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ELEMENT 25 LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2011
Jul 28, 2011
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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QUARTERLY REPORT
Three Months Ending: 30 June 2011
ASX CODE: MZM ISSUED SHARES: 52.76M 52 WEEK HIGH: $0.95 52 WEEK LOW: $0.26 CASH ON HAND: $3.40M
CONTACT:
JUSTIN BROWN Managing Director +61 8 6315 1400
BOARD:
Seamus Cornelius: Chairman Justin Brown: MD John Ribbons: Non-Exec
KEY PROJECTS:
BUTCHERBIRD (100%) Manganese, Copper
PEAK HILL (85-100%) Gold
DURACK (85%) Gold, Copper (VMS)
MT PADBURY (100% of gold) Gold, Manganese, Iron
KEY SHARE HOLDINGS:
AUVEX RESOURCES LTD 7,500,000 FPO Shares
BUXTON RESOURCES LTD 3,010,000 FPO Shares
LITHEX RESOURCES LTD 1,525,000 FPO Shares
HIGHLIGHTS
BUTCHERBIRD MANGANESE RC DRILLING:
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Programme comprised 110 RC drill holes for a total of 3,233m.
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New discovery further confirm the large tonnage potential for the Butcherbird manganese province.
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Assays confirm further widespread manganese mineralisation at known deposits and in several new target areas.
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Highlights include:
| Prospect | Hole ID | From (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coodamudgi | BBRC00003 | 9 | 17 | 12.81 | 2m @ 20.32 |
| BBRC00004 | 10 | 15 | 12.24 | 4m @ 16.99 | |
| BBRC00007 | 11 | 2 | 19.98 | 1m @ 22.91 | |
| BBRC00010 | 32 | 4 | 18.29 | 1m @ 28.6 | |
| BBRC00012 | 20 | 14 | 13.83 | 3m @ 21.07 | |
| BBRC00015 | 5 | 18 | 11.55 | 2m @ 17.25 | |
| Mundiwindi | BBRC00024 | 3 | 13 | 13.11 | 2m @ 16.17 |
| BBRC00029 | 2 | 10 | 15.01 | [email protected] | |
| BBRC00032 | 0 | 22 | 12.31 | 2m @ 18.26 | |
| BBRC00035 | 15 | 20 | 11.86 | 1m @ 17.28, [email protected] |
|
| BBRC00038 | 26 | 9 | 18.37 | 3m @ 28.14 | |
| Illgararie Hill | BBRC00042 | 3 | 13 | 11.90 | 3m @ 15.94 |
| BBRC00043 | 2 | 13 | 11.78 | 2m @ 15.52 | |
| Richie's Find | BBRC00051 | 22 | 6 | 15.90 | 3m @ 18.58 |
| BBRC00055 | 0 | 2 | 17.13 | 1m @ 19.5 | |
| 5 | 14 | 12.07 | |||
| BBRC00063 | 6 | 14 | 10.90 | [email protected] | |
| BBRC00106 | 16 | 6 | 16.63 | 1m @ 23.84 | |
| Tangadie | BBRC00076 | 11 | 10 | 10.46 | 3m @ 13.02 |
| Illgararie Ridge |
BBRC00098 | 17 | 4 | 18.31 | 1m @ 23.92 |
BUTCHERBIRD MANGANESE METALLURGICAL STUDIES:
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Dense Media Separation (“DMS”) test results received for Yanneri Ridge diamond core samples.
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Lump concentrate grades of up to 36.0% Mn confirmed.
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Crushed product grades of up to 38.6% Mn achieved.
EXTERRA RESOURCES LTD 2,000,000 FPO Shares
- Further test work underway targeting grades over 40% Mn.
BUTCHERBIRD(100%)
The Butcherbird Manganese and Copper project straddles the Great North Highway approximately 120km south of Newman. Work to date has successfully identified both copper and manganese mineralisation within the Project and work is ongoing to assess the commercial potential of the deposits discovered to date as well as to explore for further discoveries within the province.
BUTCHERBIRD MANGANESE
The work to date has identified ten key target areas, with a Maiden Resource Estimate for the first of these at Yanneri Ridge having been completed and announced in the previous Quarterly Report.
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With further drilling at the known target areas as well as several high priority exploration targets identified through a regional EM survey completed last year, the Company is of the view that there is good potential for further resource increases and new discoveries, as demonstrated by the most recent drilling programme summarised in report.
In addition to the ongoing exploration work, commercial studies on the Yanneri Ridge deposit are underway with the first stage being more detailed metallurgical testwork to confirm the grade/recovery behaviour of the material with conventional beneficiation techniques.
Metallurgical Studies
During the Quarter, the Company received phase one and two beneficiation results from the diamond core manganese metallurgical study on the Yanneri Ridge JORC Resource. Six vertical PQ3 diamond core holes were drilled into the resource during late 2010 to provide whole core sample material for metallurgical studies including beneficiation test work.
The first phase of the programme investigated the amenability of the material to upgrade via DMS to produce a lump product. Results from phase 1 (see summary in Table 1 below) confirm that parts of the resource at Yanneri Ridge can be relatively easily beneficiated to grades in excess of 35% manganese with good yields and recoveries using relatively simple beneficiation techniques.
| Mining Zone Intervals (Process to Cleaner DMS) | Mining Zone Intervals (Process to Cleaner DMS) | Mining Zone Intervals (Process to Cleaner DMS) | Mining Zone Intervals (Process to Cleaner DMS) | Mining Zone Intervals (Process to Cleaner DMS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLE ID | Concentrate | Feed | Total | |||||
| Yield % | Mn % | Fe % | SiO2 % | P % | Mn % | Metres | Kg | |
| 10DD01 | 31.4 | 35.3 | 8.9 | 18.3 | 0.109 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 108 |
| 10DD02 | 14.7 | 26.1 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 0.122 | 10.3 | 14.9 | 136 |
| 10DD03 | 20.0 | 32.9 | 9.4 | 19.7 | 0.108 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 164 |
| 10DD04 | 20.2 | 28.5 | 14.2 | 20.3 | 0.109 | 10.2 | 14.8 | 154 |
| 10DD05 | 17.3 | 36.0 | 8.9 | 18.4 | 0.091 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 128 |
| 10DD06 | 18.3 | 33.2 | 11.2 | 19.0 | 0.087 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 129 |
| Average | 20.0 | 31.8 | 11.6 | 19.4 | 0.104 | 12.9 | 84.6 | 819 |
Table 1. Lump DMS product grades and mass yields from the diamond core beneficiation studies on the Yanneri Ridge manganese deposit.
