Global Uranium Corp. (CSE:
GURN |
OTC:
GURFF | FRA:
Q3J) (the
“
Company”) and Forum Energy Metals Corp. (TSX.V:
FMC; OTCQB: FDCFF) (“
Forum”) are pleased to
announce the completion of data compilation and reprocessing of
historical electromagnetic (EM) geophysical surveys to optimize the
upcoming drill program on the Northwest Athabasca (NWA) Project,
located on the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca in Saskatchewan,
Canada (Figure 1). Diamond drilling and geophysical surveys are
planned this winter, pending the completion of ongoing community
engagement and final government approvals. Forum Energy Metals is
the Operator of the Northwest Athabasca Project.
“The integration of historical geophysical
datasets and legacy drill results gives us an advantage in
identifying areas of high potential,” stated Ungad Chadda, CEO of
Global Uranium. “We are pleased that the Forum exploration team’s
knowledge and experience in Saskatchewan unconformity-style uranium
deposits will shape the refined targeting strategy at the NWA
Project, positioning us to unlock the site’s full value
potential.”
Rick Mazur, CEO of Forum Energy Metals stated,
“Forum’s logistics team is working with local services and
contractors to implement the drill program this winter. We are
excited to get back to drilling on the project again with Global as
our earn-in partner. This is a prolific part of the Athabasca Basin
and our last drill campaign in 2013 intersected significant uranium
mineralization.”
2025 Data Compilation and Drill
Targeting
The Northwest Athabasca Project has undergone
exploration since the 1970s so there is an enormous database of
geological work that has been completed historically (ground
sampling, geophysical surveys and diamond drilling). Forum has been
compiling all the historical data into its database including
Forum’s past exploration from 2010 to 2014.
The main targets planned for drilling in 2025
include the Andy, Zone 2A, Opie, Gomer and Spring Bay areas (Figure
2). Drill targets are selected using a combination of following up
known uranium showings, ground and airborne EM conductors, magnetic
signatures and gravity anomalies. The Maurice Bay uranium showing,
which is within the Northwest Athabasca Project is associated with
east-southeast-trending faults with significant normal fault
displacement.
Forum Energy Metals is working with Convolutions
Geoscience based out of Vancouver, British Columbia to investigate
and reprocess the historical ground HLEM (Horizontal Loop
Electromagnetic) and airborne VTEM (Versatile Time Domain
Electromagnetic) data that were originally collected by Cameco
Corporation in 2005 and 2006. In the Griffith’s Creek area (Andy,
Zone 2A, Opie target areas), several HLEM and VTEM conductors were
identified. Convolutions Geoscience has re-analyzed the historical
data and provided recommendations on the orientation and strength
of the conductors to help augment the targeting of the potential
conductive zones (Figure 3).
The Northwest Athabasca
Project
The Northwest Athabasca Project is located along
the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca on the margin of the
Athabasca Basin 1,000 km north-northwest of Saskatoon. The western
margin of the property is situated along the Alberta – Saskatchewan
provincial border and the closest community is Uranium City, which
is 75 km west of the project. The project consists of 11 continuous
mineral claims covering 13,876 ha. Exploration began on the
Northwest Athabasca Project in the 1970s after the discovery of
uraniferous boulders of Athabasca Group sandstone near Fiddler
Point. Diamond drilling at the inferred apex of one of the boulder
fans led to the discovery of unconformity uranium mineralization
near Maurice Bay in 1976 by Uranerz Exploration and Mining Ltd. A
non-43-101 historical resource estimate was documented at 1.5
million lbs at 0.6% U3O8 for the Maurice Bay Showing1. The
historical resource estimate, however, was not prepared in
accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). While
the Company believes the historical estimate to be relevant given
the extensive exploration work completed by Uranerz, a qualified
person has not completed sufficient work to verify and classify the
historical estimate as a current mineral resource and the Company
is not treating the historical estimate as a current mineral. As
such, the historical estimate should not be relied upon. Uranium
mineralization is hosted in 3 zones, (Main, A, and B) and the Main
Zone mineralization is associated with an east-southeast-trending
fault system with approximately 30 m of normal-fault offset (south
side down). The A and B zones are situated north of the main zone
within the basement rocks along reactivated normal faults and
cross-cutting northeast-trending faults. Numerous showings hosting
modest to significant uranium mineralization have been identified
on the project including the Zone 2A area, which
intersected basement-hosted mineralization grading
5.69% over 8.5 m from drill hole
Z2A-12 (Uranerz). Other areas of interest include Opie (0.14% U3O8
over 7.6 m), Maurice Creek Showing (5 to 30 ppm U in sandstone),
F-Subcropping (270 ppm U in sandstone), Ness Bay (100 to 2000 ppm
U), Barney (2.33% U3O8 over 0.1 m), Otis West (up to 6,250 ppm U),
and Spring Bay (untraced uriniferous boulder field; 0.05% U3O8 over
3 m in sandstone – drill hole NWA-001).
