Military Metals (CSE:MILI) expects to initiate drilling on the West Gore Antimony Project in Nova Scotia, Canada, sooner than expected, upon generating new exploration targets.
The company conducted reprocessing and reinterpretation of 2021 drone magnetics flown by previous owners of the project, which revealed three overlooked targets.
Resourceful Geoscience Solutions’ (RGS) analysis identified a subtle but discrete magnetic signature associated with the historical mineralisation exploited by past mining activities.
CEO Scott Eldridge says this is an “exciting” development as the company ramps up exploration work at West Gore.
“The development of these targets from existing data means we can initiate exploration drilling on the project sooner and with greater confidence,” Eldridge says.
“We will begin evaluating these targets immediately with surficial geochemistry and look forward to providing further updates.
“By championing ethical and sustainable resource development, Premier Houston is positioning Nova Scotia as a global player in clean energy and economic resilience.”
The targets proximal to known mineralisation will be tested during an inaugural drilling program, which is currently being planned.
During the upcoming program, detailed petrophysical characterisation will be employed to determine the applicability of more detailed magnetics surveys in the continued development of the project.
Military says target one indicates that a mineralised chute exploited at depth from the main historical underground workings may extend to surface, while target two indicates potential for “significant” mineralisation to occur in a second parallel structure.
Target three lies in an unexplored area 650m southwest of the main historical mine workings.
Further, Military has collected representative samples of mineralisation material from historical dumps for having custom certified reference materials (CRMs), prepared by Canadian Resource Laboratories. Canadian Resource Laboratories specialises in preparing CRMs for use in implanting quality assurance – quality control (QAQC).
The West Gore Project lies in the Meguma gold camp and comprises a past-producing underground mine. The mine was considered a key antimony producer during World War One, producing 7,000 tonnes of antimony concentrate grading 46%.
Military Metals is a British Columbia-based mineral explorer focused primarily on antimony.
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