Temas Resources Confirms Vital Tech Minerals at Quebec Project
Vancouver, Thursday, 12 March 2026.
Recent drilling revealed high-grade gallium and scandium deposits in Quebec. These near-surface critical minerals are essential for securing North America’s supply chain for advanced semiconductor and aerospace technologies.
Drilling Success and High-Grade Discoveries
In late 2025, Temas Resources Corp. (ASX: TIO, CSE: TMAS, OTCQB: TMASF, FSE: 26P0) completed a nine-hole HQ diamond drilling program at its fully owned La Blache Project in Quebec, Canada [1]. The assay results, released following the November 2025 drilling campaign, confirmed consistent, high-grade zones of gallium, scandium, and chromium [1]. These critical technology metals were found coinciding with an existing titanium, vanadium, and iron system within massive-oxide zones [1]. The 30-day program, which began on October 24, 2025, covered 2,304 meters—averaging an operational pace of 76.8 meters drilled per day—and was specifically designed to test the limits of these massive-oxide intercepts and bridge the mineralization data between historic drill holes [1].
Strategic Value and Technological Edge
The addition of gallium and scandium to the existing resource base provides a compelling economic narrative for the company. Temas Resources’ Chief Executive Officer, Tim Fernback, noted that the consistency of these critical minerals within the massive oxide zones adds a significant layer of potential value to the already established titanium, vanadium, and iron system [1]. To further refine their resource estimates, the company has submitted 748 samples from their previous 2022 drilling program for updated Fused assay work [1]. Fernback emphasized that this new protocol is yielding meaningful increases in reported values for several key elements, which is expected to help build a more robust metal inventory in the near term [1].
Future Exploration and Resource Expansion
As of early 2026, Temas Resources is actively expanding its geological modeling to capitalize on these findings. The company’s geologic team commenced processing 9,358 meters of historic core from the Hervieux West resource area on January 22, 2026 [1]. Following this, the team plans to begin processing an additional 10,936 meters of historic core from the Hervieux East area starting in mid-March 2026, representing a combined effort of 20294 meters of historic core review [1] [alert! ‘This event is scheduled for mid-March 2026, and as of today, March 12, 2026, it is imminent but its exact operational start status remains pending confirmation’]. Furthermore, the company is in the process of relogging and sampling 20,294 meters of NQ core, with results to be published progressively as they become available [1].