Anfield Energy Welcomes Doug Beahm as Chief Operating Officer to Spearhead the Advancement of its U.S. Uranium Production Projects
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Anfield Energy Welcomes Doug Beahm as Chief Operating Officer
to Spearhead the Advancement of its U.S. Uranium Production Projects
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – GLOBE NEWSWIRE – April 2, 2024 — Anfield Energy, Inc. (TSX.V: AEC;
OTCQB: ANLDF; FRANKFURT: 0AD) (“Anfield” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that Doug
Beahm, P.E., P.G., has joined the Company as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Beahm’s 50 years of
extensive uranium-related experience in exploration, project assessment, mine planning and
development, permitting , mine and processing facilit y operation , and mine reclamation is critical to
Anfield’s next steps of advancing its assets to become a U.S. uranium producer.
Corey Dias, Anfield CEO states, “We at Anfield are extremely pleased that Doug Beahm has agreed to join
Anfield as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Beahm has been Principal of his engineering firm BRS, Inc. since
its formation in 1986, during which time he has provided engineering consulting services to many uranium
companies and has played a key role in identifying and delineating resources in a number of sectors,
including uranium , as well as conducting Preliminary Economic Assessments and various levels of
feasibility studies. His experience related to engineering, procurement, and construction management
(EPCM) work is a critical piece of Anfield’s next steps towards uranium production. Mr. Beahm ’s
familiarity with all of Anfield’s assets, both before and during Anfield’s ownership, will also provide an
important level of insight and expertise as we commence refurbishment of the Shootaring Canyon Mill
and pursue mine restart at both the Velvet-Wood and Slick Rock mines. As COO of Anfield, Mr. Beahm
will lead our next phase of asset advancement toward production. We are excited to have him join our
team.
The timing of Mr. Beahm’s inclusion is critical, given that Anfield plans to submit its Shootaring Canyon
Mill uranium production restart application with the State of Utah in early April of 2024. This is a milestone
event for the Company as it will signal a crucial forward step in Anfield’s plan to move Anfield’s Radioactive
Materials License from its current standby status to operational status which, critically, would position
Anfield to commence uranium production once refurbishment of Shootaring is completed. The review is
expected to take approximately 12 months, during which time Anfield will be able to commence initial
refurbishment at the mill. Completion of the r efurbishment of the mill is expected to be completed
approximately 12 months following the License upgrade, resulting in a 24-month timeframe from restart
application submittal to completion of mill refurbishment . In parallel to the mill restart , Anfield is in the
permitting process on several of its mine assets.”
Mr. Beahm will also continue to serve as the Principal of BRS Inc. and, while BRS will continue to serve
other clients, BRS will also bring to Anfield the expertise of its staff which includes 16 professional and
technical members of which 5 are Professional Engineers and 4 are Professional Geologists.
About Doug Beahm
Mr. Beahm, PE, PG, an engineering graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, has 50 years of professional
and managerial experience in natural resource exploration, mine and mill development, mine and
processing facility operations, environmental permitting and mine reclamation. Since graduation, Mr.
Beahm has held senior positions with mining companies such as Homestake Mining, Union Carbide
Corporation and AGIP, prior to establishing the engineering consulting firm, BRS, Inc. His uranium-related
expertise in mine operations and as a consultant to the minerals industry extends to both In Situ Recovery
(ISR) projects and hard rock conventional projects in the United States and Paraguay.
About the Uranium Market
The macro view of the nuclear and uranium markets remains strongly positive. With a continued shift
away from Russia, the value of European and North American uranium conversion and enrichment has
increased significantly as these continents look to not only pivot from Russian-sourced fossil fuels but to
also embrace nuclear power. In fact, legislation introduced in U.S. Congress seeks to prohibit the import
of enriched uranium from Russia, accelerating the need for increased Western capacity. Moreover, t he
challenges related to Kazakhstan’s uranium supply chain have already disrupted product flow to the West.
As a result, China has taken the opportunity to seek closer ties to Kazakhstan as it continues to build out
its extensive nuclear reactor fleet, negatively affect ing uranium supplies available to the U.S. and other
Western countries.
In the U.S., the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Uranium Reserve awarded five contracts for
near-term supply of uranium and the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust purchase d millions of pounds of
uranium on the spot market, further removing supply from the market. Moreover, the US government’s
creation of a 200GW energy roadmap to expand domestic milling and mining operations by 500,000MT
per year – 110 million pounds of uranium per year – is a significant catalyst for US-based producers. This
is taking place while U.S. uranium production fell to essentially zero in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Significantly, Japan has begun to restart its nuclear reactors – including its largest reactor - and extend the
life of others while commissioning additional ones , underscoring Japan’s 180 -degree turn regarding
nuclear. This decision reflects the worldwide recognition of the need for new reactors to meet population
increases, economic growth, electrical intensification and the critical task of meeting carbon emission
targets. The requirement for increased baseload supply is sizeable. The worldwide requirement for major
new baseload supply is being met with plans in many countries for both large-scale (1GW) reactors and
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). The World Nuclear Association in March 2024 records that there are 61
reactors under construction world-wide and another 105 reactors planned. In short, it remains a story of
supply and demand; demand is rapidly growing, while supply is shrinking.
