Crosshair Energy Announces Termination Of Purchase and Sale Agreement with Strathmore Minerals Corp.
"In light of Crosshair's new opportunity in Argentina, we have elected to terminate the 2010 purchase and sale agreement for the Juniper Ridge property in southern Wyoming in order to allocate our resources toward this immense prospect," said Mark Ludwig, Crosshair President and Chief Executive Officer. "The Argentinian properties represent an opportunity to create long-term shareholder value on terms that can be much better managed in the current market environment than those associated with Juniper Ridge."
As announced on October 25, 2012, Crosshair has entered into a Letter of Intent with Wealth Minerals Ltd. to acquire Wealth's prospective uranium properties in Argentina; a land package encompassing more than 2,600 square miles (685,000 hectares) located in Salta, Catamarca, and Chubut provinces. The concession areas under consideration include the San Jorge Basin properties, Amblayo and Diamante Los Patos (see Crosshair news release dated October 25, 2012 for additional details).
About Crosshair
Crosshair is a prominent player in the exploration and development of uranium and vanadium projects in the US and Canada. Its Bootheel project has established resources and is located in uranium mining friendly Wyoming, while it's CMB Uranium/Vanadium Project, located in Labrador, Canada, has four currently defined resources - C Zone, Area 1, Armstrong and Two Time Zone. Bootheel has the potential to be mined using in-situ recovery methods. The Crosshair team is composed of knowledgeable and experienced professionals with global experience in exploration, mining and corporate finance that are committed to operating in an environmentally responsible manner.
ON BEHALF OF THE CROSSHAIR BOARD
Mark J. Morabito
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
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