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ELEMENTOS LIMITED Regulatory Filings 2012

Jun 17, 2012

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18 JUNE 2012

TAMAYA SAMPLING CONTINUES TO IDENTIFY NEW HIGH-GRADE COPPER STRUCTURES

Highlights

  • High-grade copper up to 6.0%, with gold to 2.4 g/t in multiple new structures

  • New sampling extends strike length of the main Tamaya structure and identifies a number of parallel and cross cutting structures

  • Primary focus to continue testing potential extensions of the known structures and detailed in-fill channel sampling of the main structure to establish drill targets

Elementos Limited (ASX: ELT) (“Elementos” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of a further fifty reconnaissance samples from the Tamaya Project, central Chile.

The aim of the new sampling program was to identify new structures and structure extensions in areas with no previous exploration. The preliminary interpretations of the new sample results (Table 1) include:

  • The high-grade copper mineralisation in the main Tamaya structure has now been extended to four kilometres in a north-south direction;

  • Copper and gold have been identified in a number of new structures that are both parallel-to and cross-cutting the main Tamaya structure;

  • The new structures are returning copper grades comparable to those from the main Tamaya structure;

  • Coarse gold, up to 2.41 g/t, is present in conjunction with the copper in all of the new structures; and

  • Many of the copper and gold zones coincide with strong linear magnetic highs, implying strong, deep structures.

On-going exploration is focused on:

  • Detailed channel sampling and localised mapping of the main structures to define the best targets for the first phase of drilling;

  • Follow-up mapping and sampling of the additional structures identified to date; and

  • Identifying new structures and other styles of mineralisation within the 7,000 hectare property package.

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New Sample Results

Fifty samples were collected from outcropping structures, veins, historic mine workings and mine-proximal waste dumps during the reconnaissance survey of areas with no previous exploration.

Sampling on the main Tamaya structure in the southern and northern one kilometre sections of the principle structure has returned more high copper grades, extending the previously reported mineralisation along a continuous four kilometre north-south trend.

A number of new structures have been identified parallel to the main Tamaya structure. The new northern target is a 550 metre long structure, up to 3 metres wide, with copper values up to 1.13% and gold up to 0.33 g/t. The structure remains open to the north and south.

Three main north-south trending structures have now been identified, which are intersected by several lesser, transverse and perpendicular structures. Each structure consists of clearly defined lenses of hydrothermal breccias and stockworks of silicasulphide veinlets cutting the igneous wallrocks. There is a strong spatial correlation between the copper and gold in the structures, as depicted in Figures 1 and 2, although the gold tends to be coarse in nature.

The new structures are returning copper grades comparable to those from the main Tamaya structure. Some of these areas have only small-scale historic workings, highlighting the potential for identifying new structures or extensions that are blind on the surface.

On-going Exploration Activities

Detailed continuous channel sampling and localised fine-scale mapping programs are underway over the principle targets identified to date. The in-fill sampling will assist with better understanding the copper grade distributions across the width of the structures, as well as the genesis of the gold mineralisation within the system. The results will provide more detailed information for drill targeting.

Further mapping and sampling of the new structures identified in the current program and identifying new structures is also underway.

A further 110 sample results are at the laboratory.

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Figure 1: Copper grades from 195 geochemical samples superimposed on the Google Earth image.

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Figure 2: Gold grades from 195 geochemical samples superimposed on the Google Earth image. Page 3 of 6

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For more information, please contact:

Corey Nolan

Managing Director Phone: +61 (7) 3221 7770 Email: [email protected]

Elementos is an Australian, ASX-listed, copper and gold exploration company, with projects in Chile, Argentina and Australia. The properties are all in mineral rich, highly prospective provinces, with developed infrastructure nearby. Please visit us at: www.elementos.com.au

COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Alistair Grahame, a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Grahame is a full-time employee of Elementos Limited and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which it 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.’ Mr Grahame consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context.

SAMPLE QUALITY CONTROL AND ASSURANCE

Samples were prepared and assayed by ALS Chile (ALS), Minerals Division, at their facility in Coquimbo, an ISO9001:2008 certified laboratory. Methods utilised were:

  • Thirty-three element ICP_AES;

  • Samples returning greater than 1.0% copper are assayed using Four Acid Digest and an Atomic Adsorption Spectrometer (AAS);

  • Gold assay by Fire Assay (30g) and AAS; and

  • Samples returning greater than 1.0 g/t gold are check analysed by ALS using the same method.

