Reveille [AQSE: REV], a uranium exploration and development company with a primary focus on Italy’s largest uranium deposits, is pleased to announce the engagement of Dr Camillo Mario Pessina as Strategic Consultant in relation to the Company’s exploration permit applications for Novazza and Val Vedello in northern Italy. Both applications are currently advancing through the Italian environmental impact assessment (VIA) process.
Dr Pessina formerly served as lead geologist for Val Vedello at AGIP Nucleare. He has direct knowledge of the project and its historic exploration, having played a leading role in the geological work undertaken at the time. His appointment brings Reveille the benefit of his first-hand understanding of Val Vedello as the Company reviews the historical information and assesses the project using current geological and mineral exploration methods.
Dr Pessina will support Reveille’s strategic assessment of Val Vedello, including consideration of its geological potential and its relationship to Novazza and the wider Orobic uranium district.
Dr Camillo Pessina, Strategic Geological Consultant for Reveille, commented:
“Returning to Val Vedello after forty years has profound professional and personal meaning for me. I am pleased to bring to Reveille my direct knowledge of the project and the experience I gained during my work with AGIP and AGIP Nucleare. I hope to help the Company assess the historical information alongside current methods, refine its understanding of Val Vedello’s geology and mineralisation, and identify the questions that further work needs to address, including in the context of Novazza and the wider Orobic uranium district. I believe this work must be grounded in scientific rigour, transparent information, verified data and respect for the environment, local communities, institutions and permitting processes. I also look forward to helping pass on the value of the work carried out at Val Vedello to a new generation of researchers.”
Ippolito Ingo Cattaneo, Executive Director of Reveille, commented:
“Dr Pessina is, in many respects, the father of the Val Vedello project. His first-hand knowledge of its geology and the work undertaken there gives him an unparalleled understanding of the project. He has long believed that Val Vedello’s geological potential extends beyond what was historically appraised, and has developed exploration concepts focused on geological areas of interest identified during the historical work but left untested or unproven at the time. We now have the opportunity to examine those ideas using modern exploration methods and assess whether they could point to a materially larger mineralised system.
“His knowledge will be particularly valuable as we progress the Val Vedello application through the VIA process during this initial phase, ahead of our planned drilling campaign, which we intend to commence immediately once the exploration licences are issued. Reveille is an Italian-led company, managed by Italians and committed to advancing geological exploration in Italy. We are delighted to be working with Dr Pessina and look forward to progressing our evaluation of Val Vedello and successfully completing the VIA processes for both Val Vedello and Novazza.”
Dr Camillo Mario Pessina in the lower galleries at Val Vedello in 1982. Photograph: C. Pessina ©.
Dr. Camillo Mario Pessina, Exploration Manager for AGIP Nucleare and a principal geologist of the Val Vedello uranium project, pictured during one of his regular winter commutes between the Piateda office and the Foppa operational area in a FIAT Campagnola in 1978.
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Reveille Resources Plc Ippolito Ingo Cattaneo, Executive Director
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