ValOre Intersects Radioactive Structures in 17 of 20 RC D rill Holes at Dipole and Yat Targets, Angilak Property Uranium Project
ValOre Intersects Radioactive Structures in 17 of 20 RC D rill Holes at Dipole and Yat Targets,
Angilak Property Uranium Project
Vancouver, B.C. ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”; TSX ‐V: VO; OTC: KVLQF; Frankfurt: KEQ0 , “the
Company”) today provided an update on the Reverse Circulation (“RC”) drilling at ValOre’s 100% owned
59,483-hectare Angilak Property U ranium P roject (“Angilak”), located in Nunavut Territory, Canada.
Seventeen (17) of twenty (20) RC holes drilled at the Dipole and Yat targets have intersected near-surface
zones of radioactivity.
“RC drilling success at Dipole and Yat this season demonstrates the potential for these zones to host high-
grade, near-surface, basement-hosted uranium deposits,” stated ValOre’s VP of Exploration, Colin Smith.
“It is very encouraging that Lac 50-type uranium mineralization occurs on the opposite side of the Angikuni
Basin, opening up over 60 kilometres of a highly prospective, yet underexplored trend at Angilak.”
Angilak Property Uranium Project 2022 Dipole and Yat RC Drilling Highlights:
• Twenty RC drill holes in 2, 141 metres (“m”) drilled to date from 10 drill sites at Dipole (17 holes)
and Yat targets (3 holes);
• Multiple zones of near-surface radioactivity intersected in 14 of 17 holes at Dipole and 3 of 3 holes
at Yat (Table 1);
• RC drilling at Dipole has extended the known strike extent of the mineralized structure from 150 m
to 650 m;
• Radioactive intervals are shallow, with vertical depths of the intersections ranging from 9 m to 110
m below surface;
• RC drilling continues at the Yat target (“Yat”), located 10 kilometres (“km”) to the northeast;
• Prospecting and trenching at Yat in 2015 and 2016 yielded high-grade polymetallic (U-Pd-Pt-Au-
Cu-Ag) rock samples which assayed up to 23% U3O8, 58 g/t Pd, 7.8 g/t Pt, 211 g/t Au, 22% Cu,
and 3,200 g/t Ag;
• Yat program has been expanded due to strong preliminary results, with intervals of anomalous
radioactivity intercepted in 3 of 3 holes, up to a maximum of 5,013 counts per second (“CPS”);
• Total of 315 samples (480 m total) from 17 holes have been collected for assay, to date;
• Dipole and Yat remain open in both directions and at depth.
Table 1: 2022 RC Drilling Results to Date (Scintillometer CPS Radioactivity)
Target Hole ID EOH
(m) Samples Max
CPS Zone 1* Zone 2* Zone 3* Zone 4*
Dipole RC22-DP-001* 100.58 2 1,020 64.01-65.5 m @ 560 CPS 70.10-71.6 m @ 1,020 CPS
Dipole RC22-DP-002* 128.02 6 5,320 36.58-38.10 m @ 2,280 CPS
73.15-80.77 m @
Max CPS: 5,320
Avg CPS: 2,242
Dipole RC22-DP-003* 100.58 2 590 65.53-67.06 m @ 590 CPS 85.34-86.87 m @ 560 CPS
Dipole RC22-DP-004* 120.4 2 630 73.20-77.72 m @ 630 CPS 97.54-99.06 m @ 520 CPS
Dipole RC22-DP-005* 111.25 13 65,535
30.48-35.05 m @
Max CPS: 15,380
Avg CPS: 5648
47.24-54.86 m @
Max CPS: 65,535
(maxed-out Scint)
Avg CPS: 17,270
57.91-62.48 m @
Max CPS: 773
Avg CPS: 706
68.58-73.15 m @
Max CPS: 722
Avg CPS: 550
Dipole RC22-DP-006* 111.25 11 4,505
47.24-50.29 m @
Max CPS: 4,505
Avg CPS: 2,518 CPS
60.96-62.48 m @ 630 CPS
67.06-68.58 m @ 985 CPS
76.20-82.30 m @
Max CPS: 3110
Avg CPS: 1,246
91.44-96.01 m @
Max CPS: 1,750
Avg: CPS 892
Dipole RC22-DP-007 182.88 33 26,580
65.53-70.10 m @
Max CPS: 15,400
Avg CPS: 8,486
92.96-99.06 m @
Max CPS: 26,580
Avg CPS: 10,080
109.73-124.97 m @
Max CPS: 24,550
Avg CPS: 3,561
129.54-153.92 m @
Max CPS: 4,755
Avg CPS: 2,689
Dipole RC22-DP-008 100.58 16 865
47.24-54.86 m @
Max CPS: 865
Avg CPS: 570
57.91-73.15 m @
Max CPS: 685
Avg CPS: 484.
