Consolidated Uranium Inc. (“
CUR” or the
“
Company”) (TSXV: CUR) (OTCQB: CURUF) is pleased
to announce that its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, CUR
Australia Pty Ltd, has signed a definitive sale and purchase
agreement (the “
Agreement”) with Isa Brightlands
Pty Ltd (the “
Vendor”), a wholly owned subsidiary
of GBM Resources (“
GBM”) (ASX: GBZ), an Australian
listed Mineral Exploration company, to acquire (the “
GBM
Transaction”)a 100% interest in the Milo Uranium, Copper,
Gold, Rare Earth Project (“
Milo” or the
“
Project”). The Project consists of EPM
(Exploration Permit – Minerals) 14416 which consists of 20 sub
blocks or approximately 34 square kilometres located within The Mt
Isa Inlier approximately 40 kilometres west of Cloncurry in
Northwestern Queensland.
Key Points:
- Uranium
Plus Multi-Element Historic Resources
- Untested
Exploration Upside
-
Strategic Rare Earth Mineral Potential
- Expands
CUR’s Queensland Project Portfolio
-
Compelling Acquisition Terms
Philip Williams President and CEO commented,
“With today’s signing of the Agreement, the Transaction will add
another uranium project to the CUR portfolio with significant
previous expenditures and historic mineral resources. Like many of
our other projects we believe that Milo boasts strong exploration
potential which we intend to pursue in short order. The project
also fits well with our existing Queensland assets, namely Ben
Lomond and Maureen, and will provide critical mass in an important
global mining jurisdiction. We feel strongly that Milo will be a
valuable project to CUR as it may be advanced as a uranium asset
with additional historic mineral resources of rare earths, copper
and gold. Currently the Queensland Government of Australia is
highlighting rare earths as a priority for development as part of
its New Economy Mineral Initiative. In October 2020 the Premier for
Queensland announced a Government Initiative to develop New Economy
Minerals within The North West Mineral Belt. Within this report
Milo was highlighted as one of the potential development
projects.”
Terms Of the Sale and Purchase
Agreement
Pursuant to the Agreement, CUR will acquire a
100% interest in the Project from the Vendor for the following
consideration:
- The payment of $500,000 in cash, payable within five days of
signing the Agreement.
- The issuance of 750,000 common shares in the capital of the
Company (“CUR Shares”) at a price per CUR Share of
$2.85 which is based on the 7-day volume-weight average price of
the CUR Shares on the TSX Venture Exchange
(“TSXV”) up to the date immediately prior to
signing of the Agreement.
Any CUR Shares issued in connection with the GBM
Transaction are subject to approval of the TSXV and will be subject
to a hold period expiring four months and one day from the date of
issuance.
The Milo Uranium, Copper, Gold, Rare
Earth Project
The Milo deposit is a large IOCG breccia style
system where base and precious metal mineralization occurs as
moderate to steeply north-east dipping, sulphide rich breccia zones
which are enclosed by a zone of TREEYO-P2O5 enrichment forming a
halo to the base metal mineralization. Drilling by GBM from 2010 to
2012 totalled 32 drillholes with each phase of drilling extending
the mineralization to the north and south. The drilling has
delineated continuous Uranium, Cu and REE mineralization over a
strike length of 1 kilometre and up to 200 metres wide. The 2012
drilling program intersected some high-grade Cu mineralization
including 2 metres @ 6.19% Cu at 163 m downhole in MIL015, one of
the most southerly drilled holes. Oxidation at Milo is generally
shallow, typically extending 10 metres to 20 metres below surface.
There are currently no drillholes that penetrate the oxidised
mineralization and so the nature of any oxide or supergene
mineralization is unknown.
Historic Mineral Resources
Mining One Consultants (“Mining One”), an
independent consulting company, prepared a technical report on the
Project in accordance with the disclosure standards of JORC, 2004
entitled “Milo Project Scoping Study” dated March 2013.
Geomodelling Ltd. was contracted by GBM to generate a block model
resource estimate for the deposit for inclusion in the Mining One
report. The block model was created using Minesight software using
block proportions to calculate volumes. The resources reported were
generated from this model and were classified as inferred under the
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Joint Ore Reserves
Reporting Code 2004. The results of the resource estimate are shown
below:
Table 1: Milo Inferred TREEYO resource, at a
300ppm TREEYO cut-off.
