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ECLIPSE METALS LIMITED. Interim / Quarterly Report 2017

Jul 27, 2017

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Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B For the Quarter ending 30 June 2017

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sample analyses indicate that manganese mineralisation can be readily beneficiated

  • Samples from Eel Ck appear to represent Direct Shipping Ore (DSO)

  • Shallow diamond drilling being planned

QUEENSLAND - MARY VALLEY MANGANESE PROJECT

During the quarter the company received laboratory analyses for several bulk and prospect samples from the Amamoor (MVAM) and Eel Creek (MVEC) prospects in its Mary Valley manganese project (refer Table of Sample Analyses below)

Following recent reductions in area, Eclipse now holds around 74sqkm in three EPM’s centred 14km southwest of Gympie in Queensland covering the most prospective ground (Figure 1),. The Company believes that these deposits have demonstrable potential to produce manganese as a Direct Shipping Ore (DSO).

Work focused on the Amamoor and Eel Creek prospects (Figure 2) where historical high grade Mn mineralisation has been mined and had previously been prioritised by the company from earlier fieldwork and recently completed gravity surveys.

On-site checking of anomalous geophysical gravity survey results determined that there are significant extensions to known mineralisation, in particular at Amamoor and Eel Creek which prospects are now considered high priority drill targets (refer ASX releases dated 15 March and 8 June 2017)

Metallurgical characterisation of the samples determined that most of these products appear to be suitable for ferroalloy smelting. In particular, sample MVEC01 represents effectively DSO with an in-situ grade above 40% Mn. Concentrate phosphorous contents are all acceptably low, being below the 0.2% limit generally imposed. The iron contents are low, but this can be compensated for in ferroalloy smelters by adding iron ore to the furnace feed mix or by blending with high iron ores.

Metallurgical Results: Samples from Amamoor (MVAM) and Eel Ck (MVEC) Prospects

Sample Head
grade
% Mn
Conc.
grade
% Mn
Conc.
grade
%P
Mn/Fe
ratio
Conc.
mass
yield
Concentrate
mineralogy
MVAM01 16.7 16.8 0.15 2.5 38% Piemontite, bixbyite
MVAM02 33.9 43.2 0.06 18.9 50% Hausmannite
MVAM03 12.9 13.2 0.14 2.5 62% Piemontite
MVEC01 41.5 43.4 0.04 23.4 81% Bixbyite, pyrolusite
MVEC02 15.9 33.9 0.04 4.2 27% Andradite, pyrope

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Two of the Amamoor samples, MVAM01 and MVAM03, did not respond to beneficiation and the mineralogy revealed high amorphous content related to weathering. It is expected that samples to be produced from diamond drilling exploration will better define the bulk character of fresh mineralisation below these sample sites (Figure 2).

Arrangements are advancing for a drilling campaign to delineate the manganese mineralisation at depth and to gain a better understanding of its extent, mineralogy and grade distribution.

FUTURE EXPLORATION

The company will continue its exploration of other prospects such as Skyring Creek, Skyring North and Donaldsons that, in addition to the Amamoor and Eel Creek prospects, appear to have potential to contain significant quantities of manganese mineralisation. Other manganese prospects will be progressively evaluated.

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Figure 1 Location Plan for Eclipse’s Mary Valley Manganese Project

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Figure 2. Mary Valley Tenement Map (updated)

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NORTHERN TERRITORY: DEVILS ELBOW- RIO TINTO FARM-IN / JV ELA 27584

Under the farm-in and joint venture arrangement with Eclipse, Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) is continuing to pursuing an arrangement with the Northern Land Council (NLC) for a site anthropological survey to determine consent and non-consent areas by Traditional Owners to facilitate the application procedure.

RTX is hoping to conduct this site survey before the end of the 2017 field season prior to the commencement of the wet season in the Northern Territory. Following the results of the site survey a final meeting will be planned with the NLC Executive for endorsement of these areas by Traditional Owners.

ECLIPSE METALS TENEMENT INTERESTS

Granted Tenements

Tenement Project Name Commodity Status State Beneficial Holder Graticular
Blocks
EL 24808 Bigrlyi Uranium Granted NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 27
EPM 17672 Mary Valley Manganese Granted Qld Eclipse Metals Ltd 15
EPM 17938 Amamoor Manganese Granted Qld Eclipse Metals Ltd 4
EPM 25698 WestMaryValley Manganese Granted Qld EclipseMetalsLtd 5

Tenement Applications

Tenement Project Name Commodity Status State Beneficial Holder Graticular
Blocks
ELA 24623 Eclipse Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 305
ELA 24861 Lake Mackay Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 50
ELA 25666 Mt Pozieres Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 229
ELA 26193 Liverpool 1 Uranium Application NT EclipseMetalsLtd 240
ELA 26244 Liverpool 2 Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 50
ELA 26487 Yuendi Copper,
Uranium
Application NT EclipseMetalsLtd 320
ELA 27130 Flying Fox Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 482
ELA 27549 Liverpool 3 Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 51
ELA 27584 Devil’s Elbow Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 30
ELA 27703 Gumadeer Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 3
ELA31065 Liverpool 4 Uranium Application NT EclipseMetalsLtd 68
ELA 31499 Ngalia 1 Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 249
ELA 31500 Ngalia 2 Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 250
ELA 31501 Ngalia 3 Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 250
ELA 31502 Ngalia 4 Uranium Application NT Eclipse Metals Ltd 226

