Red Mountain Mining (ASX:RMX) has secured 87 claims, comprising the Utah Antimony Project in the US, through direct staking with the US Bureau of Land Management for $138,000.
The claims lie immediately along strike to the north and south of Trigg Minerals’ (ASX:TMG) Antimony Canyon Project.
Red Mountain believes the project has high potential for discovery and similar mineralisation to that observed at Antimony Canyon.
An initial exploration program is being planned to map the undercover extensions of north-south structures known to be associated with antimony mineralisation at Antimony Canyon and Dry Wash Canyon and into Red Mountain’s claims.
The company is also conducting a desktop study which is assessing available magnetic and topographic data which will be reviewed initially, and augmented if necessary by high-resolution drone magnetics and surface reconnaissance mapping.
Initial work will be used to define prospective areas for more intensive follow-up work including ground electromagnetics – a potential method to directly detect sulphide mineralisation beneath shallow cover.
Shallow trenching or auger and rotary air blast drilling is likely to be carried out to effectively test for antimony through the transported cover.
Red Mountain Mining is a mineral explorer and developer focused on its portfolio of assets in Australia, Canada, and the US.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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