Myriad Uranium Corp. has received approval from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its Plan of Operations at the company’s Copper Mountain Project Area in Wyoming, marking a major milestone in its exploration program.
The approved plan expands Myriad’s permitted footprint across the project, allowing for up to 222 boreholes targeting key prospects including Lucky Cliff, Mint, Arrowhead, Gem, and the Canning Deposit. The plan was submitted as a technical amendment to the existing Drilling Notification for the 2024 season and represents a significant step forward in advancing exploration across the district.
Under its current Drilling Notification with the State of Wyoming, Myriad is bonded for 70 holes—50 of which were carried over from the previous season’s Canning program. The company plans to update the notification and add further bonding in subsequent phases as exploration progresses.
“Having verified much of the original drilling conducted by Union Pacific at Canning, we now have the permit we need to continue drilling not only at Canning, but also at other target areas to confirm the entire Project’s vast potential,” said Thomas Lamb, CEO of Myriad Uranium.
Advancing a historic uranium district
The Copper Mountain Project is located in a historically significant uranium district once explored by Union Pacific during the 1970s and 1980s. Union Pacific had outlined seven historical resource estimate areas and identified at least 15 additional targets with known mineralization before halting work in the wake of the 1979 Three Mile Island incident, which caused a collapse in uranium prices and curtailed exploration activity across the United States.
Myriad’s approved Plan of Operations allows the company to revisit and build upon this earlier exploration work. Drilling will focus initially on verifying historic intercepts and expanding the known mineralization footprint, particularly in the high-priority Lucky Cliff area, before moving on to other targets such as Hesitation, Fuller, Knob, and Cedar Ridge, which may be added to the plan through future amendments.
According to the company, the expanded program is designed to “demonstrate the broader potential of the Copper Mountain District beyond the Canning Deposit,” and to re-establish the area as a significant uranium exploration and development hub.
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