Blue Sky Uranium Drills 17 m of 1,713 ppm U3O8 including 1 m of 2.1% U3O8 near surface at the Amarillo Grande Uranium-Vanadiu...
01 Février 2018 - 3:25PM
Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V:BSK) (FSE:MAL2)
(OTC:BKUCF),
("Blue Sky" or the "Company") is
pleased to report additional analytical results from the infill
reverse circulation (RC) drilling program, including multiple
high-grade uranium-mineralized intercepts near surface at the Ivana
target, on its 100% owned Amarillo Grande uranium-vanadium project,
in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
Highlights of drill intercepts with significant
uranium mineralization include:
- 1,713 ppm U3O8 over 17 m starting at 7 m depth in
AGI-0286,
- Including 20,963 ppm U3O8 (equal to 2.1% or 46.1 lb
U3O8 per tonne) over 1 m,
- within 8,792 ppm U3O8 over 3 m
- 2,095 ppm U3O8 over 18 m starting at 4 m depth in
AGI-0279,
- Including 12,804 ppm U3O8 (equal to 1.3% or 28.2 lb
U3O8 per tonne) over 1 m,
- within 3,352 ppm U3O8 over 11 m
- 948 ppm U3O8 over 18 m starting at 4 m
depth in AGI-0293,
- Including 7,593 ppm U3O8 (equal to 0.8% or 16.7 lb U3O8
per tonne) over 1 m
- within 1,792 ppm U3O8 over 9 m
- 990 ppm U3O8 over 15 m starting at 8 m depth in
AGI-0257,
- Including 4,504 ppm U3O8 (equal to 0.5% or 9.9 lb U3O8
per tonne) over 1 m
- within 2,045 ppm U3O8 over 7 m
- 1,107 ppm U3O8 over 14 m starting at 7 m depth in
AGI-0264,
- Including 4,500 ppm U3O8 (equal to 0.4% or 9.9 lb U3O8
per tonne) over 1 m
- within 1,888 ppm U3O8 over 8 m
All holes were vertical and the intervals are
believed to represent true thickness.
“Our drilling continues to reveal high-grade
uranium intercepts within poorly consolidated sediments near
surface, building our understanding of the deposit and its
potential,” stated Nikolaos Cacos, Blue Sky President & CEO.
“The Ivana target has the largest, highest-grade zone of uranium
mineralization found at the Amarillo Grande uranium-vanadium
project to date, and understanding it fully is the key to
uncovering the potential of the 140-kilometre-long mineral belt
controlled by Blue Sky.”
The Phase II RC program at Ivana was recently
completed with a total of 4,327 metres drilled in 269 holes. This
program included a 100 by 100 metre drill pattern covering the
higher-grade uranium mineralized corridor which measures
approximately 5,000 m in length and 200 to >500 m in width. The
infill program was designed to provide higher confidence data to
complete a maiden mineral resource estimate and 43-101 Technical
Report for the Ivana target.
Program Details:
The Phase II RC drill results from holes 252
through 318, which total 902 metres, are reported in Table 1 here:
https://www.blueskyuranium.com/assets/news/2018-01-30-nrt-bsk-817eu9.pdf.
The results from previous holes from the Phase II program were
reported on October 30th, 2017 and January 15th, 2018.
All hole locations are shown on Map 1 here:
https://www.blueskyuranium.com/assets/news/2018-01-30-nrm1-bsk-817eu9.pdf
and grade thickness contours of all results to date are
shown on Map 2 here:
https://www.blueskyuranium.com/assets/news/2018-01-30-nrm2-bsk-817eu9.pdf
. Grades reported range from the lower cut-off of 30 ppm to
20,963 ppm U3O8 (AGI-0286) at depths ranging from surface to 24
metres.
The Phase I program defined a corridor of strong
near-surface mineralization at the Ivana target that was later
expanded through the Phase II drilling program. The higher-grade
mineralized corridor with “U” shape on the maps is approximately
5,000 metres long, between 200 and >500 metres wide and up to 23
metres thick.
The remaining analytical results from the Phase
II drill program are expected to be received in the next four
weeks, and those results will be incorporated into the mineral
resource estimate that is in progress.
Methodology and QA/QC
The drilling program is being 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. The difficulties in casing every hole due to the presence
of no or very poor consolidated sediments has resulted in limited
natural gamma probe surveying to check holes. Those selected for
survey will be surveyed at the end of the program by a senior
geophysicist using a natural gamma probe previously calibrated at
the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica facility (Atomic Energy
National Commission, CNEA). Samples are being sent to Bureau
Veritas Minerals of Mendoza, Argentina for preparation by drying,
crushing to 80% passing 10 mesh and then pulverizing a 250g split
to 95% passing 150 mesh. Pulps are being sent to Bureau
Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd. for analysis of 45 elements by
means of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
following a four-acid digestion (MA-200). Samples over
4,000ppm uranium are re-assayed after phosphoric acid leach by
Inductively Coupled Plasma Electron Spectrometry (ICP-ES).
Approximately every 10th sample a blank, duplicate, or standard
sample is inserted into the sample sequence for quality
assurance/quality control (QA/QC) purposes. No significant QA/QC
issues were detected by the Company during review of the
data.
Qualified PersonThe 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 the Amarillo Grande
ProjectThis new 140-kilometre-long 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
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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