Trigg Minerals has joined the ranks of explorers taking a closer look at Queensland projects for their antimony potential as the market for that critical mineral tightens.

Trigg is targeting the Bosworth (EPM 28419) and West Ravenswood (EPM 27752) tenements within its broader Drummond project.

“Our review of data from the Drummond Project to date has revealed significant potential for intrusive-related and orogenic gold systems in this historically rich mining area, where more than 70 intrusion-related gold systems are located,” Trigg Minerals executive chair Timothy Morrison said.

“The geological setting at Bosworth and West Ravenswood is considered highly favourable for hosting the large, high-grade gold deposit often associated with an IRGS, and antimony is commonly associated with this deposit type.

“Given the recent tightening of the antimony market, due to China announcing export bans on some antimony products, exploring for this critical mineral now becomes more timely and strategically important.

“Drummond’s combination of multiple mineral systems, with variable levels of antimony enrichment and the positive market outlook for antimony, underscores a robust exploration opportunity in gold, antimony and other commodities which we are keen to further explore.”

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Economic grades of antimony (up to 2.3 per cent) have been discovered in the epithermal gold and polymetallic mineralisation at Police Creek near Mount Coolon in the Drummond Basin.

Trigg said also a historical antimony-gold mine was identified near the Mount Wright deposit within the Charters Towers Province.

Trigg plans to continue to review data and opportunities in the Drummond/Charters Towers area and elsewhere.

Meanwhile drilling at the company’s SW Limey target is expected to commence next week.

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