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SOLARA MINERALS LTD Capital/Financing Update 2022

Jun 2, 2022

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Capital/Financing Update

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ADDRESS Level 2, 22 Mount Street Perth WA 6000 PHONE +61 (08) 6188 8181

ABN

80 647 829 749

WEBSITE www.lycaonresources.com

3 June 2022

Agreement to Acquire Highly Prospective Nickel Copper PGE’s Sulphide Project, East Kimberley, WA

Highlights :

  • Agreement to acquire 100% of highly prospective nickel, copper ± PGE’s sulphide project in the East Kimberley, Western Australia

  • Historical drilling intersected massive to disseminated sulphides with best results: 3.17m @ 1.45% Ni, 0.41% Cu and 0.14% Co (DDH102) 10m @ 1.1% Cu, 0.5% Ni (DDH107) 12m @ 0.45% Cu, 0.12% Ni (BRRC002)

  • Significant potential to discover greater mineralisation at depth and along 5km strike within mafic intrusive host rock

  • The project hasn’t had any modern exploration for over a decade, prior to the discovery of Savannah North which significantly increased the geological understanding and prospectivity of the region

  • High-powered modern day ground electromagnetics surveys to be completed to investigate beyond the current scope of historical drilling and geophysical surveys

  • East Kimberley a proven nickel producing region with Panoramic Resources’ (ASX.PAN) Savannah Mine 13.5Mt @ 1.56% Ni[1] , located 60km to the south

  • The Savannah North discovery (170,300t)¹ Ni in 2014 by Panoramic, demonstrates the high potential for further discoveries

  • Panoramic and IGO actively exploring in the region for critical minerals including nickel, copper, cobalt and PGE’s

  • New tenement application ELA 80/5774 100% owned by Lycaon Resources covering 620km² of prospective Sally Downs Supersuite and Tickalara Metamorphics, Figure 1

1 (ASX.PAN) Paydirt Battery Minerals Conference, 6 April 2022

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Lycaon Resources Ltd (ASX:LYN) ( Lycaon or the Company ) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Bow River ( Bow River ) and Salt Lick ( Salt Lick ) nickel, copper, cobalt ± PGE Projects in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Mr Thomas Langley, Technical Director commented “The acquisition of the Bow River and Salt Lick nickel copper sulphide Projects provides an extremely exciting opportunity for the Company to explore for key minerals needed for the accelerating global demand of critical and battery minerals. The Bow River Project, in particular, is very encouraging and has the early signs of a major discovery in the making, with nickel and copper mineralisation associated with sulphides in drilling. The East Kimberley region has for a long time been known to have geological similarities to other major nickel belts such as Voisey’s Bay in Canada and the Fraser Range belt in Western Australia, and the significant potential for additional discoveries in the region is further highlighted with the recent major Savannah North discovery in 2014 by Panoramic. We plan to complete high powered electromagnetic surveys in Q3 this year, prior to drilling in Q4, 2022.”

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Figure 1. Location of Bow River and Salt Lick nickel copper sulphide projects and new tenement application ELA80/5774

The Bow River Project is located within the Halls Creek Mobile Zone in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia (Figure 1). The Project comprises one granted exploration licences E80/4955, held by East Kimberley Resources Pty Ltd. Furthermore, Lycaon has applied for an additional tenement ELA 80/5774 covering 620km² of prospective Sally Downs Supersuite and Tickalara Metamorphics, (Figure 1).

The Project area covers two known nickel-copper-cobalt sulphide prospects mapped as the Salt Lick Creek intrusion and the Bow River intrusion. Both intrusives are sulphide-bearing and similar in style and setting to Panoramic Resources’ Savannah mine, located approximately 60 kilometres further south. The relatively recent discovery (2014) of the Savannah North resource at depth adjoining the existing mine (effectively quadrupling the Ni-Cu-Co resource) has highlighted the

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prospectivity of E80/4955 given its analogous geological setting.

Bow River Prospect (Ni/Cu/Co±PGE)

The Bow River prospect contains the Bow River intrusion, which has been mapped over an area of 900m x 300m based on outcropping gossans and anomalous soil geochemistry. The surface expression of the intrusion has received most of the focus of historical exploration, with drilling and ground EM surveys as detailed below. However, the broader intrusive has received little attention. In addition exploration using more powerful modern day geophysical techniques to detect conductors deeper below surface has not been completed.

Previous drilling is limited to a very small area of the Bow River mafic intrusive, Figure 2, 3.

