SAGA Metals (TSX-V:SAGA) has reported results from a helicopter-borne Full Tensor Magnetic Gradiometry (FTMG) survey at the central oxide-layering corridor of the Radar Titanium-Vanadium-Iron Project in Labrador, Canada.
Completed in April 2026 by Dias Airborne using the company’s Quantum Magnetic Tensor Survey (QMAGT) system, the survey provides the company’s highest-resolution magnetic dataset to date.
Key findings include interpreted magnetic continuity from Trapper South toward the Falcon Zone, with the Trapper South oxide system occurring along the same southern-limb magnetic trend as the untested Falcon Zone. The company plans follow-up drilling to validate the mineralisation of the magnetic trend.
The QMAGT survey comprised 157 north-south flight lines at 75m line spacing, covering the central oxide-layering corridor of the property. The full-tensor magnetic-gradient data were processed into terrain-corrected grids referenced to a north-east-down (NED) coordinate frame.
Chief Geological Officer and Director Michael Garagan says that the survey has significantly improved Saga’s understanding of the geometry and magnetic continuity of the Radar Project.
“Most importantly, it provides a clearer basis for prioritising the remaining MRE drilling in the Trapper Zone as well as follow-up drilling in Hawkeye and Falcon Zones,” Garagan says.
“The main magnetic anomaly stands out at a size that now compares directly, at scale, with the world’s largest titanium-vanadium deposits using only its surface expression.
“When you factor in the substantial true thickness of high-grade oxide mineralisation we’re intersecting in our drill program, the project’s potential becomes even more compelling.
“While drilling is required to confirm the source, grade, and thickness of the new anomalies, the survey gives us a stronger structural and geophysical framework for the next phase of exploration.”
The Falcon Zone has emerged as a priority follow-up target, with a coherent, high amplitude response occurring around 5km east of current Trapper South drilling. The largest zone on the property, it has not yet been drill-tested.
2026 Priorities
SAGA’s 2026 exploration is focused on advancing the Radar Project toward a maiden National Instrument (NI) 43-101 mineral resource estimate (MRE) at Trapper, while also testing the new targets revealed in the QMAGT survey.
Key work includes the completion of the Trapper MRE diamond drill program, 3D magnetic inversion modelling of the QMAGT dataset, metallurgical test work on representative samples from each zone, and continued diamond drilling at the Falcon Zone to test the new anomaly defined by the QMAGT survey.
SAGA Metals is a North American exploration and development company focused on critical minerals.
Write to Amy Rotman at Mining.com.au
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