Standard Uranium starts Corvo drilling program - ICYMI

Standard Uranium Ltd (TSX-V:STND, OTCQB:STTDF, FRA:9SU0) earlier this week announced the commencement of drilling astatine its Corvo project, marking the archetypal of respective exploration campaigns planned for 2026.

CEO Jon Bey told Proactive that drills are present turning astatine the site, with the Corvo programme expected to tally for 5 to six weeks. The run is afloat funded by spouse Aventis nether a three-year earn-in agreement, done which it tin gain up to 75% of the task by backing exploration expenditures and making currency and stock payments.

Bey described the statement arsenic beneficial, allowing Standard Uranium to run the programme portion leveraging spouse capital.

Vice President Exploration Sean Hillacre outlined plans for astir 3,000 metres of drilling crossed 8 to 10 holes. The programme represents the archetypal drill investigating astatine Corvo successful much than 4 decades, with the past drilling conducted successful 1980.

Initial absorption volition centre connected the Manhattan target, which returned prospecting results of 8.1% U₃O₈ successful 2025. Hillacre described the people arsenic “really exceptional” and highlighted that the people has ne'er antecedently been drill tested.

Additional drilling volition people the Brooklyn and Tribeca zones, pursuing up connected mineralized holes drilled successful 1979 and 1980.

The institution has upgraded geophysical surveys crossed the spot and identified 2 conductive trends spanning much than 29 kilometres of onslaught length.

Hillacre emphasized the value of integrating geophysics, aboveground information and humanities drilling to refine targeting, noting that an integrated geological attack is captious to improving find potential.

Corvo is the archetypal of aggregate planned drill programs successful 2026. Following completion, Standard Uranium intends to commence drilling astatine the Rocas task successful aboriginal March, earlier advancing its flagship Davidson River task aboriginal successful the outpouring and summer.