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Table 1 : Results of the third batch of reconnaissance samples from Tamaya

Sample
Number
Easting
UTM
WGS84
Northing
UTM
WGS84
Altitude
(metres)
Sample
Classification
Description Copper
(%)
Gold
(ppm)
954616 276792 6618410 743 Representative Silicified brecciated structure 1.47 0.12
954617 276791 6618424 744 Representative Silicified breccia structure 0.27 0.01
954618 276789 6618425 744 Representative Silicified structure 0.04 <0.005
954619 276768 6618480 722 Representative Silicification in old working 0.43 0.02
954620 276759 6618492 720 Representative Silicified brecciated structure 0.09 <0.005
954621 276053 6618259 1036 Representative Silicified brecciated structure 1.95 0.63
954622 276036 6618252 1039 Representative Copper oxide in fractured rhyolite 2.00 0.27
954623 276022 6618248 1054 Representative Copper oxide in fractured andesite 0.91 0.16
954624 276013 6618121 1026 Representative Silicified breccia with dark silica 0.73 0.06
954625 275993 6618059 1021 Representative Silicified breccia structure 1.85 0.03
954626 276012 6618100 1026 Representative Silicified breccia with dark silica 3.38 0.15
954627 276918 6618553 676 Representative Dark veinlets in silicified structure 1.01 0.24
954628 276884 6618496 709 Representative Veinets in altered diorite 0.26 <0.005
954629 276788 6618383 742 Representative Sheeted veinlets in silicified structure 0.88 0.01
954630 276784 6618343 737 Representative Fractured silicified structure 0.54 0.02
954631 276915 6618020 768 Representative Copper oxides in silicified structure 0.05 <0.005
954632 276853 6618010 802 Representative Veinlets in silicified breccia 0.01 0.02
954633 275649 6616852 974 Representative Silicified breccia in microdiorite 0.68 0.03
954634 275622 6616823 987 Representative Quartz-tourmaline veinlets in breccia 1.59 0.33
954635 275580 6616721 978 Representative Quartz-tourmaline veinlets in breccia 1.59 0.16
954636 275560 6616635 980 Representative Silicification & oxide in volcanoclastic 0.36 0.04
954637 275521 6616505 987 Representative Dark silica veinlets in breccia vein 2.29 0.05
954638 275496 6616435 992 Representative Dark silica veinlets in breccia vein 0.72 0.10
954639 276871 6618471 707 Representative Dark silica breccia structure 0.01 <0.005
954640 276945 6618455 678 Selective(waste) Disseminated copper oxide in microdiorite 1.79 0.27
954641 276938 6618404 669 Representative Oxides and fractures in old working 0.62 0.03
954642 276878 6618363 671 Selective(waste) Intense silicification and copper oxide 2.73 0.41
954643 276822 6618316 685 Representative Intense silicification in microdiorite 0.99 0.06

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Sample Number Easting
UTM
WGS84
Northing
UTM
WGS84
Altitude
(metres)
Sample
Classification
Description Copper
(%)
Gold
(ppm)
954644 276142 6616291 692 Selective(waste) Oxides & sulphides in silicified breccia 2.71 0.12
954645 276216 6616647 741 Selective(waste) Oxides & sulphides in silicified breccia 4.61 0.14
954646 276264 6616601 714 Representative Dark silica veinlets in silicified breccia 0.04 0.01
954647 276888 6618156 730 Selective Subcropofpotassic alteration 0.87 0.03
954649 275846 6619682 895 Representative Fault contact: microdiorite/volcanic 0.02 0.01
954660 276026 6620195 881 Representative Copper oxides in brecciated diorite 0.76 0.04
954661 276052 6620274 865 Selective(waste) Potassic alteration & oxides in diorite 2.02 0.28
954662 276247 6620231 750 Representative Dark silica veinlets in silicified diorite 1.59 0.15
954663 276267 6620193 728 Representative Silicified breccia structure 0.04 0.01
954664 276240 6618978 933 Representative Rhyolite wallrock around old shaft 0.01 <0.005
954665 276295 6619162 852 Selective(waste) Copper & iron oxides in silicification 2.96 0.06
954666 276367 6619159 863 Representative Veinlets in silicified structure 3.53 0.07
954667 276417 6619059 866 Representative Veinlets in silicified structure 1.17 0.04
954668 274188 6615178 553 Representative Silicified structure in old shaft 0.39 0.01
954669 274144 6615260 542 Selective(waste) Copper oxide in diorite 0.77 0.02
954670 274233 6615175 579 Representative Copper oxide in fractured diorite 0.08 0.01
954671 275104 6620509 740 Representative Copper oxides in silicified breccia 0.23 0.27
954672 275095 6620447 755 Representative Copper oxides in fractured rhyolite 1.13 0.33
954673 275085 6620350 774 Representative Dark silica veinlets in fractured diorite 0.02 0.05
954674 275077 6620228 778 Selective(waste) Dark silica-specularite matrix breccia 6.03 2.41
954675 275131 6620606 713 Representative Copper oxides in fractured rhyolite 0.16 0.02
954676 275194 6620493 695 Selective(waste) Sulphides in dark silica matrix breccia 0.49 0.12

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