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TALISMAN MINING LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2024

Aug 4, 2024

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ASX: TLM | 5 August 2024

Talisman acquires the Yarindury Porphyry Cu-Au Project in NSW

Maiden drilling program to commence in the September quarter to test large geophysical anomalies

Highlights:

  • Talisman has been granted Exploration Licence (EL9679) – the “Yarindury Project” – which represents a large porphyry-style copper-gold target, located 30km east of Dubbo in the highly prospective Macquarie Volcanic Arc of NSW.

  • Yarindury contains the same prospective rock types and is situated in the same mineralised belt as Alkane Resources’ Boda-Kaiser Project (Mineral Resources of 8.3Moz Au and 1.5Mt Cu) which lies 20km to the south-east.

  • Previous owner Alice Queen in JV with Newcrest, drilled two diamond holes which confirmed the prospective geology and returned anomalous copper mineralisation.

  • Large km scale magnetic geophysical anomalies remain untested.

  • Land access agreement has been signed and an exploration work approval submitted this week to NSW Resources.

  • Initial diamond drilling program comprising up to five holes planned to test large anomalies, with drilling scheduled to commence in August.

Talisman Mining Limited (ASX: TLM, Talisman) is pleased to be granted a new tenement, EL 9679, named the “Yarindury Project”, located 30km east of Dubbo in the Macquarie Volcanic Arc of central-western NSW. Yarindury contains a number of porphyry-style magnetic targets with confirmed prospective geology and copper-gold anomalism.

The Yarindury Project lies in the same highly prospective geological and mineralised belt as Alkane Resources’ (ASX: ALK) Boda-Kaiser Project (located 20km to the south-east), which currently contains a Mineral Resource of 8.3Moz of contained gold and 1.5Mt of contained copper[1] . In addition, Yarindury displays rock units and geophysical anomalies similar to Newmont’s (NYSE: NEM) Cadia deposit (located 100km to the south), one of Australia’s largest gold and copper mining operations with Ore Reserves of 17Moz of gold and 3.6Mt of copper[2] .

The Yarindury Project was previously held by Alice Queen Limited, who completed two diamond drill holes (MEMD0001 and MEMD0002) in JV with Newcrest in 2018. MEMD0001 intersected favourable rock units with weakly anomalous copper and gold. However, no drilling has been completed over the largest and strongest amplitude magnetic anomaly on the western boundary of the Molong Volcanic Belt.

Yarindury EL 9679 is illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 2.

1 See ALK ASX Announcements dated 14 December 2023 and 29 April 2024.

2 https://operations.newmont.com/australia/cadia

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Figure 1 – Yarindury Project location plan highlighting prospect locations along the Molong Volcanic Belt. Porphyry Cu-Au deposits in the belt include Cadia-Ridgeway, Copper Hill, Junction Reefs and Boda-Kaiser. Other Talisman tenure in the area (to the north, south and east of Parkes in the Junee Narromine Volcanic Belt) is also shown.

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Figure 2 – Yarindury Prospect EL 9679 over regional magnetics. The elevated magnetic response in the centre of the image is known as the Molong High Volcanic Belt, part of the Macquarie Volcanic Arc. Strong magnetic features within and along the margins of the Molong High Volcanic Belt are excellent exploration targets for porphyry and intrusion related Cu-Au deposits.

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Geology and Mineralisation

The Yarindury project is located along the northernmost extension of the Molong Volcanic Belt where it contacts and underlies Surat Basin Mesozoic sediments.

The highly prospective Molong Volcanic Belt comprises a number of distinctive, interleaved, magnetic and nonmagnetic geophysical strips that can be traced for more than 200km to the south. Talisman’s objective at Yarindury is to explore the buried Molong Volcanic basement elements for large-scale porphyry or other intrusion related copper and/or gold deposits.

The Molong Volcanic Belt comprises:

  • i) the Ordovician age volcanic rock package which contains a number of high-level intrusions marked by high-amplitude magnetic geophysical responses; and

  • ii) the adjacent, lesser magnetic Silurian-Devonian age sediments intruded locally by discrete, elliptical-shaped, younger and less prospective magnetic granite batholiths.

