Eagle Plains Reports Positive Results from Don Lake Uranium Project Drilling
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Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. has announced additional results from drilling at the Don Lake Uranium Project, located near Uranium City, Saskatchewan. The project, which hosts near-surface uranium mineralization and a past-producing uranium mine, has seen multiple zones of anomalous radioactivity intersected during the 1106-meter, 10-hole program.
The drilling, contracted to Apex Drilling and based out of Uranium City, targeted structurally-controlled uranium mineralization defined by historical work and results from the 2025-2026 field programs. Highlights include:
- DN26005 intersected 1.3 meters averaging 2898 counts per second (cps). - DN26006 intersected 5.5 meters averaging 2656 cps. - DN26008 intersected 0.7 meters averaging 10403 cps. - DN26009 intersected 0.6 meters averaging 12473 cps.
Anomalous radioactivity is generally associated with strongly silica-feldspar, hematite, and chlorite altered gabbroic gneiss. Historical exploration, including trenching and 37 shallow drill holes, has outlined anomalous uranium mineralization over approximately 525 meters of strike length in the A-B-C Zone area.
At the A Zone, the first three holes in 2026 also intersected anomalous radioactivity in multiple zones, including:
- DN26001 intersected 1.9 meters averaging 11571 cps. - DN26002 intersected 1.1 meters averaging 11753 cps. - DN26003 intersected 1.2 meters averaging 2700 cps.
The 2026 drilling program is testing for shallow, structurally-controlled uranium mineralization west of the Black Bay Fault and north of the Townsend Fault, within the Don and Midas Targets. The holes are aligned to target the intersection between NE-trending and NW-trending structures. At the Don Target area, the drilling will test for extensions of high-grade uranium mineralization beneath the A, B, C Zone trenches. At the Midas zone, drilling will target the source of the coincident 2026 uranium geochemical anomalies and the strong anomaly defined by the 2026 radiometric survey.
The Don Lake Project, covering 1671 hectares, is home to 12 Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index (SMDI) occurrences associated with Beaverlodge-type basement hosted uranium mineralization. The project is traversed by the Boom Lake and Black Bay Faults, with the latter inferred to control uranium mineralization in the Beaverlodge camp. The property also features the Martin Group sediments forming an unconformable contact with older Tazin Group gneisses, along the hanging wall of the Black Bay Fault.
Historical work at the Don Lake Project has identified three zones of radioactivity and uranium mineralization: Zone A, Zone B, and Zone C. Zone A, a vein system 213.4 meters long, has seen 14 trenches and 20 shallow drill holes completed, with analytical results ranging from trace values up to 8.57% uranium trioxide (U3O8) over 0.91 meters and 2.86% U3O8 over 0.61 meters in trenching and 10.7% U3O8 over 0.3 meters and 2.14% U3O8 over 0.67 meters in drilling (AF74N10-0422). Zone B, positioned to the northwest, has seen 12 shallow diamond drill holes and 20 trenches completed, with trench sampling reporting grades as high as 1.17% U3O8 over 1.98 meters, and drilling results including 0.71% U3O8 over 0.34 meters and 0.64% U3O8 over 0.3 meters. Zone C, to the southeast of Zones A and B, has defined the NW-SE mineralized trend with 6 shallow drillholes and 9 trenches completed, where trench samples returned from trace amounts up to 3.02% U3O8 over 0.61 meters, and drilling intercepts included 0.80% U3O8 over 0.3 meters and 0.85% U3O8 over 0.52 meters.
Additional radioactive occurrences, including the Midas Cu-U Showing and the Townsend Fault Uranium Showings, have also been identified. The project is part of a formal Exploration Agreement between Eagle Plains and the Ya'thi Néné Lands and Resource Office, representing the Athabasca Denesułiné First Nations of Hatchet Lake, Black Lake, and Fond du Lac, the Northern Hamlet of Stony Rapids, and the Northern Settlements of Uranium City, Wollaston Lake, and Camsell Portage.
The 2026 budget for the Don Lake Project is approximately $1.1 million, with $200,000 allocated to fieldwork and $900,000 for drilling. All work is managed by TerraLogic Exploration Inc.