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ELEMENT 25 LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2011

Jul 28, 2011

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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:

  • Programme comprised 110 RC drill holes for a total of 3,233m.

  • New discovery further confirm the large tonnage potential for the Butcherbird manganese province.

  • Assays confirm further widespread manganese mineralisation at known deposits and in several new target areas.

  • 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:

  • Dense Media Separation (“DMS”) test results received for Yanneri Ridge diamond core samples.

  • Lump concentrate grades of up to 36.0% Mn confirmed.

  • 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:

  1. Trommeling of the whole rock feed to remove clay waste material and derive lump sized rock as DMS feed.

  2. Crushing via jaw crusher.

  3. 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
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.