Anfield Resources Inc. Expands Its Holdings at the Firefly Mine
Complex in Utah to Incorporate Three Historically-Producing Uranium
Mines; Firefly Now Anfield's Initial Production Target
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Mar 18, 2014) -
Anfield Resources Inc. (TSX-VENTURE:ARY)(OTC-PINK:EXEQF) ("Anfield"
or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has expanded its
holdings at the Firefly Mine Complex, located in the La Sal Area of
the Paradox District in Utah. Anfield acquired the original claims
in the area from Yellow Rock Resources in January 2014. Favorable
historic reports prompted Anfield to expand the claim group from
the original eight claims to a total of 55 claims. The additional
claims were located on the ground by Anfield pursuant to federal
and state laws governing mining locations. The expansion of the
claim group is in anticipation of proposed exploration and project
development at the site, with an aim of near-term production. Of
note, the Firefly Mine Complex is less than 75 miles away from
Energy Fuels Inc's White Mesa mill.
Following the expansion, the claim group now includes three
historically producing mines within the Firefly Mine Complex. These
are known as the Firefly, Gray Dawn, and Little Peter mines.
Records of production from the Atomic Energy Commission have been
located for a period from 1948 to 1958, and are summarized
below.
- The Firefly mine is reported to have produced 22,311 tons of
material with an average grade of 0.34% U3O8 and 2.18 V2O5.
- The Gray Dawn mine is reported to have produced 7,882 tons of
material with an average grade of 0.36% U3O8 and 1.62% V2O5.
- The Little Peter is reported to have produced 974 tons of ore
with an average grade of 0.25% U3O8 and 1.21% V2O5.
- The Vanadium Queen mine, located outside of but directly
adjacent to Anfield's claim holdings, is reported to have produced
22,195 tons of material with an average grade of 0.33% U3O8 and
2.63% V2O5.
Production totals predating 1948 and postdating 1958 have not
been located.
The La Sal Area has had significant past production of uranium
and vanadium beginning in the early 1900s. Numerous underground
mines extracted vanadium and uranium early on, while deeper
deposits were discovered in the 1960s and developed for production
in the 1970s through vertical shafts and declines. Production
through 1990 amounted to about 6,426,000 lbs U3O8 at an average
grade of 0.32% U3O8 and nearly 29,000,000 lbs V2O5 at an average
grade of 1.46% V2O5. Of note, thirteen historically-producing
Uranium-Vanadium mines have been documented in the La Sal Area.
The La Sal Area is also home to significant recent uranium and
vanadium production, as well as projects in the development phase.
Energy Fuels Inc.'s (TSX: EFR) Pandora and Beaver Mines together
produced approximately 455,000 tons of ore at average grades of
0.22% U3O8 and 1.14% V2O5 from 2007 through 2012. The Energy Queen,
an EFR development project, is located at the west end of the La
Sal District and has a current NI 43-101-compliant estimated
resource of 291,470 tons at 0.30% U3O8 and 1.30% V2O5.
Of note, all historical production figures shown for the La Sal
Area are as reported in Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Open
File Report 18, Uranium-Vanadium Occurrences of Utah (1974) and
Utah Geological Survey, Utah Mining Circular, 2011. All information
regarding Energy Fuels Inc. is found on its website. Anfield has
been unable to verify the Energy Queen resource estimate and the
resource estimate is not necessarily indicative of mineralization
on the Anfield properties in the La Sal District.
Anfield is developing plans to conduct an initial exploration
program on the Firefly Mine Complex in order to determine the
viability of the site as a near-term production target. Initial
activities will include performing surveys of the underground
workings, geologic mapping, sampling, and performing geophysical
surveys on the surface, within old drill holes, and within mine
workings. If warranted, further exploration, including drilling,
would be pursued to develop a mineral resource. If sufficient
mineralization is found to be present within the historic workings,
and conditions are satisfactory for mining, mineralized material
would be removed and shipped to the White Mesa Mill upon obtaining
both the appropriate permits and a contract with the mill.
Corey Dias, CEO of Anfield, stated: "The Company is preparing to
enter into a new phase with regard to its uranium properties. Up to
this point, we have been focused primarily on acquisition of target
properties. We are now beginning the process of moving selected
acquisitions forward to exploration and near-term production. Based
on both our observations and the historic data, the Firefly Mine
Complex has the initial characteristics of a key property to lead
us to our goal of near-term production and toll milling at the
White Mesa Mill."
About Anfield Resources
Inc.
Anfield is a publicly traded corporation listed on the
TSX-Venture Exchange (ARY-V) and is engaged in mineral exploration,
development and production in the United States and Chile. Its
focus is on acquiring and developing an array of strategic mineral
projects which are summarized below:
- Anfield's Uranium assets includes mining claims and state
leases in southeastern Utah and Arizona totalling 11,000 acres,
targeting areas where past uranium mining or prospecting occurred
within a potential shipping radius to the White Mesa Mill, the only
operating conventional uranium mill in the US.
- The Binghampton Copper Queen (BCQ) project, located 27 km
southeast of Prescott, Arizona, and within the Arizona VMS Belt,
consists of 2,032 hectares of both patented and State land, with
two past-producing mines on the property.
- The North Star Copper Project, located less than 50 miles
northwest of Tucson, consisting of 200 mining claims covering
approximately 4,000 acres, targets relatively shallow oxide copper
at the historic North Star site in the heart of copper country in
southern Arizona.
- The Aura Project, 20 miles east of Copiapo, consisting of eight
mining concessions totalling over 2,800 acres, is a nascent copper
production operation in Atacama, Chile, one of world's foremost
copper producing regions.
To find out more about Anfield, visit its website at
www.anfieldresources.com.
R. Tim Henneberry, P.Geo., Advisor to Anfield is the
Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has
reviewed and approved the technical content of this news
release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
ANFIELD RESOURCES INC.
Corey Dias, Chief Executive Officer
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