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VITA RESOURCES NL — Capital/Financing Update 2023
Feb 26, 2023
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Capital/Financing Update
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Bastion Minerals Ltd is pleased to provide a due diligence update subsequent to the recent optioning of the Pakwan East Lithium property in Canada. The property is located adjacent to properties hosting the high-grade PAK and Spark Lithium projects held by Frontier Lithium Inc (TSXV.FL).
Highlights
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Review of government geological data has identified a series of mapped pegmatite clusters in the property, including two clusters measuring more than 1km[2] ( Refer Figure 1 ).
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Over 45 (forty five) pegmatite clusters were mapped within the project area, 27 (twenty seven) (10h) of which have been identified as a high priority. Bastion will continue to review each target as part of its due diligence and is encouraged by these early results ( Refer Figure 1 ).
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These pegmatites suggest the granitoid complex is highly evolved and there is potential for pegmatites in the area to contain lithium. Similar pegmatites are mapped in other areas of the North Spirit Lake geological map sheet, outside of the Pakwan East properties. However, the Pakwan East properties cover one of the major area of clusters.
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Host rocks are mapped as foliated porphyritic biotite trondhjemite, biotite-hornblende trondhjemite and granodiorite and biotite trondhjemite. Clusters are composed of quartz feldspar pegmatites and muscovite garnet pegmatites in government mapping.
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Presence of these pegmatites suggests the sequence is fertile and lithium pegmatites may be present, based on the results of Frontier Lithium and the pegmatite model developed by Selway and Breaks (2006, A review of Rare-Element [Li-Cs-Ta] Pegmatite Exploration Techniques for the Superior Province, Canada, and Large Worldwide Tantalum Deposits).
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Detailed mapping and sampling of these pegmatites is a priority for Bastion.
ABN: 19 147 948 883 Level 6, 22 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000
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Bastion Minerals Ltd ( ASX: BMO ) ( Bastion or the Company ) is pleased to provide a due diligence update on its Binding Heads of Agreement ( HOA ) with Austek Resources Pty Ltd ( Austek ) for an option to acquire three highly prospective groups of lithium properties located in Ontario, Canada, a rapidly growing lithium province ( Refer ASX announcement 20 February 2023 ).
Executive Chairman, Mr Ross Landles, commented:
“The Pakwan East project is located in a belt of high lithium prospectivity, as indicated by the widespread presence of multiple outcropping pegmatite clusters presented in government mapping, as well as nearby prospects in the belt where Frontier Lithium has defined lithium mineral resources.
“At the first available opportunity, the Company plans to be on the ground mapping and sampling the pegmatites in the optioned properties as shown on the government map, and evaluating the Bear Head Fault Zone, which passes through the property. We will keep shareholders updated on our progress.”
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Figure 1: Location of government mapped pegmatites in the Austek Resources optioned properties.
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Pakwan East Lithium Project
The Pakwan East project comprises 17km[2] and is located east and immediately adjacent to properties owned by Frontier Lithium Inc (TSXV:FL) ( Frontier ). The project sits ~20 km from Frontier’s Spark Deposit, where Frontier recently announced drilling results[1] ( Refer Appendix 2 ).
Frontier Lithium has defined Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources[2] of 41.8 Mt @1.54% Li2O in these two deposits. See Appendix 2 for further details of these third party exploration results.
The Frontier Lithium pegmatites are hosted in metasediments and metavolcanics within the Bear Head Fault Zone ( BHFZ or Bear Head ) along an important boundary between geological sub provinces. This is a major fault system with multiple outcropping pegmatite discoveries, and is a prime location for lithium pegmatites. Frontier Lithium is actively conducting regional exploration activities along the fault zone[3] . The BHFZ is mapped on the North Spirit Lake geological map as the North Spirit Lake Fault, however this is the same as what Frontier Lithium refer to as the BHFZ.
The Bear Head fault passes adjacent to extensive pegmatites mapped on the Ontario Government North Spirit Lake geological map, within the Pakwan East property ( Refer Figure 1 ).
In the area north of the fault, there are extensive areas mapped as foliated porphyritic biotite trondhjemite, biotite-hornblende trondhjemite and granodiorite and biotite trondhjemite. There are common occurrences of quartz feldspar pegmatite and muscovite garnet pegmatites in government mapping in the properties.
