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Formation Capital Corporation Financial News
Highest Grade Uranium Mineralization to date Encountered on Virgin River Project
Vancouver, B.C. March 07, 2008 - Formation Capital Corporation (the "Company", FCO-TSX,)
is pleased to provide its shareholders with an update on its Virgin
River Uranium Project, as provided to the Company by project operator,
Cameco Corporation. Located within the south-central portion of the
Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, the project is a joint
venture formed in 1998 between Formation Capital Corporation's wholly
owned Canadian subsidiary, Coronation Mines Limited, and UEM, jointly
owned by Cameco Corporation and by AREVA Resources Canada Inc.
Coronation Mines Limited owns 2% of the project with a right to
increase its ownership of the project up to 10% under certain
circumstances.
Diamond drilling during the summer and fall of 2007 consisted of 3
pilot holes (DDH VR-028, 029 and 030) and 4 wedge holes (DDH VR-027W2,
028W1, 029W1 and 030W1) totaling a combined 4,788 metres. Results from
previous diamond drilling completed earlier in 2007 were released in
the Company's news release dated July 05, 2007.
Drill holes from the program were designed to follow up on the
Centennial Zone mineralization intersected during the 2004 - 2006
programs, test the zone's strike extent and grade, and evaluate the
importance of a known graphitic conductor located to the east of the
mineralization, known as the C conductor.
The highest grade uranium mineralization to date has been encountered
in this latest round of drilling and validated a newly developed
geological interpretation of the mineralizing system. The Centennial
Zone has now been defined over a strike length of at least 550 metres
and remains open for expansion along the strike to the south. Drilling
continues on the project with a second drill rig being mobilized to
expedite exploration and development. Results of the drill program are
as follows:
Summary of U3O8 Grade Calculations - Centennial Zone Summer / Fall Drilling 2007
DDH VR-027W2
L11+00N 184+80E |
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Grade Calculation Method |
Grade |
From |
To |
True Thickness |
Maximum Grade |
Average Grade |
GT |
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Cut-off |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%U3O8) |
(%U3O8) |
(m*%) |
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Geochemical Assay U3O8 (ICP) |
0.50% |
805.7 |
819.9 |
14.2 |
52.200 |
9.386 |
133.28 |
(includes) |
1.00% |
809.6 |
819.9 |
10.3 |
52.200 |
12.764 |
131.47 |
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Delayed Neutron Count Method |
0.50% |
805.7 |
819.9 |
14.2 |
51.600 |
9.271 |
131.65 |
(Slowpoke) (includes) |
1.00% |
809.6 |
819.9 |
10.3 |
51.600 |
12.602 |
129.80 |
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Average Geochemical Assay (U3O8) |
0.50% |
805.7 |
819.9 |
14.2 |
51.900 |
9.329 |
132.46 |
(includes) |
1.00% |
809.6 |
819.9 |
10.3 |
51.900 |
12.683 |
130.63 |
DDH VR-029
L7+00N 184+50E |
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Grade Calculation Method |
Grade |
From |
To |
True Thickness |
Maximum Grade |
Average Grade |
GT |
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Cut-off |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%U3O8) |
(%U3O8) |
(m*%) |
Geochemical Assay U3O8 (ICP) |
0.50% |
797.0 |
799.5 |
2.5 |
1.760 |
0.813 |
2.03 |
(includes) |
1.00% |
797.0 |
797.5 |
0.5 |
1.760 |
1.760 |
0.88 |
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Delayed Neutron Count Method |
0.50% |
797.0 |
799.5 |
2.5 |
1.720 |
0.815 |
2.04 |
(Slowpoke) (includes) |
1.00% |
797.0 |
797.5 |
0.5 |
1.720 |
1.720 |
0.86 |
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Average Geochemical Assay (U3O8) |
0.50% |
797.0 |
799.5 |
2.5 |
1.740 |
0.814 |
2.04 |
(includes) |
1.00% |
797.0 |
797.5 |
0.5 |
1.740 |
1.740 |
0.87 |
DDH VR-029W1
L7+00N 184+50E |
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Grade Calculation Method |
Grade |
From |
To |
True Thickness |
Maximum Grade |
Average Grade |
GT |
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Cut-off |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(%U3O8) |
(%U3O8) |
(m*%) |
Geochemical Assay U3O8 (ICP) |
0.50% |
797.5 |
802.0 |
4.5 |
38.000 |
10.408 |
46.84 |
(includes) |
1.00% |
798.0 |
802.0 |
4.0 |
38.000 |
11.630 |
46.51 |
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Delayed Neutron Count Method |
0.50% |
797.5 |
802.0 |
4.5 |
38.400 |
10.301 |
46.36 |
(Slowpoke) (includes) |
1.00% |
798.0 |
802.0 |
4.0 |
38.400 |
11.508 |
46.03 |
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Average Geochemical Assay (U3O8) |
0.50% |
797.5 |
802.0 |
4.5 |
38.200 |
10.355 |
46.60 |
(includes) |
1.00% |
798.0 |
802.0 |
4.0 |
38.200 |
11.569 |
46.28 |
The 2007 diamond-drilling program focussed on outlining the northern
and the southern strike extent of mineralization of the Centennial
Zone. Significant uranium intersections were encountered in six diamond
drill holes (DDH's VR-026, VR-027, VR-027W1, VR-027W2, VR-029 and
VR-029W1), with an additional five drill holes (DDH's VR-025, VR-028,
VR-028W1, VR-030 and VR-030W1) intersecting significant alteration,
structural disruption and anomalous radioactivity.
