# Australian tungsten explorer Apollo expands drill target footprint in France

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/australian-tungsten-explorer-apollo-expands-drill-target-footprint-in-france--daacbb2b-d6a6-40a8-b605-0227568f7353

Original source: https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australian-tungsten-explorer-apollo-expands-drill-target-footprint-in-france-2026-08-24

Publisher: miningweekly

Original announcement: 2026-08-24T14:46:26.659Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Apollo Minerals

- Ticker: ASX:APO

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: France

- Primary commodity: Tungsten

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-24 14:52:40 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Apollo Minerals has identified new tungsten mineralisation zones at the Couflens project in France, expanding the targeting footprint of the historical Salau mine. The newly defined Veronique-Upper zone includes intercepts of up to 4.3 m at 1.3% tungsten trioxide, with planned Phase 1 drilling to follow.

Reasoning: The company has identified new tungsten zones \(Veronique-Upper\) using historical data, expanding the known footprint of a high-grade historical mine.

- Positive factor: identification of new mineralisation zones

- Positive factor: expansion of drill target footprint

- Positive factor: high-grade historical context

- Positive factor: demonstrated strike and dip continuity

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

No classification tags are available.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (3)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/australian-tungsten-explorer-apollo-expands-drill-target-footprint-in-france--daacbb2b-d6a6-40a8-b605-0227568f7353#fact-drill-facts-0)

Couflens · tungsten

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Couflens
- Commodity: tungsten
- Region: france
- Reported Region: France
- Ticker: ASX:APO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.3
- Grade Unit: % tungsten trioxide
- Intercept: 4.3 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept reported in the text as part of the review of digitised archives.

- Positive factor: high grade for tungsten

Evidence · text

> Veronique-Upper zone, which exhibits intercepts of up to 4.3 m grading 1.3% tungsten trioxide

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/australian-tungsten-explorer-apollo-expands-drill-target-footprint-in-france--daacbb2b-d6a6-40a8-b605-0227568f7353#fact-drill-facts-1)

Couflens · tungsten

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Couflens
- Commodity: tungsten
- Region: france
- Reported Region: France
- Ticker: ASX:APO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.5
- Grade Unit: % tungsten trioxide

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical mining grade mentioned for the Veronique zone in the final year of operation.

- Positive factor: high grade

Evidence · text

> Veronique zone was mined historically at 2.5% tungsten trioxide in the Salau mine's final year of operation

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/australian-tungsten-explorer-apollo-expands-drill-target-footprint-in-france--daacbb2b-d6a6-40a8-b605-0227568f7353#fact-drill-facts-2)

Couflens · tungsten

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Couflens
- Commodity: tungsten
- Region: france
- Reported Region: France
- Ticker: ASX:APO

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.5
- Grade Unit: % tungsten trioxide

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical average grade for the Salau mine during its 15 years of operation.

- Positive factor: high grade

Evidence · text

> Salau was historically one of the world's highest-grade tungsten operations, with grades averaging 1.5% tungsten trioxide

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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