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UNION STAR METALS LTD Capital/Financing Update 2014

Nov 27, 2014

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SOUTH AMERICA’S

EMERGING PRECIOUS AND BASE METALS EXPLORER

Promesa Limited

Office Address Suite 7 | 55 Hampden Rd, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia

  • P: +61 8 9389 8884 F: +61 8 6389 0576

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Contact

Ananda Kathiravelu Executive Director E: [email protected] M: +61 412 036 789

Michael Sebbag

Executive Technical Director

E: [email protected] M: +61 407 703 899

ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

28 November 2014

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS PROGRAMME COMMENCES AT PROMESA PROJECTS

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Helicopter-borne geophysics programme commences on Magdalenita Concessions, Alumbre and Quinual Projects.

  • Significant milestone in our joint venture agreement with Oban Mining Corporation is met by this programme.

  • The new geophysics programme has the potential to unleash a district scale porphyry environment as indicated at Alumbre and further enhance the potential of the Magdalenita concessions.

  • Magnetic, radiometric and electromagnetic (VLF), data collected from the geophysical survey will provide important exploration information at the Alumbre and Quinual Projects.

  • Geophysics programme will help support new and existing regional exploration targets and covers 95% of the Promesa concession holding in Peru.

Promesa Ltd has commenced a helicopter-borne magnetic, radiometric and electromagnetic (VLF) survey over the Magdalenita Concessions, Alumbre and Quinual Project Areas (refer to Figure 1). This programme will also address and achieve a significant milestone in our joint venture agreement with Oban Mining Corporation (TSXV:OBM) enabling the Company to maintain a 70% interest in the Magdalenita concessions.

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Quinual Project
Alumbre Project and
Magdalenita Concessions
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Figure 1 - Airborne geophysics flight programme area.

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One the key aims of this programme is expand our geophysical data (i.e. including magnetic and radiometric anomalies) around the Company’s flagship project of Alumbre. A two stage drill programme has recently completed at Alumbre (results pending) and identified increased potential of Cu-Mo-Au porphyry. Recent work completed by Terra Resources Consultants had reinterpreted historical ground magnetic data using the Magnetic Vector Inversion (MVI) methodology to estimate magnetic susceptibility. The MVI image indicates the potential for multiple porphyry intrusive centres. The extension of the MVI image outside of the current data area indicates the potential for discovery of a new regional porphyry camp. Large porphyry systems are generally clustered within camps extending for about ten kilometres. The MVI model shows that ALDD14005 intersected the magnetic model approximately at the location of the strongly mineralised intercept of 7m at 0.72% Cu (refer to Figure 2). In the second stage drill program, several drillholes intersected the MVI model. Detailed logging, sampling and assaying of the Stage 2 drillcore is in progress.

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Figure 2 - Alumbre Project magnetic suspectibility 3D MVI model with completed Stage 1 and 2 drillhole program. Detailed logging, sampling and assaying of the Stage 2 drillcore is in progress.

Whilst the porphyry Cu-Mo-Au exploration at Alumbre is on-going, and Alumbre remains the Company’s flagship project, the Magdalenita concessions are a joint venture controlled by Promesa extending 10km north and west and 6 km south and east of the Alumbre project. The current geophysics programme will aid in reducing the evaluation time of this large area. Globally, porphyries often form in clusters so the identification of further porphyry coppermolybdenum-gold systems will be enhanced by the airborne programme. In addition, the area has potential for a variety of mineralization styles including volcanic–hosted massive sulphides, sulphide-bearing mantos and epithermal gold. Several historical targets identified by regional field work programmes will also be investigated with respect to their geophysical properties.

The Quinual project will also be covered by this programme. A significant chargeability response at a depth of 200m exists at Quinual (refer to Figure 3). The current geophysics program may provide more evidence supporting the gold and/or copper potential at Quinual.

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Figure 3 - Quinual Project – Geophysics IP Chargeability Model (@ 200m depth).

The geophysical data will be used to identify magnetic and radiometric anomalies associated with base-metal sulphide mineralisation and hydrothermal alteration. The data will also assist the Company’s exploration team in geological mapping of the larger concession area. It is expected that the programme will generate a number of exploration targets which will be followed up by field staff in 2015.

The geophysics contract was awarded to Canadian geophysics specialists New-Sense Geophysics Ltd from Ontario. The programme will entail 2042 line kilometres at a line spacing of 200m covering 28,400 hectares of the Company’s concessions.

The preparation of the semi-detailed Environmental Impact Assessment over the expanded drill area at Alumbre is advancing rapidly. Environmental scientists, archaeologists and community relations specialists have completed their initial field activities. The Company is excited about the exploration and discovery potential that these key exploration and corporate activities bring to the Alumbre, Quinual and Magdalenita project pipeline.

