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BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2022

Nov 6, 2022

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX Release

7th November 2022

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Copper Wolf Magnetics defines setting of porphyry Cu-Mo system Project footprint expanded

  • First airborne magnetics survey in over 45 years defines structural controls and exploration targets for porphyry Cu-Mo exploration

  • Recent Buxton field follow-up reveals new untested outcropping Cu-Mo mineralisation along structural corridors interpreted from magnetics

  • Project tenure extended to ~12.5 km[2] and key access agreements struck

  • Preparations for maiden electrical geophysics +/- drill program in H1 2023

  • Subject to IGO exercising its option to enter a JV, and also electing to solefund the Stage 2 earn-in, all exploration will continue to be 100% funded by IGO

Buxton Resources Limited (ASX: BUX) ("Buxton" or "the Company”) is pleased to update shareholders with results of processing, interpretation and field follow-up of new airborne magnetic data at the Company’s Copper Wolf Project (see Figure 1 & 4). The new magnetic data has helped to better understand the 3D structural architecture of the Project area.

An obvious NE trending discontinuity transects the centre of the entire Project area at depth, and which aligns with the principal orientation of Laramide aged mineralisation in this porphyry belt. These NE structures represent an arc-normal orientation which typically localise ore deposits within porphyry belts globally. Recent Buxton field follow-up has aimed to ground proof these structures. This fieldwork has identified an untested outcropping zone of fault-related CuMo mineralisation which aligns well with this NE structural orientation (Figure 2).

The magnetic data also clearly maps the offset continuation of the NW trending Cow Creek Fault zone into areas that have not been drill tested. The intersection of the interpreted NW and NE structural corridors defines several high priority targets for future exploration at Copper Wolf (see Figure 1 & Figure 3 ).

This work highlights the potential for modern geophysics to define drill targets below the cover sequence, including at shallow depths, and that porphyry style mineralisation in the Project area may be significantly more extensive than previously known.

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Figure 1: Copper Wolf Project magnetic vector inversion (MVI) image at -250m RL within the expanded project tenure footprint showing two of the undrilled (or poorly drilled) porphyry copper target areas.

Detailed Discussion on Integrated Interpretation & Targeting

Buxton’s drillhole compilation has been filtered to highlight historical holes with known potassic alteration zones, specifically where secondary K-feldspar flooding &/or secondary biotite has been observed in core. Drillholes with assays of Cu > 0.5% and / or Mo > 0.1% in hypogene or transitional hypogene / supergene parts of the system are also highlighted where detailed alteration logging is not available. Together, these intersections are interpreted to be proximal to the source of porphyry intrusions and fluids responsible for high grade Cu/Mo mineralisation.

The spatial distribution of the highlighted drillhole intersections reveals there are several distinct mineralisation “clusters” present at Copper Wolf which collectively represent an extensive alteration footprint.

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Figure 2: Photographs from Buxton’s recent fieldwork following up the magnetic survey. Upper photograph is looking toward the SW and shows a NE trending fault zone (yellow line). Lower photographs shows supergene hematite / Cu-oxide mineralisation sampled from the wall of the fault zone.

Additionally, the location and orientation of the Sheep Mountain Stock has been replicated by implicit modelling of drillhole assays showing an elevated Mo/Cu ratio. The Stock appears to be an early / pre-mineral intrusion around which high-grade porphyry Cu-Mo mineralisation has developed. Buxton’s implicit modelling agrees with historical reports that indicate the Stock is plunging 50° west-northwest[1] . Figure 1 summarises these drillhole alteration / mineralisation and structural elements using a plan view of the MVI model at -250m elevation. This is below the known supergene altered parts of the porphyry system and below where the MVI is influenced by the highly magnetic cover sequence (see arrows on the sides of Figure 3 ).

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A particularly compelling set of exploration targets are evident along the NW trending edge of the basement block analogous to the Rattler Cluster / Cow Creek Fault zone. The principal target is at the Bobcat Cluster, which lies at the intersection of the NE trending Bobcat Cluster Fault and NW trending Cow Creek Fault structures, and above the NW plunging Sheep Mountain Stock. This area has only been sparsely tested by drilling. A second conceptual target is located further NW along the Cow Creek Fault and is defined by a similar NE + NW structural intersection where no historical drilling has been undertaken.

