Appia Intersects up to 11.035 wt% Total Rare Earth Oxide and 0.025 wt% Gallium Oxide Over 2.8 metres and new Uranium Mineralization at Alces Lake
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NEWS RELEASE
APPIA INTERSECTS UP TO 11.035 WT% TOTAL RARE EARTH OXIDE AND 0.025
WT% GALLIUM OXIDE OVER 2.8 METRES AND DISCOVERS NEW URANIUM
MINERALIZATION ON THE HIGH-GRADE ALCES LAKE PROPERTY
TORONTO, ONTARIO, January 25, 2021 - Appia Energy Corp. (the “Company” or “Appia”)
(CSE:API, OTCQB:APAAF, Germany: “A0I.F”, “A0I.MU”, “A0I.BE”) is pleased to announce the
lithogeochemical assay results from the diamond drilling program (the “ Program”) completed on the
Company’s Alces Lake high-grade rare earth element (“REE”), gallium and uranium property (the “Property”),
northern Saskatchewan.
Appia completed 2,506.8 m in 18 drill holes, with 15 of those drill holes intersecting the REE minerals system
(the “System”, see News Release dated October 1, 2020). Drill hole assay results are reported in Table 1.
Individual drill hole highlights include;
RI-20-004 (Richard zone): 6.546 wt% total rare earth oxide (“TREO”) and 0.016 wt% gallium oxide
(“Ga2O3”) over 5.80 metres (“m”) core length starting at 7.60 m down hole depth, including 11.035
wt% TREO and 0.025 wt% Ga2O3 over 2.80 m core length starting at 10.60 m down hole depth
RI-20-005 (Richard zone): 5.268 wt% TREO and 0.014 wt% Ga2O3 over 1.10 m core length starting
at 9.80 m down hole depth, including 10.322 wt% TREO and 0.024 wt% Ga2O3 over a 0.40 m core
length starting at 10.15 m down hole depth
HN-20-001 (Hinge zone): three separate uranium intersections between 265.5 and 308.05 m drill hole
depth could indicate potential for uranium mineralization on the Property that is unrelated to the
System (0.046 wt% U3O8 over 0.10 m core length, 0.016 wt% U3O8 over 0.15 m core length and
0.028 wt% U3O8 over 0.30 m core length)
Mr. James Sykes, Vice-President, Exploration and Development, comments: “We are very happy with the assay
results of the Program as they’ve confirmed our visual assessments of the drill core. The Richard zone drill
holes (RI-20-004 and RI-20-005) have confirmed that high-grade mineralization with grades consistently over
8 wt% TREO have been intersected over 145 m strike length along the WRCB zone (Wilson, Richard, Charles
and Bell zones combined). The WRCB zone outcrops at surface and starts as shallow as 10 m beneath the
surface, representing an easily accessible high-grade monazite asset. The assay results have also proven that
REE mineralization occurs within multiple sub-parallel trends of the System over 875 m strike length and down
to 340 m vertical depth; both parameters currently defined by our drilling limits. These parameters prove the
System is large and extensive, and is expected to grow with more exploration and diamond drilling efforts”.
HINGE ZONE URANIUM
Drill hole HN-20-001 intersected three separate uranium occurrences; (a) 0.046 wt% U3O8 over 0.1 m at 265.5
m drill hole depth, (b) 0.046 wt% U 3O8 over 0.1 m at 265.5 m drill hole depth, and (c) 0.046 wt% U 3O8 over
0.1 m at 265.5 m drill hole depth. The uraniferous intersections occur within centimeter-long fractures within
metapelitic gneiss, similar to the lithological rock host for many basement-hosted uranium deposits within the
Athabasca Basin area, northern Saskatchewan. Mr. Sykes comments: “These intersections are important
because they could indicate new potential for uranium mineralization on the Property that is unrelated to the
REE System. The Hinge zone area requires further exploration for continuation of both the REE system and
these new uranium occurrences”.
DR. DAVID LONDON
The Company also wishes to announce that they have engaged the services of Dr. David London, a world-
renowned pegmatite expert and authority, to help better understand the System. Identifying key components of
the System, such as origins, mineralogical vectors, and structural influences will provide for better exploration
targeting for any additional high-grade REE zones that might exist on the Property. Dr. London is working
closely with Dr. Irvine R. Annesley (advisor and consultant to Appia) and Mr. Sykes.
