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Ucore Provides an Update on REE Mineralogy at Bokan
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Press Release Source: Ucore Uranium Inc. On Monday March 1, 2010, 9:40 am

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - March 1, 2010) - Ucore Uranium Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU - News) is pleased to provide an update on detailed mineralogical studies on surface and drill core samples from its Bokan Mountain rare earth element (REE) project.

The work is being led by Dr. A.N. Mariano, a renowned expert on REE minerals. Analyses are being made by traditional and state-of-the-art methods including standard petrography, cathodoluminescence, scanning electron microscope/backscattered electron imaging with energy dispersive X-ray analyses, X-ray energy mapping, and ultraviolet fluorescence.

To date, a wide variety of REE-bearing minerals have been identified, including apatite, iimoriite, kainosite, gadolinite, allanite, bastnaesite, parisite, brannerite, thalenite, xenotime, fergusonite, synchysite (Y), and monazite. Significantly, concentrates of iimoriite ((Y, REE)2(SiO4)(CO3)) were made using simple heavy media separation techniques, with grain sizes up to 2 mm.

"Characterizing the mineralogy is an important aspect of evaluating any REE deposit," said Jim McKenzie, Ucore's President & CEO. "Many REE minerals have similar physical and chemical characteristics. Separating the complex REE minerals from the waste rock can be a challenge at any REE deposit. We are encouraged by the coarse grain size and liberation of iimoriite, a key REE mineral that has high concentrations of the more valuable heavy rare earths and has relatively simple refining properties. We already have previous metallurgical test reports by the US Bureau of Mines that indicate recoveries of more than 95% yttrium, and results of our new mineralogical studies will be used to develop bench-scale metallurgical investigations to determine the potential recovery of the full suite of light and heavy rare earth minerals and elements."

Preliminary results of the mineralogical studies will be presented at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona this week by Ucore's Harmen Keyser and Dr. Mariano. The SME has recognized the increasing demand for, and a potential shortage of, rare earths to supply the US industrial and military complex with a special dedicated session.

The Bokan-Dotson Ridge project, located on Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska, is 100% owned by Ucore with purchasable NSR's ranging from 2 to 4% on 84 of 512 claims. Additional properties continue to be held in Nunavut, Ontario, Labrador, and Newfoundland.

The technical content of this news release has been approved by Harmen Keyser, P.Geol., Ucore's Vice President of Project Development and a qualified person in accordance with NI 43-101.

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Ucore Uranium Announces Results Up to 10.04% Treo From Its Lost Pond Joint Venture in Western Newfoundland
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Press Release Source: Ucore Uranium Inc. On Monday February 8, 2010, 1:44 pm EST

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - 02/08/10) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE U.S.

Ucore Uranium Inc. (TSX-V:UCU - News) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results from a prospecting/sampling program completed on the Lost Pond property, located in western Newfoundland. The property is subject to a farm-out agreement with Kirrin Resources Inc. (TSX-V:KYM - News) ("Kirrin"), who is the operator. The property hosts a number of Rare Earth Element and Uranium targets which are the focus of an ongoing exploration program.

A summary of the sampling program and assay results are taken from Kirrin's press release dated Feb. 8, 2010 and detailed below:

"The 2009 review of prior REE exploration data identified four potential REE targets based on airborne magnetics and radiometric patterns as well as previous assay results obtained between 2006 and 2008. This previous work included trenching and drilling on the Bottom Brook A Zone (U3 Target) resulting in drill intersections up to 4.47% Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO) over 5.64 m.

The latest exploration program focused on five additional Rare Earth targets, two of which resulted in the identification of two new areas of Rare Earth mineralization:

- Bottom Brook B Zone - Assay results of 1.69% and 6.80% TREO were obtained from two grab samples collected from angular boulders containing abundant magnetite and hematite mineralization. The highest grade sample (6.80% TREO) includes individual assays of 2.87% Ce2O3, 1.48% La2O3 and 1.21% Nd2O3. This mineralization is proximal to a discrete isolated magnetic high anomaly, which is located approximately 1 km northeast of the Bottom Brook A Zone.

- Bottom Brook C Zone - This area was also isolated for follow-up because of the presence of a discrete isolated magnetic high. A total of five samples were taken from magnetite-hematite bearing granite float proximal to the target, all with similar radioactivity and mineralogy to the Bottom Brook A Zone. Sampling results ranged from 1.50% to 10.04% TREO. The highest grade sample (10.04% TREO) includes individual assays of 4.13% Ce2O3, 2.22% La2O3 and 1.88% Nd2O3.

