Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:HPY, OTC:HPYCF) announced the start of a 10,000 metre resource expansion drill program at the Fox Tungsten Project in British Columbia’s South Cariboo district.
The diversified metals projects developer said up to 100 diamond drill holes are planned across multiple target zones over two drill seasons in the resource expansion program, which is focused on expanding the existing high-grade tungsten resource defined in 2018.
“We are initially focusing on step out drilling on the western side of the current resource area in the RC zone and in the undrilled area between the RC and BN zones," Happy Creek Minerals CEO Jason Bahnsen said in a statement.
“We intend to get as much drilling completed this season as possible and will be reporting assay results as they become available.“
Happy Creek noted that the 2025/2026 diamond drill program will focus on increasing the current NI 43-101 resource estimate for the project by drilling new target areas identified through geological mapping, prospecting and previous drilling.
The Fox tungsten deposit is one of the highest-grade tungsten deposits globally with the potential to be a significant source of tungsten for North American critical metals market, according to the company.