Temas Resources (ASX:TIO) has started re-assaying 36,614m of historical drill core at La Blache, targeting gallium, scandium, and chromium potential alongside existing titanium-vanadium mineralisation.
The company says re-assaying the historic core will save some $40 million in future drilling costs and accelerate development by several years at its Québec titanium-vanadium project.
CEO Tim Fernback says the program will support an updated resource estimate and Scoping Study incorporating additional measured and indicated material.
“By incurring the cost to re-assaying this previously drilled core, and not having to re-drill the project, this will save the company over $40 million through avoidance of future drilling costs,” Fernback says.
“This re-assaying also materially reduces our development time by several years while significantly accelerating our path towards a new mineral resource estimate, a new property-wide scoping study, a PFS (Prefeasibility Study) and finally a Full Feasibility.”
The company has completed re-logging of historical drill core from its Farrell Taylor, Hervieux West, and Hervieux East deposits and commenced sample shipments to ALS Assay Lab in Montreal.
Results will be released progressively as received and validated, supporting resource growth, metallurgical optimisation, and economic evaluation.
COO David Caldwell says La Blache and Lac Brule hold compelling multi-element potential, enhanced by the company’s proprietary Regenerative Chloride Leach (RCL) processing technology.
“Early observations of gallium and scandium alongside titanium and vanadium broaden potential revenue streams and provide additional datasets to inform our RCL advancement,” Caldwell says.
The company’s RCL technology platform comprises 11 granted process patents covering extraction of multiple metals including gold, silver, titanium, nickel, cobalt, copper, and rare earth elements.
Initial test results from the re-assay program are expected in early 2026, with results to be released throughout the year.
Edited by Adam Orlando.
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