Drilling Commences at the Klappibacken Uranium Project in Sweden
Vancouver, Canada, November 26 (ots/PRNewswire)
Mawson Resources
Limited ("Mawson") TSXv - MAW; Frankfurt - MRY. Michael Hudson,
President & CEO, announces that drilling has commenced at the
Klappibacken uranium project in northwestern Sweden where a
4,000-metre diamond drill program has been planned for this winter.
Significant near-surface and high-grade uranium mineralization was
intersected by the Company in a drill program reported in June 2007.
The results indicated the strength of the uranium mineralized system
and the potential for a major uranium deposit at Klappibacken. Best
results, calculated with a lower cut-off of 200ppm U(3)O(8),
included: KLADD0703 : 56 metres at 0.10% U(3)O(8) from 20 metres;
including 5 metres for 0.24% U(3)O(8) from 25 metres, and
including 24.7 metres for 0.12% U(3)O(8) from 46.3 metres;
KLADD0702 : 23.1 metres at 0.12% U(3)O(8) from 18.6 metres; and
8.6 metres at 0.10% U(3)O(8) from 51.5 metres;Klappibacken is an intrusive-related uranium deposit, hosted by a brecciated or cataclastic granite which is strongly enriched in fluorite. Uranium mineralization is present within a single lense, generally greater than 30 metres in width and locally up to 50 metres wide. Historical drilling at Klappibacken has shown that mineralization extends to greater than 150 metres below the surface, at least 120 metres along strike, and remains open both at depth and along strike.
A radon cap survey was completed by Mawson at Klappibacken in 2006, to measure the abundance of radon gas in the one metre thick soil that masks bedrock in the prospect area. Radon gas is emitted as a daughter product during the natural decay of uranium. This program identified numerous nearby exploration targets up to two kilometers along strike from Klappibacken. These targets include areas with a stronger radon gas signature than those associated with the known mineralization. The radon cap targets shall be drill tested early in the upcoming summer drilling program.
Mr Hudson states, "At Klappibacken the mineralization commences from surface and remains open at depth. Surface indications from radon cap surveys and scintillometer traverses define the footprint of high radioactivity to over two kilometres strike, of which only 120 metres has been drill tested. We look forward to testing the project over the coming months."
Further information regarding these and previous results from the Klappibacken uranium project may be found at http://www.mawsonresources.com/index.php?page(equal sign)ProjectsKlap.
The qualified person for the Klappibacken project, Mark Saxon, Director and Vice-President of Exploration for Mawson, and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified the contents of this release.
About the Company: Mawson Resources is a leading uranium explorer in Europe with more than 16 million pounds of U(3)O8 in CIM-compliant or historic resources in the nuclear energy reliant countries of Spain, Sweden and Finland. As the European Union reduces its reliance on carbon-based energy sources, Mawson is well placed as the Company develops its exploration portfolio towards the sustainable production of uranium in the shortest possible time frame.
On behalf of the Board,
"Michael Hudson"
Michael Hudson, President & CEO
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