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VOLTAIC STRATEGIC RESOURCES LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2023
Jun 4, 2023
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Capital/Financing Update
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Voltaic Strategic Resources Limited ASX: VSR ABN 66 138 145 114 +61 8 6245 9821 Suite 2, 38 Colin Street [email protected] West Perth WA 6005 voltaicresources.com
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ASX Release
05 June 2023
Ti Tree project update – Andrada Phase 2 expansion drilling underway
Highlights
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‘ Phase 2’ drill campaign underway as a follow-up to ‘Phase 1’ where significant width pegmatites of up to 58m were intercepted from surface at the ‘Andrada’ prospect[1]
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Commitment to 3,000m (24-30 drillholes) targeting lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites
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‘Phase 2’ to define the extents and along-strike continuity of the ‘open at depth’ pegmatites already intercepted, and test six additional targets at ‘Andrada’ and the nearby ‘Morpheus’ target
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Deeper drilling into fresher / less oxidised pegmatite zones should identify bounding lithological contacts at depth, and provide enhanced geochemical vectoring insights down-dip
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Target generation continues with rockchip sampling, geological mapping, and soil sampling programs all underway across Ti Tree (South), and several geophysical surveys planned to commence in June
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Phase 1 assays expected to be received in approximately 3 weeks
Voltaic Strategic Resources Ltd (ASX:VSR) has started a 3,000m ‘Phase 2’ drilling campaign at its Ti Tree Lithium Project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region after drilling intercepted up to 58m of continuous pegmatites from surface in May[1] .
The primary aim is to define the extents and along-strike continuity of Andrada’s wide pegmatites, and to test additional ‘first-pass’ targets at ‘Andrada’ and the nearby Morpheus prospect, around 2km to the north-east ( see Figures 2-5 ).
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Figure 1. Phase 2 drilling underway at Andrada prospect, Ti Tree project.
1 Ref. ASX:VSR release 09 May 2023 ‘ Several Thick Pegmatites Intercepted from Surface at Ti Tree ’
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Both targets are located within the “Volta Corridor” - a major belt of lithium-bearing pegmatites hosting Delta Lithium’s (ASX:DLI) Yinnietharra Lithium Project where a 90,000m drill program is underway.
Voltaic’s drilling to date has only tested the top ~29m vertical depth from surface and several of the large pegmatites identified remain open at depth and without any bounding lithological contacts. Deeper drilling into fresher / less oxidised zones should assist with identifying lithological contacts, and provide enhanced geochemical vectoring data down-dip as we transition beyond water table and oxidation boundaries (see Figures. 6‒8 ).
Based on regional drilling data along the Volta’ corridor[2] , the pegmatites in some instances are observed to be unmineralized for several hundred meters before fractionating into mineralised LCT zones, and this is likely due to depletion or structural controls. These factors control the physical dimension of pegmatites, their repetition, continuity etc. When combined with the pending assay data from ‘Phase 1’, this campaign will provide valuable structural and lithological data to guide subsequent deeper drilling into the most prospective modelled parts of the LCT system at Ti Tree.
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Ti Tree NORTH
Yinnietharra Li Project
56m at 1.12% Li2O from
94m (YNRD005).
Commitment to 90,000m Voltaic tenure
drill program.
Delta Li tenure
Bought for A$25m
` 33 granite
Volta corridor
N
5km
Ceres target
Morpheus target
Goldilocks zone
(Volta Corridor)
Most prospective areas
occur 0.5 - 5 km from edge Andrada
Ti Tree SOUTH
of fertile granite extensions Maiden drill target area
(Thirty Three Supersuite).
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Figure 2. Ti Tree project tenement map. Neighbour Delta Lithium’s Yinnietharra tenure also shown.
2 Ref. ASX:SEG release 20 September 2017 ‘ Assays Confirm Lithium Discovery at the Malinda Project ’
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VSR Ti Tree (South) Tenements
E09/2470
E09/2503
Additional
Lithium
Targets
LCT6
Andrada
Initial drill LCT12
targets area
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Figure 3. Ti Tree South project tenement map with Andrada initial drill targets shown.
