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Denison Announces Completion of Highly Successful Phoenix ISR Field Test Program
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Denison Announces Completion of Highly Successful Phoenix ISR Field Test Program\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n PR Newswire\n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n Oct. 28, 2021\n \n /PRNewswire/ -\n \n Denison Mines Corp.\n \n (\"Denison\" or the \"Company\") (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce the initial results of a highly successful In-Situ Recovery (\"ISR\") field test program (\"2021 ISR Field Test\") completed within the commercial-scale ISR test pattern installed in the Phase 1 area of the high-grade\n \n Phoenix\n \n uranium deposit (\"Phoenix\") at the Company's 95% owned Wheeler River Uranium Project (\"Wheeler River\" or the \"Project\") in northern Saskatchewan.\n \n View PDF Version\n \n \n \n \n \n Achieved the commercial-scale production flowrate assumed in the Pre-Feasibility Study (\"PFS\") prepared for the Project in 2018.\n \n \n \n \n Demonstrated hydraulic control of injected solution during ion tracer test – reporting no elevated values of the tracer element in the monitoring wells surrounding the commercial-scale test pattern.\n \n \n \n \n Established breakthrough times between injection and recovery wells, spaced 5 to 10 meters apart, that are consistent with previous 'Proof of Concept' hydrogeological modelling conducted by Petrotek Corporation (\"Petrotek\").\n \n \n \n \n Completed 'clean-up phase' following tracer test demonstrating ability to remediate the test pattern – reducing tracer concentrations to as low as 4% of peak test levels within eight days of remediation.\n \n \n \n \n \n David Cates\n \n , Denison's President & CEO, commented,\n \n \n \"We are pleased to have safely and successfully completed another significant ISR field program at\n \n Phoenix\n \n . Our evaluation team and field staff have worked diligently over an eight-month period to expertly carry out a complex project execution plan that has delivered the data and results necessary for our Company to continue our industry-leading efforts to further de-risk the application of the ISR mining me...