Trigg Minerals Secures Strategic Tungsten Project in the United States

Trigg Minerals has moved to acquire the strategically located Tennessee Mountain Tungsten Project in Nevada, United States.

This acquisition complements Trigg’s existing U.S.-based asset, the Antimony Canyon Project in Utah, and aligns with the Company’s broader objective to support domestic critical mineral supply chains.

Trigg is positioning itself to help address the United States’ heavy reliance on imported tungsten and antimony—two minerals deemed essential for national security and increasingly subject to export restrictions by China, which currently controls approximately 80.7% of global tungsten production.

The Tennessee Mountain Project hosts a historical resource estimate of 780,000 short tons (approx. 708,600 tonnes) grading between 0.3% and 0.5% WO₃, as outlined by the U.S. Government’s Defence Minerals Exploration Administration (DMEA). The deposit was evaluated by the DMEA between 1952 and 1963 and remains open in several directions, offering significant exploration upside using modern techniques.

Tungsten, like antimony, is a critical input in military applications, including armour-piercing munitions, kinetic energy penetrators, missile and rocket systems, aerospace components, and radiation shielding.

Beyond defence, tungsten plays a vital role in renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines and solar cells, as well as in semiconductors, microchips, flat-panel displays, filaments, cutting tools, drill bits, mining equipment, metal alloys, automotive components, medical imaging, and surgical tools.

Underscoring the strategic importance of a secure domestic tungsten supply, the U.S. Government recently awarded:

US$6.2 million to Golden Metal Resources for advancement of the Pilot Mountain Tungsten Project in Nevada; and

US$15.8 million to Fireweed Metals to progress the Mactung Tungsten Project in Canada.