Phase 2 work to date utilising grinding to <1mm and wet table separation has also confirmed continued improvement in both grade and recovery, with grades of up to 38.6% Mn achieved to date. This has provided encouragement that grades in excess of 40% may be achievable with further investigation, which is currently underway.
| HOLE ID | NORTHING(MGA) | EASTING(MGA) | RL | DEPTH | AZIMUTH | DIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10DD01 | 7297695.51 | 772298.11 | 627.16 | 30 | 330 | -90 |
| 10DD02 | 7297899.84 | 772795.38 | 626.74 | 35 | 330 | -90 |
| 10DD03 | 7297904.51 | 773300.63 | 632.37 | 38 | 330 | -90 |
| 10DD04 | 7298097.56 | 773898.54 | 633.51 | 30 | 330 | -90 |
| 10DD05 | 7297803.36 | 774099.88 | 638.04 | 25 | 330 | -90 |
| 10DD06 | 7297804.14 | 774903.29 | 621.63 | 26 | 330 | -90 |
Table 2. Diamond drill hole collar information.
The phase 1 test work comprised a detailed investigation of hole10DD03 to determine the optimal process pathway to derive a lump product which was then applied to the remaining core material. The process selected comprised an optimal beneficiation pathway for lump product as follows:
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Trommeling of the whole rock feed to remove clay waste material and derive lump sized rock as DMS feed.
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Crushing via jaw crusher.
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Rougher (S.G. 3.0) DMS upgrade of the lump sized feed.
Cleaner (S.G.3.4) DMS upgrade to yield a product concentrate of medium grades and Secondary product of low grades.
Second phase processing was undertaken to investigate the amenability of the material to further upgrade through crushing of the lump product to <1mm and subsequent separation using wet tables. The results summarised in Table 3 confirm further incremental improvement at finer particle size.
The results of the test work to date show variability in the Mn product, notably ranges in grade in the various localities. However, the study does prove that the Manganese mineralisation in the Yanneri Ridge deposit is amenable to scrubber/trommel and DMS beneficiation to a Mn product grade that could be commercial.
The <1mm grinds of both Cleaner DMS products processed over the wet tables show increasing grades of Mn with lessening gangue grades. These products were viewed under binocular microscope and seen to comprise discrete fine crystals of high grade cryptomelane and manganite and quartzo-feldspathic gangue minerals. This observation has led the Company to believe that further grinding studies using electromagnetic separation may demonstrate further upgrade of the Mn product grades, with consequent improved liberation/loss of silica, alumina and phosphorous. This study has been commenced and results will be reported to the market on completion.
| 10DD01:MZ5.9+21.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY | 10DD01:MZ5.9+21.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY | 10DD01:MZ5.9+21.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY | 10DD01:MZ5.9+21.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY | 10DD01:MZ5.9+21.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY | 10DD01:MZ5.9+21.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRODUCT | Yield % |
Mn % dist. |
Fe % dist. |
SiO2 % dist. |
Al2O3 % dist. |
| HG PrimaryConcentrate | 27.05% | 35.69 67.80% |
8.51 21.92% |
17.720 11.34% |
4.90 12.50% |
| SecondaryConcentrate | 10.60% | 28.83 21.47% |
12.70 12.83% |
20.757 5.21% |
5.39 5.39% |
| Process Tails | 9.21% | 14.17 9.17% |
19.06 16.72% |
31.442 6.85% |
7.44 6.46% |
| Fine Tails | 53.14% | 0.42 1.57% |
9.59 48.53% |
60.940 76.60% |
15.10 75.65% |
| Calculated Head | 100.00% | 14.24 100.00% |
10.50 100.00% |
42.272 100.00% |
10.61 100.00% |
Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary
| Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary | Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary | Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary | Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary | Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary | Table 16 10DD01 Circuit Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10DD02:MZ14.1+29.0mCIRCUITSUMMARY | |||||
| PRODUCT | Yield % |
Mn % dist. |
Fe % dist. |
SiO2 % dist. |
Al2O3 % dist. |
| HG PrimaryConcentrate | 12.62% | 25.59 30.23% |
17.25 17.26% |
19.896 5.78% |
5.17 6.22% |
| SecondaryConcentrate | 16.38% | 25.25 38.73% |
15.64 20.32% |
21.672 8.17% |
5.47 8.54% |
| Process Tails | 24.89% | 11.63 27.11% |
17.18 33.91% |
36.754 21.05% |
8.55 20.27% |
| Fine Tails | 46.10% | 0.91 3.93% |
7.80 28.51% |
61.270 65.00% |
14.79 64.97% |
| Calculated Head | 100.00% | 10.68 100.00% |
12.61 100.00% |
43.459 100.00% |
10.50 100.00% |
Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary
| Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary | Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary | Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary | Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary | Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary | Table 17 10DD02 Circuit Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10DD04:MZ12.6+27.4mCIRCUITSUMMARY | |||||
