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EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINING LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2024
Sep 30, 2024
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ASX Announcement 1 october 2024
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Copper Porphyry Potential Strengthened by New Geophysics at Silver Mountain – Drill Planning Underway
Highlights
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Detailed drill planning in progress for both near-surface high-grade breccias and veins and deeper porphyry targets identified from successful new and existing geophysics
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Large high-priority porphyry-style targets supported by new magnetic inversion with similar characteristics to other world-class porphyry deposits
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Multiple additional geophysical targets identified across Silver Mountain
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Existing gravity data further supports porphyry-style targets
Eagle Mountain Mining’s CEO, Tim Mason, said:
“We are thrilled to announce that detailed drill planning is currently underway to test the highly prospective targets identified from recent geophysical modelling that has significantly enhanced the potential of our porphyry-style targets at Silver Mountain. These promising areas are characterised by elevated velocity and lowered magnetic response, similar to those found at other world-class porphyry deposits. These geophysical indicators, combined with mapped and sampled surface high-grade copper, silver and gold mineralisation, suggest the possibility of a large-scale porphyry-hydrothermal system at Silver Mountain.”
Eagle Mountain Mining Limited (ASX: EM2 ) ( Eagle Mountain , or the Company ) is pleased to provide an update on the Company’s 100% owned Silver Mountain Project ( Silver Mountain , or the Project ) in Arizona, USA.
Silver Mountain is located on the Laramide Arc, a northwest-southeast trending geological feature that hosts world-class porphyry copper mines such as Bagdad and Resolution in Arizona. The Project also lies on the southern extension of a northeast-southwest prospective metallogenic belt that hosts the United Verde and Iron King volcanogenic massive sulphide ( VMS ) historical mines (refer to Figure 1).
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Figure 1 – Location of Silver Mountain and surrounding deposits in Arizona USA, showing regional-scale porphyry and VMS corridors.
Magnetic Data Supports Porphyry System
A magnetic vector inversion ( MVI ) model was produced to assess against existing targets identified from the velocity model (refer to ASX announcement dated 9 July 2024) and generate additional targets outside of those previously defined (refer to Figures 2 and 3). Existing magnetic data in the Scarlett area was reprocessed using standard geophysical inversion techniques to produce the MVI model.
Zones of lowered magnetic response from the MVI model were spatially associated with the previously defined two high velocity porphyry-style targets. Note that as shown in Figure 3, the velocity and magnetic data were reliably modelled to approximately 1.2km and 1.5km below surface, respectively. Decreased magnetic responses are characteristics that can be associated with mineralised porphyry systems, where localised destruction and remobilisation of magnetite-bearing minerals proximal to a porphyry can occur as part of porphyry-related alteration processes. Importantly, the nearby Resolution mine and world-class Collahuasi, Chile (10.6Bt @ 0.75% Cu Mineral Resource – Glencore Annual Report, 2023) and Cananea, Mexico (1.8Bt @ 0.70% Cu initial Mineral Resource – Bushnell, 1988) deposits are similarly associated with lowered magnetics as shown in Figure 4.
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Figure 2 – Silver Mountain seismic velocity model (left) with selected field sample assays and MVI model (right). View clipped to 500m below surface showing porphyry-style high velocity targets associated with regions of lowered magnetic response. Refer ASX Announcements 31 July 2024, 29 April 2024, 13 March 2024 and 29 February 2024.
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Figure 3 – Conceptual Silver Mountain section and surface projection showing two porphyry-style targets based on velocity (left) and MVI (right) models. The circled areas in the MVI model represent regions where the previously defined high velocity targets coincide with lowered magnetics.
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Figure 4 – Comparison of aerial magnetics between Silver Mountain, Arizona (left), Collahuasi, Chile (middle) and Cananea, Mexico (right) all showing discrete circular zones of lowered magnetic response.
