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CODA MINERALS LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2022
Jul 3, 2022
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ASX Announcement
4 July 2022
Victorian Portfolio Expanded with Acquisition of Mt Piper Gold Project
Highlights
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Kalamazoo has acquired the 1,609km[2] Mt Piper Gold Project from Coda Minerals Limited (ASX: COD) , which is strategically located adjacent to Agnico Eagle Mine Limited’s (NYSE: AEM) large exploration land tenure and 30km from its world-class Fosterville gold mine in Central Victoria
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The Project is also situated between Mandalay Resources’ (TSX: MND) high-grade Costerfield goldantimony mine (1km) and the Sunday Creek Project (Southern Cross Gold, ASX: SXG ) which recently announced significant drilling intersections including 119.2m @ 3.2 g/t Au and 0.4% Sb (3.9 g/t Au Eq)[1]
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The Mt Piper Gold Project (EL6775, EL7331, EL7337, EL7366, EL7380 and application ELA7481) is considered highly prospective for epizonal, high-grade gold and antimony deposits (i.e. Fostervillestyle) with all tenements considered under-explored, limited to very shallow drilling, and not subjected to modern exploration techniques
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Recent systematic rock chip sampling at the south-western Goldie Prospect (EL6775) has defined highgrade gold mineralisation with best rock chip assay results including 31.1 g/t and 30.4 g/t Au[2]
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Kalamazoo’s gold exploration tenure is increased to 2,094km[2] and is the largest exploration holding in the southern section of the Central Victorian Goldfields including the 100% owned Castlemaine (historical production of 5.6Moz Au ), South Muckleford, Myrtle and Tarnagulla Gold Projects
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The acquisition is consistent with Kalamazoo’s strategy of acquiring and developing major resource projects with significant exploration and development potential in Victoria and the Pilbara - two of the world’s leading mineral provinces
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Kalamazoo will immediately start the important Community Engagement process before commencing with an initial “low impact” exploration program
Kalamazoo’s Chairman and CEO Luke Reinehr said today, “We are delighted to have acquired this major exploration project from Coda Minerals. This is a very positive development for our shareholders and is an outstanding addition to our prospective portfolio of gold projects in Victoria. Our continued consolidation of highly prospective exploration ground in the Central Victorian Goldfields is enhanced by the on-going success at the high-grade Fosterville and Costerfield gold mines. These projects contain high-grade goldantimony mineralisation near the main fault margin separating the Bendigo and Melbourne Zones and are reported to be the No. 1 and No. 7 highest milled grade gold mines worldwide in 2021, respectively.[ 3]
As a major player in the Central Victorian Goldfields, we will systematically continue our exploration activities in the search for the next world class gold discovery in Victoria. Coupled with our Pilbara gold activities at the 1.65Moz Ashburton Gold project and our lithium exploration in JV with the major Chilean lithium producer SQM, the next 12 months is sure to be an exciting time.”
1 ASX: SXG 30 May 2022 2 ASX: TRN 13 December 2021 and Table 1 3 Kitco and Mining Intelligence Data
Kalamazoo Resources Limited (ASX: KZR) (“Kalamazoo” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has purchased from Coda Minerals Limited (“Coda”) the highly prospective Mt Piper Gold Project in Victoria. Coda inherited the project as part of its recently completed take-over of its Elizabeth Creek Copper Project joint venture partner, Torrens Mining Limited (ASX: TRN) , the previous owners of the Mt Piper Gold Project[4] .
Situated approximately 75km north of Melbourne, the project area is traversed by the Hume Freeway and boasts excellent access to local infrastructure. Located along the western margin of the Melbourne Zone and adjacent to the Bendigo Zone in the Central Victorian Goldfields, the project area is considered to have outstanding potential for the discovery of high-grade gold and antimony deposits.
This acquisition is an important addition to Kalamazoo’s Victorian gold assets. In a similar investment strategy to the acquisition of its flagship Castlemaine Gold Project in Victoria in 2018, the deal structure enables Kalamazoo to invest funds directly “into the ground”.
