Highlights
- 98 soil samples were collected across 198 acres (0.8 km²) in the vicinity of GWM’s already established M2 copper skarn resource and the historically mined Pine Crow and Defender tungsten skarns.
- Elevated tungsten, copper and zinc were traced for at least 1.4 km along strike following a granite-limestone contact, indicating extensions to the outcropping skarn-style mineralisation at Pine Crow and Defender.
- When integrated with previous soil samples from the M2 skarn area, the soil geochemical anomaly extends over 2.8 km of strike length, from south of the M2 resource to Pine Crow, with consistently elevated tungsten, copper, and zinc in soil values.
Great Western Chairman Brian Hall commented: "Together with our ongoing drill programme in the area, we are rapidly increasing our understanding of the extensive mineralisation across the Huntoon Copper Project and adjoining claims. These results are particularly encouraging, revealing a clear geochemical link between the outcropping tungsten-rich Defender and Pine Crow workings and our established copper resource at M2.
"The consistency and scale of these anomalies suggest the presence of a significantly larger mineralised system than previously recognised. We will now initiate targeted geological fieldwork and follow-up sampling to delineate the extent of tungsten, copper and zinc mineralisation, with the aim of advancing these zones towards a new drilling campaign."