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FORTUNA METALS LTD Capital/Financing Update 2022

Apr 25, 2022

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ADDRESS ABN Level 8, 99 St Georges Terrace 96 095 684 389 Perth WA 6000 PHONE WEBSITE +61 (08) 9486 4036 www.frontierresources.net.au

26 April 2022

Drill Plan Targeting Gascoyne REE Bearing Ironstones and Carbonatites

  • Geological review provides multiple high priority carbonatite and REE bearing ironstone drill targets for upcoming maiden drill program

  • DMIRS approval received for Program of Works (PoW) Reverse Circulation (RC) drill program

  • Heritage surveys planned to commence shortly to allow site works to begin

  • Drilling to follow up exceptional high-grade rare earth results from rock chips across multiple targets at the Gascoyne Rare Earths Project, including[1] :

  • 8.01% TREO (2.8% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_11 (GPR012)

  • 6.44% TREO (2.3% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_11 (GPR019)

  • 5.27% TREO (1.9% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_11 (GPR020)

  • 4.32% TREO (1.53% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_11 (GPR013)

  • 4.17% TREO (1.69% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_11 (GPR013)

  • 3.38% TREO (1.3% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_11 (GPR035)

  • 2.53% TREO (1.15% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_13 (GPR082)

  • 1.23% TREO (0.55% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_12 (GPR069)

  • 1.77% TREO (0.79% Nd2O3+Pr6O11) Lyon_27 (GPR108)

  • Priority drill targets on interpreted circular carbonatite bodies identified in magnetics imagery showing similarities to Hastings Yangibana rare earth deposits adjacent to Frontier’s Lyons and Edmund Projects

  • Metallurgical test work in progress with results expected by end of April to determine the amenability of the ironstones to produce a commercially treatable monazite concentrate

1 Refer ASX release 21 March 2022

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Figure 1. Map showing the location of interpreted ironstones and carbonatite intrusives at the Lyons and Edmund Projects

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Mr Brian Thomas, Frontier Technical Director commented “The geological team are really excited by the number of targets identified to date from the ongoing detailed geophysical review and are looking forward to getting our maiden drill program underway as soon as possible. We anticipate drilling to commence in May pending the final heritage survey approvals and completion of siteworks.”

“It is also encouraging to see the continued involvement of the Federal government in stepping up its support for rare earth and critical minerals projects with its commitment to Australia’s 2022 Critical Minerals Strategy to grow the Australian critical minerals sector, expand downstream processing and help meet future global demand. The Lyons and Edmunds Projects are still very underexplored and with our rapidly evolving geological understanding I’m looking forward to a busy exploration schedule throughout 2022.”

Frontier Resources Ltd (ASX: FNT) ( Frontier or the Company ) is pleased to announce the drill targeting plan and rationale for the upcoming maiden drill program at the Gascoyne Rare Earths Project in Western Australia ( Gascoyne Project ). The drill program will target highgrade rare earth mineralisation discovered at outcropping ironstones and additional interpretated carbonatite intrusives and ironstones under cover (Figure 1 and 2). The drill program will investigate high priority targets located within the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex, host to Hastings Technology Metals’(ASX:HAS) world-class Yangibana Mineral Resource¹ of 27.42Mt @ 0.97% TREO with 0.33% Nd2O3+Pr6O11, and Dreadnought Resources multiple discoveries².

Initial metallurgical test work is progressing with results expected end of April, to determine the amenability of the ironstones to produce a commercially treatable monazite concentrate . Heritage surveys are scheduled to commence shortly, following the approval received by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) to allow for a maiden drill program to commence in Q2, 2022. Drilling will be critical to understanding the resource potential of the mineralised ironstones, to determine width, grade, and continuity at depth and along strike of interpreted ironstone trends.

Further rock chip sampling, ground based geophysics and drilling programs are planned to investigate additional targets not yet followed up, including thorium and magnetic anomalies throughout the Lyons Project and the high priority structural target along the major Bald Hill lineament which transects both the Edmund and Lyons Project Areas (Figures 1, 4 and 5). Potential remains for further discoveries of ironstones and carbonatites where no historical REE exploration has occurred.