About Anfield
Anfield is a uranium and vanadium development and near -term production company that is committed
to becoming a top -tier energy -related fuels supplier by creating value through sustainable, efficient
growth in its assets. Anfield is a publicly traded corporation listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (AEC-V),
the OTCQB Marketplace (ANLDF) and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (0AD). Anfield is focused on its
conventional asset centre, as summarized below:
Arizona/Utah/Colorado – Shootaring Canyon Mill
A key asset in Anfield’s portfolio is the Shootaring Canyon Mill in Garfield County, Utah. The Shootaring
Canyon Mill is strategically located within one of the historically most prolific uranium production areas
in the United States, and is one of only three licensed uranium mills in the United States.
Anfield’s conventional uranium assets consist of mining claims and state leases in southeastern Utah ,
Colorado, and Arizona, targeting areas where past uranium mining or prospecting occurred. Anfield’s
conventional uranium assets include the Velvet -Wood Project, the Slick Rock Project, the West Slope
Project, the Frank M Uranium Project , the Findlay Tank breccia pipe as well as an additional 12 U.S.
Department of Energy (DoE) leases in Colorado. A combined NI 43-101 PEA has been completed for the
Velvet-Wood Project and the Slick Rock Project . The PEA is preliminary in nature, and includes inferred
mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations
applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and there is no certainty
that the preliminary economic assessment would be realized. All conventional uranium assets are situated
within a 200-mile radius of the Shootaring Mill.
See table and footnote below for additions.
Technical Disclosure
Table 1. Anfield’s existing conventional uranium-vanadium project portfolio resources.
Project Location Classification Tons (kt)
Uranium
Grade
(% U3O8)
Contained
Uranium
(Mlbs U3O8)
Vanadium
Grade
(% V2O5)
Contained
Vanadium
(Mlbs V2O5)
Velvet-Wood Utah M & I 811 0.29% 4.6 - -
Inferred 87 0.32% 0.6 0.404% 7.3
West Slope Colorado Indicated 1,367 0.197% 5.4 - -
Inferred 1,367 - - 0.984% 26.9
Historic* 630 0.31% 3.9 1.59% 20.0
Slick Rock Colorado Inferred 1,760 0.224% 7.9 1.35% 47.1
Frank M Utah Historic* 1,137 0.101% 2.3 - -
Findlay Tank Arizona Historic* 211 0.226% 1.0 - -
Date
Creek/Artillery
Peak
Arizona Historic* 2,602 0.054% 2.8
Marquez-Juan
Tafoya New Mexico Historic* 7,100 0.127% 18.1
* The Company’s Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to classify these historic estimates as current mineral resources and Anfield is not
treating such historical resources as current mineral resources.
Velvet-Wood: The PEA for Velvet-Wood/Slick Rock was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G. Principal Engineer, of BRS Inc., Harold H. Hutson,
P.E., P.G., Carl D. Warren, P.E., P.G., and Terence P. (Terry) McNulty, P.E., D. Sc., of T.P. McNulty and Associates Inc. (May 6, 2023). Mineral
resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability in accordance with CIM standards. GT cut-off varies by
locality from 0.25%-0.50%.
West Slope: NI 43-101 resource estimate for the JD -6, JD-7, JD-8 and JD -9 properties, completed by BRS Inc. (effective March 2022); Historic
resource estimate for the SR -11, SR-13A, SM-18 N, SM-18 S, LP-21 and CM-25 properties, completed by Behre Dolbear for Cotter Co rporation
(August 2007). Indicated and Inferred resources using GT cut-off of 0.1 ft% eU3O8; historic resources using cut-off of 0.05% U3O8.
Slick Rock: The PEA for Velvet-Wood/Slick Rock was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G. Principal Engineer, of BRS Inc., Harold H. Hutson,
P.E., P.G., Carl D. Warren, P.E., P.G., and Terence P. (Terry) McNulty, P.E., D. Sc., of T.P. McNulty and Associates Inc. (May 6, 2023). Mineral
resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability in accordance with CIM standards. GT cut-off varies by
locality from 0.25%-0.50%.
Frank M: Historic Technical Report for Frank M, prepared for Uranium One Americas, was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G. Princi pal
Engineer of BRS Inc., and Andrew C. Anderson, P.E., P.G. Senior Engineer/Geologist of BRS Inc., dated June 10, 2008. Frank M historic resource
used a GT cut-off of 0.25%.
Findlay Tank: Historic Technical Report for Findlay Tank, prepared for Uranium One Americas, was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G.
Principal Engineer of BRS Inc., dated October 2, 2008. Findlay Tank historic resource used a grade cut-off of 0.05% eU3O8.
Artillery Peak: Artillery Peak Exploration Project, Mohave County, Arizona, 43-101 Technical Report, authored by Dr. Karen Wenrich, October 12,
2010. GT cut-off varies by locality from 0.01%-0.05%.
Marquez-Juan Tafoya: The Historical Technical Report, Preliminary Economic Assessment, for Marquez-Juan Tafoya, prepared for Uranium Energy
Corporation, was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G., Principal Engineer of BRS Inc., and Terence P. McNulty, P .E., PhD, McNulty &
Associates, dated June 9, 2021. The mineral resources are reported at a 0.60 GT cut-off.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
ANFIELD ENERGY INC.
Corey Dias, Chief Executive Officer
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