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ROX RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2013
Jan 24, 2013
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Capital/Financing Update
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ROX RESOURCES LIMITED – 22 December 2011
ASX/MEDIA RELEASE
25 January 2013
ROX AWARDED $100,000 EXPLORATION GRANT
Highlights
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Rox awarded three grants totalling $100,000
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Co-funding part of WA Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS)
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Funds allocated to test under-explored areas at Mt Fisher
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Drilling program expected to commence first quarter 2013
Rox Resources Limited ( ASX: RXL ) (“ Rox ” or “ the Company ”) is pleased to announce it has been awarded three grants under the WA Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS), totalling $100,000 to support exploration at the Company’s 100% owned Mt Fisher goldnickel project, located 450km north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia (Figure 1).
The co-funding will be allocated to under-explored areas within the Mt Fisher project, including the Mt Fisher and Dam gold prospects, and the Fisher East nickel prospects at Camelwood and Corktree. Under the EIS guidelines, the funding only covers direct drilling costs and Rox is required to match the $100,000 in funding.
Rox Managing Director, Ian Mulholland said, “ Given our recent success at Fisher East, this additional funding enables us to increase the pace and scope of our exploration efforts on these highly prospective tenements. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the WA Government for their support of the exploration sector.”
It is anticipated the first stage of co-funded drilling at Fisher East will be completed in the first quarter of 2013 while the remainder will be completed during the course of 2013.
ENDS
For more information:
Shareholders
Ian Mulholland Managing Director
Media
Tony Dawe/Belinda Newman Professional Public Relations Tel: + 61 8 9388 0944 [email protected] / [email protected]
Rox Resources Limited ABN 53 107 202 602 Level 1, 30 Richardson Street, West Perth WA 6005 Telephone: +61 8 9226 0044 Facsimile: +61 8 9322 6254 Email: [email protected]
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ROX RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX RELEASE 25 January 2013
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Figure 1: Project Location
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Camelwood
Corktree
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Figure 2: Mt Fisher Project Prospect Locations
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ROX RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX RELEASE 25 January 2013
About Rox Resources
Rox Resources Limited is an emerging Australian minerals exploration company. The company has four key assets at various levels of development with exposure to gold, nickel, zinc, lead, copper and phosphate, including the Mt Fisher Gold Project (WA), Myrtle/Reward Zinc-Lead Project (NT), the Bonya Copper Project (NT) and the Marqua Phosphate Project (NT).
Myrtle/Reward Zinc-Lead Project (Farm-out Agreement)
Rox has signed an Earn-In and Joint Venture Agreement with Teck Australia Pty Ltd. (“Teck”) to explore its 670km[2] Myrtle/Reward zinc-lead tenements, located 700km south-east of Darwin, Northern Territory. The Myrtle deposit has a current Inferred Mineral Resource of 43.6 Mt @ 5.04% Zn+Pb (Indicated: 5.8 Mt @ 3.56% Zn, 0.90% Pb; Inferred: 37.8 Mt @ 4.17% Zn, 0.95% Pb). Historic drill intercepts of sediment-hosted mineralisation exist at the Teena prospect, including 11.3m @ 10.9% Zn+Pb and 8.6m @ 9.84% Zn+Pb . Under the terms of the agreement, Teck are required to spend A$5m by 31 August 2014 to earn an initial 51% interest. Teck can increase its interest in the project to 70% by spending an additional A$10m (A$15m in total) over an additional 4 years.
Mt Fisher Gold Project (100% + Option)
The Mt Fisher gold project is located in the highly prospective North Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia and in addition to being well endowed with gold the project hosts a strong potential for nickel. The total project area is 655km[2] , consisting of a 485km[2] area 100% owned by Rox and an Option to purchase 100% of a further 170km[2] . Initial drilling by Rox has defined numerous high-grade targets and defined a Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource of 973,000 tonnes grading 2.75 g/t gold to be defined for 86,000 ounces of gold (Measured: 171,900 tonnes grading 4.11 g/t Au, Indicated: 204,900 tonnes grading 2.82 g/t Au, Inferred: 596,200 tonnes grading 2.34 g/t Au). Recent RC drilling at the Camelwood prospect intersected semi-massive and strongly disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation in five holes along a 300m strike length and to 200m depth, with the mineralisation open in all directions.
Bonya Copper Project (Farm-in Agreement)
In October 2012 Rox signed a Farm-in Agreement with Arafura Resources Limited to explore the Bonya Copper Project located 350km east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Outcrops of visible copper grading up to 34% Cu and 27 g/tAg are present. Under the agreement, Rox can earn a 51% interest in the copper, lead, zinc, silver, gold, bismuth and PGE mineral rights by spending $500,000 within the first two years. Rox can elect to earn a further 19% (for 70% in total) by spending a further $1 million over a further two years. Once Rox has earned either a 51% or 70% interest it can form a joint venture with Arafura to further explore and develop the area.
Marqua Phosphate Project (100%)
Rox owns four tenements covering approximately 1,900 km[2] in the Northern Territory which comprise the Marqua Phosphate project. The project has the potential for a sizeable phosphate resource to be present, with surface sampling returning values up to 39.4% P2O5 and drilling (including 6m @ 19.9% P2O5 and 5m @ 23.7% P2O5) confirming a 30km strike length of phosphate bearing rocks. In addition to phosphate, there is also potential for lead-zinc mineralisation. The project is located 300km southwest of Mt Isa, and is situated 250km from the nearest railhead and gas pipeline at Phosphate Hill.
Competent Person Statement:
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results and Mineral Resources is based on information compiled by Mr Ian Mulholland BSc (Hons), MSc, FAusIMM, FAIG, FSEG, MAICD, who is a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Mulholland has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Mulholland is a full time employee of the Company and 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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