Presence of these pegmatites suggest the sequence is fertile and lithium pegmatites may be present, based on the results of Frontier Lithium and the pegmatite model developed by Selway and Breaks (2006, A review of Rare-Element [Li-Cs-Ta] Pegmatite Exploration Techniques for the Superior Province, Canada, and Large Worldwide Tantalum Deposits).
Similar pegmatites are mapped in other areas of the North Spirit Lake geological map sheet, outside of the Pakwan East properties. However, the Pakwan East properties cover one of the major clusters in the area. These pegmatites suggest the granitoid complex is highly evolved and there is potential that pegmatites in the area contain lithium.
The project area meets multiple criteria from the Selway and Breaks 2006 study for the presence of lithium pegmatites, including:
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A location along a geological sub provincial boundary;
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Presence of metasediments and metavolcanics (greenstone belts);
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Greenschist facies metamorphism, and
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Evolved granites.
Mapping and sampling of the pegmatites is planned to occur as soon as ground conditions allow access to the properties, expected to be in May. Detailed evaluation of the fault zone will be conducted to determine whether lithium-bearing pegmatites are present.
1 Refer to Frontier Lithium Inc TSX Announcement 8 Feb 2023.
2 Refer to Frontier Lithium Inc TSX Announcement 16 Feb 2021 and NI 34-101 Technical Report 5 April 2021. 3 Refer to Frontier Lithium Inc TSX Announcements 31 January 2023 and 8 Feb 2023.
ABN: 19 147 948 883 Level 6, 22 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000
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www.bastionminerals.com
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Figure 2: Austek Resources Project Location of Pakwan East Tenements.
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Figure 3: Austek Resources Project Locations (Ontario, Canada) and other major projects and companies. The Pakwan East property is located in the north of the map (see red box).
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Table 1: List of properties involved in the transaction.
| Project | Claim No. |
Owner Client | No. Cells |
Area Ha |
Issue Date |
Anniversary Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCombe North | 739971 | Perry English | 25 | 509 | 27/07/2022 | 27/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 739972 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 23 | 467 | 27/07/2022 | 27/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 739973 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 18 | 366 | 27/07/2022 | 27/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 739974 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 21 | 427 | 27/07/2022 | 27/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 740025 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 1 | 20 | 27/07/2022 | 27/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 740099 | PerryEnglish | 25 | 509 | 28/07/2022 | 28/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 740100 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 25 | 509 | 28/07/2022 | 28/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 740101 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 12 | 244 | 28/07/2022 | 28/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 740102 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 1 | 20 | 28/07/2022 | 28/07/2024 |
| McCombe North | 740103 | PerryEnglish | 13 | 265 | 28/07/2022 | 28/07/2024 |
| Pakwan East | 742604 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd |
21 | 413 | 17/08/2022 | 17/08/2024 |
| Pakwan East | 742605 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd |
19 | 373 | 17/08/2022 | 17/08/2024 |
| Pakwan East | 742606 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd |
23 | 452 | 17/08/2022 | 17/08/2024 |
| Pakwan East | 742607 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd |
22 | 432 | 17/08/2022 | 17/08/2024 |
| Raleigh Lake | 733681 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 25 | 504 | 23/06/2022 | 23/06/2024 |
| Raleigh Lake | 733682 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 21 | 420 | 23/06/2022 | 23/06/2024 |
| Raleigh Lake | 733683 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 1 | 21 | 23/06/2022 | 23/06/2024 |
| Raleigh Lake | 741427 | Gravel Ridge Resources Ltd | 20 | 400 | 03/08/2022 | 03/08/2024 |
| Total | 6,351 |
This announcement was approved for release by the Executive Chairman of Bastion Minerals.
For more information contact:
Ross Landles [email protected] 0438 959 144
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APPENDIX 1 Statements and Disclaimers
Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to exploration reporting has been prepared by Mr Murray Brooker.
