Anfield Energy Inc. (TSX.V: AEC; OTCQB: ANLDF; FRANKFURT:
0AD) (“Anfield” or “the Company”) is pleased to
announce that it has entered into a definitive share purchase
agreement, dated June 5, 2023, with enCore Energy Corp. (“enCore”,
or “the Seller”) (NYSE American: EU; TSX.V: EU), an arms-length
party, to acquire a 100% interest in the Marquez-Juan Tafoya
uranium project (“Juan Tafoya”), located in the Grants Uranium
Mineral District, 50 miles west-northwest of Alberquerque, New
Mexico through the acquisition of enCore’s wholly-owned subsidiary,
Neutron Energy, Inc. (“Neutron”).
Juan Tafoya hosts a historical indicated uranium
resource, based on a Preliminary Economic Assessment commissioned
by enCore, of approximately 7.1MT at an average grade of 0.127%
returning 18.1Mlbs, using a minimum 0.60 GT cutoff (Marquez-Juan
Tafoya Uranium Project, 43-101 Technical Report, Preliminary
Economic Assessment, BRS, Inc., June 2021). While the Company is
not treating this resource as a current mineral resource, and a
qualified person engaged by the Company has not done sufficient
work to classify this resource as current mineral resource, the
Company does believe the previous analysis conducted to be reliable
and the information to be of assistance to readers.
As consideration for the acquisition of Neutron,
enCore will receive 185 million common shares of the Company (“the
Consideration Shares”) and C$5 million in cash. The Company has
also agreed to grant enCore the right to nominate one Director to
the board of directors of the Company, to serve as long as enCore
continues to hold at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the
Company. During this time, enCore has agreed to vote the
Consideration Shares in support of any decisions made by management
of the Company.
Completion of the acquisition of Neutron, and
the issuance of the Consideration Shares, remains subject to the
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Following issuance, the
Consideration Shares will be subject to statutory restrictions on
resale for a period of four-months-and-one-day. No finders’ fees or
commissions are owing by the Company in connection with the
acquisition.
Corey Dias, Anfield’s CEO commented: “We are
very pleased to acquire the Marquez-Juan Tafoya Uranium Project for
a number of reasons: first, the advanced nature of the Project’s
uranium resource, which is in line with our acquisition strategy of
pursuing assets with either historical production or a historical
or current resource; second, the size of the deposit, which would
both represent Anfield’s largest single uranium project and
increase the Company’s uranium resource base by more than 60%; and
third, the Company’s expansion into another historically-prolific
uranium region which could, in the longer term, serve as both a
regional anchor project and Shootaring mill feed. Finally, we are
pleased with the addition of enCore as a core shareholder, a
company on the cusp of ISR-based uranium production in the US.
“As previously mentioned, we will continue to
seek out prospective assets which align with our two-fold strategy
of acquiring both near term and longer-term uranium and vanadium
assets which will fit into our overall production plan. The
near-term strategy centers on our advanced Utah and Colorado
uranium and vanadium projects – Velvet Wood, West Slope and Slick
Rock – underpinned by our wholly-owned Shootaring Canyon mill, one
of only three licensed conventional mills in the U.S. The
longer-term production strategy includes the acquisition of
complementary assets with potential to feed additional uranium and
vanadium resource to our Shootaring Canyon mill. We believe that
Juan Tafoya will both complement our existing portfolio of assets
and serve as part of our longer-term uranium production
strategy.”
About the Marquez-Juan Tafoya
Project
The Project is located within the Grants Uranium
Mineral District of northwest New Mexico, approximately 50 miles
west-northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It consists of two
adjacent properties: Marquez and Juan Tafoya, that were previously
developed by separate mining companies, Kerr-McGee Corporation and
Bokum Resources, respectively. 926 drill holes totaling
approximately 1.9 million feet drilled were completed by past
operators.
In the 1970s to early 1980s, extensive mineral
exploration by drilling defined significant uranium resources on
the two properties. Mine and mineral processing infrastructure was
constructed by Bokum Resources on the Juan Tafoya portion of the
Project, including a 14-foot production shaft (completed to within
200 feet of the mine zone), a 5-foot ventilation shaft, and a
partially-built mill processing facility and tailings disposal
cell. The surface facilities were dismantled and reclaimed in the
early 2000s.
Marquez Property - historyIn the early 1970s,
Kerr McGee Corporation entered into a mineral lease agreement with
the Williams family for the Marquez property. Exploration drilling
began in 1973, and in 1978 Tennessee Valley Authority acquired a
50% interest in the property. In the 1980s, the property was
returned to the mineral lease holder due to a significant decline
in the uranium price. In 2007, the lease was acquired by Strathmore
Minerals Corporation. Strathmore was subsequently acquired by
Energy Fuels, Inc., who then sold Marquez to enCore.
Juan Tafoya – historyIn 1969, Devilliers Nuclear
acquired mineral leases in the Juan Tafoya area and began
exploratory drilling. In the early 1970s Exxon acquired the rights
to 25 small mineral leases in the same area and began exploratory
drilling. In 1975, Bokum Resources acquired both the Devilliers
lease and the Exxon leases. In 1980, the property was returned to
the mineral lease holder due to a significant decline in the
uranium price. In 2006-07, Neutron Energy acquired the mineral
leases and, in 2012, Neutron was acquired by Uranium Resources,
Inc. (subsequently known as Westwater Resources, Inc.) In September
2020, enCore acquired Westwater’s US uranium assets, including the
mineral leases to the Juan Tafoya properties.
Qualified Persons
Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G., principal engineer
at BRS Inc., is a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101 and has
reviewed and approved the technical content of this news
release.
