Announcement • Jul 23
Vault Strategic Mining Corp Reports Widespread Anomalous Tungsten and Manganese Values At War Bond Tungsten Project
Vault Strategic Mining Corp. had assay results from 42 rock and soil samples collected during the Company’s Phase 1 exploration program return widespread anomalous tungsten values across the War Bond Tungsten Project, including rock results of up to 1,100 parts per million tungsten and manganese values of up to 4,430 parts per million. The results support an emerging, structurally controlled tungsten-skarn model across the Project, which encompasses the historical War Bond, Tactite and Thursday tungsten mine areas in western Nevada. A total of 42 samples, comprising 30 rock-chip and 12 soil samples, were collected from six field areas and submitted to ALS Geochemistry in Reno, Nevada, for analysis. The results will be integrated with the Company’s previously announced drone-borne magnetic survey and historical data to refine geological interpretations, prioritize follow-up mapping and sampling, support drill-target generation and drill-permitting activities, and form part of the technical foundation for the Company’s maiden NI 43-101 technical report being prepared by veteran geologist William Feyerabend and Amazona Enterprises. Rock assays reached 1,100 ppm tungsten, the Caved Adit returned an average of 780 ppm tungsten across three samples, and soils along the interpreted structural trend returning up to 187 ppm tungsten. The strongest tungsten values closely correlate with garnet-bearing tactite and a consistent molybdenum-bismuth-copper-manganese pathfinder signature. The elevated manganese values appear to form part of this broader skarn geochemical signature and will be evaluated alongside the tungsten data. By integrating these results with the drone-borne magnetic survey and historical information, priority targets will be refined, drill-permitting activities advanced and the maiden NI 43-101 technical report supported. Tungsten values are strongly anomalous across most sampled areas, with rock assays up to 1,100 ppm W (0.11% W), approximately three orders of magnitude above average crustal background of approximately 1 to 2 ppm W. The Caved Adit returned the highest average tungsten value of the sampled zones at 780 ppm W across three rock samples, with individual results ranging from 460 to 1,050 ppm W. The Tactite East and West pits averaged 370 ppm W and 308 ppm W, respectively. At the War Bond Pit, garnet-rich tactite samples TT-16 through TT-20 returned 155 to 1,100 ppm W, while nearby garnet-poor altered rocks returned 3.6 to 16 ppm W, supporting a strong relationship between skarn development and tungsten enrichment. Soils collected along the interpreted structural and mineralized trend returned up to 187 ppm W and clearly distinguished the Tactite and War Bond areas from background-level soils elsewhere on the property, providing a practical geochemical vector for follow-up exploration. The highest-tungsten samples contain coherent molybdenum, bismuth, copper and manganese enrichment. Elevated iron together with manganese also appears to be a useful indicator of proximal tungsten-skarn mineralization. Collectively, the first-pass data supports a structurally controlled tungsten-skarn system developed near diorite-granodiorite intrusive contacts with marble and metasedimentary rocks. Field observations and geochemically trace mineralization exposed intermittently through soil and aeolian sand cover for an approximately one mile north-south structural corridor. The sampled mineralization appears to occur across broader fractured and skarn-altered zones rather than being confined to a single quartz vein. Estimated exposed surface widths reach approximately 160 feet at the War Bond open cut and 100 feet at the Tactite open cut; these are field estimates and do not represent confirmed true widths or continuity. Sample W (ppm) Mn (ppm) TT-2 580 3480 TT-3 13.4 3730 TT-4 17.9 3140 TT-5 420 2030 TT-6 270 1660 TT-7 109 2110 TT-8 650 227 TT-9 400 136 TT-10 440 288 TT-11 320 214 TT-12 350 186 TT-16 460 2990 TT-17 155 3310 TT-18 1100 4040 TT-19 460 4430 TT-20 520 2530 TT-21 9.92 465 TT-22 4.51 333 TT-23 3.65 547 TT-24 3.99 287 TT-25 3.8 220 TT-26 15.75 906 TT-32 1050 3380 TT-33 460 2950 TT-34 830 3850 TT-35 3.54 150.5 TT-36 6.79 426 TT-39 64.8 183 TT-40 10.6 193.5. War Bond's strategic relevance is reinforced by escalating geopolitical tensions, uncertainty affecting global shipping routes and continued restrictions on critical mineral exports. Tungsten remains an essential defense and industrial metal due to its exceptional hardness, density and heat resistance. Tungsten is classified as a critical mineral by both the United States and Canada and is used in armor-piercing ammunition and kinetic energy penetrators, missile guidance and weapons systems, aerospace and aviation components, high-performance cutting and machining tools, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and energy infrastructure and advanced industrial technologies.
