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FireFly Metals Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2013
Nov 10, 2013
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Capital/Financing Update
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Exploration Office Unit 2, 81 Harrison Road Dudley Park SA 5008
ABN: 96 110 336 733
Tel: +61 8 8245 4900 Fax: +61 8 8245 4999 www.monaxmining.com.au
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For Immediate Release Monday 11 November, 2013
ASX RELEASE
Antofagasta-Monax Alliance secures highly sought after tenements in tightly-held Musgrave Province in South Australia
HIGHLIGHTS
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Monax Alliance secures tenements within prospective Musgrave Province in northern S.A.
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Monax Alliance targeting copper and copper-nickel associated with mafic Giles Complex and basement gneisses.
Historical copper occurrences present within one tenement.
Monax Alliance Pty Ltd (“Alliance”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Monax Mining Ltd (ASX:MOX) today announced that its strategic alliance with a wholly-owned subsidiary of major Chilean copper producer Antofagasta plc (“Antofagasta”), has increased its project landholding with the addition of three new Exploration Licence Applications within the tightly-held Musgrave Province, located in South Australia’s Far North (Figure 1).
The three tenements were recently released by the South Australian Government’s Department of Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy (DMITRE) under the Exploration Release Area system and cover an area in total of 3396km[2 ] within the eastern part of the Musgrave Province. Alliance will be targeting copper and copper-nickel style mineralisation.
Two of the three tenements were competitive applications and the Alliance was the successful applicant. These tenements will be presented to Antofagasta as a single project opportunity and may become a Designated Project.
“The new Musgrave tenements form to combine a significant project for us, and provides the Alliance with an additional focus together with iron-oxide copper-gold targets within the highly prospective Gawler Craton,” Monax Mining Managing Director, Mr Gary Ferris, said today.
“Tenure in the Musgrave Province is tightly held and when DMITRE released these new tenements, they became a priority target for Alliance,” he said.
“Recent positive results by Musgrave Minerals with the discovery of a nickel-copper gossan within the western Musgrave Province, and anomalous copper drilling results from the Caprica East tenement, which adjoins the Alliance’s Exploration Licence Application 2013/169, show that the Musgraves are a prospective area in the search for Nebo-Babel and Nova Ni-Cu style mineralisation”.
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ELA 2013/169 contains several known copper prospects and historical company mapping and rock chip sampling has reported copper rock chip values up to 2.87% and nickel values up to 0.25% (Figure 2) (Open file Envelope 9261). Table 1 contains all rock chip results for the area from company exploration including samples outside the tenement area (source Open file Envelope 9261).
“The Alliance is excited by the potential of this new project and is quickly seeking approval for the grant of these tenements,” Mr Ferris said.
“No significant exploration has been undertaken on the two western tenements, with only minor exploration reported on the eastern tenement. Only five mineral drill holes have been reported on ELA 2013/169 highlighting the lack of exploration within this part of South Australia” he said.
Mr Ferris said “exploration will comprise soil and/or lag sampling as a first pass, quick and inexpensive exploration technique, followed by electromagnetic surveys over selected areas to target potential sulphide zones”.
Background
The Alliance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monax Mining Limited, and was established as the operational vehicle of the strategic alliance between Monax and Antofagasta.
Under the terms of the Alliance, which commenced in November 2011, Antofagasta has committed to providing US$1 million to the Alliance over two years for target-generation within South Australia.
Antofagasta recently advised Monax that it intends to extend the strategic alliance between the two parties for a further year. Under the terms of the additional year, Antofagasta will provide Monax with up to $US400,000 to continue to review potential copper projects within South Australia.
Exploration tenement applications within the Alliance are termed Alliance Projects and are presented to Antofagasta at a Technical Committee Meeting for a decision on whether they progress to the Designated Project (DP) stage.
Properties which are identified as a project of interest become a Designated Project (“DP”). Once a DP has been formed, Antofagasta will have acquired a 51% interest and Monax a 49% interest in the project.
Antofagasta will then have the option to earn an additional 19% of any DP (for a cumulative 70% interest) by spending a further US$4 million within three years. At that stage, Antofagasta will make a cash payment (success fee) to Monax of US$3 million.
Upon vesting its interests at 70% Antofagasta and 30% Monax, both parties have the right to maintain their interest by contributing to exploration or development costs pro rata or dilute in accordance with a standard dilution formula.
