Military Metals (CSE:MILI) is planning to follow-up the latest soil sampling results from the West Gore Antimony-Gold Project in Nova Scotia, Canada, with additional soil sampling.
The follow-up work will aim to further delineate the extent of the anomaly and detailed reconnaissance to look for the bedrock source of the mineralised boulders discovered.
This news comes after Military discovered concentrations of mineralised boulders at three locations within the West Gore Project.
Some of the samples returned grades of 6.58% antimony with 0.992 grams per tonne gold; and 11.45% antimony with 21.5g/t gold.
The three boulder areas are along a road which bisects the central project area, notably proximal to the intersection of the road with the interpreted structure targeted by the program. The rocks were batched into three samples for analysis.
CEO Scott Eldridge says West Gore has been under-explored since mining operations terminated in the early 1990s.
“The company is thrilled that our early exploration reconnaissance on the project is already beginning to develop new exploration targets overlooked by previous operators, highlighted by the newly identified soil anomaly and high-grade surface samples of 11.45% and 6.58% antimony along with 3.49g/t gold,” Eldridge says.
“These results are another important step towards rediscovering this critical Canadian mineral asset.”
West Gore, located 50km north of Halifax, comprises four exploration licence totalling 585 hectares.
Antimony has gone from niche to indispensable in short order, driven by China’s export ban, recent structural supply constraints, and rising critical minerals policy urgency in the US, as reported by Mining.com.au in September.
China’s export ban is creating acute supply shortages with antimony prices reaching US$60,000 per tonne, as the US Government has issued emergency declarations and mobilised unprecedented funding for domestic production.
Military Metals is a British Columbia-based mineral explorer focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral properties with a focus on antimony.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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