United States Antimony Restarts Mining Operations in Montana
United States Antimony has restarted mining operations at its property holdings located on Stibnite Hill, Thompson Falls, Montana. Previous activities ceased late last year in early November due to winter weather conditions. Due to milder weather conditions experienced this past winter, along with minimum snowfall in Montana, field operations were able to be recommenced earlier than anticipated. Last year, USAC was successful, over a two-month period, in moving more than 800 tons of antimony ore down the mountain to its Radersburg Flotation Facility for processing. This antimony concentrate produced will then go to our operating smelter located in Thompson Falls to produce finished products for our existing customer base. Changes in the mining program being implemented this year include the use of a chipper for the smaller brush and branches to produce a mulch that will be used in the concurrent reclamation program. This will aid in faster re-vegetation while providing better access to existing roads and trails where our 2026 mining activities are commencing. Additionally, we are having professional surveyors establish base stations on adjacent mountain tops where GPS transmitters will be set up in order that our field crews can use portable data collectors for more accurate mapping and recording of antimony vein intercepts, enabling the projection of antimony veins on strike and down dip. We will also use the data collected for the delineation of disturbed areas, providing parameters for our concurrent reclamation program.
