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GBM RESOURCES LIMITED. Capital/Financing Update 2012

Jul 2, 2012

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Capital/Financing Update

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ABN 91 124 752 745

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ASX Announcement

ASX Code: GBZ

3 July 2012

LATEST DRILLING RESULTS TO THE NORTH EXPANDS “FLAGSHIP” MILO IOCG - REE DEPOSIT IN QUEENSLAND

Highlights:

  • Four drill holes completed confirm a significant northern extension of the Milo mineralised system beyond the resource[(3)] outline with significant copper equivalent (CuEq[1] ) intersections.

  • MIL017 intersected 70m @ 0.8% CuEq, including 18 metres @ 1.3% CuEq. MIL018 returned 51 metres @ 0.8% CuEq and MIL019 [email protected]% CuEq.

  • Significant Rare Earth element intersections include 20 metres @ 3,979 ppm in MIL017 and 11 metres @1,382 ppm in MIL020A.

  • Mineralisation remains open to the north and south.

  • Results continue to confirm that mineralisation identified to date is part of a much larger mineralising system at Milo.

Australian resources company GBM Resources Limited ( ASX:” GBZ ” or the “ Company ”) is pleased to provide a further update of its activities at the Milo IOCG-REE deposit in the North West Mineral Province of Queensland.

Drilling Summary:

Results from four holes MIL017 to MIL020A - drilled on the northern area of the Milo REEY inferred resource have demonstrated that CuEq and REEY mineralisation extends to the north beyond the current resource and that the mineralising system remains open to the north and at depth.

These holes will contribute to an extension of the resource model in an upcoming re-estimation of the previously announced maiden inferred resource of 103Mt at an average grade of 760ppm TREEYO, containing 83,500 tonnes of total rare earth elements and yttrium (TREEYO). Significant CuEq and TREEYO intersections from these new holes are summarised in the tables below.

All holes completed to the north in this round of drilling intersected mineralisation with significant intersections recorded for both CuEq and TREEYO mineralisation. CuEq mineralisation includes 70 metres @ 0.8% CuEq, including 18 metres averaging 1.3% CuEq in MIL017 and 51 metres averaging 0.8% in MIL018. In addition, significant TREEYO intersections included 20 metres averaging 3,979 ppm TREEYO in MIL017 and 11 metres averaging 1,382 ppm TREEYO in MIL020A. These intersections are summarised in tables below, while drillhole locations are illustrated on the attached figure.

Registered Office: Suite 8, 7 The Esplanade, Mt Pleasant, Western Australia 6153 Tel: (08)9316 9100Fax: (08)9315 5475Web: www.gbmr.com.au Exploration Office: 10 Parker Street, Castlemaine, Victoria 3450 Tel: (03) 5470 5033

KEY outcomes from this program:

  1. The completed seven (numbers MIL014 to MIL20A) hole program (also refer ASX release dated 12 June 2012) has successfully confirmed that the mineralisation remains open to the north and south and at depth.

  2. Drill Hole MIL015 returned 2m @ 6.2% copper*[4] which demonstrated that a phase of high grade copper mineralisation exists at Milo.

  3. Five of the seven holes returned significant rare earth element and copper equivalent results.

  4. The program confirms that both the southern extension and northern extension of the mineralised system are beyond the previous maiden rare earth resource outline.[(] [*3)]

  5. The Milo system is linked to the regionally significant Cloncurry Flexure and to further define the size of the Milo mineralising system, extensive soil geochemistry and mapping is in progress to target additional zones of mineralisation with in this extensive hydrothermal system.

As a result of the recent successful drilling program the maiden rare earth inferred resource [(*3)] will be revised and the copper equivalent results will be incorporated to delineate a maiden copper equivalent resource. This work is expected to be completed later this month followed up by the completion of the preliminary scoping study, which will incorporate the revised resource figures.

For further information please contact:

Peter Thompson Colin Hay Managing Director Professional Public Relations (PPR) GBM Resources Limited Tel: 0404 683355 Tel: 08 9316 9100 E: [email protected]

Significant results are summarised in the tables below and illustrated in the plan view in the attached figure. All holes reported were diamond drilled from surface at declinations of approximately 60[0] degrees toward 270[0] (Milo Grid). Samples were half NQ or HQ size core.

Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
Hole ID
Interval
Length
Cu
Au
Co
Ag
Mo
U
Cu Equiv
Cut-off
m
m
%
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
%
% CuEq*
MIL017 166 to 236 70 0.30 0.17 218 6.2 114 111 0.8 0.2
incl. 167 to 185 18 0.50 0.33 260 11.6 231 236 1.3 1
MIL018 224 to 275 51 0.30 0.06 198 6.3 204 171 0.8 0.5
304 to 333 29 0.15 0.08 105 4.2 91 80 0.4 0.1
incl. 309 to 320 11 0.24 0.10 192 5.8 145 145 0.7 0.5
MIL019 92 to 99 7 0.39 0.56 279 11.0 175 153 1.2 0.5
MIL020A 238 to 243 5 0.14 0.03 116 0.7 45 40 0.3 0.2

Table 1: CuEq results summary for Milo drillholes MIL017 to MIL020A (note MIL020 was abandoned and no samples analysed).

Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
Hole ID
from
to
interval
CeO2
ppm
La2O3
ppm
Y2O3
ppm
Dy2O3
ppm
Eu2O3
ppm
Nd2O3
ppm
Pr2O3
ppm
Tb2O3
ppm
Yb2O3
ppm
Other
ppm
TREEYO
ppm
Cut-off
ppm
MIL017 167 187 20 343 14 84 2.2 5.4 110.5 5 0.7 4.0 177 3979 500
MIL017 236 275 39 456 317 62 9.5 2.4 109.1 35 1.8 4.3 37 1033 500
MIL018 166 194 28 180 111 56 9.8 2.8 61.2 17 1.7 5.0 31 475 250
MIL018 222 452 230 227 139 48 7.5 4.2 67.3 20 1.3 4.1 27 546 250
MIL018 Incl. 327 386 59 411 252 76 12.2 3.0 125.6 37 2.3 6.2 49 974 500
MIL019 70 99 29 236 146 51 7.7 4.2 60.5 20 1.3 4.0 26 555 250
MIL019 93 99 6 706 494 48 7.5 12.5 128.7 50 1.4 3.0 30 1482 1000
MIL019 112 150 38 175 90 34 5.5 1.7 58.7 17 1.1 2.8 23 409 250
MIL020A 264 275 11 441 290 64 9.7 2.4 119.5 37 1.8 4.1 38 1008 500
MIL020A 310 349 39 313 217 54 7.9 2.3 84.8 27 1.4 3.9 29 741 250
MIL020A incl. 319 344 25 417 291 65 9.4 2.9 111.2 36 1.7 4.3 36 974 500
MIL020A Incl. 326 337 11 596 422 83 12.0 4.3 157.3 52 2.2 5.2 47 1382 1000

Table 2: Significant TREEYO intersections from recent drillholes MIL017 to MIL020A.

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Abbreviations:

REE(O) Rare Earth Elements(oxides) . There are 14 rare earth elements; Lanthanum (La), Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Samarium (Sm), Europium (Eu), Gadolinium (Gd), Terbium (Tb), Dysprosium (Dy), Holmium (Ho), Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb), Lutetium (Lu) but excluding Promethium (Pm). TREEY(O) Total Rare Earth element and Yttrium (oxides) (Yttrium (Y) is not always considered as a Rare Earth Element but does have many similar properties.

CuEq Copper Equivalent, as defined in Note 1 below.

Reference Notes

  • [1] Copper Equivalent calculation represents the total metal value for each metal, multiplied by the conversion factor, summed and expressed in equivalent copper percentage. These results are exploration results only and no allowance is made for recovery losses that may occur should mining eventually result. However it is the company’s opinion that elements considered here have a reasonable potential to be recovered. It should also be noted that current state and federal legislation may impact any potential future extraction of Uranium. Prices and conversion factors used are summarised below, rounding errors may occur.
Commodity Price Units unit value unit Conversion factor
(unit value/Cu % value)
copper 6836 US$/t 68.36 US$/% 1.0000
gold 1212 US$/oz 38.97 US$/ppm 0.5700
cobalt 40000 US$/t 0.04 US$/ppm 0.0006
silver 18 $/oz 0.58 US$/ppm 0.0085
uranium 40 US$/lb 0.08 US$/ppm 0.0012
molybdenum 38000 US$/t 0.04 US$/ppm 0.0006
  • [2] Intersections quoted are length weighted averages of results for individual sample intervals. Samples were taken at 1 metre intervals in RC drilling by multistage splitter and generally 1 metre intervals of half sawn core with maximum of 2 metres for diamond drilling. Analyses were completed by ALS in Mt Isa for all elements other than gold by MEMS61r, over limit (>1%) Cu by Cu-OG46 and AU by Au-AA25 in Brisbane. Holes generally range in declination from 50[0] to 70[O] to 225[0] MGA at Milo. Mineralised zones are interpreted to dip steeply in the opposite direction, holes are therefore drilled approximately perpendicular to the interpreted strike of mineralised zones.

  • *3 Maiden inferred resource of 103Mt at an average grade of 760ppm TREEYO, containing 83,500 tonnes of total rare earth elements and yttrium. Announced to ASX on 29 February 2012.

  • *4 Orientation of veining has not been confirmed and no estimation of true width can be made at this time.

The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Kerrin Allwood, who is a Member or Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Allwood is a full-time employee of the Geomodelling Pty. Ltd a New Zealand based consultancy. Mr Allwood 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 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Allwood consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Neil Norris, who is a Member or Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Norris is a full-time employee of the company. Mr Norris 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 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Norris consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.