Under the terms of the agreement, Kalamazoo has acquired the Mt Piper Gold Project by paying Coda:
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cash of $300,000
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1,525,000 fully paid ordinary shares (“Shares”) in Kalamazoo, escrowed for 12 months from issue
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a 1% Net Smelter Royalty (“NSR”) payable on any minerals extracted from the tenements
The Shares will be issued to Torrens Gold Exploration Pty Ltd (“Torrens”) (a wholly owned subsidiary of Coda) under the Company’s available placement capacity pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1. Torrens is not a related party of the Company.
The Central Victorian Goldfields continues to deliver high-grade gold and antimony production and exploration success. This is led by Agnico Eagle’s world-class Fosterville gold mine and Mandalay Resources’ Costerfield gold-antimony mine (Figure 1).
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Figure 1: Location of Kalamazoo’s Central Victorian Goldfields tenements, including the Mt Piper Gold Project
4 ASX: COD 22 April 2022
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In recent months, field activity in the immediate area to the south of the Mt Piper Gold Project, has also seen major gold exploration success by Southern Cross Gold at its Sunday Creek Gold Project with major drilling intersections that have included 119.2m @ 3.2 g/t Au and 0.4% Sb (3.9 g/t Au Eq) (Figure1).
Coda’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Stevens said, “Following on from Coda’s takeover of Torrens Mining earlier this year, our focus is on developing our 100% owned Elizabeth Creek Copper-Cobalt Project in South Australia. It made sense for Coda to sell Torrens’ Victorian Mt Piper Gold Project to Kalamazoo, which is an experienced explorer in the Central Victorian Goldfields with a major land package. We were keen however to retain an ongoing exposure to the very prospective Mt Piper Gold Project and the Kalamazoo scrip consideration and royalty structure achieves this. Coda is excited to see Mt Piper’s next phase of development under Kalamazoo ownership and is pleased the agreed transaction structure helps enable Kalamazoo to put its funds directly into exploration.”
Project Geology
The Mt Piper Gold Project is located within the Melbourne Zone, a major tectonic block bounded by the Mount William Fault to the west and the Governor Fault to the east. Specifically, the Project is situated largely along the westernmost margin of the Melbourne Zone either within, or in proximity, to the major bounding Mount William Fault Zone. The Melbourne Zone consists largely of folded and faulted Middle Ordovician to Middle Devonian deep water marine clastic sedimentary units that overlie the Paleoproterozoic to Cambrian Selwyn Basement Block and intruded by Late Devonian Granites.
Significant known gold mineralisation in the Melbourne Zone includes the high-grade Costerfield goldantimony mine and the historical Heathcote, Nagambie, Rushworth, and Bailieston goldfields. These goldfields are part of a broad epizonal gold-antimony province largely confined to the Melbourne Zone and the adjacent overlapping easternmost margin of the Bendigo Zone which hosts the world-class Fosterville gold mine and historic Malmsbury Goldfield.
The position of the Mt Piper Gold Project along the major fault-bounded margin between the Melbourne and Bendigo Zones is considered highly prospective for significant economic high-grade gold-antimony deposits. This is further supported by the Mt Piper Gold Project being located between the high-grade AuSb Costerfield mine and the recently announced major drilling intersections at the Sunday Creek Project.
Project Exploration History
Records indicate that there has been limited exploration work on the tenements that comprise the Mt Piper Gold Project. Historical work has largely consisted of localised programs of geological mapping with soil, stream sediment and rock chip sampling, Induced Polarisation geophysical surveys and limited reverse circulation (<100m deep) and diamond drilling[5] .
