Blue Sky Uranium Launches Exploration Drilling Program close to Ivana Deposit within the Amarillo Grande Project, Argentina
Blue Sky Uranium Launches Exploration Drilling Program close to Ivana
Deposit within the Amarillo Grande Project, Argentina
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VANCOUVER, BC
,
March 7, 2023
/CNW/ -
Blue Sky Uranium Corp.
(TSXV: BSK) (FSE: MAL2) (OTC: BKUCF)
, ("Blue Sky" or the "Company")
is pleased to
announce that the Company is launching a 1,200 metre RC exploration drilling program at the Ivana East target, located 10km east of the Ivana deposit (see
Figure 1
) in the southernmost sector of the wholly owned Amarillo Grande Uranium-Vanadium Project in
Rio Negro Province
,
Argentina
("AGP").
Nikolaos Cacos
, Blue Sky President & CEO commented,
"This target shows significant similarities to the geological environment that hosts the nearby Ivana
deposit, representing a priority target for our goal of identifying a cluster of deposits in the area."
This drilling program at Ivana East is a continuation of the staged exploration drill testing of four high-priority targets close to the Ivana deposit; also including
Ivana North
, Ivana Central and Cateo Cuatro.
Ivana North
and Central have had their initial drilling program completed; Cateo Cuatro has a drill program planned
for future completion. Once initial drilling is complete at all four targets, further work will focus on areas identified as having geological conditions most similar to
those at the Ivana deposit, and the best prospects for discovery of new mineral resources that could be incorporated into future plans for advancing the Ivana
deposit.
RC Drilling Program Description
As reported on
September 26, 2022
, the Ivana East target was selected as a priority target as a result of assessing 15 years of geological data to identify and
rank compelling targets with high potential for uranium-vanadium mineralization, similar to the Company's cornerstone Ivana deposit. The exploration work
completed since 2019, which includes (IP) pole-dipole tomography and seismic tomography refraction surveys, detected blind signatures between
10m
and
30m
in depth, similar to the Ivana deposit geological setting (see
Figure 2
).
Based on the geological modelling of the target, the exploration team has delineated an RC drilling program comprising up to 1,200 metres in 24 first and second
priority holes with 40 metres as the average depth. Second priority holes will be drilled contingent on first-priority hole results (see
Figure 3
). The goal of the
program is to test the presence of uranium mineralization deposited within high-porosity conglomerates and/or sandstones related to a basal channel environment.
This sub-type of uranium sandstone deposit is the model defined for the Ivana deposit, where poorly or unconsolidated sediments with organic matter overlaying
basement rocks represent the host rock for most of the contained uranium.
The drilling program will be executed using a Morooka MST-1500 Crawler drill rig, using 5
1/2
" hammer or tricone, and connected to a double cyclone to reduce the
dust loss during sampling. Holes will be drilled vertically and are expected to average 40 metres depth; samples will be collected every metre. Samples will be
sent to ALS Argentina for preparation by drying, crushing to 70% <2mm, riffle splitting 250g and pulverizing to 85% <75 µm. Pulps will be sent to ALS Peru for
analysis of multi-elements using a ultra-trace method combining four acid digestion with Inductively Coupled Plasma ("ICP") instrumentation. Digestion is
performed on a 0.25g of sample to quantitatively dissolve most geological materials. Approximately every 10
th
sample, a blank, duplicate, or standard sample is
inserted into the sample sequence for quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) purposes.
Qualified Persons
The design of the Company's exploration program was undertaken 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 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
Ivana deposit is the cornerstone of the Project and the first part of the district for which both a Mineral Resource Estimate and a Preliminary Economic
Assessment have been completed. Mineralization at the Ivana deposit 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,
mineralization coats loosely consolidated pebbles, and is amenable to leaching and simple upgrading.
The Project includes several other target areas over a regional trend, 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 and advancing the project to prefeasibility level.
For additional details on the project and properties, please see the Company's website:
www.blueskyuranium.com
.
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, while respecting the environment, the communities, and the cultures in all the areas in
which we work. Blue Sky has the exclusive right to properties 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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include, among other things: the impact of COVID-19; risks and uncertainties related to the ability to obtain, amend, or maintain licenses, permits, or surface
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pursuant to applicable laws
. We advise U.S.
investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral
deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our properties.
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