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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继续专注于其100%控股的KLS项目的铀勘探,并评估其洛基区的片状石墨潜力
Accesswire ·  02/20 08:00

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.

萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通/ACCESSWIRE/2024年2月20日/阿巴斯卡资源公司(“阿巴斯卡” 或 “公司”)(多伦多证券交易所V: ABA)很高兴提供萨斯喀彻温省北部占地23,977公顷的全资拥有23,977公顷的南礁铀项目(“KLS”)的勘探最新情况,并宣布其2024年的勘探计划。该公司继续专注于推进其在KLS的勘探工作,以期发现铀,并计划进行5,000米的钻探计划,以测试潜在的目标区域和趋势。在最近对坎贝尔目标区域样品的化验和QEMSCAN分析得出了2016年钻探计划的显著结果之后,计划实施一项重新采样计划,以评估现在所谓的 “洛基区” 的石墨潜力。

Drill Program

演习计划

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,该公司完成了两项钻探计划,总长度为10,135米。这些项目是1978年和1979年进行的历史性浅层钻探的初步后续项目,这些钻探横穿了石墨岩断层带和局部粘土蚀变。除了在野马目标区域横穿异常铀矿化外(见2023年5月24日的新闻稿),2023年的钻探还证实了潜在的石墨结构以及局部氧化、漂白、硅化和粘土蚀变。

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年的钻探计划计划继续对KLS的潜在铀目标进行有条不紊的测试,包括Key Lake铀矿床走向沿线的野马-西格湖导体走廊的一部分,以及坎贝尔和齐默尔目标区域(图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趋势是区域导电走廊的一部分,该走廊一直延伸到Key Lake铀矿床。KLS铀项目包括这条长达10公里的走廊,该走廊由多个堆叠的石墨断层带组成,包括2023年在野马目标区域相交的铀浓度高达1,260 ppm的异常铀。2024 年的钻探将重点测试这条基本上未经测试的走廊中部和北部的结构断裂和弯曲(图 2)。
  • Zimmer 目标区域位于项目区域的中部,2024 年的钻探计划将对先前交叉的粘土蚀变进行后续研究。
  • 坎贝尔目标区域的西段此前曾在 2016 年钻探,在 KS-CC16-13 钻孔样本中与高达 2,160 ppm U 的异常铀相交。此外,一个强烈的石墨断层带与岩心长度超过40 m的相交,已知的走向长度为2 km。计划于2024年在坎贝尔进行钻探,以跟踪异常铀交叉点,并测试主断层带的范围,以评估其在洛基区使用石墨的经济潜力。

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."

勘探副总裁布莱恩·麦克尤恩表示:“2023年钻探中重新激活的石墨岩断层带、热液蚀变和异常放射性的交汇使我们对自己走上正轨持乐观态度。我们只测试了KLS的一小部分潜在走廊,我们对我们的系统方法充满信心,可以确定在未来的勘探计划中应将精力集中在哪里。”

Loki Zone Graphite

洛基地带石墨

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.

除铀外,加拿大自然资源部还将石墨列为关键矿物。石墨是被认为对电动汽车电池(EV)等现代清洁技术的优先供应链至关重要的六种关键矿物之一。最近对2016年在坎贝尔目标区域进行的钻探计划的钻孔岩心进行了审查(图3),得出的结论是,有必要进一步评估其石墨潜力。2016年的钻探横穿了一个中度倾斜的强石墨岩断层带,走向长度为2 km。石墨断层的交叉点位于每个钻孔的前 200 米以内,井下最多 40 米(图 4 和 5)。断层带的范围目前是沿走向和向下倾角开放的。

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.

