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Skyharbour partner completes 50% of Preston exploration

2020-12-10 09:31 ET - News Release

Mr. Jordan Trimble reports

SKYHARBOUR PARTNER COMPANY AZINCOURT ENERGY REPORTS UPDATE ON GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAM AT EAST PRESTON URANIUM PROJECT

Skyharbour Resources Ltd. partner company Azincourt Energy's ground-based geophysical exploration program at the East Preston uranium project, located in the western Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, is now 50 per cent complete.

The program comprises a horizontal loop electromagnetic survey (HLEM) consisting of a total of 33 line kilometres (km) of line cutting and surveying. The survey commenced in late November and, to date, 16.5 line km have been completed. The survey was originally scheduled for the summer but had been delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions and disruptions.

The HLEM survey is being utilized to refine and prioritize target areas where untested conductive corridors have been identified in existing property wide airborne VTEM survey results. Unconformity-related uranium deposits associated with the Athabasca basin are closely associated with basement conductive packages. VTEM surveys have identified conductive corridors within the East Preston land package and the HLEM survey will narrow down where within these corridors future drilling should focus.

"We're eager to continue drilling East Preston," said Alex Klenman, president and chief executive officer of Azincourt Energy. "We know the area is target rich and we've only drill tested a handful to date. The additional geophysics will add to the targeting and help refine priority areas. In addition, this round of work will allow us to meet the spend threshold of the option agreement with Skyharbour and Dixie. It's a significant milestone for the company," continued Mr. Klenman.

Bingham Geoscience of Saskatoon continues to oversee Azincourt's geophysical programs and interpretation work. Patterson Geophysics of La Ronge, Sask., is conducting the program.

About East Preston

Skyharbour and Dixie Gold Inc. entered into an option agreement with Azincourt whereby Azincourt has an earn-in option to acquire a 70-per-cent working interest in a portion of the Preston uranium project known as the East Preston property. Under the agreement, Azincourt has issued common shares and will contribute cash and exploration expenditure consideration totalling up to $3.5-million in exchange for up to 70 per cent of the applicable property area over three years. Of the $3.5-million in project consideration, $1-million will be in cash payments to Skyharbour and Dixie Gold, as well as $2.5-million in exploration expenditures over the three-year period. Skyharbour and Dixie Gold agreed to extend the deadline for the remaining obligations owing to complete the acquisition of a 70-per-cent interest in the project, which include incurring a small portion of the exploration expenditures remaining on the project and completion of a final cash payment of $400,000. The deadline for these obligations has been extended through until March 31, 2021, and, in consideration for the extension, Azincourt issued common shares to Skyharbour and Dixie Gold.

Three prospective conductive, low-magnetic-signature corridors have been discovered on the property. The three distinct corridors have a total strike length of over 25 km, each with multiple EM conductor trends identified. Ground prospecting and sampling work completed to date has identified outcrop, soil, biogeochemical and radon anomalies, which are key pathfinder elements for unconformity uranium deposit discovery.

The East Preston project has multiple long linear conductors with flexural changes in orientation and offset breaks in the vicinity of interpreted fault lineaments -- classic targets for basement-hosted unconformity uranium deposits. These are not just simple basement conductors, they are clearly upgraded/enhanced prospectivity targets because of the structural complexity.

The targets are basement-hosted unconformity-related uranium deposits similar to NexGen's Arrow deposit and Cameco's Eagle Point mine. East Preston is near the southern edge of the western Athabasca basin, where targets are in a near-surface environment without Athabasca sandstone cover; therefore, they are relatively shallow targets but can have great depth extent when discovered. The project ground is located along a parallel conductive trend between the PLS-Arrow trend and Cameco's Centennial deposit (Virgin River-Dufferin Lake trend).

Qualified person

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 and approved by Richard Kusmirski, professional geoscientist, master of science, Skyharbour's head technical adviser and a Qualified Person.

About Skyharbour Resources Ltd.

Skyharbour holds an extensive portfolio of uranium and thorium exploration projects in Canada's Athabasca basin and is well positioned to benefit from improving uranium market fundamentals with six drill-ready projects. Skyharbour has acquired, from Denison Mines, a large strategic shareholder of the company, a 100-per-cent interest in the Moore uranium project which is located 15 kilometres east of Denison's Wheeler River project and 39 kilometres south of Cameco's McArthur River uranium mine. Moore is an advanced-stage uranium exploration property with high-grade uranium mineralization at the Maverick zone with drill results returning up to 6.0 per cent triuranium octoxide (U3O8) over 5.9 metres, including 20.8 per cent U3O8 over 1.5 metres at a vertical depth of 265 metres.

Skyharbour has option agreements with Orano Canada Inc. and Azincourt Energy whereby Orano and Azincourt can earn in up to 70 per cent of the Preston project through a combined $9.8-million in total exploration expenditures, as well as $1.7-million in total cash payments and Azincourt shares. Preston is a large, geologically prospective property proximal to Fission Uranium's Triple R deposit, as well as NexGen Energy's Arrow deposit.

The company owns a 100-per-cent interest in the South Falcon uranium project on the eastern perimeter of the basin which contains a National Instrument 43-101 inferred resource totalling seven million pounds of U3O8 at 0.03 per cent and 5.3 million pounds of thorium dioxide (ThO2) at 0.023 per cent. Recently, Skyharbour signed a letter of intent with Australian company Pitchblende Energy, which is being acquired by Australian Securities Exchange-listed Valor Resources, on the North Falcon uranium project whereby Pitchblende can earn in 80 per cent of the project through $3.5-million in total exploration expenditures and $475,000 in total cash payments over three years, as well as shares in the company.

Skyharbour's goal is to maximize shareholder value through new mineral discoveries, committed long-term partnerships and the advancement of exploration projects in geopolitically favourable jurisdictions

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