DDH VR-027W2, a wedge hole, designed to test the presumed
down-dip extension of predominantly Athabasca Group-hosted
mineralization intersected in DDH's VR-027 and VR-027W1 encountered
significant high-grade mineralization straddling the Athabasca Group --
Virgin River Domain unconformity. The interval of high-grade
mineralization yielded an average assay (ICP-OES and DNC) of 9.329% U3O8 over 14.2 m from 805.7 -- 819.9 m = 132.46GT, that includes an interval of 12.683% U3O8 over 10.3 m from 809.6 -- 819.9 m = 130.64GT and a 30 cm interval of 51.9% U3O8. This intersection is the best ever obtained on the Centennial Zone to date.
DDH VR-028, a pilot hole, designed to test the presumed down-dip
extension of weak Athabasca Group-hosted mineralization intersected
approximately 100 m above the unconformity in DDH VR-026 encountered
elevated radioactivity and local weak mineralization immediately above
the Athabasca Group-Virgin River Domain unconformity.
DDH VR-028W1, a wedge hole, designed to test the unconformity to
the grid east of the low-grade intersection in DDH VR-028 encountered
weak mineralization associated with the Athabasca Group -- Virgin River
Domain unconformity. Significant post-Athabasca faulting, the most
intense intersected to date on the Virgin River project, affects the
Virgin River Domain basement assemblage. This intense structural
disruption, coupled with the presence of Virgin River Domain quartzites
(siliceous mylonites) in the basement section of all three drill holes
on L13+00N and the weakly graphitic pelitic schists in DDH VR-028W1,
suggests that a major crosscutting fault has displaced the basement
stratigraphy and perhaps the Centennial Zone itself in this area.
DDH VR-029, a pilot hole, designed to test the presumed strike
of the Centennial Zone immediately to the grid west of two prior drill
holes DDH's VR-020 and -020W1 intersected weak mineralization
immediately below the Athabasca Group -- Virgin River Domain
unconformity. DDH's VR-020 and VR-020W1 are believed to have overshot
the possible southern strike continuation of the zone. DDH VR-029
intersected elevated radioactivity and weak mineralization immediately
below the Athabasca Group -- Virgin River Domain unconformity. The
interval of weak mineralization yielded an average assay (ICP-OES and
DNC) of 0.814% U3O8 over 2.5 m from 797.0 -- 799.5 m = 2.04GT, that includes an interval of 1.740% U3O8 over 0.5 m from 797.0 -- 797.5 m = 0.87GT.
DDH VR-029W1, a wedge hole, designed to test the unconformity to
the grid east of the weak mineralization intersected in DDH VR-029
encountered elevated radioactivity and local weak mineralization
associated with the Athabasca Group -- Virgin River Domain
unconformity. DDH VR-029W1 intersected structurally controlled elevated
radioactivity and significant mineralization associated with the
Athabasca Group -- Virgin River Domain unconformity. The interval of
significant mineralization yielded an average assay (ICP-OES and DNC)
of 10.35% U3O8 over 4.5 m from 797.5 -- 802.0 m = 46.60GT, that includes an interval of 11.569% U3O8 over 4.0 m from 798.0 -- 802.0 m = 46.28GT.
DDH VR-030, a pilot hole, designed to test the along strike
projection of the Centennial Zone to the grid south of the
unconformity-hosted mineralization encountered in DDH's VR-029 and
VR-029W1. DDH VR-030 steepened significantly and is thought to have
undershot the optimal target. Only minor elevated radioactivity was
encountered above the Athabasca Group -- Virgin River Domain
unconformity in this drill hole.
DDH VR-030W1, a wedge hole, designed to test the unconformity to
the grid east of the DDH VR-030 encountered only minor elevated
radioactivity within the Athabasca Group, suggesting that the
Centennial Zone is bending to the grid west and both DDH's VR-030 and
VR-030W1 overshot the optimal target.
To date, over $12 million has been spent on the project exploring for a
large unconformity-type deposit that has resulted in the discovery of
the Centennial Zone. According to Cameco, the uranium intersections
obtained in the Centennial Zone are the most significant ever
encountered along the entire Dufferin / Virgin River Trend in more than
25 years of exploration.
The Joint Venture approved a budget of $5.5 million for 2008 to
continue exploration of the project, an increase of 67% over last
year's budget. E.R. (Rick) Honsinger, P.Geo., is the Qualified Person
under National Instrument 43-101 who has reviewed the information in
this release as submitted to the Company by the project's operator,
Cameco Corporation. More news on the project will be released when
available.
Formation Capital Corporation
"Mari-Ann Green"
Mari-Ann Green
C.E.O.
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