11:49 AM EST - Ashburton Ventures Inc. : has begun its first phase of work at the Sienna West and North uranium projects in the Athabasca Basin. The first phase of work includes property-wide geological reconnaissance, grid-based geophysical surveys, soil and water sampling, and float prospecting for uraninite. At the Patterson Lake South property, the discovery of uraninite boulders on surface was the first indication of near-surface uranium mineralization that was intersected in drilling. Ashburton Ventures Inc.
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