US Antimony Company Stakes Alaska Claims
By Shane Lasley, Mining News United States Antimony Corp. Aug. 21 announced that it has staked 69 state claims covering prospective high- grade copper showings in Alaska. The critical minerals-focused company that owns an antimony refinery in Montana has yet to reveal the location of this 11,040-acre property in Alaska. “The State of Alaska is under-explored, and we are considering other mining opportunities located in Alaska,” said Joe Bardswich, co-CEO of United States Antimony. “We are currently having initial discussions with other claim holders within the area of interest regarding possible acquisitions, options or joint ventures. Due to these other activities which are ongoing, we are not yet disclosing the exact location of these new mining claims announced today.” The company, however, did say a geologist can walk to the copper outcrops on its newly staked claims from a 10-mile road leading from one of Alaska’s few highways.
An eight-foot- (2.4 meters) thick outcropping quartz vein with very high copper values is a prime target covered by the claims staked by United States Antimony. Assay values of 13 samples collected from this outcropping vein by state geologists average 16.5 percent copper with 0.076 ounce per ton (2.6 grams per metric ton) gold and 2.21 ounce per ton (71.8 grams per ton) silver. United States Antimony said it was attracted to this project due to the recommendation of a consulting geologist with many years of experience in Alaska, as well as its own study of historical geological reconnaissance, mapping, sampling, and assaying reports from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical surveys. The company’s interest in copper is due to the importance of this metal to the transition to low- carbon energy and transportation. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy listed copper on its list of materials critical to energy technologies.
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