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Figure 2. Location of historical drilling at Bow River nickel copper sulphide project.

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Figure 3. Location of historical drilling at Bow River nickel copper sulphide project, in relation to the large underlying layered mafic Bow River Intrusive

Salt Lick Prospect (Ni/Cu/Co±PGE)

The Salt Lick Creek intrusion presents as a well exposed oval shaped mafic/ultramafic body about 3km’s in diameter and 10km’s north of the Bow River intrusion, located approximately 5km’s east of the Great Northern Highway. Wilkinson et al. (1975) divided the body into two well defined zones. The Basal Zone, 360m thick, contains rhythmically layered olivine and plagioclase-olivine cumulates (troctolite, olivine gabbronorite, leucogabbro, plagioclase dunite) and the Main Zone 540m thick, is largely composed of plagioclase-orthopyroxene cumulates (norite, gabbronorite, leucogabbro) which grade upwards into plagioclase cumulates (anorthosite). Chromite is restricted to the olivine rich cumulates of the Basal Zone and sulphides (pentlandite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, valleriite, bornite, cubanite and siegenite) form a trace component of most rocks (less than 1 %).

The ultramafic cumulates of the Basal Zone crop out along the southern rim of the intrusion and dip northwards at about 30°. The 11 basal contact is cut by granites possibly belonging to the Sally Downs super-suite (Sheppard et al. 1999). Hoatson et al. (2000) suggested depressions in the basal contact and possible feeder conduits should be high priorities for Ni-Cu-Co sulphide mineralisation.

Previous Exploration

The Bow River and Salt Lick prospects were discovered by Pickands Mather in 1965 during routine follow-up of anomalous copper values, obtained in a regional drainage geochemical survey. An extensive work program in 1966-67 included geological mapping, geochemical sampling, ground magnetics, IP surveys, drilling (both cored and percussion holes), and costeaning.

Subsequent work by Australian Anglo American (1977-1983) involved additional geological

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mapping, photogeology and Landsat studies, soil geochemistry, Dighem II surveys and a wide range of ground geophysical surveys (Crone EM, Pulse EM and ground magnetics), followed by diamond drilling. Soil geochemistry and mapping of gossans led to the identification of the Bow River Intrusive in which “Tickalara contacts” as well as complex “embayment” zones were reported to contain disseminated, stringer or massive sulfide dominated by pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite (NB: the exact percentage of sulfides were not recorded). The highest drill result obtained by Anglo was 3.17m @ 1.45% Ni and 0.41% Cu (DDH102, refer WAMEX report A9748 and Appendix 1).

Airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys were completed in 2002 to assess the effectiveness of previous drilling and to define new drill targets. The airborne EM survey outlined a strongly conductive zone coincident with the soil geochemical anomaly. Follow up of the airborne survey anomalies with a ground-based EM system led to the recognition of six discrete conductors, several of which had not been tested by previous drilling. Drilling of electromagnetic conductor targets intersected broad zones of low-grade nickel mineralisation in disseminated to massive sulphides up to 20m thick (WAMEX Report A65634).

The combined results of historical work completed to date provides Lycaon with a compelling prospect to discover primary nickel copper sulphides at depth within the two layered mafic intrusions within E80/4955. Lycaon intends to follow on from this prior work that identified high grade nickel, copper, cobalt (±PGE’s) mineralisation with high powered electromagnetic surveys prior to drilling.

Mineralisation and Exploration Models

The East Kimberley Halls Creek Orogen is widely regarded as having excellent potential for magmatic Ni-Cu-Co sulphide and PGE mineralisation, and Hoatson and Blake (2000) considers it one of the most extensively mineralized igneous associations in Australia.

The Savannah Intrusion (held by Panoramic Resources Ltd) hosts the largest Ni-Cu-Co sulphide resource discovered to date within the East Kimberley. Hoatson and Blake (2000) comment on the similar tectonic, stratigraphic and mineralisation features between Savannah and the world class Voisey’s Bay deposit in Labrador, Canada. Within the East Kimberley the Voisey’s Bay deposit provides a robust and realistic model to guide exploration strategies and targeting. Importantly the Voisey’s Bay and Savannah models indicate even small intrusive bodies can host giant nickel deposits and that mineralisation may not outcrop at surface.

