According to Mining.com, Antimony Resources Corp announced that the Marcus West Zone of its Bald Hill project in New Brunswick, Canada, has expanded in scale, with the discovery of “massive” stibnite mineralization.
Through continued trenching along strike and sampling analysis, field teams identified additional mineralization in the surrounding host rocks.
Stibnite is commonly mined as the primary ore mineral for extracting antimony. As global antimony supply tightens, Canada and the United States have been increasing exploration and development efforts to secure this critical raw material for defense and high-tech applications.
The new discoveries at Bald Hill form part of the company’s 2026 exploration program, which also includes a planned 10,000-meter drilling campaign at the Main Zone. The broader exploration program comprises soil sampling, reconnaissance work, and additional sampling, and the company is also considering airborne geophysical surveys.
Drilling at the Marcus West Zone is scheduled to begin shortly, with plans to complete up to six shallow drill holes targeting mineralization at depths between 30 and 50 meters.
The company will also evaluate previously unexplored areas, including the Central Zone. In 2010, trench sampling at the Central Zone returned mineralization over 8.18 meters grading 2.90% antimony, including 1.75 meters at 5.79% and 1.53 meters at 8.47% antimony.
Trenching at the South Zone has identified stibnite mineralization extending over more than 150 meters.
“We are very pleased to see mineralized samples collected by geologists using an excavator,” said CEO Jim Atkinson in a news release. He added that the strongly mineralized zone and the presence of “massive” stibnite are particularly encouraging. Atkinson also noted that drilling at the Main Zone is progressing smoothly.
The company stated that a second drill rig has recently been added to the project.
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