Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. (
NASDAQ:
FMST) (
CSE: FAT)
(“
Foremost” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to announce its plans for a $6.5 million exploration
program in 2025 (the “
Program”) across its
portfolio of uranium properties in the Athabasca Basin region in
northern Saskatchewan. The Program includes the recently announced
follow-up drill program on the Hatchet Lake Uranium Property
(“
Hatchet”) as well as planned exploration on the
Murphy Lake South, GR, Blackwing, Wolverine, and CLK properties.
Following an initial evaluation of the exploration potential of
the 10 properties under option from Denison Mines Corp.
(“Denison”)(TSX: DML, NYSE: DNN), Foremost
identified several exploration priorities for 2025. The extensive
Program will include drilling, geophysical surveys, and geochemical
exploration with a focus on identifying and testing discovery-ready
targets across the Athabasca Basin. Utilizing systematic and
disciplined testing of discovery-ready drill targets, the program
is expected to also generate additional new exploration targets on
several under-explored properties.
Jason Barnard, President and CEO of Foremost, states
“With portfolio of ten uranium exploration properties,
attractively situated in the world-renowned Athabasca Basin region,
Foremost is uniquely positioned with multiple discovery-ready
properties supported by years of early stage exploration work
carried out by Denison. This $6.5 million exploration program is
the next step in our collaboration with Denison and marks a pivotal
moment for Foremost Clean Energy as the Company embarks on its most
ambitious exploration program. Barnard continues
“We understand that market uncertainty, particularly
surrounding potential tariffs, has been weighing on our share
price. Despite current market headwinds and the impact that broader
economic anxieties may have had on our share price, we firmly
believe that Foremost’s robust exploration strategy, combined with
strong support from Denison, positions us unlock substantial value
for our shareholders in the near future.”
Murphy Lake South Uranium Property: Two Drill
Programs
The Murphy Lake South Uranium Property
(“Murphy”) is comprised 6 mineral claims totaling
17,676 acres / 7,153 hectares, located approximately 30 kilometers
northwest of the McClean Lake mill, within the eastern edge of the
Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Murphy is located proximal to the La
Rocque Lake Conductive corridor, which hosts the Hurricane,
Alligator, and LaRocque Uranium deposits (see figure 1 below).
Figure 1. Map of Murphy Lake South and Surrounding
Properties and Deposits
The property is considered to have high potential for
identifying uranium mineralization due to its proximity to the
Laroque Lake conductive corridor, shallow depth to the
unconformity, and its virtually untested basement potential.
Foremost is currently developing exploration drilling plans on
numerous existing drill-ready targets with the expected work to be
carried out in two phases:
- Phase 1 Drilling: Expected to be
scheduled for summer 2025 consisting of approximately 1,500 meters
of diamond drilling targeting the unconformity intersection of
semibrittle graphitic faults identified from historical drilling
where anomalous uranium concentrations were returned from assay
results
- Phase 2 Drilling: A winter drilling
program is anticipated for late 2025; the program focus testing
geophysical anomalies that may represent brittle structures
graphitic horizons coincident with clay alteration
Historical drilling identified great potential with the La
Rocque conductive corridor, host to the Hurricane deposit and other
showings (Figure 1), adjacent and overlying the western property
boundary.
CLK Uranium Property: Geophysical Survey and 2,000 Meter
Drill Program
The CLK Property (“CLK”) is
comprised of 2 claims, over 25,753 acres/10,422 hectares located
~30km south of the northern edge of the Athabasca Basin. The CLK
project lands capture a portion of the NE edge of the Snowbird
Tectonic Zone, known to host several uranium occurrences. Only two
holes have previously been drilled on the property, with uranium
mineralization identified in both holes. Foremost is currently
planning to conduct an airborne EM and magnetic survey, followed by
a 2,000-meter diamond drilling program to follow up on the
historical intersections of pitchblende and geophysical anomalies
(see figure 2 below for property location map).