Hoatson also recognized broad similarities between the HCO intrusions and the major mineralised layered intrusions at Sudbury, the Bushveld Complex and the Stillwater Complex. The HCO also has a number of similarities to the Tornio - Narankavaara (T-N) intrusive belt in northern Finland. This belt contains the Portimo and Penikat intrusive complexes that are known to host PGE mineralisation of potential economic grade and size. The mineralisation in the Penikat intrusive is analogous to the PGE mineralisation at the Panton and offers some similarity to the chromite layers within the Salt Lick Creek intrusive.

The vast majority of Ni-Cu sulphide deposits are magmatic in origin and are hosted or linked to igneous rocks that formed from magma ranging from ultramafic to mafic in composition. The vast majority of the world’s mafic and ultramafic rocks are not associated with any sulphide occurrences however, and special processes are required to form magmatic sulphides with nickel and copper and to concentrate them into economic deposits. Three processes are viewed as critical:

  • First is the generation of suitable sulphur under saturated magma from a mantle derived source.

  • Secondly the host magma has to have been contaminated by crustal material with resulting

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sulphur saturation and the formation of an immiscible sulphide melt scavenging copper and nickel from the magma.

  • Thirdly the presence of a suitable physical trap site is required to allow the dense sulphide melt to separate from the rest of the magma body and form an ore body.

Within the Halls Creek Orogen all three critical processes have occurred and the adjacent Savannah Ni-Cu deposit demonstrates these sulphide occurrences can be focused into economic deposits.

Acquisition Terms

Lycaon has executed a binding Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire 100% of East Kimberley Resources Pty Ltd, the holder of E80/4955, in consideration for:

  • the issue 1,250,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of Lycaon ( Shares ) at a deemed issue price of $0.40 per Share ( Consideration Shares ), with 50% of the Consideration Shares (625,000 shares) freely tradeable from their date of issue and 50% of the Consideration Shares (625,000 Shares) subject to voluntary escrow until 17 November 2023;

  • up to $100,000 by way of reimbursement for past expenditure; and

  • a 1% NSR;

In addition, a facilitation fee of 125,000 Shares will be issued to Hensman Corporate.

- ENDS -

This announcement has been authorised for release by the Directors of the Company.

Thomas Langley - Technical Director

For additional information please visit our website at www.lycaonresources.com

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this document that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr. Thomas Langley who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM). Mr. Thomas Langley is a full-time employee of Lycaon Resources Limited, and is a shareholder, however Mr. Thomas Langley believes this shareholding does not create a conflict of interest, and Mr. Langley 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. Langley consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information in the original reports, and that the forma and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original reports.

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Appendix 1. Historical Drilling Results from the Bow River Project

Hole ID Hole
**Type **
Easting Northing Dip / Azi From Length Intersection
BRRC001 RC 429200 8135700 -60 /180
BRRC002 RC 429200 8134850 -60 / 000 84 12 0.45% Cu+0.12%Ni
84 4 0.77% Cu, 0.12%Ni
BRRC003 RC 429200 8134800 -60 / 000 116 8 0.26% Cu+0.37%Ni
BRRC004 RC 429100 8134750 -60 /180 73 2 1.43% Cu
BRRC005 RC 429100 8134800 -60 /180
BRRC006 RC 428000 8134050 -60 /180
BRRC007 RC 429200 8134750 -60 / 000 157 1 1.21%Ni+0.11% Co
BRRC008 RC 429000 8134800 -60 /180
BRRC009 RC 429200 8134900 -60 /180
BRRC010 RC 429150 8135020 -60 /180
BRRC011 RC 429340 8134940 -60 / 000 108 2 1.4% Cu
123 5 1.3% Cu
BRRC012 RC 429370 8135080 -60 /180 81 1 3.8% Cu
88 1 1.2%Ni
DDH101 DD 429350 8134500 -90 / 000 2.6 1%Ni
DDH102 DD 429360 8134940 -45 / 000 3 1.3%Ni +0.97%Cu
3 1.4%Ni +0.4%Cu
DDH107 DD 429375 8135200 -90 / 000 10 1.1% Cu +0.5%Ni

Appendix 2. JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 report template

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data (Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques

Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut
channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard
measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as
down hole gamma sondes, or
handheld XRF instruments, etc). These
examples should not be taken as
limiting the broad meaning of
sampling.

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
Re-reporting of historical drilling data. Cored and
percussion drilling completed. Methodology detailed
in WAMEX reports and summarised below;
A9748 Australian Anglo American Prospecting Pty Ltd
(AAPL);
A65634 Southdale Holdings Pty Ltd (Southdale);
A87523 Jindalee Resources Pty Ltd (JRL);
A128314 East Kimberley resources Pty Ltd.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
required, such as where there is coarse
gold that has inherent sampling
problems. Unusual commodities or
mineralisation types (eg submarine
nodules) may warrant disclosure of
detailed information.
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation,
open-hole hammer, rotary air blast,
auger, Bangka, sonic, etc) and details
(eg core diameter, triple or standard
tube, depth of diamond tails, face-
sampling bit or other type, whether
core is oriented and if so, by what
method, etc).
Cored drilling by AAPL comprised percussion
precollars with NQ and BQ sized coring.
Reverse circulation drilling by Southdale and JRL .
Drill sample
recovery

Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.

Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and 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.
AAPL recorded recoveries > 90% for all cored holes
No comments on recovery from RC drilling in reports,
save some poor recovery of surface/weathered
material in Southdale drilling.
No sample bias anticipated nor any relationship
between recovery and grade.
Logging
Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource
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.
Geological logging of DD and RC drilling has been
completed to an acceptable standard.
Logging is both qualitative (lithology, alteration) and
quantitative (% sulphides).
Sub-
sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation

If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half 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.

Quality control procedures adopted for
all sub-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 thegrain size of the material being
No details of sub sampling techniques or sample
preparation for cored drilling save that core was split
and sent for analysis.
For BRRC001 – 008 both four metre composite
samples and one metre riffle split samples were
collected.
For BRRC009 – 012 single metre rotary split samples
were collected but only selected samples were
submitted for analysis.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
sampled.
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests

The nature, quality and
appropriateness of the 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 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) and precision
have been established.
No details of analytical techniques or QA/QC
procedures for cored drilling.
For BRRC001 – 008 both four metre composite
samples were sent to Amdel, Perth for base metal
analysis by IC2E.and one metre riffle split samples
were sent to ALS Perth and analysed for Ni, Cu, Co
by AA62 and Au, Pt, Pd by PGM-MS24..
For BRRC009 – 012 single metre rotary split samples
were collected but only selected samples were
submitted for analysis. Analysis was completed by
Genalysis by method MX_OES (multi acid digest,
analysis by ICP-OES).
Verification
of sampling
and
assaying

The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.

The use of twinned holes.

Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verification,
data storage (physical and electronic)
protocols.

Discuss any adjustment to assay data.
Data has been sourced from WAMEX reports by
company personnel and consultants.
All results were documented in WAMEX reports
signed off by geologists working for AAPL, Southdale
and JRL.
Documentation of primary data and data entry
procedures present for JRL and Southdale drilling but
not AAPL drilling.
Location of
data points

Accuracy and quality of surveys used
to locate drill holes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine workings
and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.

Specification of the grid system used.

Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.
• Reports indicate handheld GPS used to survey
drilling save AAPL where a grid was laid out.
• GDA94 MGA Z52.
• Publically available topographic data used.
Control is adequate for current project status.
Data
spacing
and
distribution

Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.

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 classifications
applied.

Whether sample compositing has been
applied.
Historical drilling has not been laid out on a regular
grid, rather targets specific geochemical and
geophysical features.
Data distribution is currently not sufficient to establish
grade continuity
Further drilling required to confirm what data
spacing will be required.
Orientation
of data in
relation to
geological
structure

Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves 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 the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to
have introduced a sampling bias, this
Orientation of drilling is not believed to create a bias
in sampling
Drilling was orientated perpendicular to geophysical
features and the intrusive contact