Mr Brooker who is an independent geological consultant to Bastion Minerals and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists, has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity he is undertaking to qualify as the “Competent Person” as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves . Mr Brooker consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this Announcement, including information as to the future financial or operating performance of Bastion Minerals and its projects may also include statements which are ‘forward ‐ looking statements’ that may include, amongst other things, statements regarding targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of mineral reserves and mineral resources and anticipated grades and recovery rates, production and prices, recovery costs and results, capital expenditures and are or may be based on assumptions and estimates related to future technical, economic, market, political, social and other conditions. These ‘forward-looking statements’ are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Bastion Minerals, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results reflected in such forward ‐ looking statements.
Bastion Minerals disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to any forward ‐ looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, circumstances or results or otherwise after the date of this Announcement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, other than required by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Listing Rules of the Australian Securities Exchange ( ASX ). The words ‘believe’, ‘expect’, ‘anticipate’, ‘indicate’, ‘contemplate’, ‘target’, ‘plan’, ‘intends’, ‘continue’, ‘budget’, ‘estimate’, ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘schedule’ and similar expressions ‐ identify forward looking statements.
All ‘forward ‐ looking statements’ made in this Announcement are qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements. Investors are cautioned that ‘forward ‐ looking statements’ are not guarantee of future ‐ performance and accordingly investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on ‘forward looking statements’ due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
For further information please visit the Bastion Minerals website at www.bastionminerals.com
ABN: 19 147 948 883 Level 6, 22 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000
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APPENDIX 2
This announcement makes reference to several third party announcements which were made as TSX announcements by Frontier Lithium (TSXV:FL). Bastion has not validated and is unable to validate these announcements. However, this information is material for the adjacent properties optioned by Bastion and is disclosed with references below.
The Pakwan East Project lies ~20 km east from Frontier’s Spark Deposit, where that company recently announced a significant intersection of:
- 398.25m of pegmatite averaging 1.88% Li2O (including a 23.4m zone of 3.12% Li2O)
Refer Frontier Lithium TSX-V Announcement February 8, 2023: Frontier Lithium intersects 398.25m of pegmatite averaging 1.88% Li2O, including a 23.4m zone of 3.12% Li2O.
Additional previous drilling by Frontier Lithium to the west of the Pakwan East Project returned significant results including:
• 405m @ 1.50% Li2O
Refer to Frontier Lithium TSX-V Announcement February 16, 2022: Frontier Drills 405 Metres of 1.5% Li2O from Phase X Drilling at Spark.
• 239.4m@ 1.3%Li2O at Spark in DDH PL-058-22
Refer to Frontier Lithium TSX-V Announcement July 25, 2022: Frontier Intersects 144m of High Grade Lithium Averaging 1.72% Li2O with Significant Cesium and Tantalum Zones at Spark.
• 144m @ 1.72% Li2O at Spark in DDH PL-063-22
Refer to Frontier Lithium TSX-V Announcement July 25, 2022: Frontier Intersects 144m of High Grade Lithium Averaging 1.72% Li2O with Significant Cesium and Tantalum Zones at Spark.
Frontier Lithium has defined Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources of 41.8 Mt @1.54% Li2O in the Pak and Spark deposits.
For full information, refer to Frontier Lithium TSX-V Announcement 16 Feb 2021: Frontier Lithium PEA Demonstrates Attractive 27% IRR Pre-Tax for Lithium Chemical Production in North America’s Great Lakes Region and NI 34-101 Technical Report 5 April 2021.
