Ashley Provides Historical Drilling Summary of Sahara Utah Uranium-Vanadium Property
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CALGARY, ALBERTA
April 25, 2024
Ashley Provides Historical Drilling Summary of Sahara Utah Uranium-Vanadium
Property
Ashley Gold Corp. (CSE: “ASHL”) (“Ashley” or the “Company”) has compiled historical drilling information
at the Sahara Uranium-Vanadium historical reserve as part of it’s due diligence process. Results are exceeding
expectations with over one-third of the historical drilling intersecting mineralization. The advanced and accessible
Sahara property is located in east-central Utah, 180 miles southeast of Salt Lake City just off of interstate I-70.
Darcy Christian, CEO of Ashley comments “It is amazing to see the amount of capital and effort that has gone
into the delineation of the Sahara Historical reserve. The amount of drilling completed on property would cost
at least $15-20 million if done today. Historical drilling has identified a large body of sandstone hosted Uranium-
Vanadium with the 1979 decline terminating against some of the higher uranium grades and thickness’ in the
system found to date. This will allow for a quick payout on capital costs to reopen the mine with ore processing
at the future Western Uranium facility down the road.”
For a video discussion on the Sahara Acquisition with Darcy Christian click here:
Highlights
eU3O8 grades up to 3.92%*
Thickness of up to 16 feet*
Top Holes Highlighted By (See Figure 1):
o 5.5 ft @ 0.78% eU3O8*
o 1.0 ft @ 3.92% eU3O8*
o 6.5 ft @ 0.58% eU3O8*
Includes:
o 9 holes over 1% eU3O8*
o 38 holes over 0.5% eU3O8*
o 162 holes over 0.2% eU3O8*
o 392 holes over 0.1% eU3O8*
Drill density down to 10m, ~100,000m of historical drilling
Historical ore reserve of ~500,000 lbs of eU 3O8* with modern models reporting non-compliant resource
of over 2,240,000 lbs of eU3O8* and almost 4,000,000 lbs of V2O5*
Infill and step-out drilling locations defined for upcoming drill program
*Historical drill data currently non-43-101 compliant
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Figure 1: Drilling highlights, historical workings, and first pass Leapfrog modelling of Sahara Historical Resource
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Declines and Workings
Figure 1 shows the declines to the ore bodies and underground workings in blue. The original decline running
roughly south to north was used to produce ore out of the mine until 1977. Energy Fuels drove an 800m (2,600ft)
low angle decline into the deposit in 1979 for higher haulage rates (west-east). The older decline was used for a
secondary exit and air circulation. The production operation was put on standby due to the Three Mile Island
incident in 1979. Focus was put on expansion of the Sahara reserve in anticpation of Uranium price rebound
however this did not occur with prices falling below 20 US dollars a pound for two decades. It is Ashley’s intent
to reopen the modern decline in the near future to evaluate the decline and workings.
Historical Drilling
Energy Fuels conducted multiple drill programs over the greater Sahara property 1990 with a total of 776 holes
comprising of 325,988 ft (~99,000m). In today’s dollars this represents and expenditure of $15-20 million in
exploration drilling. Drill density was as tight as 10m over the reserve area with almost 400 holes exceeding 0.1%
eU3O8*. Highlights of the top 30 holes ordered by Grade X Thickness (ft) are outlined in Figure 1. Grade as high
as 3.92% eU3O8* were documented as well as several intercepts over 10ft (3m). Additional programs in 2006 and
2009 were also documented and will be outlined in a future release.
*Historical drill data currently non-43-101 compliant
Historical Reserve and First Pass Modelling
By 1987 Energy Fuels outlined a historical ore reserve of almost 500,000 lb of eU3O8* at the Sahara mine. An ore
reserve is defined as economically minable ore and represents a high level of confidence. Subsequent modelling in
Vulcan as part of a Master’s Thesis reports a non-compliant resource of over 2,240,000 lbs of eU 3O8* and nearly
4,000,000 lbs of Vanadium*. As part of Ashley’s due diligence the drill data from the Vulcan model was loaded
and modelled in Leapfrog. The modelled bodies look to match the thesis model in size and shape. Infill and step
out opportunities for the upcoming drill program are identified and will be used to confirm. Additional historic
resources outside of the Sahara Ore-body have been documented within the Property and data for these are currently
being digitized to be summarized in future releases.
*Historical drill data currently non-43-101 compliant
Figure 2 – First Pass Leapfrog model of the Sahara Ore-body
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Figure 3 - Ariel image of the Sahara Uranium-Vanadium Property with respect to Green River, Utah
Qualified Person
The technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Darcy Christian,
P.Geo., President of Ashley, who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
ABOUT ASHLEY GOLD CORP.
Ashley Gold is focused on creating substantive, long-term value for its shareholders through the discovery and
development of world class gold deposits. Ashley has acquired, 100% of the Tabor Lake Lease subject to a 1.5%
royalty, 100% of the Santa Maria Project subject to a 1.75% royalty, 100% interest in the Howie Lake Project
subject to a 0.5% royalty, 100% interest in the Alto-Gardnar Project subject to a 0.5% royalty, 100% interest in the
Burnthut Property subject to a 1.5% NSR, and an option to earn 100% of the Sakoose claims subject to a 1.5% NSR.
In addition, Ashley has entered into an option agreement to earn 100% of the Sahara Uranium-Vanadium property
in Emery County, Utah subject to a 2% NSR.
Ashley Gold Corp. is an early-stage natural resource company engaged primarily in the acquisition, exploration and
development of mineral projects. The Corporation’s objective is to conduct efficient and economical exploration
on its growing portfolio of high-quality gold projects as well as moving the Sahara Uranium-Vanadium project
towards near-term production.
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DISCLAIMER & FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements” which are not comprised of historical facts.
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, and by their very
nature involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on currently available
information, Ashley Gold Corp. provides no assurance that actual results will meet management’s expectations.
Factors which cause results to differ materially are set out in the Company’s documents filed on SEDAR. Undue
reliance should not be placed on “forward looking statements”.