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DEEP YELLOW LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2011
Jul 7, 2011
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Capital/Financing Update
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ASX Announcement
ASX: DYL
08 July 2011
SUCCESSFUL EXPLORATION PROGRAMME GROWS QUEENSLAND RESOURCE BASE
KEY POINTS
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Results confirm very successful exploration programme
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A new Resource, the Citation Prospect, added to the Isa West Project
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Drilling at existing prospects results in increased grade, content and confidence
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Company-wide JORC Resource base now in excess of 105 Mlbs U3O8
Advanced stage uranium explorer Deep Yellow Limited (ASX: DYL) is pleased to announce results from a very successful exploration programme on its Queensland tenements. The results, provided by Coffey Mining Pty Ltd (Coffey), outline a new, increased Indicated and Inferred JORC Code Mineral Resource estimate for the region of 4.7 million tonnes at 460 ppm for 4.8 Mlbs U3O8 at a 300 ppm cut-off . A copy of the Coffey report is included in Appendix 1 whilst a summary of the new combined JORC estimate is shown in Table 1.
Following the release of DYL’s maiden JORC Code Resource for the Mount Isa District in January 2010 the Company developed and implemented a number of drilling programmes in the area aimed at delineating additional mineralisation. These programmes largely focused on infill and deeper drilling to enhance the understanding and confidence in these resources. A map of the Mount Isa region is included as Figure 1.
The results from the programmes indicated zones of higher grade mineralisation and extended all of the prospects to depth leading to an overall increase in the tonnage and average grade which have now been included in the updated Resource. Drilling at all of the prospects also indicate that mineralisation remains open to depth providing further exploration upside potential.
Managing Director, Greg Cochran said that as a result of the successful exploration programme, DYL has also included a new resource into its Queensland portfolio.
“The Citation Prospect, which is part of the Isa West Project, had a few previous holes that intersected mineralisation. However the latest round of drilling has extended the mineralisation along strike and to depth, which has allowed the inclusion of Citation in the updated Resource estimate,” Mr Cochran said.
As a result of the Resource upgrades DYL’s JORC Resource Mineral Estimate Summary has been updated and the Company’s total Resource base has now grown to 176.4 million tonnes at 271 ppm for 105.5 Mlbs U3O8 . (Table 2.)
Level 1, 329 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 / PO Box 1770, Subiaco, WA 6904 Tel : 61 8 9286 6999 / Fax : 61 8 9286 6969 / ABN 97 006 391 948 Email: [email protected] / Website: www.deepyellow.com.au
Queensland Resource Base Grows
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Currently DYL’s Mount Isa programme is focusing on generating undercover uranium targets. Through analysis of the geology and geophysical signatures of known uranium prospects the Company is developing a number of targets in areas where the host lithology is masked by more recent cover, preventing a detectable radiometric signature at surface.
This work has so far identified a number of prospective areas based on structural signature and inferred lithological relationships.
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Figure 1: Queensland Project Locations
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Table 1: Combined Queensland JORC Code Resource Estimate
| Cut-off Grade | Grade | Metal | Metal | |||
