Tungsten supply is a top concern for defense supply chains - Fireweed Metals' Brandon Macdonald

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Tungsten supply is a top concern for defense supply chains - Fireweed Metals' Brandon Macdonald FireweedMetals BrandonMacdonald InvestYukon

- Tungsten has three qualities that make it incredibly difficult to replace, said Fireweed Metals' CEO Brandon Macdonald.

"It's got the highest melting point of any metal, it's the hardest of any metal, and it's I think the third or fourth densest, being just slightly denser than gold.” Fireweed Metals is advancing two critical metals projects in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Macmillan Pass includes the Tom and Jason lead-zinc deposits. A 2018 resource estimate put Macmillan Pass among the world's most significant zinc resources.

 

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