Omnia Metals (ASX:OM1) reports first-pass geochemical results from maiden field programs at its Radix and Stibnite Ridge projects in Montana, US.
The company completed 81 samples at the Radix Rare Earth Element (REE) and Gallium Project across its 80-claim landholding in Ravalli County.
Rock sample R017 returned a peak niobium result of 209 parts per million (ppm) niobium, representing a discrete anomaly warranting follow-up sampling, mapping, and mineralogical characterisation.
Sediment sample PN0001175837 delivered results of 560.43 ppm total rare earth elements plus yttrium (TREE + Y), 146.50 ppm neodymium and praseodymium (Nd + Pr), and 142.68 ppm heavy rare earth elements plus yttrium (HREE + Y).
Across several drainages and rock-sample traverses, TREE + Y ranged from 45–560 ppm, while Nd + Pr returned 7.83–146.50 ppm. Meanwhile, niobium returned 0.32–209 ppm in rock samples and 11.40–32.60 ppm in sediment samples.
Executive Director Patrick Glovac says the first-pass results convert the company’s desktop targeting work into on-ground geochemical data.
“At Radix, the first-pass results support the REE-niobium carbonatite model developed in our phase one study,” Glovac says.
“The 209 ppm niobium rock result at R017, together with coherent rare-earth responses across several drainages, gives us clearly ranked catchments and rock occurrences to follow up with tighter-spaced sampling, mapping, and mineralogical work.”
At the Stibnite Ridge Antimony Project in Sanders County, Omnia completed a first-pass program across 17 sample locations within its current 28-claim tenure. Drainage sediments returned 2.05–16.0 ppm antimony (Sb), 6.28–40.6 ppm arsenic (As), and 0.018–0.082 ppm silver. Sample PN0001175801 delivered coincident peak values of 16.0 ppm Sb and 40.6 ppm As.
A June 2026 tenure review determined that Stibnite Ridge currently comprises 28 unpatented lode mining claims held by Omnia’s wholly owned subsidiary, American Antimony Metals. The company initially located a proposed 70-claim block in October 2025, but earlier third-party claim locations overlap part of the area.
“Based on our site visit and these first-pass results, we have elected not to contest the competing claims and to focus our attention on the more prospective ground, which Omnia retained,” Glovac says.
Omnia notes the reconnaissance-scale results do not represent mineral resource grades or demonstrate continuity, but are suitable for target prioritisation.
Moving forward, the company plans to integrate assay results with field observations, radiometric traverses, regional geology, and magnetic datasets to refine targets for follow-up work.
Omnia Metals is a mineral explorer focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing future-facing commodities, such as copper, nickel, REEs, gold, and lithium.
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