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Xtra Energy Corp. Reveals Positive Petrological Data, Reinforcing Bernice Canyon Antimony Potential with New Mineral Study Results
Xtra Energy Corp. Reveals Positive Petrological Data, Reinforcing Bernice Canyon Antimony Potential with New Mineral Study Results.
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[{"type":"text","content":"AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2025 / Xtra Energy Corp. (OTC Pink:XTPT) a leading antimony exploration company, is pleased to share the results of a mineralogical/petrological study of the antimony-bearing rocks from its Bernice Canyon project located in Churchill County, Nevada. The results reveal that 3 styles of antimony mineralization are associated with a felsite dike that has been subjected to multiphase quartz-sericite-pyrite (QSP) alteration. Petrographic and scanning electron microscope studies of the felsite dike reveal arsenic-rich pyrite (or arsenian pyrite) associated with the Stage 1 potassium metasomatism while the later Stage 2 QSP stage is antimony-rich and associated with quartz-carbonate veinlets. Antimony occurrences in Nevada are commonly a pathfinder element related to gold deposits; however, owing to the close spatial association with the QSP altered felsite dike at Bernice Canyon, a different environment for antimony mineralization is considered for Bernice Canyon.Consulting geologist for Xtra Energy Corp., Robert Johansing, M.Sc., PG & QP, observed, "The results from this study provide Xtra with additional context for the high-grade antimony mineralization mapped and sampled at their Bernice Canyon project. We are now confident that the extensive felsite dikes are the target unit and that the fluids responsible for the antimony deposits traversed the thick sequence of Triassic sediments via the through going dike. Proposed drilling for 2025 will focus on these dikes at shallow (<100m) depths".Figure 1. Location of the American Antimony Project, Churchill Co., Nevada (from Howard, 2024).Field Study ResultsGeologic mapping and sampling of the Bernice Canyon antimony district was conducted in August, 2024 (Click Here for Report) and defined a very close spatial relation between antimony occurrences and a northwest-trending felsite dike. The dike has been mapped along and near the floor of Bernice Canyon for about 2.5 km, ranges from 5 to 15 meters wide, and trends about N40oW. Historic mine workings are present along the entire strike length of the dike. The felsite dikes of Bernice Canyon traverse a thick sequence (>2,000m) of Triassic sediments composed of mostly siltstone/shale and underlies all of the project area.Three types of antimony mineralization were observed:Type...