| Category | Tonnes | |||||
| (U3O8 ppm) | (U3O8 ppm) | **(tonnes U3O8) ** | **(Mlb U3O8) ** | |||
| Total Isa North (Queens Gift and Slance Prospects) | ||||||
| Inferred | > 200 | 1,430,000 | 340 | 490 | 1.1 | |
| > 300 | 650,000 | 460 | 300 | 0.7 | ||
| Indicated | > 200 | 1,810,000 | 420 | 760 | 1.7 | |
| > 300 | 1,160,000 | 510 | 600 | 1.3 | ||
| Combined | 3,240,000 | 390 | 1,240 | 2.8 | ||
| > 200 | ||||||
| 1,810,000 | 500 | 890 | 2.0 | |||
| > 300 | ||||||
| Total Isa West (Thanksgiving, Bambino, Citation and Eldorado Prospects) | ||||||
| Inferred | > 200 | 3,290,000 | 360 | 1,190 | 2.7 | |
| > 300 | 1,830,000 | 450 | 820 | 1.8 | ||
| Indicated | > 200 | 1,900,000 | 350 | 660 | 1.5 | |
| > 300 | 1,080,000 | 420 | 450 | 1.0 | ||
| Combined | > 200 | 5,200,000 | 360 | 1,850 | 4.1 | |
| > 300 | 2,910,000 | 440 | 1,280 | 2.8 | ||
| Total Isa Region | ||||||
| Inferred | > 200 | 4,720,000 | 360 | 1,680 | 3.7 | |
| > 300 | 2,480,000 | 450 | 1,120 | 2.5 | ||
| Indicated | > 200 | 3,720,000 | 380 | 1,420 | 3.1 | |
| > 300 | 2,240,000 | 470 | 1,050 | 2.3 | ||
| Combined | > 200 | 8,440,000 | 370 | 3,100 | 6.8 | |
| > 300 | 4,720,000 | 460 | 2,170 | 4.8 |
- Note: Figures have been rounded
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Table 2: DYL JORC Mineral Resource Estimate Summary – July 2011
| Deposit | Category | Cut-off (ppm **U3O8) ** |
Tonnes (M) |
U3O8 (ppm) |
U3O8 (t) |
U3O8 (Mlb) |
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| REPTILE URANIUM | NAMIBIA (NAMIBIA) | |||||
| Omahola Project | ||||||
| INCA | Indicated | 250 | 9.4 | 385 | 3,628 | 8.0 |
| INCA | Inferred | 250 | 5.5 | 445 | 2,449 | 5.4 |
| Ongolo | Indicated | 275 | 4.7 | 410 | 1,920 | 4.24 |
| Ongolo | Inferred | 275 | 2.2 | 400 | 890 | 1.97 |
| Tubas Red Sand | Measured/Indicated | 100 |
3.2 | 168 | 532 | 1.2 |
| Tubas Red Sand | Inferred | 100 | 10.7 | 158 | 1,685 | 3.7 |
| Omahola Project Total | 35.7 | 311 | 11,104 | 24.51 | ||
| Tubas-Tumas Palaeochannel Project | ||||||
| Tumas | Indicated | 200 | 14.4 | 366 | 5,270 | 11.6 |
| Tumas | Inferred | 200 | 0.4 | 360 | 144 | 0.3 |
| Tubas | Inferred | 100 | 77.3 | 228 | 17,620 | 38.9 |
| Tubas-Tumas Project Total | 92.1 | 250 | 23,034 | 50.8 | ||
| Aussinanis Project | ||||||
| Aussinanis | Indicated | 150 | 5.6 | 222 | 1,243 | 2.7 |
| Aussinanis | Inferred | 150 | 29 | 240 | 6,960 | 15.3 |
| Aussinanis Project Total | 34.6 | 237 | 8,203 | 18 | ||
| RUN TOTAL - NAMIBIA | 162.4 | 261 | 42,341 | 93.31 | ||
| NAPPERBY PROJECT (NT, AUSTRALIA) | ||||||
| Napperby | Inferred | 200 | 9.3 | 359 | 3,351 | 7.4 |
| NAPPERBY TOTAL | 9.3 | 359 | 3,351 | 7.4 | ||
| MOUNT ISA PROJECT (QLD, AUSTRALIA) | ||||||
| Mount Isa | Indicated | 300 | 2.2 | 470 | 1,050 | 2.31 |
| Mount Isa | Inferred | 300 | 2.5 | 450 | 1,120 | 2.48 |
| MOUNT ISA TOTAL | 4.7 | 460 | 2,170 | 4.8 | ||
| TOTAL INDICATED | RESOURCES | 39.5 | 345 | 13,643 | 30.05 | |
| TOTAL INFERRED RESOURCES | 136.9 | 250 | 34,219 | 75.45 | ||
| TOTAL RESOURCES | 176.4 | 271 | 47,862 | 105.5 |
Notes: Figures have been rounded and totals may reflect small rounding errors. XRF chemical analysis unless annotated otherwise.
eU3O8 - equivalent uranium grade as determined by downhole gamma logging.
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For further information regarding this announcement, contact:
Greg Cochran Managing Director Media Annette Ellis / Tamatha Smith
Phone: +61 8 9286 6999 Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 8 6314 6302 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
For further information on the Company and its projects - visit the website at www.deepyellow.com.au
About Deep Yellow Limited
Deep Yellow Limited (DYL) is an ASX-listed, advanced stage uranium exploration company with extensive operations in the southern African nation of Namibia and in Australia. It also has a listing on the NSX.
