CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. has mobilized a diamond drill to begin its 2026 fall drill program at the Key Extension project in Saskatchewan's southeastern Athabasca Basin.

The program aims to complete six to ten drillholes by late October, targeting structural corridors identified through recent airborne geophysical surveys and historical reviews. Operations will concentrate on two main areas: testing up-ice of the Orchid Lake radioactive boulder field and exploring a ten-kilometre stretch along the western conductive trend.

CanAlaska completed a winter drill program at the project in June 2026, which confirmed graphitic stratigraphy and basement fault zones with hydrothermal alteration. While holes KEY017 and KEY018 intersected graphitic stratigraphy and fault zones, they did not locate the source of the Orchid Lake boulder field. The current program will place additional holes immediately up-ice along the interpreted glacial ice direction. The company also expanded its regional land holdings by staking eight new claims between June and August 2026.

“The Key Extension project is a high-priority project within the CanAlaska portfolio. In the winter drill program, the team discovered the right rocks with large-scale structures and hydrothermal alteration. CanAlaska is fully funded to carry out the Key Extension program.”

— Cory Belyk, CEO

Geochemical assay results from the winter drill program remain pending.

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