Cosa Reports Anomalous Uranium in Sandstone at Darby Joint Venture with Denison Mines
Cosa Reports Anomalous Uranium in
Sandstone at Darby Joint Venture with
Denison Mines
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 6, 2026) -
Cosa Resources Corp. (TSXV: COSA)
(OTCQB: COSAF) (FSE: SSKU)
("
Cosa
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to report drilling results for
the Company's Darby ("
Darby
") project. Darby is a joint venture (the "
Joint Venture
") between Cosa
and Denison Mines Corp. ("
Denison
") (
TSX: DML
) (
NYSE American: DNN
) and is located 10
kilometres west of Cameco's Cigar Lake Mine in the eastern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan (Figure
1). Cosa is the operator of Darby and holds a 70% interest with Denison holding a 30% interest.
Highlights
Highly anomalous uranium in sandstone and weak basement uranium mineralization (0.04% U
3
O
8
over 0.5 metres) intersected at Charlie Trend
Prospective sandstone and basement faulting, alteration, and unconformity relief identified at
Gamma Trend
Initial drill program significantly upgraded three trends at Darby
Assays remain pending on exceptional winter 2026 Murphy Lake North drill program that
intersected anomalous radioactivity
Keith Bodnarchuk, President and CEO, commented: "
Prior to intersecting radioactivity at Murphy Lake
North, we completed an exciting drill program at our Darby Lake Joint Venture with Denison. We are
very encouraged by the results from Cosa's initial drill program at Darby, which have further upgraded
multiple trends. We are in the process of finalizing summer plans, which will be released in the coming
weeks and are expected to comprise a significant drill program at Murphy Lake North with drilling at
Darby to follow. With assays pending at Murphy Lake North, we expect to have important news flow
ahead of the resumption of drilling in June.
"
Andy Carmichael, Vice President of Exploration, commented: "
Drilling
at Gamma revealed the trend
hosts a more than 100-metre-wide graphitic structural corridor with the strongest sandstone alteration
known on the project and significant unconformity relief. With mineralization on trend to the north,
Gamma is a high priority for further exploration. Drilling at Charlie intersected outstanding sandstone
uranium content and weak basement hosted uranium mineralization, confirming the strong
exploration potential of this trend. The exceptional winter 2026 drilling results from Murphy Lake North
will remain our primary exploration focus, and these initial results from Darby are compelling
additions to our inventory of excellent drill targets."
Darby Winter Drilling
Three holes were completed at Darby to test priority targets at the Charlie, Gamma, and Delta trends
identified by Cosa's 2025 core relogging and reinterpretation program.
Charlie Trend
Winter drill hole DB26-39A followed up basement structure and anomalous
1
sandstone uranium content
in historical drill hole DB-09 and successfully intersected the targeted graphitic unit at the unconformity.
DB26-39A intersected very strongly anomalous uranium content in the sandstone, averaging 5.6 ppm
over 103.5 metres (600.0 - 703.5 metres) including a subinterval averaging 9.5 ppm over 53.5 metres
(650.0 - 703.5 metres) in the basal sandstone (Figures 2 and 3). These values exceed the strongly
anomalous results of DB-09 which intersected 2.0 ppm uranium over 116.8 metres (543.2 - 660 metres).
DB26-39A also intersected 0.04% U
3
O
8
over 0.5 metres (707.8 - 708.3 metres), which is the second
intersection of weak uranium mineralization on trend. Several high priority follow up targets remain
untested at Charlie.
Gamma Trend
Winter drilling results significantly upgraded the Gamma trend and generated several follow-up targets.
The Gamma trend was prioritized for drilling based on elevated to anomalous sandstone uranium
content proximal to graphitic basement faults in historical drill hole DB-17, and the presence of numerous
intersections of uranium mineralization along trend north of Darby (Figures 2 and 4). DB26-41 targeted
the DB-17 basement faults at the unconformity.
DB26-41 intersected two decametre-scale intervals of faulting and alteration in the lower sandstone,
elevated to anomalous sandstone uranium content, and identified 35 metres of unconformity relief
relative to DB-17. Basement rocks are graphitic and non-graphitic metasediments overlying granite.
Graphitic fault zones intersected 30 to 124 metres below the unconformity are generally thicker than
those in DB-17 and some are enveloped by metre-scale zones of hydrothermal alteration.
DB26-41 and DB-17 define a highly prospective geological environment which includes an
approximately 150-metre-wide corridor of graphitic basement faulting, zones of hydrothermal alteration
and faulting in the sandstone and basement, and uranium enrichment in the sandstone. The prominent
unconformity relief is similar to unconformity offsets from reverse faulting present at several Athabasca
uranium deposits, most notably at Cameco's McArthur River mine.
Delta Trend
DB26-42 followed up historical drill hole DB-27 (Figure 2), which intersected a 48-metre interval of
continuously anomalous uranium content in the sandstone above graphitic basement faulting. DB26-42
targeted the DB-27 basement faulting at the unconformity and did not intersect any significant results;
geochemical results remain pending. Several kilometres of prospective strike length remain at Delta.