DYL’s primary focus is in Namibia where its operations are conducted by its 100% owned subsidiary Reptile Uranium Namibia (Pty) Ltd (RUN). Its flagship is the Omahola Project currently under Pre-Feasibility Study with concurrent resource drill-outs on the high grade Ongolo Alaskite project and on secondary uranium mineralisation in the Tumas-Tubas palaeochannel/fluviatile sheetwash systems.
In Australia the Company is focused on resource delineation of mid to high grade discoveries in the Mount Isa district in Queensland, including the Queens Gift, Slance, Eldorado, Thanksgiving, Bambino and Citation Prospects. The company also owns the Napperby Uranium Project and numerous exploration tenements in the Northern Territory.
Compliance Statement
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Dr Leon Pretorius, a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr Pretorius 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 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Dr Pretorius consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to the Mineral Resource is based on information compiled by Neil Inwood. Neil Inwood is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Neil Inwood is employed by Coffey Mining Pty Ltd 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 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Reserves’. Mr Inwood consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Where eU3O8 is reported it relates to values attained from radiometrically logging boreholes with Auslog equipment using an A675 slimline gamma ray tool. All probes are calibrated either at the Pelindaba Calibration facility in South Africa or at the Adelaide Calibration facility in South Australia.
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APPENDIX 1: COFFEY MINING PTY LTD
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7 July 2011
Greg Cochran Deep Yellow Ltd Level 1, 329 Hay St Subiaco W.A. 6008
Attention: Leon Pretorius Martin Kavanagh
Dear Greg,
Mt Isa Projects –June 2011 Uranium Resource Update
The Mineral Resource estimate update for the Slance, Citation, Queens Gift and Eldorado Projects in Queensland have been finalised. Separate Ordinary Kriged (OK) estimates were undertaken for the Eldorado and Citation Prospects from within the Isa West Project Area; the Queens Gift Prospect from within the Prospector Gift Project Area; and the Slance North-East and Slance North-West Prospects from within the Ewen Project Area (Figure 1).
The Mineral Resource Statement as at the 29[th] June, 2011 is tabulated below in Table 1. Figures 2 to 4 show the location of the modelled mineralised zones and the drilling.
The information in the report to which this statement is attached that relates to the Mineral Resource and is based on information compiled by Neil Inwood. Neil Inwood is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Neil Inwood is employed by Coffey Mining Pty Ltd and visited the Mt Isa projects site in September 2009.
Neil Inwood 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 2004 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Reserves”.
Neil Inwood Principal Consultant - Resources Coffey Mining
This document has been prepared for the exclusive use of Deep Yellow Limited (“Client”) on the basis of instructions, information and data supplied by them. No warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied, is made by Coffey Mining with respect to the completeness or accuracy of any aspect of this document and no party, other than the Client, is authorised to or should place any reliance whatsoever on the whole or any part or parts of the document Coffey Mining does not undertake or accept any responsibility or liability in any way whatsoever to any person or entity in respect of the whole or any part or parts of this document, or any errors in or omissions from it, whether arising from negligence or any other basis in law whatsoever.
Coffey Mining Pty Ltd ABN 52 065 481 209 1162 Hay Street West Perth WA 6005 Australia PO Box 1671 West Perth WA 6872 Australia T (+61) (8) 9324 8800 F (+61) (8) 9324 8877 www.coffey.com/mining
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Figure 1
Project Locations
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| Table 1 | |||||
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| Queens Gift, Slance, Eldorado and Citation Prospects | |||||
| Updated Resource Estimates – 29 June 2011 | |||||
| Queens | Gift- OK Model, Parent Cells 10m N | by 5m X by 10m Z | |||
