Rumble Resources (ASX:RTR) has expanded the tungsten mineralisation potential at the group’s Western Queen Project in Western Australia, upon receiving historical diamond core assay results.
Tungsten mineralisation has been defined over a 1,500m strike from south of Western Queen South to the Western Queen Central open pit.
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Rumble, which has a market capitalisation of $24.72 million, says the geological interpretation has uncovered eighteen separate tungsten lodes.
The geological investigations and petrographic studies confirm tungsten mineralisation at the project represents an early prograde endoskarn mineralisation event which predates orogenic gold mineralisation.
On this basis, Rumble’s geologists have conducted a comprehensive technical review and targeting exercise to understand the broader tungsten mineralisation potential at Western Queen.
The review has identified multiple high-priority targets that extend over a 5km by 2.5km area at the project, considered prospective for tungsten skarn-type mineralisation.
A field program is underway to assess the potential of each of these targets. The results are anticipated to inform future exploration work targeting tungsten at Western Queen.
CEO Peter Harold says this work has shown that Western Queen hosts a major tungsten system.
“Its very excited to also be on the verge of reporting the maiden tungsten resource at Western Queen – especially given the strong interest in tungsten projects given the metals strategic importance,” Harold says.
Tungsten is classified as a critical raw material and is subject to high supply risk. This news comes in parallel with China imposing an export restriction of tungsten in the US in retaliation to impose import tariffs. This could further reduce the available supply of tungsten to western markets.
Projected forecasts have a compound annual growth rate of over 7% per year for the tungsten market.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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