Drilling To Commence On The NW Athabasca Property, Saskatchewan
October 25, 2012
TORONTO, Ontario (October 25, 2012) - Mega Uranium Ltd. (TSX:MGA) ("Mega") and Forum Uranium Corp. (TSXV:FDC) ("Forum") are pleased to announce the commencement of a 1,300 metre drill program on the NW Athabasca property. The program is designed to test three high priority targets:
Zone 2A - with an historical drill intercept of 5.68% U3O8 over 8.5m, at a vertical depth of 30 metres; Barney - follow-up drilling of a hole that intersected intense alteration and extensive brecciation, as well as anomalous pathfinder elements (e.g. boron); and Maurice Creek South - an untested, strong, 400 x 600 metre gravity target.A winter drill program is also being planned for the first quarter of 2013 as a follow-up to the current program as well as to drill additional untested targets. These plans include further drilling at the newly discovered Opie zone, which is not accessible in the fall 2012 program.The NW Athabasca property hosts the Maurice Bay deposit (historical resource* of 1.5 million pounds uranium at 0.6% U3O8). The positive results returned from the drill program completed in March 2012, including the discovery of the Opie Zone (0.142% U3O8 over 7.6 metres), has encouraged Forum and Mega to step up exploration of the property. All targets are similar to Cameco's Millennium deposit and Rio Tinto's Roughrider deposit and at much shallower depths (less than 100 metres).
Forum and Mega Option with Cameco Forum and Mega Uranium have entered into a 50/50 Joint Venture Agreement to manage the exploration program during the earn-in period with Forum as initial Operator. Forum and Mega can earn a 60% interest in the NW Athabasca project, a joint venture between Cameco Corporation and Areva Resources Canada, by completing $4 million in exploration over four years and making cash payments totaling $400,000 over three years, of which $140,000 has been paid. It is anticipated that Forum and Mega will vest their joint 60% interest in the property upon completion of the current program.
Figure 1: NW Athabasca Project Gravity Survey. The proposed 2012 fall work areas are circled in black. Michael Downes Ph.D., P.Geo., Vice President North America and Qualified Person for Mega, has reviewed the technical content of this news release. The NW Athabasca project will form part of the Mega projects being sold to NexGen Energy Ltd., as announced August 9, 2012. That transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012.
*Historical resource for the Maurice Bay deposit, as reported by Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, Miscellaneous Report 2003-7, has not been calculated or classified under the specifications of National Instrument 43-101 and should not be relied upon.
ABOUT MEGA URANIUMMega Uranium Ltd. is a Toronto-based mineral resources company with a focus on uranium properties in Australia, Canada and Cameroon. Further information on Mega can be found on the company's website at www.megauranium.com.
For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Mega Uranium Ltd. Richard Patricio EVP Corporate Affairs T: (416) 643-7630 info@megauranium.com www.megauranium.com
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