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Figure 2. Interpreted intrusives with RTPVD1 filtered magnetics imagery, highlighting relationship with rare earth mineralisation at Hastings, and target areas on Frontier’s Lyons Project

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Figure 3. Lyons Proposed Drill Sites on Magnetic (RTPVD1) Image

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Figure 4. Edmund Project Proposed Drillhole Sites on Magnetic (RTPVD1) Image

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Figure 5. Location of Lyons and Edmund Projects in the Gascoyne, Western Australia, (geology overlay), highlighting the prospective Durlacher Suite of the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex, in pink underlying the project areas

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Table 1: Description of Lyons Carbonatite / Intrusive Centres (* Denotes Secondary Proposed Drill Site)

(* Denotes SecondaryProposed Drill Site)
TARGET DESCRIPTION Proposed Drillhole ID
LI 01 A 4.3km diameter interpreted intrusive with a distinctive magnetic southern halo.
Anomalous Th are targets for REE ironstone. Drill targets include inner Th anomalies
and also Th anomalies along the southern magnetic rim. A separate intrusive event
is interpreted to occur on its north-eastern rim at LI08.
LPD30
LPDX36
LPD29
LPDX37
LPDX38
*LPDX39
*
LI 02 Circular 2.7km diameter magnetic rim with an inner 1km diameter magnetic
intrusive body. A Th lineament occurs within coincident with SGC targets.
LPD32
LPD31
LI 03 Circular 2.8km diameter magnetic rim. A separate 1km diameter magnetic intrusive
occurs alongits outer eastern rim.
LPDX33
LPDX34**
LI 04 Circular 2.2km diameter intrusive identified through a western magnetic rim.
Anomalous Th occurs along its south-western rim. Two paralleling NNW lineaments
transect the intrusive as defined bya linear RTP magnetic low and high Th.
LPDX47
LPDX48**
LI 05 A 2km x 1.3km topographical amphitheatre. A number of NNW trending Th
lineament REE ironstone dyke targets trend through the feature along the Bald Hill
Lineament.
LPDX44
LPD09*
LI 06 A 2.5km x 2.1km rhomboid intrusive target define by an anomalous magnetic low
zone which may be part of an outer halo from a 2600m diameter magnetic intrusive
outside the tenement. SGC defined the Lyon_12 Th anomaly on its rim. Three Th REE
linear dyke targets trend NNW and NW.
LPDX45
LPDX46**
LI 07 A 4.8km x 3km oval shaped intrusive target defined as a broad magnetic low area
with anomalous Th which occur along its southern and western rim. Three NW
trending Th REE linear targets have been defined that extend into the nearby LI05
intrusive along the Bald Hill Lineament. SGC outlined nine Th targets along the rim
of this feature includingLyon_2,9,10 & 18.
LPD27
LPD28
LPDX42
LPDX43**
LI 08 A circular magnetic feature intruding the north-eastern rim of LI 01. A northerly
trending REE ironstone dyke occurs along its centre. Two drill targets LI07&08 have
beenproposed.
LPDX41
LPDX40**
Lyon_23 Circular 1.4km diameter target outlined by SGC as a discrete magnetic intrusive with
NW trending lineaments within. It occurs along a major NE trending deep-set gravity
fault which has likely controlled the intrusive event. Radiometric signatures are
obscured bycover.
LPDX35*

Table 2: LYONS PROPOSED DRILL (LPD) SITES (* Denotes drill sites selected to test for Carbonatite intrusives)

Hole ID Comments
LPD01 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_12Th target on western rim of LI05
intrusive.
LPD02 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_12Th target on western rim of LI05
intrusive.
LPD03 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_13Th target on western rim of LI05
intrusive.
LPD04 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_13Th target on western rim of LI05
intrusive.
LPD05 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_13Th target on western rim of LI05
intrusive.
LPD06 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and magnetic lineament along the south- western rim of
LI05 intrusive related toLyon_13.
LPD07 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and magnetic lineament along the south- western rim of
LI05 intrusive related toLyon_13.

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LPD08 Follow-up ironstones discovered to date and magnetic lineament along the south- western rim of
LI05 intrusive related toLyon_13.
LPD09* Selected within intrusive targetLI05to intersect a Th lineament also selected bySGC.
LPD10 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_27Th target.
LPD11 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD12 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD13 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD14 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD15 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD16 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD17 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD18 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD19 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD20 Follow-upironstones discovered to date and SGCLyon_11target area and Th lineament.
LPD21 Test Th lineament alongstrike 2200m SW ofLyon_11target area.
LPD22 Follow-upironstone dykes in theLyon_1area.
LPD23 Follow-upironstone dykes in theLyon_1area.
LPD24 Follow-upironstone dykes in theLyon_1area.
LPD25 Selected byTL to follow-upironstone dykes in theLyon_1area.
LPD26 Follow-upironstone dykes in theLyon_3area.
LPD27* Selected to intersect SGC Th target interpreted to lie on the southern rim ofLI07carbonatite
intrusive.
LPD28* Selected to intersect SGCLyon_10Th target on the south-western rim ofLI07carbonatite
intrusive.
LPD29* Selected to intersect an SGC high Th anomalywithin intrusive targetLI01.
LPD30* Targetingthe southern rim of interpreted carbonatite intrusiveLI01and magnetic anomaly.
LPD31* Targeting Th linear anomaly selected by SGC trending NNE over 900m within interpretedLI02
carbonatite intrusive target.
LPD32* Targeting a 1000m diameter magnetic intrusive rim and SGC Th targetLyon_6within the larger
3000m diameterLI02carbonatite intrusive target.

