Standard Uranium to begin maiden drill program at Corvo
Standard Uranium Ltd (TSX-V:STND, OTCQB:STTDF, FRA:9SU0) announced that it has begun mobilization for its first diamond drilling program at the Corvo uranium project in the eastern Athabasca Basin, with drilling scheduled to start in the coming days. The winter 2026 program will focus on the...
Standard Uranium Ltd(TSX-V:STNDOTCQB:STTDF) View Price & Profile Standard Uranium to begin maiden drill program at Corvo
Published: 09:38 05 Feb 2026 EST
Standard Uranium Ltd (TSX-V:STND, OTCQB:STTDF, FRA:9SU0) announced that it has begun mobilization for its first diamond drilling program at the Corvo uranium project in the eastern Athabasca Basin, with drilling scheduled to start in the coming days.
The winter 2026 program will focus on the Manhattan Showing, an area with surface uranium mineralization where grab samples have returned grades of up to 8.1% U3O8 along a northeast–southwest trending electromagnetic corridor that coincides with low-density geophysical anomalies.
The company plans to complete approximately 3,000 metres of drilling across eight to ten holes using skid-supported diamond drilling equipment.
Road construction and site preparation are underway, and drilling personnel are expected to arrive at the project site by the end of the week.
Standard Uranium said the drill targets were defined through interpretation of 2025 high-resolution geophysical surveys and historical exploration data.
The program will also test targets along the northwestern electromagnetic corridor that extends several kilometres from the Manhattan Showing.
"Getting the drills turning at Corvo is a major milestone for Standard and our partners at Aventis Energy, notably as we will test the high-grade Manhattan Showing at depth," Standard Uranium president and VP exploration Sean Hillacre said in a statement.
"By combining the surface mineralization of 8.10% with our newly defined gravity lows and EM conductors, we have clear, high-priority targets that fit the classic signature of unconformity-related uranium deposits.”
Hillacre concluded: “With the support of our partners at Aventis, our team is eager to see what this northwestern corridor holds as we apply a rigorous, discovery-focused approach to this inaugural program."