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Abasca Resources Continues to Focus on Uranium Exploration at Its 100%-Owned KLS Project and to Evaluate Flake Graphite Potential at Its Loki Zone

Abasca Resources Continues to Focus on Uranium Exploration at Its 100%-Owned KLS Project and to Evaluate Flake Graphite Potential at Its Loki Zone

Abasca Resources繼續專注於其100%控股的KLS項目的鈾勘探,並評估其洛基區的片狀石墨潛力
Accesswire ·  02/20 21:00

SASKATOON, SK / ACCESSWIRE / February 20, 2024 / Abasca Resources Inc. ("Abasca" or the "Company") (TSX V:ABA) is pleased to provide exploration updates on the 100%-owned, 23,977-hectare Key Lake South Uranium Project ("KLS") in Northern Saskatchewan and to announce its exploration plans for 2024. The Company continues to focus on advancing its exploration at KLS towards a uranium discovery and is planning a 5,000 metres drill program to test prospective target areas and trends. A re-sampling program to evaluate graphite potential in what is now referred to as the "Loki Zone" is planned after recent assay and QEMSCAN analyses of samples in the Campbell target area returned significant results from the 2016 drill program.

薩斯喀徹溫省薩斯卡通/ACCESSWIRE/2024年2月20日/阿巴斯卡資源公司(“阿巴斯卡” 或 “公司”)(多倫多證券交易所V: ABA)很高興提供薩斯喀徹溫省北部佔地23,977公頃的全資擁有23,977公頃的南礁鈾項目(“KLS”)的勘探最新情況,並宣佈其2024年的勘探計劃。該公司繼續專注於推進其在KLS的勘探工作,以期發現鈾,並計劃進行5,000米的鑽探計劃,以測試潛在的目標區域和趨勢。在最近對坎貝爾目標區域樣品的化驗和QEMSCAN分析得出了2016年鑽探計劃的顯著結果之後,計劃實施一項重新採樣計劃,以評估現在所謂的 “洛基區” 的石墨潛力。

Drill Program

演習計劃

In 2023, the Company completed two drill programs totalling 10,135 m. The programs were designed as initial follow-up to historic shallow drilling conducted in 1978 and 1979 that intersected graphitic fault zones and local clay alteration. In addition to intersecting anomalous uranium mineralization at the Mustang target area (see news release on May 24, 2023), the 2023 drilling confirmed prospective graphitic structures and local oxidation, bleaching, silicification, and clay alteration.

2023年,該公司完成了兩項鑽探計劃,總長度爲10,135米。這些項目是1978年和1979年進行的歷史性淺層鑽探的初步後續項目,這些鑽探橫穿了石墨巖斷層帶和局部粘土蝕變。除了在野馬目標區域橫穿異常鈾礦化外(見2023年5月24日的新聞稿),2023年的鑽探還證實了潛在的石墨結構以及局部氧化、漂白、硅化和粘土蝕變。

The 2024 drill program is planned to continue the methodical testing of prospective uranium targets at KLS, including parts of the Mustang-Seager Lake conductor corridor along strike of the Key Lake uranium deposits, as well as the Campbell and Zimmer target areas (Figure 1).

2024年的鑽探計劃計劃繼續對KLS的潛在鈾目標進行有條不紊的測試,包括Key Lake鈾礦牀走向沿線的野馬-西格湖導體走廊的一部分,以及坎貝爾和齊默爾目標區域(圖1)。

  • The Mustang-Seager Lake trend is part of a regional conductive corridor that extends along-strike toward the Key Lake uranium deposits. The KLS Uranium Project includes 10 km of this corridor that comprises multiple stacked graphitic fault zones and includes anomalous uranium up to 1,260 ppm U that was intersected at the Mustang target area in 2023. The 2024 drilling will focus on testing structural breaks and bends in the central and northern segments of this largely untested corridor (Figure 2).
  • The Zimmer target area is located in the central part of the Project area and the 2024 drilling plans to follow-up on previously intersected clay alteration.
  • The western section of the Campbell target area was previously drilled in 2016 and intersected anomalous uranium up to 2,160 ppm U in a sample from drillhole KS-CC16-13. In addition, an intensely graphitic fault zone was intersected over 40 m of core length and has a known 2 km strike-length. The 2024 drilling at Campbell is planned to follow-up on the anomalous uranium intersection, as well as test the extents of the main fault zone to evaluate its economic potential for graphite in the Loki Zone.
  • Mustang-Seager Lake趨勢是區域導電走廊的一部分,該走廊一直延伸到Key Lake鈾礦牀。KLS鈾項目包括這條長達10公里的走廊,該走廊由多個堆疊的石墨斷層帶組成,包括2023年在野馬目標區域相交的鈾濃度高達1,260 ppm的異常鈾。2024 年的鑽探將重點測試這條基本上未經測試的走廊中部和北部的結構斷裂和彎曲(圖 2)。
  • Zimmer 目標區域位於項目區域的中部,2024 年的鑽探計劃將對先前交叉的粘土蝕變進行後續研究。
  • 坎貝爾目標區域的西段此前曾在 2016 年鑽探,在 KS-CC16-13 鑽孔樣本中與高達 2,160 ppm U 的異常鈾相交。此外,一個強烈的石墨斷層帶與岩心長度超過40 m的相交,已知的走向長度爲2 km。計劃於2024年在坎貝爾進行鑽探,以跟蹤異常鈾交叉點,並測試主斷層帶的範圍,以評估其在洛基區使用石墨的經濟潛力。

