# Eastport Critical Metals Corp. Announces New Uranium Discovery at Foley Uranium Project, Botswana

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p--855271db-cdc0-472c-b8a1-25d884a86030

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/EVI/news/8008824454024022/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-05-28T14:31:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Eastport Critical Metals Corp.

- Ticker: EVI

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Botswana

- Primary commodity: Uranium

- Secondary commodities: Thorium

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 10:26:57 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Eastport Critical Metals Corp. has announced a new uranium discovery at the Foley Project in Botswana, with initial RC drilling intersecting high-grade uranium mineralization over a 1.4 km strike length. Highlights include intercepts up to 2,333 ppm U3O8, demonstrating significant discovery potential in a paleo-channel setting adjacent to the Letlhakane deposit.

Reasoning: First batch of assays from a maiden RC program shows high-grade uranium intercepts \(>500 ppm\) over a 1.4 km strike length, located near the major Letlhakane deposit.

- Positive factor: exceptional uranium grades

- Positive factor: significant strike length continuity

- Positive factor: proximity to known large-scale deposit

- Positive factor: QA/QC disclosed

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: Release mentions routine insertion of blanks and duplicate samples and uses an accredited laboratory \(SGS\).

Evidence · text

> Eastport implements quality assurance and quality control \("QA/QC"\) procedures including the routine insertion of blanks, and duplicate samples

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: Intercepts of 1,272 ppm and 2,333 ppm U3O8 are exceptionally high for uranium exploration.

Evidence · text

> RC005: 1.0 m @ 2,333 ppm U₃₀₈

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (5)

### RC006

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p--855271db-cdc0-472c-b8a1-25d884a86030#fact-drill-facts-0)

Foley Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: RC006
- Project: Foley Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: botswana
- Reported Region: Botswana
- Ticker: EVI

#### Geometry

- Grade: 553
- Grade Unit: ppm U3O8
- Intercept: 8 m
- From: 84 m
- To: 92 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: RC006:84.0-92.0
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Group
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 553 ppm U3O8 over 8m is an exceptional intercept for uranium exploration.

- Positive factor: exceptional grade

Evidence · text

> RC006: 8.0 m @ 553.0 ppm U₃₀₈ from 84.0 m

### RC006

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p--855271db-cdc0-472c-b8a1-25d884a86030#fact-drill-facts-1)

Foley Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: RC006
- Project: Foley Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: botswana
- Reported Region: Botswana
- Ticker: EVI

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1272
- Grade Unit: ppm U3O8
- Intercept: 2 m
- From: 87 m
- To: 89 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: RC006:84.0-92.0
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Group
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval of 1,272 ppm U3O8.

- Positive factor: bonanza grade

Evidence · text

> including 2.0 m @ 1,272 ppm U₃₀₈ from 87.0 m

### RC003

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p--855271db-cdc0-472c-b8a1-25d884a86030#fact-drill-facts-2)

Foley Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: RC003
- Project: Foley Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: botswana
- Reported Region: Botswana
- Ticker: EVI

#### Geometry

- Grade: 500.7
- Grade Unit: ppm U3O8
- Intercept: 6 m
- From: 92 m
- To: 98 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: RC003:92.0-98.0
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Group
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 500.7 ppm U3O8 over 6m is a strong intercept.

- Positive factor: strong grade

Evidence · text

> RC003 : 6.0 m @ 500.7 ppm U₃₀₈ from 92.0 m

### RC003

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p--855271db-cdc0-472c-b8a1-25d884a86030#fact-drill-facts-3)

Foley Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: RC003
- Project: Foley Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: botswana
- Reported Region: Botswana
- Ticker: EVI

#### Geometry

- Grade: 806
- Grade Unit: ppm U3O8
- Intercept: 3 m
- From: 92 m
- To: 95 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: RC003:92.0-98.0
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Group
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval of 806 ppm U3O8.

- Positive factor: strong grade

Evidence · text

> including 3.0 m @ 806 ppm U₃₀₈ from 92.0 m

### RC005

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/eastport-critical-metals-corp-announces-new-uranium-discovery-at-foley-uranium-p--855271db-cdc0-472c-b8a1-25d884a86030#fact-drill-facts-4)

Foley Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: RC005
- Project: Foley Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: botswana
- Reported Region: Botswana
- Ticker: EVI

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2333
- Grade Unit: ppm U3O8
- Intercept: 1 m
- From: 103 m
- To: 104 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: RC005:103.0-104.0
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Group
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Extremely high grade of 2,333 ppm U3O8.

- Positive factor: bonanza grade

Evidence · text

> RC005: 1.0 m @ 2,333 ppm U₃₀₈ from 103.0 m

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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