TSXV: AL FSE: 6LLN OTC: ALXEF
VANCOUVER, Sept. 26, 2019 /CNW/ - ALX Uranium Corp.
("ALX" or the "Company") (TSXV: AL; FSE: 6LLN; OTC: ALXEF) is
pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire claims
prospective for gold mineralization in the Red Lake Mining District
of Ontario, Canada. The Vixen Gold
Project ("Vixen" or the "Project") consists of three sub-projects
totaling 10,008 hectares (27,730 acres) staked within the
Birch-Uchi greenstone belt, located approximately 60 kilometres (37
miles) east of Red Lake, Ontario,
Canada. Vixen is owned 100% by the Company, subject to a 2.0%
net smelter returns royalty ("NSR").
ALX agreed to acquire Vixen after its review of historical
surface exploration carried out by the Ontario Geological Survey
(the "OGS"), and of Province of Ontario assessment records describing gold
showings and past-producing mines located near the ALX claims.
"ALX has purchased prospective claims in one of the most iconic
gold camps in Canadian mining history," said Warren Stanyer, CEO and Chairman of the Company.
"We plan to apply our geoscientific techniques to an area with
little-to-no bedrock exposure. ALX believes that Vixen is on-trend
to the numerous gold showings and mines of the eastern Red Lake district, but was obscured from the
view of historical explorers."
Vixen South demonstrates a credible setting for
significant gold mineralization. In 1991, pristine gold grains were
found by the OGS in till samples collected from Vixen South, which
is a possible indication of an on-property source. Vixen South and
Vixen West each lie within 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of
past-producing gold mines, and each lie within approximately 25
kilometres (15.5 miles) from the Springpole gold deposit
("Springpole") owned by First Mining Gold Corp., which hosts an
indicated mineral resource estimated at 139.1 million tonnes
containing 4.67 million ounces of gold and 24.19 million ounces
silver at an average grade of 1.04 grams/tonne gold and 5.4
grams/tonne silver1. Vixen North is located
approximately 6 kilometres (4 miles) northwest of Springpole near
other high-grade gold deposits and hosts historical showings in
surface trenching with gold values ranging up to 9.5 grams/tonne
gold2.
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Springpole
Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate was calculated by SRK
Consulting (Canada) Inc. in "Preliminary Economic Assessment Update
for the Springpole Gold Project, Ontario, Canada" dated June 6,
2017 (Arseneau, et al);
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"Brengold
Prospect" - Trenching was carried out by Brengold Mines Limited in
1934 and is described in 46th Annual Report of the Ontario
Department of Mines, Vol. XLVI, Part VII, pages
25-26.
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2019 Exploration at Vixen
ALX has initiated a
geophysical study from historical digital airborne data, accessed
through Condor Consulting, Inc. of Lakewood, Colorado ("Condor Consulting").
Condor Consulting are recognized experts in the field of airborne
electromagnetics and have been retained by ALX to perform a
detailed interpretation of historical airborne data collected in
the 1990s, before modern modeling techniques were available to
explorers. A final report regarding the significance of the
historical results is pending. ALX intends to collect soil
geochemical samples at Vixen in the fall of 2019 where faulting and
possible geological contacts are interpreted to act as conduits for
hydrothermal fluids for precious metals.
Click here to view maps of the Vixen Gold
Project.
About Vixen and the Red Lake Mining District
To date,
the Red Lake Mining District ("Red Lake") has produced over 28
million ounces of gold since mines began production in 1925
(readers are cautioned that mineralization present on adjacent
properties may not be present at Vixen). Historic gold mines
in the Red Lake camp include the
Campbell mine, the Red Lake mine,
and the Couchenour-Williams mine, all multi-million ounce gold
producers. Vixen lies within the Birch-Uchi greenstone belt, a
geological trend located to the northeast of Red Lake that is highly-prospective for new
showings of gold mineralization. ALX considers Vixen underexplored
where areas of limited outcrop inhibited surface exploration and
plans to identify new drill targets through its geophysical review
and leading-edge geochemical exploration techniques.
Vixen consists of 496 mineral claims totaling 10,008 hectares
(27,730 acres) located within the Birch-Uchi greenstone belt. The
Vixen claims were staked by a company owned by Jody Dahrouge, a related party to ALX (the
"Vendor") and were acquired by the Company in exchange for
reimbursement of the Vendor's staking costs, and implementation of
an exclusive three-year geological services agreement between ALX
and the Vendor. A 2.0% NSR was granted in favour of the
Vendor by ALX, 1.0% of which can be purchased by the Company for
$1.5 million. The Vixen acquisition
is subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Jody Dahrouge, the Vendor, is
considered a "related party" within the meaning of Multilateral
Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in
Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") and the Project acquisition is
therefore considered to be a "related party transaction" within the
meaning of MI 61-101. The acquisition, however, is exempt
from the valuation requirement of MI 61-101 by virtue of the
exemption contained in section 5.5(b) as the Company's shares are
not listed on a specified market and from the minority shareholder
approval requirements of MI 61-101 by virtue of the exemption
contained in section 5.7(a) of MI 61-101 in that the fair market
value of the consideration issued to the related party did not
exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization.
National Instrument 43-101 Disclosure
The technical
information in this news release was reviewed and approved by
Neil McCallum, P. Geo., a consultant
to the Company, who is a Qualified Person in accordance with the
Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument
43-101. Readers are cautioned that some of the technical
information described in this news release is historical in nature;
however, the information is deemed credible and was produced by
professional geologists of the eras discussed. ALX further cautions
investors that it has reviewed but has not verified all of the
historical Vixen exploration data.
About ALX
ALX's mandate is to provide shareholders
with multiple opportunities for discovery by exploring a portfolio
of prospective mineral properties in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, a superior mining
jurisdiction. The Company executes well-designed exploration
programs using the latest technologies and has interests in over
200,000 hectares in Saskatchewan,
a Province which hosts the richest uranium deposits in the world, a
producing gold mine, and demonstrates potential for economic base
metals deposits. ALX has recently acquired 10,008 hectares of land
prospective for gold in the historic Red Lake Mining District of
Ontario, Canada. ALX is based in
Vancouver, BC, Canada and its common shares are listed on the
TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "AL", on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange under the symbol "6LLN" and in the United States OTC market under the symbol
"ALXEF". Technical reports are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
for several of the Company's active properties.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of ALX Uranium
Corp.
"Warren Stanyer"
Warren Stanyer, CEO and
Chairman
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements in this document which are not purely historical
are forward looking statements, including any statements regarding
beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future.
Forward looking statements in this news release include the Vixen
project is prospective for gold, the Company's plans to undertake
exploration activities at the Vixen Gold Project ("Vixen"), and
expend funds on Vixen. It is important to note that the
Company's actual business outcomes and exploration results could
differ materially from those in such forward looking statements.
Risks and uncertainties include that ALX may not be able to fully
finance exploration at Vixen, including drilling; our initial
findings at Vixen may prove to be unworthy of further expenditure;
commodity prices may not support exploration expenditures at Vixen;
and economic, competitive, governmental, environmental and
technological factors may affect the Company's operations, markets,
products and share price. Even if we explore and develop the Vixen
project, and even if gold or other metals or minerals are
discovered in quantity, the project may not be commercially viable.
Additional risk factors are discussed in the Company's Management
Discussion and Analysis for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019, which is available under Company's
SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. Except as required by law, we will
not update these forward looking statement risk factors.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE ALX Uranium Corp.