Brian McEwan, VP Exploration, stated: "The intersection of re-activated graphitic fault zones, hydrothermal alteration, and anomalous radioactivity in the 2023 drilling keep us optimistic that we are on the right track. We have only tested a narrow portion of the prospective corridors at KLS, and we are confident in our systematic approach to determine where we should focus our efforts in future exploration programs."

勘探副總裁布萊恩·麥克尤恩表示:“2023年鑽探中重新激活的石墨巖斷層帶、熱液蝕變和異常放射性的交匯使我們對自己走上正軌持樂觀態度。我們只測試了KLS的一小部分潛在走廊,我們對我們的系統方法充滿信心,可以確定在未來的勘探計劃中應將精力集中在哪裏。”

Loki Zone Graphite

洛基地帶石墨

In addition to uranium, Natural Resources Canada also lists graphite as a critical mineral. Graphite is one of six critical minerals considered essential for priority supply chains for modern clean technologies such as batteries for Electric Vehicles (EVs). Recent review of the drill cores from a drilling program conducted in 2016 at the Campbell target area (Figure 3) concluded that further evaluation of its graphite potential is warranted. The 2016 drilling intersected a moderately-dipping strongly graphitic fault zone over a 2 km strike-length. Intersections of the graphitic fault were within the first 200 m of each drillhole and up to 40 m down hole (Figures 4 and 5). The extents of the fault zone are currently open along-strike and down-dip.

除鈾外,加拿大自然資源部還將石墨列爲關鍵礦物。石墨是被認爲對電動汽車電池(EV)等現代清潔技術的優先供應鏈至關重要的六種關鍵礦物之一。最近對2016年在坎貝爾目標區域進行的鑽探計劃的鑽孔岩心進行了審查(圖3),得出的結論是,有必要進一步評估其石墨潛力。2016年的鑽探橫穿了一箇中度傾斜的強石墨巖斷層帶,走向長度爲2 km。石墨斷層的交叉點位於每個鑽孔的前 200 米以內,井下最多 40 米(圖 4 和 5)。斷層帶的範圍目前是沿走向和向下傾角開放的。

Samples from the 2016 drill program, stored at SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon, were selected for graphite content as an initial test to determine further work (Table 1). Several samples were also selected for flake size and morphology analysis by QEMSCAN. The samples were originally collected to evaluate pathfinder elements as part of uranium exploration and therefore only representative samples were collected and the entire graphitic zone and its surrounding area was not sampled.

存儲在薩斯卡通SRC地質分析實驗室的2016年鑽探計劃樣本是根據石墨含量進行初步測試,以確定進一步的工作(表1)。QEMSCAN還選擇了幾個樣本進行片狀大小和形態分析。作爲鈾勘探的一部分,採集這些樣本最初是爲了評估探路者元素,因此只收集了具有代表性的樣本,沒有對整個石墨區及其周邊區域進行採樣。

Loki Flake Graphite Highlights

Loki Flake 石墨亮點

  • Strongly graphitic fault zone with intersections up to 40 m down hole and a 2 km strike-length.
  • Shallow mineralization - intersections within first 200 m of drilling and open down-dip.
  • Multiple intersections with total graphite greater than 10%, including up to 22.2% in a 50 cm sample in hole KS-CC16-12.
  • Median diameter passing percentage for 10 samples selected for QEMSCAN: 147 μm, including a sample up to 214 μm.
  • 強石墨巖斷層帶,交叉口深度可達 40 m,走向長度爲 2 km。
  • 淺層礦化-鑽探前200米以內的交叉路口和向下傾開口。
  • 石墨總量大於 10% 的多個交叉點,包括 KS-CC16-12 孔中 50 厘米樣品中石墨總量高達 22.2% 的交叉點。
  • 爲 QEMSCAN 選擇的 10 個樣品的中位直徑通過百分比:147 微米,包括不超過 214 微米的樣品。

Resampling of the graphite mineralization in 2016 drillcore is planned to be completed during the summer in conjunction with the 2024 drill program.

