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SUREFIRE RESOURCES NL — Capital/Financing Update 2020
Aug 5, 2020
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Capital/Financing Update
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6
th August 2020 ASX Announcement
Gold Project Acquisitions
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Surefire Resources NL (ASX: SRN)(the Company) is pleased to announce the acquisition of high-grade gold tenements in the Yidby and Perenjori project areas, Western Australia. The Yidby Project includes 112.77km² of prospective greenstone terrain within the bountiful Yalgoo-Singleton Greenstone Belt. The Perenjori Gold Project includes 311.42km² of tenure situated 65km to the west of the Yidby Project within the Koolanooka Greenstone Belt. Both projects contain well mineralised shear zones, banded iron formations, and many untested target areas.
YIDBY – GOLD PROJECT (WA)
The Yidby Project area is centred over several clusters of historic workings that targeted high-grade gold bearing quartz veins within folded mafic-ultramafic volcanic units. The two main targets are the Yidby Road Prospect and the Delaney Well Prospect, both of which have recorded significant highgrade gold intersections from historic drilling campaigns. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
| DRC-8 | 8m | @ | 4.69 g/t Au | from 22m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incl | 2m | @ | 17.70 g/t Au | from 22m |
| NGRC002 | 15m | @ | 2.02 g/t Au | from 62m |
| 5m | @ | 13.10 g/t Au | from 90m | |
| 1m | @ | 2.32 g/t Au | from 119m | |
| hole terminated inmineralisation | ||||
| YRRC001 | 20m | @ | 1.13 g/t Au | from 28m |
| NGRC001 | 8m | @ | 2.57 g/t Au | from 109m |
| NGAC157 | 37m | @ | 1.57 g/t Au | from 25m |
Project Location
Geraldton is 260km to the north-west. The Project is situated within the Yalgoo-Singleton Greenstone Belt which is host to numerous gold, base-metal, and iron deposits with the potential to host many more. The Yidby Project consists of two granted Exploration Licenses and a single Exploration Licence

Figure 1 Location Map
application. The contiguous tenement group is within the southern portion of the well-endowed Murchison Province of the Western Yilgarn Craton. It is host to the Nyngan Mining Centre and the Cashen's Find historic workings. The two most prospective areas within the Yidby Gold Project are the Yidby Road Prospect, and the Delaney Well Prospect (Figure 2).
Historic Exploration
The historic gold workings at the Yidby Gold Project, including Cashen's Find and Nyngan Mining Centre have been subject to a many historic drilling campaigns. Companies that have drilled within and around the project include: WMC Limited (1982, 1994), Reynolds Australia Ltd (1989-1990), Capricorn Resources NL (1990-1993), Normandy Gold Ltd (1995- 2000), Minjar Gold Pty Ltd (2007-2018), and WCP Resources Ltd (2011-2017). The drilling, which is predominantly Aircore and Reverse Circulation, has been
targeted from significant gold geochemical soil anomalies, and geological mapping proximal to the many historic workings. The gold workings are excavations of quartz veins within sheared mafic and ultramafic volcanic units and associated with quartz-feldspar porphyry dykes. Historic exploration has reported high grade rock chip and grab samples from spoils piles.
Yidby Road Prospect
The Yidby Road Prospect is within granted licence E59/2390 and to the south of the Cashen's Find gold workings. Historic drilling has recorded a number of high-grade gold intersections from drilling campaigns notably by Western Mining Corporation Ltd (1993), Normandy Gold Ltd (1996-1997), and Minjar Gold Pty Ltd (2006). Significant gold intersections from historic drilling campaigns are tabulated below:

Figure 2 Yidby Road Prospect – Within E59/2390 of the Yidby Gold Project
| Hole ID | From(m) | To(m) | Interval(m) | Au(g/t) | HoleType | EastingMGA | NorthingMGA | RL | Dip | Azimuth(mag) | HoleDepth(m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGRC001 | 109 | 117 | 8 | 2.57 | RC | 525663 | 6751800 | 300 | -60 | 90 | 122 |
| including | 113 | 116 | 3 | 5.58 | |||||||
| NGRC002 | 62 | 77 | 15 | 2.02 | RC | 525713 | 6751749 | 300 | -60 | 90 | 120 |
| including | 62 | 69 | 7 | 3.23 | |||||||
| 90 | 95 | 5 | 13.1 | ||||||||
| 119 | 120 | 1 | 2.43 | ||||||||
| YRRC001 | 28 | 48 | 20 | 1.13 | RC | 525815 | 6751740 | 300 | -60 | 212 | 125 |
| including | 32 | 36 | 4 | 4.15 | |||||||
| YYRC014 | 100 | 104 | 4 | 1.87 | RC | 525696 | 6751792 | 300 | -60 | 230 | 120 |
| NGAC157 | 25 | 62 | 37 | 1.57 | Aircore | 535690 | 6751800 | 300 | -60 | 90 | 62 |
| including | 35 | 40 | 5 | 4.49 | |||||||
| including | 35 | 36 | 1 | 16.3 |
Table 1 Yidby Road Prospect Significant Gold Intercepts
Note: Coordinates in MGA2020, zone 50. Interval is down-hole and not true width.
