Rome Resources (AIM:RMR), the DRC-focused tin and copper explorer, will begin the 2026 field programme at its New Brunswick tin‑tungsten‑indium project this week as operator, budgeting up to CA$150,000 and planning more than 500 surface and trench samples.
The work is being carried out under an option agreement announced on 10 March covering licences across 109 km2 close to the historic Mount Pleasant deposit, and Rome will reassess whether to exercise the Option after the programme.
The board said the company has been awarded an exploration grant by New Brunswick that will cover a portion of the field expenditures.
Sampling and targeted trenching will concentrate on three priority areas, Schoullar Mountain, Square Lake and Victoria Lake (the renamed Three Lakes Project), with trenching guided by historical IP chargeability and prior surface tin grades of up to 1.4% at Victoria Lake.
"The Mount Douglas granite system hosts one of the most prospective tin‑tungsten‑indium districts in eastern Canada and we are delighted to be advancing the first field programme as operator across the project area," Paul Barrett, Chief Executive Officer of Rome Resources, said.
Results will inform potential drill targeting and Rome will update the market on an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Bisie North Project and on ongoing geophysical surveys in due course.
