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DEEP YELLOW LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2023
Dec 17, 2023
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NEWS RELEASE
18 December 2023
ISSUE OF MINING LICENCE ACHIEVES KEY MILESTONE TO PROGRESS TUMAS PROJECT
Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued the mining licence for the Company’s flagship Tumas Project, which ensures Deep Yellow can proceed with confidence to project financing, product marketing and detailed engineering work and, importantly, maintain its timeline for a Final Investment Decision (FID) to be made in Q3 2024.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued mining licence for the Tumas Project
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Licence valid for 20 years from date of issue
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This is another key milestone achieved as Deep Yellow continues its strategy to build a multi-jurisdictional, globally-significant, long-life uranium business
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Allows Deep Yellow to progress the Project towards production, establishing Tumas as the 4th uranium mine in Namibia
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The award of the mining licence follows shortly after the recently announced completion of the Tumas Re-Costing Study delivering an uplift in project Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to US$570.0M (A$838.2M) and 27.0% respectively
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Deep Yellow focus now on project financing, product marketing and detailed engineering work to maintain the timeline for FID to be made in Q3 2024
Deep Yellow Limited (ASX: DYL) ( Deep Yellow or Company ) is pleased to announce that Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy ( MME ) has issued Reptile Uranium Namibia (Pty) Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Deep Yellow, with a mining licence ( ML 237 ) for the Company’s flagship Tumas Project ( Tumas or Project ) (refer Figure 1).
The award of ML 237 is another key step towards production at Tumas and allows the Company to maintain its current timeline for a FID, scheduled to be made in Q3 2024.
Deep Yellow CEO and Managing Director John Borshoff said: “We are delighted to have received the mining licence for our Tumas Project. This represents another key accomplishment in the progress to develop this significant uranium asset and our overall objective of building Deep Yellow into a reliable, geographically diverse and long-term uranium producer.”
“This ensures Deep Yellow can move forward on its stated development schedule, make a FID in Q3 2024 and establish economic benefits for both Namibia and the Deep Yellow shareholders.”
Level 1, 502 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 Australia PO Box 1770, Subiaco, WA 6904 Australia +61 8 9286 6999 [email protected]
www.deepyellow.com.au ABN: 97 006 391 948 DYL: ASX & NSX (Namibia) DYLLF: OTCQX
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The Tumas Project hosts one of the largest known paleochannel-hosted calcrete uranium deposit in the country, with a contained Indicated Mineral Resource of 108.5Mlb at 265ppm eU3O8. [1]
Since the initial discovery of uranium mineralisation in the Tumas palaeochannel in 2006 and refocused exploration with new concepts starting in 2016, probable reserves of 67.3Mlb of U3O8 have been defined. See Table 1 and Appendix 1 - JORC Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.
Table 1: Probable Ore Reserve Estimate.
| Deposit | U3O8 Cut-off (ppm) |
Tonnes (Mt) |
U3O8 (ppm) |
U3O8 (Mlb) |
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| Tumas 1 & 2 | 150 | 13.9 | 292 | 9.0 |
| Tumas 1 East | 150 | 29.5 | 266 | 17.3 |
| Tumas 3 | 150 | 44.9 | 414 | 41.0 |
| TOTAL | 150 | 88.4 | 345 | 67.3 |
The ML 237 is valid for 20 years and will enable the Project to move into production, establishing Tumas as the 4th uranium mine in Namibia and Deep Yellow as an emerging, globallysignificant uranium producer.
Deep Yellow plans to develop Tumas to produce 3.6Mlb of U3O8 per annum, with an anticipated life in excess of 30 years.
With the timely and positive results from the Re-Costing Study of the January 2023 Detailed Feasibility Study [2] , the grant of ML 237 is another key milestone achieved. The Re-Costing Study and the uranium market re-assessment together resulted in a material increase in base case (US$75/lb U3O8) NPV8 and IRR to US$570.0M (A$838.2M) and 27.0% respectively.
This recent work provides a strong platform for the Company to proceed with project financing, product marketing and detailed engineering work, to maintain a timeline for a FID to be made in Q3 2024.
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JOHN BORSHOFF
Managing Director/CEO Deep Yellow Limited
This ASX announcement was authorised for release by Mr John Borshoff, Managing Director/CEO, for and on behalf of the Board of Deep Yellow Limited.