Table 3: EDMUND PROPOSED DRILL (EPD) SITES

Hole ID Comments
EPD01 Targeted to test northern boundaryof the Bald Hill Lineament.
EPD02 Targeted to test the central magnetic(ASIG)section of the Bald Hill Lineament.
EPD03 Targeted to test the central magnetic section of the Bald Hill Lineament.
EPD04 Targeted to test the southern boundaryof the Bald Hill Lineament.
EPD05 Targeted to test the southern boundary of the Bald Hill Lineament a further 500m NW along strike
from EPD01-04.
EPD06 Targeted to test the central section of the Bald Hill Lineament a further 500m NW along strike from
EPD01-04.
EPD07 Targeted to test the central magnetic (ASIG) section of the Bald Hill Lineament a further 500m NW
alongstrike from EPD01-04.
EPD08 Targeted to test the northern margin of the Bald Hill Lineament a further 500m NW along strike
from EPD01-04.
EPD09 Targeted to test to magnetic(ASIG)Bald Hill Lineament a further 580m SE alongstrike from EPD01.
EPD10 Designed to test a 1200m NE trending magnetic (ASIG) REE dyke also interpreted independently by
SGC.
EPD11 Designed to test a 700m NE trending magnetic (ASIG) REE dyke also interpreted independently by
SGC 640m WNW of EPD10.

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EDP12 Occurs at the intersection of the NW trending Bald Hill Lineament and a 4500m NE trending
magnetic(ASIG)dyke interpreted independentlybySGC.
EPD13 Occurs along an inflexion point of the 4500m NE trending magnetic (ASIG) dyke and also defined
as a high Th Target “EDMUND-1” bySGC.
EPD14 Targeting the intersection point of the 4500m NE trending magnetic (ASIG) dyke and 3400m
diameter circular intrusive margin interpreted bySGC.
EPD15 Testingalongthe centre of a 2600m NE trendingmagnetic(ASIG)dyke interpreted bySGC.
EPD16 Testing the isolated SGC “EDMOND_2” Th anomaly on the western edge of their interpreted 3400m
diameter circular intrusive.
EPD17 Testing a magnetic (ASIG & RTP) lineament within the SGC interpreted 3400m diameter circular
intrusive near the intersection of a NE trendingintrusive and two cross-cuttingfaults.
EPD18 Testingan isolated Th high within the 3400m diameter circular intrusive.
EPD19 Testing the north-eastern rim of the 3400m diameter circular intrusive defined by SGC and
coincident with anomalous Th.
EPD20 Testing the isolated Th high named as target EDMOND_4 by SGC on the northern boundary of the
tenement.
EPD21 Testingthe 2300m NNE trendingmagnetic(ASIG & RTP)dyke identified bySGC.
EPD22 Testingthe 650m NNE trendingmagnetic(ASIG & RTP)dyke identified bySGC.

This announcement has been authorised for release by the Directors of the Company.

For additional information please visit our website at www.frontierresources.net.au

FRONTIER RESOURCES LTD

The information referred to in this announcement relates to the following sources:

  • ¹ ASX.HAS: 5 May 2021 “Yangibana Project updated Measured and Indicated Resource tonnes up by 54%” b07ebf9d-03c.pdf (investi.com.au). The HAS Resource estimate comprises 4.9Mt @1.01% TREO in the Measured category, 16.24Mt @0.95% TREO Indicated and 6.27Mt @0.99% TREO Inferred.

² ASX.DRE: 1 Feb 2022 “Rare Earths, Phosphate, Niobium & Zircon Results From Mangaroon (DRE 100%)” a531f354-fd1.pdf (investi.com.au).

