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EMU NL — Interim / Quarterly Report 2018
Apr 22, 2018
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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2018
SUMMARY
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Phase 1 geochemical sampling completed at Vidalita; anomalous zones mapped
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Reconnaissance geochemical assay completed at Jotahues; further work planned
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Drilling camp set up and drill pads constructed
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Drilling underway at Vidalita gold project, Chile
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2,947.5 metres of drilling completed during the Quarter
Gold exploration prospects, Chile
During the Quarter Emu undertook surface soil and rock geochemical sampling over geological areas of interest on its Chile gold properties. To the end of the Quarter 1,072 samples were collected and submitted for analysis (ASX release 10 January, 2018.)
Significant, aerially extensive anomalous gold and silver zones were defined on the Vidalita Prospect (ASX release 26 February, 2018). These are targeted for follow-up by drilling .
Reconnaissance soil and talus geochemical sampling on the Jotahues Prospect also indicated areas of geochemical anomalism (ASX release 26 February, 2018). These have been earmarked for future work to delineate possible drilling targets.
Vidalita drilling
Drilling of high priority areas began 9 January, 2018 with Air Core (AC), Reverse Circulation (RC), and Diamond rigs. To the end of the Quarter, 2,947.5 m of drilling were completed (Table 1). The locations of these holes are shown in Figure 1.
Drill sample preparation is underway in Chile. Assaying will be undertaken in Australia. In excess of 2,000 samples are now in that process.
Drilling continues, with testing of a number of targets expected to continue to the end of April, weather permitting.
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2018
Table 1: Drilling completed during the Quarter ending 31 March, 2018. Co-ordinate system is WGS84, UTM S19.
| AIR CORE DRILLING | AIR CORE DRILLING | AIR CORE DRILLING | AIR CORE DRILLING | AIR CORE DRILLING | AIR CORE DRILLING | AIR CORE DRILLING | |||||
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| Hole No | Hole ID | Collar E | Collar N | Collar R.L. |
Azimuth | Dip | Final Depth |
Drill Start Date |
Drill Finish Date |
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| 6500-1 8500-1 8500-2 8300-1 5900-3 5900-4 5900-4b 5500-1 5500-2 4900-1 5100-1 5100-2 5700-2 |
Hole 1 X AL AM A B B2 F E J AI AN D |
492963 493149 492986 492949 492397 492698 |
6936511 | 4873 4840 4775 4826 4905 4901 4901 4893 |
Vertical 270 90 90 270 270 270 270 270 90 270 90 90 |
-90 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 -60 |
140 168 176 158 148 71 199 180 183 168 183 186 156 |
9/01/2018 2/02/2018 5/02/2018 7/02/2018 13/02/2018 |
21/01/2018 4/02/2018 6/02/2018 9/02/2018 15/02/2018 |
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| 6938509 | |||||||||||
| 6938506 6938301 6935899 6935898 6935898 |
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| 14/02/2018 | 17/02/2018 | ||||||||||
| 492700 | 14/03/2018 | 16/03/2018 | |||||||||
| 492552 | 6935503 | 16/03/2018 18/03/2018 21/03/2018 24/03/2018 27/03/2018 29/03/2018 |
17/03/2018 20/03/2018 23/03/2018 26/03/2018 28/03/2018 31/03/2018 |
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| 492455 492548 492799 492300 492602 |
6935500 | 4900 | |||||||||
| 6934901 | 4939 | ||||||||||
| 6935093 | 4909 | ||||||||||
| 6935095 6935699 |
4950 4878 |
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| Total AC drilled | 2116 | ||||||||||
| REVERSE CIRCULATION DRILLING | |||||||||||
| Hole No | Hole ID | Collar E | Collar N | Collar R.L. |
Azimuth | Dip | Final Depth |
Drill Start Date |
Drill Finish Date |
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| 5700-1 5300-1 8300-2 8300-3 5300-2 |
C2 I T2 U2 H1 |
492500 492648 492197 492296 492548 |
6935698 6935291 6938298 6938295 6935295 |
4876 4796 4865 4868 4904 |
270 270 270 270 270 |
-60 -60 -60 -60 -60 |
101.6 53 231 180 102 |
16/03/2018 19/03/2018 21/03/2018 27/03/2018 31/03/2018 |
18/03/2018 20/03/2018 27/03/2018 30/03/2018 1/04/2018 |
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| Total RC drilled | 667.6 | ||||||||||
| DIAMOND DRILLING | |||||||||||
| Hole No | Hole ID | Collar E | Collar N | Collar R.L. |
Azimuth | Dip | Start Depth |
Final Depth |
Metres Drilled |
Drill Start Date |
Drill Finish Date |
| 5700-1 | C2 | 492500 | 6935698 | 4876 | 270 | -60 | 101.6 | 265.5 | 163.9 | 18/03/2018 | 30/03/2018 |
| Total DD drilled | 163.9 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL METRES DRILLED, QUARTER ENDING 31 MARCH, 2018 | 2947.5 |
| DIAMOND DRILLING | DIAMOND DRILLING | |||||||||
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| Hole No | Hole ID | Collar E | Collar N | Collar | Azimuth | Dip Start |
Final | Metres | Drill Start | Drill Finish |
