Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. has expanded its wholly owned Otherside Uranium Property in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin by staking 20 additional mineral claims, increasing the total project footprint to 20,443.95 hectares across 26 claims.

The land acquisition nearly doubles the property's scale from the 10,441.88 hectares reported in April 2026. The new ground was secured following encouraging data from three survey lines completed during the company’s Q1 2026 SPARTAN Magnetotelluric survey. That geophysical work identified multiple structural and conductive anomalies interpreted to represent an ingress and egress-style setting favorable for uranium deposition, sharing conceptual similarities with structural controls at major Athabasca Basin deposits.

The newly staked claims extend the land position to the northwest, east, and southeast. Appia stated that the expansion allows the team to extend future geophysical coverage and evaluate existing survey lines in both directions while securing magnetic gradient and intensity changes identified east and southeast of the original holdings.

“The positive MT results strengthen our confidence in the exploration potential at Otherside and highlight the importance of securing additional ground surrounding the Property. By expanding northwest, east, and southeast of the Property to cover several anomalies warranting follow-up exploration, Appia has strengthened its position to evaluate the broader uranium potential identified through its recent work.”

— Tom Drivas, CEO

The expanded footprint will provide greater flexibility for upcoming ground Magnetotelluric and Ambient Noise Tomography surveys. Data from these programs will feed into a multidisciplinary three-dimensional geomodel to refine target selection ahead of a planned 2027 drill campaign. Appia holds a five-year exploration permit from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment for the asset, valid until April 30, 2030, authorizing diamond drilling and further geophysical work across an inventory that includes 16 preliminary drill targets.

Read the full announcement: Appia Expands Otherside Uranium Property by Staking Twenty (20) Additional Mineral Claims Following Positive MT Survey Results