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LODE RESOURCES LTD — Interim / Quarterly Report 2026
Oct 30, 2025
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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ASX Announcement | 31 October 2025
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ASX Code: LDR
QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
September Quarter Highlights
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During the September quarter Lode announced four batches of high-grade antimony and silver drill assay results from an ongoing extensive drill programme at the Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project located in Tasmania’s premier West Coast Mining Province.
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These assays are for the first 18 drill holes, of 30 drill holes drilled to date, returning numerous high-grade antimony and silver intercepts with individual interval assays up to 11.35% SbEq or 4,035 g/t AgEq . Gold and tin intercept grades, which are not included in metal equivalent figures, were up to 3.62 g/t Au and 4.98% Sn.
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The 18 drill holes with assays reported include 62 intercepts . The highest endowed mineralised intercepts encountered include:
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➢ 9.9m @ 2.18% SbEq or 776 g/t AgEq plus 0.63 g/t Au & 0.90% Sn (MZS19)
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➢ 9.2m @ 2.27% SbEq or 806 g/t AgEq plus 1.13 g/t Au & 0.77% Sn (MZS13)
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➢ 3.5m @ 4.27% SbEq or 1519 g/t AgEq plus 0.85 g/t Au & 1.15% Sn (MZS11)
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➢ 5.0m @ 2.17% SbEq or 772 g/t AgEq plus 1.28 g/t Au & 1.78% Sn (MZS16)
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➢ 2.8m @ 3.88% SbEq or 1378 g/t AgEq plus 0.90 g/t Au & 0.08% Sn (MZS5)
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➢ 8.9m @ 0.80% SbEq or 2.85 g/t AgEq plus 0.44 g/t Au & 0.12% Sn (MZS20)
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➢ 1.6m @ 4.39% SbEq or 1561 g/t AgEq plus 0.57 g/t Au & 0.18% Sn (MZS10)
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➢ 9.5m @ 0.70% SbEq or 249 g/t AgEq plus 0.65 g/t Au & 0.53% Sn (MZS17)
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➢ 8.0m @ 0.72% SbEq or 257 g/t AgEq plus 0.30 g/t Au & 0.45% Sn (MZS15)
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➢ 2.4m @ 2.35% SbEq or 836 g/t AgEq plus 0.31 g/t Au & 0.14% Sn (MZS6)
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➢ 11.20m @ 0.44% SbEq or 157 g/t AgEq plus 0.56 g/t Au & 0.23% Sn (MZS6)
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Drill core assay results of up to 31.1% Antimony have been received from inaugural drilling at the historic Magwood antimony mine located in the New England region of NSW and just 40km northnorthwest of the Hillgrove antimony mine. The Magwood structure can be traced for some 2.5km to the south-southeast.
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Drill intercept assays of Stibnite mineralisation include: ➢ 9.92% Sb over 4.8m in drill hole MAG010
- **incl. 19.61% Sb** over 2.4m in drill hole MAG010 **incl. 28.57% Sb** over 1.3m in drill hole MAG010-
➢ 1.96% Sb over 3.0m in drill hole MAG010
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➢ 2.20% Sb over 1.9m in drill hole MAG010
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➢ 19.20% Sb over 0.2m in drill hole MAG008
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➢ 1.28% Sb over 0.9m in drill hole MAG007
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Lode is pleased to be advancing its two flagship antimony projects in Montezuma and Magwood at a time of continued strong antimony price realisations and heightened interest in securing new western world supply sources for this critical metal. Across Lode’s portfolio of high-quality New South Wales and Tasmanian assets, progression of Montezuma and Magwood will remain the Company’s core area of focus.
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$3,000,000 is to be paid to LDR in November (3 weeks) and $750,000 to be paid 12 months hence from the sale of the Webbs Consol project. Pro Forma cash position after the 24[th] November of $4.58m. In addition LDR owns two separate 2% NSR royalties over both the Webbs Consol and Webbs Silver projects and LDR has received unsolicited purchasing enquiries relating to these royalties. LDR is also to be issued 115m RCM shares in November with a one-year escrow period.
ASX Code: LDR | ACN: 637 512 415 | www.loderesources.com A: Level 15, Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place Sydney NSW 2000 | P: +61 2 9199 8017 | E: [email protected]
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Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project - September Quarter Activities[3-14]
During the September quarter Lode announced four batches of high-grade antimony and silver drill assay results from an ongoing extensive drill programme at the Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project located in Tasmania’s premier West Coast Mining Province. These high-grade antimony and silver drill intercepts also included quite significant gold, tin, copper and lead grade values.
A 50-to-60-hole drill programme (8,000m to 10,000m) is ongoing at the Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project. The drilling programme is quantifying and extending the Montezuma deposit, both down dip and along strike. All drilling to date has intercepted significantly mineralised intercepts and the mineralised structures remain open in all directions.
Assays have been received for the first 18 drill holes, of 30 drilled holes drill to date, returning numerous high-grade antimony and silver intercepts with individual interval assays up to 11.35% SbEq or 4,035 g/t AgEq. Gold and tin intercept grades, which are not included in metal equivalent figures, were up to 3.62 g/t Au and 4.98% Sn.
The 18 drill holes with assays reported include 62 intercepts of which 17 intercepts >1000 g/t.m AgEq (27%), 28 intercepts >500 g/t.m AgEq (45%) and 51 intercepts >100 g/t.m AgEq (82%).
Mineralisation is hosted in steeply dipping fissure veins with the two main structures being the semi parallel hanging wall and footwall lodes as well as numerous secondary veins. All drilling to date has intercepted significantly mineralised intercepts and the mineralised structures remain open in all directions.
The highest endowed mineralised intercepts encountered in the first 18 drill holes reported to date on four drill sections are shown in Table 1 below. Note that antimony and silver equivalent figures do not incorporate tin and gold assay figures as tin and gold recoveries have not yet been fully established.
Table 1 . Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project - most endowed SbEq/AgEq plus gold (Au) & tin(Sn) intercepts. Note that antimony and silver equivalent figures do not incorporate tin or gold assay figures. Intercepts are down hole.
| Hole | From | To | Interval | SbEq1 | AgEq1 | Sb | Ag | Pb | Cu | Au2 | Sn2 | Endowment |
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| (m) | (m) | (m) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (AgEq g/t.m) | |
| MZS19 | 100.60 110.50 9.90 |
2.18 776 |
1.32 189 1.29 0.91 |
0.63 | 0.90 | 7679 | ||||||
| MZS13 | 51.80 61.00 9.20 |
2.27 806 |
1.25 250 2.17 0.67 |
1.33 | 0.77 | 7416 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 98.80 102.30 3.50 |
4.27 1519 |
0.99 956 0.98 1.89 |
0.85 | 1.51 | 5315 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 99.70 104.70 5.00 |
2.17 772 |
0.57 470 0.49 0.89 |
1.28 | 1.78 | 3860 | ||||||
| MZS05 | 41.70 44.50 2.80 |
3.88 1378 |
2.89 231 5.49 0.11 |
0.90 | 0.08 | 3857 | ||||||
| MZS20 | 125.80 134.70 8.90 |
0.80 285 |
0.54 61 1.21 0.08 |
0.44 | 0.12 | 2533 | ||||||
| MZS10 | 76.90 78.50 1.60 |
4.39 1561 |
3.32 251 5.59 0.19 |
0.57 | 0.18 | 2498 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 149.40 158.90 9.50 |
0.70 249 |
0.14 134 0.14 0.59 |
0.65 | 0.53 | 2361 | ||||||
| MZS15 | 99.00 107.00 8.00 |
0.72 257 |
0.36 76 0.63 0.39 |
0.30 | 0.45 | 2058 | ||||||
| MZS06 | 49.60 52.00 2.40 |
2.35 836 |
1.87 81 3.93 0.12 |
0.31 | 0.14 | 2005 | ||||||
| MZS22 | 227.80 239.00 11.20 |
0.44 157 |
0.11 68 0.91 0.32 |
0.56 | 0.23 | 1763 | ||||||
| MZS06 | 12.00 14.50 2.50 |
1.81 644 |
0.23 373 8.86 0.13 |
0.06 | 0.06 | 1609 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 177.00 181.00 4.00 |
1.00 354 |
0.33 130 0.87 0.88 |
0.14 | 0.08 | 1415 | ||||||
| MZS08 | 95.00 96.00 1.00 |
3.66 1301 |
0.99 719 1.21 2.02 |
0.40 | 1.96 | 1301 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 56.00 57.00 1.00 |
3.07 1092 |
1.18 526 1.06 1.26 |
0.91 | 0.98 | 1092 | ||||||
| MZS15 | 62.30 66.90 4.60 |
0.67 237 |
0.43 49 0.84 0.16 |
0.56 | 0.45 | 1089 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 81.00 82.00 1.00 |
2.84 1010 |
2.35 73 4.75 0.07 |
0.17 | 0.08 | 1010 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 124.00 127.30 3.30 |
0.85 301 |
0.11 118 0.09 1.41 |
1.52 | 1.27 | 993 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 197.30 205.50 8.20 |
0.33 117 |
0.05 67 0.09 0.30 |
0.50 | 0.14 | 956 | ||||||
| MZS14 | 43.00 55.00 12.00 |
0.21 76 |
0.09 36 0.09 0.07 |
0.32 | 0.11 | 909 | ||||||
| MZS13 | 160.70 163.80 3.10 |
0.81 289 |
0.20 86 0.28 1.25 |
0.58 | 0.97 | 896 |
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A full set of mineralised intercepts encountered in the first 18 drill holes on four drill sections reported are shown in Table 2 below and over leaf. Note that antimony and silver equivalent figures do not incorporate tin or gold assay figures.
Table 2 . Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project – full list of SbEq/AgEq plus gold (Au) & tin (Sn) intercepts. Note that antimony and silver equivalent figures do not incorporate tin or gold assay figures. Intercepts are down hole.
| Hole | From | To | Interval | SbEq1 | AgEq1 | Sb | Ag | Pb | Cu | Au2 | Sn2 | Endowment |
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| (m) | (m) | (m) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (AgEq g/t.m) | |
| MZS05 | 8.40 9.00 0.60 |
0.35 124 |
0.02 71 2.13 0.03 |
0.03 | 0.08 | 74 | ||||||
| MZS05 | 12.00 12.70 0.70 |
1.28 454 |
0.16 339 2.46 0.11 |
0.36 | 0.90 | 318 | ||||||
| MZS05 | 41.70 44.50 2.80 |
3.88 1378 |
2.89 231 5.49 0.11 |
0.90 | 0.08 | 3857 | ||||||
| incl. | 41.70 43.30 1.60 |
5.14 1825 |
3.80 319 7.02 0.16 |
1.31 | 0.10 | 2920 | ||||||
| MZS06 | 12.00 14.50 2.50 |
1.81 644 |
0.23 373 8.86 0.13 |
0.06 | 0.06 | 1609 | ||||||
| MZS06 | 49.60 52.00 2.40 |
2.35 836 |
1.87 81 3.93 0.12 |
0.31 | 0.14 | 2005 | ||||||
| MZS07 | 17.40 19.00 1.60 |
0.29 103 |
0.04 60 1.35 0.02 |
0.17 | 0.42 | 165 | ||||||
| MZS07 | 48.00 50.00 2.00 |
0.29 102 |
0.16 24 1.02 0.02 |
0.01 | 0.02 | 204 | ||||||
| MZS07 | 60.60 61.60 1.00 |
0.39 140 |
0.16 72 0.31 0.06 |
0.03 | 0.03 | 140 | ||||||
| MZS07 | 64.60 65.20 0.60 |
0.40 141 |
0.26 35 0.57 0.04 |
0.32 | 0.08 | 85 | ||||||
| MZS08 | 81.00 85.00 4.00 |
0.49 173 |
0.33 36 0.80 0.05 |
0.19 | 0.13 | 691 | ||||||
| incl. | 83.00 84.10 1.10 |
1.28 455 |
0.91 82 1.84 0.12 |
0.57 | 0.34 | 500 | ||||||
| MZS08 | 95.00 96.00 1.00 |
3.66 1301 |
0.99 719 1.21 2.02 |
0.40 | 1.96 | 1301 | ||||||
| MZS09 | 13.80 14.70 0.90 |
1.67 593 |
1.33 59 2.99 0.04 |
1.12 | 0.10 | 534 | ||||||
| MZS09 | 54.00 55.00 1.00 |
0.39 137 |
0.29 21 0.71 0.01 |
0.01 | 0.14 | 137 | ||||||
| MZS09 | 66.40 67.00 0.60 |
0.85 302 |
0.60 56 1.14 0.10 |
0.55 | 0.40 | 181 | ||||||
| MZS10 | 17.50 18.20 0.70 |
0.08 30 |
0.04 13 0.06 0.02 |
0.83 | 0.03 | 21 | ||||||
| MZS10 | 49.80 50.30 0.50 |
0.33 116 |
0.14 52 0.38 0.08 |
0.55 | 2.33 | 58 | ||||||
| MZS10 | 76.90 78.50 1.60 |
4.39 1561 |
3.32 251 5.59 0.19 |
0.57 | 0.18 | 2498 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 26.50 27.50 1.00 |
1.85 658 |
1.11 168 1.82 0.61 |
1.46 | 0.73 | 658 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 52.00 53.00 1.00 |
0.31 111 |
0.08 74 0.16 0.05 |
0.13 | 0.28 | 111 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 62.20 62.80 0.60 |
0.65 229 |
0.48 27 1.12 0.08 |
0.14 | 0.13 | 138 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 81.00 82.00 1.00 |
2.84 1010 |
2.35 73 4.75 0.07 |
0.17 | 0.08 | 1010 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 90.00 91.00 1.00 |
0.23 80 |
0.16 12 0.55 0.01 |
0.08 | 0.04 | 80 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 93.00 94.00 1.00 |
0.29 104 |
0.12 41 0.18 0.17 |
0.14 | 0.17 | 104 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 94.80 95.80 1.00 |
0.59 208 |
0.17 99 0.36 0.40 |
1.02 | 1.00 | 208 | ||||||
| MZS11 | 98.80 102.30 3.50 |
4.27 1519 |
0.99 956 0.98 1.89 |
0.85 | 1.51 | 5315 | ||||||
| incl. | 99.80 101.30 1.50 |
9.16 3254 |
2.03 2093 1.95 3.97 |
1.54 | 3.08 | 4881 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 37.60 38.20 0.60 |
0.08 28 |
0.03 13 0.02 0.02 |
0.89 | 0.06 | 17 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 56.00 57.00 1.00 |
3.07 1092 |
1.18 526 1.06 1.26 |
0.91 | 0.98 | 1092 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 71.00 76.00 5.00 |
0.29 103 |
0.14 44 0.26 0.05 |
0.56 | 0.07 | 515 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 85.00 85.50 0.50 |
0.64 229 |
0.48 21 1.61 0.03 |
0.20 | 0.01 | 114 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 119.00 120.00 1.00 |
0.47 165 |
0.05 127 0.02 0.20 |
0.04 | 0.27 | 165 | ||||||
| MZS12 | 124.00 127.30 3.30 |
0.85 301 |
0.11 118 0.09 1.41 |
1.52 | 1.27 | 993 | ||||||
| incl. | 125.80 127.30 1.50 |
1.69 599 |
0.21 209 0.20 3.06 |
3.26 | 2.77 | 899 | ||||||
| MZS13 | 51.80 61.00 9.20 |
2.27 806 |
1.25 250 2.17 0.67 |
1.33 | 0.77 | 7416 | ||||||
| incl. | 51.80 58.00 6.20 |
3.19 1133 |
1.78 346 3.05 0.94 |
1.72 | 1.03 | 7025 | ||||||
| MZS13 | 156.50 157.00 0.50 |
2.58 918 |
1.57 126 2.65 1.80 |
0.52 | 0.08 | 459 | ||||||
| MZS13 | 160.70 163.80 3.10 |
0.81 289 |
0.20 86 0.28 1.25 |
0.58 | 0.97 | 896 | ||||||
| incl. | 160.70 161.80 1.10 |
1.90 677 |
0.46 172 0.66 3.25 |
1.46 | 2.58 | 744 |
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Table 2 (continued) . Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project – full list of SbEq/AgEq plus gold (Au) tin (Sn) intercepts. Note that antimony and silver equivalent figures do not incorporate tin or gold assay figures
| Hole | From | To | Interval | SbEq1 | AgEq1 | Sb | Ag | Pb | Cu | Au2 | Sn2 | Endowment |
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| (m) | (m) | (m) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (%) | (g/t) | (%) | (AgEq g/t.m) | |
| MZS14 | 32.00 33.50 1.50 |
0.24 84 |
0.07 56 0.11 0.02 |
0.18 | 0.02 | 126 | ||||||
| MZS14 | 43.00 55.00 12.00 |
0.21 76 |
0.09 36 0.09 0.07 |
0.32 | 0.11 | 909 | ||||||
| incl. | 44.00 46.00 2.00 |
0.77 274 |
0.32 120 0.37 0.32 |
0.97 | 0.48 | 548 | ||||||
| MZS14 | 61.00 62.00 1.00 |
0.25 90 |
0.09 52 0.03 0.07 |
0.38 | 0.27 | 90 | ||||||
| MZS14 | 70.80 72.00 1.20 |
0.21 75 |
0.13 18 0.18 0.06 |
0.33 | 0.09 | 90 | ||||||
| MZS14 | 84.00 88.00 4.00 |
0.42 150 |
0.32 16 0.82 0.03 |
0.10 | 0.14 | 598 | ||||||
| incl. | 84.00 85.00 1.00 |
1.50 534 |
1.18 41 3.14 0.11 |
0.25 | 0.08 | 534 | ||||||
| MZS15 | 62.30 66.90 4.60 |
0.67 237 |
0.43 49 0.84 0.16 |
0.56 | 0.45 | 1089 | ||||||
| incl. | 64.30 65.90 1.60 |
1.73 615 |
1.16 114 2.37 0.43 |
1.26 | 1.25 | 984 | ||||||
| MZS15 | 90.00 91.00 1.00 |
0.58 205 |
0.12 153 0.26 0.04 |
0.05 | 0.07 | 205 | ||||||
| MZS15 | 99.00 107.00 8.00 |
0.72 257 |
0.36 76 0.63 0.39 |
0.30 | 0.45 | 2058 | ||||||
| incl. | 100.00 102.00 2.00 |
2.38 847 |
1.27 215 2.40 1.33 |
0.55 | 1.37 | 1694 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 56.50 57.30 0.80 |
0.60 215 |
0.14 151 0.20 0.10 |
0.10 | 0.05 | 172 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 94.90 95.40 0.50 |
0.02 9 |
0.01 4 0.02 0.00 |
1.24 | 1.19 | 4 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 99.70 104.70 5.00 |
2.17 772 |
0.57 470 0.49 0.89 |
1.28 | 1.78 | 3860 | ||||||
| incl. | 99.70 101.70 2.00 |
5.06 1798 |
1.30 1116 1.07 1.98 |
2.68 | 3.97 | 3595 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 127.00 129.00 2.00 |
0.28 99 |
0.11 41 0.20 0.14 |
0.14 | 0.20 | 197 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 136.60 138.30 1.70 |
0.34 121 |
0.13 51 0.18 0.20 |
0.64 | 0.23 | 206 | ||||||
| MZS16 | 166.00 166.50 0.50 |
0.85 301 |
0.24 162 0.42 0.46 |
0.16 | 0.05 | 151 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 149.40 158.90 9.50 |
0.70 249 |
0.14 134 0.14 0.59 |
0.65 | 0.53 | 2361 | ||||||
| incl. | 149.40 155.90 6.50 |
0.94 334 |
0.20 175 0.18 0.83 |
0.81 | 0.73 | 2172 | ||||||
| incl. | 150.40 152.90 2.50 |
1.96 697 |
0.39 371 0.29 1.78 |
1.69 | 1.41 | 1743 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 161.90 167.30 5.40 |
0.24 86 |
0.06 40 0.15 0.20 |
0.15 | 0.12 | 464 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 177.00 181.00 4.00 |
1.00 354 |
0.33 130 0.87 0.88 |
0.14 | 0.08 | 1415 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 197.30 205.50 8.20 |
0.33 117 |
0.05 67 0.09 0.30 |
0.50 | 0.14 | 956 | ||||||
| MZS17 | 213.00 216.00 3.00 |
0.45 161 |
0.15 73 0.30 0.31 |
0.34 | 0.14 | 484 | ||||||
| MZS18 | 86.10 90.60 4.50 |
0.17 62 |
0.11 20 0.16 0.02 |
0.47 | 0.07 | 280 | ||||||
| incl. | 86.10 86.60 0.50 |
0.41 147 |
0.14 90 0.17 0.04 |
1.86 | 0.34 | 74 | ||||||
| MZS19 | 100.60 110.50 9.90 |
2.18 776 |
1.32 189 1.29 0.91 |
0.63 | 0.90 | 7679 | ||||||
| incl. | 105.90 108.50 2.60 |
5.57 1981 |
3.74 419 2.94 1.73 |
0.60 | 1.69 | 5150 | ||||||
| incl. | 105.90 107.50 1.60 |
7.01 2491 |
5.06 380 2.60 2.59 |
1.99 | 2.62 | 3986 | ||||||
| MZS20 | 125.80 134.70 8.90 |
0.80 285 |
0.54 61 1.21 0.08 |
0.44 | 0.12 | 2533 | ||||||
| incl. | 130.30 132.80 1.50 |
2.22 788 |
1.71 80 3.67 0.28 |
0.55 | 0.27 | |||||||
| MZS21 | 137.00 137.50 0.50 |
0.83 293 |
0.52 58 2.44 0.02 |
0.03 | 0.01 | 147 | ||||||
| and | 148.00 149.00 1.00 |
0.03 9 |
0.02 2 0.01 0.01 |
0.07 | 0.39 | 9 | ||||||
| and | 157.00 159.00 2.00 |
0.31 110 |
0.05 87 0.06 0.04 |
0.38 | 0.05 | 221 | ||||||
| MZS22 | 227.80 239.00 11.20 |
0.44 157 |
0.11 68 0.91 0.32 |
0.56 | 0.23 | 1763 | ||||||
| incl. | 227.80 229.00 1.20 |
1.28 454 |
0.32 224 2.76 0.61 |
0.55 | 0.21 | 544 | ||||||
| and | 235.30 237.00 1.70 |
0.57 203 |
0.10 85 0.10 0.79 |
1.68 | 0.66 | 345 | ||||||
| and | 251.00 252.00 1.00 |
1.90 675 |
0.91 211 2.11 0.96 |
0.35 | 0.13 | 675 | ||||||
| and | 267.00 267.80 0.80 |
0.70 248 |
0.50 20 1.11 0.29 |
0.17 | 0.15 | 198 |
Figure 1 on the following page summaries drill hole positions of completed drill holes with assays reported, complete drill holes with assays to be reported and planned drill holes. An initial resource is likely to be based on 300m strike x 200m depth. An additional 8,000m in drilling is planned to potentially extend resource down to 400m.
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Figure 1. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Lode - hanging wall lode long section showing drill progress
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Figure 2 . Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project – Tin soil anomaly, completed and planned drilling positions
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Hanging wall lode (HW)
Footwall lode (FW)
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Drilled, waiting on assays
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Drilled, assays
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Drilled, assays reported
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Drilled, assays reported
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Drilled, assays reported
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Section 5363960N
Drilled, waiting on assays
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Antimony and silver are by far the most dominant metals however significant gold, lead, copper and now tin values highlight the polymetallic nature of mineralisation in the Montezuma lodes.
The Montezuma silver-antimony deposit is a structurally controlled lode, emplaced primarily within the well-known Montezuma fault and hosted by a sequence of turbidites, siltstones, sandstones and black shale units. Antimony is contained within Jamesonite, a lead-iron-antimony sulphide mineral (Pb4FeSb6S14) and is a late-stage hydrothermal mineral forming at moderate to low temperatures. Stibnite (Sb2S3) is also relatively abundant.
1Montezuma Silver and Antimony Metal Equivalent Grades
LDR is reporting both antimony and silver equivalent grade figures due to interchanging dominance of these two metals from intercept to intercept. Metal equivalent grade figures are a method of demonstrating overall metal endowment for all significant metals grades in a single grade figure for each intercept and thus allowing a simpler comparison between intercepts. Montezuma reported antimony and silver equivalent figures are based on conversion factors as follows:
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➢ SbEq(%) = Sb(%) + 0.00281Ag(g/t) + 0.056Pb(%) + 0.29*Cu(%)
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➢ AgEq(g/t) = Ag(g/t) + 355Sb(%) + 20Pb(%) + 101*Cu(%)
Metal equivalent conversion factors were calculated using 30 December 2024 metal prices of US$34,747/t antimony, US$29.1/oz silver, US$1,912/t lead and US$8,705/t copper. The antimony price was calculated as an average of several antimony products in a number of markets including:
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➢ antimony concentrate delivered China
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➢ antimony ingot FOB China
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➢ antimony trioxide FOB China
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➢ antimony trioxide in warehouse Baltimore
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➢ antimony ingot in warehouse Baltimore
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➢ antimony trioxide in warehouse Baltimore
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➢ antimony trioxide in warehouse Rotterdam
Metal equivalent conversion factors were calculated using a preliminary flotation test carried out by ALS Metallurgy (Burnie) in September 2019, where recoveries achieved were 74.5% antimony, 77.9% silver, 75.8% lead and 84.8% copper. It is Lode’s opinion that all the elements included in the metal equivalents calculation have a reasonable potential to be recovered and sold.
Figure 3. Antimony prices for various markets
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US$34747/t antinomy
price assumption used in
equivalent calculations
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2Tin and Gold Assays
Tin and Gold assay figures are not included in equivalent metal calculations as gold was not assayed in an early flotation test. ALS Metallurgy has been commissioned to complete further comprehensive flotation tests on Montezuma Silver & Antimony mineralisation including the recovery of tin and gold. This includes Quantitative X-ray Diffraction (QXRD) analysis to determine overall mineralogy.
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The Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project
The Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project includes a high-grade antimony-silver deposit with initial development, advanced metallurgical test work and considerable beneficiation infrastructure. Access is via the Zeehan township located 13km to the west.
The Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project (2M-2023, EL7-2019) is located between well-known mining centres such as:
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Rosebery (Zn,Cu,Pb) owned by MMG Ltd
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Renison Bell (Sn) owned by Metals X Ltd and Yunnan Tin Group Company Limited
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Henty (Au) owned by Catalyst Metals Ltd
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Zeehan (Sn,Pb,Ag) owned by Stellar Resources Limited.
Antimony is classified as a critical metal by both the Australian Federal Government and the Tasmanian State Government, as well as the US and EU. Montezuma is Tasmania’s only antimony project.
Figure 4. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project is located in Tasmania’s premier West Coast Mining Province
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Several major mining centres
surround LDR’s 100% owned
Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project
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The Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project includes a variety of mining and exploration equipment, and considerable beneficiation infrastructure located 15km northwest of the Zeehan township. Infrastructure includes connection to grid power, cone crusher, ball mill, gravity tables, spirals, tankage, raw water and a recently constructed tailings dam. Trial pilot scale beneficiation treatment of Montezuma mineralisation is planned once metallurgical parameters, flowsheet configuration and permitting are finalised.
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The Montezuma silver & antimony lode is structurally controlled with strong shearing and open space fracturing along the Montezuma Fault. Modelling of this structure using drilling and surface mapping of the existing known mineralised lode shows that the Montezuma structure strikes approximately 350° and dips 65° E. Extrapolation of the interception between the modelled Montezuma structure and surface along strike was an exploration method used to map and sample lode extensions.
Historically, previous explorers focused primarily on tin (Sn) and lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) exploration and antimony was rarely assayed. Assays of mineralisation encountered in drilling to date has shown there are good geochemical associations between several elements, that being Sb-Ag-Au-Pb-Cu-Zn-Sn.
Cassiterite is a tin bearing mineral which is relatively resistant to chemical weathering due to it being an oxide (SnO2) and resistant to physical weathering due its high density (7.3 g/cm[3] ). Historic soil sampling by Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australia Ltd in the 1980’s has revealed a strong Sn anomaly associated with the Montezuma mineralisation over 500m strike.
Previous Drilling
Previous drilling at the Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project focused on a relatively small but very high-grade section of the hanging wall lode (HW). Twelve drill holes returned bonanza antimony and silver grades over approximately a 25m strike x 20 depth area of the hanging wall lode.
Table 3 . Previous Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project drill intercept assays
| Hole | From | To | Interval | Sb | Ag | Au | Pb | Cu | Sn |
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| (m) | (m) | (m) | (%) | (g/t) | (g/t) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
| MZSFW1 | 3.00 | 12.50 | 9.50 | 1.86 | 291 | 0.38 | 2.82 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| incl. | 7.30 | 11.20 | 3.90 | 1.95 | 430 | 0.38 | 2.67 | 0.12 | 0.07 |
| incl. | 8.60 | 10.50 | 1.90 | 5.36 | 913 | 0.66 | 8.33 | 0.37 | 0.21 |
| MZSFW2 | 11.00 | 19.00 | 8.00 | 2.13 | 223 | 0.72 | 3.61 | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| incl. | 12.10 | 16.80 | 4.70 | 3.49 | 340 | 1.03 | 5.92 | 0.11 | 0.26 |
| incl. | 14.30 | 16.00 | 1.70 | 5.59 | 649 | 1.08 | 7.99 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| MZSFW3 | 2.50 | 13.00 | 10.50 | 2.98 | 263 | 0.71 | 4.66 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| incl. | 4.70 | 12.00 | 7.30 | 4.18 | 353 | 0.93 | 6.52 | 0.23 | 0.17 |
| incl. | 9.00 | 11.00 | 2.00 | 12.00 | 1,030 | 2.37 | 17.80 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| MZSFW4 | 3.00 | 12.00 | 9.00 | 0.17 | 98 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
| inl | 7.50 | 9.00 | 1.50 | 0.34 | 224 | 2.03 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 0.37 |
| MZSFW5 | 0.00 | 8.60 | 8.60 | 5.02 | 738 | 0.70 | 7.28 | 0.32 | 0.16 |
| incl. | 3.30 | 8.20 | 4.90 | 8.59 | 1,251 | 1.18 | 12.43 | 0.54 | 0.26 |
| incl. | 5.20 | 7.80 | 2.60 | 12.02 | 1,677 | 1.16 | 17.40 | 0.71 | 0.33 |
| MZSFW6 | 3.00 | 6.80 | 3.80 | 1.23 | 443 | 1.23 | 2.01 | 0.21 | 0.10 |
| incl. | 3.00 | 5.80 | 2.80 | 1.55 | 543 | 1.46 | 2.52 | 0.26 | 0.10 |
| incl. | 3.80 | 4.90 | 1.10 | 2.34 | 741 | 1.56 | 3.33 | 0.41 | 0.11 |
| MZSFW7 | 15.00 | 22.00 | 7.00 | 3.57 | 432 | 1.03 | 4.60 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| Incl. | 16.70 | 20.70 | 4.00 | 6.05 | 722 | 1.66 | 7.76 | 0.28 | 0.16 |
| Incl. | 19.40 | 20.20 | 0.80 | 18.23 | 612 | 1.30 | 22.56 | 0.20 | 0.13 |
| MZSFW8 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 0.50 | 1.30 | 49 | 0.35 | 2.59 | 0.27 | 0.15 |
| MZSFW8 | 10.00 | 15.00 | 5.00 2.90 |
2.75 4.38 |
280 445 |
1.12 | 4.51 | 0.22 | 0.31 |
| incl. | 10.90 | 13.80 | 1.80 | 7.22 | 0.34 | 0.50 | |||
| MZS01 | 19.50 | 24.30 | 4.80 2.70 |
0.44 0.74 |
58 79 |
0.28 | 0.78 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| incl. | 21.00 | 23.70 | 0.36 | 1.35 | 0.10 | 0.05 | |||
| MZS02 | 22.00 | 25.00 | 3.00 0.90 |
1.79 5.51 |
101 285 |
0.51 | 4.56 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| incl. | 23.10 | 24.00 | 1.33 | 14.30 | 0.35 | 0.27 | |||
| MZS03 | 25.20 | 30.00 | 4.80 1.30 |
2.31 6.58 |
329 826 |
0.48 | 4.05 | 0.13 | 0.08 |
| incl. | 28.00 | 29.30 | 0.76 | 11.33 | 0.27 | 0.13 | |||
| MZS04 | 10.00 | 13.00 | 3.00 | 0.09 | 174 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| MZS04 | 23.00 | 30.90 | 7.90 | 0.14 | 25 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
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Figure 5. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project long section showing antimony (Sb), silver (Ag) and gold (Au) assays for previously reported drill intercepts (dark blue annotation boxes) and surface grab samples (light blue annotation boxes)
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MZSFW1
9.50m @
1.86% Sb
291 g/t Ag
0.38 g/t Au
MZSFW8 MZSFW4 MZSFW6
2.75% Sb 5.00m @ 0.17% Sb 9.00m @ 1.23% Sb 3.80m @
280 g/t Ag 98 g/t Ag 443 g/t Ag
1.12 g/t Au 0.52 g/t Au 1.23 g/t Au
MZSFW3 MZS01
10.50m @ 4.80m @
2.98% Sb 0.44% Sb
MZSFW7 263 g/t Ag 58 g/t Ag
7.00m @ 0.71 g/t Au 0.28 g/t Au
1.03 g/t Au 432 g/t Ag 3.57% Sb 0.72 g/t Au223 g/t Ag 2.13% Sb 8.00m @ MZSFW2 MZSFW5 0.51 g/t Au 101 g/t Ag 1.79% Sb 3.00m @ MZS02 Montezuma Modelled Structure Open
8.60m @
5.02% Sb MZS03
738 g/t Ag MZS04 4.80m @
0.70 g/t Au 7.90m @ 2.31% Sb
0.14% Sb 329 g/t Ag
25 g/t Ag 0.48 g/t Au
0.31 g/t Au
Open
SGD+0: 6.01% Sb 446 g/t Ag 10.6% Pb
SGD+5: 18.30% Sb 3,050g/t Ag 18.9% Pb SGD+10: 10.10% Sb 1,950 g/t Ag 14.00% Pb SGD+15: 17.2% Sb 399 g/t Ag 29.68% Pb
SGD+25: 24.50% Sb 501 g/t Ag 39.08% Pb
SGD+30: 16.90% Sb 640 g/t Ag 16.70% Pb SGD+35: 4.36% Sb 124 g/t Ag 13.81% Pb g SGD+40: 5.73% Sb 175 g/t Ag 11.00% Pb SGD+45: 10.40% Sb 158 g/t Ag 17.5% Pb SGD+50: 5.12% Sb 986 g/t Ag 18.50% Pb
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Development Face and Bulk Sampling
Development of the portal box cut and exploration drive has provided an opportunity for development face and bulk sampling. Previously samples were taken from three development faces up to the initial adit face, each representing a 2.4m cut (drilled, charged, blasted, mineralised/waste rock removed and stockpiled).
These development face samples have graded up to 21.4% antimony (Sb), 2,478 g/t silver (Ag) and 44.3% lead (Pb). Antimony (Sb) grades ranged from 1.54% to 21.40%, lead (Pb) grades ranged from 2.13% to 44.3% and silver (Ag) grades ranged from 93 g/t to 2,478 g/t.
Total interval grades for face sampling are 9.3% antimony (Sb), 306 g/t silver (Ag) and 16.7% lead (Pb) over 1.85m for development face LT1, 7.8% antimony (Sb), 804 g/t silver (Ag) and 10.9% lead (Pb) over 2.20m for development face LT2 and 6.2% antimony (Sb), 301 g/t silver (Ag) and 11.7% lead (Pb) over 2.00m for development face LT3.
Table 4. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project deposit – sampling of three development faces
| Sample | Easting | Northing | RL m |
From m |
To m |
Interval m |
Sb | Ag | Pb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | m | m | % | g/t | % | ||||
| LT101 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 17.50 | 434 | 34.00 | |||
| LT102 | 373154.2 | 5364182.0 | 620.0 | 0.50 | 1.45 | 0.95 | 3.07 | 186 | 5.26 |
| LT103 | 1.45 | 1.85 | 0.40 | 13.90 | 431 | 22.40 | |||
| LT1 Total Interval | 0.00 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 9.31 | 306 | 16.73 | |||
| LT201 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 18.65 | 2,478 | 25.80 | |||
| LT202 | 373154.3 | 5364178.1 | 620.0 | 0.50 | 1.10 | 0.60 | 5.90 | 346 | 8.49 |
| LT203 | 1.10 | 1.60 | 0.50 | 6.78 | 534 | 9.21 | |||
| LT204 | 1.60 | 2.20 | 0.60 | 1.54 | 93 | 2.13 | |||
| LT2 Total Interval | 0.00 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 7.81 | 804 | 10.85 | |||
| LT301 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 13.65 | 1,170 | 21.00 | |||
| LT302 | 373154.0 | 5364176.3 | 620.3 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 21.40 | 462 | 44.30 |
| LT303 | 0.50 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 2.66 | 106 | 5.51 | |||
| LT3 Total Interval | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6.18 | 301 | 11.71 |
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Previously representative sample assays of mineralisation mined during box cut and portal development averaged 4.75% antimony (Sb), 239 g/t silver (Ag) and 9.36% lead (Pb) for combined mineralisation/waste batches and representative sampling averaged 9.02% antimony (Sb), 769 g/t silver (Ag) and 15.47% lead (Pb) for mineralisation only batches. The latter reconciles well with corresponding face sampling – see LT1 Total Interval in Table 4.
Table 5. Combined development mineralisation/waste assay
| Sample | Sb | Ag | Pb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | g/t | % |
| DSO1 All in | 4.16 | 232 | 8.48 |
| DSO2 All in | 4.30 | 237 | 8.87 |
| DSO3 All in | 5.25 | 244 | 9.88 |
| DSO4 All in | 5.29 | 243 | 10.20 |
| Average | 4.75 | 239 | 9.36 |
Table 6. Development mineralisation only assays
| Sample | Sb | Ag | Pb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | g/t | % |
| DSO11/22 01 | 7.96 | 917 | 12.85 |
| DSO11/22 02 | 9.01 | 672 | 16.30 |
| DSO11/22 03 | 10.10 | 718 | 17.25 |
| Average | 9.02 | 769 | 15.47 |
Photo 1. Mined and coarsely crushed Montezuma mineralisation. Representative sample assays of mineralisation only batches averaged 9.02% antimony (Sb), 769 g/t silver (Ag) and 15.47% lead (Pb)
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Photo 2. Exploration drive development
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Figure 6. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project tenements
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Granville
Beneficiation Infrastructure
(2M-2018, 32M-1988, EL9-2019)
Montezuma
Silver & Antimony Deposit
(2M-2023, EL7-2019, EL2/2020 )
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Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project Regional Exploration Results
During the quarter LDR reported that grab samples from historical waste dumps at the Fahlore workings have returned high-grade silver, antimony and copper assays as shown in Table 1 and Figure 2. Grab sampling is selective in nature with resultant assay grades considered to be qualitative rather than quantitative and not necessarily representative of the mined mineralisation which may actually be lower or higher in grade.
Table 7. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project – Fahlore mine dump assays
| Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
Sample Easting Northing Ag Sb Cu Pb Zn Au Sn Number (m GDA94) (m GDA94) (g/t) (%) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (%) |
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| FA004 | 374325 | 5367840 | 554 | 0.17 | 1.29 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.01 |
| FA005 | 374310 | 5367825 | 77 | 0.16 | 0.56 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| FA006 | 374378 | 5367966 | 12 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| FA007 | 374377 | 5367941 | 2480 | 2.35 | 3.19 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
| FA008 | 374373 | 5367920 | 464 | 0.48 | 0.66 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| FA009 | 374368 | 5367953 | 215 | 0.25 | 2.41 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| FA010 | 374365 | 5367935 | 1610 | 1.01 | 0.83 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.01 |
| FA011 | 374355 | 5367860 | 198 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
| MR0006 | 374353 | 5367941 | 2060 | 2.30 | 3.12 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.02 |
| MR0007 | 374346 | 5367726 | 21 | 0.79 | 0.05 | 1.43 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| MR0010 | 374371 | 5367759 | 47 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.12 | <0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| MR0011 | 374373 | 5367752 | 631 | 1.27 | 0.86 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.01 |
| MR0012 | 374374 | 5367743 | 670 | 1.65 | 3.73 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| FO 1 | 373108 | 5363959 | 21 | - | - | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | -0.01 |
| FO 2 | 373108 | 5363959 | 47 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.02 | <0.01 |
| FOC | 374397 | 5367877 | 466 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| FOD1 | 374855 | 5367957 | 31 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| FOD2 | 374374 | 5367962 | 4 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
The Fahlore silver and antimony deposit mineralisation comprises jamesonite, galena, tetrahedrite and chalcopyrite and is similar in composition to the Montezuma silver & antimony deposit which is currently being drilled and located 4km to the SW.
The Fahlore workings includes series of shaft, adit and waste dumps that extend over a strike of 350 metres in a N-S direction (Figure 1).
Exploration fieldwork is ongoing with multiple targets defined using extensive soil sampling that was completed by contract field staff for Electrolytic Zinc Company in the 1980’s followed up with other exploration techniques.
Early success includes the successful rediscovery of the lost Blocks East workings after investigating Ag-Cu-Pb soil geochemical anomalies (see Figure 2). Initial rock chip sampling and mapping has been carried out and assays will be reported when received.
Lode sees the successful drill definition of the Montezuma silver & antinomy deposit as a model for discovering other such structurally controlled granite related Sb-Ag sulphide deposits in the West Coast Mining Province.
Soil anomalies defined by historical exploration provide numerous untested structural targets in the district yet to be investigated. Lode is acquiring a significant land holding in the district with the recent acquisition of tenement EL2/2020 adding 88 sqkm’s and tenement application EL6/2025 adding 71 sqkm’s.
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Figure 7. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project – Fahlore mine workings and dump assays
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215 g/t Ag, 0.25% Sb, 2.41% Cu
2,480 g/t Ag, 2.35% Sb, 3.19% Cu
2,060 g/t Ag, 2.3% Sb, 3.12% Cu
1610 g/t Ag, 1.01% Sb, 0.83% Cu
464 g/t Ag, 0.48% Sb, 0.66% Cu
466 g/t Ag, 0.52% Sb, 0.71% Cu
198 g/t Ag, 0.61% Sb, 0.48% Cu
554 g/t Ag, 0.17% Sb, 1.29% Cu
631 g/t Ag, 1.27% Sb, 0.86% Cu
670 g/t Ag, 1.65% Sb, 3.73% Cu
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Figure 8. Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project – Historical soil sampling reveals numerous soil anomalies
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Fahlore mine workings
Anomalous soils
Blocks East mine workings
Montezuma Silver & Antimony deposit
with drilling in progress
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Antimony - One of the World’s most critical metals
Antimony is classified as a critical metal by both the Australian Federal Government and the Tasmanian State Government, as well as almost every advanced western nation. Antimony markets have tightened further with China announcing the ban on antimony exports specifically to the United States on 3 December*. This curb strengthens the enforcement of existing limits on critical minerals exported from China announced last year and the more specific ban on certain antimony product exports early this year, all due to national security concerns. Antimony prices have now reached record levels due to tight supply conditions.
The Tasmanian Government recently outlined a Critical Minerals Strategy which includes the objective of growing exploration for critical minerals and supporting critical minerals projects. Montezuma, 100% owned by Lode, is Tasmania’s only antimony project**.
Figure 9. Tasmania’s strategic minerals – Montezuma is Tasmania’s only antimony project,100% owned by LDR
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Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project
• 100% owned by LDR
• Tasmania’s only antimony project
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*https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/china-bans-exports-gallium-germanium-antimony-us-2024-12-03/
- **https://mrt.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/551114/Critical_Minerals_Strategy_23_Oct_2024.pdf
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Figure 10. Antimony Prices have tripled in the West in just one year and are up circa 70% in China
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Source: USGS, Polyus 2023 Annual Report
Figure 11. China’s antimony production has fallen by 67% in the last decade
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Source: Bloomberg
Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project References
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LDR announcement 9 December 2024 titled “Montezuma Antimony Project Development Activities Commence”
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LDR announcement 21 January 2025 titled “Montezuma Antimony Project Inaugural High-Grade Assays”
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LDR announcement 3 February 2025 titled “High-Grade Antimony and Silver Drill Intercepts”
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LDR announcement 25 February 2025 titled “Up to 31.9% Antimony and 5,460 g/t silver”
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LDR announcement 10 April 2025 titled “Extensive Drill Programme Underway at Montezuma Antimony Project”
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LDR announcement 30 April 2025 titled “Quarterly Activities Reports for the Period Ended 31 March 2025”
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LDR announcement 1 July 2025 titled “Multiple High-Grade Antimony and Silver Drill Intercepts”
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LDR announcement 14 July 2025 titled “Gold Assays Enhance High-Grade Antimony and Silver Drill Intercepts”
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LDR announcement 21 July 2025 titled “Tin Assays Enhance High-Grade Antimony and Silver Drill Intercepts”
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LDR announcement 18 August 2025 titled “More High-Grade Antimony and Silver Drill Intercepts”
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LDR announcement 1 September 2025 titled “Grades up to 2,730 g/t Silver Eq and Deepest Intercept To Date”
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LDR announcement 30 September 2025 titled “Montezuma Regional High-Grade Silver & Antimony Assays ”
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Magwood Antimony Project[15-16]
Subsequent to the September quarter LDR reported drill core intercept assay results from initial drilling at the historic Magwood antimony mine located in the New England region of NSW and just 40km northnorthwest of the Hillgrove antimony mine. These results are summarised in Table 8 below.
Table 8. Magwood Antimony Project – Initial drill core intercept assays
| Hole Number From To Interval Sb grade (m) (m) (m) (%) |
Hole Number From To Interval Sb grade (m) (m) (m) (%) |
Hole Number From To Interval Sb grade (m) (m) (m) (%) |
Rock Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAG002 | 66.0 | 67.1 1.1 0.15 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG002 | 81.3 | 82.0 0.7 0.13 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG004 | 41.5 | 41.6 0.1 9.65 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG004 | 49.5 | 51.0 1.5 0.17 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG007 | 26.0 | 27.0 1.0 0.08 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG007 | 35.7 | 36.6 0.9 1.28 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG007 | 164.3 | 164.8 0.5 0.11 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG008 | 53.0 | 55.0 2.0 0.17 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG008 | 61.0 | 61.2 0.2 1.75 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG008 | 66.5 | 66.7 0.2 19.20 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG008 | 68.0 | 69.0 1.0 0.25 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG008 | 73.5 | 75.0 1.5 0.86 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG010 | 74.3 | 75.0 0.7 0.88 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG010 | 77.0 | 78.9 1.9 2.20 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG010 | 81.5 | 86.3 4.8 9.92 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| incl. | 82.0 | 84.4 2.4 19.61 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| incl. | 82.0 | 83.3 1.3 28.57 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG010 | 103.0 | 106.0 3.0 1.96 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| incl. | 104.0 | 104.3 0.3 16.60 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG010 | 107.2 | 107.7 0.5 0.20 |
In situ stibnite mineralisation |
The drill assays in Table 1 indicate the potential for significant unmined in situ antimony mineralisation, located adjacent to existing workings that was either missed by historical miners due to a complete dearth of any drilling or as a result of “high-grading”. Two individual core assays from drill hole MAG010 graded 31.1% Sb in 82-82.6m and 26.4% Sb in 82.6-83.3m demonstrating the potential for massive stibnite style mineralisation.
Backfilled mine voids were also intercepted in seven drill holes with three returning sufficient sample material for a single assay per void as shown In Table 2. Historical mining utilised the shrink stope mining method with ore often hand sorted. This appears to have resulted in the finer stibnite mineralisation being placed underfoot as stope backfill as mining progressed upwards.
Table 2. Magwood Antimony Project – Mineralised stope fill assays*
| Hole Number Void From Void To Void Length Sb grade Rock Recovered (m) (m) (m) (%)* |
Hole Number Void From Void To Void Length Sb grade Rock Recovered (m) (m) (m) (%)* |
Hole Number Void From Void To Void Length Sb grade Rock Recovered (m) (m) (m) (%)* |
|---|---|---|
| MAG002 | 85.0 | 97.4 12.4 3.08 Stope fill incl. stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG004 | 41.6 | 49.5 7.9 0.22 Stope fill incl. stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG008 | 45.9 | 53.0 7.1 0.04 Stope fill incl. stibnite mineralisation |
| MAG010 | 79.5 | 81.2 1.7 2.66 Stope fill incl. stibnite mineralisation |
*Note the recoveries of loose mineralised stope fill as drill core is very low (approx.1%) and, whilst sampling is not selective, the resultant assays are unlikely to be sufficiently representative to be used in any resource calculation. Nevertheless, it is well known that substantial past extraction of mineralised stope fill was carried out over a significant period at the nearby Hillgrove antimony mine where historical shrink stope mining and hand sorting methods also occurred.
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Figure 12. Magwood Antimony Project – Isometric view of initial drill core intercept assays results and recovered mineralised back fill assays
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7.1m @ 0.04% Sb from 74.3m
2.0m @ 0.17% Sb from 77.0m
0.2m @ 1.75% Sb from 79.5m
0.2m @ 19.20% Sb from 81.5m
1.0m @ 0.25% Sb from 81.5m
1.5m @ 0.86% Sb from 81.5m
MAG006
0.7m @ 0.88% Sb from 74.3m MAG004
1.9m @ 2.20% Sb from 77.0m
1.7m @ 2.66% Sb from 79.5m MAG003 MAG001 12.4m @ 3.08% Sb from 85m
4.8m @ 9.92% Sb from 81.5m
MAG005
incl. 2.4m @ 19.61% Sb from 82.0m
MAG008
MAG002
3.0m @ 1.96% Sb from 103.0m
incl. 0.3m @ 16.60% Sb from 104.0m
0.5m @ 0.20% Sb from 107.2m
MAG010
MAG007
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Stope fill with stibnite mineralisation
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Historical records show that Magwood’s mined grades were very high by today’s standards which is a strong indication of selective mining through hand sorting of massive stibnite mineralisation.
The vein/shear filling stibnite (Sb2S3) mineralisation at Magwood was mined historically via underground shafts and adits. Mining reached a depth of 300m below surface however there is strong evidence of selective mining, especially in the early years and, together with the lack of drilling, suggests that significant remnant mineralisation remains within the mine at grades that would be considered highgrade in today’s terms, especially given current high Sb prices.
By way of comparison the Hillgrove Mine is reported to have a Measured and Indicted (M&I) Resource grade of 1.6% Sb whilst Australia’s only currently operating antimony mine, the Costerfield Mine in Victoria, has a M&I resource grade of 3.0% Sb. Primary antimony mines are uncommon and both Hillgrove and Costerfield are considered gold mines with accessory antimony.
Lode’s initial drilling program is the first for the Magwood antimony mine and is the only significant exploration in the last 50 years despite being Australia’s primary antimony producer prior to the development of the Hillgrove Antimony and Gold Mine. Magwood is a priority target as well as a type model for Lode’s exploration planning.
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Figure 13. Magwood Antimony Project – Plan view of initial drill core intercept assays results and recovered mineralised back fill assays
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MAG007
7.1m @ 0.04% Sb from 74.3m
2.0m @ 0.17% Sb from 77.0m
0.2m @ 1.75% Sb from 79.5m
0.2m @ 19.20% Sb from 81.5m
1.0m @ 0.25% Sb from 81.5m
1.5m @ 0.86% Sb from 81.5m
MAG002
0.7m @ 0.88% Sb from 74.3m
1.9m @ 2.20% Sb from 77.0m
1.7m @ 2.66% Sb from 79.5m
4.8m @ 9.92% Sb from 81.5m MAG005
incl. 2.4m @ 19.61% Sb from 82.0m MAG006
12.4m @ 3.08% Sb from 85m
MAG008 MAG004
3.0m @ 1.96% Sb from 103.0m
incl. 0.3m @ 16.60% Sb from 104.0m
MAG010
0.5m @ 0.20% Sb from 107.2m
MAG001
MAG003
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Stope fill with stibnite mineralisation
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Photo 3. Drone borne photo of Adit 3 (150m depth) underground workings
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Photo 4. 19.61% Sb over 2.4m from 82m within 9.92% Sb over 4.8m from 81.5m (MAG010)
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Mine dump grab samples at the Magwood antimony mine have returned high grade antimony as shown in Table 9 below. Grab sampling is selective in nature with resultant assay grades considered to be qualitative rather than quantitative and not necessarily representative of the mined stibnite mineralisation which may actually be lower or higher in antimony grade. Grab sample assays graded as high as 41.7% Sb and one dump sample graded 6.14 g/t Au (sample no. R508) indicating there is potential for gold bearing lodes at depth.
Table 9. Magwood mine dump grab samples antimony (Sb) and gold (Au) assays
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Sample Easting Northing RL Sb Au Sample Easting Northing RL Sb Au
Number m m m % g/t Number m m m % g/t
R494 420014 6656070 1011 16.3 0.11 R505 420080 6656101 989 0.72 0.13
R495 420016 6656069 1002 41.7 0.04 R506 420047 6656055 998 9.68 0.05
R496 420006 6656064 1010 1.08 0.01 R507 420047 6656049 1000 3.46 0.01
R497 420006 6656065 1004 29.8 0.04 R508 420044 6656033 1007 0.15 6.14
R498 420000 6656090 1000 24.3 0.12 R509 420019 6656079 1000 0.06 0.04
R499 420000 6656095 999 0.57 0.01 R510 420023 6656105 994 0.04 0.01
R500 420004 6656097 988 3.61 0.12 R511 420086 6656090 990 10.25 0.03
R501 420013 6656102 991 12.9 0.11 R512 420090 6656101 978 8.04 0.05
R502 420032 6656099 991 1.12 0.11 R513 420081 6656084 993 15.75 0.03
R503 420053 6656084 993 4.2 <0.01 R514 420071 6656074 995 17.8 0.04
R504 420078 6656093 981 29.9 0.05 R515 420016 6656079 1000 0.23 0.01
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Figure 14. Magwood antimony mine plan - grab sample location, semi-parallel lode structures, mine dumps and underground mine levels projected to surface
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Multiple Semi Parallel
Lode Structures
Magwood Main Shaft
300m depth
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Figure 15. Magwood antimony mine longitudinal section - workings, stoped, potential unmined and down dip extensions of mineralisation
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SW NE
Main
Shaft Old
Shaft
Adit 1A
Adit 1
Drill Target
Adit 2
Adit 3
Potential Unmined Potential Drill Target
Pillars, Stockwork Level 1 & Adit 4
Zones, Disseminated
Zones, Parallel Lodes
and Linkage Lodes Level 2
Potential Drill Target
Level 3
Level 4
Potential Drill Target
Potential Down Plunge
Extension of Antimony
Mineralisation
Potential Drill Target
Possible Transition to Au
Rich Sb Mineralisation
at Depth
300m
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New England Antimony Exploration Licences – 1,914 km[2 ]
Lode’s New England exploration licences EL9662 and EL9319 cover multiple strategic antimony prospects, including the historical Magwood antimony mine. These antimony prospects, together with Lode’s Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project located in Tasmania, forms a strategic exploration portfolio that is highly prospective for one of the world’s most critical metals.
In total there are 19 recorded antimony prospects within the Exploration Licences EL9662 and EL9319, both controlled 100% by Lode. Almost no drilling has occurred within Lode’s antimony project areas despite the geology being considered highly prospective for orogenic structurally-controlled antimony mineralisation. It is highly relevant that surface work is almost nonexistent.
The exploration licences prospective for antimony covers an area of 1,914 km[2] and forms a large proportion of the approximately 2,741km[2] of exploration licences that Lode owns in NSW. This makes Lode the largest holder of exploration ground in the New England Fold Belt.
Exploration within the New England Fold Belt has been limited since the 1970’s with one exploration hole drilled for every fourteen holes drilled in the Lachlan Fold Belt attesting to the tremendous discovery potential that may be latent within Lode’s strategic exploration portfolio. Field activities have commenced including access discussions with surface landowners.
Figure 16: Location of Lode’s EL9662 With Multiple Antimony Prospects
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Lode’s EL9662
1,105 km [2]
Multiple Antimony
Prospects
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Magwood Antimony Project Reference
- LDR announcement 13 May 2025 titled “Lode Advances Second High-Grade Antimony Project”
- LDR announcement 17 October 2025 titled “31.1% Antimony Intercepted in Inaugural Drilling at Magwood NSW”
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Webbs Consol Silver Project Sale[17&18]
During the September quarter LDR announced the execution of a binding agreement with Rapid Critical Metals (“Rapid”) to divest Lode’s Webbs Consol silver project in northeast New South Wales to Rapid. The divestment comprises the transfer of two licenses containing the Webbs Consol deposit, being Webbs Consol EL 8933 and Webbs Consol Expanded EL9454. Consideration to Lode for the divestment comprises the following:
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➢ A$3.75 million in cash, of which, A$3 million is to be paid upon completion, with A$750,000 to be paid 12 months from completion;
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➢ 115 million shares in Rapid (“RCM Consideration Shares” - equivalent to 15.3% of Rapid, based on Rapid’s 638 million ordinary shares currently on issue and allowing for the issue of the 115 million Rapid shares to Lode). The RCM Consideration Shares will be voluntarily escrowed by Lode for a period of 12 months. Thereafter, Lode is to use its best endeavours to affect an in-specie distribution of these RCM Consideration Shares to Lode shareholders; and
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➢ a 2% NSR royalty over Webbs Consol
The transaction is subject to a shareholder approval of Rapid which is expected to be sought at a General Meeting of Rapid likely to be held in November (3 weeks). Over recent years, Lode has continued to undertake significant work with a view to progressing the Webbs Consol silver project. In June 2025, Lode announced a maiden mineral resource at Webbs Consol of 1.6Mt at 636g/t AgEq for a total of 32 million AgEq ounces see Table 1 below).
Table 10. Webbs Consol Resource Estimate at 140g/t AgEq lower cutoff
Webb's Consol Mineral Resource Estimate |
Webb's Consol Mineral Resource Estimate |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Metal |
Metal |
Metal |
Metal |
Metal |
Metal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Tonnage kt | Ag g/t | Cu % | Pb % | Zn % | **Aug/t ** | **AgEq g/t ** | **Ag Moz ** | Cu kt | Pb kt | Zn kt | **Au oz ** | AgEq Moz |
| Indicated | 590 | 162 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 0.02 | 647 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 20.3 | 34.0 | 489 | 12.2 |
| Inferred | 980 | 144 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 0.02 | 630 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 21.1 | 64.6 | 490 | 19.9 |
| Total | 1,570 | 151 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 0.02 | 636 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 41.3 | 98.6 | 979 | 32.1 |
The divestment of Webbs Consol and receipt of the RCM Consideration Shares will allow Lode to benefit from the potential consolidation of combining Webbs Consol (and its resource of 32 million ounces of AgEq with the Webbs and Conrad silver projects, owned by Rapid. Rapid is expected to simultaneously look to grow the total resources between these proximately located silver dominant assets while examining a unified development scenario to bring on a new source of high-grade silver production in New South Wales. Consolidating ownership of three nearby, high-grade deposits supports potential unified mine planning, centralised processing options, and potential operating synergies. The cash component of the consideration for divesting Webbs Consol will materially strengthen the Lode balance sheet and allow Lode to continue its exploration activities at Montezuma and Magwood as the Company seeks to become an owner of multiple sources of quality antimony and silver production.
In addition to the Webbs Consol NSR LDR also owns a 2% Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) and Right of First Refusal over Rapid Critical Metal’s Limited(RCM) 100% owned Webbs Silver Project (EL5674), a completely separate project to Lode’s Webbs Consol Silver project (EL8933) located just 10km to the southwest.
The Webbs Silver Project contains a significant undeveloped JORC Mineral Resource Estimate of 2.2Mt @ 205 g/t AgEq for a contained 14.2 Moz AgEq. This Mineral Resource Estimate, using a 30 g/t Ag cut off, contains an Indicated and Inferred resource of 2.2 Mt at 140 g/t Ag, 0.15% Cu, 0.55% Pb and 1.10% Zn for a contained 9.7 Moz Ag, 3.3 Kt Cu, 12 Kt Pb and 24 kt of Zn.
Please refer to announcement dated 15 September 2025 titled “Webbs Consol Acquisition - Updated Announcement” for RCM’s Webbs silver deposit Mineral Resource Estimate.
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The 2% Net Smelter Royalty and the Right of First Refusal held over RCM’s Webbs Silver Project (EL 5674) are registered against the tenement in the NSW government Mining Titles Register and therefore the Net Smelter Royalty and Right of First Refusal remains with the asset as defined by the geographic boundaries of EL 5674 regardless of the tenement ownership.
Magwood Antimony Project Reference
- LDR announcement 1 September 2025 titled “Lode Divests Webbs Consol Silver Project”
- LDR announcement 29 September 2025 titled “Webbs Consol Divestment”
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Corporate
During the September 2025 quarter LDR executed binding agreement with Rapid Critical Metals (“Rapid”) to divest Lode’s Webbs Consol silver project as described above and materially strengthen the Lode balance sheet
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As of 30 September 2025, the Company had cash reserves of approximately $1,598,000.
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Exploration and evaluation expenditure was $1,317,000.
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Operating expenditure for the quarter ended 30 September 2025 was approximately $301,000 (net of interests).
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Administration and corporate costs were $131,000 and Staff costs were $191,000. During the September quarter, the aggregate amount of payments to related parties and their associates totaled $191,000. The payments were made to Directors or Director related entities for Directors’ consulting fees and superannuation.
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No expenditure was incurred during the Quarter on mining production and development activities.
Management Appointment
Subsequent to the end of the September quarter the appointment of Mr Simon Milroy as a Non-Executive Director was announced, effective 21 October 2025.
Mr Milroy is a mining executive with more than 30 years’ experience spanning exploration, mine development, operations, and corporate leadership roles across Australia and Southeast Asia. He holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering from the University of South Australia and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM).
Mr Milroy was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Tin Ltd, until the recent takeover of Atlantic Tin. Prior to that he was the Chief Executive Officer of Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk (IDX: MDKA), one of Indonesia’s leading listed mining companies. During his tenure at Merdeka, he led the company through a period of substantial growth and value creation in gold, copper and nickel projects.
Tenements – September Quarter 2025
| Project | Tenements | Tenements | Tenements | Units | Units | Units | Area **(km2) ** |
Area **(km2) ** |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenements | ||||||||||||
| acquired | disposed | as at 30 | % | Type of | ||||||||
| as at 30 | ||||||||||||
| during the | during the | September | Interest | Tenements | ||||||||
| June 2024 | ||||||||||||
| quarter | quarter | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Uralla | EL8980 | - | - | EL8980 | 100 | 80 | 237 | |||||
| Uralla West | EL9087 | - | - | EL9087 | 100 | 22 | 65 | Exploration | ||||
| Webbs Consol*4 | EL8933 | - | - | EL8933 | 100 | 16 | 48 | Exploration | ||||
| Webbs Consol Expanded*4 | EL9454 | - | - | EL9454 | 100 | 53 | 159 | Exploration | ||||
| Fender | EL9003 | - | - | EL9003 | 100 | 76 | 224 | Exploration | ||||
| Tea Tree | EL9084 | - | - | EL9084 | 100 | 24 | 71 | Exploration | ||||
| Thor | EL9085 | - | - | EL9085 | 100 | 78 | 231 | Exploration | ||||
| Sandon | EL9319 | - | - | EL9319 | 100 | 273 | 809 | Exploration | ||||
| New England Antimony | EL9662 | - | - | EL9662 | 100 | 399 | 1,105 | Exploration | ||||
| Montezuma Antimony | 2M-2023 | - | - | 2M-2023 | 100 | 0.05 | Mining | |||||
| Montezuma Antimony*1 | EL7-2019 | - | - | EL7-2019 | 100 | 4 | Exploration | |||||
| Montezuma Antimony12 | EL2-2020 | - | - | EL2-2020 | 100 | 84 | Exploration | |||||
| Waratah*3 | EL6/2025 | - | - | EL6/2025 | 100 | 71 | Exploration | |||||
| Granville | 2M-2018 | - | - | 2M-2018 | 100 | 0.78 | Mining | |||||
| Granville*1 | 32M-1988 | - | - | 32M-1988 | 100 | 0.01 | Mining | |||||
| Granville | EL9-2019 | - | - | EL9-2019 | 100 | 91 | Exploration | |||||
| 3,200 |
*[1] Under renewal
[2]* Processing of title transfer documents by Mineral Resources Tasmania has not yet been completed due to a backlog in their licence processing section and a state election_ _[3]* Under application
*4 Sold to Rapid Critical Metals Limited but title transfer has not been completed yet
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Competent Person’s Statements
The information in this Report that relates to Exploration Results for LDR’s NSW projects is based on information compiled by Mr Jason Beckton, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Beckton, who is Director at LDR, 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 Beckton has a beneficial interest as a shareholder and an option holder of LDR and consents to the inclusion in this Report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this market announcement that relates to exploration results for LDR’s Tasmanian projects is based on information compiled by Mr Tim Callaghan, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. The information in this market announcement is an accurate representation of the available data for Montezuma project. Mr. Callaghan 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 Callaghan consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
About Lode Resources
Lode Resources Ltd (LDR) is an ASX-listed explorer focused on the highly prospective but underexplored New England Fold Belt in north-eastern NSW and the Montezuma Silver & Antimony Project located in Tasmanian’s premier West Coast Mining Province. The Company has assembled a portfolio of brownfield precious and base metal assets characterised by:
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100% ownership;
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Significant historical geochemistry and/or geophysics;
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Under-drilled and/or open-ended mineralisation; and
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Demonstrated high-grade mineralisation and/or potential for large mineral occurrences.
This has resulted in a portfolio of assets with diverse mineralisation styles consisting of four core projects of current focus
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Montezuma Silvery & Antimony Project – Located on the west coast of Tasmania, a region well known for mining activity, the Project consists of a high-grade antimony-silver-lead deposit with initial development, advanced metallurgical test work and significant beneficiation infrastructure.
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Uralla Gold – Located 8km west of the Uralla township, this goldfield was one of the earlier goldfields discovered in NSW and a significant gold producer in the 1850’s. Despite this long history the mineralisation style has only recently been recognised as being an Intrusive Related Gold System (IRGS) and this has strong implications for this project’s discovery potential. Lode’s holdings cover over 300 square kilometres.
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New England Antimony Project – Located in one of Australia’s most prolific antimony producing provinces, 19 antimony prospects have already been identified within the Exploration Licences (EL) EL9662 and EL9319, both controlled 100% by Lode. The project is anchored by the Magwood Mine, discovered in the 1880s and mainly worked between 1941 and 1970, and was Australia’s primary producer of antimony.
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Lode’s New England Project Locations
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Webbs Consol
Silver
Sandon
NSW New England
Base Metals
Antimony
Thor
Gold
Uralla
Tea Tree
Gold Hillgrove
Gold
Gold & Antinomy
Fender
Copper/Zinc
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Lode’s Tasmanian Project Locations
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Graville
Beneficiation Infrastructure
(2M-2018, 32M-1988, EL9-2019)
Montezuma
Silver & Antimony Deposit
(2M-2023, EL7-2019, EL2/2020 )
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This announcement has been approved and authorised by Lode Resource Ltd’s Managing Director, Ted Leschke.
For more information on Lode Resources Ltd and to subscribe for our regular updates, please visit our website at www.loderesources.com or email [email protected]
No Material Changes
The Company confirms it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in these quarterly activities report and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the exploration activities in this market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed.
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Appendix 5B
Mining exploration entity or oil and gas exploration entity quarterly cash flow report
Appendix 5B
Mining exploration entity or oil and gas exploration entity quarterly cash flow report
Name of entity
| Name of entity | Name of entity | Name of entity |
|---|---|---|
| LODE RESOURCES LTD | ||
| ABN 30 637 512 415 |
Quarter ended (“current quarter”) | |
| 30 September 2025 | ||
| Consolidated statement of cash flows | Current quarter $A’000 |
Year to date (3 months) $A’000 |
| 1. Cash flows from operating activities 1.1 Receipts from customers 1.2 Payments for (a) exploration & evaluation (b) development (c) production (d) staff costs (e) administration and corporate costs 1.3 Dividends received (see note 3) 1.4 Interest received 1.5 Interest and other costs of finance paid 1.6 Income taxes paid 1.7 Government grants and tax incentives 1.8 Other 1.9 Net cash from / (used in) operating activities |
- - - - (191) (131) - 21 - - - - |
- - - - (191) (131) - 21 - - - - |
| (301) | (301) | |
| 2. Cash flows from investing activities 2.1 Payments to acquire or for: (a) entities (b) tenements - Deposit (c) property, plant and equipment (d) exploration & evaluation |
- - - (1,317) |
- - - (1,317) |
ASX Listing Rules Appendix 5B (17/07/20) Page 28 + See chapter 19 of the ASX Listing Rules for defined terms.
Appendix 5B
Mining exploration entity or oil and gas exploration entity quarterly cash flow report
| Consolidated statement of cash flows | Current quarter $A’000 |
Year to date (3 months) $A’000 |
|---|---|---|
| (e) investments (f) other non-current assets Bond Deposit 2.2 Proceeds from the disposal of: (a) entities (b) tenements (c) property, plant and equipment (d) investments (e) other non-current assets Bond Deposit refund 2.3 Cash flows from loans to other entities 2.4 Dividends received (see note 3) 2.5 Other (provide details if material) Deposit received for the sale of tenements 2.6 Net cash from / (used in) investing activities |
- (11) - - - - - - - 50 |
- (11) - - - - - - - 50 |
| (1,278) | (1,278) | |
| 3. Cash flows from financing activities 3.1 Proceeds from issues of equity securities (excluding convertible debt securities) 3.2 Proceeds from issue of convertible debt securities 3.3 Proceeds from exercise of options 3.4 Transaction costs related to issues of equity securities or convertible debt securities 3.5 Proceeds from borrowings 3.6 Repayment of borrowings 3.7 Transaction costs related to loans and borrowings 3.8 Dividends paid 3.9 Other (provide details if material) 3.10 Net cash from / (used in) financing activities |
- - - - - - - - (9) |
- - - - - - - - (9) |
| (9) | (9) | |
| 4. Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents for the period |
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| 4.1 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 4.2 Net cash from / (used in) operating activities (item 1.9 above) |
3,186 (301) |
3,186 (301) |
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| Consolidated statement of cash flows | Current quarter $A’000 |
Year to date (3 months) $A’000 |
|---|---|---|
| 4.3 Net cash from / (used in) investing activities (item 2.6 above) 4.4 Net cash from / (used in) financing activities (item 3.10 above) 4.5 Effect of movement in exchange rates on cash held 4.6 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
(1,278) (9) - |
(1,278) (9) - |
| 1,598 | 1,598 | |
| 5. Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents at the end of the quarter (as shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) to the related items in the accounts |
Current quarter $A’000 |
Previous quarter $A’000 |
| 5.1 Bank balances 5.2 Call deposits 5.3 Bank overdrafts 5.4 Other (provide details) 5.5 Cash and cash equivalents at end of quarter (should equal item 4.6 above) |
1,598 - - - |
384 2,801 - - |
| 1,598 | 3,185 | |
| 6. Payments to related parties of the entity and their associates |
Current quarter $A'000 |
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| 6.1 Aggregate amount of payments to related parties and their associates included in item 1 191 6.2 Aggregate amount of payments to related parties and their associates included in item 2 - Note: if any amounts are shown in items 6.1 or 6.2, your quarterly activity report must include a description of, and an explanation for, such payments. |
191 | |
| - | ||
| Director fees, salaries and superannuation payments. |
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| 7. 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 |
Financing facilities Note: the term “facility’ includes all forms of financing arrangements available to the entity. Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the sources of finance available to the entity. Total facility amount at quarter end $A’000 Amount drawn at quarter end $A’000 Loan facilities - - Credit standby arrangements - - Other (please specify) - - Total financing facilities - - Unused financing facilities available at quarter end - Include in the box below a description of each facility above, including the lender, interest rate, maturity date and whether it is secured or unsecured. If any additional financing facilities have been entered into or are proposed to be entered into after quarter end, include a note providing details of those facilities as well. |
Total facility amount at quarter end $A’000 |
Amount drawn at quarter end $A’000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| - | - | ||
| 8. | Estimated cash available for future operating activities | $A’000 | |
| 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 |
Net cash from / (used in) operating activities (item 1.9) (301) (Payments for exploration & evaluation classified as investing activities) (item 2.1(d)) (1,317) Total relevant outgoings (item 8.1 + item 8.2) (1,618) Cash and cash equivalents at quarter end (item 4.6) 1,598 Unused finance facilities available at quarter end (item 7.5) - Total available funding (item 8.4 + item 8.5) 1,598 Estimated quarters of funding available (item 8.6 divided by item 8.3) 0.99 Note: if the entity has reported positive relevant outgoings (ie a net cash inflow) in item 8.3, answer item 8.7 as “N/A”. Otherwise, a figure for the estimated quarters of funding available must be included in item 8.7. If item 8.7 is less than 2 quarters, please provide answers to the following questions: 8.8.1 Does the entity expect that it will continue to have the current level of net operating cash flows for the time being and, if not, why not? |
(301) (1,317) (1,618) 1,598 - |
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| 1,598 | |||
| Answer No. Net operating cash flows will be aligned with expenditures in accordance with available cash. |
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| 8.8.2 Has the entity taken any steps, or does it propose to take any steps, to raise further cash to fund its operations and, if so, what are those steps and how likely does it believe that they will be successful? |
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| Answer: Yes, the Company announced on 1 September 2025, the divestment of its Webbs Console Silver project. Lode, as part of the transaction, will receive $3.75M, of which $3M will be received in November 2025 and the balance in 12 months. |
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- 8.8.3 Does the entity expect to be able to continue its operations and to meet its business objectives and, if so, on what basis?
Answer: Yes, for the reasons given above.
N/A
Note: where item 8.7 is less than 2 quarters, all of questions 8.8.1, 8.8.2 and 8.8.3 above must be answered.
Compliance statement
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1 This statement has been prepared in accordance with accounting standards and policies which comply with Listing Rule 19.11A.
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2 This statement gives a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.
Date: 31 October 2025
Authorised by: By the Managing Director – Edward Leschke
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(Name of body or officer authorising release – see note 4)
Notes
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This quarterly cash flow report and the accompanying activity report provide a basis for informing the market about the entity’s activities for the past quarter, how they have been financed and the effect this has had on its cash position. An entity that wishes to disclose additional information over and above the minimum required under the Listing Rules is encouraged to do so.
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If this quarterly cash flow report has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, the definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 6: Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and AASB 107: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report. If this quarterly cash flow report has been prepared in accordance with other accounting standards agreed by ASX pursuant to Listing Rule 19.11A, the corresponding equivalent standards apply to this report.
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Dividends received may be classified either as cash flows from operating activities or cash flows from investing activities, depending on the accounting policy of the entity.
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If this report has been authorised for release to the market by your board of directors, you can insert here: “By the board”. If it has been authorised for release to the market by a committee of your board of directors, you can insert here: “By the [ name of board committee – eg Audit and Risk Committee ]”. If it has been authorised for release to the market by a disclosure committee, you can insert here: “By the Disclosure Committee”.
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If this report has been authorised for release to the market by your board of directors and you wish to hold yourself out as complying with recommendation 4.2 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations , the board should have received a declaration from its CEO and CFO that, in their opinion, the financial records of the entity have been properly maintained, that this report complies with the appropriate accounting standards and gives a true and fair view of the cash flows of the entity, and that their opinion has been formed on the basis of a sound system of risk management and internal control which is operating effectively.
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