Samso is drawn to Pioneer Minerals because it offers direct leverage to U.S. critical minerals policy themes through a diversified portfolio spanning tungsten, antimony, uranium, and lithium, all within Tier-1 mining jurisdictions. The combination of historical production, recent high-grade surface results, and near-term drilling catalysts positions PMM as a company transitioning from early-stage consolidation into active value creation.

The discussion focused on tungsten, antimony, and gold, but more importantly, on mineral systems thinking—how deposits form, why certain geological settings matter, and why Pioneer’s ground selection in Idaho, USA, was anything but random. As someone who has followed tungsten closely, this was a conversation that went well beyond commodity hype and into the fundamentals of discovery.

Pioneer Minerals Ltd (ASX: PMM) (formerly Pioneer Lithium Ltd) is advancing its North Pine Project in Idaho, USA, a region renowned for its Tier-1 critical minerals endowment (Figure 1). The latest field program has delivered multiple high-grade tungsten and gold results from the Springfield Prospect, alongside the identification of a new polymetallic precious-metal system at Silver Cliffs. These results materially expand the exploration proposition across the broader North P