New Discovery Expands Resource Potential; Western
Extension Zone Identified 850 Metres From Lac Cinquante Deposit
July
21, 2011
Vancouver, B.C. � Kivalliq Energy
Corporation (KIV: TSX-V) (the "Company" or "Kivalliq")
today provided an update on diamond drilling at the 225,000 acre Angilak Property in Nunavut, Canada. Recent drilling has
identified a highly radioactive zone, the "Lac Cinquante
Western Extension", located 850 metres to the
west and along strike from the Lac Cinquante
Uranium Deposit. Drilling to date of 2707 metres in
17 drill holes has begun to delineate this previously untested area, which
remains open along strike and to depth.
- Two core rigs are currently drilling at Lac Cinquante
Western Extension
- 16 of 17 holes drilled at Lac Cinquante
Western Extension have intersected highly radioactive shear zone
- Zone drilled over 200 metres strike
length and down to 250 metres
- Target remains open along strike and to depth
- Assays are pending
Lac Cinquante Western Extension
To
date, 2707 metres of drilling in 17 diamond drill
core holes have tested the Lac Cinquante Western
Extension Zone. The Kivalliq team considers the Lac
Cinquante Western Extension to be part of the same
geological structure which hosts the high grade Lac Cinquante
uranium resource. Drilling is targeting a northwest trending VLF EM
conductor, similar to the Lac Cinquante, along
fences spaced at 50 metres and to depths of up to
250 metres. All holes were drilled to the northeast
with azimuths bearing 26 degrees, at inclinations between minus 45 and 88
degrees. This work has identified a highly radioactive shear zone up to 4.7 metres wide and dipping 65 degrees to the southwest.
The
mineralized zone is similar to that found at Lac Cinquante,
but in altered basalt rather than tuff host rock. Radioactive intervals are
associated with sheared, chlorite-carbonate altered basalt with minor brecciation and sulphides. Hematized quartz-carbonate veining is common.
Sixteen
of 17 holes drilled at the Lac Cinquante western
extension have intersected this radiaoactive zone
between 28 and 250 metres vertical depth and over a
strike length of 200 metres. (See drill plan www.kivalliqenergy.com ) Assays are pending.
2011 Angilak Property Exploration Program
As
announced on February 15, Kivalliq's board of
directors approved a two-phased, $17 million exploration program at Angilak. This commenced in March 2011 with the
mobilization of crews and equipment to the existing Nutaaq
camp.
The
following points summarize both the first and second phase of the proposed
2011 exploration campaign:
- Up to 35,000 metres, with two diamond
drill core rigs and one reverse circulation ("RC") rig,
focused on expanding the high grade Lac Cinquante
resource and testing new target areas across the property
- Combination of airborne (4,000 line kilometres)
and ground geophysical surveys (1250 line kilometres)
- Continued prospecting
- Ongoing modeling, geological and environmental studies
- Continued emphasis
on community consultation
- Infrastructure expansion for improved logistics and to handle additional
staff and equipment
- Revision and upgrade of current inferred NI 43-101 resource by Q2
2012
The
continuing 2011 drill program at Angilak now totals
approximately 10,885 metres in 72 diamond drill
core holes and an additional 3,323 metres in 46 exploratory
holes with the RC rig. The diamond drilling has been largely focused on
drilling at the Blaze Zone (See news release dated June 20, 2011) and
resource expansion drilling along strike to the east and west of the high
grade Lac Cinquante deposit. Additional assays are
pending from the results of this diamond drilling.
Airborne
and ground geophysical crews, as well as a prospecting crew, have been
mobilized to the project to advance target areas defined by the 2010 program
and generate new targets across the Angilak
Property.
QA/QC
Core
samples from 11 holes at the Lac Cinquante Western
Extension, with maximum radioactivity levels up to 44,000 CPS, have been sent
to Saskatchewan Research Council Geoanalytical
Laboratories (SRC) for analysis. SRC operates in accordance with ISO/IEC
17025:2005 (CAN-P-4E), General Requirements for the Competence of Mineral
Testing and Calibration laboratories, and is accredited by the Standards
Council of Canada. Chemical assay results from this drill program will be reported
by Kivalliq upon receipt.
Natural
gamma radiation in drill core was measured in counts per second (CPS) using a
hand-held Radiation Solutions Inc. RS-121 scintillometer.
The Company cautions that scintillometer readings
are not directly related to uranium grade and are only used to indicate zones
of radioactive material.
Disclosure
of a technical nature contained in this release has been reviewed and
approved by Kivalliq's president, Jeff Ward, P.Geo. Mr. Ward is the Qualified Person for the purposes
of National Instrument 43-101.
About Kivalliq Energy Corporation
Kivalliq Energy Corporation is a uranium exploration
and development company, and the first company in Canada to sign a
comprehensive agreement with the Inuit of Nunavut to explore for uranium on
Inuit Owned Lands in Nunavut.
With
an NI 43-101 compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of 810,000 tonnes grading 0.79% U3O8, totaling 14.15 million lbs U3O8 (17.5 lbs U3O8/tonne) at a 0.2% U3O8 cut-off grade, the Lac Cinquante Deposit is Canada's highest grade uranium
deposit, outside of the Athabasca Basin. Kivalliq's
flagship project, the 225,000 acre Angilak Property
in Nunavut, hosts the high-grade Lac Cinquante
deposit, along with nine additional high priority target areas. Since
acquiring the Angilak Property in 2008, the Company
has invested approximately $12 million conducting systematic exploration.
On
behalf of the Board of Directors
"Jim
Paterson"
James
Paterson, CEO
Kivalliq Energy Corporation
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