2016年石墨礦化的重採樣計劃在夏季與2024年的鑽探計劃一起完成。

"Abasca's team remains focused on locating potential uranium deposits at KLS, and we will continue to explore all identified uranium target areas on the KLS Uranium Project. Meanwhile, we are pleased with the preliminary grade and mineralogic results of the flake graphite at the Loki Zone and look forward to contributing to Saskatchewan's critical minerals strategy on diversified target minerals" stated Dawn Zhou, President and CEO.

“Abasca的團隊仍然專注於在KLS尋找潛在的鈾礦牀,我們將繼續探索KLS鈾項目中所有已確定的鈾目標區域。同時,我們對洛基區片狀石墨的初步等級和礦物學結果感到滿意,並期待爲薩斯喀徹溫省多元化目標礦產的關鍵礦產戰略做出貢獻。” 總裁兼首席執行官周道恩表示。

Collected samples in 2016 were originally sent to SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an independent laboratory accredited under ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for preparation and ICP-MS multi-element analysis and Boron by fusion. The pulps from the samples have been stored at SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories and were analysed for graphite content and total sulphur by LECO. Samples were originally collected in 2016 as part of a uranium exploration program in accordance with industry-standard quality assurance / quality control practices and included the insertion of blanks, standard reference materials, and repeats into the sample stream at regular intervals; however, no graphite reference materials were used.

2016年收集的樣本最初被送往位於薩斯喀徹溫省薩斯卡通的SRC地質分析實驗室,該實驗室是獲得ISO/IEC 17025:2017 認證的獨立實驗室,用於製備、ICP-MS 多元素分析和聚變硼。樣品中的紙漿已儲存在SRC地質分析實驗室,LECO對石墨含量和總硫進行了分析。樣本最初是在2016年根據行業標準質量保證/質量控制慣例作爲鈾勘探計劃的一部分採集的,包括在樣品流中插入空白、標準參考材料和定期重複樣品;但是,沒有使用石墨參考材料。

For more information and an overview of the Key Lake South Uranium Project, please visit the Company's website at

有關南基湖鈾項目的更多信息和概述,請訪問該公司的網站


Figure 1: Map of the Key Lake South Uranium Project area showing the planned target drill areas for the 2024.


圖 1:Key Lake South Uranium 項目區域地圖,顯示了 2024 年的計劃目標鑽探區域。

Figure 2: Map of the central and northern Mustang - Seager Lake conductor trend on the KLS Uranium Project showing previous drillholes over the total magnetic intensity.

圖 2:KLS 鈾項目中部和北部 Mustang-Seager Lake 導體走勢圖,顯示之前的鑽孔超過了總磁強度。

Figure 3: Map of the Campbell target area showing the 2016 drillhole locations over the total magnetic intensity. Note the blue linear feature trending northwest-southeast is delineates the fault zone.

圖 3:坎貝爾目標區域地圖,顯示了 2016 年的鑽孔位置超過總磁強度。請注意,西北-東南方向的藍色線性要素描繪了斷層帶。

Figure 4: Cross-Section through the Campbell target area showing KS-CC16-12 and KS-CC16-13 showing the assay results of 2016 pulp samples that were re-analysed for graphite (wt%).

圖 4:坎貝爾目標區域的橫截面顯示 KS-CC16-12 和 KS-CC16-13,顯示了重新分析石墨的 2016 年紙漿樣本的化驗結果(重量%)。

Figure 5: Core photo of drillhole KS-CC16-12 showing part of the graphitic fault intersected at the Loki Zone between 86.6 - 103.0 m in boxes 4 - 6.

圖 5:KS-CC16-12 鑽孔的核心照片,顯示了部分石墨斷層在 86.6-103.0 m 之間的洛基區域相交,位於方框 4-6 中。

Table 1: Total graphite content results from 2016 pulp samples at Loki Zone on the KLS Uranium Project. Samples were collected in 2016 as part of a uranium exploration program and only representative samples were collected within and proximal to the graphitic zone to evaluate pathfinder elements for uranium exploration and therefore the graphitic zone was not sampled everywhere it was intersected. All lengths are as measured downhole in metres and do not represent true thickness.

