Wheeler River JV Completes Successful 2021 Phoenix ISR Field Testing Program

 

(TheNewswire)

  UEX Corporation 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan TheNewswire - October 29, 2021 UEX Corporation (TSX:UEX ) ( OTC:UEXCF) (" UEX " or the " Company ") is pleased to announce that its 50% owned subsidiary, JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited (" JCU ") and Denison Mines Corp. (" Denison ") have completed a successful 2021 In-Situ Recovery ("ISR") Field Test Program.  The program was completed within the commercial-scale ISR test pattern installed in the Phase 1 area of the high-grade Phoenix uranium deposit on the Wheeler River Project.

 

  The Wheeler River Joint Venture is 10% owned by JCU and 90% by Denison, who is the operator of the WRJV.  JCU is 50% owned by UEX and 50% by Denison, and is operated by UEX.  

 

  The 2021 ISR test program was able to measure production flow-rates between drill holes, confirm hydraulic control of injected solution during the ion tracer tests, determine breakthrough times between wells, and demonstrate the ability to remediate the test well pattern.   The Test Program was undertaken to increase confidence in the potential application of the ISR mining method at the Phoenix Deposit and to support the recently announced Feasibility Study (see UEX News Release dated September 22, 2021).  

 

  Further details and results of the Phoenix ISR field test program can be found in Denison's news release dated October 28, 2021 and filed on Denison's profile on SEDAR.com  

 

   Qualified Persons   

 

  The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Roger Lemaitre, P.Eng., P.Geo., UEX's President and CEO, who is considered to be a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.  

 

   About UEX   

 

  UEX is a Canadian uranium and cobalt exploration and development company involved in an exceptional portfolio of uranium projects.  

 

  UEX's directly-owned portfolio of projects is located in the eastern, western and northern perimeters of the Athabasca Basin, the world's richest uranium belt which in 2020 accounted for approximately 8.1% of the global primary uranium production.  In addition to advancing its uranium development projects through its ownership interest in JCU,  UEX is currently advancing several other uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin which include the Paul Bay, Ken Pen and Ōrora deposits at the Christie Lake Project , the Kianna, Anne, Colette and 58B deposits at its currently 49.1%-owned Shea Creek Project, the Horseshoe and Raven deposits located on its 100%-owned Horseshoe-Raven Development Project and the West Bear Uranium Deposit located at its 100%-owned West Bear Project.  

 

  UEX is also 50:50 co-owner of JCU with Denison.  JCU's portfolio of projects includes interests in some of Canada's key future uranium development projects, notably a 30.099% interest in Cameco's Millennium Uranium Development Project, a 10% interest in Denison Mines Wheeler River Project, and a 33.8123% interest in Orano Canada's Kiggavik Project, located in the Thelon   Basin in Nunavut, as well as minority interests in nine other grassroots uranium projects in the Athabasca Basin.  

 

  UEX is also leading the discovery of cobalt in Canada, with three cobalt-nickel exploration projects located in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, including the only primary cobalt deposit in Canada.  The 100% owned West Bear Project hosts the West Bear Cobalt-Nickel Deposit, the newly discovered Michael Lake Co-Ni Zone, and the West Bear Uranium Deposit.  UEX also owns 100% of two early-stage cobalt exploration projects, the Axis Lake and Key West Projects.  

 

   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT   

 

  Roger Lemaitre  

 

  President & CEO  

 

  (306) 979-3849  

 

  Forward-Looking Information  

 

  This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking information" for the purposes of Canadian securities laws. Such statements are based on UEX's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections. Such forward-looking information includes statements regarding the West Bear Co-Ni Property, the Christie Lake Property drill program, the Hidden Bay Property, the Shea Creek Property, UEX's drill hole results, uranium, cobalt and nickel prices, outlook for our future operations, plans and timing for exploration activities, and other expectations, intentions and plans that are not historical fact. Such forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions and is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from UEX's expectations include uncertainties relating to the, interpretation of drill results and geology, assay confirmation, additional drilling results, continuity and grade of deposits, fluctuations in uranium, cobalt and nickel prices and currency exchange rates, changes in environmental and other laws affecting uranium, cobalt and nickel exploration and mining and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in UEX's Annual Information Form and other filings with the applicable Canadian securities commissions on SEDAR. Many of these factors are beyond the control of UEX. Consequently, all forward-looking information contained in this news release is qualified by this cautionary statement and there can be no assurance that actual results or developments anticipated by UEX will be realized. For the reasons set forth above, investors should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. Except as required by applicable law, UEX disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  

 

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