Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.: Hook Lake JV 2020 Exploration Program Update
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.: Hook Lake JV 2020 Exploration
Program Update
TORONTO
,
Feb. 25, 2020
/CNW/ - Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) ("
Purepoint
" or the "
Company
") today provided an
update of this winter's exploration program at the Hook Lake Project, a joint venture between Cameco Corporation (39.5%), Orano
Canada Inc. (39.5%) and Purepoint (21%) in the Patterson Uranium District,
Saskatchewan Canada
. The Hook Lake Project lies on the
southwestern edge of
Saskatchewan's
Athabasca
Basin and is adjacent to and on trend with recent high-grade uranium discoveries
including Fission Uranium's Triple R deposit and NexGen's Arrow deposit.
"Our drill is currently setting up on the first of our two lake targets following the month-long construction of flood ice. This lake hole will
represent the initial test of the conductive shear outlined between the Spitfire Zone and the Dragon area in 2019," said
Scott Frostad
,
Purepoint's Vice President of Exploration. "In addition, this year's electromagnetic geophysical survey has been completed and has
provided five new drill targets northeast of last year's hole HK19-105 that intersected numerous shear zones, strong hydrothermal
alteration and elevated radioactivity (up to 125 ppm U over 0.3 metres). We anticipate testing at least one of these geophysical targets
during this drill program."
Three holes have been completed on the southern portion of the "W" Conductor testing a strike length of approximately 1.5 kilometres.
The electromagnetic (EM) conductor was explained by graphitic shear zones in these holes and a single hole was completed southwest
of the Hornet zone explained the EM conductor. Assays are pending.
Three to four drill holes are still to be drilled this season.
The geophysical survey completed last month consisted of five lines of stepwise-moving loop EM surveying, 800 metres apart and has
provided initial targets covering 4 kilometres of conductor strike length. At least one of these EM targets will be drill tested this season.
Complete program results will be made available once all drill data is returned, interpreted and reviewed by the joint venture partners.
Hook Lake JV Project
The Hook Lake JV Project is owned jointly by Cameco Corp. (39.5%), Orano Canada Inc. (39.5%) and Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
(21%) as operator and consists of nine claims totaling 28,598 hectares situated in the southwestern
Athabasca
Basin. The Hook Lake
JV Project is considered one of the highest quality uranium exploration projects in the
Athabasca
Basin due to its location along the
prospective
Patterson Lake
trend and the relatively shallow depth to the unconformity.
Current exploration is targeting the Patterson Lake Corridor that hosts Fission's Triple R Deposit (indicated mineral resource
87,760,000 lbs U3O8 at an average grade of 1.82% U3O8 –
www.fissionuranium.com
), NexGen Energy's Arrow Deposit (indicated
mineral resource 256,600,000 lbs U3O8 at an average grade of 4.03% –
www.nexgenenergy.ca
) and the Spitfire discovery by the
Hook Lake JV. The foregoing mineral resource disclosure is information about the properties adjacent to the Company's property and
does not imply that the Company will obtain similar information from its own property.
About Purepoint
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. is focused on the precision exploration of its nine projects in the Canadian Athabasca Basin, the world's
richest uranium region. Established in the
Athabasca
Basin well before the initial resurgence in uranium earlier last decade, Purepoint's
flagship project is the Hook Lake Project, a joint venture with two of the largest uranium suppliers in the world, Cameco Corporation
and Orano Canada Inc. The Hook Lake JV Project is on trend with recent high-grade uranium discoveries including Fission Uranium's
Triple R Deposit, NexGen's Arrow Deposit and the Hook Lake JV's Spitfire discovery.
Scott Frostad BSc
, MASc, PGeo, Purepoint's Vice President, Exploration, is the Qualified Person responsible for technical content of
this release.
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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this Press release.
Disclosure regarding forward-looking statements
This press release contains projections and forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future
events. Such forward-looking information can include without limitation statements based on current expectations involving a number of
risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance of the Company. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual
results and the Company's plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information. Actual
results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. These and all subsequent written and oral
forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and expressly qualified in
their entirety by this notice.
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For further information:
Chris Frostad, President & CEO, Phone: (416) 603-8368, Email: [email protected]
CO: Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
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