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this document that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr. Thomas Langley who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM). Mr. Thomas Langley is a consultant of Frontier Resources Limited, and is a shareholder, however Mr. Thomas Langley believes this shareholding does not create a conflict of interest, and Mr. Langley 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 “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Langley consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information in the original reports, and that the format and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original reports.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this report that relates to Geophysical Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Peter Swiridiuk - Member of the Aust. Inst. of Geoscientists. Peter Swiridiuk is a Technical Consultant and Non-Executive Director for Frontier Resources. Peter Swiridiuk has sufficient experience which is relevant to the type of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration to qualify as Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code of Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Resources. Peter Swiridiuk consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears. Additionally, Mr Swiridiuk confirms that the entity is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information contained in the ASX releases referred to in this report.

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JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques

Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut
channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard
measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as
down hole gamma 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.
Rock Chips
• Rock Chips were collected by Gascoyne
Geological Services Geologist and submitted for
analysis. Rock chips are random, subject to bias and
often unrepresentative for the typical widths required
for economic consideration. They are by nature
difficult to duplicate with any acceptable form of
precision or accuracy.
• Rock chips have been collected by
Gascoyne Geological Services to assist in
characterising different lithologies, alterations and
expressions of mineralisation. In many instances,
several rock chips were collected from a single
location to assist with characterising and
understanding the different lithologies, alterations
and expressions of mineralisation present at the
locality.
• Rock chips were submitted to ALS Laboratories
in Perth for determination of Rare Earth Oxides
by Lithium Borate Fusion XRF (ALS Method
ME-XRF30).
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation,
open-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).
No drilling undertaken.
Drill sample
recovery

Method of recording and assessing
core and 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.
No drilling undertaken.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Logging
Whether core and chip samples have
been 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.
No drilling undertaken.
Sub-
sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation

If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core taken.

If non-core, whether riffled, tube
sampled, rotary split, etc and whether
sampled wet or dry.

For all sample types, the nature, quality
and 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 being
sampled.
Rock Chips
Entire rock chips were submitted to the lab for
sample prep and analysis.
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests

The nature, quality and
appropriateness of the assaying and
laboratory procedures used and
whether the technique is considered
partial or total.

For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the
parameters used in determining the
analysis including instrument make and
model, reading times, calibrations
factors applied and their derivation,
etc.

Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (eg standards, blanks,
duplicates, external laboratory checks)
and whether acceptable levels of
accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision
have been established.
Rock Chips
• All samples were submitted to ALS Laboratories in
Wangara, Perth where 1-3kg rock chips samples
were crushed so that >70% of material
passes through -6mm, the sample is then
pulverised to >85% passing 75 micron.
• A 66-gram aliquot of pulverised sample is fused
with 12:22 lithium borate flux containing an
oxidizing agent, and poured to form a fused
disk. The resultant disk is then analysed by
XRF spectrometry specifically for Rare Earths
(ALS Method ME-XRF30)
• Lithium borate fusion is considered a total
digest and Method ME-XRF30 is appropriate
for REE determination.
• No standards, duplicates or blanks submitted
with rock chips.
Airborne geophysical data including magnetics and
radiometrics (eK, eTh, eU) were collected by
MagSpec Airborne Surveys. The survey was flown
with a Cessna 206 aircraft. Magnetic data was

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
collected from a G-823A cesium vapour
magnetometer using a 50m line spacing and 30m
sensor height. Radiometric data was collected from
an RSI RS-500 gamma-ray spectrometer of 32L
Crystal Volume flown at 30m sensor height and 50m
line spacing. All readings (X,Y,Z) were within a 2m
accuracy. Traverse Line Direction was East-West.
Verification
of sampling
and
assaying

The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.

The use of twinned holes.

Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verification,
data storage (physical and electronic)
protocols.

Discuss any adjustment to assay data.
Rock Chips
• Rock chip and geological information is written
in field books and coordinates and track data
saved from handheld GPSs used in the field.
• Gascoyne Geological Services geologist inspected
and logged all rock chips.
• Field data is entered into excel spreadsheets to
be loaded into a database.
Location of
data points

Accuracy and quality of surveys used
to locate drill holes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine workings
and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.

Specification of the grid system used.

Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.
• All sample locations were recorded with a
Garmin handheld GPS which has an accuracy
of +/- 5m.
• GDA94 MGAz50.
Data
spacing
and
distribution

Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.

Whether the data spacing and
distribution is sufficient to establish the
degree of geological and grade
continuity appropriate for the Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimation
procedure(s) and classifications
applied.