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APPENDIX 3
JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 report Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
| CRITERIA | JORC CODE EXPLANATION | JORC CODE EXPLANATION | COMMENTARY | COMMENTARY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling | • | Nature and quality of sampling (eg | • | No samples have yet been taken by the company. This is an early |
| techniques | cut channels, random chips, or | stage project, adjacent to third party properties with exploration | ||
| specific specialised industry standard | results, drilling and resources. These activities have been | |||
| measurement tools appropriate to the | conducted and disclosed publicly by a TSX:V listed company. | |||
| minerals under investigation, such as | • | The nature of the results mentioned in this ASX release is of public | ||
| down hole gamma sondes, or | information released by another listed company exploring in | |||
| handheld XRF instruments, etc). | adjacent properties and disclosing their results, drilling and mineral | |||
| These examples should not be taken | resource estimates. These results do NOT relate to activities by | |||
| as limiting the broad meaning of | Bastion, but are relevant to the geological prospectivity of the area | |||
| sampling. | and to Bastion acquiring the property package which is the subject | |||
| • | Include reference to measures taken | of this ASX announcement. | ||
| to ensure sample representivity and | • | The third party mineralisation referred to in this announcement is | ||
| the appropriate calibration of any | related to lithium enriched pegmatite style mineralisation, for which | |||
| measurement tools or systems used. | Bastion intends to explore in the adjacent properties for which it is | |||
| • | Aspects of the determination of | acquiring the option described in this announcement. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Drilling | • | Drill type (eg core, reverse | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling has been |
| techniques | circulation, open-hole hammer, rotary | conducted by Bastion. | ||
| 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). _ | ||||
| Drill sample | • | Method of recording and assessing | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling has been |
| recovery | core and chip sample recoveries and | conducted by Bastion. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Logging | • | Whether core and chip samples have | • |
Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| been geologically and geotechnically | been conducted by Bastion. | |||
| 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. |
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| CRITERIA | JORC CODE EXPLANATION | JORC CODE EXPLANATION | COMMENTARY | COMMENTARY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub- | • | If core, whether cut or sawn and | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| sampling | whether quarter, half or all core | been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| techniques | taken. | |||
| and sample preparation |
• | If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary split, etc and whether |
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| 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. | ||||
| Quality of | • | The nature, quality and | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| assay data | appropriateness of the assaying and | yet been conducted by Bastion. Results from third parties are | ||
| and laboratory tests |
laboratory procedures used and whether the technique is considered partial or total. |
provided for reference in Appendix 2. These have not been and cannot be verified by Bastion but have been reported by listed companies to the ASX and TSX:V, which control the reporting of |
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| • | For geophysical tools, spectrometers, | public information. | ||
| 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) | ||||
| andprecision have been established. | ||||
| Verification | • | The verification of significant | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| of sampling | intersections by either independent or | yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| and assaying |
• | alternative company personnel. The use of twinned holes. |
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| • | Documentation of primary data, data | |||
| entry procedures, data verification, | ||||
| data storage (physical and electronic) | ||||
| protocols. | ||||
| • | Discuss any adjustment to assay | |||
| data. | ||||
| Location of | • | Accuracy and quality of surveys used | • |
The Ontario geological map, 1977, Geology of North Spirit Lake |
| data points | to locate drill holes (collar and down- | Area, Kenora District, report 150 documents unit 10h as quartz- | ||
| hole surveys), trenches, mine | feldspar pegmatites and muscovite-garnet pegmatites, within a | |||
| workings and other locations used in | broader mass of units 10a, 10b and 10c, Trondhjemite and | |||
| Mineral Resource estimation. | granodiorite. | |||
| • | Specification of the grid system used. | |||
| • | Quality and adequacy of topographic | |||
| control. |
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| CRITERIA | JORC CODE EXPLANATION | JORC CODE EXPLANATION | COMMENTARY | COMMENTARY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has | |||
| yet been conducted by Bastion. No topographic works have been | ||||
| undertaken. | ||||
| Data spacing | • |
Data spacing for reporting of | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| and | Exploration Results. | yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| distribution | • | 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. | ||||
| Orientation | • | Whether the orientation of sampling | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| of data in | achieves unbiased sampling of | yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| relation to geological structure |
possible structures and the extent to which this is known, considering the deposit type. |
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| • | 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. | ||||
| Sample | • | The measures taken to ensure | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| security | sample security. | yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| Audits or | • | The results of any audits or reviews | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling has |
