NexGen Commences 25,000m Summer Drilling Program at Arrow Zone
VANCOUVER , June 8, 2015 - NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXE:TSXV) ("NexGen" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that drilling is underway at our 100% owned Arrow Zone, Rook I property, located in the southwest part of Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin.
The summer 2015 drill program will utilize five diamond drill rigs. Two rigs are currently in operation with all five scheduled to be turning by June 20 th.
Drilling focus
- Two drill rigs will focus on testing the extents of high grade uranium mineralization in the A2 and A3 cores as the company drives Arrow towards an initial resource estimate,
- A third rig will test previously undrilled areas of the A1, A2 and A3 shears targeting high grade uranium mineralization akin to that found in AR-15-44b (40.45m of off-scale radioactivity – assays pending),
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The fourth and fifth rigs will test high priority regional geophysical targets on the Rook I property along the Patterson and Derkson Conductor Corridors. (see Figure 1).
- Published: 08 June 2015
- Written by Editor