Skyharbour Resources
Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQX:
SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the
“Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of its fall
diamond drilling program at the 73,294 hectare Russell Lake Uranium
Project (“Russell” or the “Project”). The Project is 51% owned by
Skyharbour as operator with joint-venture partner Rio Tinto
Exploration Canada Inc. (“RTEC”) owning the other 49%. It is
strategically located in the central core of the Eastern Athabasca
Basin of northern Saskatchewan with access to regional
infrastructure including an all-weather road and powerline.
Skyharbour is planning a 4,500-metre diamond drilling program in
seven to nine holes at the project, building on the successful
results from the drilling campaign completed earlier this year. The
Company's geologists, along with a contracted drilling crew, are
based at Skyharbour’s exploration camp on the McArthur River-Key
Lake haul road, situated within five kilometres of Denison Mines'
Phoenix deposit at the Wheeler River Project.
Russell Lake Project Location Map:
http://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/SKY-RussellLake-20220325-Inset.jpg
Fall Diamond Drilling Program at Russell
Lake:
Skyharbour plans to complete approximately 4,500
metres of drilling at Russell to follow up on notable previous
exploration and findings and to test new targets developed by the
geological team. The drilling program will be focused on the
road-accessible Fork target within the broader Grayling target area
as well as the M-Zone Extension (“MZE”) target. All-in drilling
costs are lower given the nearby infrastructure including the mine
and mill haul road as well as Skyharbour’s exploration camp at the
project. A total of 4,500 metres in seven to nine holes is planned
with five to six holes planned on the Fork target and two to three
holes planned on the MZE target.
Russell Lake Project Target Areas:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/20240110-MainTargetsRussellLake2024.jpg
The Fork target is a newly identified target to
the west of the Grayling Zone and on-strike with Denison’s M-Zone
at their adjacent Wheeler River Project. Earlier this year, the
best intercept of uranium mineralization historically on the
Russell Lake Project was discovered in hole RSL24-02, which
returned a 2.5 metre wide intercept of 0.721% U3O8 at a relatively
shallow depth of 338.1 metres, including 2.99% U3O8 over 0.5 metres
just above the unconformity in the sandstone (see news release
dated July 19th, 2024, titled: “Skyharbour Drills New Discovery at
Russell Project with High-Grade Uranium Mineralization Up to 3.0%
U3O8 at Newly Identified Fork Zone”). This high-grade intercept is
a new discovery at the recently identified Fork Target which has
very limited historical exploration due to a lack of reliable
geophysical data and drill targets resulting from nearby powerline
interference. The mineralization is open in most directions
including along strike, and will be a focus for this drill
program.
Fork and Grayling Drill Targets:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/20240110-ForkGraylingEastTargetsRussellLake.jpg
Skyharbour has also refined additional drill
targets in the M-Zone Extension area, along trend from the Grayling
Zone and Denison’s M-Zone, where historical drilling intersected
basement-hosted uranium. More recent drilling by Denison in 2020 at
the M-Zone encountered uranium mineralization with significant
faulting, core loss, geochemical anomalies, and radioactivity
encountered in other drill holes. Like the Grayling Zone, the
mineralization is hosted by a graphitic thrust fault within a
significant magnetic low. It is also noted that cross structures
associated with Denison’s Phoenix and Gryphon uranium deposits
potentially trend onto the Russell Lake property within the M-Zone
Extension target area, further enhancing the prospectivity of this
target.
M-Zone Extension Drill Targets:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/20240110-M-ZoneExtensionTargetsRussellLake.jpg
Russell Lake Project Historical
Summary:
The Russell Lake Project is a large,
advanced-stage uranium exploration property totalling 73,294
hectares strategically located between Cameco’s Key Lake and
McArthur River Projects and adjoining Denison’s Wheeler River
Project to the west and Skyharbour’s Moore Uranium Project to the
east. The northern extension of Highway 914 between Key Lake and
McArthur River runs through the western extent of the Property and
greatly enhances accessibility, while a high-voltage powerline is
situated alongside this road and the western edge of the property
south of Key Lake. Skyharbour’s acquisition of Russell Lake creates
a large, nearly contiguous block of highly prospective uranium
claims totalling 108,999 hectares between the Russell Lake and the
Moore uranium projects.
There has been historical exploration carried
out at Russell Lake. However, most of it was conducted before 2010,
prior to the discovery of several major deposits in and around the
Athabasca Basin. In 2023, Skyharbour’s inaugural diamond drilling
program tested several Fox Lake Trail targets and the Grayling
Zone. Significant uranium mineralization was intersected in the
majority of holes at the Grayling Zone over a strike length
exceeding one kilometre. More recently, Skyharbour completed 5,152
metres of drilling in a 2024 winter/spring drill program making a
new discovery at the newly identified Fork Target area. Hole
RSL24-02 marks the best intercept of uranium mineralization
historically at the project, returning a 2.5 metre wide intercept
of 0.721% U3O8 at a relatively shallow depth of 338.1 metres,
including 2.99% U3O8 over 0.5 metres at 339.6 metres just
above the unconformity in the sandstone.