The 2009 prospecting program was curtailed in November due to the onset of winter conditions. A follow-up program of ground magnetics and geochemistry is planned, to be followed by trenching and/or drilling on the discrete magnetic targets. Additional prospecting will also be done on the other targeted areas.

Quality Control: The sampling was carried out by Kirrin personnel and all samples were delivered to Accurassay in Gambo South, NL for initial sample preparation. The samples were analyzed at Activation Laboratories in Ancaster, ON, utilizing inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. The digestion technique was total digestion that employs a lithium metaborate/tetraborate fusion. TREO represents the Total Rare Earth Oxides and includes Y2O3. The style of Rare Earth mineralization believed represented at Lost Pond generally has 90% Light Rare Earths and 10% Heavy Rare Earths on average."

Ucore Uranium Inc. is a junior exploration company focused on establishing uranium and Rare Earth Element resources through exploration and property acquisition. Ucore's Lost Pond Property is located in western Newfoundland, where Kirrin is earning a 50% interest (see press release September 16, 2008) by spending $2,600,000 on exploration and issuing 300,000 shares (split adjusted) to Ucore, including 50,000 shares (split adjusted) on signing, over four years. Kirrin has met its expenditure obligation through December 31, 2009. The Qualified Person ("QP") responsible for the content of this press release is Wayne Reid, P.Geo, a technical advisor for both Ucore and Kirrin.

Jim McKenzie, President

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Ucore Uranium Inc.: Deep Drilling at Dotson Trend Shows Heavy Rare Earth Mineralization Persists to Depth

* Press Release
* Source: Ucore Uranium Inc.
* On 9:18 am EST, Monday December 14, 2009

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 14, 2009) - Ucore Uranium Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU - News) is pleased to announce additional assay results from the 2009 drill program at Bokan-Dotson Ridge in southeast Alaska. The 2009 program, administered under Ucore's wholly owned U.S.-based subsidiary, Rare Earth One, completed a total of 2,840 metres of core from 27 diamond drill holes. The 2009 drilling focused primarily on the road-accessible Dotson Trend, with additional drilling at the Geoduck, Cheri and Sunday Lake areas. The drill hole assays summarized in this release, all collared along the centrally located Dotson Trend, represent the balance of outstanding holes from the 2009 program.

The following table summarizes significant values for the remaining holes:


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%
From To Width LREO HREO TREO HREO
Hole ID Zone (m) (m) (m) % % % (i)
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LM09-68 Dotson 85.65 87.33 1.68 1.57 0.61 2.18 28
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LM09-70 Dotson 30.48 31.57 1.09 0.83 0.69 1.51 45
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And 38.48 39.40 0.92 0.35 0.36 0.71 51
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And 48.91 50.50 1.59 0.85 0.42 1.27 33
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And 78.19 79.46 1.27 0.41 0.19 0.60 32
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LM09-71 Dotson 46.22 47.69 1.47 1.11 1.02 2.13 48
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And 77.17 78.76 1.59 1.75 1.37 3.12 44
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LM09-72 Dotson 108.50 111.02 2.52 0.66 0.28 0.93 30
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And 113.51 114.78 1.27 0.52 0.25 0.77 32
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And 133.39 134.26 0.87 0.57 0.19 0.76 25
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LM09-73 Dotson 76.79 80.53 3.74 0.81 0.27 1.08 25
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And 136.89 138.56 1.67 0.21 0.25 0.46 55
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LREO = Light rare earth elements: La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm as oxide
HREO = Heavy rare earth elements: Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and
Y as oxide
TREO = Total rare earth oxides; LREO + HREO
(i) % HREO = HREO as percent of TREO
Note: All widths are apparent widths; totals may not equal due to rounding.


"Drill results from the Dotson Trend continue to offer exceptional concentrations of the valuable heavy rare earth elements," said Ucore's President and CEO Jim McKenzie. "More compelling, however, is the fact that our deepest holes to date, holes 72 and 73, give results that essentially mirror the total rare earth content of earlier shallow holes along the Dotson Trend. This is consistent with an important cornerstone of the historical US Bureau of Mines model for the area, which calls for persistence of mineralization at depth. Increasingly, current exploration confirms the historical model and indicates the presence of a significant heavy rare earth deposit, one that is easily accessible and perhaps most importantly, located within the United States, one of the world's largest consumers of these critical technology metals."

