Blue Sky Uranium Updates Activities at Amarillo Grande Project, Argentina
01 Août 2018 - 4:12PM
Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX-V:BSK) (FSE:MAL2)
(OTC:BKUCF)
("Blue Sky" or the
"Company") is pleased to provide an update on activities
at its wholly-owned Amarillo Grande Uranium-Vanadium project in Rio
Negro, Argentina. The Company is currently engaged in
completing metallurgical testing to support the Preliminary
Economic Assessment (PEA) study it plans to complete by year-end,
as well as conducting exploration work to identify and delineate
additional resources. Recent and upcoming work programs
include:
- PEA for the Ivana deposit
- Preliminary mineralogical testing completed by the Saskatchewan
Research Council (“SRC”) laboratory
- Metallurgical and process test work underway at SRC
- Exploration to expand resources/identify new mineralization
- Ongoing auger drilling program in the Ivana area to delineate
anomalous radiometric areas for follow-up with reverse circulation
(RC) drilling 1000+ metre step-out (RC) drill program planned in
the Ivana deposit area
“The recent announcement from Cameco to suspend
production at the McArthur River mine reflects the current
supply-demand imbalance conditions for uranium, but we believe it
will achieve its goal of supporting the return to a sustainable
uranium market,” commented Nikolaos Cacos, Blue Sky President &
CEO. “We continue with our strategy to advance
our exploration and PEA program work at Amarillo Grande so that we
are positioned to capitalize on that return for our
shareholders.”
Program Details
PEA for the Ivana Deposit
Under the guidance of the Company’s Technical
Advisor, Chuck Edwards, a new representative composite sample of
uranium-vanadium mineralized material from the Ivana deposit has
been made and submitted to The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC)
for mineralogical, metallurgical and process engineering
work. SRC is one of Canada’s leading providers of applied
research, development and demonstration (RD&D) and technology
commercialization, including specific expertise in uranium.
With over 71 years of RD&D experience, SRC provides products
and services to its 1,500 clients in 20 countries around the world.
SRC is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company.
The objectives of the work at SRC include
confirming the balance of uranium and vanadium in the ore
preparation, and optimizing the leach extraction rate and
recovery. The work will include QEMSCAN® quantitative
mineralogy testing and customized leach experiments. Preliminary
QEMSCAN® mineralogy was conducted in June and has aided in the
design of the current metallurgical and process testing.
Results from the program will be used to design the
flowsheet which will be incorporated into the PEA.
Exploration Programs
Coincident with the PEA work, Blue Sky continues
to explore proximal to the Ivana deposit in order to expand
resources, under the direction of Guillermo Pensado, Vice
President, Exploration & Development for Blue Sky. To date, the
Company has completed 425.5 metres of shallow auger drilling in 110
holes to test for extensions to the Ivana deposit; ongoing auger
drilling will continue to test for deposit extensions as well as
for new areas of mineralization on the greater Ivana property
group. Radiometric probe results from the current program are
being processed and will be reported in the near future. In
addition, the Company is planning a 1,000+metre step-out drill
program around the Ivana deposit, which is expected to commence in
mid-August, to follow-up on the auger drilling program.
About the Amarillo Grande
Project The Company's 100% owned Amarillo Grande
Uranium-Vanadium Project in Rio Negro Province, Argentina is a new
uranium district controlled by Blue Sky. The Project includes
several major target areas over a 145-kilometre trend, with uranium
and vanadium mineralization in loosely consolidated sandstones and
conglomerates, at or near surface. The area is flat-lying,
semi-arid and accessible year-round, with nearby rail, power and
port access. The Company’s strategy includes delineating resources
at multiple areas for which a central processing facility could be
evaluated. The Ivana deposit is the cornerstone of the
Project and the first area to have a NI 43-101 Inferred Resource
estimate, which includes 23.9 million tonnes averaging 0.036% U308
and 0.019% V2O5, containing 19.1 million pounds of U3O8 and 10.2
million pounds of V2O5, at a 100 ppm uranium cut-off (Thorson et
al., April 18th 2018 filed on SEDAR).
Mineralization at Amarillo Grande has
characteristics of sandstone-type and surficial-type
uranium-vanadium deposits. The sandstone-type
mineralization is related to a braided fluvial system and indicates
the potential for a district-size system. In the surficial-type
deposits, carnotite mineralization coats loosely consolidated
pebbles, and is amenable to leaching and simple upgrading.
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 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 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 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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Corporate Communications Tel: 1-604-687-1828 Toll-Free:
1-800-901-0058Email: info@blueskyuranium.com
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