If Antofagasta elects not to continue with the project within the Alliance Phase, the project will become a 100%-owned Monax Mining project.
Gary Ferris Managing Director, Monax Mining Ph: (08) 8245 4900 Email: [email protected]
Duncan Gordon Investor Relations Ph: 0404 006 444
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The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr G M Ferris, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Ferris is employed full time by the Company as Managing Director and, has a minimum of five years relevant experience in the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and qualifies 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 Ferris consents to the inclusion of the information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.
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Area of Figure 2
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Figure 1. Location of Monax Projects including the new project in the Musgrave Province.
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Figure 2. Google Earth image of ELA 2013/169, showing location of historical copper prospects from DMITRE database and selected anomalous copper and nickel rock chip samples. Full rock chip data shown in Table 1.
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| FIELD NUMBER | Easting | Northing | SAMPLE# | UNIT | Au | Ag | Mo | Se | As | Co | Cr | Cu | Ni | V | Zn | Th | U | Pb | Y | ||
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| bfs980426-97 | 346625 | 7013269 | MB-15 | PA | 1 | 0.05 | 9 | 0.5 | 13 | 24 | 130 | 175 | 52 | 32 | 250 | 3.4 | 11 | 8 | 26 | ||
| bfs980501-266 | 318950 | 7009130 | MB-50 | PAw | 13 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 47 | 30 | 1250 | 83 | 155 | 185 | 1.35 | 1.8 | 10 | 14 | ||
| PIRSA data | 311977 | 7002042 | 6842 | PAw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | -10 | 100 | 260 | 160 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 40 | ||
| PIRSA data | 311977 | 7002042 | 6843 | PAw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | -10 | 70 | 220 | 130 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 40 | ||
| PIRSA data | 311542 | 7001956 | 6844 | PAw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 300 | 60 | 230 | 200 | 4 | 2 | -50 | 40 | ||
| PIRSAdata | 319617 | 7009110 | 7101 | PAw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | -10 | 110 | 270 | 130 | 8 | 4 | -50 | 40 | ||
| bfs980425-92 | 341468 | 7023905 | MB-13 | Pbd | 7.5 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 19 | 33 | 320 | 20 | 280 | 65 | 1.9 | 0.38 | 6 | 16 | ||
| bfs980427-113 | 312265 | 7035895 | MB-16 | Pbd | 3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 25 | 120 | 600 | 55 | 130 | 240 | 0.7 | 0.15 | 550 | 10 | ||
| bfs980428-140 | 316150 | 7035250 | MB-25 | Pbd | 4.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 18 | 130 | 230 | 45 | 99 | 80 | 1.75 | 0.19 | 10 | 12 | ||
| bfs980430-213 | 322789 | 7036800 | MB21 | Pbd | 6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 18 | 99 | 320 | 37 | 100 | 46 | 2 | 0.18 | 4 | 11 | ||
| AJP980421-14 | 343530 | 7022135 | AJP980421-14 | Pbd | 7 | 0.05 | 2.1 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 3 | 145 | 12 | 73 | 145 | 31 | 1.05 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 21 | ||
| AJP980503-15 | 322760 | 7018085 | AJP980503-15 | Pbd | 340 | 0.2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 120 | 5350 | 46 | 170 | 110 | 3.9 | 21.5 | 6 | 15 | ||
| AJP980503-15 | 322760 | 7018085 | AJP980503-15 | Pbd | 200 | 0.05 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 25 | 170 | 10100 | 44 | 230 | 140 | 2.8 | 37 | 8 | 29 | ||
| bfs980429-201 | 323516 | 7036224 | MB-35 | Pbg | 3 | 0.05 | 2.3 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 72 | 140 | 5 | 76 | 11 | 2.8 | 0.47 | 1.5 | 21 | ||
| bfs980501-229 | 294510 | 7024325 | MB24 | Pbg | 72 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 6 | 29 | 10900 | 23 | 190 | 71 | 0.65 | 12 | 125 | 13 | ||