| PRODUCT | Yield % |
Mn % dist. |
Fe % dist. |
SiO2 % dist. |
Al2O3 % dist. |
| HG PrimaryConcentrate | 17.21% | 28.92 44.12% |
14.40 18.55% |
19.890 8.10% |
5.22 8.70% |
| SecondaryConcentrate | 13.92% | 25.78 31.80% |
15.26 15.89% |
21.603 7.12% |
5.47 7.37% |
| Process Tails | 33.84% | 7.42 22.25% |
14.92 37.79% |
44.907 35.97% |
10.50 34.39% |
| Fine Tails | 35.03% | 0.59 1.83% |
10.59 27.77% |
58.850 48.81% |
14.62 49.55% |
| Calculated Head | 100.00% | 11.28 100.00% |
13.36 100.00% |
42.243 100.00% |
10.34 100.00% |
Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary
| Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary | Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary | Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary | Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary | Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary | Table 18 10DD04 Circuit Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10DD05:MZ8.0+25.5mCIRCUITSUMMARY | |||||
| PRODUCT | Yield % |
Mn % dist. |
Fe % dist. |
SiO2 % dist. |
Al2O3 % dist. |
| HG PrimaryConcentrate | 14.35% | 36.83 48.89% |
8.59 10.25% |
17.220 5.29% |
4.81 6.95% |
| SecondaryConcentrate | 9.29% | 28.09 24.13% |
13.43 10.37% |
21.060 4.18% |
5.48 5.12% |
| Process Tails | 17.29% | 12.43 19.88% |
19.01 27.32% |
33.816 12.50% |
7.97 13.88% |
| Fine Tails | 59.07% | 1.30 7.10% |
10.60 52.06% |
61.760 78.03% |
12.44 74.04% |
| Calculated Head | 100.00% | 10.81 100.00% |
12.03 100.00% |
46.756 100.00% |
9.92 100.00% |
Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary
| Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary | Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary | Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary | Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary | Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary | Table 19 10DD05 Circuit Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10DD06:MZ4.9+16.6mCIRCUITSUMMARY | |||||
| PRODUCT | Yield % |
Mn % dist. |
Fe % dist. |
SiO2 % dist. |
Al2O3 % dist. |
| HG PrimaryConcentrate | 14.95% | 33.68 37.67% |
10.69 11.85% |
17.883 6.68% |
4.53 7.37% |
| SecondaryConcentrate | 15.09% | 26.76 30.20% |
14.65 16.40% |
21.261 8.02% |
5.30 8.70% |
| Process Tails | 26.60% | 12.46 24.80% |
19.98 39.42% |
32.152 21.38% |
7.64 22.12% |
| Fine Tails | 43.36% | 2.26 7.33% |
10.05 32.33% |
58.970 63.92% |
13.10 61.81% |
| Calculated Head | 100.00% | 13.37 100.00% |
13.48 100.00% |
40.005 100.00% |
9.19 100.00% |
Table 20 10DD06 Circuit Summary
Table 3. Summary data from phase 2 <1mm grinding and wet table separation studies.
RC Drilling Programme
During the Quarter, the exploration team completed a further round of RC Drilling at the Company’s 100% owned Butcherbird Manganese/Copper Project.
The programme comprised a total of 110 holes for 3,233m, and was designed to test several high priority target areas identified as prospective from the results of an EM survey completed in late 2010. All relevant intervals have been submitted to the laboratory for manganese suite analysis with assays pending.
Visual logging of the completed holes indicated significant manganese mineralisation at Mundawindi, Coodamudgi, Ritchies Find, Ilgarrarie Hill, Cadgies Flat and Ilgarrarie Ridge, with the mineralisation typically coincident with the EM anomalies and consistent with the mineralisation style identified to date within the Project.
Subsequent assay results in relation to this programme continue to highlight the widespread manganese mineralisation within the Project area and importantly, have identified a number of zones with higher grades than that typically seen within the Project.
Several areas within these newly discovered zones of mineralisation have been selected for beneficiation testwork with initial samples expected to be submitted for assessment in early August 2011.
The results from the preliminary work will provide guidance as to whether any of these new areas should be included in the ongoing commercial studies as potential sources of commercially beneficiable ore.
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Figure 1. Drillhole collar locations at key manganese target areas within the Butcherbird Project.
| Prospect | Hole_ID | Northing (MGA94) |
Easting (MGA94) |
Depth (m) |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including | Fe (%) |
SiO2 (%) |
P (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coodamudgi | BBRC00003 | 7298800 | 773100 | 36 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 12.81 | [email protected] | 13.54 | 41.14 | 0.062 |
| BBRC00004 | 7298700 | 773100 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 12.24 | [email protected] | 11.01 | 43.78 | 0.071 | |
| BBRC00007 | 7298910 | 773100 | 36 | 11 18 |
13 25 |
2 8 |
19.98 11.71 |
[email protected] [email protected] |
12.21 11.89 |
31.57 43.64 |
0.055 0.145 |
|
| BBRC00008 | 7299000 | 773100 | 42 | 29 34 |
32 37 |
4 3 |
14.16 13.75 |
[email protected] [email protected] |
10.69 13.19 |
41.38 39.62 |
0.096 0.170 |
|
| BBRC00010 | 7299200 | 773500 | 42 | 14 17 29 32 |
16 20 30 36 |
2 3 1 4 |
10.00 12.81 10.66 18.29 |
