Business
Nortec Minerals Exploration Update, Cottonwood Uranium-Vanadium Project, Southeast Utah
(TheNewswire) Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire - October 13, 2020 - NORTEC...
About this update from Nortec Minerals Corp
[{"type":"text","content":"Nortec Minerals Exploration Update, Cottonwood Uranium-Vanadium Project, Southeast Utah\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, BC -\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n October 13, 2020 -\n \n \n NORTEC MINERALS CORP\n \n \n .\n \n \n (the \"Company\" or \"Nortec\")\n \n \n (\n \n \n TSXV\n \n \n :\n \n \n NVT\n \n \n ):\n \n \n \n \n Further to the Company's press releases dated September\n15 and 24, 2020, Nortec provides additional information for the\nexploration program on\n \n \n its Cottonwood\nUranium-Vanadium Project (the \"Cottonwood Property\") in\nGarfield County, Southeast Utah, USA. The Property is located\napproximately 372 kilometres (230 miles) by road southeast of Salt\nLake City, Utah and is situated in the Cottonwood Wash-Trachyte\nuranium-vanadium district, Henry Mountains Basin.\n \n \n \n \n The exploration program is being supervised by Mr.\nJames Rasmussen, BS., CPG., a qualified geologist with several years\nof experience in this area exploring and developing uranium deposits. \nHe worked as Exploration Manager for Uranium One Americas (Uranium One\nInc.) and as Senior Geologist for US Energy Corporation.\n \n \n He also worked as a Research/Development Geologist with\nEnergy Fuels Nuclear Inc. He oversaw their exploration\n \n \n programs for hydrothermal, sediment-hosted and breccia\npipe-hosted uranium projects in Utah, Arizona and Colorado. He\nmanaged an exploration team that located and developed resources\nexceeding 20 million pounds of U\n \n \n 3\n \n \n O\n \n \n 8\n \n \n .\n \n \n \n \n Management is very pleased to have Mr. Rasmussen\nguiding the exploration program to delineate potential drilling\ntargets on the property.\n \n \n \n \n The initial Phase 1 exploration program consists\nof:\n \n \n \n \n - Compilation of published (and unpublished) data on\nthe area. Conduct additional research if warranted.\n \n \n \n \n - Surface geologic mapping of the mineralized sandstone\nchannels to project the channels into the subsurface. This work would\nbe combined with radioactivity measurements.\n \n \n \n \n - Surface rock chip sampling with emphasis on\nprospective sandstone channels. Samples would be analyzed at ALS\nLaboratory in Reno, Nevada.\n \n \n \n \n - Recommend work for a Phase II field program,\nincluding a Track Etch survey to identify exploration targets in the\nshallow subs...