| Classified to ~250m from Surface | |||||
| Using2.85t/m3 for Fresh and 2.64 t/m3 for Weathered material | |||||
| Lower Cut Off | Cum. | Cum. Grade | Cum. Metal | Cum. Metal | |
| Category | (ppm U3O8) | Tonnes | (U3O8 ppm) | (t U3O8) | (Lb U3O8) |
| Inferred | 100 | 2,440,000 | 220 | 550 | 1,210,000 |
| 200 | 1,140,000 | 310 | 360 | 790,000 | |
| 300 | 430,000 | 430 | 180 | 410,000 | |
| Indicated | 100 | 1,990,000 | 270 | 530 | 1,170,000 |
| 200 | 1,170,000 | 350 | 410 | 890,000 | |
| 300 | 650,000 | 430 | 280 | 620,000 | |
| Combined | 100 | 4,440,000 | 240 | 1,080 | 2,380,000 |
| 200 | 2,310,000 | 330 | 760 | 1,690,000 | |
| 300 | 1,080,000 | 430 | 460 | 1,020,000 | |
| Slance- OK Model, Parent Cells 12m N by 6m X by 12m Z | |||||
| Classified to ~250m from Surface | |||||
| Using2.85t/m3 for Fresh and 2.64 t/m3 for Weathered material | |||||
| Lower Cut Off | Cum. | Cum. Grade | Cum. Metal | Cum. Metal | |
| Category | (ppm U3O8) | Tonnes | (U3O8 ppm) | (t U3O8) | (Lb U3O8) |
| Inferred | 100 | 370,000 | 390 | 150 | 320,000 |
| 200 | 290,000 | 470 | 130 | 300,000 | |
| 300 | 220,000 | 540 | 120 | 260,000 | |
| Indicated | 100 | 680,000 | 520 | 360 | 790,000 |
| 200 | 640,000 | 540 | 350 | 770,000 | |
| 300 | 510,000 | 620 | 320 | 700,000 | |
| Combined | 100 | 1,050,000 | 480 | 500 | 1,110,000 |
| 200 | 930,000 | 520 | 480 | 1,070,000 | |
| 300 | 730,000 | 600 | 430 | 950,000 | |
| Combined | 200 640,000 540 300 510,000 620 100 1,050,000 480 200 930,000 520 300 730,000 600 |
200 640,000 540 300 510,000 620 100 1,050,000 480 200 930,000 520 300 730,000 600 |
200 640,000 540 300 510,000 620 100 1,050,000 480 200 930,000 520 300 730,000 600 |
350 320 500 480 430 |
770,000 700,000 1,110,000 1,070,000 950,000 |
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| Eldorado North- OK Model, Parent Cells 12m | N by | 6m X by 12m Z | |||||
| Classified to ~250m from Surface | |||||||
| Using2.9t/m3 for Fresh and 2.64 t/m3 for Weathered material | |||||||
| Lower Cut Off | Cum. | Cum. Grade | Cum. Metal | Cum. Metal | |||
| Category | (ppm U3O8) | Tonnes | (U3O8 ppm) | (t U3O8) | (Lb U3O8) | ||
| Inferred | 100 | 290,000 | 420 | 120 | 270,000 | ||
| 200 | 240,000 | 470 | 110 | 250,000 | |||
| 300 | 170,000 | 570 | 100 | 210,000 | |||
| Indicated | 100 | 80,000 | 580 | 50 | 100,000 | ||
| 200 | 70,000 | 600 | 40 | 100,000 | |||
| 300 | 60,000 | 660 | 40 | 90,000 | |||
| Combined | 100 | 370,000 | 450 | 170 | 370,000 | ||
| 200 | 310,000 | 500 | 160 | 350,000 | |||
| 300 | 230,000 | 600 | 140 | 300,000 | |||
| Citation/Mighty Glare- OK Model, Parent Cells 20m N | by 10m X by 20m Z | ||||||
| Classified to ~250m from Surface | |||||||
| Using2.9t/m3 for Fresh and 2.64 t/m3 for Weathered material | |||||||
| Lower Cut Off | Cum. | Cum. Grade | Cum. Metal | Cum. Metal | |||
| Category | (ppm U3O8) | Tonnes | (U3O8 ppm) | (t U3O8) | (Lb U3O8) | ||
| Inferred | 100 | 500,000 | 430 | 210 | 470,000 |
| Citation/Migh | ty Glare- OK Model, Parent Cells 20m N by 10m X by 20m Classified to ~250m from Surface |
ty Glare- OK Model, Parent Cells 20m N by 10m X by 20m Classified to ~250m from Surface |
ty Glare- OK Model, Parent Cells 20m N by 10m X by 20m Classified to ~250m from Surface |
ty Glare- OK Model, Parent Cells 20m N by 10m X by 20m Classified to ~250m from Surface |
Z | |
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| Using | 2.9t/m3 for Fresh and 2.64 t/m3 for Weathered material | |||||
| Lower Cut Off | Cum. | Cum. Grade | Cum. Metal | Cum. Metal | ||
| Category | (ppm U3O8) | Tonnes | (U3O8 ppm) | (t U3O8) | (Lb U3O8) | |
| Inferred | 100 | 500,000 | 430 | 210 | 470,000 | |
| 200 | 460,000 | 450 | 210 | 460,000 | ||
| 300 | 340,000 | 520 | 180 | 390,000 | ||
| Indicated | 100 | 310,000 | 360 | 110 | 240,000 | |
| 200 | 240,000 | 410 | 100 | 220,000 | ||
| 300 | 170,000 | 470 | 80 | 180,000 | ||
| Combined | 100 | 800,000 | 400 | 320 | 710,000 | |
| 200 | 710,000 | 430 | 310 | 680,000 | ||
| 300 | 510,000 | 500 | 260 | 570,000 |
Note: Figures have been rounded
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Notes for the resource estimation include:
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Drilling coverage for the project areas ranges from a nominal 50m by 50m to 25m by 25m. The drillholes are typically orientated perpendicular to the trend of the targeted mineralisation with a typically hole setup dip of 60°. Only RC and diamond drilling and sampling undertaken by Deep Yellow were used in the estimate.