Contact
Investors Media John Borshoff, Managing Director/CEO Cameron Gilenko +61 8 9286 6999 +61 466 984 953 [email protected] [email protected]
1 ASX announcement 29 November 2023 - Resource Drilling Grows Tumas Towards +30 Year Life-Of-Mine.
2 ASX announcement 12 December 2023 - DFS Review Strengthens Tumas Project’s Flagship Status as a Long-Life, World-Class Uranium Operation.
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About Deep Yellow Limited
Deep Yellow Limited is successfully progressing a dual-pillar growth strategy to establish a globally diversified, Tier-1 uranium company to produce 10+Mlb p.a.
The Company’s portfolio contains the largest uranium resource base of any ASX-listed company and its projects provide geographic and development diversity. Deep Yellow is the only ASX company with two advanced projects – flagship Tumas, Namibia (Final Investment Decision expected in Q3 2024) and Mulga Rock, Western Australia (advancing through revised DFS), both located in Tier-1 uranium jurisdictions.
Deep Yellow is well-positioned for further growth through development of its highly prospective exploration portfolio – Alligator River, Northern Territory and Omahola, Namibia with ongoing M&A focused on high-quality assets should opportunities arise that best fit the Company’s strategy.
Led by a best-in-class team, who are proven uranium mine builders and operators, the Company is advancing its growth strategy at a time when the need for nuclear energy is becoming the only viable option in the mid-to-long term to provide baseload power supply and achieve zero emission targets. Importantly, Deep Yellow is on track to become a reliable and long-term uranium producer, able to provide production optionality, security of supply and geographic diversity.
About Namibia
Namibia is a stable democracy located in southwest Africa. It has a long and continuous history of mining and exporting uranium concentrate since the mid 1970’s and a broader, established mining and industrial base. The country has well established and reliable utilities and infrastructure to support this existing, and expected future, mining and industrial base.
Competent Person’s Statements
Mineral Resource Estimate
The information in this announcement that relates to the Tumas Mineral Resource Estimate is based on work completed by Mr David Princep, M.Sc. Geology, who is a Fellow and Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 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 in terms of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’ (JORC Code 2012 Edition). Mr Princep consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this announcement as it relates to other Mineral Resource estimates and Ore Reserves was compiled by Mr Martin Hirsch, a Competent Person who is a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK) and the South African Council for Natural Science Professionals. Mr Hirsch, who is currently the Manager, Resources & Pre-Development for RMR, 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. Mr Hirsch consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears. M Hirsch holds shares in the Company.
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in previous announcements and in particular the announcement released to the market on 2 February 2023 entitled ‘Strong Results from Tumas Definitive Feasibility Study’. All material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.
Where the Company refers to JORC 2004 resources in this report, it confirms they have not been updated to comply with JORC 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported, however these are currently being reviewed to bring all resources up to JORC 2012 standard.
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ML 237
Basement Deposit
Palaeochannel Deposit
Palaeochannel Prospect
Basement Prospect
Tumas Project (ML 237)
Omahola Project
Reptile Project
Nova JV (39.5%)
Yellow Dune (85%)
Shiyela ML
Palaeochannel
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Figure 1: Tumas Project Location Map showing ML 237.
