CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. announced West McArthur JV management board approval of a 5,000 metre summer drill program at the West McArthur uranium project in the eastern Athabasca Basin. The project is operated by CanAlaska and this program is scheduled to begin on 15 August. CanAlaska holds a 74.06% ownership in the project and will fully fund the exploration in 2021 to increase its interest. The West McArthur project "42 Zone" mineralization is located 12 kilometres west of Cameco and Orano's McArthur River uranium mine, within the Grid 5 survey area. Drilling to date has discovered a large sandstone alteration halo above high-grade uranium mineralization intercepted in replacement zones at the unconformity. The first drilling of the season will continue to advance this discovery with the next drill holes planned to intercept the southwestern extension of the main mineralized fault structure. The northeastern extension of the 42 Zone fault is host to the nearby Fox Lake uranium deposit (68M pounds U3O8 @ 7.99%), which was discovered and announced by Cameco and Orano in 2016. The southwestern extension of this fault has been recognized from field work and drill core relogging by CanAlaska in 2020, and can be traced for at least three kilometres to the southwest of the 42 Zone mineralization. These historical drill holes intersected hydrothermal alteration with bleached zones and intervals of chlorite in the sandstone and basement. The Company has just completed its field program on the West Athabasca Diamond project. The Company is awaiting drill permitting for the Strong nickel project and has just received its drill permit for the Hunter nickel project, both near Thompson, Manitoba. The Company's Manibridge nickel project is currently under a new third-party Option Agreement.