[email protected] | 9.9 7.83 13.38 10.15 |
45.58 33.53 44.65 37.7 |
0.059 0.079 0.092 0.128 |
|
| BBRC00011 | 7299110 | 773500 | 36 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 9.69 | [email protected] | 11.84 | 45.87 | 0.158 | |
| BBRC00012 | 7299000 | 773500 | 36 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 13.83 | [email protected] | 13.34 | 35.73 | 0.148 | |
| BBRC00014 | 7298700 | 772700 | 30 | 0 8 12 15 |
6 10 13 26 |
6 2 1 11 |
12.35 10.89 10.12 14.00 |
[email protected] | 10.19 12.66 11.66 13.36 |
45.74 43.72 46.43 35.62 |
0.106 0.153 0.153 0.202 |
|
| BBRC00015 | 7298800 | 772700 | 30 | 0 5 |
1 23 |
1 18 |
18.96 11.55 |
[email protected] | 7.65 11.81 |
39.21 43.69 |
0.057 0.122 |
|
| BBRC00018 | 7298600 | 772700 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 11.06 | 14.85 | 40.76 | 0.040 | ||
| BBRC00019 | 7298700 | 772300 | 30 | 3 9 |
4 16 |
1 7 |
14.32 10.87 |
13.05 13.38 |
38.77 42.33 |
0.035 0.120 |
||
| BBRC00020 | 7298800 | 772300 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 11.43 | 12.2 | 43.25 | 0.106 | ||
| BBRC00022 | 7298600 | 772300 | 30 | 4 8 16 |
7 13 25 |
3 5 5 |
13.42 9.93 11.08 |
[email protected] | 12.23 12.53 14.16 |
40.35 45.59 38.54 |
0.034 0.070 0.141 |
|
| Mundiwindi | BBRC00023 | 7298400 | 776900 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 11.47 | 10.97 | 41.08 | 0.122 | |
| BBRC00024 | 7298500 | 776900 | 24 | 0 3 |
1 16 |
1 13 |
19.58 13.11 |
[email protected] | 8.86 12.38 |
40.31 40.07 |
0.087 0.152 |
| Prospect | Hole_ID | Northing (MGA94) |
Easting (MGA94) |
Depth (m) |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including | Fe (%) |
SiO2 (%) |
P (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBRC00026 | 7298300 | 776900 | 24 | 13 19 |
15 20 |
2 1 |
9.16 10.38 |
11.33 12.23 |
45.62 44.09 |
0.242 0.118 |
||
| BBRC00027 | 7298300 | 777300 | 24 | 0 12 |
1 15 |
1 3 |
13.10 12.62 |
9.72 12.21 |
45.12 42.21 |
0.061 0.122 |
||
| BBRC00028 | 7298400 | 777300 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10.53 | 10.66 | 40.71 | 0.100 | ||
| BBRC00029 | 7298500 | 777300 | 24 | 0 2 13 |
1 12 14 |
1 10 1 |
10.22 15.01 14.50 |
[email protected] | 8.83 12.68 11.09 |
50.51 34.68 38.26 |
0.070 0.148 0.113 |
|
| BBRC00030 | 7298600 | 777300 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 10.20 | [email protected] | 11.16 | 39.38 | 0.116 | |
| BBRC00031 | 7298500 | 777700 | 24 | 1 9 12 |
5 10 17 |
4 1 5 |
12.47 15.27 10.59 |
9.13 8.65 11.95 |
39.86 40.94 43.61 |
0.103 0.201 0.134 |
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| BBRC00032 | 7298600 | 777700 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 12.31 | [email protected] | 11.79 | 38.6 | 0.130 | |
| BBRC00033 | 7298700 | 777700 | 36 | 0 15 26 |
1 24 33 |
1 9 7 |
21.69 10.85 15.88 |
[email protected] [email protected] |
11.07 12.05 13.68 |
31.93 40.39 35.06 |
0.052 0.138 0.178 |
|
| BBRC00034 | 7298800 | 777700 | 36 | 2 12 14 |
6 13 33 |
4 1 11 |
15.98 10.33 10.63 |
[email protected] | 10.49 14.32 11.9 |
36.55 40.45 41.87 |
0.030 0.105 0.131 |
|
| BBRC00035 | 7298900 | 778100 | 42 | 6 15 |
7 35 |
1 20 |
10.63 11.86 |
[email protected]@17.42 | 13.19 11.42 |
41.9 42.62 |
0.035 0.134 |
|
| BBRC00038 | 7298900 | 778500 | 42 | 26 | 35 | 9 | 18.37 | [email protected] | 12.5 | 28.64 | 0.148 | |
| IllgararieHill | BBRC00041 | 7303100 | 774400 | 18 | 1 4 |
2 10 |
1 6 |
11.88 10.23 |
13.97 12.2 |
44.87 43.27 |
0.061 0.129 |
|
| BBRC00042 | 7302900 | 774400 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11.90 | [email protected] | 13.87 | 41.05 | 0.185 | |
| BBRC00043 | 7302800 | 774400 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11.78 | [email protected] | 15.58 | 39.18 | 0.154 |
| BBRC00044 | 7302700 | 774400 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 11.22 | 10.03 | 44.7 | 0.065 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBRC00045 | 7303000 | 774400 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11.60 | [email protected] | 14.59 | 40.43 | 0.145 | |
| Prospect | Hole_ID | Northing (MGA94) |
Easting (MGA94) |
Depth (m) |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including | Fe (%) |
SiO2 (%) |
P (%) |
| Richie'sFind | BBRC00048 | 7297400 | 771700 | 36 | 20 22 24 |
21 23 32 |
1 1 8 |
11.18 11.52 12.63 |
[email protected] | 13.15 11.62 11.45 |
40.94 43 41.98 |
0.166 0.175 0.111 |
| BBRC00049 | 7297200 | 771700 | 24 | 5 9 18 |
6 16 20 |
1 7 2 |
14.23 13.09 10.23 |
[email protected]@16.25 | 10.64 11.92 11.18 |
41.77 41.46 45.26 |
0.026 0.110 0.170 |
|
| BBRC00050 | 7297300 | 771800 | 30 | 4 8 12 15 |
5 9 13 24 |
1 1 1 9 |
10.24 11.51 15.84 12.56 |
[email protected] | 15.1 11.55 14.22 11.35 |
41.44 43.46 35.45 43.29 |
0.100 0.140 0.127 0.117 |
|
| BBRC00051 | 7297300 | 771600 | 30 | 7 11 22 |
9 13 28 |
2 2 6 |
14.03 12.30 15.90 |
[email protected] | 12.59 12.63 15.7 |
38.63 41.32 34.07 |
0.039 0.118 0.141 |
|
| BBRC00052 | 7297300 | 771400 | 30 | 12 15 20 |
14 16 24 |
2 1 4 |
10.69 12.33 12.02 |
[email protected] | 12.53 9.34 10.7 |
43.77 45.4 43.79 |
0.094 0.096 0.106 |
|
| BBRC00054 | 7297300 | 771200 | 24 | 10 13 20 |
12 15 21 |
2 2 1 |
15.69 10.83 12.77 |
[email protected] | 11.82 10.3 7.64 |
40.03 47.33 46.63 |
0.083 0.122 0.105 |
