Uranium Star Identifies Potentially Economic Vanadium on Three Horses Property in Madagascar

Uranium Star Corp. (OTCBB:URST) (FRANKFURT:YE5) is pleased to announce it has identified potentially economic vanadium mineralization on the northern part of its Three Horses Property in Madagascar.  Initial grab sample results from the area, confirmed by ALS Chemex, have identified vanadium values over the detection limit of 10000 ppm, or 1.628% V2O5equivalent.

Field analysis utilizing the Innov-X Systems X-50 mobile XRF unit is currently being conducted on the core samples from the intermittent drill testing carried out over three  target areas, and has indicated the presence of significant values of vanadium.
Based on the vanadium mineralization identified to date through XRF analysis, there appears to be a vanadium-rich trend with a strike length of approximately 800 meters.

The field results have yet to be verified with assay results, and samples are being sent for analysis at ALS Chemex’s ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 17025:2005 accredited laboratory in Vancouver .

About Vanadium

Vanadium is currently worth between $10.00-$11.00 per pound (where 1% of vanadium oxide (V2O5) equals 22 pounds).  It is a rare, strategic metal used for production of high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels and titanium alloys.

China and the USA are the largest individual consumers of vanadium, each accounting for close to 20% of the world market.  World production only totals about 100,000 tons a year. Current primary producers in South Africa are all operating at full capacity.

Commercial use stems from HSLA steels offering the ability to reduce the weight and tonnage of steel required compared to ordinary low-carbon steels because of higher yield and tensile strengths.

Close to 90% of ferro vanadium (FeV) end-use is in high performance steels for:

  • Construction (building frames, bridges, etc.)
  • Pipelines
  • Automobiles and parts
  • Railway tools

The Company is currently focused on gold and VMS targets identified on the Property. Drill targets have been prioritized through the analysis of compiled geological, geochemical, and geophysical data sets collected to date.

About the Property

Uranium Star’s Three Horses Property located in south-western Madagascar displays mineralization and alteration styles often associated with volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits.  These deposits can host significant quantities of copper, zinc, lead and precious metals.

In the latter part of 2007, Uranium Star conducted a combination DIGHEM V multi-frequency electromagnetic and high sensitivity cesium magnetometer  airborne  survey on its Three Horses Property, and  dozens of priority exploration targets were identified.

Craig Scherba, P.Geol., of Taiga Consultants Ltd. is the Exploration Manager and is supervising Uranium Star’s exploration activities on the Three Horses, Madagascar Property

For more information, please visit our website at www.uraniumstar.com

Or contact:

Brent Nykoliation

Vice President of Business Development
Uranium Star Corp.
Toll Free: 800.818.5442 or 416.364.4911
Email: bnykoliation@uraniumstar.com

or

J. A. Kirk McKinnon, President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Schler, Chief Operating Officer  & CFO

WARNING: The statements made in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from expectations and projections set out herein.

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