| R.L. | Depth | Depth | Drilled | Date | Date | |||||
| 5700-1 | C2 | 492500 | 6935698 | 4876 | 270 | -60 101.6 |
265.5 | 163.9 | 18/03/2018 | 30/03/2018 |
| Total DD drilled | 163.9 | |||||||||
| TOTAL METRES DRILLED, QUARTER ENDING 31 MARCH, 2018 | 2947.5 |
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Figure 1: Drill hole locations, Quarter ending 31 March, 2018
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2018
ASX Waiver- Approval to issue shares
On 8 February 2017, the Company received shareholder approvals for the issue of up to 15 million shares ( Consideration Shares ; 2,500,000 of which were issued shortly after the approvals) in respect of the Option Agreement (for the option to purchase the Vidalita and Jotahues projects – Projects ) with Prospex SpA and BLC SpA.
The following information is provided in accordance with a waiver granted by ASX permitting the Company to issue the balance of the Consideration Shares (12,500,000) more than 3 months after the date of the approvals:
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a) No Consideration Shares were issued during the reporting period;
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b) 12,500,000 of the Consideration Shares remain, conditionally, to be issued; and
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c) the conditions to and instalments in which the remainder of the Consideration Shares may be issued are:
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i) 2,500,000 (approved for issue no later than 31 March 2019) if the Company elects to continue exploring the Projects and subject to it meeting its expenditure commitment in relation to the Projects (minimum of US$1 million by 10 December 2018) and;
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ii) 5,000,000 (approved for issue no later than 31 December 2020) if the Company exercises the option and defines a 500,000 ounce measured resource of gold on the Projects; and
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iii) 5,000,000 (approved for issue no later than 31 December 2020) if the Company exercises the option and defines a 1,000,000 ounce measured resource of gold on the Projects.
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2018
Table 1: Schedule of Tenements – Atacama Region, Chile
| Concession | Type of **concession ** |
Percentage held / earning* |
|---|---|---|
| Vidalita A2 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita B2 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita C2 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita D2 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita E2 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita F2 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita A1 1/60 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita B1 1/60 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita C1 1/60 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita D1 1/60 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita E1 1/36 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalita F1 1/40 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota A | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota A1 AL18 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota B | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota B1 AL20 | Exploitation | Option to acquire 100% (Prospex/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota C | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota D | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Vidalota E | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Peon 1-3 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Peon 6-7+10 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Peon 12-15 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Ciclope Tuerto 7-9 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Ciclope TuertoA2-A6 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Ciclope Tuerto 1 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Tierra 6 | Exploration | Option to acquire 100% (BLC/Emu Option Agreement) |
| Tierra 1-5, 7-13 | Exploration | Emu 100% |
Investor enquiries
General Manager T +61 8 9226 4266 E [email protected]
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About EMU:-
EMU is an ASX listed Company seeking to deliver tangible outcomes for investors by:
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focusing on testing substantive mineralised systems capable of forming commercially attractive development opportunities using existing technologies;
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seeking to reduce risk by selecting operating environments with established minerals law and mining industries;
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remaining alert to best practice exploration technologies, seeking to bring new insights to our work;
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drawing on our depth of relevant experience; and
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remaining active, with meaningful programs of work.
