#POW Power Metal Resources PLC – Strategic Uranium Properties Staked – Athabasca

Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces an update concerning its uranium property portfolio focused on the Athabasca Basin area in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc, commented: 

“The uranium acquisitions by staking announced today are a further leap forward for Power Metal’s strategic uranium interests in and surrounding the prolific Athabasca Basin located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

The two new properties now secured are adjacent to and largely surrounded by major uranium companies and they demonstrate significant uranium prospectivity with geology considered by the Company to be analogous to major producing mines and other uranium deposits within the Athabasca Basin.

Power Metal started the move to build a uranium exploration business in September 2021 and we believe we are now in a particularly strong position. Our intentions do not stop here, with plans to further expand our uranium focused interests where suitable opportunities are identified.

Uranium has a strong following in capital markets and recently the spot uranium price has moved again above USD$50/lb. With the world dynamic shifting strongly in favour of nuclear power generation we believe that Power Metal should continue this push to build its uranium exploration and development business interests in the London financial markets.“

HIGHLIGHTS:

All claims were acquired by direct mineral claim staking by the Power Metal technical team. They were acquired during the most recent Mineral Administration Registry Saskatchewan (“MARS”) electronic registry system claim reopening on 31 January 2023. The staking acquisitions represent some of the most significant additions to the Company’s uranium portfolio. Further information on the staking process can be found in the further information section below.

The newly acquired Haresign Bay uranium Property (“Haresign Bay”) covers a total area of 3,189.2-hectares (31.89km²) located 35km south of the Athabasca Basin. Haresign Bay is surrounded by claims held by uranium focussed companies F3 Uranium Corp, Baselode Energy Corp, CanAlaska Uranium Ltd and Skyharbour Resources Ltd.

The newly acquired Kernaghan uranium Property (“Kernaghan”) covers a total area of 4,566.2-hectares (45.66km²) within the northeastern edge of the Athabasca Basin. Kernaghan is bordered on three sides by claims held by uranium focussed companies including Standard Uranium Ltd., IsoEnergy Ltd., and Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.

During the most recent claim reopening, Power Metal also staked an additional 1,982-hectare (19.82km²) claim area bordering the western extension of its Thibault Lake uranium Property (the “Extension”). Significantly, the Extension covers a historical showing which returned a trenching result of 1.09% U₃0₈ over 10.7m, greatly increasing the overall prospectively of the extended Thibault Lake uranium Property. ²

With the addition of the Kernaghan and Haresign Bay uranium properties, as well as the additional staking at Thibault Lake, the Power Metal Athabasca uranium portfolio now consists of fourteen properties, including two conditional disposals¹, with a combined total area of 940km².

FURTHER INFORMATION

Mineral Claim Staking Process

The mineral claims constituting the Haresign Bay and Kernaghan Uranium Properties as well as the Thibault Lake Extension were acquired directly through the Mineral Administration Registry Saskatchewan (“MARS”) electronic registry system.

Where a previous claim owner is unable to satisfy the claim maintenance requirements, that ground is reopened to third party staking at a set time each month. Select reopening’s are often highly competitive with many parties attempting to acquire the newly available land.

The total cost of staking was CAD$5,842.34. The newly staked licences come with a two-year term with no minimum spend requirement and which can then be extended for subsequent years by spending a minimum of CAD$146,059 per annum.

The Haresign Bay Property

Haresign Bay is located 43km south of Cameco Corporation’s Key Lake Uranium Mine which is the third largest deposit within the Athabasca Basin – with an average mineable grade of just over 2% U₃O₈.¹ Haresign Bay is located 35km south of the Athabasca Basin, along the Key Lake trend, which is defined by a cluster of northeast-southwest trending electromagnetic conductors which extend to the northeast over the Key Lake Mine. The Key Lake trend is a defining geophysical and geological trend within the Athabasca Basin, and Haresign Bay represents a significant position held within this important uranium-rich corridor.

The Upper Roberta Lake Target (“Upper Roberta Lake” or the “Target”) is located in the southwestern part of the Haresign Bay Property and is defined by a gravity low anomaly which is coincident with elevated Radon²²²-in-lake water results. This Target area is further intersected by multiple electromagnetic conductors of part of the Key Lake Trend. Upper Roberta Lake represents a highly compelling target for future work.

The Kernaghan Property

Kernaghan is located within the prolific Athabasca Basin approximately 13km from the Basin’s edge. Based on nearby borehole’s drilled by Denison Mines Corp., the sandstone-basement unconformity on the Property is expected to be at around 100m depth.

The Kernaghan Property covers multiple anomalous Radon²²²-in-lake water results which are oriented within a northeast-southwest trending belt. This trend is coincident with a magnetic low feature. Kernaghan represents the Company’s third property which is located entirely within the Athabasca Basin.

Thibault Lake West Extension

The Extension covers an additional four Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index (“SMDI”) points. These SMDI points cover multiple high-grade uranium showings including a north trending zone of strong uranium mineralisation from which historic trenching returned 10.7m of 1.09% U₃0₈.² Several other high-grade uranium showings are covered by the Extension including grab and/or channel samples which returned 4.8%, 1.75%, 0.71%, and 0.66% U₃0₈.^3,4

Next Steps

The Company is preparing fact sheets which will include further information and maps for newly acquired staking. These will be released to the market once ready. Furthermore, detailed data rooms are being prepared.

URANIUM PROPERTIES – HOLDING STRUCTURE

Power Metal has a 100% subsidiary Power Metal Canada Inc (“Power Canada”), which acts as the holding Company for certain Canadian project operations. Power Canada has a wholly-owned subsidiary, 102134984 Saskatchewan Ltd, which is the holder of the Company’s Athabasca uranium portfolio.

The Power Metal Canada Uranium Property Map is available to view at the following link:

https://www.powermetalresources.com/power-metal-canada-uranium-map/  

Table 1: 102134984 Saskatchewan Ltd., Athabasca Basin Property Holdings