|
| BBRC00055 | 7297300 | 771100 | 24 | 0 5 |
2 18 |
2 14 |
17.13 12.07 |
[email protected] | 9.61 11.69 |
39.74 43.62 |
0.055 0.128 |
|
| BBRC00056 | 7297300 | 771000 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 11.15 | [email protected] | 12.21 | 43.96 | 0.114 | |
| BBRC00057 | 7297500 | 771000 | 30 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 11.58 | [email protected] | 12.67 | 43.35 | 0.120 | |
| BBRC00058 | 7297600 | 771000 | 36 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 11.60 | 13.07 | 42.41 | 0.092 | ||
| BBRC00059 | 7297400 | 771000 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 12.60 | [email protected] | 11.54 | 43.25 | 0.113 | |
| BBRC00060 | 7297190 | 771000 | 24 | 4 6 |
5 17 |
1 11 |
10.15 12.27 |
[email protected] | 7.87 11.85 |
51.3 43.06 |
0.070 0.132 |
| BBRC00062 | 7297300 | 770900 | 24 | 11 14 |
13 21 |
2 7 |
14.15 12.75 |
[email protected] | 9.73 11.45 |
43.23 43.5 |
0.083 0.089 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | Hole_ID | Northing (MGA94) |
Easting (MGA94) |
Depth (m) |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including | Fe (%) |
SiO2 (%) |
P (%) |
| BBRC00063 | 7297300 | 770800 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 10.90 | [email protected] | 12.75 | 43.9 | 0.117 | |
| BBRC00064 | 7297300 | 770700 | 24 | 3 10 |
9 17 |
6 7 |
10.96 14.39 |
[email protected] | 10.37 10.98 |
46.21 41.89 |
0.100 0.102 |
|
| BBRC00065 | 7297300 | 770600 | 48 | 2 11 17 |
5 15 18 |
3 4 1 |
11.72 15.80 20.18 |
[email protected] | 9.08 13.59 12.2 |
48.36 37.22 33.65 |
0.070 0.086 0.087 |
|
| BBRC00066 | 7297200 | 770600 | 24 | 0 5 7 11 14 |
2 6 8 12 15 |
2 1 1 1 1 |
9.99 17.48 15.60 14.33 16.27 |
15.28 10.13 13.43 12.99 11.41 |
43.89 39.136 37.74 39.98 38.12 |
0.050 0.092 0.148 0.100 0.100 |
||
| BBRC00067 | 7297100 | 770600 | 30 | 4 15 20 22 |
7 17 21 24 |
3 3 1 2 |
10.05 11.34 10.15 11.53 |
16.32 8.06 9.81 12.91 |
36.37 48.21 47.49 40.98 |
0.031 0.084 0.100 0.113 |
||
| BBRC00068 | 7297300 | 770500 | 24 | 0 4 14 |
2 8 16 |
2 4 2 |
14.24 10.72 13.13 |
[email protected] | 5.93 9.87 11.31 |
49.67 47.2 43.26 |
0.055 0.072 0.105 |
|
| BBRC00069 | 7297500 | 770600 | 30 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 12.60 | [email protected] | 11.08 | 43.23 | 0.072 | |
| BBRC00070 | 7297700 | 770600 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 9.29 | 12.4 | 45.44 | 0.102 | ||
| BBRC00071 | 7297800 | 770600 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 10.92 | 11.63 | 45.08 | 0.106 | ||
| BBRC00072 | 7297900 | 770600 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 12.03 | 6.79 | 48.75 | 0.048 | ||
| BBRC00074 | 7297400 | 768100 | 30 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 9.72 | [email protected] | 13.5 | 44.03 | 0.124 | |
| Richie'sFind | BBRC000101 | 7298000 | 770200 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 10.59 | 12.47 | 43.61 | 0.133 | |
| BBRC000102 | 7297900 | 770200 | 24 | 7 13 |
9 15 |
2 2 |
11.99 11.09 |
[email protected] | 10.09 12.79 |
44.72 43.08 |
0.111 0.124 |
|
| BBRC000104 | 7297600 | 770200 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 8.87 | 11.33 | 47.31 | 0.097 |
| BBRC000105 | 7297500 | 770200 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 12.34 | 9.31 | 45.65 | 0.079 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBRC000106 | 7297400 | 770200 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 16.63 | [email protected] | 10.74 | 39.51 | 0.083 | |
| Prospect | Hole_ID | Northing (MGA94) |
Easting (MGA94) |
Depth (m) |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including | Fe (%) |
SiO2 (%) |
P (%) |
| BBRC000108 | 7297200 | 770200 | 30 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 15.59 | [email protected] | 15.98 | 32.74 | 0.209 | |
| BBRC000110 | 7298000 | 769800 | 36 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 13.24 | [email protected] | 10.05 | 42.4 | 0.072 | |
| BBRC000112 | 7297900 | 769800 | 161 | 24 27 |
26 28 |
2 1 |
13.34 13.45 |
8.62 13.67 |
45.58 39.88 |
0.085 0.083 |
||
| Tangadie | BBRC00075 | 7297300 | 768100 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 14.43 | 11.59 | 39.86 | 0.070 | |
| BBRC00076 | 7297200 | 768100 | 30 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 10.46 | [email protected] | 11.62 | 45.7 | 0.092 | |
| BBRC00078 | 7297400 | 767300 | 24 | 4 15 |
9 18 |
5 3 |
10.21 11.72 |
10.84 10.52 |
46.16 43.82 |
0.114 0.237 |
||
| BBRC00079 | 7297500 | 767300 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 12.23 | 9.35 | 44.94 | 0.140 | ||
| BindiBindiHill | BBRC00087 | 7299400 | 763400 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 10.90 | [email protected] | 10.67 | 45.39 | 0.106 |
| BBRC00088 | 7299500 | 763400 | 24 | 9 18 |
10 19 |
1 1 |
13.55 10.48 |
9.56 11.18 |
43.89 46.37 |
0.096 0.144 |
||
| BBRC00089 | 7299600 | 763400 | 30 | 11 18 |
15 19 |
4 1 |
10.24 12.03 |
9.89 13.16 |
47.39 42.51 |
0.091 0.083 |
||
| BBRC00090 | 7299300 | 763400 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 10.58 | 10.09 | 46.7 | 0.061 | ||
| CadgiesFlats | BBRC00091 | 7303700 | 769600 | 24 | 5 10 |
8 13 |
3 3 |
11.16 13.08 |
[email protected] [email protected] |
9.68 11.99 |
46.84 42.45 |
