Appia completes ground gravity survey, identifies numerous high-priority targets on Alces Lake high-grade critical rare element property
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NEWS RELEASE
APPIA COMPLETES GROUND GRAVITY SURVEY AND IDENTIFIES NUMEROUS
HIGH-PRIORITY DIAMOND DRILLING TARGETS ON THE HIGH-GRADE, CRITICAL
RARE EARTH ELEMENT ALCES LAKE PROPERTY
TORONTO, ONTARIO, June 26, 2019 - Appia Energy Corp. (the “Company” or “Appia) (CSE:API,
OTCQB:APAAF.US, Germany: “A0I.F”, “A0I.MU”, “A0I.BE”) is pleased to announce the completion of
a ground gravity geophysical survey on the Alces Lake property (the “ Property”) northern Saskatchewan, as
part of the planned summer exploration program (the “ Program”) (see News Release, June 6, 2019, for
description of the planned work). The gravity survey was completed by MWH Geo-Surveys (“ MWH”) of
Vernon, British Columbia.
The gravity survey covers an area measuring 200 m x 300 m centered on the high-grade rare earth element
(“REE”) zones identified at surface by overburden stripping and near surface with diamond drilling in 2018
(see Figure 1 attached). The known REE zones correlate very well with recently identified gravity highs,
suggesting monazite mineralization can be detected beneath the surface. Monazite, a phosphate mineral with a
high density of 5 g/cm3, is the mineral that hosts 100% of the Alces Lake high-grade REEs.
Mr. James Sykes, Appia’s Vice-President, Exploration and Development, comments: “We are extremely
pleased with the efficient production and professionalism that MWH have provided for the Company. The
gravity survey has provided us with invaluable results, potentially outlining a large number of high-grade REE
zones beneath the surface. We know these massive monazite clusters are very dense compared with the
surrounding rocks, therefore gravity surveying was proposed as the primary tool for sub-surface investigations.
To test the gravity survey results, we drilled IV-19-003 targeting a gravity high and intersected 11.65 m of
semi-massive to massive monazite mineralization (see News Release, June 19, 2019), which confirmed our
pre-conceived ideas for gravity surveying being able to distinguish the monazite-rich clusters beneath the
surface. We plan to continue drilling each of the gravity highs and will prioritize further drilling based on those
results. Pending the drilling results, we plan to expand gravity surveying over a much larger area of the
Property”.
In addition to the gravity survey, MWH completed the following airborne drone surveys; a detailed
aeromagnetic survey, a digital surface model, and orthophotography. The magnetic survey results are being
used in conjunction with the gravity work to prioritize drill targets and help define geological controls on
mineralization. The surface model and orthophotography surveys are both assisting geological field crews to
prioritize new areas for REE exploration.
About Appia
Appia is a Canadian publicly-traded company in the uranium and rare earth element sectors. The Company is
currently focusing on delineating high-grade critical rare earth elements (“REE”) and uranium on the Alces
Lake property, as well as prospecting for high-grade uranium in the prolific Athabasca Basin on its Loranger,
North Wollaston, and Eastside properties. The Company holds the surface rights to exploration for 63,980
hectares (158,098 acres) in Saskatchewan.
The Company also has a 100% interest in 12,545 hectares (31,000 acres), including rare earth element and
uranium deposits over five mineralized zones in the Elliot Lake Camp, Ontario, which historically produced
over 300 million pounds of U 3O8 and is the only Canadian camp that has had significant rare earth element
(yttrium) production.
Appia’s technical team is directed by James Sykes, who has had direct and indirect involvement with over 550
million lbs. U3O8 being discovered in five deposits in the Athabasca Basin.
Appia has 65.3 million common shares outstanding, 86.2 million shares fully diluted.
The technical content in this news release was reviewed and approved by Mr. Ken Wasyliuk, P.Geo, Project
Manager for the Alces Lake project, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
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For further information, please contact:
Tom Drivas , President, CEO and Director: (tel) 416-546-2707, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email)
James Sykes , VP Exploration & Development, (tel) 306-221-8717, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email)
Frank van de Water, Chief Financial Officer and Director, (tel) 416-546-2707, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email)