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Figure 3: Cross section A-A' though the MVI model highlighting high priority exploration targets and drillholes with potassic alteration &/or Cu > 0.5% or Mo > 0.1% (magenta hatching along drillholes). The interpreted position of NE faults (yellow dashed lines) is indicated along with the outline of the WNW plunging Sheep Mountain Stock.

Project Footprint Expansion & Further Work

Based on these results, Buxton has expanded the project footprint by securing a second 640acre State Mineral Exploration Permit. Furthermore, Notices of Intent to Locate additional BLM lode claims have been issued to landholders which will provide Buxton exclusive rights to expand the total project tenure to over 12.5 km[2] by the end of 2022. Buxton has also struck several land access agreements that provide access to and across key parcels of private land to support the forward exploration program.Buxton will utilise these results to define targets for additional ground geophysics and drilling, and will update shareholders with progress in due course.

About Copper Wolf

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The Copper Wolf Project has a number of historical resource estimates[2] available that confirm the presence of a large Laramide porphyry Cu/Mo system. ASX announcement 25 October 2021 - Copper Wolf Copper Project; Arizona USA

The Project is located within one of the most prolifically endowed copper belts in the world (Figure 2), yet it has not seen any drilling since the early 1990s, and no modern exploration geophysics since the early 1960s.

Porphyry Cu-Mo mineralisation at Copper Wolf is dated at 70.3 Ma[3] (Laramide age) and is largely concealed by a post-mineral (Tertiary) sequence of volcanic and sedimentary rocks.

Historic exploration has consisted of relatively wide spaced drilling which focussed on significant supergene copper mineralisation located where the NW trending Cow Creek Fault intersects Laramide hypogene porphyry style mineralisation.

Buxton is targeting high grade, underground bulk mineable copper-molybdenum mineralisation.

In this context, Buxton’s exploration approach can leverage the significant advances and ready availability of modern geophysical targeting tools and mineral systems knowledge that have been developed since exploration in this area ceased many decades ago.

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Figure 4: The Laramide porphyry copper belt in the southwest USA and northern Mexico.

2 See ASX announcement 25 October 2021 - Copper Wolf Copper Project; Arizona USA[2] Hoyt & Ascencios, 1980, Progress report for 1980, Sheep Mountain Project, Yavapai Co Arizona, Utah International Inc. 3 Nickerson P A, 2012, Post-mineral faulting in Arizona Porphyry Systems

This announcement is authorised by the Board.

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For further information, please contact:

Eamon Hannon Sam Wright Managing Director Company Secretary [email protected] [email protected]

Competent Persons

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Eamon Hannon, Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and Mr Martin Moloney, Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Hannon and Mr Moloney are full-time employees of Buxton Resources. Mr Hannon and Mr Moloney have sufficient experience which is relevant to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a “Competent Person”, as defined in the 2012 edition of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Hannon and Mr Moloney consent to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

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JORC Table: Section 1 – Sampling Techniques and Data

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut channels,
random chips, or specific specialised industry
standard measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as down-hole
gamma sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc).
These examples should not be taken as limiting the
_broad meaning of sampling. _
Airborne Magnetic Data
An airborne magnetic survey was conducted over
an area centered approximately 65 km northwest of
Phoenix Arizona
The survey was commissioned by Buxton
Resources Ltd and flown by Precision GeoSurveys
Inc of Canada.
The surveys were completed for a total of 419 line
km collected over a 41.9 km2 area with the
specifications summarised below.
Survey Specifications
Line Spacing : 110m Line Direction : 090
Tie Line Spacing : 1100m Tie Line Direction : 000
Survey Height : 50m agl
Survey Equipment
Aircraft: Helicopter
Data Acquisition System:

2 x GEM GSM-19T Proton Precession
Magnetometer (Magnetic Base Station) Hemisphere
R330 GPS Receiver (Sensitivity 0.15 nT @ 1 Hz)

Opti-Logic RS800 Rangefinder Laser Altimeter,
vertical accuracy: +/- 1 m, resolution ~0.2 m.

3 x Geometrics G-822A Magnetometer
(sensitivity <0.0005 nT/√Hz rms.)