NOTE: - EPM 17672 reduced from 54 to 15 sub-blocks

Competent Persons Statement

The information contained in this quarterly report that relates to Exploration Results together with any related assessments and interpretations is based upon and fairly represents the information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Rodney Dale, FRMIT, FAusIMM a Non-Executive Director of Eclipse Metals Limited. Mr Dale is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience relevant to the styles of mineralisation under consideration and to the activity being reported 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 Dale has verified the data disclosed in this release and consents to the inclusion in this release of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

For further information please contact:

Carl Popal - Executive Chairman T: +61 8 9480 0420

Rod Dale - Non-Executive Director T: +61 8 9480 0420

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– JORC Code, 2012 Edition Table 1 report

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques

Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut channels, random chips, or
specific specialised industry standard measurement tools appropriate
to the minerals under investigation, such as down hole gamma sondes,
or handheld XRF instruments, etc). These examples should not be
taken as 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.

Chip sampling from outcrop and
old
mining
exposure.
Over
100kg
combined
weight
of
samples collected.
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-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 core is oriented and if so, by what method, etc).

Not applicable as no drilling was
undertaken
Drill sample
recovery

Method of recording and assessing core and 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.

Not applicable as no drilling was
undertaken
Logging
Whether core and chip samples have been 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. _

Not applicable as no drilling was
undertaken
Sub-
sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation

If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, half or all core taken.

If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary split, etc and whether
sampled wet or 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. _

Not applicable as no drilling was
undertaken.
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests

The nature, quality and appropriateness of the assaying and laboratory
procedures 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) and precision have been established.

All
assays
carried
out
by
Nagrom
Metallurgical
Laboratory
to
professional
standards.

Gravity measurements taken
with a Scintrex CG-5. Passive
Seismic
with
a
Tromino
instrument.

Daily
duplicate
checks
undertaken on completed work;
acceptable levels of accuracy
and precision established

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Verification
of sampling
and assaying

The verification of significant intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.

The use of twinned holes.

Documentation of primary data, data entry procedures, data
verification, data storage (physical and electronic) protocols.

Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

Not applicable as no drilling was
undertaken.

Not applicable
Location of
data points

Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill holes (collar and
down-hole surveys), trenches, mine workings and other locations used
in Mineral Resource estimation.

Specification of the grid system used.

Quality and adequacy of topographic control.

Coordinate information was
collected using a hand-
heldl GPS using MGA Zone
56 (GDA 94).

Not applicable

DEM derived from diffential
GPS survey as part of
gravity survey
Data spacing
and
distribution

Data spacing for reporting of Exploration 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.

Samples collected from outcrop
and exposure as available.
Orientation
of data in
relation to
geological
structure

Whether the orientation of sampling achieves unbiased sampling of
possible structures and the extent to which this is 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.

Not applicable

Not applicable as no drilling
undertaken.
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample security.

All data transmitted in digital
format
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of sampling techniques and data.

Standard laboratory QA / QC

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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section)

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.

EPM17672 & EPM17938
are held beneficially for
Eclipse Metals Limited in its
subsidiary Walla Mines Pty
Ltd. Eclipse holds 87% of
the current securities within
Walla Mines Pty Ltd.

EPM 25698 held 100% by
Eclipse Metals Ltd
Exploration
done by
other parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties.

Manganese ore has been
mined
intermittently
from
deposit in the Mary Valley
since 1920’s, with the bulk of
the output occurring from
1957-1960.
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation.

In
the
Mary
Valley
Manganese
Project,
deposits were formed by
geochemical separation of
manganese from iron in a
submarine
exhalative
system. Deposition of the
manganese
oxide
has
apparently been controlled
by faulting and fracturing of
the incompetent cherty and
jasperoidal bed, with the
fractures providing the fluid
channel-way
and
replacement of the host rock
by
manganese
oxides
occurring progressively
awayfrom those fractures.
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 drill hole collar
o
elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above sea level in
metres) of the drill hole collar
o
dip and azimuth of the hole
o
down hole length and interception depth
o
hole length.

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. _

No applicable as no drilling
was undertaken
Data
aggregation
methods

In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging techniques,
maximum and/or 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. _

Not applicable as no data
averaging has been used

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Relationship
between
mineralisatio
n widths and
intercept
lengths

These relationships are particularly important in the reporting of
Exploration Results.

If the geometry of the mineralisation with 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’). _

Not applicable as no drilling
undertaken.
Diagrams
Appropriate maps and sections (with 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. _

See Map in release
Balanced
reporting

Where comprehensive reporting of all 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. _

Not applicable
Other
substantive
exploration
data

Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, should be reported
including (but not limited to): geological observations; 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. _

Geological background
provided in previous reports.
Further work
The nature and scale of planned further 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.

Diamond drilling programme
being planned.