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ASX / Media Announcement
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Electromagnetic Survey Identifies New Targets at Mt Jackson
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Ground Electromagnetic (EM) survey at the Mt Jackson Project identifies multiple conductors considered prospective for nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation
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These conductors coincide with nickel, copper and PGM soil anomalies associated with interpreted ultramafic rocks, enhancing their prospectivity
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Southern cluster of three high-conductance, late-time anomalies (>10,000 Siemens), up to 260m long, interpreted to be potential massive sulphides
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Central 1,380m long moderate-conductance anomaly (2,150 Siemens) coincides with the highest priority gold anomaly from soil sampling – gold mineralisation associated with conductive sulphides is present within the Southern Cross Greenstone Belt, most notably at the Bounty Gold Deposit
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Aircore drilling of the gold targets and the up-dip projection of the shallow highconductance EM plates is planned for Q4 2024 following completion of a heritage survey, with RC or diamond drilling of the EM plates to follow
Falcon Metals Limited ( ASX: FAL ) ( “Falcon” or “the Company” ) advises that it has received results for a ground Moving Loop Electromagnetic (“MLEM”) survey at its 100%-owned Mt Jackson Project located 110 kilometres north of Southern Cross in Western Australia (see Figure 1). Mt Jackson is located at the convergence of the Southern Cross Greeenstone Belt and the regional-scale Koolyanobbing Shear Zone at the northern end of the belt. The Southern Cross Greenstone Belt is a well-endowed mineral province and has historically produced ~384kt[1] of nickel from the Forrestania Greenstone Belt, the southern extension of the Southern Cross Greenstone Belt, and more than 15Moz[2] of gold.
The survey was conducted by GEM Geophysics using a high-temperature Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (HT-SQUID) sensor. The program comprised three survey grids targeting separate soil anomalies on E77/2577 (see Figure 2) where Falcon previously announced coincident Ni-Cu-PGM results (see ASX announcement “Soil Sampling Confirms Gold, Nickel and Lithium Potential at Mt Jackson” on 12 December 2023). The MLEM survey has generated nine late-time conductors, which have been modelled as plates (planar rectangular conductive bodies) as shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Modelled priority conductors generated from MLEM survey
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1 ASX announcement: IGO 30/08/2022, “FY22 Cosmos and Forrestania Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”, p32
2 ASX announcement RRL 03/08/2022, “Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum”
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Figure 1 Location of Mt Jackson Project in reference to the Southern Cross Greenstone Belt
The South anomaly grid returned three relatively shallow, high conductance plates (see Figure 3):
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Sth_E The highest conductance plate in the survey ( 17,000 Siemens ) starting at 99 metres below surface with a strike extent of 260 metres
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Sth_F A shallower high-conductance plate ( 13,600 Siemens ) starting at 67 metres below surface with a strike extent of 140m
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Sth_C A high-conductance plate ( 10,600 Siemens ) starting at 82 metres below surface with a strike extent of 165m
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Ground truthing of the up-dip projection of these conductors confirmed the presence of shallow cover, which is concealing the bedrock geology. The very strong conductance of these plates (~10,60017,000 Siemens) is consistent with highly conductive bodies such as massive nickel-copper sulphide minerals, sulphide facies banded iron formations or graphite. Three other moderate conductance plates that modelled deeper (between 5,850-10,000 Siemens) will be assessed following testing of the shallower and higher conductance targets.