Billingsley TFM100G2 Ultra Miniature Triaxial
Fluxgate Magnetometer

Setra Model 276 Barometric Pressure

Rotronic HygroClip HC-S3 Relative Humidity
and Temperature Probe

Nuvia Dynamics Advanced Gamma-Ray
Spectrometer (AGRS-5). Four 4.2 L NaI(Tl)
synthetic downward-looking and one 4.2 L NaI(Tl)
upward-looking crystals.

Total volume of 21 L

Nuvia Dynamics IMPAC data recorder system
(for navigation and geophysical data acquisition)
Equipment tests and calibrations were conducted for
the laser altimeter, magnetometers, and
spectrometer at the start of the survey to ensure
compliance with contract specifications and to
deliver high quality airborne geophysical data. A lag
test was conducted for all sensors. For the airborne
magnetometers, compensation and heading error
test flights were flown. There were three tests
conducted for the gamma spectrometer: calibration
pad test, cosmic flight test, and altitude correction
and sensitivity test.
The magnetic base stations were installed within the
surveyblock, in an area of low magnetic noise away
Include reference to measures taken to ensure
sample representivity and the appropriate calibration
of any measurement tools or systems used.
Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that
are Material to the Public Report. In cases where
‘industry standard’ work has been done this would
be relatively simple (e.g. ‘reverse circulation drilling
was used to obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg
was pulverised to produce a 30 g charge for fire
assay’). In other cases, more explanation may be
required, such as where there is coarse gold that
has inherent sampling problems. Unusual
commodities or mineralisation types (e.g. submarine
nodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed
information.
from metallic items such as ferromagnetic objects,
vehicles, and power lines that could affect the base
stations and ultimately the survey data.
Data processing included position corrections (lag
effect), diurnal corrections, heading corrections,
levelling and micro-levelling, IGRF removal,
calculation of gradients using the 3 axis
magnetometer pairs, and calculation of effective
height.
Radiometric processing generally followed the
procedures provided by the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) report 1363, Guidelines for
Radioelement Mapping using Gamma Ray
Spectrometry Data.
Historical Drilling Data
All sampling was undertaken by previous operators.
During the Phelps Dodge (PD) drilling campaign drill
core was collected from the field daily and logged in
the field camp. The cardboard core boxes (each
holding a 10 foot core run, or more if recovery was
poor) were then transported to the PD core
processing and storage facility in Douglas, AZ for
splitting.
During the PD drilling campaign drill core was split
(using either a saw or guillotine splitter) in 10 foot
increments. Half of the split core was bagged with a
card-stock paper label designating the footage, a
sample number, and elements to be assayed. The
other half of the core was retained for the life of the
project.
No information is available on UIC, Bear Creek or
Orcana sampling procedures.
Drilling techniques Drill type (e.g., core, reverse circulation, open-hole
hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc)
and details (e.g. core diameter, triple or standard
tube, depth of diamond tails, face-sampling bit or
other type, whether core is oriented and if so, by
_what method, etc). _
Drilling consists of rotary/core. The core size is
undocumented, but for the PD and UIC programs
was most probably BX, (42 mm) diameter.
Drill sample
recovery
Method of recording and assessing core and chip
sample recoveries and results assessed.
Core recoveries for the diamond core drilling
program were reported by UIC all greater than 90%;
with most reported to be 100%.
Details of recoveries for holes drilled by PD, Bear
Creek or Orcana have are not recorded on available
historical reports.
The relationship between sample recovery and
grade is not currently known.
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and
ensure representative nature of the samples.
Whether a relationship exists between sample
recovery and grade and whether sample bias may
have occurred due to preferential loss/gain of
fine/coarse material.
Logging Whether core and chip samples have been
geologically and geotechnically logged to a level of
detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource
estimation, mining studies and metallurgical studies.
Scans of original qualitative / observational
geologists logs are available for 70% of the total
drilled meterage.
