Mineral Road Discovery Inc. (CSE: ROAD) is pleased to announce that it continues to advance the 100%-owned Bergslagen Tungsten Project in Sweden with excellent WO3%, Cu%, and CaF2% drill intercepts. The historical Yxsjöberg Mine forms the anchor of the Bergslagen Tungsten Project. Mineral Road’s review of the previous operator’s drill intercepts around the historical mine has uncovered the following shallow intercepts:
Significant Historical Drill Intercepts
Select discovery intercepts within Mineral Road’s Conceptual Exploration Targets include:
These historical assays indicate the robust multi-commodity opportunity at Bergslagen, with primary tungsten (WO3), copper (Cu), and acid-grade fluorite (CaF2, currently trading at industrial benchmarks of $500 to $630/tonne). This approach, integrated with Mineral Road’s proposed re-processing of the two tailings repositories at Bergslagen, align directly with European Critical Raw Material supply security mandates.
Highlights
Management Commentary
Damien Reynolds, Executive Chair & Interim CEO of Mineral Road, commented:
“What makes Bergslagen a true tier-1 district-scale opportunity is our ability to execute a structured, sequential strategy for the market.
“By establishing a conceptual exploration target of a multi-million-tonnes of surface tailings, we are targeting a potential cash-flow anchor that demonstrates a potential production restart via reprocessing of existing tailings stores. Concurrently, our technical review emphasizes the true significance of shallow hard-rock drilling and down-dip geometry: the near-surface conceptual exploration targets are simply the upper, easily accessible expression of what is interpreted to be a larger continuous system.”
Historical Background
Mining and metal extraction in the broader Bergslagen region dates back over a millennium, establishing an ancient foundation of European industrial mining. Specifically, within the Yxsjöberg district, the original deposit was discovered around 1728 and was initially mined for copper. As industrial demands evolved and the value of strategic metals became apparent, the district transitioned away from copper to become Sweden’s premier historical tungsten producer. Under modern operations, Yxsjöberg supplied over 90% of Sweden’s historical tungsten before operations ceased in 1989, leaving behind extensive legacy infrastructure, heavily mineralized tailings repositories, and a comprehensive database of historical work.
The Yxsjöberg mine operated as a major tungsten and polymetallic producer across active periods from the mid-1930s to 1989, yielding approximately 5.3 million tonnes of material at an average grade of 0.38% WO₃ and 0.16% Copper.
Adjacent Mineralization: Mineralization hosted on adjacent and/or nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the Company’s project.
Qualified Person Disclosure
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Derrick Strickland, a Contractor and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
1 Andersson L, 1986 Exploration for new ore bodies Yxsjöberg report. Source: https://resource.sgu.se/dokument/borrhalsloggar/b_8538.pd
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