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Figure 2 Plan map of Mt Jackson showing the location of the ground EM surveys
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Figure 3 South anomaly showing all the high-priority EM plates generated
The Central anomaly survey returned two priority conductors:
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Cen_B A large moderate conductance plate ( 2,150 Siemens ) starting at 51 metres below surface with a strike extent of 1,380m, the longest of the survey; and
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Cen_A A smaller higher conductance plate ( 7,160 Siemens ) at the southern end of the larger plate, starting at a depth of 95 metres below surface with a strike extent of 180m
Both EM plates are coincident with the highest gold anomaly in the area, which is encouraging as significant gold mineralisation was associated with pyrrhotite at the Bounty Gold Deposit in the Southern Cross Greenstone Belt. Orientation studies after discovery showed the Bounty deposit demonstrated high conductance[3] . The Central anomaly plates are also coincident with Ni, Cu and PGM anomalism in the soil sampling (see Figures 4 and 5), and although the size of the larger plate suggests that it could be stratigraphic in nature, it is still a compelling target due to its association with a smaller, higher conductance plate and the overlying soil anomalism. Importantly, the soil anomalism includes Pt and Pd, which are often indicative of the Ni and Cu being sulphide-derived rather than just being enriched during the weathering of otherwise unmineralized ultramafic rocks.
Only one significant conductor was generated from the North anomaly survey, a 2,500 Siemens plate modelled to start at 295 metres below surface. This will be assessed once the shallower and higher conductance targets are tested at the other anomalies.
The initial aircore drill program at Mt Jackson is expected to be undertaken in Q4 2024 but will be dependent on heritage clearance being obtained in the coming months. The aircore drilling program aims to test the anomalous gold zones, the up-dip projection of the three high-conductance plates in the South anomaly area, and the two plates in the Central anomaly area.
A deeper drill program specifically targeting the conductors will be submitted in August as part of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (“GSWA”) Exploration Incentive Scheme co-funded drilling program - Round 30.
3John H Coggon & Robert A. Rutherford (1994) GOLD: Bounty Gold Deposit, Western Australia: Magnetic and Electromagnetic Responses, ASEG Extended Abstracts, 1994:1, 233-240, DOI: 10.1071/ASEGSpec07 15
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Figure 4 Central anomaly Cu-Ni-PGE
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Figure 5 Central anomaly Au
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This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Falcon Metals. For more information, please contact:
Tim Markwell Media and Investor Queries Managing Director Ben Creagh [email protected] [email protected]
COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT:
The information contained within this announcement relates to exploration results based on and fairly represents information compiled and reviewed by Mr Doug Winzar who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Winzar is a fulltime employee of Falcon Metals Limited 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 2012 edition of the “Australian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Winzar consents to the inclusion in the documents of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT:
This announcement may contain certain forward-looking statements, guidance, forecasts, estimates, prospects, projections or statements in relation to future matters that may involve risks or uncertainties and may involve significant items of subjective judgement and assumptions of future events that may or may not eventuate (Forward Statements). Forward Statements can generally be identified by the use of forward looking words such as "anticipate", "estimates", "will", "should", "could", "may", "expects", "plans", "forecast", "target" or similar expressions and may include, without limitation, statements regarding plans, strategies and objectives of management, anticipated production and expected costs. Indications of, and guidance on future earnings, cash flows, costs, financial position and performance are also forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements, opinions and estimates included in this announcement are based on assumptions and contingencies which are subject to change, without notice, as are statements about market and industry trends, which are based on interpretation of current market conditions. Forward looking statements are provided as a general guide only and should not be relied on as a guarantee of future performance.