2024 Fork Target Drill Hole Location
Map:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/maps/2024-Fork-East-Grayling-Drill-Hole-Location-Map-NR-new-002.jpg
Several notable exploration targets exist on the
property including the Grayling Zone, the M-Zone Extension target,
the Little Man Lake target, the Christie Lake target, the Fox Lake
Trail target and the newly identified Fork Zone target. More than
35 kilometres of largely untested prospective conductors in areas
of low magnetic intensity also exist on the Property.
Qualified Person:
The technical information in this news release
has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory
requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed and
approved by David Billard, P.Geo., a Consulting Geologist for
Skyharbour as well as a Qualified Person. Mr. Billard has verified
the data disclosed, which includes a review of the sampling,
analytical and test data underlying the information and opinions
contained herein.
About Skyharbour Resources Ltd.:
Skyharbour holds an extensive portfolio of
uranium exploration projects in Canada's Athabasca Basin and is
well positioned to benefit from improving uranium market
fundamentals with interest in twenty-nine projects, ten of which
are drill-ready, covering over 580,000 hectares (over 1.4 million
acres) of land. Skyharbour has acquired from Denison Mines, a large
strategic shareholder of the Company, a 100% interest in the Moore
Uranium Project, which is located 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
property with high-grade uranium mineralization at the Maverick
Zone that returned drill results of up to 6.0% U3O8 over 5.9
metres, including 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 metres at a vertical
depth of 265 metres (see news release dated February 27th, 2017,
titled: “Skyharbour Intersects 20.8% U3O8 over 1.5 Metres in First
Drill Hole at Maverick Zone and Discovers New High-Grade Uranium
Lens on Moore Lake Uranium Project”). Adjacent to the Moore Project
is the Russell Lake Uranium Project, in which Skyharbour is an
operator with joint-venture partner RTEC. The project hosts several
high-grade uranium drill intercepts over a large property area with
robust exploration upside potential. The Company is actively
advancing these projects through exploration and drill
programs.
Skyharbour also has joint ventures with industry
leader Orano Canada Inc., Azincourt Energy, and Thunderbird
Resources (previously Valor) at the Preston, East Preston, and Hook
Lake Projects respectively. The Company also has several active
earn-in option partners, including CSE-listed Basin Uranium Corp.
at the Mann Lake Uranium Project; CSE-listed Medaro Mining Corp. at
the Yurchison Project; TSX-V listed North Shore Uranium at the
Falcon Project; UraEx Resources at the South Dufferin and Bolt
Projects; Hatchet Uranium at the Highway Project and TSX-V listed
Terra Clean Energy (previously Tisdale) at the South Falcon East
Project which hosts the Fraser Lakes Zone B uranium and thorium
deposit. In aggregate, Skyharbour has now signed earn-in option
agreements with partners that total over $40 million in
partner-funded exploration expenditures, over $30 million worth of
shares being issued, and over $22 million in cash payments coming
into Skyharbour, assuming that these partner companies complete
their entire earn-ins at the respective projects.
Skyharbour's goal is to maximize shareholder
value through new mineral discoveries, committed long-term
partnerships, and the advancement of exploration projects in
geopolitically favourable jurisdictions.
Skyharbour’s Uranium Project Map in the
Athabasca Basin:
https://www.skyharbourltd.com/_resources/images/SKY_SaskProject_Locator_2024-02-14_V2.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 CEOFor further information contact
myself or:Nicholas ColturaInvestor Relations Manager Skyharbour
Resources Ltd. Telephone: 604-558-5847 Toll Free: 800-567-8181
Facsimile: 604-687-3119 Email: info@skyharbourltd.com
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information or statements” within the meaning of applicable
securities laws, which may include, without limitation, completing
ongoing and planned work on its projects including drilling and the
expected timing of such work programs, other statements relating to
the technical, financial and business prospects of the Company, its
projects and other matters. All statements in this news release,
other than statements of historical facts, that address events or
developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results may differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements. Such statements and
information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and
future business strategies and the environment in which the Company
will operate in the future, including the price of uranium, the
ability to achieve its goals, that general business and economic
conditions will not change in a material adverse manner, that
financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable
terms. Such forward-looking information reflects the Company’s
views with respect to future events and is subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and
uncertainties relating to the interpretation of exploration
results, risks related to the inherent uncertainty of exploration
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materially from those in forward looking statements include, but
are not limited to, continued availability of capital and financing
and general economic, market or business conditions, adverse
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necessary government permits, approvals and authorizations, failure
to obtain or maintain community acceptance (including First
Nations), decrease in the price of uranium and other metals,
increase in costs, litigation, and failure of counterparties to
perform their contractual obligations. The Company does not
undertake to update forward‐looking statements or forward‐looking
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