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
should be assessed and reported if
material.
Sample
security
The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
Not recorded
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.
No audits have been completed.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral Type, reference name/number, location The Bow River and Salt Lick Projects are located on
tenement and ownership including agreements or one (1) granted Exploration Licence E80/4955
and land material issues with third parties such as covering approximately 25.6km²
tenure status joint ventures, partnerships, overriding Lycaon has entered into a binding sale agreement
royalties, native title interests, historical with East Kimberley Resources Pty to acquire a
sites, wilderness or national park and 100% interest in the tenements.
environmental settings. The tenements will be owned 100% by Lycaon
The security of the tenure held at the time Resources Limited
of reporting along with any known
impediments to obtaining a licence to
operate in the area.
A Royalty Deed exists for 1% payable to East
Kimberley Resources Pty and Uramin Pty in respect
of all saleable minerals, concentrates, metals
produced.
The Project is overlain by the Malarngowem
(WC1999/044 and WAD43/2019) Native Title Claim
East Kimberley Resources Pty executed a Heritage
Agreement with Kimberley Land Council
Aboriginal Corporation in July 2016.
The Heritage Agreement allows Lycaon access to
the project area provided relevant protocols are
observed to preserve Aboriginal heritage.
The tenements are in good standing and no
known impediments exist.
Exploration Acknowledgment and appraisal of The area comprising the Bow River and Salt Lick
done by
other parties
exploration by other parties. Project have been explored for a variety of
commodities over a protracted period. Previous
exploration activities within the project area
commenced in the 1960’s with Pickand Mather
exploring base metals. Airborne magnetic and
electromagnetic surveys were completed in 2002,
to assess the effectiveness of previous drilling and to
define new drill targets. The airborne EM survey
outlined a strongly conductive zone coincident
with the soil geochemical anomaly. Follow up of
the airborne survey anomalies with a ground-based
EM system led to the recognition of six discrete
conductors, several of which had not been tested
by previous drilling.
Drilling of electromagnetic conductor targets
intersected broad zones of low-grade nickel
mineralisation in disseminated to massive sulphides
up to 20m thick.
The combined results of historical work completed
to date provides Lycaon with a compelling
prospect to discoverprimary nickel copper

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
sulphides at depth within the two layered mafic
intrusions within E80/4955. Lycaon intends to follow
on from this prior work that identified high grade
nickel, copper, cobalt (±PGE’s) mineralisation with
high powered electromagnetic surveys prior to
drilling.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style The Bow River and Salt Lick Project area is
of mineralisation. underlain by early Proterozoic metamorphic and
igneous rocks of the Halls Creek Mobile Zone
(HCMZ). This composite orogenic belt comprises
three tectonostratigraphic terranes (Western,
Central and Eastern Zones) bounded by northeast
trending strike-slip faults (Griffin and Grey, 1990).
The Central Zone is dominated by the Tickalara
Metamorphics, a regionally metamorphosed
assemblage of mafic volcanics and sediments.
These are intruded by several generations of felsic
and layered mafic to ultramafic intrusions, which
are also deformed and metamorphosed to
varying degrees.
The Central Zone hosts the majority of the Ni-Cu-
Co deposits known in the east Kimberley, including
Bow River.
Drill hole A summary of all information material to Refer Appendix 1. Note that these coordinates are
Information the understanding of the exploration sourced from historical reports and will be field
results including a tabulation of the checked as part of Lycaon’s exploration
following information for all Material drill
holes:
easting and northing of the drill hole collar
elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in metres) of
the drill hole collar
dip and azimuth of the hole
down hole length and interception depth
hole length.
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 Re-reporting of historical reported intersections. All
aggregation
averaging techniques, maximum and/or
mineralised samples were included in intersections.
methods minimum grade truncations (eg cutting of
high grades) and cut-off grades are
usually Material and should be stated.
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

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
stated.
Relationship These relationships are particularly Mineralisation widths are downhole widths, true
between important in the reporting of Exploration widths not known.
mineralisatio Results. As stated above drilling is believed to have been
n widths and
If the geometry of the mineralisation with
oriented such that results do not create a biased
intercept respect to the drill hole angle is known, its view of the mineralisation width.
lengths 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 (with Appropriate maps and sections are provided in
scales) and tabulations of intercepts the text
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 Where comprehensive reporting of all The accompanying document is a balanced
reporting Exploration Results is not practicable, report with a suitable cautionary note.
representative reporting of both low and
high grades and/or widths should be
practiced to avoid misleading reporting
of Exploration Results.
Other Other exploration data, if meaningful and
Historical exploration activity over the Bow River
substantive material, should be reported including and Salt Lick project areas have included airborne
exploration (but not limited to): geological electromagnetic and magnetics surveys, surface
data observations; geophysical survey results; geochemical sampling, RC and Diamond drilling
geochemical survey results; bulk samples also completed within the project area. Data is
– size and method of treatment; being systematically compiled and reviewed to
metallurgical test results; bulk density, aid in current exploration programmes.
groundwater, geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential deleterious or
contaminating substances.
Further work The nature and scale of planned further Ground based geophysical surveys, heritage
work (eg tests for lateral extensions or surveys, geological mapping and review prior to
depth extensions or large-scale step-out drilling.
drilling).
Diagrams clearly highlighting 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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