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RED MOUNTAIN MINING LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2014
Mar 20, 2014
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD (ASX:RMX) 21 March 2014
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DRILLING DEFINES HIGH GRADE SOUTH WEST BRECCIA EXTENSION
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Potential addition to the high-grade South West Breccia resource
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Drilling now testing entire lode corridor from Japanese Tunnel to Trench 13 and beyond
Perth-based Red Mountain Mining is pleased to announce that drilling and previous trenching has defined an extension to the high-grade South West Breccia (SWB) mineralised zone on its Lobo mining permit (MPSA) within the Philippines based Batangas Gold Project ( Project ).
The SWB extension will be incorporated into a new Mineral Resource estimate for SWB (in accordance with JORC 2012), potentially adding at surface gold mineral resources to the mining inventory available for the proposed gold mining and processing development, the subject of the Scoping Study released 20 March 2014.
Cautionary Statement
The Scoping Study referred to in this announcement is based on lower-level technical and economic assessments, and is insufficient to support estimation of Ore Reserves or to provide assurance of an economic development case at this stage, or to provide certainty that the conclusions of the Scoping Study will be realised. There is a low level of geological confidence associated with inferred mineral resources (that represent 10% of the mining inventory in the Scoping Study) and there is no certainly that further exploration work will result in the determination of indicated mineral resources or that the production target itself will be realised. There is no certainty that the Scoping Study production targets or the forecast financial information derived from production targets, will be realised. All material assumptions underpinning the production targets and forecast financial information derived from the production targets, full details of which were released to ASX on 20 March 2014, continue to apply and have not materially changed.
A total of 14, shallow, triple-tubed diamond drill holes have now been completed during Phase 1 of the Company’s ongoing exploration drilling program, totaling 568 metres to date (see Figure 1 for locations).
Eight holes were completed at the SWB extension, with results including LB 93-14: 3.95m @ 4.6 g/t gold (Au) from surface including 0.75m @ 15.8 g/t Au and 0.5m @ 7.16 g/t Au, 15.3 g/t silver (Ag).
A high grade, outcropping, “wedge” of lode gold mineralisation, offset from the main SWB shoot (Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource 194,000t @ 7.2 g/t Au, JORC 2004) has now been defined at the SWB extension. Other results from this high grade wedge include Trench 19: 8.35m @ 18.3 g/t Au, and Trench 21: 6.0m @ 31.2 g/t Au and 1.75m @ 41 g/t Au (ASX release 12 February 2014), and LB 92-14: 1.5m @ 8.1 g/t Au including 0.5m @ 12 g/t Au (ASX release 25 February 2014), see Figure 2 cross section 10110N.
Red Mountain Managing Director Jon Dugdale said, “The key to the Batangas Project is that we have already demonstrated a low cost, early payback, gold project based on existing resources only. So any further resource upgrades, particularly high-grade at surface, may improve the potential financial outcomes of the Project.”
ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
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Table 1: South West Breccia extended drilling locations and results with significant intersections:
| Table | 1:South | West Br | eccia ex | tended | drilling | locations | and resu | lts with s | ignifican | t inters | ections: | |
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| Drillhole | North (Grid) |
East (Grid) |
Dip | Azi Mag |
Dpth | From m |
To m | Lngth m |
**Aug/t ** | Ag **g/t ** |
Cu % |
Description |
| LB 92-14 | 10,111 | 10,035 | -45° | 143° | 61.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.03 | 3.3 | 0.03 | Colluvium |
| LB 92-14 | 5.25 | 6.75 | 1.5 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 0.07 | Q-Ba-S-Lode | |||||
| Including | 5.75 | 6.25 | 0.5 | 12.0 | 3.2 | 0.03 | Q-Ba-S-Lode | |||||
| LB 93-14 | 10,111 | 10,035 | -88° | 143° | 27.4 | 0.0 | 3.95 | 3.95 | 4.60 | 4.5 | 0.17 | Coll - lode |
| Including | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 15.76 | 2.7 | 0.03 | Colluvium | |||||
| Including | 3.45 | 3.95 | 0.5 | 7.16 | 15.3 | 1.10 | Q-Ba-S Lode | |||||
| LB 94-14 | 10120 | 10033 | -45° | 145° | 42.25 | 0.0 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 0.01 | Colluvium |
| 20.6 | 22.45 | 1.85 | 3.49 | 0.15 | 0.02 | Breccia dyke | ||||||
| LB 95-14 | 10112 | 10016 | -46° | 145° | 30.0 | 14.9 | 15.65 | 0.75 | 1.98 | 1.3 | 0.02 | Lode/Breccia |
| LB 96-14 | 10134 | 10042 | -45° | 144° | 30.0 | 7.65 | 9.65 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1.85 | 0.04 | Q-Ba-S Lode |
| LB 97-14 | 10.8 | 12.75 | 1.95 | 0.38 | 2.45 | 0.05 | Colluvium | |||||
| LB 98-14 | 10133 | 10034 | -55° | 145° | 30.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.65 | 0.85 | 0.02 | Breccia |
| 10100 | 10030 | -45° | 144° | 49.4 | 23.65 | 24.25 | 0.6 | 1.27 | 1.90 | 0.06 | Breccia |
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Figure 1: Inset Plan of South West Breccia Extended with offset wedge of Lode and latest drilling
CONTACT DETAILS Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Director Head Office Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
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ASX code: RMX ABN 40 119568106
COMPANY DIRECTORS Neil Warburton Non-Executive Chairman Jon Dugdale Managing Director
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Figure 2: Cross Section Through South West Breccia Extended, with latest drilling results
Drilling has now commenced testing the entire SWB lode corridor from Japanese Tunnel to where the lode passes under shallow, younger, limestone southwest of Trench 13 (2.6m @ 28.6 g/t Au, released to ASX 7 January 2014). Planned drillhole pierce points are shown on longitudinal projection (see Figure 3) .
Initial results from soil sampling in progress to the southwest of Trench 13 are encouraging and indicate an anomalous trend, partly over younger limestone, extending towards previous high grade surface float sample results at Signal prospect including 72.6 g/t Au and 42.6 g/t Au (see Figure 4 ). Further soil sampling and trenching will be carried out in this area that could potentially extend the target corridor to over 1.6km.
Red Mountain Managing Director Jon Dugdale said “We will continue drilling southwest extensions to the structure from Japanese Tunnel to the overlying limestone contact, and potentially beyond, with the objective of locating and defining other high-grade shoots of gold mineralisation.”
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ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
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Figure 3: Longitudinal Projection, South West Breccia lode corridor, with proposed drilling
*Note: Tr 7 result released 6/11/2013, Tr 13 result released 7/1/2014 and Tr 21 result released 12/2/2014 Other results received prior to June 2013.
About the Lobo Project
Surface trench channel sampling and drilling conducted by the Company has intersected high-grade epithermal gold mineralisation in five areas on the Lobo Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (“MPSA” – Philippines equivalent to a Mining Lease), namely SWB, Pica, Japanese Tunnel, West Drift and Ulupong (see Figure 4 below).
Mineral Resources have been defined for the SWB shoot, totaling Indicated and Inferred 194,000t @ 7.2 g/t gold for 45,000 ounces of gold. This includes an Indicated Resource of 178,000t @ 7.4 g/t Au for 42,000 oz Au and an Inferred Resource of 16,000 t @ 5.3 g/t Au for 3,000 oz Au (30 January 2013, JORC 2004).
The Company is focussed on increasing high grade mineral resources through discovery of new, high grade, gold zones at Lobo. Drilling has commenced testing under recent, exceptionally high-grade gold trenching results from within the 500m long South West Breccia Lode south corridor on the Lobo MPSA including Trench 7; 2m @ 31.1 g/t Au, Trench 13; 2.6m @ 28.6 g/t Au (ASX release 7 January 2014, see Figure 4 below) and Trench 19; 8.35m @ 18.3 g/t Au and Trench 21; 6m @ 31.2 g/t Au (ASX release 12 February 2014).
ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
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Exploration Targets have been defined for the Japanese Tunnel and Pica prospects and a continuous program of soil sampling, mapping, surface trenching and now drilling continues with the objective of defining targets for drilling to define additional high-grade Mineral Resources on the Lobo Prospect.
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Figure 4: Plan of Lobo MPSA with epithermal lode structures and Exploration Targets *Note: Tr 7 result released 6/11/2013, Tr 13 result released 7/1/2014 and Tr 21 result released 12/2/2014 Other results received prior to June 2013.
________________ For further information about Red Mountain please visit www.redmm.com.au or contact:
Company Investors Media Jon Dugdale Matt Birney Managing Director Birney Corporate (+61) 402 298 026 (+61) 419 217 090 (+61) 8 9226 5668 (+61)8 9226 5668 E : [email protected] E : [email protected]
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ASX code: RMX ABN 40 119568106
COMPANY DIRECTORS Neil Warburton Non-Executive Chairman Jon Dugdale Managing Director
CONTACT DETAILS RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Head Office Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
Michael Wolley Non-Executive Director Shannon Coates Company Secretary
About Red Mountain Mining Limited and the Batangas Gold Project
Red Mountain Mining (ASX: RMX) is primarily a gold explorer and project acquisition company which listed on the ASX in September 2011. The Company’s strategy is to unlock the potential of ‘under-developed’ gold and polymetallic projects in the greater Asian region by introducing Australian exploration and mining methods and improving efficiencies to gain significant exploration and production upside.
The Company holds a 100% direct and indirect contractual right interest in tenements in the Philippines that contain significant gold resources. Total Mineral Resources at Batangas, at a 0.85 g/t Au lower cut off, include Indicated Resources of 2.76 million tonnes @ 2.3 g/t Au, 208,000 oz Au and Inferred Resources of 3.02 million tonnes @ 2.1 g/t Au, 200,000oz Au for a total of 5.78 million tonnes at 2.2 g/t Au, 408,000oz Au (30 January 2013, JORC 2004).
The Company will continue exploration with the objectives of upgrading Mineral Resources at Batangas.
A Scoping Study (released 20 March 2014) has demonstrated a viable, low capital and operating cost, gold development based on initially mining and processing 90,000oz of gold over 4.5 years. The Company has committed to completing a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) by December 2014.
Other gold opportunities will be reviewed on a continuous basis.
Cautionary Statement
The Scoping Study referred to in this announcement is based on lower-level technical and economic assessments, and is insufficient to support estimation of Ore Reserves or to provide assurance of an economic development case at this stage, or to provide certainty that the conclusions of the Scoping Study will be realised. There is a low level of geological confidence associated with inferred mineral resources (that represent 10% of the mining inventory in the Scoping Study) and there is no certainly that further exploration work will result in the determination of indicated mineral resources or that the production target itself will be realised. There is no certainty that the Scoping Study production targets or the forecast financial information derived from production targets, will be realised. All material assumptions underpinning the production targets and forecast financial information derived from the production targets, full details of which were released to ASX on 20 March 2014, continue to apply and have not materially changed.
Competent Person Statement
The information in this report relating to post 1 December 2013 Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Jon Dugdale who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient exploration experience which is relevant to the various styles of mineralisation under consideration to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Dugdale is a full time employee and Managing Director of Red Mountain Mining Ltd. Mr Dugdale takes responsibility and consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The information in this report relating to Mineral Resources and pre December 2013 Exploration Results and Exploration Targets is based on information compiled by Mr Jon Dugdale who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient exploration experience which is relevant to the various styles of mineralisation under consideration to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Dugdale is a full time employee and Managing Director of Red Mountain Mining Ltd. Mr Dugdale takes responsibility and
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ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. The information in this report relating to Mineral Resources was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains certain forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on Red Mountain Mining’s current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry in which Red Mountain Mining operates, and beliefs and assumptions regarding Red Mountain Mining’s future performance. Words such as “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates” “potential” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the control of Red Mountain Mining, are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forwardlooking statements. Red Mountain Mining cautions shareholders and prospective shareholders not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the view of Red Mountain Mining only as of the date of this presentation. The forward-looking statements made in this release relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. Red Mountain Mining will not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions or updates to these forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or unanticipated events occurring after the date of this presentation except as required by law or by any appropriate regulatory authority.
