Baselode Intersects Widest Zone of Elevated Radioactivity To Date, Updates on ACKIO High-Grade Uranium Drill Program

TORONTO, April 4, 2022 /CNW/ - Baselode Energy Corp. (TSXV: FIND) (OTCQB: BSENF) ("Baselode" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update to the ongoing 20,000 metre diamond drilling program (the "Program") on the ACKIO high-grade uranium discovery ("ACKIO"), Hook project ("Hook"), Athabasca Basin area, northern Saskatchewan.

"ACKIO continues to grow in size and impress us with results.  Both AK22-18 and AK22-19 demonstrate the robust size of the uranium-fertile fluid pathways that have penetrated the ACKIO area.  We are convinced that our drill holes to date have intersected the distal damage zone along the edges of a major mineralized structure and that a larger deposition point exists along the trend.  Our recent structural analysis of ACKIO is very compelling as it confirms numerous features previously identified with our geophysical surveys which could lead to the discovery of zones with higher levels of radioactivity and point us to targets for unconformity mineralization. We are excited to continue drilling the ACKIO mineralized trend and to test other prospective targets on the Hook Project," said James Sykes, CEO, President and Director of Baselode. 

Highlights include;

• Drill hole AK22-18 has intersected the broadest zone of continuously elevated radioactivity summed over the entire drill hole length on the project to date, including a highlight of 2,130 cps over 2.6 m at 164.5 m depth and a maximum of 4,550 cps over 0.2 m at 166.5 m depth (see Table 1)
• Drill holes AK22-13, AK22-14 and AK22-19 intersected highlights of;
• 1,317 cps over 2.35 m at 166.5 m depth,
• 1,152 cps over 2.9 m at 157.2 m depth,
• 1,037 cps over 2.05 m at 219.95 m including a maximum of 8,000 cps over 0.1 m at 221.6 m and 1,160 cps over 4.55 m at 236.8 m including a maximum of 9,200 cps over 0.1 m at 239.9 m, respectively

• The Upper zone strike length has been extended to over 200 metres and the Lower zone strike length now measures greater than 150 metres; both zones remain open in all directions (see Figure 1). The Upper and Lower zones are between 90 to 125 m and 150 to 200 m beneath the surface, respectively
• Structural analysis has confirmed the presence of northeast-southwest oriented faults cross-cutting the northwest-southeast local fabric which could control 1) higher levels of radioactivity observed in drill holes AK21-01 and AK22-11 (see previous news releases), and 2) offsets of the current northwest-southeast mineralization extents

The Company is preparing a video presentation to provide more details and interpretations regarding the results and details from this news release.  The video is expected within the next 10 days.

Since announcing the start of the Program on February 9, 2022 (see Company News Release), Baselode has completed 15 drill holes (AK22-05 to AK22-19) for 4,754.6 m (see Figure 1).  Eight drill holes have intersected continuously elevated radioactivity.  A complete list of drill hole collars and hand-held scintillometer radioactivity composite measurements from this news release are provided in Table 1.

Samples from these eight drill holes have been submitted to the Saskatchewan Research Council's ("SRC") Geoanalytical Laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for whole-rock, multi-element and U₃O₈ analysis. Baselode will continue to provide Program updates on a bi-monthly to monthly schedule.  Uranium assay results will be released as they are received after being compiled and thoroughly checked by the technical team.

The Program is helicopter-supported to lessen any ground-induced environmental impacts within the project area, and will allow the Company to continue the Program during Spring thaw. 

ACKIO is located 30 km southeast of well-established infrastructure including an all-season road and powerline between Cameco Corp.'s (TSX: CCO) and Orano's McArthur River mine and Key Lake Uranium mill joint ventures.  ACKIO is 70 km northeast of the Key Lake mill. 

