Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. Announces - Western Athabasca Syndicate
Commences Winter Drill Program at Preston Property in the Patterson
Lake Region, SW Athabasca Basin. Closing of First Tranche
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Mar 18, 2014) -
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. (TSX-VENTURE:LKY)(OTCQX:LKYSF) ("Lucky
Strike") is pleased to announce that the Western Athabasca
Syndicate (the "Syndicate") has commenced its inaugural
diamond-drilling program on its flagship Preston Uranium Property
(the "Property") in the southwest Athabasca Basin. Three initial
target areas, out of a growing target base currently standing at
fifteen, were selected by the Syndicate's Technical Committee for
immediate drilling based on encouraging fieldwork results and
coincident anomalies from ground gravity, airborne and ground EM
and magnetics (graphitic conductors and structures), radon, soil,
biogeochem, lake sediment, and geological mapping surveys. This
drill campaign represents the first modern-day drill exploration
program on the Preston Uranium Property.
Preston Lake
Property Map and Regional Exploration Corridors
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Approximately 2,000
metres of drilling by way of 10 to 15 holes with depths of 100 -
250 metres is expected to be completed at the Swoosh, CHA and Fin
South areas during the current campaign. Based on regional data
compilation, depth to the top of the target zone (top of basement
rock) is expected to be relatively shallow, ranging from 25 metres
to 75 metres across the three initial target areas.
The majority of the
work in this drill campaign will be focused on the Swoosh target
where five separate drill pads will test a combination of EM
conductors, complex structures, gravity lows, anomalous
geochemistry and elevated radon values. This target is a
high-priority area given the coincident geological, magnetic, EM,
gravity and radon anomalies that are evidence of strong fluid
interaction and potential uranium mineralization as seen at other
recent discoveries in the region.
Preston Property -
Swoosh Target Map
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In addition to the
Swoosh target area, the CHA and Fin South drill targets also
represent high-potential exploration prospects given the presence
of coincident anomalies and indicators similar to those seen at the
Swoosh target and at other discovery areas in the Athabasca Basin.
Preliminary drilling at both these two target areas is incorporated
into the current design of the drill program. Management
cautions, mineralization present on proximal properties is not
necessarily indicative of mineralization on the
Syndicate's Property.
The Preston
Uranium Property
The 246,643 hectare Preston Uranium Property is the largest
individual property proximal to Fission Uranium Corp.'s Patterson
Lake South ("PLS") high-grade uranium discovery and the recent
discovery made by NexGen Energy on the Rook 1 Project (see NexGen's
news release dated Feb. 19, 2014). The Syndicate is the largest
land tenure holder in the southwest Athabasca Basin region
including properties strategically situated to the southwest and to
the northeast of the PLS and NexGen discoveries.
Over $2 million
dollars has been invested in exploration to date by the Syndicate
on the Preston property and many priority targets remain for
further follow up with both fieldwork and drill testing. The
Syndicate continues to employ a systematic, proven exploration
methodology that has led to numerous uranium discoveries in the
region and throughout the Athabasca Basin. This has been very
effective in identifying numerous high-quality targets at Preston
with similar geological features and exploratory indicators as
those at the nearby PLS and NexGen discoveries as well as other
deposits in the Athabasca Basin.
The Athabasca
Basin
The Athabasca Basin
of Saskatchewan hosts the world's largest and richest high-grade
uranium deposits which have grades substantially higher than the
world average grade of about 0.1% U3O8. The Patterson Lake area has
received escalating exploration attention and claim acquisition
activity as a result of the new, near surface discoveries made by
Fission which includes the recently reported drill interval of
38.49% U3O8 over 10.5 metres in drill hole PLS14-129. Consistent
high-grade, near surface U3O8 assays from Fission demonstrate the
potential for high-grade uranium mineralization on the geologically
prospective yet underexplored margins of the western side of the
Athabasca Basin.
Further to the
Company's earlier news releases dated February 19 and March 13,
2014, the Company is pleased to announce it has received TSX
Venture Exchange approval for and closed the first tranche of a
private placement in respect to 200,000 flow-through units (the
"FT" Units"), at a price of $0.10 per FT Unit, and 4,555,000
non-flow-through units (the "NFT" Units"), at a price of $0.08 per
NFT Units, to raise proceeds of $384,400.
Each FT Unit
consists of one flow-through common share and one-half of one share
purchase warrant, each full warrant entitling the holder to
purchase one additional common share, at $0.15 per share, until
March 14, 2016. Each NFT Unit consists of one non-flow-through
common share and one share purchase warrant, each warrant entitling
the holder to purchase one additional common share, at $0.13 per
share, until March 14, 2016. If the trading price of the Company's
shares on the TSX Venture.