2021 EXPLORATION PLANS
The Company is planning to be very active advancing the Property in 2021. Prior to the anticipated start of the
Alces Lake summer exploration program, the Company plans to start metallurgical bench-scale testing at the
Saskatchewan Research Council (“SRC”) facilities using rock samples from the WRCB zone to test physical
separation of monazite from the host rocks, to separate and produce isolated uranium oxide (U3O8), to produce
a mixed REE-carbonate, and to eventually produce Nd and Pr oxides. A microprobe study is currently underway
at SRC to determine the mineralogical host for the high-grade gallium observed within the Alces Lake results.
The Company believes the host is monazite, and if so, gallium oxide extraction will also be investigated at SRC
during the uranium and RE oxide extraction processes.
The suite of airborne and ground geophysical survey data acquired on the property since 2011 are being re-
analyzed and re-interpreted by three independent contractors and consultants. Each re-analysis is using different
data sets, such as magnetic, electromagnetic (“ EM”), gravity and audiomagnetotelluric (“AMT”) geophysical
results. The objective of the re-analyses is to constrain and model the geophysical data sets to the current
geological model defined by diamond drilling and surface mapping in an attempt to better target high-grade
mineralization.
Planned field activities for the Alces Lake property during the summer 2021, include i) an airborne magnetic,
EM and radiometric geophysical survey over the entire Property, ii) additional ground radiometric surveying
and geological mapping, iii) additional ground AMT surveying within the main geological hinge area that hosts
the high-grade occurrences discovered to date, and iv) an aggressive diamond drilling program (at least 5,000
m) to explore the property regionally for additional sub-surface high-grade REO occurrences.
ALCES LAKE SUMMARY
Since detailed exploration began at Alces Lake in 2017, a total of seventy-four (74) REE and uranium bearing
surface zones and occurrences over 45km of the System have been discovered on the Property. To date, less
than 1% of the Property has been explored with diamond drilling. The Property is also located in Saskatchewan,
the same provincial jurisdiction that has planned to develop a “first-of-its-kind” rare earth processing facility in
Canada, which is scheduled to become operational by 2022.
The Property encompasses some of the highest-grade total and critical rare earth elements (“ CREE”)
mineralization in the world. CREE is defined here as those rare earth elements that are in short-supply and
high-demand for use in permanent magnets and modern electronic applications such as electric vehicles and
wind turbines, (i.e: neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr) dysprosium (Dy), and terbium (Tb)). The Alces Lake
project area is 17,577 hectares (43,434 acres) in size, and is 100% owned by Appia. The project is located close
to an old mining camp with existing support services, such as transportation (i.e., 15 km from the nearest trail),
energy infrastructure (hydroelectric power), a 1,200 m airstrip that receives daily scheduled services, and access
to heavy equipment.
Drill core lithogeochemical assay results were provided by Saskatchewan Research Council’s Geoanalytical
Laboratory, an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (CAN-P-4E) certified laboratory in Saskatoon, SK, for multi-element and
REE analysis.
Due to an unrecognized nugget effect of mineralization, SRC had re-analyzed the samples from drill hole HN-
20-001 three separate times, including scanning electron microscope analysis.
All lithogeochemical results reported herein have passed rigorous internal QA/QC review and compilation. The
technical content in this news release was reviewed and approved by Dr. Irvine R. Annesley, P.Geo, Advisor
to Appia’s Board of Directors, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101..
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 57,048
hectares (140,968 acres) in Saskatchewan.
The Company also has a 100% interest (subject to a 1% Uranium Production Payment Royalty and a 1% Net
Smelter Return Royalty on any precious or base metals payable, provided that the price of uranium is greater
than US$130 per pound) in 12,545 hectares (31,000 acres), with rare earth element and uranium deposits over
five mineralized zones in the Elliot Lake Camp, Ontario. The Camp historically produced over 300 million
pounds of U3O8 and is the only Canadian camp that has had significant rare earth element (yttrium) production.
The deposits are largely unconstrained along strike and down dip.
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 90.9 million common shares outstanding, 106.7 million shares fully diluted.
For more information, visit the Appia’s website at www.appiaenergy.ca.
