New Assay Results Strengthen Military Metals’ European Strategy
Modern Drills Confirm Soviet-Era Data: Military Metals Validates High-Grade Antimony and Gold at Trojarová, Positioning for EU Critical Supply.

Resurrecting a Cold War-era asset requires more than just dusty maps and optimism; it requires truth at the end of a drill bit. Military Metals Corp. (CSE: MILI | OTCQB: MILIF) delivered exactly that on Wednesday, releasing the first analytical results from its flagship Trojarová Antimony Gold Project in Slovakia. The numbers from the definition drilling campaign are not only robust but serve as a modern validation of decades-old data, potentially positioning the project as a cornerstone for the European Union’s critical mineral independence.
The headline figures from drill hole 25-TVA-001 are substantial enough to make any geologist sit up straight. The company intersected 23.2 meters of 2.22% antimony and 1.27 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, starting from a depth of 144.3 meters. This broad interval represents a true width of 20.1 meters, confirming the presence of a thick, mineralized system.

However, the devil, and the value, is in the details. Within that broader envelope, the drill core revealed a distinct metal zonation. A highly enriched antimony zone returned 7.9 meters grading an impressive 4.9% antimony, sitting immediately atop a gold-enriched layer of 6.2 meters grading 3.17 g/t gold. The assay lab returned peak individual samples as high as 12.8% antimony and 10.45 g/t gold, offering a glimpse of the high-grade potential hidden within the system.
For CEO Scott Eldridge, these results are less about discovery and more about vindication. He noted that the company is "thrilled" by the validation of the historical data, emphasizing that the results provide crucial confidence as they move toward a modern Mineral Resource Estimate. The confirmation that Trojarová hosts mineralization consistent with Soviet-era work, but now backed by contemporary, verifiable assays, is a pivotal step. It transforms historical paper records into tangible, bankable geological reality.
This verification process is currently being overseen by SLR Consulting, with the aim of establishing a compliant resource estimate in the first quarter of 2026. The timing could hardly be better. Under the shadow of the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act, the race to secure domestic supplies of strategic metals has intensified. Antimony, essential for everything from flame retardants to advanced military hardware, is high on the list of critical necessities. As Eldridge pointed out, Trojarová stands out as the only known antimony project in Europe with extensive historical drilling that is now being buttressed by modern science.
The backstory of Trojarová is as deep as the drilling. Discovered nearly fifty years ago, the site saw extensive work between 1983 and 1995, including over 14,000 meters of diamond drilling and 1.7 kilometers of underground workings. The Slovak Geological Institute previously estimated a resource of nearly 2.5 million tonnes containing approximately 60,000 tonnes of antimony. While Military Metals is careful to note that these historical estimates do not yet meet current CIM definition standards and are being treated as historical data, the new drill results suggest the old geologists knew exactly what they were looking at.
Source: Military Metals Corp. Press Release: "Military Metals Drills 23.2 Meters of 2.22% Antimony Including 7.9 Meters of 4.9% Antimony and 23.2 Meters of 1.27 g/t Gold Including 6.2 Meters of 3.17 g/t Gold at Flagship Trojarova Project" (January 7, 2026).
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