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APPENDIX: JORC Table 1 – Mt Jackson Project
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Sampling techniques | • | Nature and quality of sampling (eg. cut | • | The recent soil samples were collected from 0- 25 cm and |
| channels, random chips, or specific | sieved to -0.3mm in the field with approximately 500g | |||
| specialised industry standard measurement | collected. The samples are then dried and sieved to -50um | |||
| tools appropriate to the minerals under | (0.05mm) at the laboratory and 30g of this material is used | |||
| investigation, such as down hole gamma | for assay. | |||
| sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc). | ||||
| These examples should not be taken as | ||||
| limiting the broad meaning of sampling. | ||||
| • | Include reference to measures taken to | |||
| ensure sample representivity and the | ||||
| appropriate calibration of any measurement | ||||
| tools or systems used. | ||||
| • | Aspects of the determination of | |||
| mineralisation that are Material to the Public | ||||
| Report. | ||||
| • | In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has | |||
| been done this would be relatively simple | ||||
| (eg. ‘reverse circulation drilling was used to | ||||
| obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg was | ||||
| pulverised to produce a 30 g charge for fire | ||||
| assay’). In other cases, more explanation may | ||||
| be required, such as where there is coarse | ||||
| gold that has inherent sampling problems. | ||||
| Unusual commodities or mineralisation types | ||||
| (eg. submarine nodules) may warrant | ||||
| disclosure of detailed information. | ||||
| Drilling techniques | • | Drill type (eg. core, reverse circulation, open- | • | Not applicable. |
| hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, | ||||
| sonic, etc) and details (eg. core diameter, | ||||
| triple or standard tube, depth of diamond | ||||
| tails, face-sampling bit or other type, | ||||
| whether core is oriented and if so, by what | ||||
| method,etc). | ||||
| Drill sample recovery | • |
Method of recording and assessing core and | • | Not applicable. |
| chip sample recoveries and results assessed. | ||||
| • | Measures taken to maximise sample | |||
| recovery and ensure representative nature of | ||||
| the samples. | ||||
| • | Whether a relationship exists between | |||
| sample recovery and grade and whether | ||||
| sample bias may have occurred due to | ||||
| preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material. | ||||
| Logging | • | Whether core and chip samples have been | • | Not applicable. |
| geologically and geotechnically logged to a | ||||
| level of detail to support appropriate Mineral | ||||
| Resource estimation, mining studies and | ||||
| metallurgical studies. | ||||
| • | Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative | |||
| in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc) | ||||
| photography. | ||||
| • | The total length and percentage of the | |||
| relevant intersections logged. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Sub-sampling | • | If core, whether cut or sawn and whether | • | The recent sampling involved sieving the material to -50um |
| techniques and | quarter, half or all core taken. | to remove the diluting effect of sand from the clay that was | ||
| sample preparation | • | If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, | targeted. This was done in the laboratory once the sample | |
| rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet or | was dried. | |||
| dry. | • | The sample size was appropriate to ensure enough -50um | ||
| • | For all sample types, the nature, quality and | material was available for analysis. | ||
| appropriateness of the sample preparation | ||||
| technique. | ||||
| • | Quality control procedures adopted for all | |||
| sub-sampling stages to maximise | ||||
| representivity of samples. | ||||
| • | Measures taken to ensure that the sampling | |||
| is representative of the in-situ material | ||||
| collected, including for instance results for | ||||
| field duplicate/second-half sampling. | ||||
| • | Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the | |||
| grain size of the material beingsampled. | ||||
| Quality of assay data | • | The nature, quality and appropriateness of | • | Soil samples were processed by Intertek Genalysis in |
| and laboratory tests | the assaying and laboratory procedures used | Maddington, WA. | ||
| and whether the technique is considered | • | The samples were analysed using a 10g Cyanide Leach for | ||
| partial or total. | Au (CN10/MS), specifically designed for fine fraction soil | |||
| • | For geophysical tools, spectrometers, | sampling. This is a partial digest. The sample was also | ||
| handheld XRF instruments, etc, the | analysed with a 0.5 g Aqua Regia digest with a 53-element | |||
| parameters used in determining the analysis | package and analysed on a triple quad ICPMS to allow for | |||
