Vault Strategic Mining (TSX-V:KNOX) has engaged Pioneer Exploration Consultants to conduct a high-resolution airborne magnetic survey at its War Bond tungsten project in Nevada, US.
The survey follows phase one sampling that returned tungsten values up to 1,100 parts per million (ppm) and manganese values up to 4,430ppm across the historical War Bond, Tactite, and Thursday tungsten mine areas.
Pioneer will collect approximately 70 line kilometres of airborne magnetic data using unmanned aerial vehicles. The survey aims to identify magnetic features, structural trends, and geological contacts associated with tungsten-bearing tactite and skarn mineralisation.
Phase one sampling comprised 42 samples — 30 rock chip and 12 soil — submitted to ALS Geochemistry in Reno for analysis.
Three samples from the caved adit area returned an average of 780ppm tungsten. Meanwhile, soil samples along an interpreted structural trend returned values up to 187ppm.
CEO Quinn Field-Dyte says the drone survey and phase one sampling are ‘complementary components’ of the exploration strategy.
“We believe War Bond’s historical production, Nevada location, and emerging exploration model position the project as a compelling North American tungsten opportunity at a time when secure domestic supplies of critical minerals are becoming increasingly important,” Field-Dyte says.
The company intends to integrate the magnetic data with sampling results and historical information to refine priority exploration targets and support drill permitting.
Field observations indicate mineralisation exposed intermittently through soil cover for approximately 1.6 kilometres along a north-south structural corridor.
War Bond was a past tungsten producer from 1952–1953 with reported grades of approximately 0.3% to 0.45% tungsten trioxide.
Vault Strategic Mining is a North American resource company focused on the acquisition and advancement of strategic and critical mineral projects across the western United States.
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