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ITECH MINERALS LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2024
Jul 4, 2024
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ASX RELEASE
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5 July 2024
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BOARD & MANAGEMENT
Glenn Davis - Chair Michael Schwarz - MD Gary Ferris - NED Jarek Kopias - Co Sec
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Ordinary Shares Issued 122.3M
Options Issued 3.0M
Performance rights Issued 3.6M
182 G/T AU IN ROCK CHIPS FROM REYNOLDS RANGE, NT
HIGHLIGHTS
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Fast tracked results for gold assays from rock chips at Reynolds Range have returned up to 182 g/t Au
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Results for copper, silver, base metals and lithium are still pending and are expected in coming weeks
CONTACT
Address: Level 3, 170 Greenhill Rd PARKSIDE SA 5063
Email: [email protected] Website: www.itechminerals.com.au Telephone: +61 2 5850 0000
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Location: Reynolds Range, Northern Territory
Contact: Michael Schwarz Managing Director
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Numerous outcropping low-sulphide gold style veins systems were identified and sampled at the Sabre, Falchion and Troutbeck prospects
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New mineralised trend identified over 1km south-west of Sabre with rock chips retuning up to 4.1 g/t Au
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Mapping and sampling have confirmed the potential for widespread copper, gold and silver mineralisation across the ~70km of strike Lander Shear Zone covered by the tenement package
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The iTech team is currently defining drill targets for both the copergold and gold only systems
“iTech Minerals fast tracked gold assays from the Reynolds Range Project to get an early indication of the gold potential of the prospects visited in the recent rock chip sampling program. The results show great potential for both high grade low-sulphide gold style veins systems at the Sabre and Falchion Prospects with outstanding rock chips up to 182 g/t gold and gold associated with copper mineralisation at both the Scimitar and Reward Prospects. The Company eagerly awaits the remaining copper, silver and base metal assays in the coming weeks.”
Managing Director - Mike Schwarz
E: [email protected] Ph: +61 2 5850 0000 W: www.itechminerals.com.au
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www.itechminerals.com.au
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Reynolds Range Project Background
The Reynolds Range project consists of three Exploration Licenses, currently being acquired by iTech Minerals Ltd, of which Prodigy Gold NL (ASX: PRX) holds 100% of two licences and 80% of another - 20% of the third license is owned by Select Resources Pty Ltd (Select) (Figure 1). The project covers a total of 375 km[2] of the Aileron Province, part of the Paleoproterozoic North Australian Craton. The Project is located 90-230km NNW of Alice Springs with access from the Stuart Highway and then the un-sealed Mt Denison road.
Reconnaissance Sampling
The reconnaissance sampling field trip was primarily undertaken to check the validity of existing gold and copper-gold prospects identified by previous explorers. To get a short-term understanding of the gold potential of the prospects, the gold analyses, undertaken by the fire assay method, were fast tracked to get early results ahead of the copper-silver and base metals. These preliminary results confirm that there is significant potential for gold mineralisation within the Reynolds Range tenements, both in gold only low-sulphide vein style systems such as Sabre and Falchion, but also with polymetallic styles of mineralisation, such as at Scimitar and Reward, which have appreciable amounts of copper and silver associated with gold.
Of the 16 samples taken from the low-sulphide gold vein systems, 4 met or exceeded 1.0 g/t Au with an outstanding assay of 182 g/t Au at Sabre. Of the 11 samples taken for gold with copper, silver and other base metals, 4 met or exceeded 1.0 g/t Au with an assay of 3.4 g/t Au associated with copper mineralisation at Scimitar. Considering the reconnaissance nature of sampling, iTech is pleased with the strike rate of significant gold results.
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Figure 1. Location diagram of EL 23655, EL 23888 and EL 28083 with location of rock chip samples taken and significant gold results.