Regionally, the Molong Volcanic Belt hosts the world-class Cadia porphyry Cu-Au system (17Moz Au and 3.6Mt Cu Reserve), located 100km to the south; the 8.5Moz Au and 1.5Mt Cu, Boda-Kaiser discovery of Alkane Resources, located 20km south-east; and a number of other significant porphyry-style prospects including Cargo and Copper Hill. These major porphyry deposits all occur within or around the margins of complex, high-amplitude, sub-volcanic intrusion bearing, magnetic nodes that occur along the belt.

In the south-west corner of the Yarindury licence, on the rim of the Molong Volcanic Belt magnetic complex, lies a large ~2km diameter, high-amplitude, complex, annular magnetic anomaly (Figure 2). This anomaly represents the primary exploration target within the Yarindury Project area. Annular magnetic anomalies are classically associated with Cu-Au stock-work mineralised aureoles developed around less magnetic and/or altered, vertical, porphyry pipe intrusions.

With its highly prospective regional setting, this anomaly is viewed as a high-quality buried porphyry Cu-Au target with very large tonnage potential.

In addition to this primary target, a number of secondary magnetic anomalies are also present within the licence (Figure 2).

Project Background

Previous explorers include Newcrest Mining in JV with Alice Queen Limited and Golden Cross Resources.

Figures 2 and 3 shows where Newcrest/Alice Queen drilled two vertical diamond holes MEMD0001 (total depth 414.2m, depth to basement 215m) and MEMD0002 (total depth 363.4m, depth to basement 250m) in 2017 targeting porphyry intrusion style mineralisation associated with anomalous magnetic features. The holes intersected altered volcanic rocks of likely Ordovician age with weakly anomalous copper mineralisation. Newcrest/Alice Queen planned but did not drill the prominent geophysical feature at Yarindury located on the western side of the Molong Volcanic Belt.

In 2008, Golden Cross, using lower resolution survey data, targeted the main geophysical feature with a single drill hole (GCYAR001) located off the western edge of the anomaly. The hole did not intersect basement rocks, encountering 252m of barren Mesozoic sediments. See Figure 3.

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Figure 3 – Yarindury Target over processed magnetics image. Gravity contours are illustrated in white lines. Proposed TLM drill hole locations illustrated by orange circles. The 2.0 km diameter strong magnetic feature along the western margin of the Molong High Volcanic Belt is the primary target. Historical drill hole location (blue circle) did not penetrate the overlying barren basin sediments.

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Figure 4 – Yarindury magnetic anomaly (right) versus Cadia-Ridgeway deposit (left). Processed magnetics image at same scale and colour stretch.

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Yarindury – Work Plan and Drill Testing

Talisman Mining has recently signed a landholder access agreement and will submit its exploration application to the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development early this week.

The proposed maiden exploration program consists of five diamond drill holes targeted at the basement rocks at the large geophysical feature. Additional diamond drilling may be undertaken if initial geological prospectivity and presence of mineralisation is confirmed.

Subject to NSW government approval drilling is scheduled to commence in the September quarter.

Management Comment

Talisman’s Managing Director, Andrew Munckton, said: “The acquisition of the Yarindury Project offers an exciting new addition to our exploration portfolio.

“At a time of strengthening copper and gold prices around the world, this new project offers exploration exposure to the Tier 1 Molong Volcanic Belt, which hosts several major porphyry style copper-gold deposits. Yarindury’s location within the Molong Volcanic Belt and its side-by-side comparison with the world-class Cadia Ridgeway deposits clearly demonstrates the significant scale of the opportunity.

“An initial diamond drilling program is scheduled to commence once NSW government approvals have been secured. Importantly, this initial phase of drilling will provide us with detailed geological context as to the potential style and scale of copper-gold mineralisation associated with the large geophysical anomaly.

“We’re greatly looking forward to drilling this target and will update the market once drilling has commenced.”

“The Yarindury project is complementary to the advanced exploration at our Durnings Project. The recent exciting exploration results at Durnings will be followed up as quickly as possible once access to the project is re-established following recent heavy rainfall in late June.”