表 1:2016 年 KLS 鈾項目洛基區紙漿樣本的總石墨含量結果。樣本是在 2016 年作爲鈾勘探計劃的一部分採集的,僅在石墨帶內和附近採集了代表性樣本,以評估鈾勘探的探路者元素,因此石墨區在任何相交的地方都不會被採樣。所有長度均爲井下測量值,以米爲單位,並不代表真實厚度。

Drillhole ID

Azimuth

Inclination

Total Length (m)

From (m)

To (m)

Length (m)

Graphite (%)

KS-CC16-01

90

-60

181

51.40

51.90

0.50

5.61

KS-CC16-02

90

-50

181

128.70

129.20

0.50

1.95

129.50

130.00

0.50

0.27

133.80

134.30

0.50

9.11

135.50

136.00

0.50

11.10

136.50

137.00

0.50

1.97

140.00

140.50

0.50

11.30

144.40

144.90

0.50

2.50

KS-CC16-04

50

-60

169

54.10

54.60

0.50

1.62

63.00

63.50

0.50

7.19

64.00

64.50

0.50

3.41

KS-CC16-06

50

-60

184

56.20

56.70

0.50

6.68

60.00

60.50

0.50

10.7

64.90

65.40

0.50

9.64

KS-CC16-07

50

-60

187

79.50

80.00

0.50

1.29

80.00

80.50

0.50

0.81

KS-CC16-09

50

-60

172

40.00

40.50

0.50

12.30

40.50

41.50

1.00

8.99

41.60

42.30

0.70

5.52

42.30

43.00

0.70

13.1

43.00

43.30

0.30

1.31

KS-CC16-11

30

-60

157

66.00

67.00

1.00

12.10

67.00

67.50

0.50

8.07

69.50

70.00

0.50

7.22

70.30

70.80

0.50

12.90

72.50

73.00

0.50

11.00

76.70

77.20

0.50

10.70

79.00

79.50

0.50

16.50

85.00

85.50

0.50

4.72

89.50

90.00

0.50

3.91

94.80

95.30

0.50

3.36

KS-CC16-12

45

-60

165.5

82.00

82.20

0.20

1.97

83.00

83.50

0.50

7.17

85.00

86.00

1.00

13.30

88.00

88.50

0.50

22.20

91.00

91.50

0.50

9.20

95.50

96.30

0.80

3.85

97.50

98.00

0.50

5.53

100.00

101.00

1.00

12.50

103.10

103.60

0.50

6.87

106.00

106.50

0.50

3.49

107.50

108.00

0.50

4.63

110.20

110.70

0.50

6.68

113.50

114.00

0.50

15.10

117.00

117.50

0.50

8.33

119.00

119.50

0.50

3.83

KS-CC16-13

45

-60

169

103.50

104.00

0.50

7.83

106.80

107.30

0.50

10.10

110.00

110.50

0.50

12.60

120.00

120.50

0.50

5.09

130.00

130.50

0.50

9.79

134.00

135.10

1.10

3.32

143.70

144.10

0.40

10.90

KS-CC16-14

45

-60

133

46.00

46.50

0.50

16.70

50.00

50.50

0.50

4.36

55.80

56.00

0.20

10.50

60.00

60.50

0.50

7.96

61.00

61.40

0.40

4.04

70.00

70.50

0.50

4.78

78.00

78.50

0.50

11.80

80.00

80.50

0.50

11.40

KS-CC16-15

45

-60

172

120.50

121.00

0.50

15.70

121.50

122.00

0.50

9.48

124.50

125.00

0.50

4.84

126.00

126.50

0.50

13.60

130.00

130.50

0.50

1.71

137.50

138.00

0.50

4.98

Drillhole ID

方位角

傾角

總長度 (m)

從 (m)

到 (m)

長度 (m)

石墨 (%)

