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Fission 3.0, Canex discover radioactivity at Clearwater

2015-08-04 07:07 ET - News Release

Also News Release (C-CSC) Canex Energy Corp

Mr. Ross McElroy of Fission 3.0 reports

FISSION 3.0 DISCOVERS ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY AT CLEARWATER WEST

Fission 3.0 Corp. and its joint venture partner, Canex Energy Corp., have released results from the first three summer drill holes at the Clearwater West property, immediately adjacent and to the south of Fission Uranium Corp.'s PLS property, in the southwest region of Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin, home of the highest-grade uranium deposits in the world. Results from the first three holes encountered features characteristic of fertile systems that have the potential to host high-grade uranium mineralization, including graphitic metapelitic basement lithology, structural disruptions and indications of a localized hydrothermal alteration system. Of note, hole CWW15-003 intersected four discrete narrow intervals (2.5-metre total composite) of anomalous radioactivity with a maximum peak of 410 counts per second over 0.5 m at 194.5 m -- 195.0 m (which corresponds to a peak value of 2,333 counts per second over 0.1 m) from the downhole gamma probe survey) between the depths of 109.5 m and 195.0 m.

Ross McElroy, chief operating officer and chief geologist for Fission 3.0, commented:

"This is an exciting start to the drill program because results confirm highly prospective geology and even anomalous radioactivity (CWW15-003). This has significantly increased our confidence in the potential of the Clearwater West project. The three holes were drill testing geophysical targets of the Far East conductive corridor near the Clearwater West/PLS border, close to the area in which Fission Uranium intersected near-surface anomalous radioactivity in a downhole gamma radiometric borehole survey (PLS14-255, with 2,532 counts per second at 63.76 m to 64.71 m; Fission news release dated Aug. 11, 2014) on its PLS property. Results are indicative of a fertile mineralized system, and although we are still at an early stage in exploration, this sets the stage for the next round of results."

Drill result highlights:

  • Anomalous radioactivity intersected by hole CWW15-003;
  • Near-surface alteration confirmed in hole CWW15-002;
  • Significant approximately nine-metre-wide fault zone intersected in CWW15-001;
  • Drill results confirm geological features that make the area highly prospective for hosting high-grade mineralization.

Technical details

Regional exploration drill program summary

The first three holes of a seven-hole first-pass wide-scale regional exploration drill program have been completed over three high-priority electromagnetic target areas at Clearwater West. All three holes have encountered various features that are consistent and would be expected with a fertile mineralized system in the Athabasca basin region: graphitic metapelitic gneiss, localized structural disruptions, and localized clay alteration indicative of a hydrothermal alteration system and, in the case of CWW15-003, discrete narrow intervals of weakly anomalous radioactivity.


                CWW HOLE SUMMARY
                                             CPS
                From      To    Width       peak
Hole ID          (m)     (m)      (m)      range

CWW15-001           No significant radioactivity
CWW15-002           No significant radioactivity
CWW15-003      109.5   110.0      0.5        370
               181.0   181.5      0.5        340
               187.0   187.5      0.5        310
               194.0   195.0      1.0    330-410

CWW15-001 was drilled as an angle hole and tested the CWV-21 EM conductor. Bedrock was intersected at 59.0 m. Basement lithologies consist of garnetiferous to graphitic pelitic gneiss intercalated with orthogneiss, and alteration was weak overall. The hole intersected an 8.9 m wide graphitic brittle fault (107.1 m to 116.0 m).

CWW15-002 was drilled as an angle hole and tested the CWV-23 EM conductor. Bedrock was intersected at 60.0 m. Basement lithologies are composed of a package of garnetiferous to graphitic pelitic gneiss intercalated with and bounded to the north by orthogneiss. No paleo-weathering profile is preserved, and locally there are signs of hydrothermal clay alteration (kaolinite). No significant structure was intersected in this hole, but alteration was the strongest and best developed of the three holes.

CWW15-003 was drilled as an angle hole and tested the CWV-24 EM conductor. Bedrock was intersected at 70.0 m. Basement lithologies are composed of a package of garnetiferous to graphitic pelitic gneiss intercalated with orthogneiss, granitoid and pegmatites. A total composite of 2.5 m of weakly anomalous radioactivity (up to 410 counts per second measured by a hand-held scintillometer and 2,333 counts per second by downhole gamma probe) was encountered in four discrete narrow intervals ranging in width from 0.5 m to 1.0 m and associated with pegmatites and granitoids.

The winter 2015 geophysics program identified a number of well-defined EM basement conductors. Several conductors on the Depper DC resistivity grid associated with resistivity anomalies have a higher immediate priority. Good-quality conductors on regional lines are also high-priority drill targets. The land-based targets are the focus of this summer's drill program.

Seven first-pass exploration holes in total are planned to be drilled in the summer program, of which three holes have now been completed. Drill holes will test the basement resistivity anomalies defined by the recently completed ground IP resistivity survey, targeting the adjacent conductor axes as refined by the continuing MLTDEM survey.

Updated files can be found on the company's website.

Natural gamma radiation in drill core that is reported in this news release was measured in counts per second using a hand-held RS-121 scintillometer manufactured by Radiation Solutions. The reader is cautioned that scintillometer readings are not directly or uniformly related to uranium grades of the rock sample measured and should be used only as a preliminary indication of the presence of radioactive materials. The degree of radioactivity within the mineralized intervals is highly variable and associated with visible pitchblende mineralization. All intersections are downhole, core interval measurements, and true thickness is yet to be determined.

Samples from the drill core will be split in half-sections on site. Where possible, samples will be standardized at 0.5 m downhole intervals. One-half of the split sample will be sent to SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories (an SCC ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 accredited facility) in Saskatoon, Sask. Analysis will include a 63-element ICP-OES and boron.

All depth measurements reported, including radioactivity and mineralization interval widths, are downhole; core interval measurements and true thickness are yet to be determined.

Summary of the Clearwater West project

Fission 3.0's experienced and successful management and technical team, with a record of two major high-grade uranium discoveries in the Athabasca basin region in three years (Waterbury Lake project and the PLS project), operates and manages Clearwater West. Fission 3.0 currently holds a 100-per-cent interest in Clearwater West.

Canex has entered into a three-year option to acquire up to a 50-per-cent interest in Clearwater West by incurring $5-million of staged exploration expenditures on or before Oct. 10, 2016.

The Athabasca basin region hosts the world's richest uranium deposits, with a well-established and politically stable uranium exploration and mining sector. Fission 3.0 and Canex consider the recent discovery of high-grade uranium in the southwestern region of the Athabasca basin to demonstrate the prospective merit of this underexplored area.

Clearwater West lies adjacent to the south of Fission Uranium's Patterson Lake South property, host to a high-grade, shallow-depth uranium discovery along a 2.24-kilometre trend. The best drill hole to date at the PLS discovery includes intersections as high as 38.49 per cent triuranium octoxide over 10.5 m in 13.66 per cent U308 over 38.0 m and 27.57 per cent U3O8 over 12.0 m in 11.19 per cent U3O8 over 31.5 m (PLS14-129; Fission Uranium news release dated Feb. 19, 2014).

Clearwater West is an early-stage exploration project prospective for hosting high-grade uranium mineralization. Such mineralization is structurally controlled and typically associated with basement graphitic shear zones within clay-altered metasedimentary basement lithologies. These features have unique characteristics that can be identified by various geophysical surveys. The property covers historic airborne EM anomalies, which could be the extensions of the EM conductors identified on the PLS property immediately to the north.

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed on behalf of the company by Ross McElroy, PGeol, chief geologist and chief operating officer for Fission 3.0, a qualified person.

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