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APPENDIX 1
JORC MINERAL RESOURCES - NAMIBIA
| Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 |
Cut-off Tonnes U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 |
Resource Categories(Mlb U3O8) |
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| (ppm U3O8) (M) (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
Measured Indicated Inferred |
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| BASEMENT MINERALISATION | |||
| OMAHOLA PROJECT - JORC 20121 | |||
| INCA Deposit♦ Indicated 100 21.4 260 5,600 12.3 |
- 12.3 - |
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| INCA Deposit♦ Inferred 100 15.2 290 4,400 9.7 |
- - 9.7 |
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| Ongolo Deposit # Measured 100 47.7 185 8,900 19.7 |
19.7 - - |
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| Ongolo Deposit # Indicated 100 85.4 170 14,300 31.7 |
- 31.7 - |
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| Ongolo Deposit # Inferred 100 94.0 175 16,400 36.3 |
- - 36.3 |
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| MS7 Deposit # Measured 100 18.6 220 4,100 9.1 |
9.1 - - |
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| MS7 Deposit # Indicated 100 7.2 185 1,300 2.9 |
- 2.9 - |
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| MS7 Deposit # Inferred 100 8.7 190 1,600 3.7 |
- - 3.7 |
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| Omahola Project Sub-Total 298.2 190 56,500 125.4 |
28.8 46.9 49.7 |
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| CALCRETE MINERALISATION TUMAS 3 DEPOSIT - JORC 20122 | |||
| Tumas 3 Deposits♦ Indicated 100 84.0 325 27,500 60.6 |
- 60.6 - |
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| Inferred 100 16.5 170 2,795 6.2 |
- - 6.2 |
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| Tumas 3 Deposits Total 100.5 300 30,300 66.8 |
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| TUMAS 1, 1E & 2 PROJECT – JORC 20123 | |||
| Tumas 1 & 2 Deposit♦Indicated 100 |
90.4 220 19,850 43.8 |
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| Tumas 1 & 2 Deposit♦Inferred 100 |
21.8 205 4,700 10.3 |
- - 10.3 |
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| Tumas 1, 1E & 2 Deposits Total | 112.2 220 24,550 54.1 |
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| Sub-Total of Tumas 1, 2 and 3 | 212.7 260 55,000 120.9 |
104.4 16.5 |
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| TUBAS RED SAND PROJECT - JORC 20124 | |||
| Tubas Sand Deposit # Indicated 100 10.0 185 1,900 4.1 |
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| Tubas Sand Deposit # Inferred 100 24.0 165 3,900 8.6 |
- - 8.6 |
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| Tubas Red Sand Project Total 34.0 170 5,800 12.7 |
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| TUBAS CALCRETE RESOURCE - JORC 20045 | |||
| Tubas Calcrete Deposit Inferred 100 7.4 375 2,765 6.1 |
- - 6.1 |
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| Tubas Calcrete Total 7.4 375 2,765 6.1 |
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| AUSSINANIS PROJECT - JORC 2012- DYL 85%6 | |||
| Aussinanis Deposit♦ Indicated 100 |
12.3 170 2,000 4.5 |
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| Aussinanis Deposit♦ Inferred 100 |
62.1 170 10,700 23.6 |
- - 23.6 |
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| AUSSINANIS PROJECT TOTAL | 74.4 170 12,700 28.1 |
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| CALCRETE PROJECTS SUB-TOTAL | 328.5 230 76,000 167.8 |
0.0 113.0 54.8 |
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| GRAND TOTAL NAMIBIAN RESOURCES | 626.7 210 132,500 293.2 |
28.8 159.9 104.5 |
Notes: - Figures have been rounded and totals may reflect small rounding errors.
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XRF chemical analysis unless annotated otherwise.
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# Combined XRF Fusion Chemical Assays and eU3O8 values.
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♦ eU3O8 - equivalent uranium grade as determined by downhole gamma logging.
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Where eU3O8 values are reported it relates to values attained from radiometrically logging boreholes.
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Gamma probes were originally calibrated at Pelindaba, South Africa in 2007. Recent calibrations were carried out at the Langer Heinrich Mine calibration facility in July 2018, September 2019, December 2020, January 2022, and February 2023.
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Sensitivity checks are conducted by periodic re-logging of a test hole to confirm operations.
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During drilling, probes are checked daily against standard source.
JORC ORE RESERVES - NAMIBIA
| Deposit Category |
Cut-off Tonnes U3O8 U3O8 U3O8 |
Reserve Categories(Mlb U3O8) |
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| (ppm U3O8) (M) (ppm) (t) (Mlb) |
Proved Probable |
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| NAMIBIA | ||
| TUMAS PROJECT - JORC 20121 | ||
| Tumas 3 Probable 150 44.9 415 18,600 41.0 |
41.0 | |
| Tumas 1E Probable 150 29.5 265 7,850 17.3 |
17.3 | |
| Tumas 1 and 2 Probable 150 13.9 290 4,090 9.0 |
9.0 | |
| Tumas Project 88.4 345 30,550 67.3 67.3 |
Notes: Figures may not add due to rounding.
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