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BUXTON RESOURCES LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016
May 1, 2016
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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30[th] April 2016
ASX Release
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Quarterly Activities Report for period ending 31[st] March 2016
Highlights
– Double Magic Ni & Cu West Kimberley
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Planning for next phase of exploration
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Substantial work programs have been designed
– Yalbra Graphite Gascoyne Region
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Yalbra exploration and development activities continue during the quarter
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Buxton is ready to commercialise the Yalbra Graphite Project by bringing in a strategic partner for development and/or offtake
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BUX acquires remaining residual interest in Yalbra, leaving BUX as 100% owner
Northampton Base Metals Project
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BUX completes field trip to Northampton during the quarter
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Identification of graphite outcrops that appear course grained in hand specimen
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Target sampling of pegmatites for potential REE mineralization and base metal mineralization with assays pending
Corporate
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Eamon Hannon appointed Managing Director
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Cash balance (31 March 2016) of approximately $1.77 million
PO Box 9028 Subiaco WA 6008
Suite 1, First Floor Tel: 08-9380 6063 14-16 Rowland Street Fax: 08-9381 4056 Subiaco WA 6008
www.buxtonresources.com.au [email protected]
– Double Magic Ni & Cu West Kimberley
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Buxton advises that the next exploration program at the Double Magic Ni-Cu Project is progressing well.
With the field season now commenced, Buxton will be spending the majority of the next two quarters in the field where substantial work programs have been designed and will be implemented
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Figure 1 – Location of the Double Magic Ni-Cu Project in Western Australia. Also shown is the location of Panoramic’s Savannah Ni-Cu Mine.
– Yalbra Graphite Gascoyne Region
Yalbra is Australia’s highest reported grade graphite resource at 4.0Mt @ 16.2% TGC (Inferred) and has considerable potential to be expanded along strike, and for discovery of additional resources. Additionally, Buxton has shown commercial products can be produced from its very high grade Yalbra Graphite Project. As such, the Company is now in a position to seek a development and/or offtake partner to assist in commercialising the project.
Buxton issued 4,000,000 unlisted options (expiry 31/03/19, exercise price 12.5 cents) in accordance with the terms of a Tenement Sale Agreement which together with the grant of a 0.75% gross revenue royalty is the consideration of acquiring 15% of the E09/1985 tenement, taking Buxton’s ownership to 100%.
Northampton Base Metals Project
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The Northampton project area is located 477km North of Perth, along the Northwest Coastal Highway between Geraldton (in the South) and Ajana (in the North). The Northampton project area includes two tenement applications, E66/88 and E66/87 for a total area of 872 km2 (Figure 2). The main target commodities in this project are Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Au. The principal target style is structurally controlled polymetallic sulphide veins and pods.
Buxton’s field season commenced with a recent field trip to BUX’s wholly owned, contiguous and large tenement holding in at Northampton. Work on ground included the identification of graphite outcrops that appear course grained in hand specimen plus the target sampling of pegmatites for potential REE mineralization and base metal mineralization with assays pending.
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Figure 2. Map of the Company’s Northampton tenements over regional geology with major mineral prospects and workings shown.
Corporate
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On 25th February 2016, Buxton announced the appointment of Eamon Hannon as Managing Director.
Mr Hannon, a geologist and Fellow of the AusIMM, has a wealth of experience within the minerals industry from grass roots exploration through to project development., Having previously worked for Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) from early 2004 to late 2012 in the role of Director, Exploration and Evaluation, he lead the teams to delineate in excess of 10 billion tons of iron ore resources and greater than 1 billion tons of iron ore reserves.
Since his appointment as Buxton CEO in October 2014, Mr Hannon has overseen the acquisition of the 100% interest in the Double Magic Nickel Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and has further advanced the Company’s highly prospective nickel-copper projects in the Fraser Range, as well as the Company’s very high grade Yalbra Graphite Project.
Buxton Resources Chairman, Seamus Cornelius, commented:
“We are delighted to have Mr Hannon join the Buxton Board. His experience and capabilities, both from an exploration, mine development and corporate leadership standpoint, are an asset to Buxton.”
Cash balance as at 31 March 2016 was approximately $1.77 million.
For further information please contact:
Eamon Hannon Chief Executive Officer [email protected]
Sam Wright Company Secretary [email protected]
Competent Persons
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The information in this report that relates to exploration results and geology for the Double Magic Project is based on information previously reported under the 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves based on information compiled by Mr Rolf Forster, Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and Mr Derek Marshall, Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Forster is an Independent Consultant to Buxton Resources Limited and Mr Marshall is a full-time employee. Mr Forster and Mr Marshall 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 Forster and Mr Marshall consent to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to exploration results and geology for the Yalbra project is based on information previously reported under the 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves based on information compiled and/or reviewed by Mr Eamon Hannon, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and CEO at Buxton Resources Limited. No material changes have occurred to this information. Mr Hannon has sufficient experience which is relevant to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a “Competent Person”, as defined in the 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves and consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters reviewed by him in the form and context in which they appear. There have been no material changes to the information reported in the previous report.
The information in this report that relates to in-situ Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by David Williams of CSA Global Pty Ltd and previously reported 25/2/2014. David Williams is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity he has undertaken, to qualify as a Competent Person in terms of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’ (JORC Code 2012 Edition). David Williams previously consented to the inclusion of such information in the previous report in the form and context in which it appeared. There have been no material changes to the information reported in the previous report.
The information in this report that relates to exploration results and geology for the Northampton project has all previously been reported under the 2004 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves based on information compiled and/or reviewed by Mr Eamon Hannon, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and CEO at Buxton Resources Limited.. No material changes have occurred to this information. Mr Hannon has sufficient experience which is relevant to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a “Competent Person”, as defined in the 2004 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves and consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters reviewed by him in the form and context in which they appear.
Appendix 1: Changes in interests in mining tenements - Buxton Resources Ltd 01/01/16 - 31/03/16
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Interests in mining tenements relinquished, reduced or lapsed |
Tenement | Location | % at beginning of quarter | % at end of quarter |
| Interest in mining tenements acquired or increased |
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| The mining tenements held at the end of the quarter and their location |
E 28/2201 | Zanthus | 100 | 100 |
| E 28/1959 | Zanthus | 100 | 100 | |
| E 63/1595 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| E 63/1582 | Dempster | 90 | 90 | |
| E 63/1720 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1675 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1676 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1677 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1685 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1686 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1687 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 63/1688 | Dempster | 100 | 100 | |
| E 09/1985 | Yalbra | 85 | 85 | |
| E 09/1972 | Yalbra | 90 | 90 | |
| E 09/2101 | Yalbra | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 66/87 | Northampton | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 66/88 | Northampton | 100 | 100 | |
| E 66/90 | Northhampton | 100 | 100 | |
| E 66/91 | Northhampton | 100 | 100 | |
| E 66/92 | Northhampton | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 77/2237 | Yilgarn | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 77/2238 | Yilgarn | 100 | 100 | |
| E04/1533 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| E04/2026 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| E04/2060 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| E04/2142 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| E 04/2408 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 04/2406 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 04/2407 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 04/2411 | Derby/West Kimberley | 100 | 100 | |
| ELA 70/4730 | Northampton | 100 | 100 |
Abbreviations and Definitions used in Tenement Schedule:
E Exploration Licence ELA Exploration Licence Application P Prospecting Licence