| AJP980428-22 | 314095 | 7040995 | AJP980428-22 | Pbg | 1 | 0.05 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 45 | 900 | 2 | 800 | 110 | 34 | 0.53 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3 | ||
| AJP980429-6 | 314580 | 7038445 | AJP980429-6 | Pbg | 1 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 19 | 84 | 37 | 99 | 46 | 36 | 1.8 | 0.05 | 6 | 5 | ||
| bfs980427-116 | 314529 | 7035491 | MB-19 | PB | 1.5 | 0.05 | 1.2 | 0.25 | 2 | 43 | 110 | 44 | 75 | 280 | 185 | 0.51 | 0.1 | 4 | 14 | ||
| AJP980503-10 | 321555 | 7019350 | AJP980503-10 | PB | 1 | 0.05 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 7 | 135 | 17 | 50 | 11 | 115 | 0.66 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||
| AJP980503-19 | 322460 | 7017670 | AJP980503-19 | PB | 82 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1 | 42 | 700 | 1250 | 260 | 68 | 135 | 23.5 | 8 | 6 | 11 | ||
| AJP980503-19 | 322460 | 7017670 | AJP980503-19 | PB | 360 | 10 | 4.9 | 24.5 | 0.5 | 31 | 700 | 33000 | 280 | 57 | 130 | 0.68 | 38.5 | 1.5 | 4 | ||
| bfs980429-162 | 315175 | 7036722 | MB-27 | PBe | 1 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 14 | 115 | 43 | 32 | 62 | 49 | 8 | 0.32 | 6 | 19 | ||
| bfs980429-184 | 320400 | 7035950 | MB-32 | PBe | 0.5 | 0.05 | 2.4 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 4 | 77 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0.61 | 0.4 | 4 | 11 | ||
| AJP980423-9 | 345610 | 7025550 | AJP980423-9 | PBe | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 50 | 17 | 460 | 44 | 135 | 460 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 71 | ||
| AJP980428-2 | 311545 | 7037965 | AJP980428-2 | PBe | 1 | 0.05 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 34 | 73 | 60 | 45 | 260 | 96 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 6 | 14 | ||
| bfs980427-114 | 314251 | 7035627 | MB-17 | PBe/Pum | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 43 | 300 | 38 | 150 | 13 | 37 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 71 | 3 | ||
| bfs980427-114 | 314251 | 7035627 | MB-17 | PBe/Pum | 0.25 | 0.05 | 1.8 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 27 | 450 | 10 | 200 | 5 | 28 | 0.55 | 0.16 | 30 | 3 | ||
| bfs980428-130 | 311785 | 7036455 | MB-22 | PBe/Pum | 0.5 | 0.05 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 3 | 69 | 410 | 44 | 1300 | 23 | 115 | 0.76 | 0.19 | 12 | 3 | ||
| bfs980428-132 | 312027 | 7036640 | MB-23 | PBea | 1 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | 1500 | 0.5 | 140 | 64 | 44 | 0.53 | 0.18 | 4 | 6 |
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| FIELD NUMBER | Easting | Northing | SAMPLE# | UNIT | Au | Ag | Mo | Se | As | Co | Cr | Cu | Ni | V | Zn | Th | U | Pb | Y | ||
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| bfs980429-173 | 318440 | 7036360 | MB-30 | PBea | 3 | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 20 | 30 | 140 | 38 | 73 | 34 | 0.55 | 0.31 | 1.5 | 6 | ||
| AJP980425-6 | 348665 | 7022830 | AJP980425-6 | PBea | 2 | 0.05 | 2 | <0,5 | 0.5 | 13 | 59 | 95 | 9 | 99 | 72 | 5 | 1.05 | 8 | 11 | ||
| AJP980428-23 | 314140 | 7041045 | AJP980428-23 | PBea | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 27 | 2050 | 0.5 | 260 | 42 | 18 | 0.38 | 0.07 | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| AJP980428-1 | 311170 | 7037715 | AJP980428-1 | PBec | 0.5 | 0.05 | 2.9 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 5 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 0.6 | 0.36 | 6 | 26 | ||
| AJP980425-24 | 348560 | 7019725 | AJP980425-24 | PBem | 1 | 0.05 | 2.3 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 105 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 13.5 | 1.35 | 34 | 8 | ||
| bfs980424-59 | 346746 | 7019346 | MB-08 | PBeq | 1.5 | 0.05 | 4.7 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 19 | 95 | 185 | 36 | 130 | 57 | 1.95 | 0.21 | 6 | 12 | ||
| bfs980504-360 | 332705 | 7023116 | MB-58 | PBeq | 1 | 0.05 | 3.2 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 250 | 9200 | 11 | 7500 | 175 | 145 | 0.34 | 8 | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| bfs980428-125 | 311467 | 7037306 | MB-20 | PBw | 0.5 | 0.05 | 1.8 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 7 | 91 | 3 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 23.5 | 0.23 | 6 | 21 | ||
