Skyharbour Announces UAV-MAGTM Airborne Geophysics Surveying on Moore Uranium Project as well as 2017 Highlights and 2018 Corporate Strategy
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January 10th, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
Skyharbour Announces UAV-MAGTM Airborne Geophysics Surveying on Moore Uranium
Project as well as 2017 Highlights and 2018 Corporate Strategy
Vancouver, BC - Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt:
SC1P) (the “ Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of an Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle Magnetometer Survey (“UAV-MAGTM Survey”) to be completed by Pioneer Aerial Surveys
Ltd. (“Pioneer”) on the Company’s flagship 35,705 hectare Moore Uranium Project, located
approx. 15 km east of Denison Mine’s Wheeler River project on the southeast side of the
Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan . The survey will be flown over a 4.5 km by 1.6 km area that
covers the Maverick structural corridor host to several high grade uranium zones including the
Main Maverick Zone where drill results from last year returned 6.0% U 3O8 over 5.9 metres
including 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 metres in hole ML-199.
Moore Uranium Project Claims Map:
http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/MooreLakeRegionalTenure.jpg
The survey will consist of approx. 402 line km at 20 metre spacing and will be used to help identify
high-priority, cross-cutting features, and structures along the Maverick conductor corridor. This
survey will help refine and identify current and additional drill targets for the upcoming winter 2018
diamond drill program at Moore as these cross -cutting features represent high-priority targets.
This innovative UAV-MAGTM survey is the first of its kind to be carried out at the Moore Project
and will provide for much tighter survey spacing to better identify drill targets at a lower cost using
drones. Only 1.5 km of the total 4 km long Maverick corridor have been systematically drill tested
leaving robust discovery potential along strike as well as at depth in the underlying basement
rocks which have seen limited drill testing historically. With this survey, Skyharbour continues to
unlock the discovery potential at Moore through value -add, systematic and cutting-edge
exploration techniques.
Moore Uranium Project Maverick Corridor:
http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/Moore-Lake-Maverick-Corridor-Map-v1.jpg
Pioneer has extensive experience flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”) based magnetometer
and remote sensing surveys for the mining and exploration sector and has successfully flown over
12,000 line km in surveys across North America. Pioneer is leading the industry in UAV remote
sensing for mineral exploration, mine site surveys and safety inspections. Their UAV systems are
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some of the most advanced in the world, custom built in Canada and capable of long flights and
diverse sensor payloads.
Skyharbour’s 2017 Corporate Highlights:
Drill Programs and Results:
In the winter/spring of 2017, Skyharbour completed its first diamond drilling program at
its flagship, high grade Moore Uranium Project consisting of 5,450 metres in 15 holes
All of the holes drilled to target intersected uranium mineralization on the Maverick
corridor; shallow (250 metres to 280 metres depth), high grade mineralization was
intersected in seven of the fifteen holes with new high grade mineralized lenses being
discovered along strike at the Maverick corridor illustrating the robust discovery potential
along its 4 km strike length
High grade results included 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 metres within an interval returning
6.0% U3O8 over 5.9 metres in hole ML-199 as well as 9.12% U3O8 over 1.4 metres within
an interval returning 4.17% U3O8 over 4.5 metres in hole ML-202
In the summer/fall of 2017, Skyharbour completed another diamond drilling program at
the Moore Uranium Project consisting of 4,035 metres in 11 holes
Hole ML17-10 at the Main Maverick Zone returned 2.23% U3O8 over 9.3 metres
including 7.4% U3O8 over 1.8 metres, and hole ML17-09 returned 0.344% U3O8 over 7.5
metres including 1.41% U3O8 over 1.5 metres; this mineralization occurs below the
unconformity in the basement rocks illustrating the strong potential for high grade
uranium to be discovered in the relatively underexplored basement rocks at Moore
Moore Uranium Project Maverick Corridor Drilling Map:
http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/projects/Moore-Lake-Maverick-Trend-w-geophys-
inset_20170515_v2.pdf
Strategic Partner Option Agreements:
Skyharbour finalized an option agreement with industry-leader and strategic partner
AREVA Resources Canada whereby AREVA may earn up to a 70% interest in the
Company’s 49,635 hectare Preston Project through $8,000,000 of total project
consideration over six years, including up to $7,300,000 of exploration expenditures and
$700,000 of cash payments split equally between Skyharbour and Clean Commodities
Corp.
As previously announced, AREVA is planning to carry out CDN $2,000,000 in
exploration and diamond drilling programs over the next year with an initial geophysical
program followed by a planned drilling program consisting of 15 to 20 drill holes for a
total of approximately 4,500 metres which is proposed in early 2018
Skyharbour entered into an option agreement with Azincourt Energy Corp. whereby
Azincourt may earn a 70% interest in the Company’s 25,329 hectare East Preston
Project through the upfront issuance of 4,500,000 shares of Azincourt as well as
$3,500,000 of total project consideration over three years, including $2,500,000 of
exploration expenditures and $1,000,000 of cash payments split equally between
Skyharbour and Clean Commodities
As previously announced, Azincourt is planning to commence geophysical programs
including Horizontal Loop Electromagnetic (HLEM) and Gravity surveys to be used to
yield drill targets
Preston Uranium Project Claims Map:
http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/SYH_Patterson_Lake_Area_Promo_20161212_blue
_hi_res.pdf
Financings:
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The Company raised $2.7 million through non-brokered private placements as well as
$1.3 million through warrant exercise
Overview of 2018 Corporate Strategy and Outlook on Uranium Market:
Skyharbour has interest in five uranium projects totalling approx. 200,000 hectares strategically
located throughout the Athabasca Basin - a dominant project portfolio that offers significant
discovery potential in the number one mining jurisdiction globally as ranked by the Fraser Institute.
