{"id":1176584,"date":"2020-04-07T08:15:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1019399"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:15:37","slug":"azarga-optimistic-following-revelations-from-gas-hills-historical-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1176584","title":{"rendered":"Azarga optimistic following revelations from Gas Hill\u2019s historical data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Azarga Uranium (TSX: AZZ) announced that, through the analysis of historical data, it has identified additional uranium mineralization at its Gas Hills project in Wyoming, USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The property sits approximately 250 miles from Azarga\u2019s initial development priority, the Dewey Burdock in-situ recovery uranium project located in South Dakota. Thus, Gas Hills has the potential to become a satellite project to Dewey Burdock.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Azarga believes Gas Hills has the potential to transform into a significant satellite deposit for the company&#8217;s flagship Dewey Burdock project<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a press release, the Canadian miner said that one of the main revelations provided by the data was the existence of 147 mineralized drill holes with 173 intercepts equal to or exceeding a 0.2 grade-thickness (GT) cutoff using a 0.02% grade cutoff with an average U<sub>3<\/sub>0<sub>8<\/sub> grade of 0.137% and an average thickness of 5.3 feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The data also showed that sandstone-hosted roll front uranium mineralization is located below the water table indicating potential for ISR amenability; that there is uranium mineralization contained within the company\u2019s existing mineral leases\/permits for Gas Hills, and that the expanded envelope of uranium mineralization indicates the potential to supplement the existing Gas Hills Project resource estimate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is sufficient hydraulic head and permeability to allow for the successful use of ISR mining techniques at the majority of the Gas Hills project resource estimate and this additional uranium mineralization indicates further upside potential for ISR amenable mineralization,\u201d John Mays, Azarga\u2019s CEO, said in the media brief. \u201cThe analysis of the Gas Hills data set has not yet been completed and as we continue our review, we expect that further uranium mineralization will be identified at the Gas Hills project.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian miner identified additional uranium mineralization at the 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