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IsoEnergy Restarts Athabasca Basin Drilling After Wildfire Pause

Four completed drill holes have already confirmed mineralization, prompting IsoEnergy to resume its summer exploration campaign at the Larocque East uranium project. The Canadian firm mobilized its team back to the eastern Athabasca Basin site this week, moving past a brief evacuation triggered by encroaching northern Saskatchewan wildfires.

By Money Talk·July 8, 2026·2 min read·340 reads

IsoEnergy Restarts Athabasca Basin Drilling After Wildfire Pause

The company had halted operations late last month as a safety precaution, stalling a planned 20-hole drilling program. With personnel back on the ground, crews are focusing on the Hurricane South Trend, a priority zone for the miner.

Dan Brisbin, vice president of exploration, noted that every hole drilled to date has intersected anomalous radioactivity. These early results bolster the company's confidence in the geological potential of the trend as they push to complete the remainder of their summer objectives.

IsoEnergy Restarts Athabasca Basin Drilling After Wildfire Pause

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