| including instrument make and model, | low level detection (AR005/MSQ53). This is considered a | |||
| reading times, calibrations factors applied | partial digest. | |||
| and their derivation, etc. | • | Falcon used 1 standard every 100 samples. | ||
| • | Nature of quality control procedures adopted | • |
The lab uses their own certified standards and blanks, and | |
| (eg. standards, blanks, duplicates, external | this data is also provided to Falcon. | |||
| laboratory checks) and whether acceptable | ||||
| levels of accuracy (ie. lack of bias) and | ||||
| precision have been established. | ||||
| Verification of | • | The verification of significant intersections by | • |
Results were checked by the Falcon Metals Exploration |
| sampling and | either independent or alternative company | Manager. | ||
| assaying | personnel. | |||
| • | The use of twinned holes. | |||
| • | Documentation of primary data, data entry | |||
| procedures, data verification, data storage | ||||
| (physical and electronic) protocols. | ||||
| • | Discuss anyadjustment to assaydata. | |||
| Location of data | • | Accuracy and quality of surveys used to | • | Sample locations have been picked up using a handheld |
| points | locate drill holes (collar and down-hole | global positioning system (GPS) with a ±5 m error. | ||
| surveys), trenches, mine workings and other | • | The grid system used for the location of all drillholes is | ||
| locations used in Mineral Resource | MGA, GDA94 (Zone 50). | |||
| estimation. | • | The reliability of RL data is unknown. | ||
| • | Specification of the grid system used. | |||
| • | Qualityand adequacyof topographic control. | |||
| Data spacing and | • | Data spacing for reporting of Exploration | • | Sample spacing was 100m x 100m, this was designed to |
| distribution | Results. | increase the resolution of previously defined anomalous | ||
| • | Whether the data spacing and distribution is | zones. | ||
| sufficient to establish the degree of | • | This spacing is not considered suitable for establishing | ||
| geological and grade continuity appropriate | geological or grade continuity but to aid in the drill | |||
| for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve | planning. | |||
| estimation procedure(s) and classifications | • | No sample compositing has been applied. | ||
| applied. | ||||
| • | Whether sample compositing has been | |||
| applied. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Orientation of data in | • |
Whether the orientation of sampling | • | The infill sampling on a 100m x 100m grid was designed to |
| relation to geological | achieves unbiased sampling of possible | remove any bias. | ||
| structure | structures and the extent to which this is | |||
| known, considering the deposit type. | ||||
| • | If the relationship between the drilling | |||
| orientation and the orientation of key | ||||
| mineralised structures is considered to have | ||||
| introduced a sampling bias, this should be | ||||
| assessed and reported if material. | ||||
| Sample security | • | The measures taken to ensure sample | • | Samples were delivered to the laboratory by the |
| security. | contractors who collected the samples. | |||
| Audits or reviews | • | The results of any audits or reviews of | • | No review has been carried out to date. |
| samplingtechniques and data. |
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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation Commentary |
JORC Code explanation Commentary |
JORC Code explanation Commentary |
JORC Code explanation Commentary |
JORC Code explanation Commentary |
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| Mineral tenement | • | Type, reference name/number, location and • |
Surface | sampling has been carried out within | |
| and land tenure | ownership including agreements or material | E77/2577 and E77/2946. The tenement areas are | |||
| status | issues with third parties such as joint ventures, | wholly owned by Falcon Metals (WA) Pty Ltd | |||
| partnerships, overriding royalties, native title | |||||
| interests, historical sites, wilderness or | |||||
| national park and environmental settings. | |||||
| • | The security of the tenure held at the time of | ||||
| reporting along with any known impediments | |||||
| to obtaininga licence to operate in the area. | |||||
| Exploration done by | • | Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration • |
Southern Cross Goldfields took eight rock chip | ||
| other parties | by other parties. | samples at the south end of the project area in 2009. | |||
| No | gold | values were noted in the digital data file. No | |||
| anomalous pathfinder results were noted in the | |||||
| multi-elements. In 2018, Fleet Street Holdings took | |||||
| 63 | soil samples within the southwest corner of the | ||||
| project area. A peak gold value of 7 ppb was | |||||
| returned, and no significant gold pathfinder results | |||||
| are noted. | |||||
| Geology | • | Deposit type, geological setting and style of • |
Two mineralisation styles are being explored for: | ||