NOTES:
1.	cps* = "counts-per-second", as measured with a handheld RS-125 Gamma-Ray Spectrometer/Scintillometer.  The reader is cautioned that Baselode uses scintillometer readings as a preliminary indication for the presence of radioactive materials (uranium, thorium and/or potassium), and that scintillometer results may not be used directly to quantify or qualify uranium concentrations of the rock samples measured.
2.	The Company considers all RS-125 readings greater than 300 cps to be considered elevated radioactivity, with background radioactivity measuring between 50 to 125 cps.
3.	"Continuous elevated radioactivity" means drill core length with no greater than 2.0 m of consecutive drill hole length measuring less than 300 cps.
4.	All reported drill hole depths and lengths do not represent true thicknesses which have yet to be determined.

About Baselode Energy Corp.
Baselode controls 100% of approximately 227,000 hectares for exploration in the Athabasca Basin area, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The land package is free of any option agreements or underlying royalties.

Baselode's Athabasca 2.0 exploration thesis is focused on discovering near-surface, basement-hosted, high-grade uranium orebodies outside of the Athabasca Basin. The exploration thesis is further complemented by the Company's preferred use of innovative and well-understood geophysical methods to map deep structural controls to identify shallow targets for diamond drilling.

QP Statement
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Cameron MacKay, P.Geo., Vice-President, Exploration & Development for Baselode Energy Corp., who is considered to be a  Qualified Person as defined in "National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects."

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FIGURE 1 – Plan map of the ACKIO area

TABLE 1 – Drill collar details and continuous composite elevated radioactivity results from drill holes AK22-12 to AK22-19

DDH	Target Area	East	North	Elevation	Azimuth	Dip	EOH	Radioactivity (>300 cps)	Assay Results (>0.5 wt% U3O8)
AK22-12	ACKIO	526,245	6,372,855	460	270	-90	237	No significant results	Assay results pending
AK22-13	ACKIO	526,190	6,372,805	460	270	-45	306	712 cps over 8.1 m at 166.1 m	Assay results pending
AK22-14	ACKIO	526,190	6,372,805	460	270	-60	350	1,152 cps over 2.9 m at 157.2 m	Assay results pending
AK22-15	ACKIO	526,160	6,373,058	460	270	-60	381	600 cps over 0.5 m at 134.0 m	Assay results pending
								615 cps over 7.9 m at 178.3 m	Assay results pending
AK22-16	ACKIO	526,160	6,373,058	460	270	-45	280	No significant results	Assay results pending
AK22-17	ACKIO	526,160	6,373,058	460	270	-90	304	No significant results	Assay results pending
AK22-18	ACKIO	526,243	6,372,902	460	270	-60	372	530 cps over 2.65 m at 112.4 m	Assay results pending
								563 cps over 0.2 m at 139.85 m	Assay results pending
								2,130 cps over 2.6 m at 164.5 m	Assay results pending
								673 cps over 4.3 m at 171.3 m	Assay results pending
								350 cps over 0.1 m at 192.3 m	Assay results pending
								539 cps over 7.0 m at 200.0 m	Assay results pending
								425 cps over 0.3 m at 209.3 m	Assay results pending
								350 cps over 0.1 m at 211.3 m	Assay results pending
								579 cps over 5.9 m at 218.75 m	Assay results pending
								460 cps over 3.25 m at 227.15 m	Assay results pending
								850 cps over 0.6 m at 236.6 m	Assay results pending
								977 cps over 1.25 m at 277.55 m	Assay results pending
AK22-19	ACKIO	526,243	6,372,902	460	270	-45	339	375 cps over 5.25 m at 209.4 m	Assay results pending
								2,200 cps over 0.15 m at 216.65 m	Assay results pending
								1,037 cps over 2.05 m at 219.95 m	Assay results pending
								699 cps over 15.1 m at 226.25 m	Assay results pending
								493 cps over 0.8 m at 244.05 m	Assay results pending
8 DDH							2,569.0	5 DDH	0 DDH
NOTES: East and North units are metres using NAD83 datum, UTM Zone 13N
Elevation is recorded as "metres above sea level"
EOH = End of hole, measured in metres
Composite radioactivity results use 300 cps cut-off and do not contain greater than 2.0 m consecutive dilution

 

SOURCE Baselode Energy Corp.

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