CanAlaska Uranium identifies multiple conductors from ZTEM airborne geophysics surveys

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSX:CVV) reports on  the completion of two airborne ZTEM geophysical surveys on its Hodgson and Carswell projects in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. 

The press release is quoted as saying:

The first ZTEM survey at the Hodgson project identified five areas with significant basement conductors (see Figure 1).  These conductors identify targets trending northeast, north and northwest in areas where CanAlaska had previously identified AMT geophysical responses, and significant surface geochemical anomalies.  The survey has identified 35km of conductive trends on the project, which is located in the east-central part of the Athabasca Basin, 27 kilometres northwest of the McArthur River mine and 21 kilometres west of the Cigar Lake deposit. Exploration to-date includes lake sediment geochemistry and ground geophysics, and the new ZTEM survey. The reconnaissance ground AMT surveys had confirmed a series of basement conductors and indicated the presence of conductive zones in the sandstones, structures thought to be related to uranium mineralizing events.  The current ZTEM survey mapped these basement conductor patterns in more detail and has given significant information as to the shape and size of these targets.

CanAlaska’s President and CEO, Peter Dasler says:

“Exploration for mineral deposits in the Athabasca Basin has benefited greatly from recent advances in geophysical techniques.  The two projects surveyed this summer are located near significant uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, and the results from the current ZTEM survey have generated very strong targets for further exploration.”

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