No photography is available.
PD logs consistently note the occurrence and
intensity of secondary potassium feldspar flooding, a
style of rock alteration which is interpreted to be
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in
_nature. Core(or costean, channel, etc) photography. _
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.
proximal to the source of fluids responsible for
porphyry mineralisation. UIC logs also record the
presence of potassic alteration. Drillholes
highlighted on Figure 1 are those where such
alteration is recorded on original logs, along with
holes with intersections of > 0.5% Cu and 0.1% Mo,
which Buxton considers to be “high grade” in the
context of porphyry copper-molybdenum
mineralisation.
Sub-sampling
techniques and
sample preparation
If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter,
half or all core taken.
PD report samples with combined Cu and Mo
assays on 50 foot intervals (as composites of 10’
samples. UIC report samples with combined Cu
and Mo assays on variable footage intervals from
0.5 feet to 50 feet with an average of 10 feet.
If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary
split, etc and whether sampled wet or dry.
For all sample types, the nature, quality and
appropriateness of the sample preparation
technique.
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-
sampling stages to maximise representivity of
samples.
Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is
representative of the in-situ material collected,
including for instance results for field
_duplicate/second-half sampling. _
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain
size of the material being sampled.
Quality of assay
data and laboratory
tests
The nature, quality and appropriateness of the
assaying and laboratory procedures used and
whether the technique is considered partial or total.
UIC conducted most of its analytical work at Rocky
Mountain Geochemical Corporation in Tucson.
Assays were reported for nominal 10 foot runs with
determinations using standard AAS for Cu and
colourimetry for Mo. Supplementary analyses for
Au, Ag, Sn, W (as WO3), Rb, F and K2O were
conducted at Southwestern Assayers and Chemists
Inc and Skyline Laboratories, both of Tucson.
No details of the latter analytical techniques are
recorded
No QA/QC processes are evident from any of the
available geochemical data. While it may be
assumed that companies such as Phelps Dodge,
Bear Creek and Utah would have had standards of
sample preparation, analysis and QA/QC protocols
considered acceptable for the time the work was
done, emphasis on these issues has subsequently
evolved and none of the available data can be
considered reliable by current standards.
For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld XRF
instruments, etc, the parameters used in determining
the analysis including instrument make and model,
reading times, calibrations factors applied and their
derivation, etc.
See notes under Sampling Techniques above.
Nature of quality control procedures adopted (eg
standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory
checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy
(ie lack of bias) and precision have been
established.
See notes under Sampling Techniques above.
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
The verification of significant intersections by either
independent or alternative company personnel.
Buxton staff entered all available drill data to create
a digital database. This database has been
validated using industry standard software
(Micromine), along with substantial cross validation
and correction during intensive interpretation.
The mineralized shear zone on private property was
visited and verified by Buxton Resources Ltd staff
geologists.
The use of twinned holes. Historical records indicate that no twinned holes
have been drilled.
Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage (physical
and electronic) protocols.
Of the 69 bore holes for which location information
is indicated by the historical records, geological logs
exist for 29 holes, and assay records exist for 42
holes.
Buxton have examined and confirmed only the Cu
and Mo assays in the database against the original
assay certificates where available.
Liontown have reported on a check of drill hole
collar elevations against topographic elevation that
shows a mean elevation difference was -1m, with a
maximum of 11m and a minimum of -15m.
Discuss any adjustment to assay data. Not applicable.
Location of data
points
Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill
holes (collar and down-hole surveys), trenches, mine
