Denison Extends Gryphon Zone at Wheeler River Project and Completes Summer Drilling Programs

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Sep 24, 2014) - Denison Mines Corp. (TSX:DML)(NYSE MKT:DNN) ("Denison" or the "Company") is pleased to report the successful extension of the Gryphon zone of high grade basement hosted uranium mineralization at the Wheeler River property and the conclusion of the 2014 summer drilling programs at Wheeler River, Crawford Lake and Bachman Lake in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.

Wheeler River

At Wheeler River, a total of 14,937 metres has been completed in 20 drill holes at the newly discovered Gryphon zone. Results from the first half of these holes were released by Denison earlier this summer. Highlights from the remaining half of the drilling program include WR-573D1, which intersected 15.8% eU₃O₈ over 2.3 metres, and WR-574, which intersected 7.0% eU₃O₈ over 2.0 metres, followed by 9.8% eU₃O₈ over 2.5 metres.

Mineralization at Gryphon is hosted in basement gneisses, ranging from 100 to 250 metres below the sub-Athabasca unconformity. The zone currently measures 350 metres long (along the plunge) by 60 metres wide (across the plunge) and consists of multiple stacked lenses with variable thicknesses that plunge to the northeast and remain open in both plunge directions. The last holes completed in the up-plunge (WR-580) and down-plunge (WR-573D1) directions intersected 1.8% eU₃O₈ over 2.0 metres and 15.8% eU₃O₈ over 2.3 metres, respectively. As the drill holes are angled steeply to the northwest and the mineralization is interpreted to dip moderately to the southeast, the true thickness is expected to be approximately 75% of the intersection length.

Ron Hochstein, President and C.E.O. of Denison stated that "we are very encouraged by the Gryphon zone results to date. In a relatively short time we have been able to gain an understanding of the geology surrounding a newly discovered zone of high grade uranium mineralization on our flagship Wheeler River project. With our 2015 exploration program fully funded by our recently closed flow through share private placement, we plan to continue to focus our efforts on the Gryphon zone and our other higher priority projects."

Figure 1 (http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/969576_MAP.pdf) shows the location of Gryphon on a property map and shows the drill hole intersections on an inclined longitudinal section in the plane of the mineralization (020/55E). The table below lists the down hole probe results from the summer program at Gryphon as well as assays that have been received to date. The cut-off grade for compositing is 1.0% U₃O₈ unless noted otherwise.

Gryphon Zone Intersections

The Wheeler River property lies between the McArthur River Mine and Key Lake mill complex in the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan. Denison is the operator and holds a 60% interest in the project. Cameco Corp. holds a 30% interest and JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited holds the remaining 10% interest.

Crawford Lake and Bachman Lake

A total of 2,995 metres of drilling was completed in five holes at Crawford Lake and a total of 1,194 metres of drilling was completed in two holes at the Bachman Lake property. Targets were a combination of follow-ups from previous drilling results that had intersected significant alteration zones, and new geophysical targets. Although no significant mineralization was intersected, the Crawford Lake drilling was successful in extending a large zone of sandstone and basement alteration on the CR-2 and CR-5 conductors, roughly along trend to the south of the Millennium deposit. Follow-up drilling is required in this area and is expected to be a high priority for Denison in 2015. Crawford Lake and Bachman Lake are located just west of Wheeler River in the southeast Athabasca Basin and are 100% owned Denison properties.

Qualified Person

The disclosure of a scientific or technical nature contained in this news release was prepared by Steve Blower P.Geo., Denison's Vice President, Exploration, who is a Qualified Person in accordance with the requirements of NI 43-101. For a description of the quality assurance program and quality control measures applied by Denison, please see Denison's Annual Information Form dated March 14, 2014 filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Denison

Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests in exploration and development projects in Canada, Zambia, Mali, Namibia, and Mongolia. Including the high grade Phoenix deposit, located on its 60% owned Wheeler River project, Denison's exploration project portfolio consists of numerous projects covering over 470,000 hectares in the Eastern Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan. Denison's interests in Saskatchewan also include a 22.5% ownership interest in the McClean Lake joint venture, which includes several uranium deposits and the McClean Lake uranium mill, one of the world's largest uranium processing facilities, plus a 25.17% interest in the Midwest deposit and a 60% interest in the J-Zone deposit on the Waterbury property. Both the Midwest and J Zone deposits are located within 20 kilometres of the McClean Lake mill. Internationally, Denison owns 100% of the conventional heap leach Mutanga project in Zambia, 100% of the uranium/copper/silver Falea project in Mali, a 90% interest in the Dome project in Namibia, and an 85% interest in the in-situ recovery projects held by the Gurvan Saihan joint venture in Mongolia.

Denison is engaged in mine decommissioning and environmental services through its DES division and is the manager of Uranium Participation Corp., a publicly traded company which invests in uranium oxide and uranium hexafluoride.

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