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CAZALY RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2008
Apr 22, 2008
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Capital/Financing Update
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23 April 2008
Company Announcements Officer ASX Limited Exchange Centre Level 4, 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
Dear Sir
Re: POSEIDON NICKEL AND PROTO RESOURCES TO FORM JOINT VENTURE TO EXPLORE AT THE MENZIES NICKEL PROJECT
We enclose herewith a copy of an announcement in relation to the above.
Yours faithfully
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David P.A. Singleton MANAGING DIRECTOR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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| CORPORATE DIRECTORY Principal Office Unit 8, Churchill Court Director / Senior Management 331-335 Hay Street David Singleton Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer SUBIACO WA 6008 Andrew Forrest Non-Executive Chairman Tel: 61 8 9382 8799 Geoff Brayshaw Non-Executive Director Fax: 61 8 9382 4760 Richard Monti Non-Executive Director Chris Indermaur Non-Executive Director Registered Office Ross Kestel Company Secretary Level 2, Spectrum 100 Railway Road Corporate Enquiries SUBIACO WA 6008 Mr David Singleton – MD & CEO Tel: 61 8 9367 8133 P: 61 8 9382 8799 Fax: 61 8 9367 8812 F: 61 8 9382 4760 Home Exchange E: [email protected] The Company’s shares are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and the home exchange is Perth Shareholder Enquiries ASX code: POS Enquiries concerning shareholdings should be addressed to: Computershare Investor Securities GPO Box D182, Perth WA 6840 Tel: 61 8 9323 2000 |
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POSEIDON NICKEL LIMITED • Unit 8 • Churchill Court • 331-335 Hay Street • Subiaco • WA 6008 PO Box 190 • West Perth WA 6872 • T +618 9382 8799 • F +618 9382 4760 • www.poseidon-nickel.com.au • ABN 60 060 525 206
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ASX Announcement 23 April 2008
Poseidon Nickel and Proto Resources to form Joint Venture to Explore at the Menzies Nickel Project
Poseidon Nickel and Proto Resources are pleased to announce that they have executed a Heads of Agreement to form a Joint Venture with the aim of defining and developing a mineable Nickel resource at the Menzies Nickel Project. The Menzies project is prospective for both Nickel Laterite and Nickel Sulphide mineralisation. The rationale for the Joint Venture is:
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Tenements have proven nickel laterite intersections (see below)
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The Menzies project contains 23sqkm of ultramafic rocks which are prospective for nickel sulphide exploration.
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Menzies is approximately 180kms from the potential concentrator plant to be built at Poseidon Nickel’s Windarra Nickel Project.
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Proto Resources is currently developing the Barnes Hill Nickel Laterite project in Tasmania and is seeking additional laterite inventory for development from the Menzies Joint Venture.
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Poseidon & Proto believe that a jointly funded programme will accelerate exploration and that the two companies can provide project development opportunities and synergies.
Poseidon and Proto shall contribute in equal shares to the Joint Venture and shall each finance their share into production. Proto currently holds the Project in Joint Venture with Cazaly Resources Ltd (“Cazaly”), holding 90% of the nickel laterite rights, 50% of the nickel sulphide rights and 70% of the gold rights. Cazaly Resources will continue to hold its interests and will be free carried to completion of a bankable feasibility study.
The Menzies Nickel Project is a multi-commodity advanced exploration project including nickel laterite, nickel sulphide, cobalt and gold, previously worked by BHP. The project consists of 36 tenements in a continuous block located 10km south of the township of Menzies, about 130km north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
Substantial nickel intersections known from prior drilling at Menzies include:
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Historical MZR01: 8m @ 1.21% Ni & 0.073% Co (from 20m to 28m) 22 October 2004 New MZR01: 11m @ 1.16% Ni and 0.07% Co, inc. 7m @ 1.39% Ni and 0.08% Co (18 to 25m)
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Historical MZR02: 4m @ 1.00% Ni & 0.052% Co (From 20m to 24m) 22 October 2004 New MZR02: 5m @ 1.00% Ni & 0.04% Co (from 19 to 24m)
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Historical MZR04: 12m @ 1.72% Ni & 0.127% Co (From 16m to 28m) 22 October 2004 New MZR04: 14m @ 1.72% Ni and 0.13% Co, inc. 12m @ 1.92% Ni and 0.14% Co (16 to 27m)
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Historical MZR05: 4m @ 1.40% Ni & 0.068% Co (From 32m to 36m) 22 October 2004
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New MZR05: 7m @ 1.28% Ni & 0.063% Co (from 30 to 37m)
(Historical - Great Australia Resources Limited, GAU; New – resampling by Proto Resources)
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In addition to the nickel laterite intersections the ground is also considered as prospective for nickel sulphide. The prospective basal contact which potentially hosts nickel sulphide mineralisation, strikes for 18km within the project area and has undergone limited previous nickel exploration. Most of the drilling occurs on the western side and in the centre of the folded anticlinal structure and was targeting gold mineralisation. Mineralised nickel laterites have been intersected in the NW region of the project area, as detailed previously, and indications of nickel sulphide have been reported in the gold targeted drilling. The southern and eastern limbs of the folded ultramafic basal contact appear to be completely untested. The Menzies ultramafic may be part of the structure which hosts the Scotia nickel mine 55km to the south-southeast of the tenements adding to its potential prospectivity.
The parties propose to develop mineable laterite and sulphide nickel resources and will now undertake the next stage of the exploration programme with the initial intent of following up on the mineralisation already identified. The programme will involve extending geochemical coverage and embarking on an aggressive drilling programme aimed at extending known nickel mineralisation, with a view to defining an inferred resource.
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Andrew Johnstone who is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, members of both the Australian and American Societies of Exploration Geophysicists, and member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Johnstone provides exploration management services to Proto Resources & Investments Ltd. Mr Johnstone has extensive qualifications and experience in the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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”. Mr. Johnstone consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on information provided by him and in the form and context in which it appears.