Denison Reports 3.7% EU 3O8 over 3.9 Metres from Initial Follow up Drilling at New High-Grade Basement Uranium Discovery at Waterbury Lake
Denison Mines Corp.
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PRESS RELEASE
DENISON REPORTS 3.7% eU 3O8 OVER 3.9 METRES FROM INITIAL
FOLLOW UP DRILLING AT NEW HIGH-GRADE BASEMENT URANIUM
DISCOVERY AT WATERBURY LAKE
Toronto, ON – August 22, 2017 Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (DML: TSX, DNN:
NYSE MKT) is pleased to report that drill hole WAT17-446A returned a mineralized interval of 3.7% eU 3O8
over 3.9 metres (from 305.7 to 309.6 metres), inclu ding 7.8% eU 3O8 over 1.8 metres (from 307.0 to 308.8
metres). Drill hole WAT17-446A was the fourth hole completed as part of the summer 2017 drilling program
at the Waterbury Lake property and was drilled approximately 50 metres along strike to the west of WAT17-
443, which intersected 1.1% eU 3O8 over 0.8 metres (see Denison’s Press Release dated August 1 st , 2017).
Today’s news is highlighted by the following:
• Results from drill hole WAT17-446A represent a sig nificant increase in the thickness and grades of
the previous high-grade uranium intersections reported from drill hole WAT17-443;
• High-grade uranium mineralization has now been int ersected 50 metres along strike to the west of
the result previously reported in drill hole WAT17-443;
• The east-west trend targeted by the Waterbury Lake summer drilling program remains open in all
directions and follow-up drilling on an approximate 50 x 50 metre spacing is ongoing; and
• In response to the results returned to date, the n umber of drill holes expected to be completed, as
part of the summer 2017 drilling program, has been increased by 50% to 9 drill holes, from an
original plan of 6 drill holes.
Dale Verran, Denison’s Vice President of Exploratio n, commented, “The results from WAT17-446
represent a very promising intersection at quite an early stage of evaluating this exciting new discovery
at Waterbury Lake. The high-grades, apparent contin uity of mineralization, and the degree of structure
and alteration over drill hole step-outs of 50 metr es or more suggest we are dealing with a very
worthwhile exploration target. With an expanded summer drill program, we are certainly looking forward
to further results from our efforts to continue to explore this untested trend.”
New high-grade basement hosted uranium discovery
The summer 2017 drilling program at Waterbury Lake was designed to test an east-west geological trend,
which shares interpreted similarities with the east-west trend that hosts the J Zone and Roughrider deposits,
which are located approximately one kilometer to th e south. Follow-up drilling to the high-grade
mineralization discovered in WAT17-443, the first h ole of the program, is ongoing and has been designe d
to test the basement-hosted mineralized zone on an approximate 50 x 50 m spacing. The priority of the
follow up drilling is to commence an evaluation of the scale of, and controls on mineralization, which is
currently open in all directions.
The second and third follow-up drill holes of the p rogram also intersected mineralization including 0. 5%
eU 3O8 over 0.6 metres (from 346.0 to 346.6 metres) in dr ill hole WAT17-444, located approximately 65
metres down-dip of drill hole WAT17-443, and 0.2% e U 3O8 over 0.6 metres (from 277.2 to 277.7 metres)
in drill hole WAT17-445, located approximately 60 m etres up-dip of drill hole WAT17-446A. The location s
of the drill hole collars and the J Zone and Roughrider deposits are provided in Figure 1.
Results are reported herein as preliminary radiomet ric equivalent grades ("eU 3O8") derived from a
calibrated downhole total gamma probe. The Company subsequently reports definitive assay grades
following sampling and chemical analysis of the min eralized drill core. The four drill holes completed are
orientated steeply to the southeast with azimuths o f 152°to 157°and dips of -73° to -75.5°. The Athaba sca
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Group sandstones are approximately 200 metres thick, unconformably overlying a moderately north dipping
package of basement rocks dominated by pelitic to s emi-pelitic gneisses. Mineralization in the four ho les
completed has been intersected at depths of 70 to 130 metres vertically below the unconformity in variably
graphitic pelitic gneisses and associated with a wide envelope of strong hematite alteration, quartz flooding,
bleaching and faulting – features typical of baseme nt-hosted uranium mineralization within the Athabas ca
Basin. The true thickness of the mineralization is yet to be determined.
