Athabasca review - Stockhouse
Athabasca Basin Updated: A review of Saskatchewan uranium activity from April 27 TO May 10, 2013
Excerpt from article at Stokhouse:
Fission/Alpha conduct radon survey at Patterson Lake South
What? Two weeks without assays from Patterson Lake South? No scintillometer readings either? Taking a break from reporting drill results, Fission Uranium [V.FCU] and Alpha Minerals [V.AMW] instead revealed a survey showing “the strongest radon-in-water anomaly to date,” the companies stated on May 6. That result was 13.3 pCl/L, found about 170 metres northeast along strike of the project’s R780E zone.
By the way, pCl/L stands for “picocuries per litre.” But you knew that, didn’t you? Regardless, all those picolitres per whatever suggest good news for a project that based its initial drill targets on these measurements of radon gas, which is released by radioactivity. Those targets found two of three discovery zones featuring the high-grade, near-surface assays that sparked the acquisition rush around the southwestern rim of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin.
Overall the survey found six radon anomalies, in addition to the original five, “all associated with known conductors and offsetting structures.” One anomaly was found as far as 1,500 metres along strike of R780E. The 50-50 joint venture partners now plan summer drilling from barges on the lake and further radon surveys next winter.