Six More
Drill Holes Intersect Uranium Mineralization at Midwest NE
Property
Further to its news
release dated March 3, 2008, Hathor Exploration Limited (HAT–TSX.V)
is pleased to
announce gamma ray scintillometer results from an additional seven drill holes
completed on its Midwest NorthEast Property, Saskatchewan, in the immediate vicinity of
its discovery drill hole MWNE-08-12, which intersected uranium mineralization
including 11.9 metres grading 5.29 per cent U3O8.
Six drill holes
(MWNE-08-16 through MWNE-08-21) have extended the uranium mineralization that
was intersected in hole MWNE-08-12. This area of basement-hosted mineralization
is now referred to as the “Roughrider Zone”.
Natural gamma emission
radiation in drill core from these holes was measured in counts per second
(cps) using a hand-held Exploranium GR-110G gamma-ray scintillometer. Individual
zones (ranging from 20 cm to 2.8 metres) of highly-radioactive (5,000 cps to
greater than 9,999 cps (off-scale)) mineralization were encountered within broader
zones of elevated radioactivity (>500 cps), of up to 14.9 metres, in drill
holes MWNE-08-16 through MWNE-08-21. Scintillometer results of >999 cps are
presented below. The reader is cautioned that
scintillometer readings are not directly or uniformly related to uranium grades
of the rock sample measured, and should be used only as a preliminary
indication of the presence of radioactive materials. Because
of the length of time before laboratory assay results are available, Hathor
uses scintillometer readings as a reliable guide for its on-going drill
program. As an example, off-scale scintillometer readings in hole
MWNE-08-12 returned laboratory assay results grading as high as 40.20% U308
over a 20 cm core interval.
Drill hole MWNE-08-12 was
drilled at an azimuth of N320oE and a dip of -70o to
a total depth of 333 metres.
Drill hole MWNE-08-16 was
a vertical hole collared 79 metres at a bearing of N320oE from drill
hole MWNE-08-12 and drilled to a total depth of 416 metres. Scintillometer
results >999 cps are:
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Intersection (m)
|
CPS
|
214.40
|
215.00
|
0.60
|
1,200
|
216.80
|
217.30
|
0.50
|
1,700
|
217.30
|
217.80
|
0.50
|
3,000
|
217.80
|
218.00
|
0.20
|
5,000
|
218.00
|
218.70
|
0.70
|
2,000
|
228.30
|
228.60
|
0.30
|
>9,999
|
228.60
|
228.90
|
0.30
|
5,000
|
229.20
|
229.60
|
0.40
|
>9,999
|
Drill hole MWNE-08-17 was
a vertical hole collared 81 metres at a bearing of N306oE of drill
hole MWNE-08-12 and drilled to a total depth of 306 metres. Scintillometer
results >999 cps are:
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Intersection (m)
|
CPS
|
219.40
|
219.60
|
0.20
|
1,700 |
220.90
|
222.00
|
1.10
|
6,000 |
Drill hole MWNE-08-18 was
a vertical hole collared 79 metres at a bearing of N335oE from drill
hole MWNE-08-12 and drilled to a total depth of 408 metres. Scintillometer
results >999 cps are:
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Intersection (m)
|
CPS
|
189.20
|
189.90
|
0.70
|
5,000 sandstone
|
205.10
|
205.20
|
0.10
|
3,000
|
234.30
|
234.80
|
0.50
|
>9,999
|
242.80
|
243.00
|
0.20
|
6,000
|
Drill hole MWNE-08-19 was
drilled from the same collar location as MWNE-08-18, had a dip of -85o
at an azimuth of N315oE and drilled to a total depth of 444 metres. Scintillometer
results >999 cps are:
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Intersection (m)
|
CPS
|
244.00
|
244.10
|
0.10
|
3,000
|
244.10
|
244.75
|
0.65
|
2,000
|
244.75
|
244.95
|
0.20
|
>9,999
|
244.95
|
245.15
|
0.20
|
5,000
|
245.15
|
245.60
|
0.45
|
>9,999
|
245.60
|
245.85
|
0.25
|
5,000
|
245.85
|
246.00
|
0.15
|
2,000
|
283.00
|
283.30
|
0.30
|
2,000
|
283.30
|
283.50
|
0.20
|
5,000
|
283.50
|
283.70
|
0.20
|
2,000
|
Drill hole MWNE-08-20 was
collared 167 metres at a bearing of N314oE from drill hole
MWNE-08-12. It had a dip of -70o at an azimuth of N135oE
and was drilled to a total depth of 357 metres. Scintillometer results >999
cps are:
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Intersection (m)
|
CPS
|
249.00
|
249.30
|
0.30
|
>9,999
|
249.30
|
250.60
|
1.30
|
1,000
|
250.60
|
250.80
|
0.20
|
>9,999
|
251.60
|
252.00
|
0.40
|
>9,999
|
252.00
|
252.30
|
0.30
|
4,000
|
254.30
|
254.50
|
0.20
|
>9,999
|
254.50
|
254.85
|
0.35
|
8,000
|
254.85
|
255.00
|
0.15
|
>9,999
|
255.00