KS-CC16-01

90

-60

181

51.40

51.90

0.50

5.61

KS-CC16-02

90

-50

181

128.70

129.20

0.50

1.95

129.50

130.00

0.50

0.27

133.80

134.30

0.50

9.11

135.50

136.00

0.50

11.10

136.50

137.00

0.50

1.97

140.00

140.50

0.50

11.30

144.40

144.90

0.50

2.50

KS-CC16-04

50

-60

169

54.10

54.60

0.50

1.62

63.00

63.50

0.50

7.19

64.00

64.50

0.50

3.41

KS-CC16-06

50

-60

184

56.20

56.70

0.50

6.68

60.00

60.50

0.50

10.7

64.90

65.40

0.50

9.64

KS-CC16-07

50

-60

187

79.50

80.00

0.50

1.29

80.00

80.50

0.50

0.81

KS-CC16-09

50

-60

172

40.00

40.50

0.50

12.30

40.50

41.50

1.00

8.99

41.60

42.30

0.70

5.52

42.30

43.00

0.70

13.1

43.00

43.30

0.30

1.31

KS-CC16-11

30

-60

157

66.00

67.00

1.00

12.10

67.00

67.50

0.50

8.07

69.50

70.00

0.50

7.22

70.30

70.80

0.50

12.90

72.50

73.00

0.50

11.00

76.70

77.20

0.50

10.70

79.00

79.50

0.50

16.50

85.00

85.50

0.50

4.72

89.50

90.00

0.50

3.91

94.80

95.30

0.50

3.36

KS-CC16-12

45

-60

165.5

82.00

82.20

0.20

1.97

83.00

83.50

0.50

7.17

85.00

86.00

1.00

13.30

88.00

88.50

0.50

22.20

91.00

91.50

0.50

9.20

95.50

96.30

0.80

3.85

97.50

98.00

0.50

5.53

100.00

101.00

1.00

12.50

103.10

103.60

0.50

6.87

106.00

106.50

0.50

3.49

107.50

108.00

0.50

4.63

110.20

110.70

0.50

6.68

113.50

114.00

0.50

15.10

117.00

117.50

0.50

8.33

119.00

119.50

0.50

3.83

KS-CC16-13

45

-60

169

103.50

104.00

0.50

7.83

106.80

107.30

0.50

10.10

110.00

110.50

0.50

12.60

120.00

120.50

0.50

5.09

130.00

130.50

0.50

9.79

134.00

135.10

1.10

3.32

143.70

144.10

0.40

10.90

KS-CC16-14

45

-60

133

46.00

46.50

0.50

16.70

50.00

50.50

0.50

4.36

55.80

56.00

0.20

10.50

60.00

60.50

0.50

7.96

61.00

61.40

0.40

4.04

70.00

70.50

0.50

4.78

78.00

78.50

0.50

11.80

80.00

80.50

0.50

11.40

KS-CC16-15

45

-60

172

120.50

121.00

0.50

15.70

121.50

122.00

0.50

9.48

124.50

125.00

0.50

4.84

126.00

126.50

0.50

13.60

130.00

130.50

0.50

1.71

137.50

138.00

0.50

4.98

Qualified Person

合格人員

The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dave Billard, P.Geo, a Qualified Person as set out in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Billard is a director of Abasca.

本新聞稿中的技術信息已經過P.Geo的戴夫·比拉德的審查和批准,他是國家儀器43-101——礦業項目披露標準中規定的合格人士。比拉德先生是阿巴斯卡的董事。

About Abasca Resources Inc.

關於阿巴斯卡資源公司

Abasca is a mineral exploration company that is primarily engaged in the acquisition and evaluation of mineral exploration properties. The Company owns the Key Lake South Uranium Project, a 23,977-hectare uranium exploration project located in the Athabasca Basin Region in northern Saskatchewan, approximately 15 km south of the former Key Lake mine and current Key Lake mill.

Abasca是一家礦產勘探公司,主要從事礦產勘探物業的收購和評估。該公司擁有南基湖鈾礦項目,這是一個佔地23,977公頃的鈾勘探項目,位於薩斯喀徹溫省北部的阿薩巴斯卡盆地地區,位於前基湖礦和現在的基湖工廠以南約15公里處。

On behalf of Abasca Resources Inc.

代表 Abasca Resources Inc.

Dawn Zhou, M.Sc, CPA, CGA
President, CEO and Director

周道恩,理學碩士、註冊會計師,CGA
總裁、首席執行官兼董事

For more information visit the Company's website at or contact:

欲了解更多信息,請訪問公司的網站或聯繫:

Abasca Resources Inc.
Email: info@abasca.ca
Telephone: +1 (306) 933 4261

阿巴斯卡資源公司
電子郵件:info@abasca.ca
電話:+1 (306) 933 4261

SOURCE: Abasca Resources Inc.

來源:阿巴斯卡資源公司


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