More recently in 2021, the previous owners Torrens Mining had identified 31 gold targets that were to be the subject of follow-up exploration programs (Figure 2). Torrens Mining had completed the following:
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Systematic rock chip sampling at the south-western Goldie Prospect (EL6775) that defined highgrade gold mineralisation over a minimum strike length of 120m and included several parallel reefs identified within a potentially 150m wide corridor (Figure 3). Best rock chip assay results included 31.1 g/t and 30.4 g/t Au[6] (Table 1)
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The Goldie Prospect encompasses a series of historical shallow mine workings over a strike length of 1.2km and was prioritised due to a pronounced ~200m wide gold-in-soil anomaly with a best soil assay result of 1,800ppb Au[6]
5 Torrens Mining Limited IPO Prospectus 2020, ASX: TRN 6 January 2021
6 ASX: TRN 13 December 2021
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Figure 2: Torrens Mining - Mt Piper Gold Project regional targets and structural trends on background regional aeromagnetic image (ASX: TRN 29 October 2021)
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Figure 3: Torrens Mining – Mt Piper Project: Plan view map of the Goldie Prospect showing the location of rock chip samples (g/t) and soil (ppb) assay results (ASX: TRN 29 Oct 2021 and Table 1)
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Table 1 . Torrens Mining – Goldie Prospect rock chip sample assays
| Sample ID | *Easting (mE) ** | *Northing (mN) ** | Comments | **Lithology ** | **Au(g/t) ** |
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| RC001A | 302566 | 5879151 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| RC001A | 302566 | 5879151 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| RC001B | 302566 | 5879151 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| RC001C | 302566 | 5879151 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.12 |
| RC002A | 302496 | 5879096 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| RC002B | 302496 | 5879096 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 19.15 |
| RC003A | 302501 | 5879060 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 19.78 |
| RC003B | 302501 | 5879060 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 17.93 |
| RC003C | 302501 | 5879060 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 14.72 |
| RC003D | 302501 | 5879060 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 9.28 |
| RC003E | 302501 | 5879060 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 4.19 |
| RC004 | 302512 | 5879034 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 14 |
| RC005 | 302512 | 5879034 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 8.6 |
| RC006 | 302512 | 5879034 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 3.57 |
| GRC007 | 302493 | 5879060 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 8.95 |
| GRC008 | 302494 | 5879066 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.25 |
| GRC009 | 302494 | 5879066 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.62 |
| GRC010 | 302494 | 5879066 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 30.45 |
| GRC011 | 302494 | 5879066 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 1.43 |
| GRC012 | 302502 | 5879054 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 5.29 |
| GRC013 | 302502 | 5879054 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 7.42 |
| GRC014 | 302497 | 5879066 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 16.1 |
| GRC015 | 302497 | 5879066 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 16.18 |
| GRC016 | 302501 | 5879075 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.47 |
| GRC017 | 302501 | 5879075 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 4.31 |
| GRC018 | 302501 | 5879075 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 14.42 |
| GRC019 | 302495 | 5879084 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 8.41 |
| GRC020 | 302495 | 5879086 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 6.87 |
| GRC021 | 302494 | 5879085 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 2.71 |
| GRC022 | 302494 | 5879085 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 5.12 |
| GRC023 | 302500 | 5879092 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.08 |
| GRC024 | 302498 | 5879087 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC025 | 302500 | 5879099 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.53 |
| GRC026 | 302500 | 5879099 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.53 |
| GRC027 | 302500 | 5879099 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.46 |
| GRC028 | 302493 | 5879093 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.78 |
| GRC029 | 302477 | 5879075 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 2.08 |
| GRC030 | 302477 | 5879075 | **Stackedquartz from historic workings ** | Quartz | 8.72 |
| GRC031 | 302477 | 5879075 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 2.13 |
| GRC032 | 302595 | 5879166 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC033 | 302591 | 5879148 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC034 | 302585 | 5879161 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.04 |
| GRC035 | 302576 | 5879158 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.38 |
| GRC036 | 302576 | 5879158 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.06 |
| GRC037 | 302573 | 5879154 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC038 | 302580 | 5879155 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.1 |
| GRC039 | 302579 | 5879165 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.08 |
| GRC040 | 302585 | 5879161 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC041 | 302590 | 5879165 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 0.05 |
| GRC042 | 302590 | 5879165 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC043 | 302595 | 5879185 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | <0.04 |
| GRC044 | 302612 | 5879245 | Stackedquartz from historic workings | Quartz | 4.49 |
| GRC045 | 302505 | 5879051 | In-situquartz from base of workings | Quartz | 1.78 |
| GRC046 | 302505 | 5879051 | In-situquartz from base of workings | Quartz | 4.21 |
| GRC047 | 302505 | 5879051 | In-situquartz from base of workings | Quartz | 31.08 |
| GRC048 | 302505 | 5879051 | In-situquartz from base of workings | Quartz | 11.38 |
| GRC049 | 302505 | 5879051 | In-situquartz from base of workings | Quartz | 16.97 |
| GRC050 | 302505 | 5879051 | In-situquartz from base of workings | Quartz | 7.94 |
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Project Generation
Kalamazoo believes that the acquisition of the Mt Piper Gold Project is consistent with its strategy of acquiring and developing major resource projects with significant exploration and development potential in Victoria and the Pilbara.
