JNR, Denison active on Saskatchewan uranium results

Vancouver Drilling results from a uranium project in Saskatchewan sparked active trading in JNR Resources (JNN-V), which is exploring the Moore Lake property with joint venture partner Denison Mines (DML-T).

Both companies said they were pleased with the results from a 38-hole program (14,317 metres) which continues to outline uranium mineralization on the Maverick Main Zone.

Results, they said, also demonstrate the highly prospective nature of the 6.5-kilometre long Maverick structural corridor, over 50% of which has yet to be drill tested, and the Avalon conductive zone.

For example, infill drilling on the Maverick Main zone intersected uranium mineralization in all six holes, with high-grade intersections in three of them.

Highlights include hole ML-140, which returned 3.20% uranium oxide over 6.5 metres, including a 3.5-metre intercept of 5.25% uranium oxide, 2.1% nickel, and 0.65% cobalt.

Investors responded by sending JNR shares up 18 to $4.10 on the TSX Venture Exchange, February 23, the day the drill results were announced. Denison rose 84 to $15.43 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The Moore Lake project is a joint venture held 75% by Denison and 25% by JNR.

The companies said significant results were obtained from several holes that tested the minimum 4.0 kilometre-long conductive zone on the Avalon grid. Of interest, they said, was hole ML-850, which represents the first-pass drilling of a 1.0 kilometre segment of the zone.

It intersected a broad 25-metre zone of highly anomalous radioactivity located well below the unconformity.

A 2007 winter exploration program, now underway, will consist of a planned minimum of 10,000 metres of drilling and 110 kilometres of line cutting and ground geophysics, as well as a property-wide airborne resistivity and magnetic survey.

With two drill rigs in operation, the companies have budgeted $5 million for exploration in 2007.

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