Noble Plains drills one ft of 0.97% eU3O8 at Duck Creek
Noble Plains completes flagship drill program at Duck Creek, confirming high-grade continuity ahead of first resource estimate.
The most recent news release (February 12, 2026) announces the completion of the 148-hole, 30,825-foot mud-rotary drill program at the flagship Duck Creek Project in Wyoming. Key highlights include: - A 90.12% success rate in intersecting uranium mineralization at or above the 0.02% eU3O8 cut-off. - Significant high-grade intercepts including hole 25-16-140 (30.0 ft at 0.235% eU3O8) and hole 25-28-143 (9.0 ft at 0.228% eU3O8). - Confirmation of roll-front continuity over the original 3-mile trend and expansion into newly staked northern ground. - Achievement of three deeper test holes into the Fort Union Formation, which confirmed the presence of host sands for future exploration. - The company is now transitioning to data modeling for a maiden NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate, expected in Spring 2026.
The news is materially positive as it marks the successful transition of the Duck Creek project from an exploration-stage "concept" based on legacy Kerr-McGee data to a project with verified, modern results ready for resource calculation. - De-risking: A 90% hit rate across 148 holes is exceptional for roll-front deposits and validates the accuracy of the historical 4,000-hole database the company acquired. - Scale: Expansion of the mineralized trend to over 5.25 miles (via the Jan 12 staking news and subsequent drilling) suggests the project has the lateral footprint to potentially meet or exceed the upper range of the current exploration target (5.45 million tons). - Geological Continuity: The predictability of the roll-front system reduces the risk of " Swiss cheese" mineralization, which is critical for future In-Situ Recovery (ISR) economics. - Efficiency: The management team moved from property acquisition (June 2025) to a completed 148-hole program in under nine months, demonstrating high execution capability.
Noble Plains Uranium Corp. is a TSXV-listed explorer focused on ISR-amenable uranium projects in Wyoming, USA. - Flagship Project: Duck Creek (Powder River Basin). It covers 5.25 miles of a mineralized uranium trend located between major producers Cameco and Uranium Energy Corp (UEC). It is characterized by shallow roll-front mineralization in the Wasatch Formation. - Secondary Project: Shirley Basin Portfolio (Shirley Central and East), adjacent to Ur-Energy’s Shirley Basin project.