The drilling largely intersected stockwork veining within sheared mafic and ultramafic volcanic units with montmorillonite clays present within the weathering profile. The north-west trending shearzone hosting the mineralisation appears contiguous throughout Exploration Licence E59/2390 and provides an excellent target for further investigation including lithological and structural modelling, ground truthing of historic drill sites and targeted follow-up RC drilling. It should also be noted that these exploration campaigns were executed during periods where the market conditions were very different, and the price of gold a fraction of what it is trading at during mid-2020.

Figure 3 Yidby Road Prospect
Delaney Well Prospect – Within E59/2426 of the Yidby Gold Project
Situated in the north of Exploration Licence E57/2426, the Delaney Well Prospect encompasses a cluster of gold stopes, shafts, and costeans in the southern part of the Nyngan Gold Mining Centre. The Delaney Well Prospect was drilled by Capricorn Resources Ltd (1989), Resource Exploration NL (1997), and WCP Resources Ltd (2013). The north-south trending line of workings targeted in the initial program follow along quartz stockwork veining within biotite-tremolite-chloritic schists with gold occurring in steep plunging shoots. The initial program recorded the high grade intersect of 2m @ 17.7 g/t Au from RC drill-hole DRC-8. Significant gold intersections are tabulated below:
| Hole ID | From(m) | To(m) | Interval(m) | Au(g/t) | HoleType | EastingMGA | NorthingMGA | RL | Dip | Azimuth(mag) | TotalDepth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRC-8 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 4.6 | RC | 527328 | 6760098 | 300 | -60 | 90 | 34 |
| including | 22 | 24 | 2 | 17.7 | |||||||
| DRC-10 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 0.43 | RC | 527324 | 6760140 | 300 | -50 | 90 | 32 |
| DRC-5 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 0.83 | RC | 527332 | 6759995 | 300 | -60 | 90 | 34 |
| DLRC002 | 35 | 37 | 2 | 2.32 | RC | 527318 | 6760140 | 300 | -60 | 90 | 64 |
| Table 2 Delaney Well Prospect Significant Gold Intercepts |
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Note: Coordinates in MGA2020, zone 50. Interval is down-hole and not true width.
The gold workings occur at the junction point between a north-westerly trending shear zone, and a north trending structure. The controls on the mineralisation remain to be better understood, and it appears that potentially steep plunging shoots have not been adequately tested by the shallow historic drilling. Lithologies drilled included fresh tholeiitic basalt with quartz veining. Copper was also significantly elevated across each hole drilled targeting the Nyngan workings.
Mineralisation
Gold mineralisation is found within broad, north-westerly trending, steeply dipping quartz vein stockworks in anatomising shear zones. Primary gold mineralisation at the tenement is associated with quartz veining and north-northwest trending shearing within basalt, dolerite, and intrusive felsic porphyry.
The historic Nyngan Mining Centre, near Delany's Well, comprises two groups. South of the Well a series of vertical shafts has targeted quartz vein hosted mineralisation in biotite and tremolite-chlorite schists. The quartz veins are parallel to the schistosity with mineralisation in steep plunging shoots. East of Delany's Well a series of vertical shafts strike parallel cuttings has gold mineralisation in quartz veined alteration zones within tremolite-chlorite schist and amphibolite.
The Yidby Hill Prospect occurs where albite-porphyry dykes have intruded into schistose mafic volcanics. At Cashen's Find, vein stockworks are related to the sheared contact with an intrusive albite-quartz porphyry which has intruded a mineralised north-northwest trending shear zone. There is no record of production from the excavation. At the above workings, mineralisation is typically accompanied by variably disseminated pyrite. Elemental associations include strong correlations with copper, molybdenum, and bismuth.

