Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V:BSK) (FSE:MAL2)
(OTC:BKUCF),
"Blue Sky" or the "Company") is
pleased to report that the integration of the 2017 Phase I drill
results at the Anit target (see News Release dated September 18,
2017) with data from previous sampling programs carried out by the
Company has led to the delineation of a significant area of
vanadium mineralization, covering a much larger area than the
previously defined uranium mineralized zone (see Figure 1:
https://www.blueskyuranium.com/assets/news/2017-11-08-nrm1-bsk-h8nb22.pdf).
“The current market interest in vanadium as a
component of storage batteries for renewable energy has helped spur
a significant price increase over the last year,” stated Nikolaos
Cacos, Blue Sky President & CEO. “These results confirm the
regional potential of Amarillo Grande where two significant
uranium-vanadium discoveries have been made by the Company.
Amarillo Grande covers a one hundred and forty kilometre trend
where there is potential for many more discoveries.”
RC Drill intercepts from Phase I yielded strong
vanadium mineralization, including:
- 3,411 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 560
ppm V2O5 over 10 m in AGA-0049
- 2,510 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 810
ppm V2O5 over 16 m in AGA-0059
- 2,508 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 930
ppm V2O5 over 08 m in AGA-0060
- 2,367 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 876
ppm V2O5 over 13 m in AGA-0058
- 2,349 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 859
ppm V2O5 over 08 m in AGA-0078
- 2,190 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 685
ppm V2O5 over 12 m in AGA-0050
- 2,085 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 616
ppm V2O5 over 11 m in AGA-0051
- 2,074 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 746
ppm V2O5 over 09 m in AGA-0056
- 2,030 ppm V2O5 over 1 m- within 847
ppm V2O5 over 08 m in AGA-0049
About Vanadium Vanadium is
traditionally used as a hardening additive in steel
manufacturing. More recently, vanadium has become the main
constituent of vanadium redox flow storage batteries. Storage
batteries are a key component in the sustainability of renewable,
but intermittent, energy sources such as wind and solar, which are
expected to see increasing future market sharei. The current market
supply of vanadium is mainly from China, where supply reportedly
tightened in the last year. These and other factors have
resulted in prices of Vanadium surging over the past
yearii,iii.
Program Details, Anit Zone, Amarillo
Grande ProjectThe Phase I program recently carried out at
Anit included a pole-dipole electrical tomography (ET) geophysical
survey and 1170 metres of Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling in 83
holes drilled to a maximum depth of 20 metres. Results from
these holes were previously released (see September 18, 2017 news
release), however the interpretation was focused on uranium and
therefore intervals were reported only when uranium was greater
than 30ppm over more than 1 metre. Re-interpreted results
focused on Vanadium intervals >250ppm over 1 metre, are reported
in Table 1:
https://www.blueskyuranium.com/assets/news/2017-11-08-nrt-bsk-h8nb22.pdf.
All holes were vertical and as such, reported mineralized
intercepts are believed to approximate true thickness.
Previous exploration efforts, carried out by the
Company at Anit between 2008 and 2010, included airborne
radiometric surveying, pit and trench sampling, radon gas surveys
and auger and aircore drilling along a 15 kilometre-long airborne
radiometric anomaly related to a surficial paleo-channel.
(For details of these programs please refer to the NI 43-101
Technical Report filed on SEDAR dated May 29th, 2012.) The primary
focus of work at the Anit target to date has been on near-surface
uranium mineralization related to the uranium-vanadium mineral
carnotite (K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O) which occurs as coatings on
grains and interstitially in weakly-consolidated medium-grained
sands which have been sampled from surface to approximately 20
metres depth. Integration of the data has shown that
elevated vanadium is distributed over a wider area with greater
thickness than the main zone of uranium mineralization concentrated
in the core of the paleo-channel; more work is required to
determine the extent and mineralogy of the vanadium
mineralization.
Using a 1,000ppm V2O5 x metre isocurve as a
lower limit defines an open area covering approximately 3
kilometres by 1 kilometre within which the mineralized interval
ranged between 0 and +16 metres in thickness (see Figure 2:
https://www.blueskyuranium.com/assets/news/2017-11-08-nrm2-bsk-h8nb22.pdf).
Initial interpretation of the observed spatial and
quantitative relationship between the two metals may relate to
initial concentration of vanadium-rich minerals in the paleochannel
system, likely as vanadium-bearing oxide and/or hydroxide minerals,
and subsequent formation of carnotite, incorporating a portion of
the available vanadium upon introduction of uranium.
