Guardian Metal Resources plc’s assays showed “one of the longest mineralised intervals” with an intersection of 46m from the expanded drilling programme at Pilot Mountain in Nevada, USA.
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The results are from Desert Scheelite drill core samples from holes PM24-014 to PM24-017, with “very high grade tungsten and copper”.
PM24-017 best results to date also comprise 0.413% tungsten oxide, 12.2g/t silver, 2,476ppm copper and 0.37% zinc from 66.4 – 112.4m.
Drill hole PM24-014 downhole highlight drill intersection comprises 15.1m at 0.141% tungsten oxide, 45.2g/t silver, 12,923ppm copper (1.292%) and 0.65% zinc from 20.4 – 35.5m.
Guardian said that the majority of the intercepts were located “entirely within the planned pit shell” and represented a “significant” upgrade from the previous low grade block model in the area.
Standout “extremely high-grade” assays of 1.5m at 5.02% copper (25m – 26.5m downhole depth) from PM24-014 are the second highest drilled copper assay results to date from Pilot Mountain.
The company has so far completed 37 drill holes and is currently drilling the thirty-eighth.
Chief executive Oliver Friesen added that the USA had classified tungsten as “dual use” for the industrial and military sectors.
“With these latest high-grade tungsten and copper drill assay results now reported, we are one step closer to updating the mineral resource and mine plan for inclusion in our pre-feasibility study and to the company’s ultimate goal of supporting the United States’ onshoring efforts for this very important dual-use metal.”