0.048 0.067 |
| BBRC00092 | 7304600 | 769600 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 13.54 | [email protected] | 10.79 | 42.14 | 0.186 | |
| BBRC00093 | 7304300 | 768700 | 24 | 3 7 12 18 |
5 8 13 22 |
2 1 1 4 |
9.68 10.18 10.45 11.85 |
9.86 8.17 11.18 14.82 |
48.06 48.44 45.54 40.74 |
0.116 0.074 0.092 0.155 |
||
| BBRC00094 | 7304200 | 768700 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 12.04 | [email protected] | 11.05 | 43.83 | 0.145 | |
| BBRC00095 | 7304700 | 769600 | 24 | 0 13 |
2 14 |
2 1 |
20.54 10.05 |
9.12 14.78 |
33.46 43.5 |
0.048 0.109 |
||
| IllgararieRidge | BBRC00097 | 7304700 | 772600 | 24 | 4 10 |
7 11 |
3 1 |
12.76 11.92 |
13.65 11.73 |
40.27 44.05 |
0.202 0.144 |
| BBRC00098 | 7304800 | 772600 | 24 | 9 17 |
13 21 |
4 4 |
12.59 18.31 |
[email protected] [email protected] |
6.03 11.37 |
40.35 36.12 |
0.089 0.204 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | Hole_ID | Northing (MGA94) |
Easting (MGA94) |
Depth (m) |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Mn (%) |
Including | Fe (%) |
SiO2 (%) |
P (%) |
| BBRC00099 | 7304900 | 772600 | 30 | 12 19 |
13 20 |
1 1 |
11.48 10.38 |
8.5 14.98 |
47.26 43.16 |
0.048 0.092 |
Table 4. Assay results from RC drilling at Butcherbird. All intervals are downhole widths. Zones of commercial interest were assayed on 1m intervals. Results have been composited according to grade and geology. Assays were completed by Nagrom Laboratries by XRF analysis.
BUTCHERBIRD COPPER
A planned ground IP survey over the Butcherbird Copper Prospect has been pushed back to late July 2011. This was originally scheduled to be completed in parallel with the recently completed manganese drilling programme, however due to gear failure, the contractor has been unable to complete the programme on schedule.
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When completed, the IP survey programme will attempt to identify the highest priority target zones along approximately 4 km of strike over which the target shear zone can be traced. Limited drilling along this target corridor in 2010 confirmed the presence of a significant zone of copper sulphide mineralisation and it is regarded as a priority exploration target. Drilling of the resultant IP targets will be completed as soon as practicable once the IP programme is complete.
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PEAK HILL (85-100%)
During the Quarter, the Company received Mineral Resource estimates reported in accordance with the JORC Code 2004 for the Harmony, Mainpit/Fiveways, Durack and Enigma gold deposits within the Peak Hill Project. The Mineral Resource estimates were completed on behalf of the Company by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants (“Snowden”), and combined with the Mineral Resource estimate for the Jubilee deposit completed previously by CSA Global Pty Ltd (“CSA”), enable a global Mineral Resource estimate to be presented for the Peak Hill Project.
Table 5. June 2011 Mineral Resources completed by Snowden.
| Table 5. June 2011Mineral Resources completed by Snowden. | Table 5. June 2011Mineral Resources completed by Snowden. | Table 5. June 2011Mineral Resources completed by Snowden. | Table 5. June 2011Mineral Resources completed by Snowden. | Table 5. June 2011Mineral Resources completed by Snowden. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Material | Tonnes (t) |
Au (g/t) |
Ounces (Oz) |
| Oxide | 1,270,000 | 1.24 | 50,000 | |
| INDICATED | Transitional | 2,940,000 | 1.35 | 128,000 |
| Fresh | 4,960,000 | 1.58 | 252,000 | |
| TOTAL INDICATED | 9,170,000 | 1.46 | 430,000 | |
| Oxide | 160,000 | 1.00 | 5,000 | |
| INFERRED | Transitional | 80,000 | 1.12 | 3,000 |
| Fresh | 1,510,000 | 1.57 | 76,000 | |
| TOTAL INFERRED | 1,750,000 | 1.50 | 84,000 | |
| SUBTOTAL | 10,920,000 | 1.47 | 514,000 |
Table 6. September 2009 Mineral Resources completed for the Jubilee Deposit by CSA.
| Table 6.September 2009 Mineral Resources completed for the Jubilee Deposit by CSA. |
Table 6.September 2009 Mineral Resources completed for the Jubilee Deposit by CSA. |
Table 6.September 2009 Mineral Resources completed for the Jubilee Deposit by CSA. |
Table 6.September 2009 Mineral Resources completed for the Jubilee Deposit by CSA. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Tonnes (t) |
Au (g/t) |
Ounces (Oz) |
| INDICATED | 100,000 | 1.95 | 6,300 |
| INFERRED | 505,000 | 2.49 | 40,500 |
| SUBTOTAL | 605,000 | 2.41 | 46,800 |
Table 7. Combined Global Mineral Resource Estimated for the Peak Hill Project.
| Table 7.Combined Global Mineral Resource Estimated for the Peak Hill Project. |
Table 7.Combined Global Mineral Resource Estimated for the Peak Hill Project. |
Table 7.Combined Global Mineral Resource Estimated for the Peak Hill Project. |
Table 7.Combined Global Mineral Resource Estimated for the Peak Hill Project. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Tonnes (t) |
Au (g/t) |
Ounces (Oz) |
| INDICATED | 9,270,000 | 1.46 | 436,000 |
| INFERRED | 2,255,000 | 1.72 | 125,000 |
| TOTAL | 11,525,000 | 1.51 | 561,216 |
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Figure 2. Regional Geology of the Peak Hill gold field showing known deposit locations.