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ASX code: RMX ABN 40 119568106
COMPANY DIRECTORS Neil Warburton Non-Executive Chairman Jon Dugdale Managing Director
CONTACT DETAILS RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Head Office Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
Michael Wolley Non-Executive Director Shannon Coates Company Secretary
APPENDIX 1: SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Sampling | • Nature and quality of sampling |
• Trenches (Costeans) through colluvial |
| techniques | and Assaying | cover excavated to bedrock have been |
| • Measures taken to ensure |
sampled at the base of the trench in | |
| sample representivity and the | continuous cut channels with samples | |
| appropriate calibration of any | aggregated over measured 0.5m to 1.0m | |
| measurement tools or systems | intervals. | |
| used. | • Trenching samples obtained from cut | |
| channels at 0.5m to 1.0m intervals weighing | ||
| less than 3kg were transported to Intertek | ||
| Laboratories in Manila, the Philippines, for | ||
| • Aspects of the determination of |
fire assay. | |
| mineralisation that are | • At least 2kg sample was pulverised and a | |
| Material to the Public Report. | 50 gram charge fire assayed with AAS finish | |
| for Gold (Au) and a range of 37 elements via | ||
| Multiple determination by ICP-OES | ||
| (following four acid digest | ||
| (HCl/HNO3/HClO4/HF) with volumetric | ||
| finish) assay including Silver (Ag), Copper | ||
| (Cu),Lead(Pb)and Zinc(Zn). | ||
| Drilling | • Drill type and details | • Diamond core drilling, Triple tube, HQ core |
| techniques | size | |
| Drill sample | • Method of recording and assessing | • Core sample recoveries routinely measured |
| recovery | core and chip sample recoveries and | and recorded in spreadsheet database |
| results assessed. | ||
| • Measures taken to maximise sample | • Triple tube drilling maximising core | |
| recovery and ensure representative | recovery. Samples split half core | |
| nature of the samples. | perpendicular to strike of structures | |
| • Whether a relationship exists | • Recovery maximised (100%). No boias | |
| between sample recovery and grade | generated. | |
| and whether sample bias may have | ||
| occurred due to preferential | ||
| loss/gain of fine/coarse material. | ||
| Logging | • Whether core and chip samples have | • Logging of geology, alteration and |
| been geologically and geotechnically | geotechnical aspects have been recorded in | |
| logged to a level of detail to support | drilling logs for diamond core drilling. | |
| appropriate Mineral Resource | ||
| estimation, mining studies and | ||
| metallurgical studies. | ||
| • Whether logging is qualitative or | • Logging is qualitative. All drill core | |
| quantitative in nature. Core (or | photographed. | |
| costean, channel, etc) photography. | ||
| • The total length and percentage of | • The entire interval drilled / trenched has | |
| the relevant intersections logged. | been logged. | |
| Sub-sampling | • If core, whether cut or sawn and | • Half core taken, sawn. |
| techniques and | whether quarter, half or all core | |
| sample | taken. |
ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| preparation | • If non-core, whether riffled, tube | • Non core Trench (Costean) channel samples |
| sampled, rotary split, etc and | entire sample aggregated, not riffled or | |
| whether sampled wet or dry. | split. | |
| • For all sample types, the nature, | • Aggregated half core . Entire ~2kg sample | |
| quality and appropriateness of the | pulverised at Laboratory prior to fire assay. | |
| sample preparation technique. | This is an appropriate sample preparation | |
| • Quality control procedures adopted | technique that minimises bias. | |
| for all sub-sampling stages to | • Drilling and Channel sampling orthogonal | |
| maximise representivity of samples. | to dip and strike of the lode provides | |
| • Measures taken to ensure that the | continuous sample with even weights that | |
| sampling is representative of the in | maximises representivity. | |
| situ material collected, including for | • Field duplicates regularly sampled. | |
| instance results for field | • Sample sizes at >2kg are well in excess of | |
| duplicate/second-half sampling. | requirements appropriate to the grain size | |
| • Whether sample sizes are | of gold that has been shown by | |
| appropriate to the grain size of the | mineragraphy to be generally less than 50 | |
| material being sampled. | micron. | |
