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Uranium Energy Corp Announces Progress with Drilling at Its Goliad Project
January 29, 2008
AUSTIN, TX – January 29, 2008 – Uranium Energy Corp announces continuing development at the Company’s Goliad Project in Texas. Notable developments include:
- Continuing success with step-out drilling that is increasing the extent of known mineralized trends in both B and D sands at Goliad;
- Ongoing drilling to support the permitting process, extensive coring program; and
- Addition of quality technical personnel at the project site.
Drilling and Coring Program
Uranium Energy Corp is pleased to report continued progress with drilling activities toward the permitting of its Goliad Project in Goliad County, Texas. The Company filed its mining permit application in August 2007. Drilling is ongoing with seven drilling rigs.
Drilling in November and December 2007 at Goliad consisted of 116 drill holes, targeting the B and D Sands. Sixty-two (62) of the drill holes targeted the B Sand and 54 were drilled principally to assess D Sand mineralization in the project area.
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Zone |
Number of holes |
Strongly Mineralized |
Mineralized |
Shows |
No Shows |
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A |
A Zone Not Targeted | ||||
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B |
62 |
15 |
31 |
16 |
0 |
|
C |
C Zone Not Targeted | ||||
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D |
54 |
2 |
17 |
34 |
1 |
Strongly Mineralized – Uranium mineralization above a GT of 0.30
Mineralized – Uranium mineralization between GT’s of 0.2 and 0.3
Show – gamma anomaly to < 0.2GT
No Show - Barren
Drilling in the B Sand was for regulatory and permitting activities. Rather than continuing to confirm historical mineralization or step-out drilling, the B Zone drilling activities during this period concentrated on identifying the limits of mineralization around the strongly mineralized area. In order to obtain a Production Area Authorization (PAA) permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the lateral extent of the mineralized area must be determined. For this reason, drill holes were located to define the limits of the strongly mineralized B Sand.
The November-December program included:
- Obtaining information for Production Area Authorization – 1 to submit to TCEQ for B Sand, which included
- drilling to delineate the outline of the B Sand mineral zone;
- in-fill drilling to verify continuity of the identified mineral layers; and
- verification of confining zones above and below the B Sand.
Fifty-four (54) step-out holes were drilled to evaluate D Sand gamma anomalies. Of these, 17 encountered significantly elevated gamma zones and two encountered high-level gamma zones. These intercepts indicate an extension of the current mineralized trend in the D Sand.
Results of the November-December drilling program include:
- Extending the B Sand and further defining the strongly mineralized trend in order to commence PAA-1 drilling; and
- Identifying new strongly mineralized zones in previously un-drilled areas in the D Sand.
In October 2007, the Company undertook an extensive coring program designed to support the historic Goliad disequilibrium factors (DEFs), developed from prompt fission neutron (PFN) logging during the early 1980’s. DEF refers to the ratio of the actual grade of uranium in the rock to the grade obtained from gamma ray logging. A positive DEF of 1.0 or greater indicates a higher grade of uranium than what is obtained from logging. Historic DEFs in the range of 1.4 to 1.7 were demonstrated in each of the four mineralized sand zones by PFN logging at the Goliad Project.
In order to confirm the historic PFN DEF data, three holes were cored through each mineralized interval of the four sand zones, offsetting previously drilled, highly mineralized holes. Between 15 and 20 samples, one-foot each, were collected from each hole, or approximately 45-60 samples from each zone. The samples were shipped to Energy Laboratories in Casper, Wyoming, an independent certified minerals lab, for analysis of chemical uranium content and eU3O8. From these analyses, DEFs for each one-foot interval can be calculated. The table below presents the gamma ray data obtained from logging each of the core holes. This data will be compared to the laboratory analytical data when received.
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Hole ID |
Sand |
Cored Interval (ft) |
Mineralization Thickness (ft) |
Grade (%) |
GT (ft%) |
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CA-1 |
A |
105.5 to 128.6 |
26.0 |
0.091 |
2.366 |
|
CA-2 |
A |
107 to 136 |
12.5 |
0.049 |
0.609 |
|
CA-3 |
A |
80 to 101 |
17.5 |
0.066 |
1.155 |
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CB-1 |
B |
166 to 182.6 |
9.0 |
0.089 |
0.801 |
|
CB-2 |
B |
190 to 204.5 |
2.5 |
0.035 |
0.087 |
|
CB-3 |
B |
185 to 201.1 |
5.5 |
0.031 |
0.171 |
|
CC-1 |
C |
172.5 to 191.5 |
2.0 |
0.028 |
0.056 |
|
CC-2 |
C |
No sample recovery through mineralized zone. | |||
|
CC-3 |
C |
250 to 269.7 |
6.5 |
0.037 |
0.241 |
|
CC-4 |
C |
240 to 258.5 |
8.5 |
0.047 |
0.400 |
|
CD-1 |
D |
305 to 324.5 |
<0.02 | ||
|
CD-2 |
D |
380 to 401.3 |
2.0 |
0.031 |
0.062 |
|
CD-3 |
D |
390 to 410.3 |
16.0 |
0.056 |
0.896 |
*Grade cutoff was at 0.02%, consistent with the 43-101 historic resource
The results of the coring program will be used to support the development of a Canadian National Instrument 43-101 qualified resource. National Instrument 43-101 is the Canadian requirement for disclosure of historic and ongoing work on mineral bodies leading up to their development and ultimate mining. Only mineral bodies meeting the stringent criteria as described in the document can be classified as a 43-101 qualified resource.
Project Technical Staff Additions
Uranium Energy Corp is pleased to announce at this time the addition of two Production Geologists to the Company’s Goliad Project production staff. Augio Bian, PhD, Texas A&M University-College Station, is a research hydrogeologist who will be supporting both the geological and engineering teams. Dr. Bian recently received his degree and will bring a considerable technical background to the project. Carl Wentz, received his BSc in Geology in 2000 from Texas A&M University-College Station. Mr. Wentz brings seven years of practical field geology skills as well as environmental compliance experience to the project. He will also be supporting both the geological and engineering teams.
The technical information in this news release was prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed by Clyde L. Yancey, P.G., Vice President of Exploration for Uranium Energy Corp, a qualified person under NI 43-101.
About Uranium Energy Corp
Uranium Energy Corp (AMEX: UEC) is a US-based junior resource company with the objective of becoming a near-term ISR uranium producer in the United States. The Company controls one of the largest historical uranium exploration and development databases in the US. Through the use of these databases, the Company has acquired advanced uranium properties throughout the southwestern US. The operational management is comprised of pre-eminent uranium mining and exploration professionals, whose collective experience in the uranium mining industry gives the Company ongoing uranium mine-finding and uranium mine development expertise.
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