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Figure 2. Location diagram of EL 23655, EL 23888 and EL 28083 with significant gold and copper prospects on regional geology[1]
Sabre Gold Prospect
Four rock chip samples were taken at Sabre and another two approximately 1.1km to the south-west where additional gossanous quartz veins were found to be outcropping. Significant results include
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RR24-040 – 182.0 g/t Au
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RR24-044 – 4.1 g/t Au (1.1km southwest of Sabre)
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RR24-042 – 1.0 g/t Au
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RR24-043 – 0.8 g/t Au
The Sabre Prospect (Figure 1) is part of the >42km long Stafford Gold Trend and contains shallow gold workings associated with the Lander Shear Zone. Gold mineralisation is associated with subvertical quartz veins and stringers with fine disseminated sulphides (pyrite, pyrrhotite +/- arsenopyrite) in zones of sericite alteration over a strike of at least 500m.
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Figure 3. Sample RR24-040 on the right assayed 182 g/t Au and sample RR24-044 on the right assayed 4.1 g/t Au
1 ASX: ITM 15 May 2024
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Falchion Gold Prospect
Six rock chip samples were taken from the Falchion Prospect targeting mineralised quartz veins.
Five samples were taken of gossanous quartz veins which contain anomalous lower levels of gold. One sample was taken of highly brecciated quartz rich schist. This sample contained significant gold mineralisation.
- RR24-032 – 8.7 g/t Au
At Falchion, (Figure 1) mineralisation appears in outcrop as ~2 m thick sericite-altered sheared turbidite with boudinaged and folded quartz veins trending E-W in a distal chlorite alteration zone. Mineralisation at Falchion appears to be constrained to a SE-NW corridor of sporadic anomalism over 350 m of strike.
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Figure 4. Sample RR24-032 which assayed 8.7 g/t Au at the Falchion Gold Prospect.
Scimitar Copper-Gold Prospect
Eight rock chip samples were taken from a zone of north-south trending outcropping copper mineralisation over 2.1km, which occurs to the east of the main Scimitar soil and electromagnetic anomaly. The primary target at Scimitar wasn’t gold but samples show that gold is a significant part of the polymetallic mineralising system along with copper and silver.
Significant results include.
RR24-010 – 3.3 g/t Au RR24-009 – 1.0 g/t Au
The Scimitar Cu-Au prospect (Figure 2) is a 1.5km long north-south trending high-grade Cu-Au soil and rock chip anomaly. Au-Cu anomalism is associated with sheeted quartz veining and alteration halos including As-Pb-Zn. The prospect is associated with a package of folded turbiditic sediments (Lander Group), surrounded by granitic units to the west and east. Local alteration around the Scimitar prospect includes chlorite, kaolinite, silica, sericite and pervasive iron staining. Malachite, pyrite, arsenopyrite and vein-hosted chalcopyrite closely associated with Au-Cu anomalism.
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Figure 5. Rock chip sample locations at the Scimitar prospect containing green malachite (copper) mineralisation. RR24-010 (right) assayed 3.3 g/t Au and RR24-090 assayed 1.0 g/t Au.
Reward Copper-Gold-Silver Prospect
Three rock chip samples were taken from the old workings to determine the copper, gold and silver content of variations on the style of mineralisation mined. All three samples came back with significant gold mineralisation associated with copper (malachite) mineralisation readily identifiable in hand specimen.
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RR24-014 – 0.6 g/t Au
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RR24-015 – 1.0 g/t Au
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RR24-016 – 1.0 g/t Au
The Reward Prospect (Figure 6) is considered prospective for copper, gold and silver mineralisation and hosts some shallow copper oxide workings from the 1950’s era with abundant malachite, azurite and chalcocite. It occurs associated within a brecciated shear zone and sulphidic sediments. This style of polymetallic mineralisation has similarities to the nearby Jervois Deposit, 350km to the east, which has a current JORC Resource of 23.80 Million tonnes at 2.02% copper, 0.25g/t gold and 25.3g/t silver (Jervois Base Metal Project — KGL RESOURCES).
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Figure 6. Copper mineralisation at the Reward copper mine, containing green malachite and chrysocolla and blue azurite mineralisation. Sample RR24-014 (left) assayed 0.61 g/t Au, sample RR24-015 (centre) assayed 1.0 g/t Au and sample RR24-016 (right) assayed 1.0 g/t Au.
