The combined optionable properties cover a total area of 39,381 hectares, which, together, lay host to high-grade uranium mineralization at surface along with high prospectivity for basement-hosted uranium mineralization associated with the Athabasca Basin unconformity.
Fully-permitted and situated within the Uranium City area of the Athabasca — the Sun Dog project comprises nine claims and is host to the historical Gunnar Uranium Mine, which produced ~18M lbs U3O8 between 1953 and 1981. The Sun Dog project also hosts historical uranium mineralization at surface ranging between 0.1% and 3.58% U3O8.
To-date, STND has invested ~C$4M in exploration at Sun Dog; 13 holes drilled in 2022 and 2023 resulted in the identification of anomalous radioactivity in broad zones of strong hydrothermal alteration requiring follow-up. Ground gravity surveying and drilling, to-date, have identified significant areas of alteration; detailed airborne magnetics have identified cross-cutting structures.
Previous drilling by Standard and Fortune Bay intersected narrow zones of uranium mineralization within significant zones of hydrothermal alteration. Shallow, elevated uranium in drill core on each property is associated with electromagnetic conductors sourced from brittle-deformed graphitic rocks and pathfinder elements typical of high-grade Athabasca-based U3O8 deposits.
Standard Uranium CEO Jon Bey — whom you’ll be hearing from directly in our exclusive interview coming right up — commented on the company’s Uranium City Vision via
press release.