On behalf of the Board,

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Ananda Kathiravelu Executive Director Promesa Ltd

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Dean de Largie, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr de Largie is a full-time employee of Promesa Limited. Mr de Largie has sufficient experience which is relevant to the styles of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration and to the activity 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 de Largie consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears above.

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Appendix A - JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data – Alumbre Project

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.
No sampling information in this release.
Include reference to measures taken to ensure
sample
representivity
and
the
appropriate
calibration of any measurement tools or systems
used.
No drilling information in this release
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 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.
N/A
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).
N/A
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.
N/A
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.
N/A
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in
nature.
Core
(or
costean,
channel,
etc)
photography.
N/A
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.
N/A
Sub-sampling
techniques and
sample
preparation
If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter,
half or all core taken.
N/A
If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary
split, etc and whether sampled wet or dry.
N/A
For all sample types, the nature, quality and
appropriateness
of
the
sample
preparation
N/A

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
technique.
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-
sampling stages to maximise representivity of
samples.
N/A
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.
N/A
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain
size of the material being sampled.
N/A
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.
N/A
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.
N/A
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.
N/A
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
The verification of significant intersections by
either
independent
or
alternative
company
personnel.
N/A
The use of twinned holes. N/A
Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures,
data
verification,
data
storage
(physical and electronic) protocols.
N/A
Discuss any adjustment to assay data. N/A
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.
N/A
Specification of the grid system used. UTM grid, Datum WGS84 zone 17 is used.
Quality and adequacy of topographic control. N/A
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.
N/A
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.
N/A

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
N/A
Sample security The measures taken to ensure sample security. N/A
Audits or reviews The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.
N/A

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results – Alumbre Project

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 Alumbre project area is located at low attitude, in the
Department of La Libertad in northern Peru. There are no
historical sites, wilderness or national parks or environmental
issues. The current project area consist of group of concessions
with one concessions which is 100% owned by Promesa
Limited, plus one other adjoining concession which are subject
to option agreement, these include three concessions owned by
Oban S.A.C which allows 70% farm-in and includes an NSR
royalty.

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.
Concessions and agreements are in good standing and the
company has social and government approvals in place to
explore.
Exploration done
by other parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
other parties.
The region was explored by Santa Cristina de Chorobal from
1993 to 1994. Newmont, from 1994 to 1996, undertook
regional exploration work.
Savage Resources, between 1996 and 1999 undertook
sampling, mapping, geophysics and drilling within some of the
current project area at Alumbre. Savage conducted a nine-hole
RC and RC/Diamond drill program and collected 573 rock
sampling program along channels of various lengths from 1 to
27m in length within part of the Alumbre area and the ad.
Historical Savage RC drill samples were composited up to 4m
and diamond drill holes were composited up to 2m. This
drilling produced anomalous results which were considered
worthy of follow up drilling by Savage. Location of these drill
holes have be verified as the collars are visible. Samples were
assayed by SGS laboratory; however this cannot be verified as
the original laboratory certificates are not available and were
pre-JORC.Promesa have undertaken confirmation field
sampling of Savage surface sampling which supports the
results obtained by Savage. Savage Resources was taken over
by Pasminco in 1999 who subsequently went into receivership
2001 and suspended work on the project area.
From 2001 to 2010 the area was not held by any party.
Alikante Mining Company 2010 acquired the Gaya 104
concession and released it to Kirio Mining S.A.C in 2011 who
then optioned it to Promesa in 2012. and acquired 100% of
the concession in August 2013.
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.
Mineralisation styles on the properties are epithermal gold and
porphyry copper with molybdenum or gold credits.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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:
o
easting and northing of the drill hole collar.
o
elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation
above sea level in metres) of the drill hole
collar.
o
dip and azimuth of the hole.
o
down hole length and interception depth.
o
hole length.
N/A

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.
Not applicable. No drilling information in this release.
Data
aggregation
methods

In reporting Exploration Results, weighting
averaging
techniques,
maximum
and/or
minimum grade truncations (eg cutting of high
grades) and cut-off grades are usually Material
and should be stated.
Not applicable – no assay results from drill holes are subject of
this announcement.

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.
N/A

The assumptions used for any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.
N/A
Relationship
between
mineralisation
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.

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’).
N/A
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.
N/A
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.
N/A
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
Helicopter borne VLF EM, radiometric and magnetic data will
be collected on a 200m line spacing north-south grid.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
contaminating substances.
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.
N/A

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