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Figure 7. Examples of copper workings at the Reward copper mine.
Future Work
The fast-tracked, fire assay, gold results at the Reynolds Range Project provides iTech Minerals with significant encouragement to advance exploration for copper and gold at the project. In particular, the 182 g/t Au rock chip at Sabre shows the potential for very high-grade gold in the low-sulphide quartz vein style of mineralisation. This style of mineralisation appears to be widespread with significant results at Sabre, Sabre Southwest and Falchion, covering an area of 1.8km x 1.1km. The confirmation of gold mineralisation with copper at Scimitar and Reward adds significant value to these polymetallic systems. iTech is currently generating drill targets at Scimitar Project which has a significant untested EM anomaly believed to be associated with the nearby outcropping mineralisation.
The remaining copper-silver-base metal and lithium assay results are expected in the coming weeks and will help the Company prioritise the copper-gold and gold targets for drill testing.
For further information please contact the authorising officer Michael Schwarz:
iTech Minerals
Michael Schwarz, FAusIMM, AIG Managing Director E: [email protected] Ph: +61 2 5850 0000 W: www.itechminerals.com.au
ABOUT iTECH MINERALS LTD
iTech Minerals Ltd ( ASX:ITM , iTech or Company ) is an ASX listed mineral exploration company exploring for and developing battery materials and critical minerals within its 100% owned Australian projects. The Company is exploring for graphite, kaolinite-halloysite, clay hosted rare earth element (REE) mineralisation and developing the Campoona Graphite Deposit in South Australia. The Company also has extensive exploration tenure prospective for Cu-Au porphyry mineralisation, IOCG mineralisation and gold mineralisation in South Australia and the Northern Territory and tin, tungsten, and polymetallic Cobar style mineralisation in New South Wales.
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COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT
The information which relates to exploration results is based on and fairly represents information and supporting documentation compiled and reviewed by Michael Schwarz. Mr Schwarz 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’ (the JORC Code). Mr Schwarz is a full-time employee of iTech Minerals Ltd and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Schwarz consents to the inclusion of the information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.
References
ASX Announcement: 17m @ 3.93 g/t Au in Drilling and 20.3% Cu in Rock Chips on 15 May 2024 and “Sampling Conforms Potential at Reynolds Range” on 7 June 2024. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the cross-referenced announcements.
| Sample No. | Easting (m) | Northing (m) | Sample Type | Prospect | Au (g/t) (0.01 g/t) |
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| RR24-006 | 273632 | 7548442 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 0.07 |
| RR24-007 | 273773 | 7548818 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 0.03 |
| RR24-008 | 273782 | 7548795 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 0.01 |
| RR24-009 | 273915 | 7550028 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 1.00 |
| RR24-010 | 273849 | 7550064 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 3.26 |
| RR24-011 | 273925 | 7550371 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 0.04 |
| RR24-012 | 273789 | 7550403 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 0.07 |
| RR24-013 | 273792 | 7550436 | Base metals/Gold | Scimitar Area | 0.21 |
| RR24-014 | 275269 | 7545075 | Base metals/Gold | Reward | 0.61 |
| RR24-015 | 275269 | 7545075 | Base metals/Gold | Reward | 1.00 |
| RR24-016 | 275269 | 7545075 | Base metals/Gold | Reward | 1.04 |
| RR24-028 | 241529 | 7569607 | Gold | Troutback | 0.01 |
| RR24-029 | 241548 | 7569568 | Gold | Troutback | 0.02 |
| RR24-030 | 241531 | 7569529 | Gold | Troutback | 0.05 |
| RR24-032 | 263536 | 7549663 | Gold | Falchion | 8.70 |
| RR24-033 | 263517 | 7549632 | Gold | Falchion | 0.05 |
| RR24-034 | 263507 | 7549659 | Gold | Falchion | <0.01 |
| RR24-035 | 263473 | 7549661 | Gold | Falchion | 0.02 |
| RR24-036 | 263511 | 7549644 | Gold | Falchion | <0.01 |
| RR24-037 | 263353 | 7549468 | Gold | Falchion | <0.01 |
| RR24-038 | 263351 | 7549467 | Gold | Falchion | <0.01 |
| RR24-039 | 265048 | 7549006 | Gold | Sabre | 0.05 |
| RR24-040 | 265059 | 7548981 | Gold | Sabre | 182 |
| RR24-041 | 265062 | 7548989 | Gold | Sabre | 0.40 |
| RR24-042 | 265050 | 7549070 | Gold | Sabre | 0.99 |
| RR24-043 | 264027 | 7548536 | Gold | Sabre South | 0.79 |
| RR24-044 | 264051 | 7548513 | Gold | Sabre South | 4.14 |
| Table 1. Gold assay results from rock chip samples at the Reynolds Range Project (all coordinates are in MGA94 Z53, detection limit is 0.01 g/t Au). |
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APPENDIX 1: Summary of terms of the acquisition agreements
iTech Minerals is currently in the process of acquiring the Reynolds Range Project from Prodigy Gold. The following provides a summary of the key terms of the agreement.