Kalamazoo considers the Mt Piper Gold Project to be an excellent fit with the Company’s Victorian strategy of acquiring and exploring high-quality gold projects with a target threshold of 1Moz at grades >10 g/t Au. Included with Kalamazoo’s existing projects, the Company’s Victorian ground holding has now increased to 2,094km[2] and is the largest exploration holding in the southern section of the Central Victorian Goldfields. This portfolio includes the 100% owned Castlemaine (historical production of 5.6Moz Au), South Muckleford, Myrtle and Tarnagulla Gold Projects which are all subject to ongoing exploration programs.
Next Steps
Kalamazoo’s priority at the Mt Piper Gold Project is to progress the work commenced by Torrens Mining on advancing prospects towards a drill-ready status, which will include the following:
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Continue with the important Community Engagement process
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Expand the target generation analysis
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Design of initial “low impact” exploration programs for high priority target areas
This announcement has been approved for release to the ASX by Luke Reinehr, Chairman and CEO, Kalamazoo Resources Limited.
For further information, please contact:
Luke Reinehr Chairman/CEO [email protected]
Media & Investor Relations (Australia) Victoria Humphries [email protected]
Media & Investor Relations (Canada) Leo Karabelas: [email protected] Tom Panoulias: [email protected]
About Kalamazoo Resources Limited
Kalamazoo Resources Limited (ASX: KZR) is an ASX-listed exploration company with a portfolio of highquality gold and lithium projects in Victoria and the Pilbara, WA. Kalamazoo is exploring at its 100% owned Castlemaine Goldfield (historical production of ~5.6Moz Au) and south of the Maldon Goldfield (historical production of ~2Moz) near the world class Fosterville gold mine in Victoria. In the Pilbara, Kalamazoo’s extensive exploration program is advancing the 100% owned Ashburton Gold Project to further increase the 1.65Moz Au resource and progress development plans. Kalamazoo’s lithium projects include the DOM’s Hill and Marble Bar Lithium Projects in an exploration joint venture with the major Chilean lithium producer Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM) and the 100% owned Pear Creek Lithium Project.
Kalamazoo has become the first gold and lithium explorer operating in Australia to be certified carbon neutral for its business operations under the Federal Government’s Climate Active Program, with projected 2022 emissions fully offset achieved with a verified environmental reforestation program in Western Australia.
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Response to COVID-19
Kalamazoo has been proactively managing the potential impact of COVID-19 and has developed systems and policies to ensure the health and safety of its employees and contractors, and of limiting risk to its operations. These systems and policies have been developed in line with the formal guidance of State and Federal health authorities and with the assistance of its contractors and will be updated should the formal guidance change. Kalamazoo’s first and foremost priority is the health and wellbeing of its employees and contractors.
To ensure the health and wellbeing of its employees and contractors, Kalamazoo has implemented a range of measures to minimise the risk of infection and rate of transmission to COVID-19 whilst continuing to operate. All operations and activities have been minimised only to what is deemed essential. Implemented measures include employees and contractors completing COVID-19 risk monitoring, increased hygiene practices, the banning of nonessential travel for the foreseeable future, establishing strong infection control systems and protocols across the business and facilitating remote working arrangements, where practicable and requested. Kalamazoo will continue to monitor the formal requirements and guidance of State and Federal health authorities and act accordingly.
Competent Persons Statement
The information for the Mt Piper Project is based on information compiled by Dr Luke Mortimer, a competent person who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Dr Mortimer is an employee engaged as the Exploration Manager for the Company and has sufficient experience which is relevant to 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 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Dr Mortimer consents to the inclusion in this document of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements regarding Kalamazoo’s plans with respect to its mineral properties and programs are forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that Kalamazoo’s plans for development of its mineral properties will proceed as currently expected. There can also be no assurance that Kalamazoo will be able to confirm the presence of additional mineral resources/reserves, that any mineralisation will prove to be economic or that a mine will successfully be developed on any of Kalamazoo’s mineral properties. The performance of Kalamazoo may be influenced by a number of factors which are outside the control of the Company and its Directors, staff, and contractors.
