The mineralized zone included a 20-cm interval of semi-massive pitchblende. Strongly sheared Graphitic-pyritic Pelitic Gneiss was encountered to 392 metres with the targeted mineralized zone being intersected over 8.6 metres immediately above the graphitic unit between 344.0 and 352.6 metres. Quartz-rich Pelitic Gneiss with hematite, clay and chlorite alteration was encountered to a depth of 362 metres and a 4.4-metre wide clay-altered fault zone, which returned an average of 1,500 cps from the downhole probe, was intersected between 304.4 and 308.8 metres. Graphitic-pyritic Pelitic Gneiss was encountered between 409 and 432 metres, Pelitic Gneiss was then drilled to 499 metres and the hole was completed within Granitic Gneiss at 549 metres.ĭrill hole HK15-33 was collared 35 metres west of the HK15-27 drill hole and was drilled with a dip of -70 degrees. A brecciated and re-silicified quartz vein, a product of hydrothermal fluids, was intersected at the projected depth of the high-grade mineralization. Two zones of anomalous radioactivity, 3.4 and 4.1 metres in thickness, were encountered with grades slightly lower than 0.05% eU3O8 between 387 and 396 metres. The unconformity was reached at a depth of 158 metres then Quartz-rich Pelitic Gneiss displaying hematite, clay and chlorite alteration was encountered to 409 metres. Spitfire high-grade mineralization remains open in most directions while the mineralized trend remains relatively untested for an additional eight kilometers to the northeast.įollow-up Drill Results - HK15-27 High-grade Uranium Discoveryĭrill hole HK15-31 tested the structure intersected by HK15-27 that returned 2.23% U3O8 over 2.8 metres at depth by backing the drill up 35 metres and drilling with a dip of -70 degrees.True thickness of the mineralization is expected to be 75 to 85% of the intersection lengths and.HK15-33 is a 40 metre step-out up-dip from the high grade mineralization intersected in hole HK15-27.The last hole of the season, HK15-33, intersected 8.6 metres of mineralization (using a cut-off grade of 0.05% eU3O8) and included 20 cm of semi-massive pitchblende."Our new Spitfire intercepts remain open for exploration in most directions and the Patterson trend, which continues for another 8 kilometers on our property, holds tremendous potential for additional mineralization." "The Spitfire high-grade intercepts represent the eastern extent of the 14 kilometer Patterson mineralization trend that includes Fission's newly discovered R600W zone, their Triple R deposits and NexGen's Arrow deposit and Bow Zone," said Scott Frostad, Purepoint's Vice President of Exploration. Assay results will be provided as soon as they become available. The uranium mineralization of HK15-33 again coincides with the upper contact of a strongly sheared Graphitic-pyritic Pelitic Gneiss unit. The step-out hole averaged 8,900 counts per second (cps) over 8.6 metres from the downhole gamma probe and returned a peak reading of 32,600 cps from an interval of semi-massive pitchblende. The final hole of the program, HK15-33, intersected 8.6 metres of uranium mineralization that includes a 20 cm interval of semi-massive pitchblende.ĭrill hole HK15-33 intersected mineralization 40 metres up-dip of drill hole HK15-27 that returned 12.90% U3O8 over 0.4 Metres within 2.23% U3O8 over 2.8 metres. (TSX VENTURE:PTU) today reported on drilling that has expanded the recently announced discovery of high-grade mineralization at the Hook Lake JV (Purepoint PR, March 31, 2015). TORONTO, ONTARIO-(Marketwired - April 15, 2015) - Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.