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Skyharbour optionee Tisdale completes phase 1 drilling

2024-04-01 17:09 ET - News Release

Mr. Jordan Trimble reports

SKYHARBOUR PARTNER COMPANY TISDALE CLEAN ENERGY COMPLETES FIRST TWO DRILL HOLES AT THE SOUTH FALCON EAST URANIUM PROJECT, ATHABASCA BASIN, SASKATCHEWAN

Skyharbour Resources Ltd. partner company Tisdale Clean Energy Corp. has provided an update on its diamond drilling program at the South Falcon East uranium project, which hosts the Fraser Lakes B uranium deposit. Under the option agreement and assuming the 75-per-cent interest is earned, Tisdale will have issued Skyharbour 1,111,111 Tisdale shares up front, and will finance exploration expenditures totalling $10.5-million, as well as pay Skyharbour $11.1-million in cash, of which $6.5-million can be settled for shares in the capital of Tisdale over the five-year earn-in period.

The 12,464-hectare South Falcon East project lies 18 kilometres outside of the edge of the Athabasca basin, approximately 50 km east of the Key Lake uranium mill and former mine. This initial 2024 program is scheduled to complete up to 1,500 metres of drilling in two phases, with the priority being the confirmation of existing mineralization. Follow-up drill programs will then be proposed to both facilitate expansion of the known Fraser Lake B deposit and test additional exploration targets at South Falcon East.

2024 drill target areas at the South Falcon East uranium project

Phase 1 included 442 m drilled in the first two drill holes with phase 2 slated to commence this spring. Hole SF-0059 was completed to a depth of 221 m and intersected multiple zones of mineralization over 13.5 m, confirming the presence of mineralization in the vicinity of historical hole FP-15-05. Mineralization occurs within altered pelitic gneiss containing granitic pegmatites, overlying graphitic pelitic gneiss. Hole SF-0059 intersected 0.02 per cent triuranium octoxide equivalent over 5.6 m from 129.65 m to 135.25 m, including 0.07 per cent eU3O8 over 1.1 m from 131.75 m to 132.85 m, as well as 0.03 per cent eU3O8 over 4.1 m from 137.65 m to 141.75 m, including 0.11 per cent eU3O8 over 0.2 m from 138.15 m to 138.35 m.

The second drill hole of the program, SF-0060, was targeted to test for an extension of the mineralization in historical hole FP-15-05 along strike to the northeast of the mineralized intercept of FP-15-05. Hole SF-0060 was completed to a depth of 221 m. Several zones of mineralization were also encountered below 132 m with the best intersection occurring within altered pelitic gneiss containing graphite and granitic pegmatites. Hole SF-0060 returned 0.02 per cent eU3O8 over 1.3 m from 142.15 m to 143.45 m, including 0.05 per cent eU3O8 over 0.1 m from 142.55 m to 142.65 m.

"We're pleased to have intersected uranium values at or above the grades of the historical resource in the first drill holes completed on the property in close to a decade," said Tisdale chief executive officer Alex Klenman. "This is an encouraging start as we seek to expand the deposit in both size and grade. We believe we're just scratching the surface in terms of what can be achieved at South Falcon East, and we're excited to begin the process," continued Mr. Klenman.

"We are encouraged to be intersecting the expected mineralization near the previous drilling at South Falcon East," commented Trevor Perkins, consulting geologist for Tisdale. "This confirmation of existing mineralization is a necessary first step to expanding the Fraser Lakes B uranium deposit," continued Mr. Perkins.

Samples of the mineralized intervals within the drill core have been collected and shipped for analysis at the Geoanalytical Laboratory at the Saskatchewan Research Council in Saskatoon, Sask. Tisdale will provide more detailed results once geochemical analysis of the collected drill core samples is completed, reviewed and confirmed.

The results of these two drill holes confirm the presence of mineralized pegmatites and pelitic paragneiss within the deposit and project area. Graphitic pelitic paragneiss is the key lithology associated with uranium deposits within the eastern Athabasca basin and is a good indication that additional pegmatite deposits, as well as basement-hosted unconformity-related uranium deposits, may be present along the Way Lake conductor.

Drilling at South Falcon East is scheduled to resume later this spring. Tisdale will release details on the dates of mobilization and drill commencement once it is confirmed. Phase 2 drilling will again be conducted by TerraLogic Exploration Inc. under the supervision of Laura Tennent, project manager with TerraLogic Exploration, and C. Trevor Perkins, lead geologist for Tisdale. The drill program is operating out of Skyharbour's McGowan Lake camp with helicopter support for the daily drilling operations.

Historical diamond drill hole FP-15-05 was drilled by Skyharbour in 2015 and returned multiple zones of mineralization over a 14.0-metre interval consisting of 6.0 m of 0.10 per cent U3O8 including 2.0 m of 0.17 per cent U3O8 from 135 m and 2.5 m of 0.17 per cent U3O8 from 145 m. This is the best intersection to date on the property and along the Way Lake conductive trend. This historical hole had to be abandoned due to equipment issues at 165 m within the mineralized zone, leaving the mineralization open at depth. Tisdale's initial drill hole, SF-0059, was planned to follow up on historical hole FP-15-05, and adjustments were made to mitigate a lack of precision in tracing of FP-15-05 as no downhole orientation surveys were able to be completed, and any potential downhole deviation was unable to be determined. As a result, a larger separation and step forward were required with hole SF-0059, as well as the use of non-magnetic downhole orientation survey equipment.