The geological model for Bokan-Dotson Ridge, first set out by the USBM in 1989, called for persistent rare earth mineralization across the system, both along strike and at depth (Warner & Barker; USBM OFR 33-89). The USBM studies were the basis for a substantial non NI 43-101 compliant resource calculation described in the Ucore press release of November 17, 2009. The USBM also predicted an unusually high ratio of heavy rare earths (or HREE's), estimating that approximately one half of the total rare earth content in the known mineralized bodies would consist of the more valuable HREE's. Significantly, Ucore's 2009 drill results have been consistent with the conclusions of the historical USBM studies. The 2009 exploration program encountered mineralization in 22 of 27 holes, with five holes returning non-significant values (holes 62-64, 67 and 69). Factoring in the 2009 season, Ucore's exploration programs at Bokan over three successive seasons have identified mineralization from approximately 85% of the total holes drilled.

A high priority objective in 2010 will be the generation of a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the centrally located Dotson Trend. Ucore intends to conduct additional infill and deep drilling in this area of sufficient density to allow the preparation of a resource estimate compliant with the modern standards of NI 43-101 and to provide further confirmation of the historical USBM model. As previously reported, the Dotson Trend now has an established strike length of three kilometres, not including the nearby I&L, Cheri, and Geoduck zones which are all located on the southeast side of Bokan Mountain. Additional field studies directed toward an increased understanding of the structural controls of these HREE-enriched zones are planned for 2010. Please see the company website for maps showing the locations of the mineralized zones and drill holes.

In addition to the primary objective of generating a resource at the Dotson Trend in 2010, Ucore also intends to aggressively advance a new target area at the Sunday Trend, to the northwest of Bokan Mountain. This trend has a prospective strike length of three kilometres, commencing at the Sunday Lake Zone and extending northwards to the Boots and Geiger Zones. As reported in Ucore's press release of Nov. 30, 2009, Sunday Lake is the site of a recent highly prospective heavy rare earth discovery, which rendered assays comprised almost completely of heavy rare earths (95% HREO content over total REO content of 1.8% across 4.8 meters).

Beyond the Dotson and Sunday Trends, the overall Bokan-Dotson Ridge project area, with more than 30 known REE-U prospects, is located central to a substantially larger rare earth macro trend, which Ucore geologists now believe may span in excess of 30 kilometres on southern Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. While Ucore's focus for the near term will be exploring the Dotson, Geoduck, Cheri, and Sunday Lake zones, intermediate work will proceed on the greater area to the north and south of the central exploration zones.

Bokan-Dotson Ridge is one of a very few known and readily accessible rare earth prospects which are enriched in the heavy lanthanoids, or HREE's, in North America. The project has excellent geopolitical features. It is located in a jurisdiction known for proven mine permitting legislation and infrastructural support, with no local populations. The Bokan area is within a mineral prescription of the Tongass National Forest land use designation system to encourage exploration and development of mineral resources. Logistically, Bokan-Dotson Ridge is situated on immediate deep water access with an existing road network, 140 kilometres from large scale port-to-rail facilities at Prince Rupert, B.C., and with direct ocean access to the western seaboard and the Pacific Rim. The climate is temperate, facilitating the possibility of exploration and mining on a year-round basis. As one of the largest estimated HREE deposits in the United States, the project offers secure domestic access to technology metals of critical importance to the US military and industrial complex. Currently, HREE's consumed in the US for high technology applications originate almost entirely from China, and are widely believed to be entering an indeterminate period of supply shortfall as China marshals its domestic reserves for internal use.

NI 43-101 Compliance

Diamond drill core was split on site, with half the core transported by commercial freight carriers to the EcoTech Laboratories analytical facility in Kamloops, B.C., Canada, and check assay samples submitted to Actlabs in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. As part of a rigorous QA/QC program, blanks, standards, and duplicates were inserted into the sample train in the field and in the laboratory. Analyses were by a combination of inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry and X-ray fluorescence with lithium metaborate fusion. Reported values are length-weighted averages from multiple samples. All widths reported are core intercepts; insufficient structural information is available to make a conclusive statement on the relationship between true width and core intercept. Harmen Keyser, P.Geol. (NWT), Ucore's Vice President of Project Development and a qualified person in accordance with NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical content of this press release.

