EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

NexGen hits uranium bullseye

NexGen Energy made a huge statement earlier this year with the release of its maiden resource estimate at the Rook I property in the Athabasca Basin of Canada. Drilling out a more than 200 million pound inferred resource at the Arrow deposit, which carried a grade of 2.68% U3O8, was some achievement.

NexGen’s Rook I project covers 9km out of the known 14km mineralised strike length in the southwest Athabasca district

NexGen’s Rook I project covers 9km out of the known 14km mineralised strike length in the southwest Athabasca district

Since then, the company has continued to build on this success, reaffirming the standout nature of the A2 shear at Arrow (where there is 120.5Mlb of high-grade resource averaging 13.26% U3O8) and solidifying...

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