1Lehnert-Thiel, K., and Kretschmar, W., 1979,
The discovery of the Maurice Bay uranium deposit and exploration
case history (abs.): Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
District 4, Fourth Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, 1979, unpublished
manuscript, 3 p.
Figure 1 Location of the Northwest
Athabasca Project along Lake Athabasca in northwestern
Saskatchewan. The closest communities are Uranium City,
Fond du Lac and Fort Chipewyan. The western margin of the property
is located along the Alberta – Saskatchewan Border.
Figure 2 The main uranium showings and
drill target areas on the Northwest Athabasca Project. The
residual gravity and EM conductors are shown as the background.
Figure 3 Close-up of the Griffith’s Creek
Trend, which hosts the Andy, Zone 2A and Opie grids. The
residual gravity is the background and the historical drill collars
are shown. The reprocessed Maxwell Plates are the solid lines and
were generated from the historical HLEM data and will be used to
aid in drill targeting.
Qualified PersonRebecca Hunter,
Ph.D., P.Geo., Forum’s Vice President of Exploration and Qualified
Person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved
the contents of this news release.
Quality Assurance and Quality
ControlFor a discussion of the QA/QC and data verification
processes and procedures at the NWA Project, please see its
technical report entitled “NI 43-101 on the Northwest Athabasca
Project Northern Saskatchewan Centered at: Latitude 59°24’00” N,
Longitude 109°54’00” W”, with an effective date of June 27, 2024,
which is available under the Global Uranium’s profile at
www.sedarplus.ca.
About Global Uranium Corp.
Global Uranium Corp. focuses on exploring and developing uranium
assets primarily in North America. The Company currently holds key
uranium projects: the Wing Lake Property in the Mudjatik Domain of
Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; the Northwest Athabasca Joint
Venture with Forum Energy Metals Corp. and NexGen Energy Ltd. in
the Northwest Athabasca region of Saskatchewan, Canada; and the
Great Divide Basin District Projects, the Gas Hills District
Projects, and the Copper Mountain District Projects in Wyoming,
USA.
About Forum Energy Metals
Forum Energy Metals Corp. (TSX.V: FMC; OTCQB:
FDCFF) is focused on the discovery of high-grade
unconformity-related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin,
Saskatchewan and the Thelon Basin, Nunavut. For further
information: https://www.forumenergymetals.com.
On Behalf of The Management
Team
Ungad
ChaddaCEO587-330-0045info@globaluranium.com
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“projected”, “estimated” and similar expressions and statements
relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to
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current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such
future events. In particular, this press release contains
forward-looking information relating to, among other things, the
intention to continue exploration efforts on the Project with the
aim of further unlocking the Project’s potential; and the
expectation that natural attenuation will allow the site to recover
without further action.
Although forward-looking information is based on
the reasonable assumptions of the Company’s management, there can
be no assurance that any forward-looking information will prove to
be accurate. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include
the risk that exploration of the Project may not continue, whether
as a result of a lack of financial resources, a failure to receive
the requisite permits or approvals, the discretion of management of
the joint venture or otherwise; the risk that exploration of the
Project will not progress as currently contemplated and, that, even
if exploration does proceed as anticipated, such exploration
activities may not achieve their anticipated outcomes; risks
inherent in the exploration and development of mineral projects,
including risks relating to receiving requisite permits and
approvals, changes in project parameters or delays as plans
continue to be redefined, that mineral exploration is inherently
uncertain and that the results of mineral exploration may not be
indicative of the actual geology or mineralization of a project;
the risk that mineral exploration may be unsuccessful or fail to
achieve the results anticipated by the Company; risks related to
joint ventures and the other risks and factors identified by the
Company in its continuous disclosure filings, filed on the
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