Figure 4 Delaney Well Prospect
Geological Setting
The Yidby Gold Project is situated on the southern end of the bountiful Yalgoo-Singleton Greenstone Belt in the Murchison Domain within the western part of the mid to late-Archaean Youanmi Terrane.
The Yalgoo-Singleton Greenstone Belt (YSGB) is host to significant gold, base-metal, and iron mineralisation. The belt is 190km in length striking north-north-west and is bound by multiple generations of granitoid intrusions. The YSGB hosts the Minjar Gold Project (1.1Moz Au) and also the world class Golden Grove/Scuddles/Gossan Hill VHMS Camp (22.2Mt Zn, 29.4Mt Cu, 0.1 Mt Au oxide ore). Several regional scale faults and shear zones truncate the YSGB and the Yidby Project tenements. The Mount Gibson Gold Project is situated in the southern end of the Belt, just south of the Yidby Gold Project. The Mount Gibson Project consisted of eight open cuts along a NNE trending shear with gold mineralised in shallow laterites. The project operated from 1986 to 1999 and produced 870,000 oz at 1.6 g/t Au.
The host succession is some 10km in thickness and the sequence is younging from west to east. Metamorphism ranges from greenschist to mid amphibolite facies with lithological units comprised of a folded succession of tholeiitic basalts, high magnesium basalts, komatiitic ultramafics, and intrusive quartz-feldspar porphyry units. Banded Iron Formations (BIF) from, along with the mafic units, prominent hills, and ridgelines.
The greenstones are locally divided into three greenstone belts. The tenements are underlain by the Ninghan Fold Belt. The Ninghan Fold Belt is a narrow supracrustal sequence of mafic, ultramafic, and felsic lithologies folded about a north-northwest trending fold axis with faulting and shearing causing minor dislocation. The tenure is situated with the Yeoh Syncline within the Ninghan Fold Belt. Outcrop across the tenement is excellent with exception of the colluvial cover to the north of E59/2444 where the tenure nears Mongers Lake.

Figure 5 Regional Geological Setting
PERENJORI - GOLD PROJECT (WA)
The Company has acquired two Exploration Licence applications (ELA59/2432 and ELA70/5311) by way of a Tenement Sale Agreement and applied for a further two tenement areas for a combined total of 311.42km² (Figure 6) and collectively named the Perenjori Project. The project is situated 65 km to the west of the Yidby Gold Project within the Koolanooka Greenstone Belt. The project is 40km to the south of Deflector Gold Mine, operated by Silver Lake Resources Ltd, and 30km west of the Karara Iron Deposit and Rothsay Gold Mine (Figure 6). The area hosts gold, base metal, and iron mineralisation and is within a largely underexplored and highly prospective part of the Murchison. Chalice Gold Mines Ltd hold tenement applications adjacent to the Perenjori Project group.

Figure 6 Yidby and Perenjori Projects on RTP Magnetic Image
CORPORATE
Under a Tenement Sale Agreement (Agreement) entered into with Beau Resources Pty Ltd, an unrelated vendor, the Company has acquired two granted tenements (E59/2390 and E59/2426) and two tenements under application (ELA59/2432 and ELA70/5311).
The significant terms of that Agreement are as follows:
- o Payment of a deposit upon execution of the Agreement $25k;
- o Payment on completion of tenement acquisition once all tenements have been granted (Completion) - $25k;
- o Issue of 10 million fully paid ordinary shares in SRN to the value of $100k (based on an agreed price of $0.01 per share with conditions to adopt a VWAP price based on the ASX:SRN share price for the 5 trading days immediately prior to Completion if the share price falls below $0.01 on the date of issue), payable upon Completion and to be issued out of the Company's existing ASX Listing Rules 7.1 capacity; and
- o Payment of a royalty calculated at 2% of the gross value of all minerals.
For further information, contact*:*
Vladimir Nikolaenko
Director
QUALIFYING STATEMENTS
JORC Compliance:
Competent Persons Statement:
Information in this report relating to exploration results is based on information compiled by Martin Dormer Consultant Geologist. Mr. Martin Dormer, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 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 under the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Mr Dormer consents to the inclusion of such information in this report and the context in which it appears.
JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 Report
Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data
| Criteria | JORC Code Explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| SamplingTechniques | Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut channels, randomchips, or specific specialised industry standard measurementtools appropriate to the minerals under investigation, such asdown hole gammas nodes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc.).These examples should not be taken as limiting the broadmeaning of sampling. | RAB, AC, RC, and Diamond drilling, minimal furtherinformation available in historic reports as to drill sizes,sampling methods and recoveries etc. |
| Include reference to the measures taken to ensure samplerepresentivity and the appropriate calibration of anymeasurement tools or systems used. | No data available from historic reports pertaining tomeasurement and calibration of systems or tools. | |
| Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that are Materialto the Public Report. In cases where 'Industry standard' workhas been done this would be relatively simple (e.g. 'reversecirculation drilling was used to obtain 1m samples from which3kg was pulverised to produce a 30g charge for fire assay') Inother cases more explanation may be required, such as wherethere is course gold that has inherent sampling problems.Unusual commodities mineralisation types (e.g. submarinenodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed information. | Capricorn Resources Ltd (WAMEX A31002) reported varyingcomposite sampling from 5m to 1m intervals depending ongeology and mineralisation. Normandy Gold Ltd (WAMEXA56909) reported samples taken from 2m and 4m compositesand sent to Amdel Laboratories for multielement analysisusing aqua regia digest with ICP-OES finish. Minjar Gold PtyLtd (WAMEX A76539) reported sampling from 2m to 5mcomposites and analysis for gold only. | |
| Drillingtechniques | Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open-hole hammer,rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.) and details (e.g. corediameter, triple or standard tube, depth of diamond tails, facesampling | Drilling utilised RAB, Aircore, RC and diamond drillingtechniques. No data is available pertaining to hole diameters |
| bit or other type, whether core is | No information recorded in historic WAMEX reports | |
| oriented and if so, by what method, etc.) | No information recorded in historic WAMEX reports | |
| Drill samplerecovery | Method of recording and assessing core and chip samplerecoveries and results assessed. | No recovery data available from historic reports |
| Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and ensurerepresentative nature of the samples. | All holes logged geologically, and sample intervals typicallymatch logging records. Depth from and to measurementsrecorded in logging and sampling data. | |
| Whether a relationship exists between sample recovery andgrade and whether sample bias may have occurred due topreferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material. | Each metre was recovered. No redrilling was necessary. Nobiases were recorded. |
| Criteria | JORC Code Explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| The verification of significant intersections by either independentor alternative company personnel. | No historic data reported | |
| Verification ofsampling and | The use of twinned holes. | No twinned holes were drilled. |
| assaying | Documentation of primary data, data entry procedures, dataverifications, data storage (physical and electronic) protocols. | No spreadsheet or database details reported in historicliterature. Samples were from electronic text files via WAMEXdatabase, and physically transcribed from older reports |
| Discuss any adjustment to assay data | No adjustment has been historically reported | |
| Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill holes (collarand down-hole surveys), trenches, mine workings and otherlocations used in Mineral Resource estimation. | Drill hole collars were reported to have been picked up fromGPS, and DGPS surveys. | |
| Location of DataPoints | Specification of the grid system used. | Drill hole location is reported using the GDA94_MGAz50 gridsystem and AMG coordinate grid systems. |
| Quality and adequacy of topographic control | Drill hole collar was located by GPS. Elevation value is in AHD.Expected accuracy was +/-10m for elevation coordinates. | |
| Data spacing anddistribution | Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results | RC holes were drilled at variable hole and line spacings. |
| Whether the data spacing and distributions sufficient toestablish the degree of geological and grade continuityappropriate for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserveestimation procedure(s) and classifications applied. | The data spacing is considered sufficient to assume geologicaland grade continuity. It is expected that further drilling willallow the estimation of Mineral Resources. | |
| Whether sample compositing has been applied | Samples were composited from 1m to 5m. No further datahas been historically reported | |
| Orientation ofdata in relationto geologicalstructure | Whether the orientation of sampling achieves unbiased samplingof possible structures and the extent to which this is known,considering the deposit type. | Drill holes have been targeted via a combination of outcropexposed in workings, shear structures, and soil geochemicalanomalies. Drill orientation appears to be perpendicular. |
| If the relationship between drilling orientation and theorientation of key mineralised structures is considered to haveintroduced a sampling bias, this should be assessed and reportedif material. | Drill intersections are not true widths. | |
| Sample security | The measures taken to ensure sample security | No historic data recorded regarding security measures taken |
| Audits or reviews | The results of any audits or reviews of sampling techniques anddata | No records of protocols found in historic reports |
Section 2: Reporting of Exploration Results (Criteria listed in previous section also apply to this section)