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Table 1. JORC Code, 2012 Edition
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
| Criteria | JORC |
Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling | • Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut | • Samples referred to in this report were | |
| techniques | channels, random chips, or specific | obtained from random in-situ rock chip | |
| specialised industry standard measurement | samples collected by Torrens Mining Ltd | ||
| tools appropriate to the minerals under | during standard field reconnaissance | ||
| investigation, such as down hole gamma | exercises. | ||
| sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc). | • The random rock chip samples were | ||
| These examples should not be taken as | irregularly spaced which is considered | ||
| limiting the broad meaning of sampling. | appropriate for “regional-scale” | ||
| • Include reference to measures taken to | reconnaissance-level gold exploration. | ||
| ensure sample representivity and the | • Rock chips were random, subject to bias and | ||
| appropriate calibration of any measurement | often unrepresentative for the typical widths | ||
| tools or systems used. | required for economic consideration. They are | ||
| • Aspects of the determination of | by nature difficult to duplicate with any | ||
| mineralisation that are Material to the Public | acceptable form of precision or accuracy. |
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| Report. | • Torrens’ rock chip samples were analysed by | ||
| • In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has | Gekko Assay Laboratory in Ballarat, Victoria. | ||
| been done this would be relatively simple | • Torrens’ gold grades were determined by 30g | ||
| (e.g. ‘reverse circulation drilling was used to | fire assay. | ||
| 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. | |||
| Drilling | • Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, | • Not applicable. | |
| techniques | 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). _ | |||
| Drill sample | • Method of recording and assessing core and | • Not applicable. | |
| recovery | chip sample recoveries and results assessed. | ||
| • 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 | • Not applicable. | |
| geologically and geotechnically logged to a | |||
| level of detail to support appropriate Mineral | |||
| Resource estimation, mining studies and | |||
| metallurgical studies. | |||
| • Whether logging is qualitative or | |||
| quantitative in nature. Core (or costean, | |||
| channel, etc) photography. | |||
| • The total length andpercentage of the |
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| Criteria | JORC |
Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| relevant intersections logged. | ||||
| Sub- | • If core, whether cut or sawn and whether | • | All rock chip samples were oven dried, | |
| sampling | quarter, half or all core taken. | crushed then pulverised to a nominal 90% | ||
| techniques | • If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, | passing 75 microns. | ||
| and sample | rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet or | • | The sample preparation techniques are | |
| preparation | dry. | considered appropriate for the sample type. | ||
| • For all sample types, the nature, quality and | • | A blank flush consisting of 20 mm blue metal | ||
| appropriateness of the sample preparation | is put through the pulveriser between batches | |||
| technique. | and on a ‘as needed’ basis. | |||
| • Quality control procedures adopted for all | • | Sample sizes are considered to be large | ||
| sub-sampling stages to maximise | enough to be a localised representation of the | |||
| representivity of samples. | sample site. | |||
| • 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 | • The nature, quality and appropriateness of | • | Where applicable, samples were dried to a | |
| assay data | the assaying and laboratory procedures used | constant weight and ground to 75μm (90%). | ||
| and | and whether the technique is considered | • | Primary assaying of samples was been | |
| laboratory | partial or total. | undertaken by Gekko Systems, Ballarat. | ||
| tests | • For geophysical tools, spectrometers, | Analysis is by 30g Fire Assay with Atomic | ||
| handheld XRF instruments, etc, the | Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) finish to 0.04 | |||
| parameters used in determining the analysis | g/t detection limit. | |||
| including instrument make and model, | • | This process is considered total. | ||
| reading times, calibrations factors applied | • | Assay data quality was determined through | ||
| and their derivation, etc. | laboratory standards, duplicates and blanks. | |||
| • Nature of quality control procedures | • | Acceptable levels of accuracy (lack of bias) | ||
| adopted (e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, | have been established. | |||
| external laboratory checks) and whether | • | The analytical techniques and quality control | ||
| acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e. lack of | protocols used are considered appropriate for | |||