workings and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.
Airborne Magnetic Data
All data has been collected in WGS84 UUTM zone
12N coordinates.
Global Positioning System: Nuvia Dynamics IMPAC
data recorder system. 78 channels, horizontal
accuracy: +/- 0.1m (RMS 67%)
Laser Altimeter: Opti-Logic RS800 Rangefinder
Laser Altimeter, vertical accuracy: +/- 1 m,
resolution ~0.2 m.
Historical Drilling Data
Material uncertainties relate to drill hole collar
locations. An attempt was made by Liontown to
locate and re-survey drill hole collars in the field;
however this effort located only 6 actual collars.
A further 9 collars were located by identification and
survey of the original drill pad site for each. The
remaining collar locations are located only by
designation on a topographic map by one of the
geologists involved in one of the drill campaigns.
Buxton has used all available sources, along with
modern high resolution satellite imagery to assign
coordinates to drill hole records.
The range of potential location errors for these three
instances range from a few meters for the field
located collars and pad sites to a few 10’s of meters
for the collars located only by topography.
Specification of the grid system used. Location reported here use NAD83 zone 12,
elevations are reported as NAVD 88.
Quality and adequacy of topographic control. Airborne Magnetic Data
See notes on horizontal and vertical accuracy
above.
Historical Drilling Data
Topographic control is USGS NED 1/3 arc-second
n35w113 1 x 1 degree Arc Grid 2019
Data spacing and
distribution
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. Airborne Magnetic Data
The survey line spacing was 110m with data
recorded at 10Hz to provide stations every 3-4m.
The data density is considered appropriate to the
purpose of the survey.
Historical Drilling Data
Locations of drill holes at in the Project Area were
historically recorded on a local grid system.
Azimuth and dip were recorded at the collar.
No downhole surveys (dip / azimuth and depth
measurements) are available.
Numerous historical maps illustrate where these
holes are located in georeferenced coordinates and
collar coordinates for numerous surface drill holes
have been surveyed recently with hand-held GPS.
Buxton has utilised supporting spatial information to
georeference historical maps in the Universal
Transverse Mercator, North American Datum 1983,
Zone 12 coordinate system.
While there may be small errors arising from use of
this transformation, the location of the holes is
considered reliable for the purposes of the current
use of drilling data.
Historic surveyed collar elevations are accurate to
within 10m of the Company’s current DEM for the
Project.
The drill holes are relatively deep and no down hole
survey information is available. Given the depth to
mineralization of 500m, there is a probability the drill
holes deviated somewhat but given that all of the
drill holes were vertical such deviation should have
been limited.
Surface drill holes at in the Project Area have been
drilled on a reasonably systematic array. Several
phases of infill and extensional drilling have been
undertaken, so data spacing is sufficient to have
confidence in the continuity of mineralisation within
the main areas targeted historically.
No sample compositing has been applied at this
stage.
Whether the data spacing, and distribution is
sufficient to establish the degree of geological and
grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimation procedure(s)
and classifications applied.
Whether sample compositing has been applied.
Orientation of data
in relation to
geological structure
Whether the orientation of sampling achieves
unbiased sampling of possible structures and the
extent to which this is known, considering the
deposit type.
All intersections of mineralisation in drill holes
reported in this announcement refer to down-hole
thicknesses of mineralisation as, to date, Buxton
has had insufficient time to evaluate the data to
estimate true thicknesses.
Notwithstanding that, particularly for the supergene
zone, true thicknesses are considered to generally
be between 95% and 100% of the down-hole
thicknesses.
If the relationship between the drilling orientation and
the orientation of key mineralised structures is
considered to have introduced a sampling bias, this
should be assessed and reported if material.
Sample security The measures taken to ensure sample security. It is not known what sample security measures
were adopted for historical drill sampling.
Audits or reviews The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.
Airborne Magnetic Data