| AJP980429-5 | 314510 | 7038605 | AJP980429-5 | PBwe | 1 | 0.05 | 1.9 | 0.25 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 250 | 13 | 51 | 61 | 115 | 0.53 | 22 | 10 | ||
| AJP980423-22 | 345340 | 7025110 | AJP980423-22 | PBwe | 2.5 | 0.05 | 3.3 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 145 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 1.7 | 12 | 24 | ||
| AJP980501-2 | 295830 | 7023895 | AJP980501-2 | PBwl | 1 | 0.05 | 1.7 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 31.5 | 1.15 | 12 | 11 | ||
| AJP980503-7 | 313320 | 7020220 | AJP980503-7 | PBwl | 1.5 | 0.05 | 2.9 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 2 | 120 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 0.72 | 8 | 6 | ||
| bfs980425-92 | 341468 | 7023905 | MB-12 | PBwm | 2 | 0.05 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 3 | 175 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | ||
| bfs980422-10 | 341025 | 7023350 | MB-01 | PBwm | 2.5 | 0.05 | 1.6 | 0.25 | 1 | 17 | 73 | 2 | 32 | 105 | 61 | 10.5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | ||
| AJP980425-1 | 349435 | 7023135 | AJP980425-1 | PBwm | 1.5 | 0.05 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 165 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 14 | 2.7 | 0.78 | 1.5 | 11 | ||
| bfs980429-205 | 321634 | 7035945 | MB-36 | peg | 420 | 13.5 | 1 | 0.25 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 28700 | 14 | 52 | 56 | 160 | 14 | 18 | 190 | ||
| AJP980422-6 | 343835 | 7023285 | AJP980422-6 | PKg | 2 | 0.05 | 9.5 | 0.25 | 125 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 4.9 | 14 | 34 | ||
| bfs98042424 | 343595 | 7018323 | MB-07 | PKge | 2.5 | 0.05 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 135 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 23.5 | 3.8 | 22 | 20 | ||
| AJP980501-7 | 295500 | 7021865 | AJP980501-7B | PKgt | 1.5 | 0.05 | 1.8 | 0.25 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 4 | 50 | 71 | 42 | 1.25 | 12 | 46 | ||
| AJP980501-7 | 295500 | 7021865 | AJP980501-7A | PKgt | 1.5 | 0.05 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 49 | 43.5 | 1.35 | 14 | 16 | ||
| bfs980504-317 | 321258 | 7024968 | MB-53 | Pum | 2 | 0.05 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 74 | 440 | 29 | 2500 | 9 | 37 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| AJP980422-15 | 351990 | 7024860 | AJP980422-15 | q | 2.5 | 0.05 | 1.9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 280 | 52 | 10 | 11.5 | 10 | 9 | ||
| bfs980423-18 | 339760 | 7018613 | MB-04 | q | 1 | 0.05 | 5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 240 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.92 | 4 | 6 | ||
| AJP980427-7 | 310870 | 7038630 | AJP980427-7 | q | 1.5 | 0.05 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1 | 6 | 200 | 5 | 7 | 86 | 9 | 4.2 | 0.52 | 4 | 12 | ||
| AJP980428-14 | 312880 | 7039840 | AJP980428-14 | q | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 135 | 3 | 8 | 170 | 12 | 0.85 | 0.52 | 4 | 24 | ||
| AJP980428-19 | 313590 | 7039970 | AJP980428-19 | q | 0.5 | 0.05 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 110 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 7.5 | 0.23 | 1.5 | 8 | ||
| AJP980503-28 | 323795 | 7018370 | AJP980503-28 | q | 100 | 0.05 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 83 | 12500 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 3.4 | 31.5 | 22 | 15 |
Table 1. Full historical rock chip results for area which includes ELA 2013/169 (taken from Open file Envelope 9261 – includes samples collected outside of tenement area). All geochemical results are reported in ppm with the exception of Au which is in ppb. Sample coordinates are AMG Zone 53 AGD 84. All analyses undertaken at Amdel using IC2E with the exception of Au, Ag, Mo, Se, Th & U which were assayed using IC10M method.
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