Viking Mines has expanded its landholding in Nevada, U.S. to 20 square kilometres, staking additional mining claims to secure the interpreted extensions of known high-grade tungsten systems.
The additional ground acquisition ensures that Viking Mines controls the most prospective geological trends surrounding the Linka, Ragged, Long and Terrel projects.
Viking Mines CEO Julian Woodcock said: “By expanding our landholding we have secured the necessary ‘room to grow’ across our most prospective USA tungsten projects.
“At Linka, we are now well positioned with claims secured and targeting the contact zones of a substantial magnetic high which we interpret is related to the source of the tungsten mineralisation.”
Viking Mines has staked additional claims at the Linka project, around the claims being acquired from BLK Group.
The land expansion at the project secured the interpreted prospective horizons determined from a regional magnetic high, targeting the source intrusion and sedimentary contact zones.
Meanwhile, staking at the Ragged Top project has captured outlying historical workings located 1.9 kilometres to the northeast of the main mine.
Viking Mines has increased regional exploration optionality at the Long and Terrell projects by securing the interpreted strike extensions of known mineralisation.
For its next steps in advancing the Linka project, Viking Mines will develop a metallurgical testwork flowsheet and start sighter metallurgical testwork on sample LKMET0004 from Linka Pit, a high-resolution aerial survey, and gravity and magnetics surveys.
The company is also sourcing historical data and evaluating assays from the due diligence field sampling, including channel samples at Linka and Ragged Top.
Viking Mines is advancing towards a Notice of Intent submission to U.S. federal agencies to secure the necessary drilling permits for their expanded portfolio.
The company is also continuing with the ongoing assessment of five other projects being acquired.
