Thistle Resources (TSX-V:TRCG) reports assay results of up to 14.4% antimony (Sb) and 7.59oz silver (Ag) from trench sampling at its Brunswick Antimony Project in New Brunswick.
The company received certified results from ALS Global for 11 samples collected during its 2026 trenching program at the project in the Bathurst mining camp.
Assays returned 14.4% Sb accompanied by 1.99oz Ag, as well as 7.59oz Ag with 4.24% Sb.
Thistle notes these results confirm a ‘high-grade’ antimony-silver association that distinguishes the Brunswick Project from other North American antimony systems. The never-before-drilled project lies adjacent to the Brunswick number twelve mine on its eastern claim boundary.
11 trench samples of freshly exposed material were collected along the edge of trench area No. 1, representing various styles of antimony mineralisation including disseminations, massive blebs, and quartz-vein-associated masses.
Vice President Exploration Gary Lohman says the trenching campaign is designed to uncover the granite sediment contact, marking the boundary that hosts antimony-silver mineralisation.
“While the project shares some similarities with Lake George, the Brunswick Antimony Project stands out for the presence of high-grade silver in the system, accompanied by lesser gold, lead, and zinc, with previous silver assays returning up to 1,300g/t Ag,” Lohman says.
The company notes the project is mineralogically complex and has demonstrated exceptional assays for antimony, silver, and local gold.
President and CEO Patrick Cruickshank says the results confirm a dynamic system with an antimony-silver relationship.
“Antimony is a designated critical mineral in both Canada and the United States, and North American supply is scarce,” Cruickshank says.
“This is an exciting result for our shareholders and for the Bathurst mining camp.”
Thistle says bedrock trench mapping and channel sampling are now underway to define the strike of the mineralised granite-sediment contact and guide drill targeting.
Thistle Resources is a precious metal and critical mineral explorer operating in the Bathurst mining camp in Canada.
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