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Mineralisation, alteration and structural deformation associated with porphyry activity can also result in a lowered gravity response. An example is shown in Figure 5 where a distinct circular gravity low is evident at Silver Mountain and similar to the Highland Valley copper porphyry mine in Canada (1.3Bt @ 0.27% Cu Mineral Resource – Teck Annual Information Form, February 2023).
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Figure 5 – Gravity (residual Bouguer) comparison between Silver Mountain, Arizona (left), and Highland Valley, Canada (right) showing similar circular gravity low anomalies.
Similarities with existing gravity and new magnetic data at Silver Mountain compared to porphyry deposits across the globe provide further support for what could be a large-scale mineralised porphyry system in the Scarlett area.
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Additional Targets & Next Steps
The Company’s ongoing exploration efforts, as shown in Photo 1, aim to confirm the potential of these targets and identify additional zones that could provide near-surface high-grade copper mineralisation. Several of these near-surface targets are planned for drilling, as well as the deeper porphyry-style targets. The success of these geophysical methods, including magnetic and velocity modelling, is already yielding tangible exploration results and the team remains confident that Silver Mountain could soon be on the path to becoming the next major copper discovery in the Laramide Arc. Importantly, this technical confidence has culminated in various planning activities to support future drilling, including drill permit applications and contractor tendering, are underway.
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Photo 1 – Left: recent field reconnaissance at the historical Silver Dollar mine adit, where proximal field sample assays included 78.6g/t Au (refer to ASX Announcement dated 29 February 2024). Right: field mapping and sampling in the Scarlett region showing lack of extensive outcrop (typical of the project area).
This ASX announcement was authorised for release by the Board of Eagle Mountain Mining Limited.
For further information please contact:
Tim Mason Mark Pitts Chief Executive Officer Company Secretary [email protected] [email protected]
Jane Morgan Investor and Media Relations
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COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT
The information in this document that relates to Exploration Activities is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation that was compiled by Mr Brian Paull, who is a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and has sufficient experience relevant 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 (JORC Code 2012). Mr Paull is a full time employee and the Director of Exploration at Eagle Mountain Mining Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Silver Mountain Mining Inc, and consents to the inclusion in this document of the information in the form and context in which it appears. Mr Paull holds shares and options in Eagle Mountain Mining Limited.
ABOUT EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINING
Eagle Mountain is a copper-gold explorer focused on the strategic exploration and development of the Oracle Ridge Copper Mine and the highly prospective greenfields Silver Mountain Project, both located in Arizona, USA.
Arizona is at the heart of America’s mining industry and home to some of the world’s largest copper discoveries such as Bagdad, Miami and Resolution, one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world.
Follow the Company’s developments through our website and social media channels:
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Attachment 1
JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Sampling | • Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut | • No new surface sampling or drilling results announced. |
| techniques | channels, random chips, or specific | • New results comprise a 3D magnetic velocity inversion (MVI) model created from |
| specialised industry standard measurement | reprocessing existing magnetic data at Silver Mountain. This was carried out by Eagle |
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| tools appropriate to the minerals under | Mountain Mining’s geophysicist consultant. | |
| investigation, such as downhole gamma | • The MVI model comprises e-projected vector values. The e-projected vector values are | |
| sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc). | normalised by the international geomagnetic reference field (IGRF) vector, and are | |
| These examples should not be taken as | therefore dimensionless. | |
| limiting the broad meaning of sampling. | ||
| • Include reference to measures taken to | ||
| ensure sample representivity and the | ||
| appropriate calibration of any | ||
| measurement tools or systems used. | ||
| • Aspects of the determination of | ||
| mineralisation that are Material to the | ||
| Public Report. | ||
| • In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has | ||
| been done this would be relatively simple | ||
| (eg ‘reverse circulation drilling was used to | ||
| 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 (eg submarine | ||
| nodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed | ||
