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enCore Energy Continues to Encounter High Grade Drill Results from the Alta Mesa Uranium Project

 

 

 

 

 

enCore Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: EU) (TSXV: EU) a United States uranium producer, announced today on-going positive results from its Alta Mesa In-Situ Recovery Central Processing Plant and Wellfield drill program. Drilling, designed to expand the producing wellfield capacity, continues to significantly exceed the cutoff grade thickness requirements for In-Situ Recovery of uranium. The Company also reports that production from its first wellfield continues to progress with increases to the number of Alta Mesa production and injection wells on schedule for 2024 and continuing into 2025.

 

Significant operational highlights include:

  • Drilling results, to mid-September 2024, at Alta Mesa Wellfield 7 (also known as Production Area Authorization 7 or PAA-7), include intercepts with Grade Thickness (“GT”) up to 3.615. Maximum total thickness encountered is 17.5 feet. The cutoff GT for ISR in South Texas is generally accepted to be 0.3 with GT being the relevant factor in determining reasonable prospects for economic extraction. GT is defined as grade multiplied by intercept thickness;
  • The Alta Mesa CPP is processing, on average, 1,700 gallons per minute of pregnant solution from initial patterns in Wellfield 7. Additional injection and production wells are currently being installed to increase the processing and production rate. The Alta Mesa CPP continues to dry, package and ship uranium yellowcake (U3O8);
  • Production from Alta Mesa Wellfield 7 is expected to increase as additional production patterns are completed and plumbed into the Alta Mesa CPP. Drilling and wellfield installation for the additional production patterns is well underway and will continue as the Alta Mesa CPP capacity is reached and maintained.

 

Wellfield delineation drilling commenced in the spring of 2023 at Alta Mesa Wellfield 7 along a previously defined ore body consisting of stacked roll fronts. The NI 43-101 Technical Report dated January 19, 2023, and titled “Technical Report Summary for the Alta Mesa Uranium Project, Brooks and Jim Hogg Counties, Texas, USA” (“Technical Report”) stated that Wellfield 7 contains 1.292 million pounds U3O8 indicated resources and 0.175 million pounds U3O8 inferred resources with an average grade thickness ranging from 0.59 to 0.68 GT using a 0.3 GT cutoff. As has been observed from historic drilling at the Alta Mesa Project, the density of drilling necessary to install an ISR wellfield provides the opportunity to identify higher grade portions of the ore body than initially estimated with the broader spaced drilling programs used to support the Technical Report. The Alta Mesa Drilling Table below continues to support that observation. As drilling continues during additional wellfield development in Wellfield 7, we expect that we will continue to observe results that could lead to an average GT significantly higher than the average GT reported in the Technical Report.

 

To view the Alta Mesa CPP and Wellfield maps please visit: bit.ly/3fV9fTg.

 

Alta Mesa Wellfield Drilling Update

 

The Alta Mesa Wellfield drilling operations , commenced in March 2023, are advancing rapidly with 80 holes drilled since the previous update (March 18, 2024). In total, 749 drill holes have been completed through mid-September 2024. At present there are seven (7) drill rigs in full operation at Alta Mesa, with plans to double that number over the next twelve (12) months.

 

Significant Alta Mesa CPP Wellfield 7 Drilling

 

Drill Hole Goliad
Sandstone
Horizon
Depth
(ft)
Grade %
U3O8
Thickness
(feet)
Grade
Thickness
(GT)
Total
Hole
GT
164-117 LCU2 491.0 0.162 5.0 0.81
161-119 LCU2 494.0 0.092 9.0 0.828
183-97 LCU2 511.0 0.051 6.5 0.329
174-96 LCU2 508.5 0.129 6.0 0.776
170-100 LCU2 508.0 0.145 3.0 0.435
LCL1 515.0 0.069 3.5 0.242 0.677
181-93 LCL1 517.0 0.424 7.5 3.179
180-89 LCU1 497.5 0.211 7.5 1.580
163-118 LCU2 494.5 0.125 6.0 0.752
172-97 LCL1 507.5 0.185 2.0 0.370
161-118 LCU1 485.5 0.111 2.5 0.277
LCL1 503.0 0.055 5.5 0.301 0.578
172-96 LCU2 507.5 0.157 8.0 1.260
171-100 LCU1 489.5 0.106 6.0 0.633
172-97 LCL1 507.5 0.185 2.0 0.370
162-117 LCU2 495.5 0.179 5.0 0.895
161-1182 LCU1 489.0 0.138 5.5 0.758
LCU2 495.0 0.238 12.0 2.857 3.615
171-95 LCU2 502.5 0.137 5.5 0.756
181-92 LCU1 495.0 0.362 5.0 1.811
181-90 LCU2 501.0 0.141 3.5 0.493
177-88 LCU2 503.0 0.203 4.5 0.912
183-96 LCL1 522.0 0.108 6.0 0.647
LCL2 529.0 0.291 9.0 2.617 3.264
172-98 LCU2 500.0 0.236 4.0 0.946
181-91 LCL1 518.0 0.306 6.5 1.988
191-89 LCU2 510 0.201 3.5 0.705
173-96 LCL1 516.5 0.130 3.5 0.454
171-96 LCU1 488.5 0.228 6.5 1.485
176-90 LCU2 508.5 0.134 3.5 0.468
193-112 LCL2 534.0 0.235 7.0 1.644
181-89 MCM1 427.0 0.125 3.5 0.439
163-118 LCU1 493.5 0.092 3.0 0.275
LCU2 499.0 0.472 4.5 2.125 2.400
All intercepts are located in the Alta Mesa Wellfield 7 which hosts mineralization within the Goliad
Formation. The Company has identified five saturated (required for ISR), mineralized sandstone horizons
within the Goliad Formation lying approximately 400 to 535 feet below the surface. The water level is
located approximately 120 feet below the surface. Grade Thickness is Grade % U3O8 multiplied by the
thickness of the mineralization. ISR recoverable uranium with a Grade Thickness of >0.3 is considered
suitable for inclusion in a wellfield.