|
cutoff |
tonnnes |
TREEYO |
P2O5¹ |
CeO2¹ |
La2O3¹ |
Nd2O3¹ |
Pr2O3¹ |
|
(TREEYO ppm) |
(Mt) |
(ppm, t) |
(%,t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
Grades |
330 |
176 |
620 |
0.75 |
260 |
150 |
80 |
24 |
Contained metal |
|
108,000 |
1,330,000 |
46,140 |
26,460 |
13,850 |
4,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sm2O3¹ |
Eu2O3¹ |
Gd2O3¹ |
Y2O3² |
Dy2O3² |
Er2O3² |
Others² |
|
|
(ppm, t) |
(pm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, t) |
|
|
12 |
4 |
10 |
52 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
¹ LREEOs |
|
2,170 |
710 |
1,780 |
9,150 |
1,480 |
850 |
1,620 |
² HREEYs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table 2: Inferred copper equivalent resource
(above 0.1% copper equivalent).
|
cutoff |
tonnes |
CuEq |
Au |
Cu |
Ag |
Mo |
Co |
U₃O₈ |
|
(CuEq %) |
(Mt) |
(%, t) |
(ppm, oz) |
(ppm, t) |
(ppm, oz) |
(ppm/t) |
(ppm/t) |
(ppm/M lbs) |
Resource |
0.1 |
88.4 |
0.34 |
0.04 |
1,090 |
1.63 |
65 |
130 |
72 |
Contained metal |
|
301,000 |
126,000 |
96,500 |
4,638,000 |
5,700 |
11,700 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The inferred resource envelope is approximately 1,000 metres x
200 metres in size and is open in all directions including up dip
where steep terrain has limited near surface drilling access.
This historical estimate is considered to be a
“historical estimate” under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”)
and is not considered by the Company to be current and the Company
is not treating them as such. A Qualified Person has not done
sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current
mineral resources. CUR would need to review and verify the previous
drill hole data and conduct an exploration program, including
twinning of historical drill holes in order to verify the
historical estimate as a current Mineral Resource.
Exploration Potential
Exploration potential at Milo is considered to
be very good. Much of the previous work at Milo including the bulk
of drilling has been directed at The Milo Gossan. A similar gossan
occurs immediately to the west (Milo Western Gossan) and is over 1
kilometre long. It has a similar Radiometric signature to Milo. In
addition, a further large untested radiometric anomaly occurs
approximately 1 kilometre to the North (Milo North) which has the
largest radiometric anomaly on the tenement. Previous work has
focused on the rare earth potential of the project rather than the
Uranium potential.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
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Near Milo Prospects:
- Milo North: Large U channel
radiometric anomaly coincident with a pronounced topographic ridge.
Minimal exploration to date includes some soil lines and sporadic
rock chip sampling. No drilling has been conducted. Peak rock chip
assays returned 0.15 % Cu, 0.8% P (no REE assays), and 60 ppm U
from copper oxide stained, jarositic faulted breccia gossan zone
along ridge top.
- Milo Western Gossan: A number of
geochemical/structural/historical targets exist within the current
extent of the GBM soil sampling grid surrounding Milo. The most
prominent of these is Milo Western Gossan (MWG). Savage mapped the
prospect in detail, defining a 600 metre long, narrow linear gossan
with pronounced structural complexity. The gossan was interpreted
to occur at the margin of an intensely altered mafic unit and a
sheared shale unit. GBM drilled six shallow RC holes on five
sections, intersecting the gossan (‘lode’) in five of the six holes
and producing a number of high-grade (compared to Milo) narrow
Cu-Au intersections. Mo, Co and U are also present in low-grade
concentrations within the lode zone.
- Milo South: Completion of a
detailed soil grid south of the highway at Milo outlined a large
and intense copper-in-soil anomaly associated with an pronounced
semi-circular magnetic feature. Subsequent mapping defined another
extensive gossanous zone which had in the past produced strongly
anomalous Cu in rock-chips. The gossan, approximately 400m in
length, is in the center of the soil anomaly and is associated with
an altered mafic unit, possibly dolerite. The prospect has not been
drill-tested.
Technical Disclosure and Qualified
Person
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release was reviewed and approved by Peter
Mullens (FAusIMM), CUR’s VP Business Development, who is a
“Qualified Person” (as defined in NI 43-101).
About Consolidated Uranium
Consolidated Uranium Inc. (TSXV: CUR) (OTCQB:
CURUF) was created in early 2020 to capitalize on an anticipated
uranium market resurgence using the proven model of diversified
project consolidation. To date, the Company has acquired or has the
right to acquire uranium projects in Australia, Canada, Argentina,
and the United States each with significant past expenditures and
attractive characteristics for development. Most recently, the
Company completed a transformational strategic acquisition and
alliance with Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR), a
leading U.S.-based uranium mining company, and acquired a portfolio
of permitted, past-producing conventional uranium and vanadium
mines in Utah and Colorado. These mines are currently on stand-by,
ready for rapid restart as market conditions permit, positioning
CUR as a near-term uranium producer.For More Information,
Please Contact
Philip
WilliamsPresident and
CEOpwilliams@consolidateduranium.com
Mars Investor Relations+1 647
557 6640cur@marsinvestorrelations.com
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