| information. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Drilling | • Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open- | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| techniques | hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, | |
| Bangka, sonic, etc) and details (eg core | ||
| diameter, triple or standard tube, depth of | ||
| diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other | ||
| type, whether the core is oriented and if so, | ||
| _by what method, etc). _ | ||
| Drill sample | • Method of recording and assessing core and | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| 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 | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| 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 and percentage of the | ||
| relevant intersections logged. | ||
| Sub-sampling | • If core, whether cut or sawn and whether | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| techniques and | quarter, half or all core taken. | |
| sample | • If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, | |
| preparation | rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet or |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| dry. | ||
| • For all sample types, the nature, quality and | ||
| appropriateness of the sample preparation | ||
| technique. | ||
| • Quality control procedures adopted for all | ||
| sub-sampling stages to maximise | ||
| representivity of samples. | ||
| • 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 assay | • The nature, quality and appropriateness of | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| data and | the assaying and laboratory procedures | |
| laboratory tests | used and whether the technique is | |
| considered partial or total. | ||
| • For geophysical tools, spectrometers, | ||
| handheld XRF instruments, etc, the | ||
| parameters used in determining the | ||
| analysis including instrument make and | ||
| model, reading times, calibrations factors | ||
| applied and their derivation, etc. | ||
| • Nature of quality control procedures | ||
| adopted (eg standards, blanks, duplicates, | ||
| external laboratory checks) and whether | ||
| acceptable levels of accuracy (ie lack of | ||
| bias) andprecision have been established. | ||
| Verification of | • The verification of significant intersections | • The MVI model has been validated by Eagle Mountain Mining’s geophysical consultant. |
| sampling and | by either independent or alternative | |
| assaying | company personnel. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| • The use of twinned holes. | ||
| • Documentation of primary data, data entry | ||
| procedures, data verification, data storage | ||
| (physical and electronic) protocols. | ||
| • Discuss any adjustments to assay data. | ||
| Location of data | • Accuracy and quality of surveys used to | • NAD83 UTM Zone 12N (meters). |
| points | locate drill holes (collar and down-hole | • National Elevation Dataset. Horizontal resolution of approximately 10m and vertical |
| surveys), trenches, mine workings and other | resolution of 1m. |
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| locations used in Mineral Resource | ||
| estimation. | ||
| • Specification of the grid system used. | ||
| • Quality and adequacy of topographic | ||
| control. | ||
| Data spacing | • Data spacing for reporting of Exploration | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| and distribution | Results. | |
| • Whether the data spacing and distribution | ||
| is sufficient to establish the degree of | ||
| geological and grade continuity appropriate | ||
| for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve | ||
| estimation procedure(s) and classifications | ||
| applied. | ||
| • Whether sample compositing has been | ||
| applied. | ||
| Orientation of | • Whether the orientation of sampling | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| data in relation | achieves unbiased sampling of possible | |
| to geological | structures and the extent to which this is | |
| structure | known, considering the deposit type. | |
| • 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. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Sample security | • The measures taken to ensure sample | • There was no sampling undertaken. |
| _security. _ | ||
| Audits or | • The results of any audits or reviews of | • Eagle Mountain Mining’s geophysical consultant validated the MVI model. No issues were |
| reviews | sampling techniques and data. | identified. |
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Mineral | • Type, reference name/number, location and | • The Silver Mountain Project (Project) is located approximately 100 kilometres by air north- |
| tenement and | ownership including agreements or material | west of Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. The geographical coordinates are approximately Latitude |
| land tenure | issues with third parties such as joint | 34º8' North, Longitude 112º23' West. |
| status | ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties, | • The Project is 100% owned by Eagle Mountain Mining Limited through its subsidiary |
| native title interests, historical sites, | company Silver Mountain Mining LLC. | |
| wilderness or national park and | • Silver Mountain comprises 26 Patented Mining Claims, 353 Unpatented Mining Claims and | |
| environmental settings. | 4 State Exploration Permits. | |
