Initial Drilling at Coyote Basin Shows Radioactivity Correlating to Historical Drilling
Initial Drilling at Coyote Basin Shows
Radioactivity Correlating to Historical Drilling
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 15, 2025) -
Homeland Uranium Corp.
(TSXV: HLU) (OTCQB: HLUCF) (FSE: D3U)
("
Homeland
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to provide
an update on Part 1 of the Phase II exploration program at the 100% owned Coyote Basin Uranium
Project (the "Project") (Figure 1).
The first six of the planned 35 Reverse Circulation (RC) drillholes (Figure 2) have been completed as
part of the Phase II exploration drilling program totaling approximately 5,300 m (17,000 ft). Drilling is
focused on the key historical resource-bearing locations identified by previous operators and during the
Company's June mapping and prospecting program. These first six holes were drilled on a single east-
west oriented fence positioned at the northern end of the southern historical resource area defined by
previous explorers (see Figure 2).
Downhole Spectral Gamma Ray CPS (Counts Per Second) readings obtained from the completed drill
holes (CB-RC-0023 to CB-RC-0028) demonstrate near-surface elevated radioactivity (50 – 100 m
depth) that correlates with the shallow mineralized horizons previously identified in historical 1979 drilling
(Figure 2), interpreted to dip gently eastward at approximately 4 degrees.
Drilling in hole CB-RC-0023, the easternmost hole on the fence, also identified multiple zones of
elevated radioactivity at depths between 220 and 320 metres (722 – 1050 ft) that remains open for
expansion.
In addition to confirming the down-dip extensions of the known outcropping radioactivity, anomalous
radioactivity is found to be widely dispersed within shales, claystones, and fine-grained sandstones
within the Upper Member of the Fort Union Formation. These findings suggest that there is potential for
additional uranium mineralization to exist between the known mineralized horizons.
It is not uncommon for uranium mineralization within sandstone-hosted uranium deposits to be in
disequilibrium with the daughter products of the radioactive decay series (see the Quality
Assurance/Quality Control section below). While downhole gamma logging is often an effective tool for
defining radiometric horizons and correlating with historical drilling, it has been determined that chemical
assays will be required before uranium grades can be accurately determined. Ongoing drilling and
geochemical analysis will support refinement of the geological model and improved characterization of
uranium mineralization.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
All drillholes are radiometrically logged using a calibrated QL40 SGR Spectral Gamma Ray downhole
probe, which collects continuous spectral gamma measurements along the length of the drillhole.
Gamma value as Counts Per Second are collected. The probe response is calibrated using coefficients
derived from the probe's most recent factory calibration and through comparison of probe responses to
geochemical assay data from previously sampled intervals.
Spectral gamma tools measure natural radioactivity, and in situations where the uranium decay series is
in equilibrium, such gamma readings can be converted into equivalent concentrations of uranium,
thorium, and potassium.
However, if the uranium decay series is not in equilibrium, conversion of
spectral gamma into equivalent concentrations of uranium may not be accurate, a phenomena known as
uranium disequilibrium.
Uranium disequilibrium has been documented to occur at the nearby former
producing Maybelle Uranium Mine, located approximately 29 km (18 miles) northeast of the Coyote
Basin Project (see Global Uranium & Enrichment's news release dated July 30, 2025, which can be
found at
https://wcsecure.weblink.com.au/pdf/GUE/02972557.pdf
).
As a first step in determining the accuracy of QL40 SGR Spectral Gamma Ray downhole probe and
determining whether uranium disequilibrium may occur at Coyote Basin, Homeland's geological team
used a portable hand-held XRF (SciAps X-555 REE Analyzer) to test drill cuttings for the presence of
uranium.
Enough discrepancies have occurred when comparing the results of the Spectral Gamma Ray
downhole probe and the XRF that additional geochemical and assay sampling will be required before
uranium grades can be accurately determined.
Homeland has collected samples from each 5 ft interval of the drill holes for geochemical analysis which
will be sent to SGS Laboratories in Lakefield, Ontario.
SGS Lab is certified ISO 17043: General
requirements for proficiency testing. All SGS laboratories are required to participate in SGS's internal
Proficiency Testing (PT) program: Laboratory Quality Systems International (LQSi) program, the largest
PT program in the mining world. The SGS LQSi program currently involves over 100 laboratories on a
regular basis, both SGS and non-SGS participants. SGS LQSi holds accreditation to the conformity
assessment standard ISO 17043: General requirements for proficiency testing.
All depths and intervals reported are drilled depths and downhole lengths, unless otherwise stated. True
thicknesses have not yet been determined.
About Homeland Uranium Corp.
Homeland Uranium is a mineral exploration company focused on becoming a premier US-focused and
resource-bearing uranium explorer and developer. The Company is the 100% owner of the Coyote
Basin and Cross Bones uranium projects in northwestern Colorado.
The Coyote Basin Project is reported by Energy Metals Corporation in its quarterly Management
Discussion and Analysis dated September 30, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") to contain an estimated historical resource of 8,850,000 tons grading 0.20% U
3
O
8
and 0.10% V
2
O
5
totaling 35.4 million pounds of U
3
O
8
and 17.7 million pounds of V
2
0
5
(see Energy
Metal's SEC disclosure at
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361605/000106299306003601/exhibit99-2.htm
). This
resource was calculated by the previous project operator, Western Mining Resources, based on a 1978-
79 program of surface sampling, coring, drill hole chip sampling and gamma logging of 24 widely
spaced holes (private internal report, Western Mining, Executive Summary, Coyote Basin Uranium
District, Rio Blanco and Moffat Counties, State of Colorado, January, 1980).
The Company is not treating the Coyote Basin historical resource estimate as current mineral resources
and the reader is cautioned not to rely on either of these estimates. A Qualified Person (as defined
under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101")) has not
done sufficient work to classify the historical resources from the project as current mineral resources or
mineral reserves nor can the Company or the Qualified Person comment on the quality or verify the data
obtained from the assay sampling programs from the project that were used to determine these
historical resource estimates, as such information was not included in the historical reports acquired by
Homeland. The Company is not treating the historical resource estimate as current mineral resources or
mineral reserves and the Company and the Qualified Person is unable to compare the historical
resource estimate to the CIM's current resource classification system at this time. The Coyote Basin
Project any future NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate will require considerable further evaluation which
will include completion of the Phase I drilling program and may require addition drilling to follow-up
Phase 1 results.
Qualified Person
Nancy Normore., P.Geo., the Company's Vice President, Exploration, is a Qualified Person as defined
in NI 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the technical content of this news release.
For further information, please contact:
Roger Lemaitre
President & Chief Executive Officer
Homeland Uranium Corp.
Tel: 306-713-1401
Email:
Investor Relations
Kin Communications Inc.
Tel: 604-684-6730
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Figure 1 – Location of Homeland Uranium's Coyote Basin Project
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Figure 2 – Completed drillholes during Part 1 of Phase 2 - Coyote Basin Project
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