Locksley Resources (ASX:LKY) completed a batch sampling program at the Desert antimony mine deposit, part of the Mojave project in California, with assay results returning a total weighted average grade of all samples combined of 18.7% grade of antimony, according to a Tuesday Australian bourse filing.
The first batch from the sampling returned a weighted average of 25.7% grade of antimony. Batch two and three sampling returned weighted averages of 21.3% antimony and 11.4% antimony.
The 287-kilogram material collected will be used to optimize the flotation process and support the development of its first phase pilot processing facility.
Its shares rose nearly 3% in recent trading on Tuesday.