As an exploration company, Skyharbour plans to create shareholder value through new uranium
discoveries as well as expanding known mineralized zones at its various projects in the Athabasca
Basin. The Company is looking to emulate recent exploration successes in the Basin like that of
NexGen Energy at its Rook I Project, Fission Uranium at its PLS Project, and Hathor Exploration
at its Roughrider Project. Specifically, Skyharbour plans to carry out additional exploration and
drilling programs at its flagship Moore Uranium Project over the course of the upcoming year .
Given the success of the 2017 drilling programs at Moore, the Company is preparing for a
minimum 4,000 metre winter diamond drilling program to commence in February with additional
news and details forthcoming.
Skyharbour will continue to implement the prospect generator model by finding strategic partners
to option and joint venture its secondary projects to. This strategy ensures these projects are
advanced with exploration being funded by partner companies, and it allows Skyharbour to raise
additional capital with less equity dilution as the deals typically include cash and stock payments
in addition to exploration expenditures. Executing on this strategy in 2017, Skyharbour signed two
option agreements on its Preston Uranium Project with industry -leader AREVA Resources
Canada and Azincourt Energy whereby AREVA and Azincourt can earn up to 70% on the Preston
Project through a combined $9,800,000 in total exploration expenditures as well as $1,700,000
in total cash payments and 4,500,000 Azincourt shares. As previously announced, AREVA has
announced a $2 million exploration program at Preston and Azincourt is set to begin their
exploration programs soon as well. This will provide additional news flow for Skyharbour to
complement the news flow from its flagship Moore Uranium Project.
After a nine year bear market in the uranium market , and a volatile last few years, the market
appears to have turned the corner. Last year there were significant supply-side developments
consisting of production cuts by major uranium producers including Cameco's announcement to
suspend production at its McArthur River Mine, the world's largest producing uranium mine, for at
least ten months starting this month, which is expected to cut approximately 15-18 million pounds
of U3O8 in 2018. The world’s largest producer Kazatomprom then announced an additional
production cut of approximately 28.6 million pounds of U3O8 over the next three years, adding to
the 10% cut it had announced early in 2017. Uranium demand is forecast by the World Nuclear
Association to increase steadily to 2030 and beyond. There are estimated to be just under 60
nuclear reactors under construction, and hundreds of more nuclear reactors planned or proposed
to be constructed worldwide, with China leading the charge. Furthermore, Japan is restarting its
reactors with its recently reelected pro-nuclear government led by Shinzo Abe. With the increasing
demand, the recently announced production cuts from major producers, as well as the uranium
spot price currently trading below the average global all-in cost of production, the Ux Consulting
Company has changed their uranium market forecast from one of supply surplus to supply deficit
in 2018.
About Skyharbour Resources Ltd.:
Skyharbour holds an extensive portfolio of uranium and thorium exploration projects in Canada's
Athabasca Basin and is well positioned to benefit from improving uranium market fundamentals
with five drill-ready projects. In July 2016, Skyharbour acquired an option from Denison Mines, a
large strategic shareholder of the Company, to acquire 100% of the Moore Uranium Project which
is located approx. 15 kilometres east of Denison's Wheeler River project and 39 kilometres south
of Cameco's McArthur River uranium mine. Moore is an advanced stage uranium exploration
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property with high-grade uranium mineralization at the Maverick Zone with drill r esults returning
6.0% U3O8 over 5.9 metres including 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 metres at a vertical depth of 265
metres. Skyharbour recently signed option agreements with AREVA Resources Canada and
Azincourt Energy whereby AREVA and Azincourt can earn in 70% on the Preston Project through
a combined $9,800,000 in total exploration expenditures, as well as $1,700,000 in total cash
payments and 4,500,000 Azincourt shares. Preston is a large, geologically prospective property
proximal to Fission Uranium's Triple R d eposit as well as NexGen Energy's Arrow deposit. The
Company also owns a 100% interest in the Falcon Point Uranium Project on the eastern perimeter
of the Basin which contains an NI 43 -101 inferred resource totaling 7.0 million pounds of U3O8
at 0.03% and 5.3 million pounds of ThO2 at 0.023%. The project also hosts a high-grade surface
showing with up to 68% U3O8 in grab samples from a massive pitchblende vein, the source of
which has yet to be discovered. The Company's 100% owned Mann Lake Uranium project on the
east side of the Basin is strategically located adjacent to the Mann Lake Joint Venture operated
by Cameco, where high-grade uranium mineralization was recently discovered. Skyharbour's goal
is to maximize shareholder value through new mineral disco veries, committed long -term
partnerships, and the advancement of exploration projects in geopolitically favourable
jurisdictions.
Skyharbour’s Uranium Project Map in the Athabasca Basin:
http://skyharbourltd.com/_resources/SYH_Landpackage_2014.jpg
To find out more about Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX -V: SYH) visit the Company’s website
at www.skyharbourltd.com.
SKYHARBOUR RESOURCES LTD.
“Jordan Trimble”
Jordan Trimble
President and CEO
For further information contact myself or:
Nick Findler
Corporate Development and Communications
Skyharbour Resources Ltd.
Telephone: 604-687-3850
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