86.87-88.39 m @ 477 CPS
Dipole RC22-DP-009 120.4 21 1,465
53.34-82.30 m @
Max CPS: 1,465
Avg CPS: 528
88.39-91.44 m @
Max CPS: 455
Avg CPS: 303
Dipole RC22-DP-010 100.58 8 915
74.68-82.30 m @
Max CPS: 485
Avg CPS: 380
91.44-96.01 m @
Max CPS: 915
Avg CPS: 633
Dipole RC22-DP-011 121.92 4 484
80.77-82.30 m @
Max CPS: 435
Avg CPS: 366
97.54-100.58 m @
Max CPS 484 and
Avg CPS: 384
Dipole RC22-DP-012 103.63 3 375 22.86-24.38 m @ CPS: 351
91.44-92.96 m @
Max CPS: 375
Avg CPS: 372
Dipole RC22-DP-013 137.16 0 175
Dipole RC22-DP-014 160.02 6 6,500 48.77-50.29 m @ 455 CPS
80.77-85.34 m @
Max CPS: 6,500
Avg CPS:2,500
126.49-129.54 m @
Max CPS: 2690
Avg CPS:1578
Dipole RC22-DP-015 201.17 16 3,300 76.20-77.72 m @ 3,300 CPS
85.34-89.92 m @
Max CPS: 2,600
Avg CPS:1,200
121.92-134.11 m @
Max CPS: 1,957
Avg CPS: 864
170.69-181.36 m @
Max CPS: 1,223
Avg CPS: 600
Dipole RC22-DP-016 100.58 0 120
Dipole RC22-DP-017 140.21 0 179
Yat RC22-YAT-001 80.77 50 1,236
15.24-22.86 m @
Max CPS: 1,236
Avg CPS:756
41.15-42.67 m @ 355 CPS
Yat RC22-YAT-002 80.77 50 5,013 9.14-10.67 m @ 467 CPS 19.81-21.34 m @ 467 CPS
28.96-32.00 m @
Max CPS: 5,013
(with 356 shoulder)
44.20-45.72 m @
356 CPS
Yat RC22-YAT-003 111.25 72 392 67.06-68.58 m @ 392 CPS
TOTALS (to date) 2302.75 315
* Previously release hole, CLICK HERE for news release dated May 9, 2022
** All zone interval measurements are metres (“m”) down-hole, and true widths are yet to be determined
2022 RC Drilling at Dipole
The main zone at Dipole was tested with 15 RC drill holes over 650 m of strike length in 2022, with 14 of
15 holes intersecting anomalous radioactivity (>350 CPS), 10 holes with intervals exceeding 1,000 CPS
and 7 holes over 3,300 CPS (Figure 1). A maximum of 65,535 CPS was drilled in hole RC22- DP-005, a
reading which maxed-out the handheld scintillometer. Assays for the 143 Dipole samples (217 m) remain
pending.
All main zone drill pad locations produced a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 intervals of radiation,
including the following highlight from hole RC22-DP-007 (Figure 2):
• Zone 1: 4.57 m averaging 8,486 CPS from 65.53 m (max 15,400 CPS)
• Zone 2: 6.64 m averaging 10,080 CPS from 92.96 m (max 26,580 CPS)
• Zone 3: 15.24 m averaging 3,561 CPS from 109.73 m (max 24,550 CPS)
• Zone 4: 24.38 m averaging 2,689 CPS from 129.54 m (max 4,755 CPS)
2022 VLF-EM ground surveys have delineated the target Dipole conductor for approximately 9 km , with
strong uranium-in-soil anomalies remaining open in both directions of strike. Soil sampling along-trend will
commence in July, and the core drill rig will further test the high-grade Dipole structure at depth and along
strike in both directions.
