| ULTRA URANIUM CORP.
TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN ORBIT AND CRACKINGSTONE URANIUM PROJECTS,
URANIUM CITY, SASK.
Belmont Resources Inc. (TSX.V-BEA) and International
Montoro Resources Inc. (TSX.V-IMT) are pleased to announce
that they have entered into an option agreement with Ultra
Uranium Corp. (“Ultra”) (TSX.V-ULU), whereby Ultra
can acquire a 65% interest in the Orbit Uranium Project located
10 km west of Uranium City, Saskatchewan. Upon earning a 65%
interest in the Orbit Uranium Project, Ultra will then have
the right to acquire a 65% interest in the Crackingstone Uranium
Project.
To earn a 65% interest in the Orbit Uranium Project, Ultra
will pay total of $150,000 cash, issue 175,000 common shares
and complete $2 million in exploration expenditures over three
years. Exploration expenditures of a minimum $300,000 are
to occur in the first year. Upon Ultra earning a 65% interest
in the Orbit Uranium Property, a joint venture agreement will
be formed between Ultra and Belmont/Montoro with the parties
contributing to exploration and development in their respective
interests.
Upon Ultra earning a 65% interest in the Orbit Uranium Project,
it will have the right to acquire a 65% interest in the Belmont/Montoro’s
Crackingstone Uranium Project adjacent to the Orbit Uranium
Project. To acquire that interest Ultra will either incur
three times the amount of exploration and development expenditures
incurred by the Belmont/Montoro on the Crackingstone Uranium
Project within four years or incur a combination of exploration
and development expenses and payments in shares and/or cash
(at Ultra’s option) to Belmont/Montoro for an equivalent
amount.
ORBIT URANIUM PROJECT
The Orbit Uranium Project totals 11,000 ha adjacent to the
750 ha Crackingstone Uranium Project currently being developed
by International Montoro Resources Inc. (“Montoro”)
and Belmont Resources Inc. (“Belmont”). The Orbit
Uranium Project was staked after completion of a NI 43-101
report on the Crackingstone Uranium Project and was subject
to a combined airborne and magnetic survey completed by the
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) and Saskatchewan Energy
and Mines (SGS).
Beck (1969) documents 12 uranium showings located on the
Orbit Uranium Project. Two are from underground development,
three with high grade potential and seven other occurrences.
Five of the occurrences have reported drilling down to a depth
of approx. 250 feet. Two inclined shafts were sunk down to
a depth of approx. 50 feet. The uranium assay values as reported
in the SGS compilation files, on the web site, from all the
showings, ranges from 0.1% to 3.43% U308. More specific details
are as follows:
(i) A zone was tested by 10 diamond drill holes. An inclined
shaft was sunk down to the 50 foot level and was drifted for
147 feet along vein. A mineralized shoot graded 0.42% across
1.75 feet for 50 feet on strike.
(ii) Zone strikes for 300 feet were identified. Nine channel
samples across 26 feet for 300 feet length averaged 0.336%
uranium.
(iii) Mineralization was traced for 200 feet. Beck reports
that high assays were obtained across narrow widths. Trenching
and 5 diamond drill holes tested a 75 foot length of the system
with assays up to 0.24% uranium.
The Orbit Uranium Project also features several radiometric
anomaly trends that have received no previous exploration
for uranium.
During 1940-1960’s period, four uranium mines were
producing uranium within 10 to 20 kilometers of the eastern
boundary of the Orbit Uranium Project.
Since the completion of the staking of the Orbit Uranium
Project by Belmont and Montoro, there has been a significant
increase in exploration activity in the northwest area of
the Athabasca Basin with announcements by JNR Resources Inc.
(“JNN”) completing an airborne electromagnetic
and magnetic geophysical survey on their 10,655 ha. Crackingstone
project, and similar programs by CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (“CVV”)
adjacent to the south boundary of Orbit, and Cameco Corp.
(“CCO”), the world’s largest uranium producer,
holding a block of claims immediately to the west of the Orbit
claim block.
The historical results reported in this news release on the
Orbit Uranium Project are considered relevant but do not comply
with NI 43-101 standards and should not be relied upon as
the Company has not yet completed exploration work to verify
the data.
CRACKINGSTONE URANIUM PROJECT
Earlier this year, Montoro and Belmont announced the completion
of a first phase exploration program on the Crackingstone
Uranium Project consisting of 87 km. of line cutting, the
establishment of grid lines and the initiation of a geophysical
survey along the lines, as well as 4 km. of boundary surveying.
The geophysical survey included 87 km of Mag/VLF-EM. This
geophysical survey is the first time that a modern geophysical
approach has been carried out on the property. Both ground
and airborne geophysical surveys have been used extensively
in the search for structural features which control uranium
mineralization. Interpretation of the survey results is expected
shortly.
Historical uranium exploration on the Crackingstone Uranium
Project through trenching, surface channeling and grab sampling,
with numerous shallow drill holes from a depth of 9 meters
to 122 meters resulted in obtaining uranium values from grab
samples up to 12.53% U3O8, drill core intersection of up to
15.6% U3O8, (# 7 Adit) and two bulk samples (46 ton and 6.5
ton) assaying 0.5% uranium. A sample (#336915), taken from
the # 7 Adit during the 2006 property visit assayed 6.54%
Uranium. A NI 43-101 compliant technical report on the Crackingstone
Uranium Project is available for viewing on Belmont’s
website and Montoro’s website at www.MontoroResources.com
or alternatively on SEDAR.
The historical results reported in this news release on the
Crackingstone Uranium Project are considered relevant but
do not comply with NI 43-101 standards and should not be relied
upon as the Company has not yet completed exploration work
to verify the data.
This news release was reviewed and approved for technical
disclosure by Raymond A. Bernatchez, P.Eng., Consulting Geologist
of Atikokan, Ontario, an independent qualified person.
The option agreement is subject to acceptance for filing
by the TSX Venture Exchange.
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