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FireFly Metals Ltd. Capital/Financing Update 2014

Jan 29, 2014

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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 Thursday 30 January, 2014

ASX RELEASE

Phar Lap IOCG Project Update

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Monax acquires full ownership of Phar Lap iron-oxide copper-gold (IOCG) project located 60 kms west of Prominent Hill in SA after signing tenement and mineral rights Sale and Purchase Agreement with Marmota.

  • Initial Phar Lap drill program mid to late 2014 on two prominent gravity anomalies subject to access approvals and funding.

Sale and Purchase Agreement

Monax Mining Limited (“Monax”) (ASX:MOX) and Marmota Energy Limited (“Marmota”) (ASX:MEU) have executed a Sale and Purchase Agreement, which involves a combination of the transfer of tenement ownership and mineral rights between the two companies (see Table 1) across their South Australian holdings.

As part of the transaction, Monax has secured the transfer of all ownership and mineral rights relating to the highly promising Phar Lap tenement (EL 5123) from Marmosa Pty Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marmota), which includes the assignment of 75% of the rights to Phar Lap’s uranium.

In return for the Phar Lap transfer, Monax has:

  • Assigned its 50% interest in the Ambrosia Joint Venture to Marmosa;

  • Assigned its mineral rights for the Mulyungarie tenement (EL 5124) to Marmosa; and

  • Assigned 50% of its interest in the Melton Joint Venture to Marmota/Marmosa.

Monax Managing Director, Mr Gary Ferris:

“This transfer of tenement ownership and mineral rights is a robust and logical deal for both companies and will now allow Monax to intensify its focus on the Phar Lap IOCG Project, without encumbrances.”

“Phar Lap has been part of Monax’s portfolio for some time, but has not been able to be thoroughly explored until now due to the uncertainty caused by its proximity to the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), where access restrictions are being eased”.

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“Monax will commence land access requirements (WPA and Native Title) in the coming weeks with a view to drilling these targets in mid to late 2014.”

Table 1: Summary of Transaction between Monax and Marmota.

Tenement/Project Original
**Licence Holder **
New Licence
**Holder **
Original Mineral Rights New Mineral Rights
EL 5123 (Phar Lap) Marmosa Monax MOX– 100% Rights to all minerals
excluding uranium.
MOX25% Rights to uranium
MEU75% Rights to uranium
MOX100% Rights to all
minerals
EL 4510 (Ambrosia) 50% Marmosa
50% Monax
Marmosa 50:50
Joint
Venture
between
Monax&Marmosa
100%
Marmosa
for
all
minerals
EL 5209 (Melton) Marmota Marmota 50:50
JV
between
Monax
&
Marmota
25:75 JV (Monax reduced
to 25%)
EL 5122 (Melton) Marmosa Marmosa 50:50
JV
between
Monax
&
Marmota
25:75 JV (Monax reduced
to 25%)
EL 5124 (Mulyungarie) Marmosa Marmosa MOX – 100% Rights to all minerals
excluding uranium.
MOX 25% Rights to uranium.
MEU75% Rights to uranium
MEU 100% Rights to all
minerals

Background on Phar Lap Tenement

EL 5123 (Phar Lap) is located approximately 60km WNW of Prominent Hill on the southwestern margin of the Mt Woods Inlier. The Mt Woods Inlier contains the Prominent Hill (Cu-Au) and Cairn Hill (Fe-Cu) mines as well as several IOCG style targets including Joes Dam and Manxman.

In 2008, an extensive geophysical program was conducted over the project which included the acquisition of airborne magnetic, radiometric, electromagnetic and ground gravity data. Monax has undertaken a comprehensive review of the geophysical data which has resulted in two prominent gravity anomalies being identified.

The responses in the unprocessed Phar Lap geophysical data were dominated by a suite of thin ‘vertical sheet like’ mafic rocks known as the Gairdner Dykes. These rocks are younger and unrelated to the known IOCG related mineral systems of the Eastern Gawler Craton. However, they are commonly intersected by explorers in their quests to discover IOCG deposits, as they exhibit comparable geophysical qualities.

After extensive processing and filtering to remove the influence of the Gairdner Dykes, two anomalies have been outlined - PLGA 1 and PLGA2 (Figure 2). These anomalies are similar to the anomaly associated with the Carrapateena ore body (Figures 2 & 3). ). (This information was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported).

Monax believes that comparative modelling (3D inversion modelling and apparent density modelling) between the Phar Lap data and publicly available Carrapateena data has demonstrated that the source of anomaly PLGA2 is very similar to the body that sources the Carrapateena ore body; in density volume product (i.e. from the apparent density modelling, density contrast (maximum density 1.2 Vs 1.3 g/cc), dimensions and depth (approximately 550m to top).

Gary Ferris Managing Director, Monax Mining Ph: (08) 8245 4900 Email: [email protected]

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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 2012 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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Figure 1. Location of tenements included in Sale and Purchase Agreement with Marmota.

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Figure 2. A comparison of the second order gravity residual for Carrapateena and Phar Lap showing similarity in bouger gravity response.

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Figure 3 . Phar Lap Project - Image of the apparent density model which demonstrates that PLGA2 has a similar density volume product and dimensions to that of the source body for Carrapateena.

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