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For further information, please contact:

Andrew Munckton - Managing Director

+61 4 3563 5598

Nicholas Read (Media inquiries)

+61 4199 29046

This release has been authorised by the Board of Talisman Mining Limited.

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Table 1: Drill-hole information summary - Yarindury

Details and coordinates of historical drill holes relevant to this release.

Company Year
Drilled
Hole ID Hole
Type
Easting
MGA
Northing
MGA
RL Dip Azimuth EOH Depth
(m)
Clancey Exploration Ltd 2008 SRC001 RC 688298 6453398 399 -90 0 156
Newcrest MiningLtd 2017 MEMD0001 DD 685638 6437633 340 -89.2 76.76 414.2
Newcrest MiningLtd 2017 MEMD0002 DD 687974 6439970 360 -90 0 363.4
Golden Cross Resources 2008 CGYAR001 RC 682572 6435084 385 -90 0 252

About Talisman Mining

Talisman Mining Limited (ASX: TLM) is an Australian mineral development and exploration company. The Company’s aim is to maximise shareholder value through exploration, discovery and development of complementary opportunities in base and precious metals.

Talisman has secured tenements in the Cobar/Mineral Hill region in Central NSW through the grant of its own Exploration Licenses and through a joint venture agreement. The Cobar/Mineral Hill region is a richly mineralised district that hosts several base and precious metal mines including the CSA, Tritton, and Hera/Nymagee mines. This region contains highly prospective geology that has produced many long-life, high-grade mineral discoveries. Talisman has identified several areas within its Lachlan Cu-Au Project tenements that show evidence of base and precious metals endowment which have had very little modern systematic exploration completed to date. Talisman believes there is significant potential for the discovery of substantial base metals and gold mineralisation within this land package and is undertaking active exploration to test a number of these targets.

Talisman also has secured access to over 1040 km2 of highly prospective tenure in South Australia’s Gawler Craton known as the Mabel Creek Project. Mabel Creek is prospective for large scale Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) deposits and intrusion related rare earths and battery metals mineralisation. Mable Creek is surrounded by similar tenure owned and being actively explored by Australia’s biggest resource companies including BHP, Rio Tinto and FMG.

Competent Person’s Statement

Information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results and Exploration Targets is based on, and fairly represents information and supporting documentation compiled by Dr Tim Sharp, who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists. Dr Sharp is a full-time employee of Talisman Mining Ltd and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration and to the activities undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Dr Sharp has reviewed the contents of this announcement and consents to the inclusion in this announcement of all technical statements based on his information in the form and context in which they appear.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This ASX release may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on Talisman Mining Ltd.’s current expectations, estimates and assumptions about the industry in which Talisman Mining Ltd operates, and beliefs and assumptions regarding Talisman Mining Ltd.’s future performance. Words such as “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “potential” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guaranteed, and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, some of which are outside the control of Talisman Mining Ltd. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and no representation or warranty is made as to the likelihood of achievement or reasonableness of any forward-looking statements or other forecast. Actual values, results or events may be materially different to those expressed or implied in this presentation. Given these uncertainties, recipients are cautioned not to place reliance on forward looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement speak only at the date of issue of this announcement. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law and the ASX Listing Rules, Talisman Mining Ltd does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any information or any of the forward-looking statements in this announcement or any changes in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such forward looking statement is based.

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Appendix 2

JORC Tables Section 1 & 2

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 (e.g. 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 (e.g. ‘reverse
circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 m
samples from which 3kg was pulverised to
produce a 30 g charge for fire assay’). In other
cases, more explanation may be required, such as
where there is coarse gold that has inherent
sampling problems. Unusual commodities or
mineralisation types (e.g. submarine nodules)
may warrant disclosure of detailed information.

Not Applicable
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open-hole
hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic,
etc) and details (e.g. 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).

Not Applicable
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.

Not Applicable

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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.

Not Applicable
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 the grain
size of the material being sampled.

Not Applicable
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, spectrometres, handheld
XRF instruments, etc, the parametres 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
(e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, external
laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels
of accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and precision have
been established.

Not Applicable
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.

Not Applicable

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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.

Historical RC drill collar locations collected using
DGPS.

The coordinate system used is the Geocentric Datum
of Australia (GDA) 1994. All coordinates are in the
Map Grid of Australia zone 55 (MGA), Universal
Transverse Mercator.
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 vertical holes drilled to test magnetic
anomalies in basement.
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 should be assessed and reported if material.

Historical vertical holes drilled to test magnetic
anomalies in basement.
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample security.

Not Applicable
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.

Not Applicable

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

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

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land tenure
status

Type, reference name/number, location and
ownership including agreements 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.

The security of the tenure held at the time of
reporting along with any known impediments
to obtaining a licence to operate in the area.

EL9679 is held 100% by Haverford Holdings a 100%
owned subsidiary of Talisman Mining.

The tenement is in good standing and there are no
existing known impediments to exploration or mining.

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Exploration
done by other
parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration
by other parties.

The Yarindury Copper-Gold Project has been subject to
exploration by several previous explorers including
Golden Cross Resources, Alice Queen Ltd and
Newcrest Mining Ltd.

Exploration work has included diamond, RC drilling,
geological mapping, geological interpretation and
geophysics (airborne magnetics, ground gravity).
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.

The Yarindury Copper-Gold Project lies within the
Molong Volcanic Belt of the Lachlan Fold belt in NSW.

The Yarindury Copper-Gold Project is considered
prospective for Cu-Au porphyry style mineralisation.
Drill-hole
Information

A summary of all information material to the
understanding of the exploration results
including a tabulation of the 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.

Historical drilling has been appropriately referenced to
source information (see Table 1).
Data
aggregation
methods

In reporting Exploration Results, weighting
averaging techniques, maximum and/or
minimum grade truncations (e.g. 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
stated.

Not Applicable
Relationship
between
mineralisatio
n widths and
intercept
lengths

These relationships are particularly important
in the reporting of Exploration Results.

If the geometry of the mineralisation with
respect to the drill-hole angle is known, its
nature should be reported.

Not Applicable

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If it is not known and only the down hole
lengths are reported, there should be a clear
statement to this effect (e.g. ‘down hole
length, true width not known’).
Diagrams
Appropriate maps and sections (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.

Appropriate maps with scale are included within the
body of the accompanying document.
Balanced
reporting

Where comprehensive reporting of all
Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low and high
grades and/or widths should be practiced to
avoid misleading reporting of Exploration
Results.

All relevant data is reported and provides an
appropriate representation of the results.

The accompanying document is considered to
represent a balanced report.
Other
substantive
exploration
data

Other exploration data, if meaningful and
material, should be reported including (but not
limited to): geological observations;
geophysical survey results; geochemical survey
results; bulk samples – size and method of
treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk
density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential deleterious or
contaminating substances.
Geophysical Data

All historical geophysical data was reviewed and
interpreted by John Donohue, Principal Geophysicist
from Geo-Discovery Group.
Airborne magnetics

Grid filtering and enhancements was undertaken on
NSW Government Dubbo 1991 (400 m line spaced)
Survey and Newcrest Mendoran (100 m spaced) 2017
survey. 3D smooth modelling was completed using
Geosoft’s Voxi mag modelling program using Magnetic
Vector Inversion (MVI) and normal induction modes.
MVI modes accommodated remanence effects.
Selected 2.5D modelling of (NSSF) profile grid data in
Model Vision.

To provide an analogue for the Yarindury anomaly, 3D
MVI Mag Modelling was undertaken across
Cadia/Ridgeway Complex using 1984 RGC 200m line
spaced airborne (pre-dating development) survey data
and topographic SRTM data (postdating development).
Ground Gravity

Gridding and high pass filtering of a 2017 ground
gravity (1km line spacing and 200m station spacing)
acquired by Atlas Geophysics for Newcrest.

All meaningful and material information is reported.
Further work
The nature and scale of planned further work
(e.g. tests for lateral extensions or depth
extensions or large-scale step-out 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.

Planned future work at the Yarindury Copper-Gold
Project if warranted would include follow up Diamond
drilling and geophysical surveys.

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