Terms of the option agreement

Pursuant to the option agreement, Tisdale may acquire an up-to-75-per-cent interest in the property in two phases. Initially, Tisdale can acquire a 51-per-cent interest in the property by completing the following payments and incurring the following exploration expenditures on the property.

1. On the closing date, paying $350,000 (paid) and issuing 1,111,111 shares to Skyharbour up front (issued):

  1. By the 18-month anniversary of closing, completing at least $1.25-million in exploration expenditures and paying Skyharbour $1.45-million, of which up to $1-million may be paid in shares based on the 20-day volume-weighted average closing price calculated on the day of issuance, at the election of Tisdale;
  2. By the second anniversary of closing, completing an additional $1.75-million in exploration expenditures and paying Skyharbour $1.8-million, of which up to $1-million may be paid in shares based on the VWAP, at the election of Tisdale;
  3. By the third anniversary of closing, completing an additional $2.5-million in exploration expenditures and paying Skyharbour $2.5-million, of which up to $1.5-million may be paid in shares based on the VWAP, at the election of Tisdale.

After acquiring a 51-per-cent interest, Tisdale may increase its interest in the property to 75 per cent by completing the following.

2. A payment of $5-million to Skyharbour by the fourth anniversary of closing, of which up to $3-million may be satisfied in shares based on the VWAP, at the election of Tisdale, and exploration expenditures on the property of an additional $2.5-million in each of the fourth and fifth anniversaries of closing.

No common shares will be issuable to Skyharbour at a deemed price of less than five cents or such minimum price as is permitted by the exchange at the date of issuance, nor will they be issued to Skyharbour to the extent such issuance would result in the company becoming a new insider of Tisdale. Assuming Tisdale exercises any portion of the option and acquires an interest in the property, the parties intend to form a joint venture for the continuing development of the property.

South Falcon East project summary

The South Falcon East project is a uranium exploration project in the southeast Athabasca basin and covers approximately 12,464 hectares. It lies 18 kilometres outside of the Athabasca basin, approximately 50 kilometres east of the Key Lake mine. Historical exploration at the South Falcon East project identified an area of uranium-thorium-rare-earth-element mineralization at the Fraser Lakes Zone B over an area comprising 1.5 kilometres by 0.5 kilometre along an anti-formal fold nose cut by an east-west dextral ductile-brittle cross-structure adjacent to a 65-kilometre-long electromagnetic conductor.

Use of radiometric equivalent grades

Drill holes are logged for in situ radioactivity using a calibrated Mount Sopris triple gamma probe, which collects continuous readings along the length of the drill hole. The probe records the amount of radioactivity present in the rock adjacent to the probe as it moves up and down the hole. Preliminary radiometric equivalent grades (per cent U3O8 equivalent) are then calculated from the downhole radiometric results using an algorithm derived from the calibration of the downhole probe equipment. The triple gamma probe was calibrated prior to the commencement of the current drill program at the Saskatchewan Research Council test pit facility in Saskatoon, Sask.

Using downhole probes to calculate radiometric equivalent grades is a common practice used by uranium exploration and mining companies in the Athabasca basin. Tisdale will report radiometric equivalent grades as a preliminary result indicative of intersected mineralization pending the receipt of definitive assay grades once geochemical analysis of collected drill core samples from the mineralized intervals is complete. The samples will be analyzed at the Geoanalytical Laboratory at the Saskatchewan Research Council in Saskatoon, Sask.

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 David Billard, PGeo, a consulting geologist for Skyharbour, as well as a qualified person.

About Tisdale Clean Energy Corp.

Tisdale is a Canadian-based exploration company focused on the acquisition and advancement of critical energy/fuel projects.

About Skyharbour Resources Ltd.

Skyharbour holds an extensive portfolio of uranium exploration projects in Canada's Athabasca basin and is well positioned to benefit from improving uranium market fundamentals with 29 projects, 10 of which are drill-ready, covering over 587,000 hectares (over 1.45 million acres) of land. 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 that returned drill results of up to 6.0 per cent U3O8 over 5.9 metres, including 20.8 per cent U3O8 over 1.5 metres at a vertical depth of 265 metres. Adjacent to the Moore uranium project is Skyharbour's recently optioned Russell Lake uranium project from Rio Tinto, which hosts historical high-grade uranium drill intercepts over a large property area with robust exploration upside potential. The company is actively advancing these projects through exploration and drill programs.

Skyharbour has joint ventures with industry leader Orano Canada Inc., Azincourt Energy and Valor Resources at the Preston, East Preston and Hook Lake projects, respectively. The company also has several active earn-in option partners, including: Canadian Securities Exchange-listed Basin Uranium Corp. at the Mann Lake uranium project; Canadian Securities Exchange-listed Medaro Mining Corp. at the Yurchison project; North Shore Uranium at the Falcon project; and TSX Venture Exchange-listed Tisdale Clean Energy at the South Falcon East project, which is host to the Fraser Lakes Zone B uranium and thorium deposit. In aggregate, Skyharbour has signed earn-in option agreements with partners that total over $33-million in partner-financed exploration expenditures, over $27-million worth of shares being issued and over $19-million in cash payments coming into Skyharbour, assuming that these partner companies complete their entire earn-ins at the respective projects.

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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