Military Metals gets exploration grant for West Gore antimony-gold project in Nova Scotia
West Gore was an important antimony producer during World War One, making significant contributions to the allied war Historical production.
Military Metals, a company listed on the CSE and OTCPQB exchanges, has secured a C$100,000 ($71,000) exploration grant from the Government of Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources Mineral Resource Development Fund. This funding is earmarked for upcoming diamond drilling at the West Gore antimony-gold project in Nova Scotia. The project, which was acquired by Military Metals in 2024, holds significant historical importance as an antimony producer during World War One.
The grant will support a portion of the ongoing diamond drilling campaign, which includes seven planned drillholes totaling 1750 meters. These drills will target the down plunge extension of the past producing deposit below historical mine workings, as well as the down plunge extension of the historically exploited Brook Vein occurrence. The company aims to assess the continuity of a significant historical intercept.
Historically, the West Gore project returned grades as high as 10.6 g/t gold and 3.4% antimony over a 7.1-meter interval. Antimony, a critical material for ammunition, explosives, infrared sensors, and fireproofing military uniforms, is essential for military applications. The West Gore district has been estimated to have produced approximately 7,761 tonnes of antimony concentrate, containing 46% antimony, and 7,149 ounces of gold.
The West Gore project is located in the Meguma gold camp and comprises a past-producing underground mine and an addition occurrence known as the Brook vein. Historically, this vein has been exploited with a single stope. Mineralization consists of stibnite, native antimony, aurostibnite, and antimony-gold alloys and oxides. After World War One, the project remained significantly underexplored.
Commercial mining at West Gore took place from 1883 to 1917, but production ceased during the war when a ship load of antimony concentrate destined for Wales was torpedoed and sunk, leading to the bankruptcy of the mining company.
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