All digital Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric data was subjected to rigorous auditing and vetting by a qualified geophysicist.

Historical Drilling Data

The Competent Person has reviewed previous reports on drilling at the Copper Wolf Project and confirmed in the field and from discussions with a PD site geologist that historic drilling has been undertaken. Practices employed appear to have been consistent with those adopted at other projects in North America around the same time.

JORC Table: Section 2 – Reporting of Exploration Results

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral tenement
and land tenure
status
Type, reference name/number, location and
ownership including agreements or material issues
with third parties such as joint ventures, partnerships,
overriding royalties, native title interests, historical
sites, wilderness or national park and environmental
settings.
BUX have a 100% interest in 52 Federal Lode
Mining Claims SM1-SM52 issued by the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) covering 4.1 km2and
Arizona State Lands Department (ASLD) Mineral
Exploration Permits 008-121028 and 1213390
covering 5.1 km2.
New NOITL notices have been issued and plans
finalised to stake 45 additional claims covering 3.3
km2.
Buxton will be required to obtain local, state and/or
federal permits to operate at the Copper Wolf
Project.
There is a long history of exploration and mining in
the project area, so it is considered likely requisite
permits will be obtained as and when they are
required.
The security of the tenure held at the time of
reporting along with any known impediments to
obtaining a licence to operate in the area.
The Federal Lode Mining Claims are in good
standing with BLM (maintenance paid for the 2022-
2023 year).
Mineral Exploration Permit 008-121028 was
renewed for a further 12 months on 16th
September 2022.
The NOITL process provides Buxton with exclusive
rights to stake additional Lode Mining Claims prior
to the end of 2022.
The grant of Mineral Exploration Permit 008-
123390 was finalised 27thSeptember 2022.
Exploration done by
other parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
other parties.
Buxton has undertaken exploration between 2015-
2019 as reported on the ASX. All geophysical data
has been independently reviewed by Southern
Geoscience Consultants. All historical data
presented has been previously reported under
JORC 2004 and there has been no material
change.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.
The mineralisation at the Copper Wolf Project
comprises porphyry copper-molybdenum type, with
both hypogene (primary) and supergene
(secondary) variants. This type of mineralisation is
widelydistributed in the region around the Project.
Drill hole Information A summary of all information material to the
understanding of the exploration results including a
tabulation of the following information for all Material
drill holes:
Drill hole collar details and significant
intersections of mineralisation in drilling are
tabulated in previous ASX announcement dated
25th October 2021.
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above
sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception depth
o hole length
If the exclusion of this information is justified on the
basis that the information is not Material and this
exclusion does not detract from the understanding of
the report, the Competent Person should clearly
explain why this is the case.
Data aggregation
methods
In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging
techniques, maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (e.g. cutting of high grades) and cut-off
grades are usually Material and should be stated.
No new assay results are reported.
Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short
lengths of high grade results and longer lengths of
low grade results, the procedure used for such
aggregation should be stated and some typical
examples of such aggregations should be shown in
detail.
The assumptions used for any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.
Relationship
between
mineralisation widths
and intercept lengths
These relationships are particularly important in the
reporting of Exploration Results.
Hypogene porphyry style mineralisation usually
exhibits a vertical pipe geometry. Given that all
historical drilling is vertical, most intersections may
be considered “true width”. However, since it is
possible that the mineral system may be tilted, and
that no orientated core or other structural
information is available due to volcanic cover, the
true width is uncertain.
If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to
the drill hole angle is known, its nature should be
reported.
If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are
reported, there should be a clear statement to this
effect (eg ‘down hole length, true width not known’).
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and
tabulations of intercepts should be included for any
significant discovery being reported. These should
include, but not be limited to a plan view of drill hole
collar locations and appropriate sectional views.
See text and figures in body of release.
Balanced reporting Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration
Results is not practicable, representative reporting of
both low and high grades and/or widths should be
practiced to avoid misleading reporting of Exploration
Results.
Results of all available significant historical work
have been summarised and reported in
announcements dated 25th October 2021 and 11th
November 2021. This announcement presents the
locations of high Cu (>= 0.5%) and Mo (>= 0.1%)
results from known hypogene intervals. High grade
intervals from intervals with logging indicative of
strong supergene influence are omitted from the
filters showing “strong hypogene mineralisation”
where logging is available. Where logging is not
available all intervals Cu (>= 0.5%) and Mo (>=
0.1%) are shown.
Also omitted from this filter and the maps are holes
shown on some historical maps for which no sign of
disturbance is visible, and which no other
information is available such as logs, assays, total
depths, discussion, or interpretations. These holes
are interpreted as planned holes that were never
drilled.
Only 2 of 1073 logged intervals note the presence
of magnetite, 29 records note destruction of ferro
magnetic minerals
Other substantive
exploration data
Other exploration data, if meaningful and material,
should be reported including (but not limited to):
geological observations; geophysical survey results;
geochemical survey results; bulk samples – size and
method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk
density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminating
substances.
Other historical exploration data identified includes
geological, geochemical and geophysical, data.
A systematic review of this data is ongoing.
Further work The nature and scale of planned further work (eg
tests for lateral extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out drilling).
The Company is presently preparing a plan for
exploration activities that the Company intends
initially undertaking in 2023. Financing of these
activities is subject to a Farm-In and Joint Venture
Agreement with IGO (see ASX announcement 22nd
August 2022).
.
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible
extensions, including the main geological
interpretations and future drilling areas, provided this
information is not commercially sensitive.
See text and figures in body of release.