Standard Uranium Ltd (TSX-V:STND, OTCQB:STTDF, FRA:9SU0) has begun drilling at its Davidson River uranium project in Saskatchewan, the company said on Tuesday, kicking off its largest exploration campaign to date.
The 2026 helicopter-supported program is planned to exceed approximately 8,000 metres of diamond drilling across three major conductor trends over roughly 12 weeks, making it the largest drill campaign in Standard Uranium's history.
"Our technical team has done an exceptional job advancing the project over the last several years and armed with our new Multiphysics datasets we are applying a discovery-driven approach to what we believe are the strongest drill targets we have ever had at Davidson River,” said Sean Hillacre, president and vice president exploration. “The combination of new data, refined geological interpretation, and a much higher-confidence targeting approach gives us tremendous enthusiasm heading into this next phase of exploration.”
Two drill rigs will test new targets along the Bronco, Thunderbird, and Warrior structural corridors. Drill holes have been designed to target high-grade basement-hosted uranium mineralisation, following up on prior diamond drill programs and newly integrated ExoSphere Multiphysics survey data.
In partnership with Fleet Space Technologies, Standard Uranium completed the first-ever ExoSphere Multiphysics surveys in the southwest Athabasca Basin region, integrating 3D ambient noise tomography, horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio, and ground gravity datasets to generate cover-corrected 3D models of basement velocity, density, and structural architecture across all three corridors.
The integration of that multiphysics data with prior drill results, electromagnetic conductors, and machine-learning targeting has produced what the company describes as its highest-confidence drill targets to date at Davidson River.
Davidson River covers 30,737 hectares across ten contiguous mineral claims along the western extension of structural corridors that host the Southwest Athabasca's most significant uranium discoveries. The company considers the project highly prospective for shallow, high-grade basement-hosted uranium mineralization.