Gordon Mining has signed a definitive agreement with Lamina Minerals to acquire all of TT Minerals, owner of the Tungsten Tail exploration project in New Mexico, Mining Technology reported. The property lies in the Tierra Blanca mining district of Sierra County and comprises 41 adjoining unpatented lode mining claims covering about 847 acres, or 343 hectares.
Previously called the Silver Tail mine, the project sits on the eastern side of the Black Range, roughly 12km south-south-east of Kingston and 15km south-west of Hillsboro. Its claims encompass the historical Tungsten Tail mine and the central portion of the Pierce Canyon fault, which the US Geological Survey (USGS) has traced for approximately 10km. They also include the former Jayhawk workings, identified as a base-metal and silver prospect.
The exploration case draws on historical shipments and government geological work. According to Mining Technology, records document small shipments of scheelite-bearing ore from Tungsten Tail in 1942 and 1955. US Bureau of Mines and USGS documents recorded owner-reported grades of around 3–4% tungsten trioxide for those periods. Those figures relate to historical material rather than a current assessment of the project.
USGS stream-sediment mapping in 1978 identified a tungsten-molybdenum anomaly along the Pierce Canyon fault, with geological interpretations pointing to possible skarn mineralisation at depth. Gordon Mining president and chief executive Ryan Connacher also cited a 1957 Bureau of Mines examination that recommended additional work. He said the company had found no record of drilling at the property.
Gordon plans to interpret publicly available results from a USGS airborne magnetic and radiometric survey conducted across the area in 2023. It also intends to send a geological team to undertake mapping and sampling ahead of future drilling. Mining Technology reported that the claims were first located in August 2026 and that maintenance fees are paid through the 2027 assessment year. The claims are administered by the US Forest Service and held by TT Minerals, with a transfer of interest from Strata Mine Technologies still pending.