12:01 PM EST - NexGen Energy Ltd. : Reported assay results for five angled holes from its winter 2016 drilling program on our 100% owned, Rook I property, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan.Hole AR-16-63c2 has intersected 42.0 metres at 15.20% U3O8 and an additional 46.5 m at 12.99% U3O8 in the higher grade A2 sub-zone. When including the 3.5 m of unmineralized core separating the two mineralized intervals, the hole returned 92.0 m at 13.51% U3O8. This represents a grade x thickness ("GT") of 1,243. In addition to AR-16-63c2, holes AR-16-63c1, -64c1 and -64c2 intersected continuous GT's in the Sub-Zone of 203, 338 and 541, respectively. These four holes have significantly expanded the current A2 high grade domain. NexGen Energy Ltd.
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