Background

Ucore Uranium Inc. is a junior exploration company focused on establishing REE and uranium resources through exploration and property acquisition. With multiple projects, Ucore's primary focus is the Rare Earth One operated Bokan - Dotson Ridge rare earth element and uranium project. The project is located on the southern part of Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska, with excellent deep water access and proximity to major sea and rail shipping routes across North America and to Asia.

Ucore Uranium Inc.

Jim McKenzie, President and CEO

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 38.529.110 von MONSIEURCB am 08.12.09 16:37:18

Glückwunsch!

Heute schönes Plus.

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Hallo zusammen - bin seit heute mit einer ersten Position mit im Boot ... und wundere mich, warum dieses Schätzchen noch so offensichtlich unter dem Radar der rare-earth-gierigen Meute liegt!

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...bischen übertrieben

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Das ist wohl die Ursache für den Abschlag


Readers are cautioned that the resource estimates quoted in this press release were prepared by the US Bureau of Mines prior to the implementation of National Instrument 43-101 and are therefore of a historical nature. The historical resource estimate does not use the resource categories stipulated in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of National Instrument 43-101. Ucore believes that the terms "resource" and "resources" are used differently from the use of those terms in NI 43-101. Ucore does not have, and is not aware of, any more recent resource estimates which conform to the standards prescribed in NI 43-101. Ucore has not done the work necessary to verify the classification of the USBM mineral resource estimate and it has not been verified by a Qualified Person. The Company is not treating the historical resource estimate as a NI 43-101 defined resource or reserve, and therefore the historical resource estimate should not be relied upon.



....und die Übersetzung dazu

Leser werden gewarnt, dass die Hilfsmittelschätzungen, die in diesem Pressekommuniqué veranschlagen wurden, durch das US-Büro der Gruben vor der Implementierung nationalen Instrumentes 43-101 vorbereitet wurden und folglich von einer historischen Natur sind. Die historische Hilfsmittelschätzung verwendet die Hilfsmittelkategorien, die nicht in Abschnitten 1.2 und 1.3 nationalen Instrumentes 43-101 vereinbart werden. Ucore glaubt, dass die Ausdrücke „Hilfsmittel“ und „Betriebsmittel“ unterschiedlich zu dem Gebrauch von jenen Ausdrücken in Ni 43-101 verwendet werden. Ucore hat nicht, und ist nicht, mehr neue Hilfsmittelschätzungen bewusst, die an die Standards sich anpassen, die in Ni 43-101 vorgeschrieben werden. Ucore hat nicht die Arbeit erledigt, die notwendig ist zu überprüfen, dass die Klassifikation der USBM Mineralhilfsmittelschätzung und -sie nicht von einer qualifizierten Person überprüft worden ist. Die Firma behandelt die historische Hilfsmittelschätzung nicht als Ni-43-101 definiertes Hilfsmittel oder Reserve, und folglich sollte die historische Hilfsmittelschätzung nicht auf gebaut werden.

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http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/node/1190321

... wo manchmal die news herkommen

[HGDM]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 38.223.636 von HGDM am 21.10.09 16:27:26

und das gehört noch dazu


Resolution 56; 1998

Alaska State Legislature



REPRESENTATIVE BILL HUDSON

State Capitol

Juneau. Alaska

99801-1182

(9O7) 465-3744 Fax [phone]

Resources Committee

Transportation Committee

Commerce Committee



Sponsor Statement

This Resolution urges the Federal Railroad Administration to transfer the Linear

Induction Motor Research Vehicle (LIMRV) to the State of Alaska. The LIMRV is

a high speed test vehicle which was used in the 1970's for obtaining

experimental data by the United States Department of Transportation. The

transfer of the LIMRV will allow for the potential development of a new industrial

and research business in Alaska. The mining will take place on Prince of Wales

Island where the only known North American source of yttrium is located, and

the processing will take place in Ketchtkan. The development of yttrium could

revitalize Ketchikan, after the loss of the pulp mill.



Yttrium is a rare earth element that is currently being purchased from foreign

sources at the current world market value of $320.000 for one pound of pure

ytirium. Power Superconductor Applications Corporation is proposing local

employment in the mining and refining, as well as in the converting the LIMRV

to their needs. Upon receipt of the LIMRV, there will be potential employment of

up to 55 persons for the conversion.