| Quality of assay | • The nature, quality and | • Fire assay is appropriate for the nature of |
| data and | appropriateness of the assaying and | the gold mineralisation being assayed. |
| laboratory tests | laboratory procedures used and whether the technique is considered |
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| partial or total. | ||
| • For geophysical tools, | • No geophysical tools used in generating | |
| spectrometers, handheld XRF | exploration results. | |
| instruments, etc, the parameters | ||
| used in determining the analysis | ||
| including instrument make and | ||
| model, reading times, calibrations | ||
| factors applied and their derivation, | ||
| etc. | ||
| • Nature of quality control procedures | • Registered standards have been inserted |
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| adopted (eg standards, blanks, | every 20 samples. | |
| duplicates, external laboratory | • Levels of accuracy and precision (detection | |
| checks) and whether acceptable | limit) for gold is + or minus 0.005 ppm gold, | |
| levels of accuracy (ie lack of bias) | which is well in excess of the precision | |
| and precision have been established. | required for the level of assays reported. |
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| Verification of | • The verification of significant | • Significant intersections reported by field |
| sampling and | intersections by either independent | personnel, verified by competent person. |
| assaying | or alternative company personnel. | |
| • The use of twinned holes. | • No twinning of drillholes at this stage. | |
| • Documentation of primary data, | • Primary data logged on paper then data | |
| data entry procedures, data | entry into database, verified by Chief | |
| verification, data storage (physical | Geologist and stored in electronic database, | |
| and electronic) protocols. | regularly backed up. output in spreadsheet | |
| form. Data is verified and compared with | ||
| standard assays using established company | ||
| protocols. |
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ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| • Discuss any adjustment to assay | • No adjustments have been made to assay | |
| data. | data. | |
| Location of data | • Accuracy and quality of surveys used | • Drillholes and Trenches (Costeans) |
| points | to locate drill holes (collar and | accurately surveyed using Nikon Total |
| down-hole surveys), trenches, mine | Station DTM-332 survey equipment. | |
| workings and other locations used | ||
| in Mineral Resource estimation. | • Drillhole and Trench (Costean) locations | |
| • Specification of the grid system used. | surveyed in UTM WGS84 51N grid, |
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| converted to local Lobo grid. | ||
| • Quality and adequacy of | • Topographic surveys were done using the | |
| topographic control. | Total Station. Control stations were set by | |
| an independent surveyor (McDonald | ||
| Consultant, Inc.) using 2 DGPS (one as a | ||
| base station for correcting diurnal | ||
| variations) and a total station for where | ||
| they could not survey with GPS under thick | ||
| cover. These were tied to known | ||
| government control stations. | ||
| Data spacing | • Data spacing for reporting of | • Drilling assayed on no more than 1m |
| and distribution | Exploration Results. | intervals down hole. Drilling testing |
| • Whether the data spacing and | Trenches (Costeans) excavated every 10m | |
| distribution is sufficient to establish | along the strike of identified mineralisation. | |
| the degree of geological and grade | Data spacing sufficient to establish the | |
| continuity appropriate for the | degree of geological and grade continuity | |
| Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve | appropriate for the Mineral Resource and | |
| estimation procedure(s) and | Ore Reserve estimation procedure(s) | |
| classifications applied. | ||
| • Whether sample compositing has | • Samples have not been composited. | |
| been applied. | ||
| Orientation of | • Whether the orientation of sampling | • Drilling and Trenching (Costeans) |
| data in relation | achieves unbiased sampling of | established orthogonal to the interpreted |
| to geological structure |
possible structures and the extent to which this is known, considering the deposit type. |
strike and dip of the mapped mineralised structures. |
| • If the relationship between the | • No sampling bias interpreted. | |
| drilling orientation and the | ||
| orientation of key mineralised | ||
| structures is considered to have | ||
| introduced a sampling bias, this | ||
| should be assessed and reported if | ||
| material. | ||
| Sample security | • The measures taken to ensure | • Samples secured by senior personnel on |
| sample security. | site and transported directly by company | |
| vehicle to Intertek Laboratories, Manila, the | ||
| Philippines. | ||
| Audits/Reviews | • The results of any audits or reviews | • Internal reviews regularly completed but |
| of sampling techniques and data. | no external audits carried out to date. |
ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
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APPENDIX 2: REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral tenement | • Type, reference name/number, | • The Batangas Gold Project comprises 2 |
| and land tenure | location and ownership | Mineral Production Sharing Agreements |
| status | including agreements or | (MPSA’s), 8 Exploration Permits (EP’s) and |
| material issues with third | four Exploration Permit Applications | |
| parties such as joint ventures, | (EPA’s). | |
| partnerships, overriding | • Red Mountain Mining Ltd has a 100% | |
| royalties, native title interests, | interest in Philippines subsidiary MRL Gold | |
| historical sites, wilderness or | Inc. which in turn has a 100% direct and | |
| national park and | contractual right interest in the Batangas | |
| environmental settings. | gold Project tenements. | |
| • The Lobo and Archangel MPSA’s contain all | ||
| • The security of the tenure held | identified (JORC 2004) resources. | |
| at the time of reporting along | Declaration of Mining Feasibility and | |
| with any known impediments to | Environmental Compliance Certificate will | |
| obtaining a licence to operate in | be required to be approved by the |
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| the area. | Philippines Mines and Geosciences Bureau | |
| of the Department of Energy and Natural | ||
| Resources of the Philippines Government | ||
| before the company has a licence to | ||
| operate. | ||
| Exploration done by | • Acknowledgment and appraisal | • Previous exploration was conducted by |
| other parties | of exploration by other parties. | Mindoro Resources Ltd including extensive |
| drilling, surface geochemistry, geophysics, | ||
| mapping and mineral resource estimation | ||
| toJORC 2004 and NI 43-101 standards. | ||
| Geology | • Deposit type, geological setting | • The gold mineralisation that is the target of |
| and style of mineralisation. | the exploration program is porphyry | |
| related epithermal gold mineralization | ||
| hosted by intermediate to felsic volcanic | ||
| rocks and intrusions. | ||
| • Two styles of intermediate sulphidation | ||
| epithermal gold mineralisation identified – | ||
| i) andesite hosted stockwork mineralisation | ||
| at e.g. Archangel MPSA and Quartz-Barite- | ||
| Sulphide vein/lode style mineralization at | ||
| e.g. the Lobo MPSA. | ||
| Drill hole | • A summary of all information | • See Table 1, Drillhole locations, RL, dip and |
| Information | material to the understanding of | azimuth, length. |
| the exploration results including | • Also significant intersections, from, to, |
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| a tabulation of the following | interval, grade for relevant economic | |
| information for all Material drill | targets gold (Au), Silver (Ag) and copper |
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| holes: | (Cu). | |
o easting and northing of the |
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| drill hole collar | ||
o elevation or RL (Reduced |
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| Level – elevation above sea | ||
| level in metres) of the drill | ||
| hole collar |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
o dip and azimuth of the hole |
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o down hole length and |
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| interception depth | ||
o hole length. |
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| Data aggregation | • In reporting Exploration Results, | • Exploration results from drilling and trench |
| methods | weighting averaging techniques, | (Costean) sampling have been weighted by |
| maximum and/or minimum | interval. | |
| grade truncations (eg cutting of | • No high-grade cuts have been applied as | |
| high grades) and cut-off grades | maximum grade (12 g/t Au) is less than | |
| are usually Material and should | five times the approximate mean grade. | |
| be stated. | ||
| • Where aggregate intercepts | • Lower cut-off grade of 1 g/t Au has | |
| incorporate short lengths of | generally been applied to significant | |
| high grade results and longer | intersections. | |
| lengths of low grade results, the | ||
| procedure used for such | • Aggregate drilling and trenching intercepts | |
| aggregation should be stated | do not incorporate longer lengths of low | |
| and some typical examples of | grade results. | |
| such aggregations should be | ||
| shown in detail. | ||
| • The assumptions used for any | • No metal equivalent reported. | |
| reporting of metal equivalent | ||
| values should be clearly stated. | ||
| Relationship | • These relationships are | • Drilling and trenches (Costeans) have been |
| between | particularly important in the | drilled/excavated and sampled as close to |
| mineralisation | reporting of Exploration Results. | orthogonal to the strike and dip of the lode |
| widths and intercept | • If the geometry of the |
structures as possible and, as such, the |
| lengths | mineralisation with respect to | intersection lengths are a close |
| the drill hole angle is known, its | approximation of true width. | |
| nature should be reported. | ||
| • If it is not known and only the | ||
| down hole lengths are reported, | ||
| there should be a clear | ||
| statement to this effect (eg | ||
| ‘down hole length, true width | ||
| _not known’). _ | ||
| Diagrams | • Appropriate maps and sections | • See Figures 1 to 4 and Table 1. |
| (with scales) and tabulations of | ||
| intercepts should be included for | ||
| any significant discovery being | ||
| reported These should include, | ||
| but not be limited to a plan view | ||
| of drill hole collar locations and | ||
| appropriate sectional views. | ||
| Balanced reporting | • Where comprehensive reporting | • All significant drilling and trench |
| of all Exploration Results is not | exploration results reported | |
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ASX code: RMX COMPANY DIRECTORS CONTACT DETAILS ABN 40 119568106 Neil Warburton Michael Wolley RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Head Office Jon Dugdale Shannon Coates Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street Managing Director Company Secretary West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| practicable, representative | ||
| reporting of both low and high | ||
| grades and/or widths should be | ||
| practiced to avoid misleading | ||
| reporting of Exploration Results. | ||
| Other substantive | • Other exploration data, if | • Mineragraphy on Trench 7 samples |
| exploration data | meaningful and material, should | indicates that gold is “free” or associated |
| be reported including (but not | with sulphide minerals indicating that there | |
| limited to): geological | is no significant supergene enrichment | |
| observations; geophysical | • Metallurgical leaching results (release, | |
| survey results; geochemical | 24/01/2014) for drillcore from both South | |
| survey results; bulk samples – | West Breccia resources on the Lobo | |
| size and method of treatment; | Prospect and the oxide and transitional | |
| metallurgical test results; bulk | oxide resources at Kay Tanda on the | |
| density, groundwater, | Archangel Prospect, indicate that a fine | |
| geotechnical and rock | grind of the resource material to 37 micron | |
| characteristics; potential | and 75 micron respectively exhibit high | |
| deleterious or contaminating | total gold recoveries of up to 97% (48 | |
| substances. | hours leaching). | |
| Further work | • The nature and scale of planned | • Drilling to be continued to test identified |
| further work (eg tests for lateral | mineralised zones on a 20m x 20m spacing |
|
| extensions or depth extensions | as detailed in the release. | |
| or large-scale step-out drilling). | ||
| • Diagrams clearly highlighting | • See Figures 1 to 4 | |
| the areas of possible extensions, | ||
| including the main geological | ||
| interpretations and future | ||
| drilling areas, provided this | ||
| information is not commercially | ||
| sensitive. |
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ASX code: RMX ABN 40 119568106
COMPANY DIRECTORS Neil Warburton Non-Executive Chairman Jon Dugdale Managing Director
CONTACT DETAILS RED MOUNTAIN MINING LTD Head Office Unit 1, 2 Richardson Street West Perth Western Australia 6005 www.redmm.com.au [email protected]
Michael Wolley Non-Executive Director Shannon Coates Company Secretary