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PVW rebrands as Union Star, pivots to US gold

Union Star Metals (ASX:USM) has completed its name change from PVW Resources (ASX:PVW) and is now trading under its new code, effective immediately.

The corporate rebrand aligns with the company’s new strategic focus on US precious metals projects, as they hone in on gold and gold-silver exploration in Nevada and Idaho.

Union Star has undertaken a disciplined program of portfolio rationalisation over the past 12 months and has divested of its non-core Australian assets and reallocated capital toward higher-impact growth opportunities, with the acquisition of its key US precious metals projects.

The company’s portfolio is anchored by the Cobb Creek Project in Elko County, Nevada. The project hosts a historical gold resource at the McCall deposit alongside multiple untested exploration targets along a structural corridor that is prospective for epithermal and Carlin-style mineralisation.

Union Star intends to advance Cobb Creek through a staged exploration program to refine targets and progress toward maiden drilling.

CEO Lucas Stanfield says that the company’s rebrand is a key step in aligning strategy with identity.

“We have deliberately repositioned Union Star toward high-quality precious metals opportunities in Nevada and Idaho, where we see strong potential to create value through systematic exploration,” Stanfield says.

“Cobb Creek provides a compelling foundation for this strategy, with an existing gold system and multiple untested targets. We are focused on advancing the project through a disciplined exploration program as we work toward defining drill targets and testing the broader system.”

Union Star Metals is focused on building a precious metals portfolio of projects in the US.

Write to Amy Rotman at Mining.com.au

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