Exchange for 20
consecutive trading days equals or exceeds $0.35 per share during
the expiry time of the warrants shall be accelerated such that the
expiry time will be 30 calendar days from the date of express
written notice sent by the Company to the holder by way of
registered mail.
In connection with
the first tranche of the private placement, the Company has agreed
to pay finders' fees in cash in the amount of $25,312 and by the
issuance of 368,450 finder's warrants on the same terms as the
warrants contained in the NFT Units
Ron Rieder and Allen
Morishita (indirectly through two private companies) participated
in the private placement of NFT Units by subscribing for an
aggregate of 650,000 NFT Units for aggregate proceeds of $52,000.
The participation by such directors is considered a "related party
transaction" as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 ("MI
61-101"). The transaction is exempt from the formal valuation and
minority shareholder approval requirements under MI 61-101 as
neither the fair market value of the common shares issued to, nor
the consideration paid by, the related parties exceeded 25% of the
Company's market capitalization.
The Company did not
file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected
closing of the FT Unit and NFT Unit private placement as the
details of the private placement and the participation by the
related parties were not settled until shortly prior to closing and
the Company wished to close the private placement on an expedited
basis for business reasons.
All of the shares
and warrants, and any shares issued upon exercise of the warrants
comprising the FT Units, NFT Units and finder warrants, are subject
to a hold period and may not be traded in Canada until July 15,
2014, except as permitted by applicable Canadian securities laws
and the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Company is also
pleased to announce it has received TSX Venture Exchange approval
for and closed the loan facilities agreement with Jordan Capital
Markets Inc., as to $75,000 and Jordan Ventures Ltd., as to
$125,000. The loans have a term of 90 days, carry a rate of
interest of 12.00 per cent per annum and are secured by promissory
notes in the principal amount of the loans, as well as a general
security agreements executed by the company granting the lender
security over all present, and after acquired real and personal
property of the company. The lender has the right to convert all or
any portion of the loans that are outstanding, at any time, into
units of the company upon providing the company with three business
day's written notice at a price of $0.09 cents per loan unit.
Accrued and unpaid interest on the loan may be converted into loan
units at any time by the lender at a price equal to the closing
price of the company's shares on the date of delivery of any notice
to convert by the lender to the company. Each loan unit will
comprise one share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant
of the company, entitling the holder to purchase one common share
of the company for a period of two years from the date of issuance
of the loan warrant at a price of $0.12 cents per loan warrant
share, subject to the same acceleration clause as the warrants
(outlined above).
The lender and the
company have agreed that the lender may not convert the loans, or
any accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the
loans, into a number of loan units which, assuming the immediate
exercise of all loan warrants comprising such loan units, would
cause the lender to be the registered owner of greater than 10 per
cent of the then-issued and outstanding shares of the company. Both
notes are due on June 12th, 2014.
In connection with
the loan, the company has entered into a Corporate Finance Advisory
Agreement with Jordan Capital Markets (Jordan). In payment of the
services to be rendered herein, the Company paid to Jordan an
engagement fee of $15,000 plus Goods and Services Tax and issued
Jordan 150,000 common shares in the capital of LKY. The term of
this agreement is 2 months.
All of the shares
and warrants, and any shares issued upon exercise of the warrants
comprising the units converted by the lender into shares of the
Company, are subject to a hold period and may not be traded in
Canada until July 15, 2014, except as permitted by applicable
Canadian securities laws and the TSX Venture Exchange.
The proceeds of the
Offering will be used for the exploration of the Patterson Lake
Area in the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan and for
general working capital.
Lucky Strike Resources
Lucky Strike
Resources Ltd., is an exploration company with an option to earn a
25% interest in approximately 700,000 acres of prospective land
between five properties in the Athabasca Basin of northern
Saskatchewan.
The Company has
49,836,836 shares outstanding. To find out more about Lucky Strike
Resources Ltd. (TSX-VENTURE:LKY) visit the Company's website at
www.luckystrikeresources.com.
Qualified
Person:
Athabasca Nuclear
Director, Charles C. (Chuck) Downie, P.Geo., is the Qualified
Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has approved
the technical information in this release.
On behalf of
Management
Lucky Strike
Resources Ltd.
Ronald A. Rieder,
CEO, President & Director
Neither TSX
Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term
is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This
news release may contain certain "Forward-Looking Statements"
within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking
statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can
be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations
are disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time
with the Toronto Venture Exchange, the British Columbia Securities
Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd.Ronald A. RiederPresident and
CEO604-681-8225www.luckystrikeresources.comD.A.Huston &
AssociatesDerek
Huston604-657-5539dahuston@shaw.cainfo@luckystrikeresources.com
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