Tenements
The first SPA covers EL23888 & EL28083 (SPA 1), and the second SPA covers EL23655 (SPA 2).
| Tenement | Prodigy Gold Ownership |
Status | Notes | SPA |
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| EL23888 | 100% | Granted | 1 | |
| EL28083 | 100% | Granted | 1 | |
| EL23655 | 80% | Granted | Joint Venture with Select Resources Pty Ltd / Prodigy Gold holds an 80% beneficial interest with 60% interest currently registered on title |
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Key Terms of the Agreement
| Key term | SPA 1 | SPA 2 |
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| Deposit (refundable if not completed, net of tenement holding cost from 1.2.2024 for SPA1 and SPA2) |
$20,000 | NIL |
| Completion Payment | $40,000 | $40,000 |
| Reimbursement of agreed holding costs for the period 1.2.2024 to Completion (capped at $50,000) |
Full holding cost subject to Completion |
Full holding cost subject to Completion |
| Royalty on any mineral or metallic product recovered from the Mining area (other than graphite) |
1% | 1% |
| Conditions Precedent (CP) • Government and Land Council approvals • Consent of Franco Nevada transfer of EL23888 • Waiver by Select Resources of first right of Refusal in respect of EL 23655 • Completion occurring under SPA 1 |
Yes Yes No |
Yes No Yes (but can be waived by iTech) Yes (but can be waived by iTech) |
Completion of the sale for both SPA’s is expected to occur 10 business days after all CP’s are satisfied or waived with a cut-off date for the satisfaction of the CP’s of 31 August 2024.
The SPA’s contain warranties and other provisions that are typical for an agreement of this nature.
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APPENDIX 2: JORC TABLE 1 REYNOLDS RANGE
SECTION 1: SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA
(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Sampling techniques |
Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut | Rock chips for copper and gold were taken from outcrop when |
| channels, random chips, or specific | evidence for mineralisation was observed. Samples with observable | |
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. |
malachite or iron rich gossanous textures were selectively sampled. Rock chips for lithium mineralisation were selected based on the visual interpretation |
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| Include reference to measures taken to ensure sample representivity and the appropriate calibration of any measurement tools or systems used |
Samples taken were visually identified to be representative of the |
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| target mineralisation style. | ||
| 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 (e.g. ‘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 (e.g. submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed information |
The nature of gold and base metal mineralisation could be variable | |
| and include high grade, high nugget quartz veins, massive sulphide and disseminated sulphide typical of other deposits in the area. The orientation of mineralisation is not yet confirmed. Mineralisation shows a correlation to sulphide and veining, in particular pyrrhotite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite and quartz sulphide veining. Whole rock and rock chips samples were collected and submitted according to standard practices. A minimum of 50g of sample is collected in a calico bag, described, location reported and submitted for analysis. Typical sample weights are 0.5kg-1kg. Larger samples will tend to be more representative however the geologist applies a |
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| bias in selecting samples to predominantly collect material that will | ||
| inform on the local presence of elements of interest. Samples were submitted to Bureau Veritas Adelaide for crushing and pulverising. For multielement and lithium samples, an aliquot of sample is dissolved using a mixed acid digest, MA100 then assayed by ICP-AES (MA101) and ICP-MS (102). Gold analyses are undertakenusing a40g chargefor FireAssaywith AASfinish. |
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| Drilling techniques |
Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open- | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. |
| hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.) and details (e.g. 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.). |
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| Drill sample recovery |
Method of recording and assessing core and chip sample recoveries and results assessed |
No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. |
| Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and ensure representative nature of the samples |
No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. | |
| 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 was undertaken as part of this release. | |
| Logging | Whether core and chip samples have been | Samples were geologically logged to broadly identify characteristics |
| geologically and geo-technically logged to a level of detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource estimation, mining studies and metallurgical studies. |
of the mineralisation style being sought but not at an appropriate level to support a Mineral Resource estimation considering it is early-stage exploration. |
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| Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.) photography. |
Logging of rock chip samples is qualitative in nature and identified the characteristics of the mineralisation style being sought. All samples were photographed. |
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| The total length and percentage of the relevant intersections logged |
No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Sub-sampling techniques and sample preparation |
If core, whether cut or sawn and whether | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. |
| quarter, half or all core taken. | ||
| If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. | |
| rotary split, etc. and whether sampled wet or | ||
| dry. | ||
| For all sample types, the nature, quality and appropriateness of the sample preparation technique. |
Samples were submitted to Bureau Veritas Adelaide for crushing and pulverising according to industry standard practices for rock chip samples. |
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| Quality control procedures adopted for all sub- sampling stages to maximise representivity of samples. |
No additional quality control procedures were applied. | |
| 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. |
Samples taken were visually identified to be representative of the | |
| target mineralisation style. | ||
| Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain size of the material being sampled. |
Sample sizes are considered appropriate to give an indication of mineralisation given the particle size and preference to keep the sample weight below 4 kg to ensure the requisite grind size in a LM5 sample mill. |
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| Quality of assay data and laboratory tests |
The nature, quality and appropriateness of the | ITM used a lead collection fire assay using a 40g sample charge. For |
| assaying and laboratory procedures used and whether the technique is considered partial or total. |
low detection, this is read by ICP-AES, which is an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy technique, with a lower detection limit of 0.001 ppm Au and an upper limit of 1,000 ppm Au which is considered appropriate for the material and mineralisation and is industry standard for this type of sample. For multi-element sample analysis, the sample is assayed for a suite of 59 different accessory elements (multi-element using the Bureau Veritas MA100/1/2 routine which uses a mixed acid digestion and finish by a combination of ICP-OES and ICP-MS depending on which method provides the best detection limit). In addition to standards and blanks previously discussed, Bureau Veritas conducted internal lab checks usingstandards and blanks. |
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| 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. |
No geophysical data is being reported as part of this release. | |
| Nature of quality control procedures adopted (e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and precision have been established. |
iTech is relying on laboratory standards and blanks for quality control given the small batch size of the sample submission. Two significant gold assays were repeated RR24-040 which originally assayed 182 g/t Au had a repeat assay of 175 g/t Au. Sample RR24-032 which had an original assay of 8.7 g/t Au had a repeat assayof 8.7g/t Au. |
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| Verification of sampling and assaying |
The verification of significant intersections by | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. |
| either independent or alternative company personnel. |
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| The use of twinned holes. | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. | |
| Documentation of primary data, data entry procedures, data verification, data storage (physical and electronic) protocols. |
Primary data was collected into an Excel spreadsheet and the data was imported into iTech Minerals proprietary database system which contains industry standard data verification and storage protocols. |
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| Discuss any adjustment to assay data. | No assay data is being reported as part of this release. | |
| Location of data points |
Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate | Rock chip sample locations were recorded with handheld GPS, |
| drill holes (collar and down-hole surveys), trenches, mine workings and other locations used in Mineral Resource estimation. |
providing accuracy of ± 5m. This degree of variation is deemed acceptable for exploration sampling... |
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| Specification of the grid system used. | The grid system used is MGA GDA94, Zone 53. | |
| Quality and adequacy of topographic control. | For holes surveyed by handheld GPS the RL has been updated based off the 15m SRTM data and recorded in the database. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Data spacing and distribution |
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration |
Rock chip samples were taken when surface mineralisation was |
| Results. | visually identified. The nature of outcropping mineralisation | |
| determined the sampling density and spacing. | ||
| Whether the data spacing and distribution is | The historically reported drilling has not been used to prepare | |
| sufficient to establish the degree of geological | Mineral Resource Estimates. | |
| and grade continuity appropriate for the | ||
| Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation | ||
| procedure(s) and classifications applied. | ||
| Whether sample compositing has been | No compositing was applied. | |
| applied. | ||
| Orientation of data in relation to geological structure |
Whether the orientation of sampling achieves | The orientation of sampling in relation to structures and |
| unbiased sampling of possible structures and | mineralisation is unknown. | |
| the extent to which this is known, considering | ||
| the deposit type. | ||
| If the relationship between the drilling | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. | |
| 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 transported from site to a secured locked storage |
| security. | facility at the Aileron Roadhouse and then Alice Springs by iTech | |
| Minerals personnel, where they were loaded onto a contracted | ||
| delivery service to Bureau Veritas Laboratories secure preparation | ||
| facility in Adelaide. iTech Minerals personnel have no contact with | ||
| the samples once they have been picked up for transport. Tracking | ||
| sheets have been set up to track the progress of the samples. The | ||
| preparation facilities use the laboratory’s standard chain of custody | ||
| procedure. | ||
| Audits or reviews |
The results of any audits or reviews of | No audits or reviews have been undertaken. |
| sampling techniques and data. | ||
SECTION 2: REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| Mineral tenement and land tenure status |
Type, reference name/number, location and | Scimitar, Sabre and Reward form part of the Reynolds Range |
| 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. |
Project and are contained within EL23888. Troutbeck is located within EL23655. Samples were also taken from EL 28083. All tenements are in the Northern Territory. EL23888 and EL23888 are wholly owned by Prodigy Gold, EL23655 is held 80% by Prodigy Gold NL and 20% by Select Resources Pty Ltd. All tenements are currently being acquired by iTech Minerals Ltd under two SPAs as detailed in the text at the end of this release. The tenements are subject to the ‘Reynolds Range Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)’ between Prodigy Gold and the Traditional Owners via Central Land Council(CLC). |
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| The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting along with any known impediments to obtaining a license to operate in the area. |
The tenements are in good standing with the NT DITT and no known impediments exist. |
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| Exploration done by other parties |
Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties. |
The Reynolds Range Project has had a considerable amount of shallow RAB and vacuum drilling completed by previous explorers, which has defined large, low-level gold anomalies (+5ppb Au). Around 3300 holes have been drilled and the average hole depth is 9.8m. The fresh rock beneath the depleted surface cover is largely untested, with just 5 diamond holes completed to a maximum depth of 156m in the entire project area. Prodigy Gold’s assessment of the previous work highlighted the Stafford Gold Zone with a strike length of over 20km and 10 individual prospects with target area in excess of 80km2. Sabre and Falchion were targeted byProdigyGold for follow-upand |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| drilling by Prodigy Gold at Sabre intersected 35m @ 2.02g/t Au | ||
| including 17m @ 3.93g/t Au3. Further reconnaissance work at | ||
| Stafford Gold Zone also revealed high grade copper and silver | ||
| rock chip samples from the Reward Deposit (~9km SE of Sabre) | ||
| with 20.3% Cu and 271g/t Ag near a down-dip EM conductor | ||
| identified by an airborne electromagnetic survey in 2012. A rock | ||
| sample grading 1.79g/t Au was also returned from the Pine Hill | ||
| Prospect (~3.5km SE of Reward). At the Scimitar Target 305 post | ||
| and vacuum holes have been drilled previously on a 500x50m | ||
| grid. The maximum depth drilled is 15m and average depth is 5m. | ||
| 1991-1992 Poseidon Gold obtained 2 rock chip samples from the | ||
| Lander Cu prospect. These were from a pelitic unit and a | ||
| quartz/chlorite breccia with malachite (Price, 1992). | ||
| 1992-1993 regional lag sampling at 250m intervals by Poseidon | ||
| Gold defined an area 3km x 2km with anomalous base metals | ||
| (>80ppm As, >100ppm Pb) and a number of isolated elevated | ||
| gold values over the Scimitar prospect. 2 rock chip samples and | ||
| 44 LAG samples were obtained over Scimitar from a 21 rock chip | ||
| and 1,211 LAG sample program. Maximum values were over | ||
| Scimitar were 830ppm Zn, 350ppm Pb, and 75ppm Cu. (Price & | ||
| Price, 1993). | ||
| 1993-1994 Normandy Exploration and Normandy Poseidon group | ||
| completed 61 3.6m vertical RAB holes over Scimitar targeting Sb | ||
| and Au anomalies from a larger 195 hole program totalling 705m. | ||
| Hole ID’s were RRAB110-RRAB304. Maximum assays returned | ||
| were 420ppm Cu, 250ppm Zn and 90ppm Pb. Rocks identified | ||
| included mudstone and siltstone (some carbonaceous) and | ||
| immature sandstones and greywackes, basalt-dolerite, and | ||
| common chlorite alteration and moderate quartz veining. (Price, | ||
| 1994). | ||
| 1994-1995 Poseidon Gold drilled 100 POST RAB holes averaging | ||
| 3.6m at 50m to 100m spacing into Scimitar from a larger 397-hole | ||
| program totalling 1,772m (RRAB532-RRAB928). 1994-1995 report | ||
| (A.T. Price, 1995). | ||
| 1995-1996 Poseidon Gold drilled 175 VAC holes (RAV0001- | ||
| RAV0175) over the Scimitar prospect from a larger program of | ||
| 602 holes for 2,976m. The Scimitar VAC holes were drilled at 50m | ||
| x 500m spacing and intercepted sericite altered sediments and | ||
| gossanous brecciated quartz veins. The drilling confirmed a strong | ||
| As, Pb and Zn anomaly with a weaker 1-16ppb Au anomaly. A | ||
| further 37 VAC holes (RCV0565-RCV0605) were drilled to the | ||
| southwest of Scimitar (Price, 1996). | ||
| 1996-1997 Normandy Gold took 49 composite lag samples | ||
| (sample 339551-339599) of -6 to +1 fraction over Scimitar at | ||
| 100m x 500m spacing over 3 traverses. (Warren & Worland, | ||
| 1997). | ||
| 1998-1999 Exodus Minerals collected 5 rock chips and 5 soils | ||
| samples at Scimitar. Samples 5761RR, 5762RR and 5763RR | ||
| returned anomalous Au (62ppb, 38ppb, and 17ppb); As | ||
| (24,000ppm, 4,000ppm, and 4,700ppm); Pb (360ppm, 580ppm, | ||
| and 90ppm); and Sb (180ppm, 96ppm, and 102ppm). | ||
| (Greenaway, 1998 & Greenaway, 1999). Note that a further 11 | ||
| rock chips have been attributed to Cowden, 2001; but do not | ||
| actually appear in the Cowden, 2001 report. Sample 336053 | ||
| returned 37ppm Bi, 580ppm Cu, 19ppm Mo and 260ppm Pb. | ||
| 2012 – 2013 Prodigy Gold flew a Tempest airborne EM survey | ||
| over the Reynolds Range area in June and July 2012. This | ||
| identified a prominent 2km x 1km conductor at Scimitar. A | ||
| diamond hole was completed in Q4 2020. A DHEM survey has | ||
| been recentlycompleted. | ||
| Geology | Deposit type, geological setting and style of | The project covers Paleoproterozoic metasediments and intrusives |
| mineralisation. | in the central Aileron Province of the Arunta region. The surface | |
| geology has been mapped and described by the Northern | ||
| Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) in the 1:250,000 scale | ||
| Napperby (SF53-09) sheet and in more detail by the Bureau of | ||
| Mineral Resources on the special edition Reynolds Range Region | ||
| 1:100,000 scalegeological map. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| On a regional scale the area comprises polydeformed | ||
| Paleoproterozoic Lander Group metasediments intruded by | ||