Whether sample compositing has been
applied.
Sample spacing and distribution is not sufficient to
establish the degree of geological and grade
continuity appropriate for a Mineral Resource.
Orientation
of data in
relation to
geological
structure

Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves unbiased sampling of possible
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.
At this early stage of exploration, mineralisation
thickness’s, orientation and dips are not known.
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
• All geochemical samples were collected,
bagged, and sealed by Gascoyne Geological
Services staff and delivered to Bennalong Transport
in Carnarvon.
• Samples were delivered directly to ALS
Laboratories in Wangara, Perth by Bennalong
Transport ex Carnarvon.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.
No audits have been completed.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement
and land
tenure status

Type, reference name/number,
location and ownership including
agreements or material issues with third
parties such as joint ventures,
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 obtaining a
licence to operate in the area.
Frontier Resources Ltd entered into a conditional
agreement to acquire all of the shares in Dalkeith
Capital Pty Ltd (Dalkeith) which holds two granted
exploration licences in the Gascoyne Region of
Western Australia. The acquisition was completed on
4 January 2022.
• The Gascoyne Project consists of 2 granted
Exploration Licenses (E09/2515 and E09/2516).
• All tenements are 100% owned by Dalkeith Capital.
• The Gascoyne Project covers 2 Native Title
Determinations including the Thudgari
(WAD6212/1998)
and the Combined Thiin-Mah, Warriyangka, Tharrkari
and Jiwarli (WAD464/2016).
• The Gascoyne Project is located over the following
pastoral leases; Edmund, Gifford Creek, and Wanna.
Exploration
done by
other parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.
• Historical exploration of a sufficiently high standard
was carried out in the region by a few parties
including:
Hurlston Pty Ltd 1986-1987: WAMEX Report A23584
Newmont 1990: WAMEX Report A32886
Newcrest 1990: WAMEX Report A36887
Desert Energy 2006-2007: WAMEX Reports A78056,
A80879
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and
style of mineralisation.
• The Gascoyne Project is located within the
Gascoyne Province of the greater Capricorn Orogen
– the region that records the collision of the Pilbara-
Glenburgh Terrane at 2215–2145 Ma (Ophthalmian
Orogeny) and eventual collision of
Pilbara/Glenburgh and Yilgarn at 2005–1950 Ma
(Glenburgh Orogeny), the Gifford Creek Carbonatite
Complex (GCCC) intrudes the Durlacher Supersuite
(including Yangibana and Pimbyana Granites) and
the Pooranoo Metamorphics.
The c.1360 Ma GCCC is composed of;
• ~NW striking Lyons River Sills (calcio-,
magnesio- and ferrocarbonatites)

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
• ~NE striking fenite (alteration) veins
• Yangibana Ironstones (REE ore bodies)
• Magnetite-biotite dykes
• Carbonatites in the region are thought to have
been generated from melting of the Glenburgh
Orogen-fertilized mantle during reactivation of
structures (e.g. Lyons River Fault) at c. 1370 Ma
followed by magma ascent along the same
structures.
• The Gascoyne Project is prospective for
Ferrocarbonatite hosted REEs.
Drill hole
Information

A summary of all information material
to the 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
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in
metres) of the drill hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception
depth
o hole length.

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.
No drilling undertaken.
Data
aggregation
methods

In reporting Exploration Results,
weighting 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.
No drilling undertaken.
Relationship
between
mineralisatio
n widths and
_intercept _

These relationships are particularly
important in the reporting of
Exploration Results.

If the geometry of the mineralisation
with respect to the drill hole angle is
No drilling undertaken.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
lengths known, its 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) and tabulations of intercepts
should be included for any significant
discovery being reported These should
include, but not be limited to a plan
view of drill hole collar locations and
appropriate sectional views.
• Refer to figures within this report.
Balanced
reporting

Where comprehensive reporting of all
Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low
and high grades and/or widths should
be practiced to avoid misleading
reporting of Exploration Results.
• The accompanying document is a balanced
report with a suitable cautionary note.
Other
substantive
exploration
data

Other exploration data, if meaningful
and material, should be reported
including (but not limited to):
geological observations; geophysical
survey results; geochemical survey
results; bulk samples – size and method
of treatment; metallurgical test results;
bulk density, groundwater,
geotechnical and rock characteristics;
potential deleterious or contaminating
substances.
• Suitable commentary of the geology
encountered are given within the text of this
document.
Further work
The nature and scale of planned
further work (eg tests for lateral
extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out drilling).

Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas
of possible extensions, including the
main geological interpretations and
future drilling areas, provided this
information is not commercially
sensitive.
• Detailed airborne magnetic – radiometric surveys,
surface geochemistry and mapping prior to drilling

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