NexGen Energy Hires Senior and Exploration Geologists Addition of two highly qualified and experienced uranium geologists. Radio drilling permit received
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NEWS RELEASE
NexGen Energy Hires Senior and Exploration Geologists
Highlights
- Addition of two highly qualified and experienced uranium geologists.
- Radio drilling permit received
Vancouver, B.C., May 22, 2013 – NexGen Energy Ltd (NXE: TSX-V) ( the “Company” or “NexGen”) is pleased to announce the addition of two highly qualified and experienced uranium geologists to its technical team and receipt of a drilling permit for Radio.
Geological Appointments
James Sykes has joined NexGen as a Senior Geologist. Mr. Sykes joins NexGen from Rio Tinto. He originally commenced with Hathor in 2007 prior to the discovery of Roughrider and transferred to Rio from Hathor in February 2012 as part of its acquisition of Hathor. Mr. Sykes was a key member of the team that constructed the original 3D geological model of the Roughrider system, which ultimately led to the discovery of the Roughrider East and Far East deposits. Prior to Hathor, Mr. Sykes was a Project Geologist with Denison Mines Corp.
Matthew Schwab has joined NexGen as an Exploration Geologist. Mr. Schwab also joins NexGen from Rio Tinto having also worked previously for Hathor on the Roughrider deposit. Mr. Schwab was a member of the technical team responsible for defining the mineralized zones of the Roughrider Deposit and exploring the Roughrider property for further zones of mineralization.
Radio Drilling Permit
At the Company’s Radio Project, located immediately adjacent to Rio Tinto’s Roughrider deposit, the application for summer drilling has been approved. Drilling is expected to commence in late June for a 4,400 metre diamond drilling program focused on the target area immediately east of Radio’s western boundary that covers the interpreted structural extension that hosts the adjacent Roughrider discovery.
Leigh Curyer, NexGen’s CEO commented, “the appointment of Mr Sykes and Mr Schwab to our technical team in joining Andrew Browne, Vice President of Exploration & Development, is a significant endorsement of the uranium prospectivity of our properties. Their uranium exploration expertise and knowledge of the Roughrider deposits is highly valuable and extremely relevant to our portfolio of properties. It is with pleasure that I welcome them aboard.”
About NexGen
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation with a focus on the acquisition, exploration and development of Canadian uranium projects. NexGen has a highly experienced team of exploration professionals with a track record in the discovery of unconformity-style uranium deposits in Canada.
NexGen owns a portfolio of highly prospective uranium exploration assets in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, including, an option to earn a 70% interest in the Radio Project, immediately adjacent to Rio Tinto’s Roughrider Deposit and a 100% interest in Rook 1, immediately adjacent to the North East of Patterson Lake South (PLS) and holds one of the most dominant land positions on the Western side of the Athabasca Basin.
Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer NexGen Energy Ltd.
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