The mining and refining of yttrium would also cause further job expansion on

Prince of Wales Island. These yttrium deposits are also mixed with other rare

earth elements, which will allow Alaska further development in other minerals.

Power Superconductor Applications Corporation is also planning to establish a

high speed test facility at Annette Field on Metlakatla. This airfield makes

available long fiat strips of land and a moderate climate for the testing of the

LIMRV. Currently, there are facilities in Southeast Alaska that could be quickly

retrofitted by the Power Superconductor Applications Corporation for their

requirements for the LIMRV conversions and yttrium development. The fact that

there are current convertible facilities available, will allow for expedient

development of the project.



Alaska has a unique deposit of this valuable earth element, the development of

which could provide an opportunity for economic growth and development. 1

urge your support in this timely resolution.

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 56

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES HUDSON, Williams, Dyson

Introduced: 2/11798

Referred: Resources

A RESOLUTION

1 Relating to yttrium mining and transfer of the linear induction motor research


2 vehicle to Alaska.

3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

4 WHEREAS yttrium bearing and other rare earth minerals have been identified in large

5 quantities on Prince of Wales Island, and the quantity is sufficient to establish facilities for

6 the mining of yttrium on Prince of Wales Island; and

7 WHEREAS the Prince of Wales deposits are the only known deposits of yttrium

8 bearing minerals in North America; and

9 WHEREAS, based on the present world market, one pound of 99.9999 pure yttrium

LO has a market value of $320,000; and

[1 WHEREAS the presence of yttrium in the state offers Southeast Alaska an economic

12 development opportunity in the areas of mining, refining, research, and manufacturing; and

L3 WHEREAS yttrium mining activity on Prince of Wales Island could result in

14 transportation of the extracted materials to the Metlakatla/Ketchikan area for further refining

and processing; and

16 WHEREAS the local availability of refined yttrium metal would promote the

1 establishment of a major research and manufacturing facility for yttrium-based products in

2 Metiakatla and Ketchikan, resulting in new career opportunities for Alaskans; and

3 WHEREAS products manufactured using yttrium and technology involving yttrium

4 include powerful frictionless motors and magnetic levitation equipment for use in

5 transportation systems, superconducting fault limitea^s, electromagnetic mass launchers, and

6 yttrium coated tapes and wire; yttrium wire can also be used ijn medical equipment, including

7 field magnets in MRI-scanning machines; and

8 WHEREAS the firm of Power Superconductor Applications Corporation, based in

9 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has expressed an interest in working with the state to establish

10 manufacturing and research facilities in the Metlakatla/Ketchikan area using the local

11 workforce and iocai facilities, including establishment of a high speed test track at the vacant

12 Annette Field at Metiakatla; and

13 WHEREAS Power Superconductor Applications Corporation has requested assistance

14 from the stale in securing use of a 30-ton linear induction mcjtor research vehicle (LIMRV)

15 currently in storage by the Federal Railroad Administration; and

16 WHEREAS the LIMRV is expected to become part of a four-year based retrofit and

17 research project involving yttrium, yttrium products, and yttrium technology; and

18 WHEREAS the retrofit and research project is expected to start in 1998 and is

{9 expected to lead to the establishment of a new $3,100,000' jyttrium and yttrium products

10 manufacturing facility in the Metlakatla/Ketchikan area, employiing 55 Alaskans; once transfer

>1 of the LIMRV to the State of Alaska takes place, 15 new jobs for Alaskans are expected to

12 be established immediately; and

13 WHEREAS requests for funding to establish new yttrium industrial and research

14 sectors in Southeast Alaska are not currently being made by the state;

15 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature would welcome a transfer of the

16 linear induction motor research vehicle (LIMRV) to the state as a federal contribution to

L7 establishment of a new industrial and research sector located near Metiakatla and Ketchikan.

18 the only known North American source of the valuable metal! yttrium; and be it

',9 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislate urges the Federal Railroad

iO Administration, the Alaska Congressional delegation, and the'Governor to facilitate transfer

>1 of the LIMRV to Alaska for a period of at least four years. 0-LS1533V4

1 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to Ms. Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator,

2 Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; and to the Honorable Ted

3 Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young,

4 U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress