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PTR MINERALS LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2023
Jun 13, 2023
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14 June 2023
Woomera Gravity Survey Identifies High-Priority Copper-Gold Targets
Highlights
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Initial results from a precision ground gravity survey over the Arcoona Tenement at the Woomera Project has identified several targets prospective for Copper-Gold.
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Both Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold in the deep basement, and shallower sedimentary copper style gravity targets are evident in the survey data.
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3D modelling of targets is underway with further updates to be provided on drill targets once completed.
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The Arcoona Tenement is part of PTR’s larger Woomera Project Area, located in the world-class ‘Olympic Copper-Gold Province’ of South Australia.
Petratherm Limited (ASX: PTR) ( PTR or the Company ) is pleased to release initial gravity images from a tenement-wide gravity survey over the Arcoona Tenement (EL 6854) located in the world-class ‘Olympic Copper-Gold Province’ of South Australia. The tenement covers 264 km[2] and is part of PTR’s larger Woomera Copper-Gold Project holdings.
PTR’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Reid commented:
“The Company is very excited to receive initial results from the Arcoona Gravity Survey, which identified several gravity anomalies prospective for Tier 1 Copper-Gold accumulations. These results build on the exciting inventory of Copper-Gold Targets PTR has already defined on its broader Woomera Project area, which are drill ready, and also recently announced SQUID EM targeting at its Mabel Creek Project.”[ 1,2]
The district is highly endowed with copper-gold and includes BHP’s Oak Dam West Discovery currently undergoing expanded drilling[3] , as well as the world-class Carrapateena Mine. Other notable copper occurrences include Coda Mineral’s Emmie IOCG discovery, and the sediment hosted coppercobalt-silver mineral resource at Emmie Bluff in the overlying cover strata[4] .
The tenement is highly prospective for two styles of Copper-Gold mineralisation:
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Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) within older basement rock at depth (i.e. Olympic Dam, Oak Dam, Carrapateena and Prominent Hill), and
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Strata-bound style sediment hosted copper-gold accumulations in the overlying younger cover rock sequences (i.e. Emmie Bluff and Mt Gunson).
The regional gravity survey image presented in Figure 2 includes the new Arcoona gravity survey data and highlights multiple anomalous features not seen previously. The Arcoona tenement area is characterised by major northwest trending structures (Figure 3), which are interpreted to be important in localising mineralisation. Modelling is currently underway to characterise the anomalies to determine which features may be indicative of a mineralised system.
1 PTR ASX Release 04/04/2022 – Woomera Tenement Granted – IOCG Drill Targets Defined
2 PTR ASX Release 22/05/2023 – SQUID EM Survey Generates Significant Copper-Gold Target at Mabel Creek
3 BHP ASX Release 21/04/2023 – Quarterly Activities Report
4 Coda Minerals ASX Release 09/05/2023 - Presentation to RIU Sydney Conference 2023
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OAK DAM
(BHP, Cu-Au)
Winjabbie
EMMIE BLUFF
(Coda, Cu-Co-Ag)
EL 6707
EMMIE IOCG
(Coda, Cu-Au)
Arcoona Gravity Survey Area Fremantle
Khamsin Doctor
ELA 2023/00014
CARRAPATEENA
(BHP, Cu-Au)
EL 6854
MT GUNSON
(Cu-Ag-Co)
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Figure 1 – PTR’s Woomera Project, Gravity Survey Outline and Copper-Gold Mines / Prospects[1]
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OAK DAM
Woomera Defence
Winjabbie
Continuous
EMMIE BLUFF
Use Zone
Rocky Well
EMMIE IOCG
Target
Khamsin Fremantle
Doctor
Arcoona Gravity
Survey Area -
Displaying New
Data
CARRAPATEENA
Lucas Hill
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Figure 2 – Central Olympic Province Gravity Image, PTR tenement outlines and Cu-Au Mines/Prospects. Several gravity features are evident in the Arcoona area which are undergoing further modelling to determine drill targets.[1]
1 See Endnote
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Preliminary analyses indicate both deep basement bodies prospective for IOCG style copper sources and shallower flat bodies prospective for sedimentary copper in the cover may be present. The Company will report on geophysical targets identified for potential future drill testing once modelling work is complete.
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Gravity
Anomalies
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Figure 3 – Newly acquired Arcoona Gravity Survey data which shows several gravity features undergoing further modelling.
PTR continues to develop priority targets on both its Mabel Creek and Woomera Projects with the intention of fast-tracking drilling operations for both of these projects in the second half of 2023.
Endnote
The purpose of Figures 1 and 2 is to illustrate the geographical proximity only of the Arcoona Tenement to existing Company Tenement Holdings, Copper, and Gold Occurrences.
ENDS
This announcement has been authorised for release on the ASX by the Company’s Board of Directors.
For further information:
Media and Broker Contact
Peter Reid
Chief Executive Officer [email protected] 0435 181 705
Zander Beacham
White Noise Communications [email protected] 0433 515 723
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About Petratherm Limited
Petratherm Limited (ASX: PTR) is a critical minerals explorer focused on the discovery of world-class copper-gold and rare earth deposits. The Company has several advanced drill ready projects in the Olympic Copper-Gold Domain of South Australia. PTR recently announced the discovery of significant concentrations of rare earths hosted in clays in the Northern Gawler Craton of South Australia which are now undergoing intensive drill testing.
Exploration drilling at the Comet Project Area has delineated two major REE occurrences. The Meteor and Artemis REE prospects both occur at very shallow depths, include high-grade blankets of mineralisation showing good lateral extent and ore thickness. Less than 10% of the project area has been explored for REE’s and a systematic program of advancement of current prospects, testing of new areas and metallurgical recovery test work is ongoing.
PTR has several exciting copper-gold targets at its Mabel Creek and Woomera Projects located within the Olympic Copper-Gold Tend. Targeting work has defined several compelling Tier 1 Copper-Gold targets and PTR anticipates drill testing of targets will begin from late in 2023 calendar period.
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Figure 4 – PTR’s Project Locations in South Australia
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Competent Persons Statement:
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets and Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Peter Reid, who is a Competent Person, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Reid is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the historical exploration results included in this report. Mr Reid is an employee of Petratherm Ltd. Mr Reid has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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 Reid consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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EL 6854 (Arcoona) JORC Table 1
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Sampling | • Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut channels, | • | Not applicable. |
| techniques | random chips, or specific specialised industry standard measurement tools appropriate to the |
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| minerals under investigation, such as down hole | |||
| gamma sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc.). | |||
| These examples should not be taken as limiting the | |||
| broad meaning of sampling. | |||
| • Include reference to measures taken to ensure | |||
| sample representivity and the appropriate calibration | |||
| of any measurement tools or systems used. | |||
| • Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that are | |||
| Material to the Public Report. | |||
| • In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has been | |||
| done this would be relatively simple (eg ‘reverse | |||
| circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 m samples | |||
| from which 3 kg was pulverised to produce a 30 g | |||
| charge for fire assay’). In other cases, more | |||
| explanation may be required, such as where there is | |||
| coarse Au that has inherent sampling problems. | |||
| Unusual commodities or mineralisation types (eg | |||
| submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure of | |||
| detailed information. | |||
| Drilling | • Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-hole | • | Not applicable. No drilling |
| techniques | hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.) and details (eg core diameter, triple or standard tube, |
has been undertaken by Petratherm for this survey |
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| depth of diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other | |||
| type, whether core is oriented and if so, by what | |||
| _method, etc.). _ | |||
| Drill sample | • Method of recording and assessing core and chip |
• | Not applicable. No drilling |
| recovery | sample recoveries and results assessed. • Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and |
has been undertaken by Petratherm for this survey. |
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| ensure representative nature of the samples. | |||
| • Whether a relationship exists between sample | |||
| recovery and grade and whether sample bias may | |||
| have occurred due to preferential loss/gain of | |||
| fine/coarse material. | |||
| Logging | • Whether core and chip samples have been | • | Not applicable. No drilling |
| geologically and geotechnically logged to a level of | has been undertaken by | ||
| detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource | Petratherm for this survey | ||
| estimation, mining studies and metallurgical studies. | |||
| • Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in | |||
| nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.) photography. | |||
| • The total length and percentage of the relevant | |||
| intersections logged. | |||
| Sub- | • If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, half | • | Not applicable. No drilling |
| sampling techniques and sample preparation |
or all core taken. • If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary split, etc. and whether sampled wet or dry. • For all sample types, the nature, quality and appropriateness of the sample preparation technique. |
has been undertaken by Petratherm for this survey |
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| • Quality controlprocedures adopted for all sub- |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| sampling stages to maximise representivity of | |||
| samples. | |||
| • Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is | |||
| representative of the in-situ material collected, | |||
| including for instance results for field | |||
| duplicate/second-half sampling. | |||
| • Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain | |||
| size of the material being sampled. | |||
| Quality of | • The nature, quality and appropriateness of the | • | Not applicable |
| assay data and laboratory |
assaying and laboratory procedures used and whether the technique is considered partial or total. • For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld XRF instruments, etc., the parameters used in determining |
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| tests | the analysis including instrument make and model, | ||
| reading times, calibrations factors applied and their | |||
| derivation, etc. | |||
| • Nature of quality control procedures adopted (eg | |||
| standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory | |||
| checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy (ie | |||
| lack of bias) andprecision have been established. | |||
| Verification | • The verification of significant intersections by either | • | Not applicable |
| of sampling and assaying |
independent or alternative company personnel. • The use of twinned holes. • Documentation of primary data, data entry procedures, data verification, data storage (physical |
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| and electronic) protocols. | |||
| • _Discuss any adjustment to assay data. _ | |||
| Location of | • Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill | • | All maps and locations are |
| data points | holes (collar and down-hole surveys), trenches, mine workings and other locations used in Mineral |
in UTM grid (GDA94 Z53). Height observation |
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| Resource estimation. | accuracy 0.023 metres. | ||
| • Specification of the grid system used. | Station coordinates better | ||
| • Quality and adequacy of topographic control. | than 0.005 metres | ||
| accuracy. | |||
| • | Scintrex CG-5 Autograv | ||
| gravity meters were used | |||
| for gravity data acquisition | |||
| and base station control. | |||
| Leica GX1230 GNSS | |||
| receivers were used for | |||
| gravity station positional | |||
| acquisition. | |||
| • | All gravity and GNSS data | ||
| were acquired using | |||
| Daishsat UTV methods, | |||
| with 2-3 crews operating | |||
| concurrently onsite | |||
| • | GNSS base station, | ||
| numbered 1113, was | |||
| utilised as primary GNSS | |||
| control for the survey. | |||
| • | Data was corrected for | ||
| terrain effects. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Data | • Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. | • | 978 Ground gravity survey |
| spacing and distribution |
• Whether the data spacing, and distribution is sufficient to establish the degree of geological and grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation procedure(s) and |
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stations were collected on 500 x 500 metre grid. No drilling or sampling was undertaken |
| classifications applied. | • | Data spacing is insufficient | |
| • Whether sample compositing has been applied. | to establish the degree of | ||
| geological and grade | |||
| continuity required for a | |||
| Mineral Resource | |||
| estimation. | |||
| • | Regional ground gravity | ||
| survey data comprises | |||
| multiple surveys of highly | |||
| varying station spacing | |||
| ranging from 100 metres | |||
| to several kilometres. | |||
| Gravity survey spacing | |||
| over the EL6854 area | |||
| comprises 500 x 500 | |||
| metre spacing. | |||
| Orientation | • Whether the orientation of sampling achieves | • | Not Applicable. |
| of data in relation to geological |
unbiased sampling of possible structures and the extent to which this is known, considering the deposit type. • If the relationship between the drilling orientation and |
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| structure | the orientation of key mineralised structures is | ||
| considered to have introduced a sampling bias, this | |||
| should be assessed and reported if material. | |||
| Sample | • The measures taken to ensure sample security. | • | Not Applicable. |
| security | |||
| Audits or | • The results of any audits or reviews of sampling | • | No audits or reviews of the |
| reviews | techniques and data. | gravity data has been | |
| undertaken byPetratherm. |
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary | |
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| Mineral | • Type, reference name/number, location and | • | EL 6854 was granted to | |
| tenement | ownership including agreements or material issues | Petratherm Ltd (100%) on | ||
| and land tenure |
with third parties such as joint ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties, native title interests, historical sites, wilderness or national park and environmental |
