Great Western confirms tungsten zones ahead of drill programme in Nevada
Aim-listed Great Western Mining Corporation has found significant tungsten mineralisation from its latest sampling programme at the Defender-Pine Crow project, in Nevada, US.
Four new machine-cut channels completed in April intercepted 27 m of tungsten grading 0.15% tungsten trioxide, 5 m grading 0.12% tungsten trioxide, 3 m grading 0.34% tungsten trioxide and 18 m grading 0.15% tungsten trioxide.
Additionally, Great Western confirms that very low concentrations of potential penalty elements were encountered during the sampling.
The company also found silver mineralisation in one of the channels, with intercepts of 2 m of silver grading 17.6 g/t silver and 2 m of silver grading 10.1 g/t.
Additional infill rock chip samples between the Defender mine and the M2 copper resource support the company's hypothesis that there is a two- to three-kilometre-long corridor of tungsten mineralisation on site.
The assay results from the channel and rock chip sampling will inform Great Western's maiden drill programme, which is fully permitted and expected to start in coming weeks.
"Following our initial channelling in December 2025, additional machine-cut channelling in April this year has confirmed broad and significant tungsten mineralisation at the historic Dough God and Pine Crow mines. A further channel at the historic Widowmaker mine, supported by new in-situ rock chip samples, extends the tungsten trend a further one kilometre west from Pine Crow and strengthens our interpretation of a significant at-surface, multi-kilometre tungsten corridor.
"Silver mineralisation over intervals at Widowmaker is a welcome credit. Notably, elements that could impair tungsten processing such as molybdenum were immaterial in the results. The channel and rock chip sampling results provide important guidance for our maiden drilling campaign beginning in a few weeks’ time," comments Great Western CEO Ed Loye.
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