Pancontinental Uranium Corporation: Crossland Recommences Drilling at Charley Creek, NT, Australia Testing REE Targets
April 05 2011 - 6:30AM
Marketwired
Pancontinental Uranium Corporation (TSX VENTURE: PUC) ("Pancon")
and its joint venture partner, Crossland Uranium Mines Limited
(ASX: CUX) ("Crossland"), are pleased to update shareholders on the
recommencement of drilling at Charley Creek, NT, Australia.
To see an image "Collaring the first drill hole at Cattle
Creek", please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/pucimg405.jpg.
Drilling at the REE Project at Charley Creek began March 31 near
the site of the bedrock REE discovery announced March 9, 2011. The
prospect has been named Cattle Creek.
The drill program, contracted by Crossland to specialist
air-core operators, Budd Drilling Pty Ltd, will extend for six
weeks. It is anticipated that over 8,500 metres of drilling will be
completed in 250 to 300 holes, depending on depths to hard rock.
The first 50 holes will be drilled to scope the area immediately
around the REE discovery hole.
As of April 4, 2011, the first 25 holes of the program have been
drilled. The first 271 samples were submitted to the laboratory on
April 4. The turnaround on results is about four weeks.
The Cattle Creek Prospect was revealed by the re-assaying for
REE of samples collected in a 2008 Crossland exploration program
for uranium. Five metres of REE mineralization, which averaged
1.03% Total Rare Earth Oxides (not including Yttrium) from 37
metres, was identified in hole CCA121. Extensive stream sediment
sampling results seem to suggest that the area warranting further
testing covers approximately 40 square kilometres.
Following completion of the scoping drilling at Cattle Creek,
the rig will move to the Cockroach Dam Prospect, where sampling of
an alluvial resource will be advanced. The rig will collect samples
from deeper alluvium than could be sampled using auger drills used
earlier in the program. This drilling should finalize the field
work required to produce an initial resource estimate from the
Cockroach Dam Alluvial deposits.
The rig will then move to test a selection of the large areas of
alluvial fans that drain north from the MacDonnell Ranges, where
the Joint Venture hopes to define viable volumes and grades of REE
to support a long term sand mining operation producing heavy
minerals containing REE and zircon.
It is expected that by the time these three programs of drilling
are completed, the results of the scoping drilling at Cattle Creek
announced today will have been received, After those results are
received, the rig will return to Cattle Creek for more scoping
drilling.
REE markets and Charley Creek's potential
In Crossland's recent PowerPoint presentation to brokers and
analysts in Australia, they were able to access current research
from the US Department of Energy specifying the REE's that are in
critically short supply around the globe in the short and medium
term.
In the short term, they are Europium, Indium, Neodymium,
Terbium, Yttrium and Dysprosium. In the medium term, they are
Yttrium, Europium, Terbium, Neodymium, and Dysprosium.
The initial results at Charley Creek suggest that the REEs tend
towards the heavy REEs which make up the shortfall lists from the
USDoE.
To view the March 28 Crossland PowerPoint featuring current
research on the REE market and detailed maps and images of the
Charley Creek REE project go to
http://panconu.com/Investors/Crosslandpresentationmarch2011/default.aspx.
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.
Cautionary Language and Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements",
which are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results and future events to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such statements. Investors are
cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and results. Risks and uncertainties about the
Company's business are more fully discussed in the Company's
disclosure documents filed from time to time with the Canadian
securities authorities.
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Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
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accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Pancontinental Uranium Corporation Richard Mark
President and CEO 604-986-2020 or Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118
Pancontinental Uranium Corporation Keith Patey Director of
Communications 604-986-2020 or Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118
604-986-2021 (FAX) www.panconu.com
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