Waterbury summer drilling program to be increased by 50%
As a result of the successful follow-up results fro m drill hole WAT17-446A, which returned a significa nt
increase in the thickness and grades from the initi al results reported from drill hole WAT17-443, Deni son
has decided to increase the scope of the summer 201 7 drilling program at Waterbury Lake from 6 holes
(2,650 metres), as originally planned, to 9 holes (3,850 metres).
Waterbury Lake Property
The Waterbury Lake property consists of multiple cl aims covering 40,256 hectares, and is located in th e
infrastructure rich eastern portion of the Athabasc a Basin region in northern Saskatchewan. The prope rty
is jointly owned by Denison (63.63%) and Korea Wate rbury Uranium Limited Partnership (“KWULP”)
(36.37%) through the Waterbury Lake Uranium Limited Partnership (“WLULP”). KWULP consists of a
consortium of investors in which Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (“KHNP”) holds a majority position. KWULP
has elected not to fund the 2017 exploration progra m and, as a result, will incur dilution of its owne rship
interest in the WLULP. KHNP is also a significant shareholder in Denison, holding 58,284,000 common
shares of Denison, which represents approximately 1 0.42% of the Company’s issued and outstanding
common shares.
For more information on the J Zone deposit, please refer to the Technical Report on the Mineral Resource
Estimate on the J Zone Uranium Deposit, Waterbury L ake Property dated September 6, 2013 by Allan
Armitage, Ph. D., P. Geo, and Alan Sexton, M.Sc., P .Geo, of GeoVector Management Inc. available on
Denison’s website and under the Company’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). For further details on
the Roughrider deposit, prior to acquisition by Rio Tinto in 2012, please refer to the Preliminary Eco nomic
Assessment Technical Report for the East and West Z ones Roughrider Uranium Project, Saskatchewan
dated September 2013, 2011 by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. available on SEDAR.
Qualified Persons and Data Quality
Dale Verran, MSc, P.Geo, Pr.Sci.Nat., Denison's Vice President, Exploration, who is a Qualified Person in
accordance with the requirements of NI 43-101 has r eviewed and approved the technical information
contained in this release. The Company currently re ports preliminary radiometric equivalent grades
("eU 3O8"), derived from a calibrated downhole total gamma probe, during its exploration programs and
subsequently reports definitive assay grades follow ing sampling and chemical analysis of the mineraliz ed
drill core. Radiometric equivalent probe results ar e subject to verification procedures by qualified p ersons
employed by Denison prior to disclosure. For furthe r details on the total gamma downhole probe methods
employed by Denison, QAQC procedures and data verif ication procedures please see Denison's Annual
Information Form dated March 23, 2017 filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR.
About Denison
Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests focused in the Athabasca Basin
region of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. In addition to its 60% owned Wheeler River project, which hosts
the high grade Phoenix and Gryphon uranium deposits , Denison's exploration portfolio consists of
numerous projects covering approximately 359,000 he ctares in the Athabasca Basin region, including
340,000 hectares in the infrastructure rich eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin. Denison's interest s in
Saskatchewan also include a 22.5% ownership interest in the McClean Lake joint venture (“MLJV”), which
includes several uranium deposits and the McClean L ake uranium mill, which is currently processing ore
from the Cigar Lake mine under a toll milling agreement, plus a 25.17% interest in the Midwest deposit and
a 63.63% interest in the J Zone deposit on the Wate rbury Lake property. Both the Midwest and J Zone
deposits are located within 20 kilometres of the McClean Lake mill.
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Denison is also engaged in mine decommissioning and environmental services through its Denison
Environmental Services division and is the manager of Uranium Participation Corp., a publicly traded
company which invests in uranium oxide and uranium hexafluoride.
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David Cates (416) 979-1991 ext. 362
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sophia Shane (604) 689-7842
Investor Relations
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Figure 1: Location of summer 2017 drill collars on Denison’s Waterbury Lake project.