Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. announced that drilling has commenced at the Hook Lake Joint Venture Project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin. The program is targeting the Patterson Lake corridor which is the same conductive trend along which the neighbouring Fission/Alpha joint venture has intersected high-grade uranium mineralization. Highlights: The program consists of a ground time domain EM survey and 2,250 metres of diamond drilling for a total budget of $900,000; Mobilization began early this month and the program is expected to continue until mid-April.

The Hook Lake Project consists of nine claims totaling 28,683 hectares and is situated in the southwestern Athabasca Basin approximately 80 kilometers southeast of the former Cluff Lake mine. The depth to the Athabasca unconformity is very shallow, ranging from zero to 350 metres.