Mr. Rhys Davies reports
LARAMIDE'S EXPLORATION DRILLING AT AMPHITHEATRE INTERCEPTS HIGH-GRADE URANIUM; POINTS TO A DEVELOPING SATELLITE DEPOSIT
Laramide Resources Ltd. has released the first assay results from the 2024 drilling activities at the Westmoreland uranium project in Queensland, Australia.
As reported on June 20, 2024, this season's exploration drilling campaign at Westmoreland commenced at the Amphitheatre prospect approximately 16 kilometres northeast of the Junnagunna deposit, a deposit which is included in the 2016 preliminary economic assessment study. Assays have been received from the first two holes drilled and include zones of shallow, high-grade uranium mineralization, including 4.0 metres of 0.52 per cent triuranium octoxide (and including within 1.0 m of 1.00 per cent U3O8) within a broader zone of 11.3 m of 0.23 per cent U3O8.
Furthermore, there is gold mineralization associated with the system, including 2.90 m of 1.52 grams per tonne gold from 39.1 m (AMD009).
Commenting on the exploration results, Laramide's vice-president of exploration, Rhys Davies, said:
"The Westmoreland uranium project is a premier high-quality uranium asset with enviable characteristics, including shallow depth, good grade, simple metallurgy and growth potential. The high-grade uranium intercepts that are being found at shallow depths at the Amphitheatre prospect, which is still at an early exploration stage, are very promising. Importantly, the tenor of the grades seen at Amphitheatre highlight the significant prospectivity of the broader district of Westmoreland and supports Laramide's focused attention on proving out the expansion potential towards increasing the minable resources and improving the economics of a future mine. We look forward to updating investors as more assay results are received over the coming weeks and months."
Amphitheatre uranium prospect
The Amphitheatre uranium prospect is located 16 km northeast of the Junnagunna uranium deposit and expresses as a strong 400-metre-by-300-metre airborne radiometric anomaly. The area was subject to historical exploration in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Laramide rediscovering its potential in the 2022 and 2023 drill programs.
Drilling in 2024 comprised five diamond holes (932.7 m), which targeted extensions to uranium mineralization both laterally and downdip, and identified new zones for follow-up. Initial composite downhole assay results from AMD009 include 4.0 m of 0.52 per cent U3O8 (including within 1.0 m of 1.00 per cent U3O8) within a broader zone of 11.30 m of 0.23 per cent U3O8 from 38 m downhole (see the attached table).
The Amphitheatre prospect geology consists of the Cliffdale volcanics and Westmorland conglomerate, and is predominantly situated within a stratigraphic basal pebble conglomerate. An interpreted north-south-trending fault bounds stratigraphy to the east with a massive, medium sandstone and scattered quartz pebbles. Mineralization is interpreted to be structurally and stratigraphically controlled, displaying an eastern down throw with no apparent lateral movement. Drilling in 2022 and 2023 indicated extensive remobilization had occurred with secondary mineralization (observed as carnotite, autunite and torbernite) to the west of the north-south fault, whereas mineralization to the east of the fault comprises both primary and secondary mineralization.
AMD009 intersected high-grade uranium mineralization predominately observed as disseminated uraninite and torbernite within fracture fill, and is variably associated with hematite alteration and silicification. A network of quartz veining with epithermal textures is also noted in zones which have returned substantial Au results.
AMD009 is the first hole to have intersected an apparent feeder mafic dike system at approximately 190 m downhole. This dike is considered a key driver for mineralization.
Initial interpretation suggests that mineralization may continue to the north but under alluvial cover, which obscures any surface radiometric response. Follow-up holes to test this region are being planned for the end of the 2024 drilling campaign.
The 2024 Westmoreland drilling campaign is continuing with two rigs currently operating at the Junnagunna and Huarabagoo deposits.
Qualified/competent person
The information in this announcement relating to exploration results is based on information compiled or reviewed by Rhys Davies, a contractor to the company. Mr. Davies is a member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists, and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a competent person as defined in the Joint Ore Reserves Committee 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, and is a qualified person under the guidelines of the National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Davies consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. All material and technical assumptions underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed pursuant to listing Rule 5.23.
About Laramide Resources Ltd.
Laramide is focused on exploring and developing high-quality uranium assets in Australia and the western United States. The company's portfolio comprises predominantly advanced uranium projects in districts with historical production or superior geological prospectivity. The assets have been carefully chosen for their size and production potential, and the two large projects are considered to be late-stage, low-technical risk projects.
The Westmoreland project in Queensland, Australia, is one of the largest uranium development assets held by a junior mining company. This project has a PEA that describes an economically robust, open-pit mining project with a mine life of 13 years. Additionally, the adjacent Murphy project in the Northern Territory of Australia is a greenfield asset that Laramide strategically acquired to control the majority of the mineralized system along the Westmoreland trend.
In the United States, Laramide's assets include the NRC licensed Crownpoint-Churchrock uranium project. A National Instrument 43-101 preliminary economic assessment study completed in 2023 has described an in situ recovery production methodology. The company also owns La Jara Mesa project in the historic Grants mining district of New Mexico and an underground project called La Sal in Lisbon Valley, Utah.
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