| Criteria | JORC Code Explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Mineraltenement andland tenurestatus | Type, reference name/number, location and ownership includingagreements or material issues with third parties such as joint ventures,partnerships, overriding royalties, native title interests, historical sites,wilderness or national park and environmental settings. | No data is available from historic reports regardingnative title claimants or determinations. The tenementsare not coincident with any National parks ofconservation areas. |
| The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting along with anyknown impediments to obtaining a licence to operate in the area. | Tenure in the form of Exploration Licences with standard5-year expiry dates which may be renewed. There are noknown impediments to obtaining a licence to operate inthis area. | |
| Explorationdone by otherparties | Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties. | The Yidby Project has been explored by severalexploration companies utilising modern explorationtechniques and methodology. Historic drilling data hasbeen compiled and appraised and appears in reasonableorder. The primary target is the occurrence of goldmineralisation; however, a strong copper association hasalso been reported. The tenements also host ore-grademagnetite iron at Woolshed Prospect. |
| Geology | Deposit type, geological setting, and style of mineralisation. | The project occurs within the southern part of theYalgoo-Singleton Greenstone Belt (YSGN). The YSGB iswithin the Murchison Domain of the Youanmi Terrainwithin the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. Locallythe Yeoh Syncline structure is comprised of tholeiiticmafic and ultramafic volcanic units with intrusive quartzfeldspar porphyry dykes and banded iron formations.Stratigraphy typically trends to the north-northwest,with mineralised structures ranging in orientation fromnorth-west to north-east. |
| Drill holeInformation | A summary of all information material to the understanding of theexploration results including a tabulation of the following information forall Material drill holes: (i) easting and northing of the drill hole collar (ii)elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above sea level in metres) ofthe drill hole collar (iii) dip and azimuth of the hole o down hole lengthand interception depth (iv) hole length. | Refer to Table 1 and 2 of this report where drill holecollar and downhole orientation and depth informationis tabulated |
| If the exclusion of this information is justified on the basis that theinformation is not Material and this exclusion does not detract from theunderstanding of the report, the Competent Person should clearly explainwhy this is the case. | No information has been excluded. |
| Criteria | JORC Code Explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Dataaggregationmethods | In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averagingtechniques, maximum and/or minimum grade truncations(e.g. cutting of high grades) and cut-off grades are usuallyMaterial and should be stated. | Where assays were composited for summary purposes,all assays were weighted by drill interval. No high-gradecuts have been applied to the sample data reported. |
| Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short lengths ofhigh grade results and longer lengths of low grade results,the procedure used for such aggregation should be statedand some typical examples of such aggregations should beshown in detail. | Where assays were composited for summary purposes,all assays were weighted by drill interval | |
| The assumptions used for any reporting of metalequivalent values should be clearly stated | No metal equivalent values are used | |
| Relationshipbetweenmineralisationwidths andinterceptlengths | These relationships are particularly important in thereporting of Exploration Results | The orientation of mineralization relative to the drill holeis depicted in figures. Drill intersections are not truewidths. |
| If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to thedrill hole angle is known, its nature should be reported. | All drill hole results reported are downhole length, truewidths are unknown. | |
| If it is not known and only the down hole lengths arereported, there should be a clear statement to this effect(e.g. 'down hole length, true width not known'). | All drill hole results reported are downhole length, truewidths are unknown. | |
| Diagrams | Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) andtabulations of intercepts should be included for anysignificant discovery being reported These should include,but not be limited to a plan view of drill hole collarlocations and appropriate sectional views | Appropriate diagrams are included in the main body ofthis report. |
| BalancedReporting | Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration Resultsis not practicable, representative reporting of both low andhigh grades and/or widths should be practiced to avoidmisleading reporting of Exploration Results. | Reporting of the drill results is considered balanced. |
| Othersubstantiveexplorationdata | Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, shouldbe reported including (but not limited to): geologicalobservations; geophysical survey results; geochemicalsurvey results; bulk samples – size and method oftreatment; metallurgical test results; bulk density,groundwater, geotechnical and rock | No additional meaningful and material exploration datahas been excluded from this report. |
| characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminatingsubstances | ||
| Further work | The nature and scale of planned further work (e.g. tests forlateral extensions or depth extensions or large-scale stepout drilling). | Further regional exploration related work planned forthe Project includes ongoing RC percussion and/ordiamond drilling to be undertaken on priority targetsidentified. |
| Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possibleextensions, including the main geological interpretationsand future drilling areas, provided this information is notcommercially sensitive. | These diagrams are included in the main body of thisreport. |