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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)
Table 1 – Alces Lake property; Summer 2020 diamond drilling lithogeochemical assay results
Zone DDH
From
(m) To (m)
Interval
(m)
La2O3
wt%
CeO2
wt%
Pr6O11
wt%
Nd2O3
wt%
Sm2O3
wt%
Eu2O3
wt%
Gd2O3
wt%
Tb4O7
wt%
Dy2O3
wt%
Ho2O3
wt%
Er2O3
wt%
Yb2O3
wt%
Lu2O3
wt%
Y2O3
wt%
Ga2O3
wt%
ThO2
wt%
U3O8
wt%
TREO
wt%
CREO
wt%
Richard RI-20-004 7.60 13.40 5.80 1.514 3.244 0.353 1.137 0.161 0.002 0.066 0.005 0.015 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.000 0.043 0.016 0.846 0.023 6.546 1.513
includes 8.60 9.10 0.50 2.533 5.479 0.570 1.936 0.270 0.003 0.113 0.009 0.025 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.067 0.028 1.377 0.039 11.011 2.543
and 10.60 13.40 2.80 2.566 5.468 0.599 1.909 0.270 0.003 0.111 0.009 0.025 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.069 0.025 1.437 0.037 11.035 2.546
Richard RI-20-005 6.90 7.30 0.40 0.035 0.077 0.009 0.031 0.005 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.003 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.000 0.021 0.002 0.028 0.001 0.192 0.044
Richard RI-20-005 9.80 10.90 1.10 1.201 2.543 0.281 0.967 0.132 0.002 0.068 0.005 0.015 0.002 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.047 0.014 0.637 0.017 5.268 1.271
includes 10.15 10.55 0.40 2.346 5.012 0.550 1.889 0.259 0.004 0.131 0.010 0.028 0.003 0.004 0.002 0.000 0.084 0.024 1.206 0.033 10.322 2.480
Cone CO-20-001 123.95 124.45 0.50 No Significant Results
Cone CO-20-001 130.45 131.40 0.95 0.037 0.080 0.010 0.033 0.005 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.005 0.003 0.022 0.001 0.175 0.045
Cone CO-20-001 231.45 231.80 0.35 No Significant Results
Cone CO-20-002 249.95 250.15 0.20 0.057 0.117 0.014 0.045 0.006 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.037 0.001 0.244 0.060
Danny DN-20-001 Not Sampled
Danny DN-20-002 58.85 59.10 0.25 0.164 0.355 0.043 0.147 0.022 0.000 0.009 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.005 0.005 0.103 0.003 0.750 0.193
Danny DN-20-002 344.40 345.00 0.60 0.037 0.075 0.009 0.030 0.004 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.021 0.002 0.160 0.039
Danny DN-20-002 349.50 350.00 0.50 No Significant Results
Danny DN-20-003 3.25 3.40 0.15 0.090 0.194 0.024 0.081 0.013 0.000 0.008 0.001 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.010 0.003 0.046 0.003 0.425 0.109
Danny DN-20-003 20.80 21.60 0.80 0.041 0.091 0.011 0.038 0.005 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.029 0.001 0.193 0.050
Danny DN-20-003 23.80 23.90 0.10 0.051 0.111 0.013 0.046 0.007 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.035 0.001 0.235 0.061
Danny DN-20-003 26.20 26.90 0.70 0.041 0.093 0.012 0.042 0.007 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.037 0.002 0.201 0.055
Danny DN-20-004 22.35 22.95 0.60 0.049 0.104 0.013 0.042 0.006 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.030 0.001 0.219 0.056
Ermacre ER-20-001 4.80 6.90 2.10 0.061 0.138 0.017 0.058 0.009 0.000 0.005 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.008 0.003 0.041 0.002 0.300 0.077
Hinge HN-20-001 35.00 35.55 0.55 No Significant Results
Hinge HN-20-001 128.65 129.10 0.45 0.022 0.047 0.006 0.020 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.105 0.027
Hinge HN-20-001 253.15 262.60 9.45 No Significant Results
Hinge HN-20-001 265.50 265.60 0.10 No Significant Results 0.046
Hinge HN-20-001 306.00 306.15 0.15 No Significant Results 0.016
Hinge HN-20-001 307.75 308.05 0.30 No Significant Results 0.028
Hinge HN-20-001 310.80 311.50 0.70 No Significant Results
Hinge HN-20-001 321.60 321.80 0.20 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-005 8.90 11.35 2.45 0.079 0.161 0.019 0.067 0.010 0.000 0.004 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.004 0.047 0.002 0.347 0.088
Wilson WI-20-005 39.40 39.50 0.10 0.038 0.083 0.010 0.037 0.007 0.001 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.030 0.003 0.182 0.049
Wilson WI-20-005 109.35 115.20 5.85 0.120 0.244 0.029 0.096 0.013 0.000 0.005 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.005 0.072 0.003 0.511 0.126