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The Deep Yellow RC samples are collected at 1m intervals in mineralised zones into a three tiered splitter to obtain a 2-3kg final sample. Diamond core is halved with samples taken every metre in mineralisation. Sample processing is undertaken at Amdel Laboratories in Mt Isa and consists of drying for 24 hours, crushing in a LM5 pulverised, splitting of an approximate 200g sub-sample, then analysis for uranium by pressed pallet XRF.
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A total of 122 holes were used to model the Queens Gift Resource, 57 for the Slance Resource, 14 for the Eldorado North Resource, and 24 for the Citation/Mighty Glare Resource.
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The bulk of the assays used for the Resource were analysed using XRF. Radiometric down-hole gamma assays were used after appropriate factoring. A total of 2,716 individual chemical and 263 radiometric assays were used to inform the Queens Gift estimate; 710 individual chemical and 9 radiometric assays informed the Slance estimate; 210 chemical assays and 1 radiometric assay informed the Eldorado estimate; and 158 chemical and 7 radiometric assays informed the Citation/Mighty Glare estimate.
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Density data was collected from the diamond core utilising the water immersion method (both with and without wax) with backup data by air pycnometry of RC pulps. Density was applied based upon the 2010 density data, with further analysis of 135 density readings taken in late-2010.
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A nominal 100ppm U3O8 lower cutoff was used to define the mineralised zones from each of the prospects. The resulting mineralisation interpretations showed generally good geological and sectional continuity.
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The topographic surface was defined using a combination of DGPS pickup of the drillhole collars and local DTM surfaces for the individual deposit. A DTM surface representing the base of oxidation/base of weathering was determined based upon Deep yellow’s geological logging. A density of 2.64t/m[3] was used to report any weathered material for the modelled mineralisation.
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The assay data was composited to 1m downhole with statistical analyses on the 1m composites undertaken. Variography and search neighbourhood analysis were also conducted as input into grade estimation. High grade cutting was applied to the composites prior to estimation.
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The method used to obtain grade estimates within the mineralised zones for U3O 8 was block Ordinary Kriging (OK). Density was applied to each of the deposits based upon a statistical analysis of the density and sg data. An insitu dry bulk density of 2.9t/m[3] was used for reporting the Isa West Prospects and 2.85t/m[3] for the Queens Gift and Ewen Prospects.
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Resource classification was developed from the confidence levels of key criteria including drilling methods, geological understanding and interpretation, sampling, data density and location, grade estimation and the quality of the estimate. Material deeper than a nominal 250m from surface was not classified.
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The 2011 resource estimates have a generally increased grade profile when compared to the 2010 estimates; this is due to a combination of the new drilling allowing for better definition of the mineralisation and the newer drilling generally intersecting higher-grade mineralisation. Deeper drilling at all of the prospects indicates that mineralisation is open at depth. Further infill drilling is required to fully realise the Resource potential for these Prospects.
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Figure 2
Drillhole Location and Interpreted Mineralisation – Queens Gift
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Figure 3
Drillhole Location and Interpreted Mineralisation - Slance
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Figure 4
Drillhole Location and Interpreted Mineralisation - Isa West Project
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Citation and Mighty Glare Prospects
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Eldorado
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