| bias) and precision have been established. | the data to be used for reporting early-stage | |||
| exploration rock chipresults. | ||||
| Verification | • The verification of significant intersections by | • |
Rock chip and geological information is | |
| of sampling | either independent or alternative company | written in field books and coordinates saved | ||
| and assaying | personnel. | from handheld GPS’s used in the field. | ||
| • The use of twinned holes. | • | All rock chips were inspected and logged by | ||
| • Documentation of primary data, data entry | Torrens Mining geologists. | |||
| procedures, data verification, data storage | • | Field data is entered into Excel spreadsheets | ||
| (physical and electronic) protocols. | before being loaded into a database. | |||
| • Discuss any adjustment to assay data. | • | No analytical result adjustments have been | ||
| applied. | ||||
| Location of | • Accuracy and quality of surveys used to | • | All rock chips were surveyed and recorded in | |
| data points | locate drill holes (collar and down-hole | the Torrens Mining database. | ||
| surveys), trenches, mine workings and other | • | All rock chip sample locations (x-y) were | ||
| locations used in Mineral Resource | recorded with a Handheld GPS with assumed | |||
| estimation. | 3-5m accuracy and height (z) relative to AHD. | |||
| • Specification of the grid system used. | • | All sample location coordinates are provided | ||
| • Quality and adequacy of topographic | in the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA94 | |||
| control. | Zone 55). | |||
| Data spacing | • Data spacing for reporting of Exploration | • | The rock chip sampling reported was | |
| and | Results. | conducted randomly. | ||
| distribution | • Whether the data spacing and distribution is | • | Sample spacing and distribution is not | |
| sufficient to establish the degree of | sufficient to establish the degree ofgeological |
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| Criteria | JORC |
Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
| geological and grade continuity appropriate | and grade continuity appropriate for a Mineral | ||
| for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve | Resource. | ||
| estimation procedure(s) and classifications | • No sample compositing is applied to samples. | ||
| applied. | |||
| • Whether sample compositing has been | |||
| applied. | |||
| Orientation | • Whether the orientation of sampling | • Samples were collected from the outcropping | |
| of data in | achieves unbiased sampling of possible | lodes which are interpreted to strike ~N-S | |
| relation | to | structures and the extent to which this is | • The rock chip sampling was reconnaissance |
| geological | known, considering the deposit type. | and random in nature. | |
| structure | • 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 | • The measures taken to ensure sample | • Chain of custody was managed by Torrens | |
| security | security. | Mining. Samples are stored at a secure site, | |
| before being transported by Torrens’ | |||
| personnel to Gekko Systems Analytical | |||
| Laboratoryin Ballarat,Victoria. | |||
| Audits or | • The results of any audits or reviews of | • No external audits or reviews have been | |
| reviews | sampling techniques and data. | undertaken. |
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
| Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary |
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. • 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 Mt Piper Project is comprised of EL6775, EL7331, EL7337, EL7366, EL7380 and application ELA7481 All granted tenements that comprise the Mt Piper Project are in good standing with no known impediments. The majority of application ELA7481 is located within the Puckapunyal Military Area. Whilst mineral exploration is not prohibited in this area Kalamazoo are yet to determine what, if any, licence conditions may be applied upon eventual grant. |
| Exploration done by other parties • Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties. • • |
The historical Heathcote, Lancefield. Reedy Creek, Baillieston, Graytown, Costerfield and Sunday Creek goldfields were exploited in areas immediately adjacent of the project area and there is only very minor artisanal gold and antimony production recorded within the existing tenements. The most recent previous work in the region was undertaken by Oroya Mining Limited, on previous tenements EL4947 and EL4948 in 2006, with some minor work before Oroya. Historical Work on EL6775 • Several historical workings are present on EL6775, although the total gold production is unknown. To date, no detailed mapping or samplinghas been undertaken over these |
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| Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary |
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary |
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| • | workings. • Historical exploration work on the area now principally covered by the granted EL6775 included: o 12 stream sediment sampling campaigns; o limited soil sampling, mainly focused on the southeast area; o limited rock chip sampling; o detailed geological mapping of two small areas, the Mount Piper Prospect and the old Koala- Sugarloaf mining area (in the northeast); and o induced polarisation (IP) geophysical surveying and diamond drilling. Historical Work on EL7331 • A maiden 13 x diamond drill hole program (1073m) was completed at the Northwood Hill Prospect by Torrens Mining (ASX: TRN 13 Sept 2021). • This drilling program was focussed on a ~5km long gold anomalous corridor defined by Perseverance Mining in the 1990s. • The results of this 2021 drilling program are not considered to be material. |
| Geology • Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation. • • • • |
The geology of the Mt Piper area consists of Cambrian meta-basites and meta-sedimentary rocks, which are conformably overlain in the west by the Ordovician greywacke-turbidite and slate of lower greenschist facies. A phase of qold-arsenic-quartz vein mineralisation is interpreted to have occurred either at the time of Silurian deformation or during a later Early Devonian mineralising event. East of the Mt William Fault Zone, the project tenements are dominated by Silurian to Early Devonian sedimentary rocks, mostly pelitic with subordinate sandstone, which were affected by two main folding events. All of these rocks have been intruded by Late Devonian granites which may be related to a phase of gold- arsenic-antimony mineralisation. Kalamazoo is targeting Fosterville-style, disseminated gold +/- antimonymineralisation |
| 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: o easting and northing of the drillhole collar o elevation or RL (Reduced Level –elevation above sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar o dip and azimuth of the holeo down hole length and interceptiondepth • |
In 2021 Torrens Mining completed a maiden 13 x diamond drill hole program (1073m) at its Northwood Hill Prospect (ASX: TRN 13 Sept 2021). The results of this Northwood Hill 2021 drilling program were not significant and deemed not material. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
o hole length. |
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| • 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 | • In reporting Exploration Results, | • | Not applicable. |
| aggregation | weighting averaging techniques, | ||
| methods | maximum and/or minimum grade | ||
| truncations (e.g. cutting of high | |||
| grades) and cut-off grades are usually | |||
| Material and should be stated. | |||
| • 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 | • These relationships are particularly | • The | exact relationship of results reported to any |
| between | important in the reporting of | mineralisation present is unknown at the time of | |
| mineralisation | Exploration Results. | reporting. | |
| widths and | • If the geometry of the mineralisation | ||
| intercept | with respect to the drill hole angle is | ||
| lengths | 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 (e.g. ‘down hole length, true | |||
| _width not known’). _ | |||
| Diagrams | • Appropriate maps and sections (with | • As provided. | |
| 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. | |||
| Balanced | • Where comprehensive reporting of all | • The |
results reported are considered balanced with |
| reporting | Exploration Results is not practicable, | appropriate cautionary commentary provided in the | |
| representative reporting of both low | JORC Tables. | ||
| and high grades and/or widths should | |||
| be practiced to avoid misleading | |||
| reporting of Exploration Results. | |||
| Other | • Other exploration data, if meaningful | • In addition to the information provided in this report, | |
| substantive | and material, should be reported | at various stages there have been a series of historical | |
| exploration | including (but not limited to): | airborne magnetic surveys completed that have | |
| data | geological observations; geophysical | formed the basis of Torrens Mining historical | |
| survey results; geochemical survey | geophysical interpretation. These airborne geophysical | ||
| results; bulk samples – size and | datasets are publicly available. | ||
| method of treatment; metallurgical |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| test results; bulk density, | ||
| groundwater, geotechnical and rock | ||
| characteristics; potential deleterious | ||
| or contaminating substances. | ||
| Further work | • The nature and scale of planned | • Kalamazoo will undertake a detailed technical review |
| further work (e.g. tests for lateral | and target generation process to be followed by | |
| extensions or depth extensions or | further field-based geological mapping and | |
| large-scale step-out drilling). | reconnaissance and surface sampling. | |
| • Diagrams clearly highlighting the | ||
| areas of possible extensions, including | ||
| the main geological interpretations | ||
| and future drilling areas, provided | ||
| this information is not commercially | ||
| sensitive. |
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