FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc: Announces Red Willow Drill Program
December 1, 2009 - Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSX:PTU.V)
announced today the recommencement of drilling at the Osprey Zone of their
wholly-owned Red Willow Project. During last year's diamond drill program,
hole RW-19 returned assay grades up to 3.03% U3O8 in a structure averaging
0.58% U3O8 over 1.0 metre at a shallow depth of less than 100 metres. RW-19 is located approximately 80
metres north from the discovery hole RW-07, which reported 0.20% eU3O8 over
5.8 metres. The Osprey Zone consists of an "S"-shaped
electromagnetic conductor that is over 6 kilometres in length.
"In preparation for
the Osprey program, our team revisited the drill core and re-interpreted the
considerable geophysical data collected over the past four years" said
Scott Frostad, Vice President Exploration of Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
"We also completed a soil sampling program this fall to help prioritize
our drill targets".
The company plans to
complete approximately 3,000 metres of drilling during a two month program
commencing January 2010.
Red Willow
The Red Willow property consists of eight claims on the eastern edge of the
Athabasca Basin. The thickness of the Athabasca sandstone varies from 0 to 80
metres and the basement rocks are composed of intensely deformed and
metamorphosed sedimentary, volcanic and plutonic rocks trending NE to SW.
Five major uranium deposits, JEB, Midwest, Cigar Lake, McArthur River and
Millennium, are located along a NE to SW mine trend that extends through the
Red Willow Project.
The Red Willow property adjoins AREVA Resource Canada Inc.'s claim group that
contains the JEB, Sue, McClean and Caribou deposits to the west and, to the
south adjoins UEX's Hidden Bay property that surrounds Cameco Corporation's
Rabbit Lake, Collins Bay and Eagle Point deposits.
About Purepoint
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. is focused on the precision exploration of more
than 55 defined target areas on its eight 100% owned projects in the Canadian
Athabasca Basin, and its two Basin projects joint ventured with Cameco
Corporation and AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Established in the Basin well
before the resurgence in uranium, Purepoint is actively advancing this large
portfolio of multiple drill targets in the world's richest uranium region.
Scott Frostad BSc, MASc,
PGeo, Purepoint's Vice President, Exploration, is the Qualified Person responsible for
technical content of this release.
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For further
information please contact:
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
Chris Frostad, President and CEO
(416) 603-8368
www.purepoint.ca
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