CanAlaska Prepares for 2,000 Metre Drill Program at Geikie Uranium Project Drilling Will Focus on Shallow High-Priority Basement-Hosted Uranium Targets, Program Will Be Fully Funded by Basin Energy Ltd; Operated by CanAlaska
CanAlaska Prepares for 2,000 Metre Drill
Program at Geikie Uranium Project
Drilling Will Focus on Shallow High-Priority Basement-Hosted
Uranium Targets, Program Will Be Fully Funded by Basin
Energy Ltd; Operated by CanAlaska
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 31, 2023) -
CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSXV:
CVV
) (
OTCQX:
CVVUF
) (FSE:
DH7N
)
("CanAlaska or the "Company") is pleased to announce
ongoing preparation for a drill program on it's 60%-owned Geikie project in the Athabasca Basin (Figure
1). The drill program will be focused on testing shallow, high-priority targets that have been compiled
from recent high-resolution airborne radiometric, magnetic, and electromagnetic surveys in combination
with prospecting, structural mapping, and historical data review. The Company has secured contractors
with mobilization to the project area, planned for the second week of June. This initial 2,000 metre
program is planned to consist of 8 drill holes.
Figure 1
– Geikie Project Location
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2023 Geikie Summer Drill Program
The drill program will be focused on testing a northeast trending conductor system, striking through the
southern half of the property, that was identified during the recently completed VTEM Plus survey (Figure
2). A series of splays and offsets along this conductor are visible, often in correlation with intersections of
regionally significant deep-seated, north-south trending faults, interpreted to be part of the Tabbernor
Fault System. In addition, historical drillholes completed on this conductor trend identified
stratigraphically-controlled and structurally-enhanced graphite proximal to the main conductor target.
Structurally reactivated graphite-rich metasedimentary rocks are important hosts for basement-hosted
uranium targets.
Figure 2
– Geikie Project Priority Drill Target Locations
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Drilling services for the Geikie project have been contracted to Athabasca Catering Limited Partnership,
a 100% First Nations-owned company, who are partnered with ITL Diamond Drilling Ltd. Helicopter
services for the project are being provided by Helicopter Transport Services. CanAlaska will be the
operator for this program.
CanAlaska CEO, Cory Belyk, comments,
"Initiation of this first drilling program on the Geikie project is
a tremendous milestone for CanAlaska and its shareholders. Project generation and property deals
are a vital part of our hybrid business model which drives opportunity for deposit discovery through our
depth of technical expertise, our ability to acquire land in a very competitive market, and our desire to
find the right partnerships to move these projects toward a discovery. We look forward to working with
Basin Energy on this exciting new project in the world's best uranium district, the Saudi Arabia of
Uranium."
Geikie Project Overview
The Geikie Project is located just outside the eastern margin of the Athabasca Basin within the
Wollaston Domain. The Project area has been subject to minimal exploration for uranium, with most
significant work targeting base metals between 1967 and 1980. During this regional work, a series of
mineralized showings were discovered in the Mud Lake and Marina areas. The Mud Lake uranium-
molybdenum showing recorded a series of anomalous rock chips with grades of up to 0.225% U, 5.2%
Mo, and 1.4% Cu. The Marina lead-zinc prospect recorded anomalous mineralization in outcrop of up to
2.03% Pb, 7.2% Zn and 0.93 oz/t Ag. Recent ground prospecting on the project has since confirmed the
Mud Lake uranium-molybdenum, showing results with up to 3,250 ppm molybdenum total and 0.21%
uranium total in grab samples.
The primary target on the Geikie project is basement-hosted uranium mineralization where uranium
bearing structures intersect favourable metasedimentary host rocks. The Geikie project is located within
10 km of recent discoveries of basement-hosted uranium mineralization at the nearby Gemini
Mineralized Zone and ACKIO. These discoveries along with known mineralization at the Agip-S and
West Way prospects, all underscore the prospectivity of this portion of the Wollaston Belt.
The Geikie project is currently being sole-funded by Basin Energy Limited (ASX: BSN) under an option
earn-in agreement with the Company.
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About CanAlaska Uranium
CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSXV: CVV) (OTCQX: CVVUF) (FSE: DH7N) holds interests in
approximately 350,000 hectares (865,000 acres), in Canada's Athabasca Basin - the "Saudi Arabia of
Uranium."
CanAlaska's strategic holdings have attracted major international mining companies.
CanAlaska is currently working with Cameco and Denison at two of the Company's properties in the
Eastern Athabasca Basin. CanAlaska is a project generator positioned for discovery success in the
world's richest uranium district. The Company also holds properties prospective for nickel, copper, gold
and diamonds. For further information visit
www.canalaska.com
.
The qualified technical person for this news release is Nathan Bridge, MSc., P.Geo., CanAlaska's Vice
President, Exploration.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
"Cory Belyk"
Cory Belyk, P.Geo., FGC
CEO, Executive Vice-President and Director
CanAlaska Uranium Ltd.
Contacts:
Cory Belyk, CEO and Executive VP
Tel: +1.604.688.3211 x 138
Email:
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