King South Uranium Project
Exploring High-Grade Uranium Potential in the Athabasca Region
The King South Uranium Project is a large-scale uranium exploration property located in the south eastern Athabasca region of Saskatchewan, Canada. The project covers approximately 10,583 hectares and is positioned within the prolific Wollaston-Mudjatik Transition Zone (WMTZ).
The WMTZ hosts several significant uranium operations and deposits, including Cigar Lake, McArthur River, Key Lake, Collins Bay and Eagle Point, providing important regional geological context for King South.
The property is accessible via the Key Lake Road, supporting access for future uranium exploration activities.
Project Highlights
- Approximately 10,583 hectares
- Located within the Wollaston-Mudjatik Transition Zone
- 10 historical uranium showings
- Historical occurrences of locally high-grade uranium mineralisation
- Favourable basement host rocks
- Multiple electromagnetic, or EM, conductors
- Numerous shallow exploration targets, including surface occurrences
- Accessible via the Key Lake Road
Geological Setting
King South is located within a highly prospective geological setting characterised by favourable basement host rocks and multiple conductive trends.
The property contains pelitic gneiss, pegmatite and graphitic calc-silicate rocks associated with historical uranium occurrences. Multiple EM conductors across the project provide additional targets for evaluating the potential for structurally controlled and basement-hosted uranium mineralisation.
Its position within the WMTZ places King South in a region recognised for significant uranium mineralisation and established uranium mining activity.
Historical Exploration
Historical exploration at King South has identified multiple uranium occurrences across the property. Several Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index, or SMDI, records document radioactive occurrences that remain unexplained by exploration to date. Shallow drilling conducted by Forum in 2007 tested existing conductors and encountered anomalous uranium values in almost every hole drilled.
Historical results referenced in Canadian Uranium’s presentation include grab samples from Showing 2467 that returned 1.38% U₃O₈ and 56.04% U₃O₈.
At Showing 5256, historical grab sampling returned values of up to 1,300 ppm uranium, while exploration at Showing 5246 included outcrop grab samples ranging from 0.063% to 0.68% U₃O₈, followed by drilling that encountered additional anomalous uranium values.
In 2022, KBM Resources Group completed an airborne magnetic survey that confirmed historical magnetic features and established a modern geophysical dataset for integration with historical and future exploration data.
Exploration Opportunity
King South provides Canadian Uranium with a substantial land position in a highly prospective uranium exploration region.
The combination of historical uranium showings, shallow mineralisation, favourable basement geology, anomalous uranium identified through previous drilling and multiple geophysical conductors creates several opportunities for continued target development.
Future exploration can integrate historical geological information with modern geophysical datasets to refine priority targets and evaluate the potential for additional basement-hosted uranium mineralisation.
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