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SAGA gets closer to maiden resource for Trapper Zone

SAGA Metals (TSX-V:SAGA) has received assay results from a drilling program, amid preparations for a mineral resource estimate at the Trapper Zone within the Radar Project in Canada. 

Some of the results include 90.95m @ 42.57% iron oxide, 5.40% titanium dioxide, 0.303% vanadium pentoxide; 108.3m @ 38.11% iron oxide, 5.13% titanium dioxide, 0.254% vanadium pentoxide; and 144.2m @ 37.13% iron oxide, 5.04% titanium dioxide, 0.234% vanadium pentoxide. 

These results bring the total MRE drill results from 2026 to 20 holes received to date. 

Drilling is progressing efficiently, with 11,600m completed in the Trapper Zone to date. 

Director Michael Garagan says the results deliver broad, consistent zones of oxide mineralisation, with multiple core intercepts exceeding 100m now grading over 6% titanium dioxide. 

“It is particularly encouraging and rewarding to see the ore body take shape with oxide mineralisation intersected in every one of the 57 drillholes completed to date,” Garagan says. 

“These outstanding results across the large Dykes River intrusive complex further confirm the exceptional scale, continuity, and strength of this major mineralized system. 

“We are advancing toward our maiden mineral resource estimate with tremendous confidence in the overall potential of this strategic critical minerals asset.”

The Radar Project spans 24,175 hectares and hosts the entire Dykes River intrusive complex, a unique position among Western explorers. 

SAGA Metals is a North American explorer and developer focused on critical minerals. 

Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au   

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Written By Aaliyah Rogan
Originally from New Zealand, Aaliyah brings several years of experience covering the resources sector, with a focus on companies, commodities and global mining markets. Her reporting has spanned European markets and the evolving global mining landscape, with a focus on the stories and market forces driving change across the sector.