HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jan.2025) — NexGen Energy Ltd. commenced a 43,000m exploration drill program to continue to test the extents and growth of mineralization discovered in early 2024 at Patterson Corridor East (PCE) located 3.5km east of the world-class Arrow Deposit.
This systematic program represents an increase of 9,000m from the 2024 program and is expected to be one of the largest drill programs in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan in 2025, NexGen said 30 Jan. 2025 in an official statement.
Initial results at PCE revealed vein-type uranium mineralization intersected within the competent basement rock, highly analogous to Arrow. Since discovery, the mineralized footprint at PCE has rapidly grown to 600m along strike and 600m of vertical extent, NexGen said.
Drilling in 2025 will focus on testing extents of the mineralized footprint, further investigating high-grade zones within the broad mineralized footprint, and determining potential for additional mineralization within the same target area.
Since discovery and over the 2024 campaign 19 of the 30 initial holes intersected mineralization with 10 intersecting intermittent widths of high grade of >10,000 cps mineralization.
In addition, strategic use of geophysics will cover prospective areas on SW3 to refine a growing inventory of drill ready targets across NexGen’s dominant southwest Athabasca Basin land position. Assays for 2024 drilling will be reported once fully received in the first-quarter (1Q:25), NexGen said.
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