One regional reconnaissance RC drill pad was located 1,250 m to the northwest of the main zone, where
two 2022 holes were drilled. Both RC22-DP-016 and -017 only returned background radioactivity values ,
and thus will not receive follow-up. For more information regarding the Dipole target, CLICK HERE for news
release dated May 9, 2022, and CLICK HERE for news release dated October 19, 2015.
Figure 1: Dipole target map, showing locations of the 2015 core holes, 2022 RC holes, prospective
VLF-EM conductor, and uranium-in-soils samples.
Figure 2: Cross Section A-A’, Dipole Target
Yat Target
Yat is located near the northern margin of the Angikuni Basin, approximately 15 km southwest of the Lac
50 Trend uranium deposits (43.3 Mlbs U3O8 grading 0.69%) and 10 km northeast of Dipole. The target is
characterized by a strong 250 m wide magnetic low with coincident high- grade polymetallic U-Pd-Pt-Au-
Cu-Ag mineralized zones (Figure 3).
Work by ValOre between 2007 and 2012 included ground gravity, Mag-VLF surveys, and four shallow
reconnaissance RC h oles that did not intersect significant uranium mineralization. Subsequent s oil
sampling and prospecting in 2015 served to delineate uranium and silver soil anomalies running parallel to
a discreet 1.6-km-long EM conductor that strikes northeast through the centre of the magnetic low.
A 2015 grab sample from brecciated quartz-carbonate veined glacial float collected on the southeast margin
of the Yat magnetic response returned the highest precious metal assays ever reported from the Angilak
Property with 1.82% U3O8, 6.8% Cu, 211 g/t Au, 80,900 g/t Ag, 3.1 g/t Pt and 6.7 g/t Pd (CLICK HERE
for news release November 10, 2015).
In July 2016, a trenching program was conducted proximal to the high-grade polymetallic boulder samples.
Radioactive brecciated carbonate veining with sulphides, secondary yellow uranium staining and malachite
were identified in several trench areas (CLICK HERE for news release dated November 8, 2016), including
the following highlights (Figure 4):
• C hannel sample 18924 from Trench KIV-16-T03:
2.50% U3O8, 16.2% Cu, 417 g/t Ag and 1.3 g/t Au over a width of 0.5 m
• C hannel sample A00560 from Trench KIV-PO-T05:
0.32% U3O8, 0.10% Cu, 373 g/t Ag, 2.9 g/t Au and 6.4 g/t Pd across a width of 0.65 m
• Grab sample A00619:
23.6% U3O8, 22.7% Cu, 879 g/t Ag and 5.3 g/t Au
• Grab sample 18939:
3.0% U3O8, 1.3% Cu, 3200 g/t Ag, 43.3 g/t Au, 7.8 g/t Pt and 56.3 g/t Pd
2022 RC Drilling at Yat
The main Yat zone which produced the high-grade polymetallic boulder and trench channel samples has
been tested with 3 RC holes (273 m) from 2 drill sites to date in 2022, with all holes intersecting zones of
anomalous radioactivity. Highlight drill hole 22RC-YAT-002 returned 3 discrete radioactive zones between
15.25 to 32.00 m depth, with a maximum CPS value of 5,013 from 28.96- 30.00 m (Table 1). A fourth drill
hole is in process.
2022 RC holes are designed to drill under the high- grade trench assays, testing for continuity of
mineralization at depth. Given the potential for Pd- Pt-Au mineralization being unassociated with
radioactivity, every metre from the 2022 Yat RC holes will be sampled for assay.
Figure 3: Plan map regional Yat target area, showing uranium-in-soils anomaly, coincident VLF-
EM conductor, high-grade rock samples, and drilling.
Figure 4: Plan map of main zone at Yat, with assay results from 2015 prospecting and 2016
trenching programs, and locations of historical and 2022 RC drill holes.
