Black Range, Uranium One Shake Hands in US

Black Range, Uranium One shake hands in USTaylor Ranch.
Editor:   From: miningnews   Click?52   Date:The Australian junior has defined three
2009-01-04 11:46:22JORC-compliant resources at Taylor Ranch, including
URANIUM hopeful Black Range Minerals has teamed9.3Mlb uranium grading 0.058% at the North deposit,
up with Canadian miner Uranium One to develop its9.1Mlb uranium grading 0.057% at the North West
American yellowcake prospects in Colorado.deposit and 16.2Mlb uranium grading 0.065% at the
The two companies have signed a letter of intentBoyer deposit.
over the joint development of Perth-based BlackHansen was drilled by past explorers who defined a
Range’s Taylor Ranch project and the next-doordeposit hosting around 30 million pounds of uranium
Hansen project, where Uranium One has an option toat around 0.08% uranium, Black Range added.
acquire a 39.2% interest in its mineral rights.The deal, if it goes ahead, will see Uranium One hold
Another 51% of the mineral rights in the area area 60% interest in the joint venture while Black Range
also up for sale, and Black Range and Uranium Onewill hold 40%.
will jointly pursue the majority stake of the rights.Once the majority stake in the Hansen project is tied
Today Black Range said the Hansen prospect hostedup, the two companies will negotiate a definitive JV
a series of uranium deposits within the sameagreement.
mineralised trend as the deposits so far delineated at