| reviews | of sampling techniques and data. | yet been conducted by Bastion. |
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral | • | Type, reference name/number, | • | Information regarding the properties under option is provided in |
| tenement and | location and ownership including | Table 1 in this announcement. Details of the properties can also | ||
| land tenure | agreements or material issues with | be viewed on the Ontario Ministry of Mines website showing | ||
| status | third parties such as joint ventures, | property data. | ||
| partnerships, overriding royalties, | • | All properties are believed to be in good standing and there is | ||
| native title interests, historical sites, | no known impediment to operating in the area. | |||
| 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. |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration | • | Acknowledgment and appraisal of | • | Historical exploration on the properties is unknown, but is not |
| done by other | exploration by other parties. | believed to have focused on lithium, which has only become of | ||
| parties | interest for exploration in recent years. | |||
| • | The Ontario Division of mines identified two different | |||
| mineralogical types of pegmatites in the granitic intrusive | ||||
| rocks in the properties, adjacent to a regional fault zone. | ||||
| These observations will be evaluated in the field by Bastion | ||||
| as a priority. | ||||
| • | Recent exploration on adjacent properties by third parties has | |||
| consisted of prospecting, sampling, drilling and in some | ||||
| properties definition of lithium resources (refer to Appendix 2) | ||||
| Geology | • | Deposit type, geological setting and | • | The projects are located in Archean rocks of the Canadian |
| style of mineralisation. | Superior Province. The properties are located in and adjacent to | |||
| greenstone belts, consisting of granitoids, metasedimentary and | ||||
| mafic metavolcanic rocks, in and adjacent to structural corridors | ||||
| and potentially mineralising granitoids. These are settings that | ||||
| are prospective for lithium enriched pegmatite mineralisation, as | ||||
| indicated by pegmatites within the property. However, the | ||||
| properties under option are early stage properties and it is | ||||
| uncertain whether they will actually contain lithium bearing | ||||
| pegmatites. Exploration is required to establish this. | ||||
| • | The properties are located between the Bear Head Fault Zone | |||
| (mapped as the North Spirit Lake Fault on the North Spirit Lake | ||||
| government geological map 2362)and a branch off this. | ||||
| Drill hole | • | A summary of all information material | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling |
| Information | to the understanding of the | has yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| exploration results including a | • | Relevant third party information from adjacent properties is | ||
| tabulation of the following information | provided in Appendix 2. | |||
| for all Material drill holes: | ||||
oeasting and northing of the drill |
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| hole collar | ||||
oelevation or RL (Reduced Level – |
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| elevation above sea level in | ||||
| metres) of the drill hole collar | ||||
odip and azimuth of the hole |
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odown hole length and interception |
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| depth | ||||
ohole length. |
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| • | 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, | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling |
| aggregation | weighting averaging techniques, | has yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| methods | maximum and/or 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 stated. | ||||
| Relationship | • | These relationships are particularly | • | Not applicable for this announcement, as no drilling or sampling |
| between | important in the reporting of | has yet been conducted by Bastion. | ||
| mineralisation widths and |
• | Exploration Results. If thegeometry of the mineralisation |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| intercept | with respect to the drill hole angle is | |||
| lengths | 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’). _ | ||||
| Diagrams | • | Appropriate maps and sections (with | • | Appropriate maps are provided in the body of this |
| scales) and tabulations of intercepts | announcement and supplemented by third party information and | |||
| should be included for any significant | references in Appendix 2. | |||
| 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 | • | Appropriate maps are provided in the body of this |
| reporting | Exploration Results is not practicable, | announcement. This information is supplemented by relevant | ||
| representative reporting of both low | third party information and references in Appendix 2 that | |||
| and high grades and/or widths should | provides readers with additional context regarding the properties | |||
| be practiced to avoid misleading | under option. | |||
| reporting of Exploration Results. | ||||
| Other | • | Other exploration data, if meaningful | • | To the best of our knowledge, no meaningful and material |
| substantive | and material, should be reported | exploration data have been omitted from this ASX | ||
| exploration data |
including (but not limited to): geological observations; geophysical |
announcement. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Further work | • | The nature and scale of planned | • | Bastion is developing a work program for the properties in order |
| further work (eg tests for lateral | to undertake exploration on the ground as soon as seasonal | |||
| extensions or depth extensions or | conditions allow. | |||
| large-scale step-out drilling). | • | Work will consist of compilation of satellite imagery and other | ||
| • | Diagrams clearly highlighting the | remote sensing data sets, prior to conducting prospecting, | ||
| areas of possible extensions, | mapping and sampling on the ground. | |||
| including the main geological | • | Updates of exploration will be provided as the program | ||
| interpretations and future drilling | advances and collection of geophysical data will be considered | |||
| areas, provided this information is not | for integration in the program. . | |||
| commercially sensitive. |
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