Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) For The Juan Tafoya-Marquez Project


CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - enCore Energy Corp. reported economic opportunities presented from the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Juan Tafoya and Marquez projects located in the Grant's Uranium District in northwest New Mexico.  This is the first PEA for the projects as this is the only time in recent history that the two contiguous mineralized properties have been held under the same company.  The PEA was constructed based on a combined and updated NI 43-101 Technical Report using an Indicated resource of 7.1 million tons at a grade of 0.127% eU3O8 for a total of 18.1 million pounds of U3O8.

 "This initial PEA enables enCore to illustrate the economic opportunities of the combined Juan Tafoya and Marquez deposits which have been consolidated with the Westwater Resources transaction completed at year end 2020.  This report assumed conventional underground operation and recovery through a newly constructed conventional mill, though the authors did acknowledge that further research may prove the property amenable to either in-situ recovery (ISR) or heap leach processing; either of which would have a positive material impact on the economic conclusions of the current PEA." said Paul Goranson, Chief Executive Officer. "This study points to the economic importance of our conventional assets in New Mexico, with further work it may well be determined that some, or conceivably most, of the uranium at Juan Tafoya-Marquez might be amenable to lower cost recovery options including ISR or heap leaching."