Purecore Metals (CSE:PURE) says it has begun a comprehensive data compilation and technical review program at the Yurchison Uranium Project in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The property covers 22 claims covering more than 35,000 hectares of the Athabasca Basin. It is situated approximately 75km south of Cameco’s (TSX:CCO) Rabbit Lake operation.
The project has been subject to historical airborne and ground geophysical surveys, geological mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling, and historical drilling.
According to Purecore, these activities resulted in the identification of uranium mineralisation in several areas of the property, including prospecting that returned values ranging 0.09–0.30% uranium oxide (U₃O₈).
However, much of this earlier exploration was completed before 2000, with only additional modern airborne geophysical work completed in recent years.
The current program is intended to consolidate historical and modern exploration results into an integrated project database and geological framework, Purecore says.
This is expected to help the company refine areas of interest, identify where multiple layers of technical evidence converge, and prioritise targets for potential future field exploration, it adds.
“Yurchison has decades of exploration history and a significant volume of modern geophysical data. This program brings that information together into an integrated geological framework to refine our understanding of the property and prioritise areas for future exploration,” Purecore CEO Peter Berdusco says.
The company currently holds an option to earn up to 100% of the project from Skyharbour Resources (TSX-V:SYH).
Purecore Metals is focused on advancing the materials that power modern energy systems and emerging technologies.
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