存储在萨斯卡通SRC地质分析实验室的2016年钻探计划样本是根据石墨含量进行初步测试,以确定进一步的工作(表1)。QEMSCAN还选择了几个样本进行片状大小和形态分析。作为铀勘探的一部分,采集这些样本最初是为了评估探路者元素,因此只收集了具有代表性的样本,没有对整个石墨区及其周边区域进行采样。

Loki Flake Graphite Highlights

Loki Flake 石墨亮点

  • 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.
  • 强石墨岩断层带,交叉口深度可达 40 m,走向长度为 2 km。
  • 浅层矿化-钻探前200米以内的交叉路口和向下倾开口。
  • 石墨总量大于 10% 的多个交叉点,包括 KS-CC16-12 孔中 50 厘米样品中石墨总量高达 22.2% 的交叉点。
  • 为 QEMSCAN 选择的 10 个样品的中位直径通过百分比:147 微米,包括不超过 214 微米的样品。

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

2016年石墨矿化的重采样计划在夏季与2024年的钻探计划一起完成。

"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的团队仍然专注于在KLS寻找潜在的铀矿床,我们将继续探索KLS铀项目中所有已确定的铀目标区域。同时,我们对洛基区片状石墨的初步等级和矿物学结果感到满意,并期待为萨斯喀彻温省多元化目标矿产的关键矿产战略做出贡献。” 总裁兼首席执行官周道恩表示。

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年收集的样本最初被送往位于萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通的SRC地质分析实验室,该实验室是获得ISO/IEC 17025:2017 认证的独立实验室,用于制备、ICP-MS 多元素分析和聚变硼。样品中的纸浆已储存在SRC地质分析实验室,LECO对石墨含量和总硫进行了分析。样本最初是在2016年根据行业标准质量保证/质量控制惯例作为铀勘探计划的一部分采集的,包括在样品流中插入空白、标准参考材料和定期重复样品;但是,没有使用石墨参考材料。

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

有关南基湖铀项目的更多信息和概述,请访问该公司的网站


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


图 1:Key Lake South Uranium 项目区域地图,显示了 2024 年的计划目标钻探区域。

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.

图 2:KLS 铀项目中部和北部 Mustang-Seager Lake 导体走势图,显示之前的钻孔超过了总磁强度。

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.

图 3:坎贝尔目标区域地图,显示了 2016 年的钻孔位置超过总磁强度。请注意,西北-东南方向的蓝色线性要素描绘了断层带。

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%).

图 4:坎贝尔目标区域的横截面显示 KS-CC16-12 和 KS-CC16-13,显示了重新分析石墨的 2016 年纸浆样本的化验结果(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.

图 5:KS-CC16-12 钻孔的核心照片,显示了部分石墨断层在 86.6-103.0 m 之间的洛基区域相交,位于方框 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 铀项目洛基区纸浆样本的总石墨含量结果。样本是在 2016 年作为铀勘探计划的一部分采集的,仅在石墨带内和附近采集了代表性样本,以评估铀勘探的探路者元素,因此石墨区在任何相交的地方都不会被采样。所有长度均为井下测量值,以米为单位,并不代表真实厚度。

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

倾角

总长度 (m)

从 (m)

到 (m)

长度 (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

合格人员

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.

本新闻稿中的技术信息已经过P.Geo的戴夫·比拉德的审查和批准,他是国家仪器43-101——矿业项目披露标准中规定的合格人士。比拉德先生是阿巴斯卡的董事。

About Abasca Resources Inc.

关于阿巴斯卡资源公司

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是一家矿产勘探公司,主要从事矿产勘探物业的收购和评估。该公司拥有南基湖铀矿项目,这是一个占地23,977公顷的铀勘探项目,位于萨斯喀彻温省北部的阿萨巴斯卡盆地地区,位于前基湖矿和现在的基湖工厂以南约15公里处。

On behalf of Abasca Resources Inc.

代表 Abasca Resources Inc.

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

周道恩,理学硕士、注册会计师,CGA
总裁、首席执行官兼董事

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

欲了解更多信息,请访问公司的网站或联系:

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

阿巴斯卡资源公司
电子邮件:info@abasca.ca
电话:+1 (306) 933 4261

SOURCE: Abasca Resources Inc.

来源:阿巴斯卡资源公司


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