Next Steps
Assays remain pending for DB26-42. Planning is underway for a summer drilling campaign at Darby
which is expected to commence following completion of summer drilling at Murphy Lake North.
1 - When analyzed using SRC's partial digestion and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
(ICP-MS) method, Cosa considers uranium concentrations in the Athabasca sandstone greater than 0.5
ppm to be elevated, greater than 1.0 ppm to be anomalous, and greater than 4 ppm to be strongly
anomalous.
Figure 1 - Cosa's Eastern Athabasca Uranium Projects with Joint Venture Projects
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Figure 2 - Darby Project Overview
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Figure 3 - Charlie Cross Section Showing DB26-39A and DB-09
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Figure 4 - Gamma Trend Cross Section Showing DB26-41 and DB-17
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About Darby
Located 10 kilometres west of the Cigar Lake Mine, Darby contains multiple prospective conductive
trends and several intersections of weak uranium mineralization (Figures 1 and 2). Historical drilling
indicates that many of these trends are highly prospective for uranium deposits characteristic of the
eastern Athabasca Basin, yet most of the strike length has not been effectively evaluated. Work by Cosa
in 2025 prioritized these trends and identified several historical drill holes with results that suggest
proximity to uranium mineralization (See Cosa's news releases dated October 24, 2025 and January 21,
2026). Initial drilling results from winter 2026 significantly upgraded multiple trends. Future drilling will
include follow up of anomalous results from both winter 2026 and historical drilling.
About Cosa Resources Corp.
Cosa Resources is a Canadian uranium exploration company operating in northern Saskatchewan. The
portfolio comprises roughly 237,000 ha across multiple underexplored 100% owned and Cosa-operated
joint venture projects in the Athabasca Basin region, the majority of which reside within or adjacent to
established uranium corridors.
In January of 2025, the Company entered a transformative strategic collaboration with Denison Mines
(TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) that has secured access to several additional highly prospective
eastern Athabasca uranium exploration projects. As Cosa's largest shareholder, Denison gains
exposure to Cosa's potential for exploration success and its pipeline of uranium projects.
The Company's primary focus through the remainder of 2026 will be drilling at the Murphy Lake North
and Darby projects in the eastern Athabasca Basin. Drilling at Murphy Lake North will follow up the newly
identified zones of anomalous radioactivity within an extensive zone of strong structure and hydrothermal
alteration at the Cyclone trend. Drilling at Darby will follow up on intersections of anomalous
geochemistry, structure, and zones of hydrothermal alteration from both winter 2026 drilling and historical
drilling.
Cosa's award-winning management team has a track record of success in Saskatchewan. In 2022,
members of the Cosa team were awarded the AME Colin Spence Award for the discovery of the
Hurricane uranium deposit. Cosa personnel led teams or had integral roles in the discovery of Denison's
Gryphon deposit and held key roles in the founding of both NexGen and IsoEnergy.
Technical Disclosure
Historical drilling and geophysical results for Darby and MLN were sourced from the
Saskatchewan
Mineral Assessment Database
(SMAD). SMAD sources for Darby include file numbers 74H14-0021,
74H14-0023, 74H15-0041, 74H15-0053, 74H15-0055, 74H15-0056, 74H15-0066, 74H15-0067, 74I02-
0031, 74I02-0042, 74I02-0053, 74I02-0080, 74I02-0095, and MAW00516. Some confidential data and
reports not presently available via SMAD were supplied to Cosa by Denison. SMAD sources for MLN
and adjacent projects include file numbers 64L05-0161, 64L05-0180, 74I-0060, 74I-0066, 74I-0067,
74I01-0114, 74I08-0056, 74I09-0053, 74I09-0057, 74I09-0061, 74I09-0064, 74I09-0066, 74I09-0071,
74I09-0077, 74I09-0079, 74I09-0087, 74I09-0088, 74I09-0090, 74I09-0091, 74I09-0092, 74I09-0098,
MAW00510, MAW01939, MAW02327, MAW02599, and MAW02395. Data and reports related to the
2020 ground EM survey completed by Denison are not presently available via SMAD and were supplied
to Cosa by Denison.
Verification of historical drilling results included confirming historical drill hole collar locations from air
photos and ground checking selected collars with a handheld GPS unit. Basement and lower sandstone
sections from most historical drill holes were relogged in 2024 and 2025 by Cosa. For Darby,
verification of geochemical results for drill holes completed between 2008 and 2010 was facilitated by
the reissuance of analytical certificates to Cosa by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). Cosa
thanks the SRC for its valued assistance in increasing confidence in the historical dataset.
Verification of historical geophysical results included confirming the locations of geophysical survey
grids from air photos, compiling survey data and interpretations, and evaluating whether interpreted
geophysical results could be reasonably explained by historical and current drilling results. For MLN,
Cosa engaged a consultant to re-interpret historical geophysical surveys to validate selected previous
interpretations.
Qualified Person
The Company's disclosure of technical or scientific information in this press release has been reviewed
and approved by Andy Carmichael, P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration for Cosa. Mr. Carmichael is a
Qualified Person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101. This news release refers to
neighbouring properties in which the Company has no interest. Mineralization on those neighbouring
properties does not necessarily indicate mineralization on the Company's properties.
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