The Peak Hill district is located approximately 125 km north of Meekathara in the northern extent of the Murchison Goldfield in Western Australia. The Peak Hill field includes the following gold deposits: Harmony, Enigma, Durack, Windsor, Bowman, Jubilee, Slingshot, Atkins and Peak Hill. The Peak Hill project is further subdivided into Main Pit/Fiveways and Mt Pleasant. The individual projects are located within 10 km of one another as shown in Figure 2 which also shows the regional geology.
~~The host lithologies for the gold mineralisation comprise mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks,~~ turbiditic metasedimentary rocks, banded iron formation and associated clastic sediments, all of which are intensely deformed and metamorphosed (Robertson et. al., 2003). Mineralisation extends up to 100 m to 300 m below surface and is open at depth in some areas.
Snowden Mineral Resource Estimates
In preparing the estimates for the Harmony, Enigma, Durack and Mainpit/Fiveways deposits, Snowden considered material within 150 m of the surface to be suitable for open pit mining and chose a reporting cut-off of 0.8 g/t Au based on similar deposits. Material below 150 m will potentially be mined from underground and has been reported at a cut-off of 2.0 g/t Au based on similar deposits. Density values of between 1.9 and 2.6 g/cm3 were applied dependant on the
degree of weathering. The Combined Peak Hill Mineral Resources for Snowden’s work are shown in Table 5 with the breakdown by project area in Table 8.
| Harmony | |||||
| Potential Open Pit and Underground Resource | |||||
| Classification | Material | Density | Tonnes | Au | Ounces |
| Indicated | Oxide | 1.9 | 260,000 | 1.65 | 14,000 |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 850,000 | 1.54 | 42,000 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 480,000 | 1.85 | 29,000 | |
| Total indicated | 2.3 | 1,590,000 | 1.65 | 84,000 | |
| Inferred | Oxide | 1.9 | 40,000 | 0.88 | 1,000 |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 10,000 | 1.58 | 1,000 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 250,000 | 2.33 | 19,000 | |
| Total Inferred | 2.5 | 300,000 | 2.12 | 20,000 |
| Enigma | Enigma | Enigma | Enigma | Enigma | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potential Open Pit and Underground Resource | |||||
| **Classification ** | **Material ** | Density | Tonnes | Au | |
| Indicated | Oxide | 1.9 | 430,000 | 1.09 | 15,000 |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 300,000 | 1.35 | 13,000 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 780,000 | 1.15 | 29,000 | |
| Total indicated | 2.3 | 1,510,000 | 1.17 | 57,000 | |
| Inferred | Oxide | 1.9 | 120,000 | 1.04 | 4,000 |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 0 | 0.81 | 0 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 190,000 | 0.93 | 6,000 | |
| Total Inferred | 2.3 | 320,000 | **0.97 ** | 10,000 |
| **Durack ** | **Durack ** | **Durack ** | **Durack ** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potential Open Pit and Underground Resource | |||||
| **Classification ** | **Material ** | Density | Tonnes | Au | |
| Indicated | Oxide | 1.9 | 480,000 | 1.19 | 18,000 |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 790,000 | 1.16 | 30,000 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 1,040,000 | 1.24 | 41,000 | |
| Total indicated | 2.3 | 2,310,000 | 1.20 | 89,000 | |
| Inferred | Oxide | - | - | - | - |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 50,000 | 0.99 | 2,000 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 530,000 | 1.26 | 21,000 | |
| Total Inferred | 2.6 | 580,000 | 1.23 | 23,000 | |
| Main Pit/Fiveways | |||||
| Potential Open Pit and Underground Resource | |||||
| **Classification ** | **Material ** | Density | Tonnes | Au | |
| Indicated | Oxide | 1.9 | 100,000 | 1.03 | 3,000 |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 990,000 | 1.33 | 42,000 | |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 2,660,000 | 1.79 | 153,000 | |
| Total indicated | 2.5 | 3,760,000 | 1.65 | 199,000 | |
| Inferred | Oxide | - | - | - | - |
| Transitional | 2.2 | 20,000 | 1.34 | 9,000 |
| Fresh | 2.6 | 540,000 | 1.75 | 30,000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Inferred | 2.6 | 560,000 | 1.74 | 31,000 |
Table 8. Individual Mineral Resource estimates completed by Snowden for the
Harmony, Enigma, Durack and Mainpit/Fiveways gold deposits.
Montezuma provided hanging wall and foot wall interpretations of the mineralisation for each project area. Snowden used multiple indicator kriging (MIK) as the estimation method due to the multiple mineralisation trends and highly skewed nature of the grade distributions. The laterite at Harmony is the exception as the grade distribution is less skewed and does not show multiple mineralisation trends. The laterite was estimated using ordinary kriging (OK).
The Peak Hill projects of Harmony, Enigma, Durack and Main Pit/Fiveways have been classified as Indicated and Inferred in accordance with the guidelines set out in the JORC Code (JORC, 2004). The sampling methods, drillhole spacing and grade continuity have been considered in the application of the resource categorisation. The absence of Measured Resources, even though there is recent previous mining, is due to the lack of QAQC data and limited density data.
Two of the projects, Harmony and Main Pit/Fiveways, have been mined previously by open pit methods to depths in excess of 100 m. All mined areas have been depleted from the reported Mineral Resources.
CSA Mineral Resource Estimates
In addition to the recent work completed by Snowden, in 2009 CSA Global Pty Ltd. (“CSA”) was commissioned by the Company to undertake Mineral Resource estimates for the J2 and J3 zones at the Jubilee gold project, located 2 km north of the historic Peak Hill Mine site. In preparing the estimates (shown in Table 6), CSA used a 1 g/t Au cut off. The deposits were classified, as per the JORC Code (2004), as Inferred and Indicated.
