# IsoEnergy Commences 8,000 Metre Summer Drill Program at the Larocque East Project, Athabasca Basin

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/ISO/news/5781331058846883/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-06-11T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: IsoEnergy Ltd.

- Ticker: ISO

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Athabasca Basin, Canada

- Primary commodity: Uranium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-08-24 05:17:45 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

IsoEnergy has commenced an 8,000-metre summer diamond drilling program at the Larocque East project in the Athabasca Basin. The program targets the Hurricane South Trend to test expansion potential following high-grade winter 2026 intercepts.

Reasoning: The announcement details the start of a major summer drilling program aimed at expanding a high-grade uranium resource, supported by strong recent intercept data.

- Positive factor: Commencement of large 8,000m drill program

- Positive factor: High-grade winter intercepts mentioned as basis for expansion

- Positive factor: Significant existing mineral resource

Facts used in scoring: 6

## Classification and evidence

**uranium**

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**exploration**

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**Athabasca Basin**

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**resource**

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## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (6)

### LE26-248

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449#fact-drill-facts-0)

Larocque East · uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: LE26-248
- Project: Larocque East
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: canada
- Reported Region: Athabasca Basin, Canada
- Ticker: ISO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 4.21
- Grade Unit: % U3O8
- Intercept: 3.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: LE26-248:null-null

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 4.21% U3O8 is a strong intercept for the Athabasca Basin, though noted as a restatement of May 12 results.

- Positive factor: High grade intercept

Evidence · text

> 4.21% U₃O₈ over 3.5 m, including 11.61% U₃O₈ over 1.0 m, in hole LE26-248

### LE26-248

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449#fact-drill-facts-1)

Larocque East · uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: LE26-248
- Project: Larocque East
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: canada
- Reported Region: Athabasca Basin, Canada
- Ticker: ISO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 11.61
- Grade Unit: % U3O8
- Intercept: 1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: LE26-248:null-null

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 11.61% U3O8 is an exceptionally high-grade sub-interval.

- Positive factor: Bonanza grade intercept

Evidence · text

> 11.61% U₃O₈ over 1.0 m, in hole LE26-248

### LE26-234

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449#fact-drill-facts-2)

Larocque East · uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: LE26-234
- Project: Larocque East
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: canada
- Reported Region: Athabasca Basin, Canada
- Ticker: ISO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.75
- Grade Unit: % U3O8
- Intercept: 0.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: LE26-234:null-null

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High grade intercept, though very narrow.

- Positive factor: High grade

Evidence · text

> 2.75% U₃O₈ over 0.5 m in LE26-234

### LE26-243

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449#fact-drill-facts-3)

Larocque East · uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: LE26-243
- Project: Larocque East
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: canada
- Reported Region: Athabasca Basin, Canada
- Ticker: ISO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.75
- Grade Unit: % U3O8
- Intercept: 0.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: LE26-243:null-null

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High grade intercept, though very narrow.

- Positive factor: High grade

Evidence · text

> 1.75% U₃O₈ over 0.5 m in LE26-243

### Fact 5

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449#fact-drill-facts-4)

uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Commodity: uranium
- Ticker: ISO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 34.5
- Grade Unit: % U3O8

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant indicated resource at very high grade.

- Positive factor: High grade indicated resource

Evidence · text

> 48.6 Mlb U 3 O 8 at 34.5% U 3 O 8 Indicated

### Fact 6

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/isoenergy-commences-8-000-metre-summer-drill-program-at-the-larocque-east-projec--797d0055-71ae-4e83-af35-45648411f449#fact-drill-facts-5)

uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Commodity: uranium
- Ticker: ISO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.2
- Grade Unit: % U3O8

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Standard inferred resource component.

Evidence · text

> 2.7 Mlb U 3 O 8 at 2.2% U 3 O 8 Inferred

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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