| numerous felsic and mafic intrusive phases and overlain by | ||
| slightly younger siliciclastic metasediments, including the | ||
| Reynolds Range Group. The area is covered by complex regolith, | ||
| with scree shedding from substantial hills cut by large drainage | ||
| systems. The Company is exploring for sulphide related gold and | ||
| associated base metal mineralisation. This could be shear related | ||
| gold, VMS or IOCG deposits. These styles of deposits are known | ||
| in theprovince. | ||
| Drill hole Information |
A summary of all information material to the | All relevant historical drill hole information has been previously |
| understanding of the exploration results | reported through open file reporting by previous explorers. This | |
| including a tabulation of the following | data is provided for context to illustrate where anomalous grades | |
| information for all Material drill holes: | have previously been intersected to guide exploration targeting. | |
| •easting and northing of the drill hole collar | This data, with further review, may be found to be unsuitable for | |
| use in resource reporting. All new drill holes completed and | ||
| elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation | ||
| assayed by Prodigy Gold with material results (0.2g/t Au) are |
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| above sea level in metres) of the drill hole | ||
collar |
referenced in previously reported ASX releases. |
|
•dip and azimuth of the hole |
Summaries of all material drill holes from previous ABM/Prodigy | |
| Gold drilling are available within the Company’s ASX releases. | ||
| •down hole length and interception depth | ||
| hole length. | ||
| If the exclusion of this information is justified | No information material to the announcement has been excluded. | |
| 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 methods |
In reporting Exploration Results, weighting | No data aggregation methods have been applied. |
| averaging techniques, maximum and/or | ||
| minimum grade truncations (e.g. cutting of | ||
| high grades) and cut-off grades are usually | ||
| Material and should be stated. | ||
| Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short | No data aggregation methods have been applied. | |
| 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 | No metal equivalents are being reported. No metallurgical | |
| metal equivalent values should be clearly | recovery test work has been completed. | |
| stated. | ||
| Relationship between mineralisation widths and intercept lengths |
These relationships are particularly important | No drilling was undertaken as part of this release. |
| in the reporting of Exploration Results. | ||
| If the geometry of the mineralisation with | ||
| respect to the drill hole angle is known, its | ||
nature should be reported. |
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| If it is not known and only the down hole | ||
| lengths are reported, there should be a clear | ||
| statement to this effect (e.g. ‘down hole length, | ||
| true width not known’). | ||
| Diagrams | Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) | Refer to Figures and Tables in the body of the text. A sample |
| and tabulations of intercepts should be | location plan is provided. | |
| 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. | ||
| Balanced reporting |
Where comprehensive reporting of all | All material assays received from ITM sampling are reported |
| Exploration Results is not practicable, | where sample is above 0.5g/t Au, 5g/t Ag, 0.1% Cu, 0.1% Pb, or | |
| representative reporting of both low and high | 0.1% Zn or were considered geologically significant; together with | |
| grades and/or widths should be practiced to | reference to previous exploration results of significance. | |
| avoid misleading reporting of Exploration | ||
| Results. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Other substantive exploration data |
Other exploration data, if meaningful and |
Information relevant to the results have been provided. |
| 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. | ||
| Further work | The nature and scale of planned further work | Further work is required to generate drill targets. This may include |
| (e.g. tests for lateral extensions or depth | further rock chip and/or soil sampling and mapping, geophysical | |
| extensions or large-scale step-out drilling). | surveys and heritage clearances. | |
| Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of | ||
| possible extensions, including the main | ||
| geological interpretations and future drilling | ||
| areas, provided this information is not | ||
| commercially sensitive |