Additional exploration work to advance
understanding of the mineralogy, metallurgical characteristics,
grade and aerial extent of the vanadium mineralization at the Anit
target will be incorporated into the Phase 2 exploration program.
This work will include ground geophysics, RC drilling and
mineralogy/metallurgical studies.
Methodology and QA/QC
Preparation of all samples reported herein was
completed Bureau Veritas Minerals of Mendoza, Argentina. Samples
were prepared by drying, crushing to 80% passing 10 mesh and then
pulverizing a 250 g split to 95% passing 150 mesh. Pulps were
analyzed by Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd. for 45 elements
by means of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry following
a four-acid digestion (MA-200). Approximately every 10 th sample a
blank, duplicate, or standard sample was inserted into the sample
sequence for quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) purposes. No
significant QA/QC issues were identified during review of the
data.
The drilling program been carried out using an
FlexiROC D65 drill rig from Atlas Copco, an ore-control
track-mounted rig adapted to reverse circulation with triple
cyclone to reduce the dust loss during sampling and automatic
sampling. Every hole was surveyed by a senior geophysicist from
Geopehuen SRL Service Company using a natural gamma probe from
Geovista Ltd. The probe was previously calibrated at the Comisión
Nacional de Energía Atómica facility (Atomic Energy National
Commission, CNEA).
About the Amarillo Grande
Project This new uranium district was first identified,
staked and underwent preliminary exploration by Blue Sky from 2007
to 2012 as part of the Grosso Group’s strategy of adding
alternative energy focus to its successful portfolio of metals
exploration companies. The proximity of several major targets
suggests that if resources are delineated a central processing
facility would be envisioned. The area is flat-lying, semi-arid and
accessible year-round, with nearby rail, power and port access.
Mineralization identified to date at Amarillo
Grande has characteristics of sandstone-type and surficial-type
uranium-vanadium deposits. The sandstone-type deposit is
related to a braided fluvial system comprising a potentially
district-size “roll front” system. Uranium minerals are present in
the porous of poorly-consolidated sandstones and conglomerates. In
surficial-type uranium deposits, carnotite mineralization coats
loosely consolidated pebbles of sandstone and conglomerates.
Carnotite is amenable to leaching, and preliminary metallurgical
work at the project indicates that the mineralized material can be
upgraded using a very simple wet screening method. The
near-surface mineralization, ability to locally upgrade,
amenability to leaching and central processing possibility suggest
a potentially low-cost development scenario for a future
deposit.
For additional details on the project and
properties, please see the Company’s
website: www.blueskyuranium.com
Qualified Person
The results of the Company's drilling program
have been reviewed, verified (including sampling, analytical and
test data) and compiled by the Company's geological staff under the
supervision of David Terry, Ph.D., P.Geo. Dr. Terry is a
Director of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined in
National Instrument 43-101. The contents of this news release
have been reviewed and approved by Dr. Terry.
About Blue Sky Uranium
Corp. Blue Sky Uranium Corp. is a leader in uranium
discovery in Argentina. The Company's objective is to deliver
exceptional returns to shareholders by rapidly advancing a
portfolio of surficial uranium deposits into low-cost producers.
Blue Sky holds has the exclusive right to over 434,000 hectares
(equiv. to 1,072,437 acres) of property in two provinces in
Argentina. The Company’s flagship Amarillo Grande Project was an
in-house discovery of a new district that has the potential to be
both a leading domestic supplier of uranium to the growing
Argentine market and a new international market supplier. The
Company is a member of the Grosso Group, a resource management
group that has pioneered exploration in Argentina since 1993.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Nikolaos Cacos”
______________________________________Nikolaos Cacos, President,
CEO and Director
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements
including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and
content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations,
receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes,
etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements. Readers are encouraged to refer to
the Company's public disclosure documents for a more detailed
discussion of factors that may impact expected future results. The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements. We advise U.S. investors
that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit information of
this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are
cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent properties are not
indicative of mineral deposits on our properties. Neither TSX
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i https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/ Accessed
11/06/17
ii
https://roskill.com/news/steel-alloys-h1-2017-trade-review-vanadium/
Accessed 11/06/17
iii
https://marketintelligence.spglobal.com/our-thinking/news/after-lithium-and-cobalt-is-vanadium-next
Accessed 11/06/17
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