About Angilak
The 59,483-hectare Angilak Property is situated in the mining- and exploration-friendly Nunavut Territory,
Canada, and has district-scale potential for uranium, precious and base metals. Since acquisition, ValOre
has invested over CAD$55 million on resource delineation and exploration drilling (89,572 metres in 589
drill holes), metallurgy, geophysics, geochemistry, and logistics across the large land package. This work
supported the development of the significant Lac 50 Trend NI 43-101 inferred uranium resource estimate
(“Lac 50”).
The Lac 50 NI 43- 101 Technical Report (effective date March 1, 2013) defined an inferred resource
estimate which represents Canada’s highest -grade uranium resource outside of Saskatchewan, and one
of highest-grade uranium resources on a global basis. Highlights include:
• 43.3 Mlbs U3O8 in 2,831,000 tonnes grading 0.69% U3O8. CLICK HERE f or a summary table of the
Lac 50 Trend inferred resource estimate;
• Supported by 351 resource delineation drill holes totaling 62,023 metres (“m”);
• Metallurgical results for Lac 50 demonstrate high uranium recoveries and rapid leach kinetics. See
news releases: February 28, 2013, September 11, 2013 and February 27, 2014;
• Lac 50 Trend is a 15 kilometre (“km”) by 3 km area with excellent potential for resource growth and
new discoveries;
• Uranium mineralization starts at surface, and has been drilled to 380 m vertical depth;
CLICK HERE for ValOre’s May 6, 2021 video summarizing the highlights of Angilak.
CLICK HERE for ValOre’s May 6, 2021 video reviewing the 2021 focus for Angilak.
Qualified Person (“QP”)
The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory
requirements set out in NI 43- 101 and reviewed and approved by Colin Smith, P.Geo., ValOre’s QP and
Vice President of Exploration.
Information related to the independent Angilak mineral resource estimate has been approved by Michael
Dufresne, M.Sc. P.Geo., President of Apex Geoscience Ltd., Robert Sim, P.Geo. of SIM Geological Inc.
and Bruce Davis, FAusIMM of BD Resources Consulting Inc., who are independent QPs as defined under
NI 43‐101.
Information related to the independent Pedra Branca mineral resource estimate has been approved by
Fábio Valério, P.Geo., and Porfirio Cabaleiro, P.Eng., of GE21.
About ValOre Metals Corp.
ValOre Metals Corp. (TSX ‐V: VO) is a Canadian company with a portfolio of high‐ quality exploration
projects. ValOre’s team aims to deploy capital and knowledge on projects which benefit from substantial
prior investment by previous owners, existence of high- value mineralization on a large scale, and the
possibility of adding tangible value through exploration, process improvement, and innovation.
In May 2019, ValOre announced the acquisition of the Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (PGE)
property, in Brazil, to bolster its existing Angilak uranium, Genesis/Hatchet uranium and Baffin gold projects
in Canada.
The Pedra Branca PGE Project comprises 52 exploration licenses covering a total area of 56,852 hectares
(140,484 acres) in northeastern Brazil. At Pedra Branca, 7 distinct PGE+Au deposit areas host, in
aggregate, a 2022 NI 43-101 inferred resource of 2.198 Moz 2PGE+Au contained in 63.6 Mt grading 1.08
g/t 2PGE+Au (CLICK HERE for news release dated March 24, 2022). All the currently known Pedra Branca
inferred PGE resources are potentially open pittable.
Comprehensive exploration programs have demonstrated the "District Scale" potential of ValOre’s Angilak
Property in Nunavut Territory, Canada that hosts the Lac 50 Trend having a current Inferred Resource of
2,831,000 tonnes grading 0.69% U 3O8, totaling 43.3 million pounds U3O8. For disclosure related to the
inferred resource for the Lac 50 Trend uranium deposits, please CLICK HERE for ValOre's news release
dated March 1, 2013.
ValOre’s team has forged strong relationships with sophisticated resource sector investors and partner
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) on both the Angilak and Baffin Gold Properties. ValOre was the first company
to sign a comprehensive agreement to explore for uranium on Inuit Owned Lands in Nunavut Territory and
is committed to building shareholder value while adhering to high levels of environmental and safety
standards and proactive local community engagement.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Jim Paterson”