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Alpha Minerals, VP Exploration, Garrett Ainsworth, in a trench at the Patterson Lake South uranium discovery, showing "off-scale" radioactivity of a boulder sample. Boulder sample PB11-71 in Trench PT11-05 returned 14.5% U3O8. Photo courtesy Alpha Minerals Inc. Uranium Exploration Roundup The new Alpha Minerals/Fission Energy discovery in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin has created a great deal of excitement with claim staking and exploration heating up. by Ellsworth Dickson Aldrin Resource Corp. [ALN-TSXV] has flown an airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey covering the Triple M property located 9 km south to 11 km west of the recent Alpha/Fission Patterson Lake South uranium discovery in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Alpha Minerals Inc. [AMW-TSXV] and its 50% joint venture partner Fission Energy Corp. (recently acquired by Denison Mines Corp.[DML-TSX]) have made a significant uranium discovery at Patterson Lake South in the Athabasca Basin, most notably the intercept of 4.92% U3O8 over 34 metres in drill hole PLS13-038. Other drill 10 www.resourceworld.com results include 8.5% U3O8 over 20.5 metres and 20.73% U3O8 over 4.0 metres. Alpha and joint venture partner, Acme Resources Inc. [ARI-TSXV] have identified four radon anomalies at Skull Lake, adjacent to AREVA 's closed Cluff Lake Mine. Anthem Resources Inc. [AYN-TSXV] recently completed a 13-hole, 2,361metre drill program on the Hatchet Lake property on the eastern margin of the Athabasca Basin. Results included 0.15 metres of 1.51% U3O8. The project is part of a 50/50 joint venture operated by Denison Mines Corp. AREVA Resources Canada Inc. has a 30.195% interest in the producing McArthur River uranium mine near Tody Lake, Saskatchewan (Cameco 69.805%). AREVA has a 70% interest in the McLean uranium mine in the Wollaston Lake area, SK, (Denison Mines 22.5%. OURD Canada Company Ltd. 7.5%). AREVA has a number of exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin. Ashburton Ventures Inc. [ABR-TSXV] is planning work programs for its Sienna North and West uranium prospects in the Athabasca Basin set to begin in the coming weeks. First phase plans for both projects include conducting a property-wide JULY 2013