|
255.25
|
0.25
|
8,000
|
255.25
|
255.40
|
0.15
|
1,000
|
256.15
|
256.65
|
0.50
|
1,000
|
256.65
|
256.80
|
0.15
|
5,000
|
256.80
|
259.10
|
2.30
|
>9,999
|
259.10
|
259.45
|
0.35
|
6,000
|
259.45
|
259.75
|
0.30
|
2,000
|
260.75
|
261.00
|
0.25
|
>9,999
|
261.00
|
261.60
|
0.60
|
9,000
|
261.60
|
261.95
|
0.35
|
3,000
|
261.95
|
262.40
|
0.45
|
>9,999
|
262.40
|
262.70
|
0.30
|
4,000
|
262.70
|
263.00
|
0.30
|
>9,999
|
263.00
|
263.30
|
0.30
|
2,000
|
263.70
|
263.90
|
0.20
|
4,000
|
319.75
|
320.75
|
1.00
|
>9,999
|
Drill hole MWNE-08-21 was
collared 167 metres at a bearing of N320oE from drill hole
MWNE-08-12. It had a dip of -73o at an azimuth of N135oE
and was drilled to a total depth of 348 metres. Scintillometer results >999
cps are:
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Intersection (m)
|
CPS
|
244.95
|
245.35
|
0.40
|
6,000
|
245.35
|
245.70
|
0.35
|
>9,999
|
245.70
|
246.45
|
0.75
|
1,500
|
246.45
|
246.60
|
0.15
|
>9,999
|
246.60
|
246.70
|
0.10
|
1,000
|
246.70
|
248.50
|
1.80
|
3,000
|
248.50
|
250.70
|
2.20
|
>9,999
|
250.70
|
251.30
|
0.60
|
7,000
|
255.80
|
256.10
|
0.30
|
4,000
|
256.10
|
256.65
|
0.55
|
8,000
|
257.50
|
257.90
|
0.40
|
1,000
|
265.60
|
265.70
|
0.10
|
2,000
|
265.70
|
267.00
|
1.30
|
>9,999
|
Drill core samples from
the latest holes completed in the Roughrider Zone will be submitted for assay
analyses to the Geoanalytical Laboratories of the Saskatchewan Research Council
(SRC), with facilities operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005
(CAN-P-4E) general requirements for the competence of mineral testing and
calibration laboratories. No anomalous scintillometer readings were
reported from hole MWNE-08-14. Holes MWNE-08-13 and MWNE-08-15 were not
drilled in the vicinity of the Roughrider Zone and did not produce anomalous
scintillometer readings.
Assay results (together
with mineralized intervals, geological synopses and pertinent downhole,
gamma-ray radiometric probe results including eU3O8
grades) will be released following their receipt from the SRC. The reader is cautioned that assay results are not
expected for a period of at least eight weeks from the delivery of core samples
to the SRC laboratory in Saskatoon.
The current winter
exploration program, utilizing two diamond drills contracted from Boart
Longyear Inc., is expected to continue for another 2 weeks depending on
the continuance of safe ice conditions required for drilling.
Brian Reilkoff, P.Geo., a
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and
approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release.
Hathor's
90-per-cent-owned Midwest Northeast project is located in northern Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin, immediately adjacent to
the Midwest property of AREVA Resources Canada
Inc., Denison Mines Corp. and OURD Canada Co. Ltd. There, subject to
regulatory approvals, mine site construction is slated to begin in mid-2009 and
open-pit mining of a shallow orebody that grades 5.47 per cent uranium oxide is
planned for early 2010. Terra Ventures (TAS-TSX.V) owns a 10% production
carried interest in the Midwest Northeast Property.
Points North Landing, a
regional service centre to the region, is located about eight kilometres from
Hathor's Midwest NorthEast property and the modern AREVA-operated McClean
Lake uranium mill
facilities are located approximately 10 kilometres to the east.
Hathor continues to
aggressively advance its portfolio of 11 Athabasca
region uranium exploration projects. This area accounts for approximately 25
per cent of the world's annual mine production of uranium. All of this
production comes from unconformity-style uranium ore deposits, the
highest-grade uranium ore deposits in the world.
For more information on
Hathor, please visit the company's website: www.hathor.ca
or contact Stephen Stanley at 604-684-6707 or Tony Nunziata, Investor
Relations, at 403-560-7040.
Hathor
Exploration Limited
Stephen G. Stanley,
Director
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has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of the content of this news release.
Cheers,
Natasha
Dutra, Office Manager
Hathor Exploration Limited
Suite 1910 -
925 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2
T 604-684-6707
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