Wilson WI-20-006 5.80 8.45 2.65 0.096 0.206 0.025 0.089 0.015 0.000 0.007 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.009 0.003 0.055 0.002 0.452 0.118
Wilson WI-20-006 11.70 12.00 0.30 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-006 14.60 15.50 0.90 0.035 0.078 0.009 0.033 0.005 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.025 0.001 0.166 0.043
Wilson WI-20-006 21.45 21.95 0.50 0.028 0.058 0.007 0.023 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.005 0.003 0.015 0.001 0.128 0.031
Wilson WI-20-006 29.80 31.60 1.80 0.038 0.081 0.010 0.032 0.005 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.003 0.001 0.004 0.004 0.001 0.025 0.002 0.023 0.001 0.207 0.046
Wilson WI-20-006 39.20 40.30 1.10 0.045 0.097 0.012 0.041 0.006 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.012 0.003 0.031 0.001 0.223 0.055
Wilson WI-20-006 133.50 134.00 0.50 0.078 0.156 0.019 0.063 0.009 0.000 0.004 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.004 0.044 0.002 0.333 0.083
Wilson WI-20-007 9.60 10.90 1.30 0.032 0.067 0.008 0.026 0.004 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.018 0.001 0.143 0.035
Wilson WI-20-007 111.10 118.10 7.00 0.049 0.099 0.012 0.040 0.005 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.004 0.027 0.001 0.211 0.052
Wilson WI-20-007 120.45 120.90 0.45 0.055 0.112 0.013 0.043 0.005 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.033 0.001 0.233 0.056
Wilson WI-20-007 126.20 126.90 0.70 0.045 0.094 0.011 0.038 0.005 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.007 0.003 0.023 0.001 0.206 0.051
Wilson WI-20-007 130.05 130.50 0.45 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-008 28.55 30.55 2.00 0.102 0.215 0.026 0.088 0.012 0.000 0.005 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.004 0.067 0.002 0.455 0.116
Wilson WI-20-008 135.00 138.65 3.65 0.045 0.093 0.011 0.038 0.005 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.027 0.001 0.198 0.050
Wilson WI-20-008 144.10 144.20 0.10 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-008 145.75 147.80 2.05 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-009 76.30 79.35 3.05 0.030 0.063 0.008 0.025 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.009 0.002 0.020 0.001 0.146 0.034
Wilson WI-20-009 146.70 147.15 0.45 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-009 149.65 150.10 0.45 No Significant Results
Wilson WI-20-009 154.10 154.45 0.35 No Significant Results
Zone DDH
From
(m) To (m)
Interval
(m)
La2O3
wt%
CeO2
wt%
Pr6O11
wt%
Nd2O3
wt%
Sm2O3
wt%
Eu2O3
wt%
Gd2O3
wt%
Tb4O7
wt%
Dy2O3
wt%
Ho2O3
wt%
Er2O3
wt%
Yb2O3
wt%
Lu2O3
wt%
Y2O3
wt%
Ga2O3
wt%
ThO2
wt%
U3O8
wt%
TREO
wt%
CREO
wt%
Wilson WI-20-009 172.00 172.50 0.50 0.054 0.106 0.012 0.041 0.005 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.004 0.029 0.001 0.223 0.054
Wilson WI-20-009 214.75 215.15 0.40 No Significant Results
The REEs Thulium (Tm) and Promethium (Pm) are not reported because they are both extremely scarce in nature, and Pm forms as a product of spontaneous fission of U-238
TREO = Total Rare Earth Oxide = sum of La2O3+CeO2+Pr6O11+Nd2O3+Sm2O3+Eu2O3+Gd2O3+Tb4O7+Dy2O3+Ho2O3+Er2O3+Yb2O3+Lu2O3+Y2O3
CREO = Critical Rare Earth Oxide = sum of Pr 6O11+Nd2O3+Eu2O3+Tb4O7+Dy2O3
Highlighting Nd grades associated with high-grade TREO
Highlighting Pr grades associated with high-grade TREO
Highlighting "high-grade" TREO and CREO (i.e. >1.897* wt% TREO)
Indicates light rare earth
elements
Indicates heavy rare earth
elements
Indicates radioactive elements
Conditions Used for Reporting Composite Results
- cutoff grade = 0.100 wt%
TREO
- maximum internal dilution along drill hole intervals; 2.00 m
- true thickness has not been determined for drill hole intervals
*Note: >1.897 wt% TREO represents >75th percentile for global REO deposit grades of advanced stage-projects (excluding Gakara, Steenkampskraal and Mount Weld CLD deposits). The global REO deposit information was derived from publicly available
information as of January 31, 2018, from individual company websites, SEDAR technical report filings, and the Technology Metals Research Advanced Rare Earth Projects Index (http://www.techmetalsresearch.com/metrics-indices/tmr-advanced-rare-
earth-projects-index/)