://www.brr.com.au/event/preview/wfkoq3zp1q/77569
Summary highlights of the Interview:
A. Alluvial Sampling Results
-- In late 2010, Crossland, the operator, announced that the Teapot
Granite, at its Charley Creek Uranium property, was also a potential
source of alluvial heavy minerals enriched in REE.
-- A significant advantage of an alluvial REE deposit is that it has
the potential to be brought into production quickly and cheaply;
therefore, the JV could capitalize on the high prices for REE.
-- Being contained in sandy sediments, a concentrate of heavy minerals
could be produced by simple water-washing and gravity concentration
processes, something along the lines of a low-cost beach sand mining
operation.
-- A 2-pronged exploration approach was undertaken to determine the
alluvial potential:
a. A regional stream sediment survey was conducted in which 25 kg
samples were collected from drainages to produce heavy mineral
concentrates. Each sample represents a 2 to 3 square kilometre
area. The results from the analysis of the first 200 samples
confirm we have:
i. a very rich source of heavy minerals enriched in REE in the
mountain country close to and draining the teapot granite
(target of the auger drilling program - see (b) below).
ii. Wide-spread potential in the very large drainage areas
remote from the source, referred to as alluvial fans, which
will be the subject of a more detailed survey later.
b. A shallow (1.2 metre deep) auger drilling program is almost
finished sampling an area of approximately 42 square kilometres,
on a 400 metre x 100 metre grid, in two mountain drainage areas
draining from the Teapot Granite. Over 700 samples have been
taken so far and are at various stages in the preparation
process. We intend to be able to establish an alluvial REE
resource with this data, supplemented where necessary by deeper
alluvial drilling using an air-core rig.
B. REE Discovery in Bedrock
-- In 2008, the JV drilled some uranium-targeted exploration holes in
the plains area to the east of the Teapot Granite. In some of these
holes, anomalous values were observed for the few REE evaluated in
the normal course uranium assaying.
-- With the discovery of the alluvial REE, we decided to re-analyze
these drill holes for REE using assay protocols for REE.
-- The results of the re-analysis arrived at the same time as the
stream sediment results and were included in the recent release.
-- The re-assaying of hole CCA121 identified a 5 metre intersection
(from 37 metres down-hole) grading 1.03% Total Rare Earth Oxides
(TREO) in bedrock which contains a substantial portion of the heavy
REE that are in short supply.
-- We are very excited to have discovered a co-incidence between the
location of the bedrock discovery and some of the higher values in
the alluvial stream sediment survey, which means we have added a
whole new target for an REE deposit in bedrock which extends over a
very large area.
-- Bedrock deposits tend to be higher grade, are more consistent, can
have much bigger tonnage and are more easily quantified.
-- This exciting new bedrock discovery in the Cattle Creek area was
totally unexpected.
C. Going Forward
-- We plan to begin calculating an "Alluvial REE Resource" for the
mountain area near the granite source of the REE, once the assay
results from the more than 700 auger drilling samples are received.
Because of the depth of alluvial sediments some areas will need
deeper drilling with an air-core rig to complete the resource
delineation.
-- We intend to begin a new targeted alluvial sampling program in
specific enriched areas of the large alluvial fans identified in the
stream sediment survey. These alluvial fans have huge tonnage
potential and should be amenable to low-cost, high volume, surface
bulk mining techniques.
-- This targeted sampling program of the alluvial fans will begin in a
few weeks after the auger program in the mountain area is complete.
-- We are eager to assess the size and quality of the bedrock deposit.
We are currently mobilizing a rig which will commence drilling the
new bedrock deposit within the next two weeks.
All technical information in this release has been reviewed by
Geoff Eupene, Qualified Person for Crossland and Pancon.
About Pancontinental Uranium Corporation
Pancontinental Uranium Corporation ("Pancon") is a
Canadian-based company focused on uranium and REE discovery and
development. Through a 50:50 joint venture with Crossland Uranium
Mines Limited ("Crossland") of Australia, Pancon has established
one of the strongest management teams in the uranium industry. This
management and operating team has unparalleled experience from
exploration, through development to operations, and includes people
who were instrumental in the discovery of two of the largest
uranium deposits in the world. Pancon and Crossland hold an
impressive uranium exploration portfolio with projects in prolific,
mining friendly districts.
Active exploration is ongoing at three Australian projects which
include Chilling, Charley Creek, and Kalabity. The Chilling project
has the potential to host a mirror image of a portion of the
renowned Alligator Rivers Uranium Field containing the large
Jabiluka, Ranger and Koongarra deposits. Charley Creek has the
potential for large, lower-grade, Rossing-type, granite-hosted
uranium deposits and REE. The Kalabity project lies in a district
of historic uranium/radium mining that contains a variety of known
uranium deposit styles.
Pancon has earned a 50% interest in this significant uranium and
REE project portfolio through the joint venture with Crossland
through the expenditure of A$8 million. Pancon and Crossland are
also pursuing exploration beyond Australia through an international
subsidiary company, Crosscontinental Uranium Limited, and immediate
plans include formulating an exploration program in Burkina
Faso.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rick Mark, President & CEO
For additional information, please visit our website at
www.PanconU.com.
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Contacts: Pancontinental Uranium Corporation Richard Mark
President and CEO 604-986-2020 or 1-866-816-0118 Pancontinental
Uranium Corporation Keith Patey Director of Communications
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