 

Alta Mesa In-Situ Recovery Uranium Central Processing Plant & Wellfield

 

The Alta Mesa CPP and Wellfield hosts a fully licensed and constructed ISR uranium plant, located on 200,000+ acres of private land in the state of Texas. Alta Mesa is enCore’s second producing location and operates under a 70/30 joint venture between enCore Energy Corp. and Boss Energy Limited (ASX:BOE) (OTCQX:BQSSF) with enCore Energy as the managing operator.

 

Total operating capacity at the Alta Mesa CPP is 1.5 million lbs. U3O8 (uranium) per year with an additional drying and packaging capacity of more than 0.5 million lbs. U3O8. The Alta Mesa CPP historically produced nearly 5 million lbs. U3O8 between 2005 and 2013, when full production was curtailed as a result of low uranium prices.

 

Alta Mesa CPP and Wellfield highlights:

  • Alta Mesa CPP’s operations are located on 200,000 acres of private land, with 100% of minerals privately owned, and in a supportive jurisdiction with primary regulatory authority residing with the State of Texas.
  • The Alta Mesa CPP utilizes well-known ISR technology to extract uranium in a non-invasive process using natural groundwater and oxygen, coupled with a proven ion exchange process, to recover the uranium.

 

Alta Mesa & Mesteña Grande Mineral
Resource Summary (0.30 GT cutoff)1,2
Tons

 

Avg. Grade

(% U3O8)

Pounds

 

Total Measured Mineral Resource1 54,000 0.152 164,000
Alta Mesa Indicated Mineral Resource 1,397,000 0.106 2,959,000
Mesteña Grande Indicated Mineral Resource 119,000 0.120 287,000
Total Measured & Indicated Resources 1,570,000 0.109 3,410,000
Alta Mesa Inferred Mineral Resource 1,263,000 0.126 3,192,000
Mesteña Grande Inferred Mineral Resource 5,733,000 0.119 13,601,000
Total Inferred Resources 6,996,000 0.120 16,793,000
1,2 Represents that portion of the in-place mineral resource that are estimated to be recoverable within existing wellfields. Wellfield recovery
factors have not been applied to indicated and inferred mineral resources. As reported in the NI-43-101 Technical Report Summary for the Alta
Mesa Uranium Project, Brooks and Jim Hogg Counties, Texas, USA completed by Doug Beahm, PE, PG, of BRS Engineering. (Effective January 19,
2023).

 

John M. Seeley, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., enCore’s Manager of Geology and Exploration, and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure in this news release on behalf of the Company.

 

About enCore Energy Corp.

 

enCore Energy Corp., America’s Clean Energy Company™, is committed to providing clean, reliable, and affordable fuel for nuclear energy as the only United States uranium producer with multiple production facilities in operation. The enCore team is led by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of In-Situ Recovery (“ISR”) uranium operations and the nuclear fuel cycle. enCore solely utilizes ISR for uranium extraction, a well-known and proven technology co-developed by the leaders at enCore Energy.

 

Following upon enCore’s demonstrated production success in South Texas, future projects in the production pipeline include the Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota and the Gas Hills project in Wyoming. The Company holds other assets including significant New Mexico resources, non-core assets and proprietary databases. enCore is committed to working with local communities and indigenous governments to create positive impact from corporate developments

Posted October 15, 2024

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