Vancouver, British Columbia -- Artha Resources Corporation (TSX.V: AHC) is pleased to announce drill results from its uranium exploration program in Wyoming. To date the Company has drilled 41 holes on both the WY and Clarkson Hill properties located near Casper Wyoming.
At the WY claims 36 holes were drilled for a total of 9,580 feet, of which 9,239 feet were logged by Century Geophysical. The best hole to date is WY147-1 which intercepted 18 feet of .049% uranium for a grade/thickness (GT) of .88. Other notable intercepts included 13 feet of .046% for a GT of .60 and 4 feet of .149% for a GT of 0.60. Artha's drill program has extended the "South Orebody" 150 feet to the north and notably it remains open in that direction for future exploration. Additionally step out drilling 1,800 feet to the northwest of the "South Orebody" resulted in two ore grade holes. Future exploration will include infill drilling between these two locations.
At Clarkson Hill five holes were drilled on approximately one hundred foot centers on the east end of the known mineralized trend running east to west throughout the area. All five drill holes encountered trace uranium mineralization. The existing holes in this area had been drilled on 200 to 250 foot centres. Most of the calculated resources for the Clarkson Hill area were drilled on 50 foot centers. The new drilling enables us to better delineate the trend in the immediate area and to establish the nature and lithology of existing formations. Future drilling will include holes on 50 foot spacing to better define the higher grade roll-fronts previously identified. Additionally, there are numerous drill holes on the property out beyond the existing trend containing trace mineralization that need to be offset.
Artha's drill program will resume in the spring and will include the DCB claims. The DCB claims are located in the Powder River Basin less than 12 miles from the Smith Ranch/Highland Mine of Cameco, the largest uranium production facility in the United States. Here previous operator's established significant resources after 493,264 feet of drilling and as well identified 40 to 60 miles of uranium bearing trend that remains to be explored.
Roger Motten, P.Geo is the qualified person under NI 43-101 responsible for the technical information in this news release.
Artha Resources was founded by a team of mining industry professionals with a proven track record in project generation, exploration, mining and finance. The team's primary goal is to build Artha into a world class mining company, focused on the development and mining of economic deposits.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
"Todd McMurray"
President and Chief Executive Officer