GoldHaven Resources reports 8,850 ppm tungsten in Magno rock sample
Selective sampling identified a new skarn target south of Lamb Mountain, but GoldHaven has not dated follow-up work.
Theo Marchetti
GoldHaven Resources Corp. CNSXGOH OTCMKTSGHVNF FRA4QS, listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, reported on Thursday that a Magno rock sample returned 8,850 parts per million tungsten in northwestern British Columbia. The selective sample came from a newly identified skarn south of Lamb Mountain during a program that collected 108 rock samples.
GoldHaven is a Canadian junior explorer whose flagship Magno property hosts tungsten and silver-lead-zinc targets in the Cassiar District. The helicopter-supported sampling targeted previously underexplored western portions of the property, adding locations for evaluation beyond its established exploration targets.
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GoldHaven plans to combine the new occurrences with existing geological, geochemical and geophysical data to rank future exploration work. Its Nov. 12 release provides no date for follow-up fieldwork or the next assay announcement.
Selective Samples Establish No Width Or Continuity
GoldHaven expressed the tungsten result as 0.885 per cent elemental tungsten, equivalent to approximately 1.12 per cent tungsten trioxide. Sample J647906 also returned 1,755 parts per million copper.
The company said the location, near the Cassiar Batholith contact, resembles the geological setting of its Dead Goat tungsten skarn. At Dead Goat, mineralization is associated with carbonate-hosted skarn development near intrusive contacts.
A separate granite sample near historic Lamb Mountain skarn trenches returned 710 parts per million tungsten. Another sample near the historic Cassiar Moly deposit returned 2,800 parts per million molybdenum, or 0.28 per cent.
The company cautioned that the rock samples are selective and represent individual locations. Their assays do not establish average mineralization grades, mineralized widths or continuity across the property, so the headline result cannot be treated as a deposit-wide grade.
"Our 2026 exploration program continues to demonstrate that Magno's mineral potential extends well beyond our existing drill targets," GoldHaven president and chief executive Rob Birmingham said in the release.
The surface samples were submitted to ALS Laboratories, with preparation in Langley and analysis in Vancouver. Tungsten testing used lithium borate fusion, and the quality-control program included certified reference materials and blanks.
Magno Drilling Has Separate Assays Pending
GoldHaven began its maiden Magno drill program on Aug. 27 at the historic Kuhn tungsten target. That program was designed to test historically identified zones and obtain modern geological information, including evidence about their geometry and continuity.
In its Oct. 29 update, GoldHaven reported approximately 3,000 metres drilled across Magno's tungsten and silver-lead-zinc targets. Laboratory assays were pending, and the company said it would report results following quality-control review.
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GoldHaven's next stated step is to prioritize the new surface occurrences alongside its established targets. Drill assays are to be reported after quality-control review, but the Nov. 12 release sets no date for that reporting or a follow-up field program.
