Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp said its 2022 prospecting program at its Alces Lake project in Saskatchewan has returned exciting assay results, including the discovery of massive to semi-massive monazite.
Highlights from the program include 36.11 weight percent (wt%) total rare earth oxides (TREO) from samples of massive to semi-massive monazite in outcrop at the West Limb anomaly, and 3.34 wt% returned from a mineralized biotite shear zone at the West Limb anomaly.
Further, 4.34 wt% TREO was returned from visible monazite in a shear zone at a previously unexplored and un-named radiometric prospect south of the Magnet Ridge zone, and 2.03 wt% TREO was returned from visible monazite discovered in the Western Anomaly.
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Appia vice president exploration Irvine Annesley said continuing to find new occurrences of visible and massive monazite on the Alces Lake property showed its amazing potential.
“Multiple results exceeding one percent total rare earth oxides from new targets, not explored before 2022, tells us we are just scratching the surface at Alces Lake,” Annesley said. “With so much area left to explore we are excited about what remains to be discovered and new targets to be drilled."
The company said with another successful year following up on the results of its 2021 airborne radiometric survey, it has engaged a geophysical contractor to expand the survey coverage to all of the 35,682-hectare property.
Appia CEO Tom Drivas added that the 2022 prospecting results had shown how effective and valuable a tool the airborne radiometric data is.
“This is an important step for unlocking the full potential of Alces Lake as part of an emerging rare earth elements district,” he said.
Appia is a publicly traded Canadian company in the rare earth element and uranium sectors.
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