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IsoEnergy Ltd
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Close 2020-07-15 C$ 0.77
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IsoEnergy to option Mountain Lake to Nxgold

2020-07-16 09:22 ET - News Release

Mr. Craig Parry reports

ISOENERGY TO OPTION MOUNTAIN LAKE URANIUM PROPERTY TO NXGOLD

IsoEnergy Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Nxgold Ltd. to grant Nxgold the option to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in IsoEnergy's Mountain Lake uranium property in Nunavut, Canada.

Highlights:

NxGold obtains a two-year option to acquire a 100% interest in the Mountain Lake uranium property.

As consideration for the option grant, IsoEnergy will receive 900,000 common shares of NxGold and $20,000 in cash.

NxGold may exercise the option and acquire the Mountain Lake property for a price of $1 million, payable in cash or shares.

The purchase of the Mountain Lake property is also subject to contingent payments of up to $1.8 million, payable in cash or shares.

Craig Parry, IsoEnergy's President and CEO commented: "The Mountain Lake property and deposit was staked by IsoEnergy in 2017 as a direct result of our team leveraging their knowledge and experience in the uranium sector to identify and acquire undervalued uranium assets. This option agreement with NxGold demonstrates that our strategy of low-cost acquisitions during a depressed uranium market with the goal of future divestment has begun to pay dividends. We welcome the opportunity to work with a great company like NxGold and be a part of their future success. This is a great outcome for all shareholders."

Terms of the Option Agreement

Under the terms of the Option Agreement, NxGold has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the Mountain Lake uranium property in consideration for the issuance of 900,000 common shares and payment of $20,000 cash to IsoEnergy. The option is exercisable at NxGold's election on or before the second anniversary of the effective date, for additional consideration of $1,000,000, payable in cash or shares of NxGold. If NxGold elects to acquire the Mountain Lake property, IsoEnergy will be entitled to receive the following contingency payments in cash or shares of NxGold:

If the uranium spot price reaches USD$50, IsoEnergy will receive $410,000

If the uranium spot price reaches USD$75, IsoEnergy will receive $615,000

If the uranium spot price reaches USD$100, IsoEnergy will receive $820,000

The spot price contingent payments will expire 10 years following the date the option is exercised.

IsoEnergy shall also have a one-time right to force NxGold to exercise the option and acquire the Mountain Lake property, exercisable on either the 6-month or 12-month anniversary of the date of the Option Agreement. If IsoEnergy forces the exercise of the option NxGold will be required to issue that number of common shares to IsoEnergy in satisfaction of the $1,000,000 purchase such that IsoEnergy will hold, together with the shares it already owns, no greater than 9.9% of the outstanding number of NxGold common shares.

The transaction contemplated by the Option Agreement is subject to NxGold obtaining the requisite TSX Venture Exchange approval. Under TSX Venture Exchange policies, IsoEnergy and NxGold are considered non-arm's length parties as the companies have certain common directors. As a consequence, common directors Messrs. Leigh Curyer and Trevor Thiele abstained from voting.

The Mountain Lake property consists of 5,625 hectares and was staked by IsoEnergy in 2016. The property contains an historical inferred mineral resource estimate of 8.2 million pounds U3O8 with an average grade of 0.23% U3O8 contained in 1.6 million tonnes of mineralization. Uranium mineralization is hosted within sandstone and dips shallowly from the top of the bedrock down to approximately 180 metres below surface.

Historical Mineral Resource

The Mountain Lake property contains a historical inferred mineral resource estimate of 8.2 million pounds U3O8 with an average grade of 0.23% U3O8 contained in 1.6 million tonnes of mineralization. The estimate was reported in the technical report entitled "Mountain Lake Property, Nunavut" prepared for Triex Minerals Corp. and Pitchstone Exploration Ltd. and dated February 15, 2005. This resource is a historical estimate and a qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources. As a result, the historical estimate is not being treated as a current mineral resource. However, the Company believes that the historical estimate is relevant and reliable, as it was prepared by a Qualified Person (as defined in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects) with significant experience on the project, using methods that were standard in the industry. In order to upgrade or verify the historical estimate as current mineral resources, the Company anticipates that it will need to incorporate the drilling data collected by Triex and Pitchstone in 2006-2008. The historical resource uses the "inferred mineral resource" category set out in section 1.2 of National Instrument 43-101. There are no more recent estimates available to the Company.

The historical estimate was prepared with the polygonal method using only intervals greater than 0.1% U3O8 with a vertical thickness of at least 1.0 metre. Polygon sides were determined by drawing lines perpendicular to, and one half the distance to each adjacent drill hole. Estimated uranium was then obtained by multiplying the polygon areas by their thickness, a specific gravity of 2.5, and the grade of the drill hole interval. The mineral resource was classified as inferred.

Qualified Person Statement

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release was prepared by Andy Carmichael, P.Geo., IsoEnergy's Senior Geologist, who is a "Qualified Person" (as defined in NI 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects). Mr. Carmichael has verified the data disclosed.

About IsoEnergy

IsoEnergy is a well-funded uranium exploration and development company with a portfolio of prospective projects in the eastern Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Company recently discovered the high-grade Hurricane Zone of uranium mineralization on its 100% owned Larocque East property in the Eastern Athabasca Basin. IsoEnergy is led by a Board and Management team with a track record of success in uranium exploration, development and operations. The Company was founded and is supported by the team at its major shareholder, NexGen Energy Ltd.

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