Great Western Mining (LSE:GWMO) has completed a 23-hole reverse circulation drilling programme totalling approximately 8,500 feet at its Defender Tungsten Project in Nevada.
The programme targeted scheelite-bearing, skarn-hosted tungsten mineralisation between the historic Defender and Pine Crow mines across a strike length of approximately one kilometre.
Great Western said geological logging and shortwave ultraviolet inspections identified multiple broad intercepts of scheelite-bearing skarn at the Defender Hill, Dough God and Pine Crow target areas.
Laboratory assays are pending and will be required to determine the grades associated with the observed mineralisation.
Drilling Targets One-Kilometre Strike Area
The drilling programme was designed to investigate tungsten mineralisation between the historic mine workings and follows earlier surface channel sampling conducted at the project.
According to Great Western, observations from the latest drilling are consistent with its geological model for mineralisation extending from surface to depth.
The company has not yet reported assay results from the 23-hole campaign.
Samples Sent for Laboratory Analysis
All samples from the drilling programme have been dispatched to an accredited laboratory for analysis.
Great Western intends to use the assay results as part of work towards a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for the Defender project.
Addison Mining Services has been appointed to prepare the Mineral Resource Estimate.
The results will provide additional information on the grade, distribution and extent of tungsten mineralisation encountered during the drilling programme.
Great Western Focuses on Nevada Mineral Projects
Great Western Mining Corporation is a mineral exploration and development company listed on AIM, Euronext Growth and OTCQB.
The group is focused on mineral projects in the US, with current exploration activity including tungsten-bearing skarn targets in Mineral County, Nevada.
Its Defender Tungsten Project covers an area between historic tungsten mine workings at Defender and Pine Crow.
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