About Anfield
Anfield is a uranium and vanadium development
and near-term production company that is committed to becoming a
top-tier energy-related fuels supplier by creating value through
sustainable, efficient growth in its assets. Anfield is a publicly
traded corporation listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange (AEC-V), the
OTCQB Marketplace (ANLDF) and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (0AD).
Anfield is focused on its conventional asset centre, as summarized
below:
Arizona/Utah/Colorado – Shootaring Canyon
Mill
A key asset in Anfield’s portfolio is the
Shootaring Canyon Mill in Garfield County, Utah. The Shootaring
Canyon Mill is strategically located within one of the historically
most prolific uranium production areas in the United States, and is
one of only three licensed uranium mills in the United States.
Anfield’s conventional uranium assets consist of
mining claims and state leases in southeastern Utah, Colorado, and
Arizona, targeting areas where past uranium mining or prospecting
occurred. Anfield’s conventional uranium assets include the
Velvet-Wood Project, the Slick Rock Project, the West Slope
Project, the Frank M Uranium Project, as well as the Findlay Tank
breccia pipe. A combined NI 43-101 PEA has been completed for the
Velvet-Wood and Slick Rock Projects. The PEA is preliminary in
nature, and includes inferred mineral resources that are considered
too speculative geologically to have economic considerations
applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral
reserves and, resultantly, there is no certainty that the included
preliminary economic assessment would be realized. All conventional
uranium assets are situated within a 200-mile radius of the
Shootaring Mill.
Technical Disclosure
Table 1. Anfield’s existing conventional
uranium-vanadium project portfolio resources.
Project |
Location |
Classification |
Tons (kt) |
UraniumGrade(%
U3O8) |
Contained Uranium(Mlbs
U3O8) |
VanadiumGrade(%
V2O5) |
Contained Vanadium(Mlbs
V2O5) |
Velvet-Wood |
Utah |
M & I |
811 |
0.29 |
% |
4.6 |
- |
|
- |
|
|
Inferred |
87 |
0.32 |
% |
0.6 |
0.404 |
% |
7.3 |
West Slope |
Colorado |
Indicated |
2,452 |
0.142 |
% |
6.9 |
- |
|
- |
|
|
Inferred |
2,452 |
- |
|
- |
0.708 |
% |
34.7 |
|
|
Historic* |
656 |
0.26 |
% |
3.5 |
1.49 |
% |
19.5 |
Slick Rock |
Colorado |
Inferred |
1,760 |
0.224 |
% |
7.9 |
1.35 |
% |
47.1 |
Frank M |
Utah |
Historic* |
1,137 |
0.101 |
% |
2.3 |
- |
|
- |
Findlay Tank |
Arizona |
Historic* |
211 |
0.226 |
% |
1.0 |
- |
|
- |
Date Creek/Artillery Peak |
Arizona |
Historic* |
2,602 |
0.054 |
% |
2.8 |
|
|
* The Company’s Qualified Person has not done
sufficient work to classify these historic estimates as current
mineral resources and Anfield is not treating such historical
resources as current mineral resources.
Velvet-Wood: The PEA for Velvet-Wood/Slick Rock
was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G. Principal Engineer, of
BRS Inc., Harold H. Hutson, P.E., P.G., Carl D. Warren, P.E., P.G.,
and Terence P. (Terry) McNulty, P.E., D. Sc., of T.P. McNulty and
Associates Inc. (May 6, 2023). Mineral resources are not mineral
reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability in
accordance with CIM standards. GT cut-off varies by locality from
0.25%-0.50%.
West Slope: NI 43-101 resource estimate for the
JD-6, JD-7, JD-8 and JD-9 properties, completed by BRS Inc.
(effective March 2022); Historic resource estimate for the SR-11,
SR-13A, SM-18 N, SM-18 S, LP-21 and CM-25 properties, completed by
Behre Dolbear for Cotter Corporation (August 2007). Indicated and
Inferred resources using GT cut-off of 0.1 ft% eU3O8; historic
resources using cut-off of 0.05% U3O8.
Slick Rock: The PEA for Velvet-Wood/Slick Rock
was authored by Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G. Principal Engineer, of
BRS Inc., Harold H. Hutson, P.E., P.G., Carl D. Warren, P.E., P.G.,
and Terence P. (Terry) McNulty, P.E., D. Sc., of T.P. McNulty and
Associates Inc. (May 6, 2023). Mineral resources are not mineral
reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability in
accordance with CIM standards. GT cut-off varies by locality from
0.25%-0.50%.
Frank M: Historic Technical Report for Frank M,
prepared for Uranium One Americas, was authored by Douglas L.
Beahm, P.E., P.G. Principal Engineer of BRS Inc., and Andrew C.
Anderson, P.E., P.G. Senior Engineer/Geologist of BRS Inc., dated
June 10, 2008. Frank M historic resource used a GT cut-off of
0.25%.
Findlay Tank: Historic Technical Report for
Findlay Tank, prepared for Uranium One Americas, was authored by
Douglas L. Beahm, P.E., P.G. Principal Engineer of BRS Inc., dated
October 2, 2008. Findlay Tank historic resource used a grade
cut-off of 0.05% eU3O8.
Artillery Peak: Artillery Peak Exploration
Project, Mohave County, Arizona, 43-101 Technical Report, authored
by Dr. Karen Wenrich, October 12, 2010. GT cut-off varies by
locality from 0.01%-0.05%.
On behalf of the Board of DirectorsANFIELD
ENERGY INC.Corey Dias, Chief Executive Officer
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Contact:Anfield Energy, Inc.Clive
MostertCorporate Communications780-920-5044
contact@anfieldenergy.com
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