Within the Jubilee project, white mica schist is intruded by a body of metadolerite that has a stratigraphic thickness of up to 250m. Gold mineralisation lies adjacent to both the hanging wall and footwall contacts between the metadolerite and the schist.
The J2 zone is located south of the metadolerite/schist contact with mineralisation occurring within 40 m of the contact. Regionally, gold mineralisation is associated with stratabound quartz veins, however locally the quartz can have multiple orientations. The schist dips shallowly to the west.
The J3 zone is located within the hanging wall along the northern margin of the metadolerite/schist contact. Mineralised quartz veins in the J3 zone are regionally stratabound with local minor variation. Mineralisation is more laterally extensive than at the J2 zone, and extends approximately 100 m from the metadolerite/schist contact to the northwest.
Drill holes used for this Mineral Resource estimate include: historical drill holes ranging from 1988 to 1995, with the majority of holes drilled in 1990-1995; and fifteen reverse circulation holes drilled by Montezuma in 2007 totalling 2,511m.
CORPORATE
Retirement of Chairman - Denis O’Meara
It is with regret that we advise the Company’s founding Chairman, Mr Denis O’Meara, has retired from his position effective 30 June 2011.
The Board and Staff extend their sincere gratitude to Mr O’Meara for his dedicated commitment to the Company since listing in 2006. His wisdom and advice will be missed and we wish him and his family the very best for the future.
I am, however, pleased to advise that Mr Seamus Cornelius has joined the Board of Directors of Montezuma Mining Company Limited as Chairman.
Mr Cornelius brings 21 years of corporate experience in both legal and commercial negotiations. Mr Cornelius has been based in Shanghai and Beijing since 1993 where he has been living and working as a corporate lawyer.
From 2000 to 2010, Mr Cornelius was an international partner with one of Australia’s leading law firms and specialised in dealing with cross border investments, particularly in the energy and resource sectors. Mr Cornelius has for many years advised large international companies on their investments in China and in recent years advised Chinese state owned entities on their investments in natural resource projects outside China, including Australia.
We welcome the addition of Seamus’ experience and expertise as we guide the Company forward.
Lithex Resources Limited
Montezuma has received 1,525,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of Lithex Resources Limited (”Lithex”) pursuant to the divestment of an interest in non-core Pilbara assets.
Lithex fully paid ordinary shares are listed on the ASX under the code LTX. 1,500,000 shares are escrowed until 17 May 2012, and the remaining 25,000 shares are escrowed until 9 December 2011.
Llithex hold a large strategic tenement holding within the Gascoyne and East Pilbara regions of Western Australia prospective for Tin, Tantalum, Lithium and Rare Earth Element mineralisation.
For further details, please refer to the Lithex website at www.lithex.com.au.
Exterra Resources Limited
Montezuma has received the following securities in Exterra Resources Limited (“Exterra”) pursuant to the divestment of the Egerton Gold Project:
| Securities Held | Escrowed Until |
|---|---|
| 2,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares | 26/05/2013 |
| 500,000 options ($0.20, expiry 30/09/2013) | 26/05/2013 |
| 1,000,000 options ($0.20, expiry 30/09/2013) | 26/05/2013 |
Exterra is a gold focused exploration and mining company with a number of advanced gold assets in Western Australia.
For further details, please refer to the Exterra website at www.exterraresources.com.au.
Auvex Resources Limited
The Company is pleased to advise that Auvex Resources Limited (“Auvex”) confirmed during the Quarter that all resolutions were passed unanimously on a show of hands at both meetings of Auvex shareholders held on 7 July 2011.
The Company further understands that the passing of the resolutions in relation to both the reduction of capital and scheme of arrangement with Mineral Resources Limited (“MIN”) now paves the way, subject to any remaining regulatory requirements, for the completion of the sale of Auvex’s 50% owned Mesa Joint Venture assets to MIN.
The commercial terms of the scheme include the in-specie distribution of 4,5000,000 MIN shares to Auvex’s shareholders. Montezuma holds approximately 5% of Auvex on a fully diluted basis, and hence the value of its allocation will represent an important inject of capital into the Company on disposal of it’s shareholding in MIN.
Montezuma will also, pursuant to the proposed reduction of capital of Auvex, receive an allocation of shares in Auvex Manganese Limited, which will own the assets of Auvex other than the Mesa Joint Venture assets.
For further details please refer to the Auvex website at www.auvexresources.com.au.
Investor Coverage
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About Montezuma Mining Company Ltd
Listed in 2006, Montezuma (ASX: MZM) is a diversified explorer primarily focused on manganese, copper and gold. Montezuma has a 100% interest in the Butcherbird Manganese/Copper Project and an 85-100% interest in the Peak Hill and Durack Gold Projects in the Murchison region of Western Australia.
More Information
Justin Brown Phone: +61 (8) 6315 1400 Managing Director Mobile: +61 438 745 675
The Information in this report that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Justin Brown, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. Mr Brown is a geologist who is a full time employee of Montezuma Mining Company 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 Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Justin Brown 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 Resources for the Harmony, Enigma, Durack and Mainpit/Fiveways Deposits is based on information compiled by Mr Kevin Lowe (MAusIMM) under the supervision and guidance of Ms Lynn Olssen (MAusIMM (CP)), who are both full-time employees of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants. Lynn Olssen has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation, type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration, Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves (JORC, 2004). Lynn Olssen consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context that the information appears.
The team of Competent Persons involved in the preparation of the Mineral Resource for the Jubilee J2 and J3 gold deposits is as follows:
The estimate was completed under the overall supervision and direction of Steven Hodgson, MAIG, of CSA Global who is a Competent Person as defined by the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves (JORC Code 2004 Edition) and who consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
The resource estimate in this report relates to information provided by Montezuma Mining Company Ltd. The information including database compilation, geological interpretation and mineralisation wire framing was completed by Craig Richards B.Sc. Hons Grad.Dip. and supervised by Trevor Saul B.Sc.Hons MAusIMM. Mr Saul is a geologist 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 “Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Trevor Saul consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appear.