• | the 18/10/2022 for a period of 6 years. EL 6854 is located over the |
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| status | settings. | Woomera area | ||
| • The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting | approximately 500 km | |||
| along with any known impediments to obtaining a | north-northwest of | |||
| licence to operate in the area. | Adelaide, South Australia. | |||
| Native Title Claims: | ||||
| • | Kokatha People (Part A) | |||
| SCD 2014/004 | ||||
| • | No known impediments | |||
| exist. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Exploration | • Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by | • | Previous exploration work |
| done by other parties |
other parties. | includes regional State Government airborne magnetic and radiometric |
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| surveying. | |||
| Geology | • Deposit type, geological setting and style of | • | Petratherm is exploring for |
| mineralisation. | Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold | ||
| and sediment hosted | |||
| copper mineralisation. The | |||
| tenement area occurs on | |||
| the Stuart Shelf within the | |||
| Olympic Copper Province, | |||
| South Australia. | |||
| Drill hole | • A summary of all information material to the | • | No drilling has been |
| Information | understanding of the exploration results including a tabulation of the following information for all Material |
undertaken by Petratherm for this survey. |
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| drill holes: | • | No recorded historical | |
o easting and northing of the drill hole collaro elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation abovesea level in metres) of the drill hole collar |
drilling for minerals has occured on EL6854. |
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o dip and azimuth of the hole |
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o down hole length and interception depth |
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o hole length. |
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| • If the exclusion of this information is justified on the | |||
| basis that the information is not Material and this | |||
| exclusion does not detract from the understanding of | |||
| the report, the Competent Person should clearly | |||
| explain why this is the case. | |||
| Data | • In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging | • | Not Applicable. No drilling |
| aggregation methods |
techniques, maximum and/or minimum grade truncations (eg cutting of high grades) and cut-off grades are usually Material and should be stated. |
has been undertaken by Petratherm |
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| • Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short lengths | |||
| of high-grade results and longer lengths of low-grade | |||
| results, the procedure used for such aggregation | |||
| should be stated and some typical examples of such | |||
| aggregations should be shown in detail. | |||
| • The assumptions used for any reporting of metal | |||
| equivalent values should be clearly stated. | |||
| Relationship | • These relationships are particularly important in the |
• | Not Applicable. No drilling |
| between | reporting of Exploration Results. | has been undertaken by | |
| mineralisati on widths and |
• If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to the drill hole angle is known, its nature should be reported. • If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are |
Petratherm. | |
| intercept | reported, there should be a clear statement to this | ||
| lengths | effect (eg ‘down hole length, true width not known’). | ||
| Diagrams | • Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and | • | No drilling has been |
| tabulations of intercepts should be included for any | undertaken by Petratherm. | ||
| 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 | • Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration | • | No drilling has been |
| reporting | Results is not practicable, representative reporting of both low and high grades and/or widths should be |
undertaken by Petratherm. | |
| practiced to avoid misleading reporting of Exploration |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
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| Results. | |||
| Other | • Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, | • | Open file ground gravity |
| substantive | should be reported including (but not limited to): | survey data for regional | |
| exploration data |
geological observations; geophysical survey results; geochemical survey results; bulk samples – size and method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk |
image sourced from SA Government Department for Energy and Mines. |
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| density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock | Survey specifications and | ||
| characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminating | quality of the historic | ||
| substances. | gravity data is unknown. | ||
| • | The gravity survey data | ||
| underwent reprocessing | |||
| and gridding by an | |||
| independent geophysical | |||
| consultant. | |||
| Further | • The nature and scale of planned further work (eg | • | A range of exploration |
| work | tests for lateral extensions or depth extensions or | techniques are being | |
| large-scale step-out drilling). | considered to progress | ||
| • Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible | exploration including | ||
| extensions, including the main geological | geophysical surveying to | ||
| interpretations and future drilling areas, provided this | aid drill targeting and | ||
| information is not commercially sensitive. | future drilling. |