About the gold projects, Maricunga Belt, Chile
The Vidalita and Jotahues gold projects are located in the Maricunga gold belt in the Atacama Region in northern Chile hosting numerous world class gold and silver projects. Emu’s projects cover an area of approximately 6,900 hectares secured by mineral exploration concessions and host alteration and mineralisation that appear geologically similar to other high sulphidation gold deposits of the Maricunga gold belt. The projects are accessed using a network of roads that link Copiapó with the Refugio project (Kinross), Cerro Casale project (Barrick/Goldcorp) and the Caspiche project (Goldcorp). Refugio is located 30 km to the northwest of Vidalita. Emu is unaware of the project having been drilled other than for the 3 holes it drilled in 2017.
The Company holds an option ( Option ) to acquire a 100% interest in certain of the Vidalita and Jotahues concession packages from two Chilean companies.
The concessions are the subject of the Option comprise 2 packages: one package, (the Prospex SpA concessions) covers six concessions at Vidalita, is subject to a 2% NSR on any production, and the second package, (the BLC SpA concessions) comprised of three concessions at Jotahues and two concessions at Vidalita (Vidalota A&B), is subject to a 1% NSR.
The Option will lapse if Emu fails to pay US$100,000 in November 2018. The Option may be exercised in November 2019 on payment of US$2M following expenditure of US$1M, electing to continue on or before November 2018 (by paying US$100,000 refer to above), the issue of 2.5M Emu shares and then if Emu defines: (i) 0.5Moz of gold in measured resources, a further 5M ordinary shares will be issued; and (ii) 1Moz of gold in measured resources, a further 5M ordinary shares will be issued.
Emu continues to look for new mineral exploration, development and mining opportunities within Australia and at various overseas jurisdictions.
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COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT
Emu NL
ABN 50 127 291 927
ASX Code: EMU
10 Walker Ave West Perth, WA 6005
T +61 8 9226 4266 E [email protected]
PO Box 1112 West Perth, WA 6872
Fully paid shares (listed)
73,910,387 (inc. 4m which Emu can buy back for nil consideration)
Contributing Shares (listed)
37,304,001 paid to $0.03, $0.03 to pay, no call before 31/12/2018
Options (unlisted)
4,750,000, exercise price $0.10, expiring 20/12/18
2,000,000 exercisable (subject to minimum share price milestones being met in the case of 1,500,000 of these options) at $0.11, expiring 20/12/18
300,000, exercise price $0.25, expiring 20/12/18
1,276,670, exercise price $0.03 to acquire a contributing share EMUCA expiring 30/4/18
Directors:
Any details contained herein that pertain to exploration results, mineral resources or mineral reserves are based upon information compiled by Mr Marcus Flis, General Manager of Emu NL. Mr Flis is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM) and has sufficient experience in the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves” (JORC Code). Mr Flis consents to the inclusion herein of the matters based upon his information in the form and context in which it appears.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
As a result of a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, actual events and results may differ materially from any forward looking and other statements herein not purporting to be of historical fact. Any statements concerning mining reserves, resources and exploration results are forward looking in that they involve estimates based on assumptions. Forward looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, opinions and estimates as of the respective dates they are made. The Company does not assume any obligation to update forward looking statements even where beliefs, opinions and estimates change or should do so given changed circumstances and developments.
Peter Thomas
Non-executive Chairman
Greg Steemson Managing Director
Gavin Rutherford Non-Executive
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