Wolverine Uranium Property: Geochemical
Survey
The Wolverine Property (“Wolverine”) is
comprised of 3 mineral claims totaling 12,444 acres/5,036 hectares
located on the southeastern edge of the Athabasca Basin,
approximately 15 kilometers southeast of Cameco’s Cigar Lake Mine.
The depth to the unconformity is relatively shallow, between 140
meters and 250 meters. Historical drilling identified uranium
mineralization hosted in faulted pegmatite (basement lithologies).
The Company is currently planning a geochemical survey, expected to
be completed in summer 2025, to potentially identify zones of
uranium enrichment or pathfinder elements coincident with
prospective conductive trends, which could result in the
identification of attractive targets for future drill testing.
GR and Blackwing Properties: Airborne
Geophysics
The Blackwing Property (“Blackwing”) comprises
2 mineral claims covering 25,753 acres/10,422 hectares within the
northwestern portion of the Athabasca Basin. It is proximal to key
regional structures, such as the Black Bay Fault and Grease River
Shear zone, which are ideal structural corridors with a strong
potential to host uranium mineralization.
Figure 2. Map Highlighting Location on the West-side of
the Basin of Blackwing, GR and CLK Properties
The GR Property (“GR”) encompasses 16 mineral
claims, covering 19,4187 acres/78,585 hectares, just south of the
Blackwing, and covers 70 km of the Grease River Shear, a regional
structure that coalesces with the Snowbird Tectonic Zone, about 225
km to the northeast of the property. Up to 7 km of lateral offset
is observed along the Grease River Shear within the project lands,
giving rise to a large target area that could be analogous to the
Cigar Lake-style model of uranium mineralization desposition.
Foremost is currently planning to conduct airborne
electromagnetic (“EM”) and magnetic surveys at the
GR and Blackwing properties during summer of 2025. These surveys
aim to define conductive trends and identify drill targets for
future drill programs.
Hatchet Lake Uranium Property: Second Drill
Program
Foremost is also planning a “Hatchet Phase Two” drill program to
follow up on results from the 2024 drill program,to test additional
conductive anomalies, and potentially follow up from results from
the upcoming Winter 2025 drill program. Specific targets for the
program, planned for late summer 2025, are currently being
developed by Foremost and its partners.
About
Foremost
Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMST) (CSE:
FAT) (WKN: A3DCC8) is a rapidly growing North American uranium and
lithium exploration company. The Company holds an option to earn up
to a 70% interest in 10 prospective uranium properties (with the
exception of the Hatchet Lake, where Foremost is able to earn up to
51%), spanning over 330,000 acres in the prolific, uranium-rich
Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan. As the demand for
carbon-free energy continues to accelerate, domestically mined
uranium and lithium are poised for dynamic growth, playing an
important role in the future of clean energy. Foremost’s uranium
projects are at different stages of exploration, from grassroots to
those with significant historical exploration and drill-ready
targets. The Company’s mission is to make significant discoveries
alongside and in collaboration with Denison through systematic and
disciplined exploration programs.
Foremost also has a portfolio of lithium
projects at varying stages of development, which are located across
55,000+ acres in Manitoba and Quebec. For further information,
please visit the Company’s website at
www.foremostcleanenergy.com.
Contact and Information
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Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the statements of historical fact
contained herein, the information presented in this news release
and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of
the Company are or may constitute “forward-looking statements” as
such term is used in applicable United States and Canadian laws and
including, without limitation, within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, for which the Company
claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking
statements. These statements relate to analyses and other
information that are based on forecasts of future results,
estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of
management. Any other statements that express or involve
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forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may
cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the
Company to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include,
among others, the availability of capital to fund programs and the
resulting dilution caused by the raising of capital through the
sale of shares, continuity of agreements with third parties and
satisfaction of the conditions to the option agreement with
Denison, risks and uncertainties associated with the environment,
delays in obtaining governmental approvals, permits or financing.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors
that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ
materially from those described in forward-looking statements,
there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results
not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Although the Company believes that
the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are
based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that
its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is
subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected. Many of
these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or
predict. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ
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contained in this news release can be found in the Company’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
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