Lakeland Resources and Declan Resources have formed a joint venture to accelerate uranium exploration at Lakeland's Gibbon's Creek project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin. Declan will spend $1.25 million in the first year to significantly expand Lakeland's planned drill program. This partnership provides both companies with additional funding to advance their projects while pursuing other early-stage properties in the region. The joint venture is managed by experienced exploration firm Dahrouge Geological Consulting.

1. Combined strength
Lakeland and Declan pool resources for Athabasca Basin uranium
exploration
by Greg Klein
December 5, 2013
Near-term, the Lakeland Resources (TSXv:LK) / Declan Resources joint venture means
an expanded drill program for their Gibbon’s Creek flagship. But looking further ahead,
the deal signifies a stronger Athabasca Basin presence for both uranium explorers.
Under an option announced December 4, Declan may earn up to 70% of the 12,771hectare Gibbon’s project over four years. The year one commitment alone would
accelerate an already-planned drill campaign with $1.25 million from Declan. That’s in
addition to paying Lakeland $100,000 and issuing two million shares to earn the initial
50%.

2. Both companies present themselves as lean, hungry juniors aggressively seeking
opportunities in the uranium-rich Basin. Since moving into the space earlier this year,
Lakeland accumulated nine properties totalling over 100,000 hectares. Then, just last
week, the company announced a JV with Star Minerals Group on an additional 1,092
hectares adjacent to Gibbon’s Creek. Star, meanwhile, marked December 4 by
announcing an option to pick up 51% of Saskatchewan’s Hoidas Lake rare earth project
from Great Western Minerals Group TSXV:GWG.
Declan moved into uranium in early September with its 9,000-hectare Patterson Lake
Northeast acquisition and, the following month, the 50,000-hectare Firebag River
property just southwest of the Basin in Alberta.
Having already had some $3 million of previous exploration, Gibbon’s underwent a fall
campaign including boulder sampling, line-cutting, a RadonEx survey and a ground DC
resistivity survey to refine drill targets for the new year. Now the program looks more
ambitious than ever.
“Our initial plan was to do about a half-million-dollar drill program in Q1,” Lakeland
director Ryan Fletcher says. “But now Declan’s committed to a minimum of $1.25 million
over the first 12 months, so it’ll be a much larger drill program with a much larger
budget. The bulk of that money will go into drilling.”
Speaking to ResourceClips.com from London, where he was meeting fund managers
following the Mines and Money conference, Declan president/CEO Wayne Tisdale calls
the Basin “the most promising place to be.” He says his company’s third foray into
uranium emphasizes its new direction, one that’s also highlighted by the recent
appointment of director Hikmet Akin.
Akin’s 35-year career includes the post of president/CEO of Uranerzbergbau GmbH, the
world’s third-largest uranium producer before its Cameco Corp-takeout in 1998. His

3. extensive experience complements that of Lakeland advisory board members Thomas
Drolet, Richard Kusmirski and John Gingerich.
“There are a number of other changes coming to Declan, with a really good team joining
us soon,” Tisdale says.
Gibbon’s Creek now takes precedence over Declan’s other properties. “I’m from
Saskatchewan originally so I know the Basin well,” Tisdale adds. “When we evaluated
the project, we saw Lakeland has one of the better properties up there. There’s been a
lot of work on it, it’s well-positioned by the town of Stony Rapids, which is closer to a mill
than anyone else is in that area. That particular property has great merit. When I had
Hikmet look at it he was very excited about it.”
But with Gibbon’s Creek now a team effort, both companies can pursue their other
projects as well. The additional Gibbon’s funding allows Lakeland to pay more attention
to other properties, especially South Pine and Perch Lake. All three sit close to the
Basin’s north-central edge. Declan also has early-stage plans for Firebag River and
Patterson Lake Northeast. Work on all those properties will be managed by Dahrouge
Geological Consulting.
“Jody [Dahrouge] has a great reputation,” Tisdale adds. “I’ve worked with him before
and of course he’s well known for his part in the Waterbury Lake and Patterson Lake
South discoveries.”
Calling the JV “a great agreement,” Fletcher says, “In this market you have to work with
strong partners. You have to collaborate and be a bit creative. We’re fortunate to work
with people like Declan president Wayne Tisdale’s team and the financial connections
they can bring. Having an expanded program in a market like this, with more drill holes,
more activity, more exploration—that’s what we’re trying to bring for our shareholders.”
Tisdale concurs. “We’re very enthused about it.”

4. The four-year option allows Declan to earn:
50% in year one by paying $100,000, issuing two million shares and spending
$1.25 million
10% more in year two by paying $100,000, issuing two million shares and
spending $1.25 million
5% more in year three by paying $300,000, issuing two million shares and
spending $2 million
5% more in year four by paying $1 million, issuing five million shares and
spending $2 million
Consideration for the 70% interest would total $1.5 million in cash, 11 million shares and
$6.5 million worth of work.
Lakeland retains a 2% NSR, half of which Declan may buy for $1 million. On Declan
acquiring a 70% interest in Gibbon’s, Lakeland’s 30% interest would be carried until
Declan completes an initial resource estimate.
For more information on Lakeland Resources Inc. please visit the corporate website at
http://www.lakelandresources.com
or
contact
Roger
Leschuk,
Corporate
Communications at Ph: 604.681.1568 or TF: 1.877.377.6222 or email:
roger@lakelandresources.com