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NE Wollaston Project
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(198
438 ha; 490 340 ac)
Location
The
project straddles the border of northeast Saskatchewan and
northwest Manitoba. It is 70 km north of Reindeer lake.
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| .NEWS SUMMARY
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Mar 17, 2010 : CanAlaska Uranium Receives Permits for Re-Commencement of Uranium and REE Exploration in Manitoba (more...)
Oct 20, 2009 : CanAlaska Uranium Details Extensive Rare Earth Mineralization at NE Wollaston (more...)
Dec 02, 2008 : CanAlaska to Undertake Uranium Exploration with Chinese Mining Partner (more...)
Feb 28, 2008 : CanAlaska Uranium Announces Extensive Uranium Mineralization at NE Wollaston Project (more...)
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Geology
The
property is underlain by rocks of the Lower Proterozoic (Trans
Hudson) age Wollaston domain. These are supercrustals which are
composed of psammites, pelites, graphitic pelites, calcsilicates
and greenstones. These rocks rest on an Archean basement and are
intruded by numerous small uraniferous pegmatites, and granite.
Exploration
Exploration
was carried out in the 1970's by SMDC and SERU which included
detailed geologic mapping, geochemical surveys and airborne
geophysics. These exploration programs located uraniferous
boulder trains, many conductors and numerous lake sediment and
radiometric anomalies. CanAlaska has used GIS in compiling these
existing datasets and has assimilated them to create a powerful
exploration tool.
Potential
Numerous
outliers, such as the Reilly basin indicate that the Athabasca
Basin was much more extensive in the past. Since the Athabasca
basin acted as the trap for the basinal brines that formed
basement hosted uranium deposits such as Rabbit Lake and Cluff
Lake, the potential exists that this style of deposit is
resident in favourable geologic terrains within the project
area. During the 1970's and 80's, the basement hosted model
was not well understood and the source of the uraniferous
boulder trains and anomalies was never located.
Exploration
Update (see news release October
24, 2005)
Uranium
assays continue to be received from sampling and mapping of
boulder fields and uranium rich outcrops. In addition,
previous assay results continue to be supported, with localized
zones of uranium enrichment discovered up-ice of extensive
boulder trains. Threshold values of 0.2% U3O8 (4
lbs/ton) are regularly exceeded, with the highest outcrop values
ranging from 0.5 -- 0.8% U3O8, and boulders from 2% - 11% U3O8.
Pitchblende pebbles have been recovered in several locations
along the Maguire Lake trend.
Extensive
lake sampling has highlighted several domains of uranium
enrichment, some associated with identified uranium zones, and
some not yet explored. The Company is looking for
high-grade basement hosted lenses and replacement systems at
shallow depths as well as areas amenable to bulk mining.
Strategic Partnership (see news release December 02,
2008)
CanAlaska Uranium has executed a Memorandum of Understanding for the exploration of the NE Wollaston project with East Resources Inc., a company whose principals also own a controlling interest in Allway Minerals and Science Technology Co. Ltd.
(www.allway.cc), a private enterprise with its headquarters based in Xian, China. Allway is a mining concern with diversified operations across China in the production of nickel, lead-zinc, copper, vanadium and gold. Most recently, Allway has begun to expand its international operations in Canada and Indonesia. |
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