OD6 Metals Limited has submitted a Plan of Operations to the United States Forest Service seeking approval for a maiden drilling and bulk-sampling program at the Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada.

The submission represents a key milestone for OD6, which consolidated 100% ownership of the property in August 2026 through its wholly owned subsidiary U.S. Fluorspar LLC by acquiring 226 mining claims covering approximately 1,890 hectares.

The proposed program provides for up to 139 drill pads across priority target areas, including Horseshoe, Mammoth and Big Jim. The layout is designed to test mineralisation along strike and at depth while minimising surface disturbance.

“This is much more than an application to drill. The PoO has been designed to provide the permitting framework to systematically define the high-grade fluorspar systems at Quinn and obtain representative bulk material required to advance our metallurgical and beneficiation programs.”

— Brett Hazelden, Managing Director

Prior to submitting the plan, OD6 completed preliminary ore sorting and metallurgical testwork on a 166-kilogram sample suite from Quinn, which returned head grades up to 98.3% CaF₂ at the Big Jim deposit. Revised mapping and sampling have expanded the Mammoth target footprint to over 14,000 square metres, up from an initial 9,000 square metres. The company is targeting approval through a Categorical Exclusion environmental review pathway to streamline federal assessment.

All planned biological and cultural baseline field surveys have been completed across the project area. Final survey reports are targeted for submission to the U.S. Forest Service in October 2026, and the agency is currently conducting an initial 30-day review period following the plan submission.

Read the full announcement: MAIDEN QUINN DRILLING BULK SAMLPLING PERMIT SUBMITTED