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Drill Results

Aventis identifies corridors of interest at Corvo

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Executive Summary

  • Aventis Energy Inc., in partnership with KorrAI Technologies, has utilized satellite-based remote sensing and AI-driven hyperspectral data to identify new biogeochemical targets at its Corvo Uranium Project in Saskatchewan.
  • The analysis identified three principal zones of elevated biogeochemical stress, including a central northeast-southwest trend potentially linked to fault conduits for radiogenic gases, an eastern trend along specific gneiss lithologies, and a western grouping correlating with a granitic pluton.
  • The company simultaneously announced an increase in its marketing budget with RMK Marketing Inc., exercising an option to raise the total budget to $400,000 for an additional $150,000.

Key Details

  • Technology & Methodology: KorrAI Technologies conducted a satellite-based remote sensing study using geology-driven artificial intelligence. Hyperspectral data was analyzed to identify biogeochemically stressed vegetation potentially caused by environmental stressors like radiogenic compounds and radon.
  • Project Location: Corvo Uranium Project, comprising 12,265 hectares along the eastern margin of Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin.
  • Target Zone 1 (Central Segment): A northeast-southwest trend identified in the central area. If positioned above a faulted zone, this stress may indicate faults acting as conduits for radiogenic gases (e.g., radon), suggesting concentrated uraniferous lithology at depth.
  • Target Zone 2 (Eastern Trend): A linear grouping trending along pelitic and psammo-pelitic gneiss in the eastern section, with a strong signature close to felsic gneiss identified by surface mapping.
  • Target Zone 3 (Western Extent): A significant grouping of elevated biogeochemical stress correlating with a mapped granitic pluton. The release notes this is unlikely to result in an explorable uranium target for the unconformity-type play pursued in the Athabasca basin, but serves as a geological marker.
  • Geological Context: Anomalies may correspond with favorable basement lithologies and faulted graphitic horizons previously identified via airborne geophysics and surface mapping, reinforcing potential for shallow-cover, basement-hosted uranium mineralization.
  • Marketing Agreement Update: Pursuant to a previous agreement with RMK Marketing Inc., Aventis exercised an option to increase the advertising budget from $250,000 to $400,000.
  • Marketing Costs: The company compensated RMK an additional $150,000. The total term is four months, commencing Sept 22, 2025.
  • Marketing Services: RMK will coordinate marketing actions, optimize adword campaigns/bidding, provide project management/consulting, and create landing pages via Google. No securities were issued to RMK.
  • Qualified Person: Sean Hillacre, PGeo, President and Vice-President, Exploration of Standard Uranium, reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information.
  • Historical Data Context: The release references historical drill holes (TL-79-3 and TL-79-5) and surface showings (Manhattan and SMDI 2052) to provide context for the project's mineralization potential, noting these are historical and not yet verified by the current qualified person.
  • Sting Copper Project Data: The release includes historical/high-grade intervals for the adjacent Sting Copper Project, including 54.8m at 0.32% Cu, with higher-grade intervals up to 5.43% Cu.

Notable Quotes

  • "With the findings provided by KorrAI, we are very excited to be driving further advancement at Corvo. Through a combination of artificial intelligence, hyperspectral satellite data, and high-resolution optical and infrared data sets, we have identified several corridors of interest that have allowed for more detailed modelling of the project." — Michael Mulberry, CEO, Aventis Energy Inc.
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