IDEX Metals Confirms Tungsten Enrichment in All 2025 Kismet Drill Holes
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IDEX Metals Corp. has confirmed tungsten enrichment in all six 2025 Kismet drill holes, marking a significant milestone in the company’s exploration efforts at the Kismet target on the Freeze Property in western Idaho, USA.
The re-assay program, which utilized sodium peroxide fusion (SPF) to re-evaluate the original four-acid digestion results, revealed consistent tungsten presence across all drill holes. This confirms that tungsten enrichment is a property of the Kismet system as a whole, rather than a feature of the initial test holes.
Specifically, KSMT25001 returned 28.0 metres of 0.20% WO₃ from 220.0 metres, with 25.0 metres of 0.22% WO₃ and a separate 2.0 metres of 1.25% WO₃ from 264.0 metres, containing the highest-grade tungsten sample returned at Kismet to date: 1.0 metre of 2.13% WO₃ (16,900 ppm W).
KSMT25004 demonstrated vertical continuity, with tungsten-bearing intervals occurring from the top of the hole to 331 metres depth, spanning the copper-dominant upper portion and the molybdenum-dominant lower portion of the system. The hole returned multiple zones of tungsten mineralization, including 11.9 metres of 0.18% WO₃ from 1.37 metres, 10.88 metres of 0.17% WO₃ from 32.61 metres, and 29.61 metres of 0.09% WO₃ from 301.05 metres.
The re-assay program also highlighted the discrepancies between the four-acid digestion and SPF methods. For instance, in KSMT25004, the peak SPF value of 6,420 ppm W corresponds to a four-acid value of only 722 ppm W. Similarly, KSMT25003 showed a discrepancy with an SPF 4,750 ppm W versus a four-acid 1,020 ppm W. The highest-grade sample in the program, 16,900 ppm W in KSMT25001, was reported at 8,230 ppm W by the four-acid digestion.
These findings extend the Kismet corridor both laterally and across Hornet Creek, defining more than 800 metres of strike. The Company is now building its 2026 targeting around the understanding that Kismet is a copper-molybdenum-tungsten system.
IDEX Metals will release initial assay results from the first five holes of the 2026 drill program in the coming weeks, along with results from the 2026 mapping, rock sampling, and soil sampling programs. Continued drilling across priority targets, including North Breccia, Target A, and Kismet, is also planned.
The re-assay program underscores the significance of Kismet as a polymetallic magmatic-hydrothermal system, with tungsten being a fundamental component. The Company remains committed to redefining district-scale exploration in Idaho.