High-Grade Fluorspar Assays Confirm Strong Potential at Evion’s Carp Project
Evion Group has independently verified high-grade fluorspar assays of up to 88.15% at its recently acquired Carp project in Nevada from surface sampling carried out by a previous operator in 2024. This significant result highlights the potential of the project and reinforces its strategic importance in the region.
Key Findings from Surface Sampling
Out of 25 samples collected by Globex Mining Enterprise, 14 returned high-grade assays ranging from 49.83% to 88.15% fluorspar. Additionally, three samples yielded grades between 22.81% and 32.67%, which are still considered substantial. These results confirm the presence of considerable near-surface, high-grade fluorspar mineralisation across the project area.
The peak assay from a manto-style sample at the West Pit is particularly noteworthy. It represents an exceptional raw rock grade that exceeds typical metallurgical-grade (metspar) thresholds and approaches acid-grade feedstock quality. This finding underscores the project’s potential for producing high-quality fluorspar.
District-Scale Prospectivity
Evion Group notes that high-grade mineralisation has been confirmed across multiple pit areas and styles. These include mantos, veins, replacement bodies, and fault-hosted zones at the South, West, North, and Central Pits. This diversity of mineralisation styles further reinforces the district-scale prospectivity of the Carp system.
Fluorspar is a critical mineral with significant applications in various industries, including steelmaking, aluminium production, uranium fuel conversion, semiconductors, lithium-ion batteries, refrigerants, and advanced manufacturing supply chains. The United States currently has no domestic production beyond by-products from limestone quarrying and relies heavily on imports from China and Mexico.
Strategic Importance of the Carp Project
Evion acquired the previously producing Carp project in mid-May 2026. The project comprises 14 contiguous unpatented lode claims and 45 staked adjoining claims, covering approximately 493 hectares in the historical Viola mining district, about 140km northeast of Las Vegas.
Between 1958 and 1971, nearly 45,000t of material was produced from four shallow open pits at an average grade of about 69% CaF2. Verifying the previous third-party surface sampling work significantly strengthens the project’s geological confidence and provides a robust technical foundation for the company’s planned exploration and development activities.
Anomalous gold was also identified in several samples, while a float sample containing 151.5ppm silver, 0.28% copper, 2.79% lead, and 8.64% zinc from a sub-vertical mineralised carbonate replacement body suggests additional base and precious metal prospectivity may be present within the district.
Future Exploration Plans
EVG is now actively planning an exploration program that will kick off with systematic surface sampling and assaying across the expanded 59-claim project area. This will extend geochemical coverage beyond the original sample locations and confirm the lateral extent of high-grade mineralisation.
Following this, detailed geological mapping and structural interpretation will be conducted to refine the understanding of the controls on high-grade fluorspar mineralisation and inform drill targeting. Drilling will focus on priority targets, including the untested depth extensions of steeply dipping vein systems and new manto-style targets identified in the adjacent staked claims.
Concurrently, the company is progressing permitting and regulatory engagement for approvals required for planned drilling on Bureau of Land Management administered land. This comprehensive approach aims to unlock the full potential of the Carp project and position Evion as a key player in the critical minerals sector.