| • The security of the tenure held at the time of | • 100% of the surface rights for the 26 Patented Mining Claims are owned by Silver |
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| reporting along with any known | Mountain Mining LLC (private property). | |
| impediments to obtaining a licence to | ||
| operate in the area. | ||
| Exploration done | • Acknowledgment and appraisal of |
• It is believed that the first mining claims at the Pacific Horizon prospect were staked in |
| by other parties | exploration by other parties. | 1898. |
| • Between 1906 and 1912 the Pacific Copper Mining Company sunk a 150m (500ft) shaft | ||
| into the gossan at the Pacific Mine. | ||
| • Drilling was carried out in 1966, however it is unclear who completed the program | ||
| (possibly Heinrichs GeoExploration). | ||
| • In 1968 Heinrichs GeoExploration conducted some dual frequency IP, resistivity and | ||
| magnetic geophysical surveys. This was followed by further geophysical surveys in 1978 | ||
| using Very Low Frequency (VLF) Electro Magnetics (EM). | ||
| • KOOZ contracted Applied Geophysics in 1978 to run EM surveys (VLF, MaxMin II and Crone | ||
| Horizontal Shootback) over selected areas. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| • Detailed geological mapping was carried out by Kennecott in 1991 and 1992, focussing on | ||
| the eastern and central areas of the Pacific Horizon prospect. Kennecott’s mapping was | ||
| based on previous work done by Winegar et al, (1978). | ||
| • Ferguson & Johnson (2013, Arizona Geological Survey) completed a mapping program | ||
| which covered the Pacific Horizon area. | ||
| Geology | • Deposit type, geological setting and style of | Several types of deposit styles have been identified for the various prospects at Silver |
| mineralisation. | Mountain: | |
| • Proterozoic volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) in Precambrian greenstone (Pacific | ||
| Horizon prospect). | ||
| • Quartz-carbonate breccia with associated copper-gold-silver mineralisation (Pacific | ||
| Horizon prospect). | ||
| • Younger (Laramide arc) copper-gold porphyry and associated gold veins (Scarlett | ||
| prospect). | ||
| • Pegmatite dykes elevated in uranium and thorium (Scarlett prospect). | ||
| • Overprinting and remobilisation of fluids by Cenozoic trans-tension resulting in | ||
| detachment style mineralisation(Red Muleprospect). | ||
| Drill hole | • A summary of all information material to | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| information | the understanding of the exploration results | |
| including a tabulation of the following | ||
| information for all Material drill holes: | ||
o easting and northing of the drill hole |
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| collar | ||
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – |
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| elevation above sea level in metres) of | ||
| the drill hole collar | ||
o dip and azimuth of the hole |
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o down hole length and interception depth |
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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 |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| explain why this is the case. | ||
| Data | • In reporting Exploration Results, weighting | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| aggregation | averaging techniques, maximum and/or | |
| methods | minimum grade truncations (eg 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 | • There was no new drill data presented in the report. |
| between | important in the reporting of Exploration | |
| mineralisation | Results. | |
| widths and | • If the geometry of the mineralisation with | |
| intercept lengths | respect to the drill hole angle is 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 (eg ‘down hole | ||
| _length, true width not known’). _ | ||
| Diagrams | • Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) | • Refer to images presented in the body of the announcement. |
| 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. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Balanced | • Where comprehensive reporting of all | • The MVI model and associated data is reported for Silver Mountain. |
| reporting | Exploration Results is not practicable, | |
| representative reporting of both low and | ||
| high grades and/or widths should be | ||
| practiced to avoid misleading reporting of | ||
| Exploration Results. | ||
| Other | • Other exploration data, if meaningful and | • All exploration results obtained so far have been reported. |
| substantive | material, should be reported including (but | |
| exploration data | not limited to): geological observations; |
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| geophysical survey results; geochemical | ||
| survey results; bulk samples – size and | ||
| method of treatment; metallurgical test | ||
| results; bulk density, groundwater, | ||
| geotechnical and rock characteristics; | ||
| potential deleterious or contaminating | ||
| substances. | ||
| Further work | • The nature and scale of planned further | • Further work as outlined in Next Steps within the body of the report. |
| work (eg tests for lateral extensions or | ||
| depth extensions or large-scale step-out | ||
| drilling). | ||
| • 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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