| mineralisation. | 1) | orogenic style gold similar to that seen | |||
| across the goldfields of the Yilgarn Craton. | |||||
| 2) | Komatiite hosted Ni-Cu-PGE | ||||
| • | In addition to this the area is also prospective for LCT | ||||
| pegmatites and this will be assessed as part of the | |||||
| exploration. | |||||
| Drill hole | • | A summary of all information material to the • |
Not applicable. | ||
| Information | understanding of the exploration results | ||||
| including a tabulation of the following | |||||
| information for all Material drill holes: | |||||
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar |
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o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation |
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| above sea level in metres) of the drill hole | |||||
| collar | |||||
o dip and azimuth of the hole |
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o down hole length and interception depth |
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o hole length. |
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| • | If the exclusion of this information is justified | ||||
| on the basis that the information is not | |||||
| Material and this exclusion does not detract | |||||
| from the understanding of the report, the | |||||
| Competent Person should clearly explain why | |||||
| this is the case. | |||||
| Data aggregation | • | In reporting Exploration Results, weighting • |
Not Applicable. | ||
| methods | averaging techniques, maximum and/or | ||||
| minimum grade truncations (eg. cutting of | |||||
| high grades) and cut-off grades are usually | |||||
| Material and should be stated. | |||||
| • | Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short | ||||
| lengths of high-grade results and longer | |||||
| lengths of low-grade results, the procedure | |||||
| used for such aggregation should be stated | |||||
| and some typical examples of such | |||||
| aggregations should be shown in detail. | |||||
| • | The assumptions used for any reporting of | ||||
| metal equivalent values should be clearly | |||||
| stated. |
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| Relationship | • | These relationships are particularly important • |
Not applicable. |
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| between | in the reporting of Exploration Results. | ||
| mineralisation | • | If the geometry of the mineralisation with | |
| widths and | respect to the drill hole angle is known, its | ||
| intercept lengths | nature should be reported. | ||
| • | If it is not known and only the down hole | ||
| lengths are reported, there should be a clear | |||
| statement to this effect (eg. ‘down hole | |||
| length,true width not known’). | |||
| Diagrams | • | Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) • |
The results of the soil sampling results for the |
| and tabulations of intercepts should be | targeted elements are shown in the figures and | ||
| included for any significant discovery being | discussed in the text. | ||
| reported These should include, but not be | |||
| limited to a plan view of drill hole collar | |||
| locations and appropriate sectional views. | |||
| Balanced reporting | • | Where comprehensive reporting of all • |
The contouring has been done to5ppb Pd, 5ppb Pt, |
| Exploration Results is not practicable, | 50 ppm Cu and 50ppm Ni. This is appropriate for the | ||
| representative reporting of both low and high | identification of anomalous areas for further | ||
| grades and/or widths should be practiced to | targeting MLEM and drilling. | ||
| avoid misleading reporting of Exploration | |||
| Results. | |||
| Other substantive | • | Other exploration data, if meaningful and • |
The results of the High Temperature SQUID MLEM |
| exploration data | material, should be reported including (but not | survey are provided in this announcement. Initial | |
| limited to): geological observations; | surveying was done with a 200m loop in a slingram | ||
| geophysical survey results; geochemical survey | configuration with 100m between stations and 200m | ||
| results; bulk samples – size and method of | between lines. The southern area had infill | ||
| treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk | undertaken to tighten the line spacing to 100m to | ||
| density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock | better constrain the deeper targets. | ||
| characteristics; potential deleterious or | |||
| contaminatingsubstances. | |||
| Further work | • | The nature and scale of planned further work • |
Drilling is planned to test the shallower high |
| (eg. tests for lateral extensions or depth | conductance targets generated from the MLEM | ||
| extensions or large-scale step-out drilling). | survey | ||
| • | Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of | ||
| possible extensions, including the main | |||
| geological interpretations and future drilling | |||
| areas, provided this information is not | |||
| commerciallysensitive. |
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