Voltaic chief executive Mr Michael Walshe said Phase 1 drilling success combined with the Company’s recent Placement which raised $7.1 million[3] and was strongly supported by existing and new shareholders, had expedited the Phase 2 campaign.
“Significant width (up to 58m) pegmatites were intersected from surface at the Andrada prospect at targets LCT6 and LCT12 ( see Figure 3 ) in Phase 1, where we drilled a modest 15 shallow holes for 894m,” Mr Walshe said.
“With pegmatoid zones remaining open along strike and at depth, drilling has successfully confirmed the scale potential of the pegmatoids at Ti Tree & assays are expected in ~3 weeks.
“Our Phase 1 campaign has barely scratched the surface in terms of understanding the depth and scale potential of our tenure. Its purpose was to understand structure and continuity; using the drill bit as an exploration tool as we vector to the most prospective parts of the project area.
“Our initial rockchip sampling campaigns identified >300 pegmatites across our ‘Volta Corridor’ and confirmed that several of them are geochemically ‘fertile’ for LCT mineralisation[4] . Phase 1 drilling confirmed that many of these pegmatites have significant size potential, and we still have not identified their structural bounds. Following the extremely strong level of support for the $7M Placement, we are now well funded to realise our ambitious plans to vector to the best part of our tenure at Ti Tree.
3 Ref. ASX:VSR release 19 May 2023 ‘ Tranche 1 of $7 million Placement Complete’
4 Ref. ASX:VSR release 07 February 2023 ‘ Ti Tree Lithium Rock Chip Results’
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“Additionally, target generation continues to generate LCT targets along the most prospective lithological schists associated with the ‘Volta Corridor’, with rockchip sampling, geological mapping, and soil sampling programs all underway across Ti Tree (South), and several geophysical surveys are planned to commence in June,” he said.
Release authorised by the Board of Voltaic Strategic Resources Ltd.
For more information, please contact:
MICHAEL WALSHE GARETH QUINN Chief Executive Officer Media and Investor Relations Phone: +61 8 6245 9821 Phone +61 417 711 108 [email protected] [email protected]
Upcoming News Flow from Ti Tree
June 2023: UAV drone, gravity, magnetic & radiometric geophysical surveys June/July 2023: Update on target generation; drill assay results
Planned and completed activities at Ti Tree: Q2-Q3 2023
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| Results from Phase 1 Drilling at Andrada | |||||||||||||||
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| Ranking of targets | |||||||||||||||
Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement related to Exploration Results is based on and fairly represents information compiled by Mr Claudio Sheriff-Zegers. Mr Sheriff-Zegers is employed as an Exploration Manager for Voltaic Strategic Resources Ltd and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has sufficient experience of relevance to the styles 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 Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. He consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on information in the form and context in which they appear.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements involving several risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. These statements reflect current expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future and assumptions based on currently available information. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties materialise, or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary from the expectations, intentions and strategies described in this announcement. No obligation is assumed to update statements if these beliefs, opinions, and estimates should change or to reflect other future development.
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About Voltaic Strategic Resorces
Voltaic Strategic Resources Limited explore for the next generation of mines that will produce the metals required for a cleaner, more sustainable future where transport is fully electrified, and renewable energy represents a greater share of the global energy mix.
The company has a strategically located critical metals portfolio led by lithium, rare earths, base metals, and gold across two of the world’s most established mining jurisdictions: Western Australia & Nevada, USA.
Voltaic is led by an accomplished corporate and technical team with extensive experience in REEs, lithium and other critical minerals, and a strong skillset in both geology and processing / metallurgy.
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Gascoyne Region Meekatharra Region Western Australia Western Australia
Stillwater Range Nevada, USA
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Emerging critical minerals province (REE, Li, Ni-Cu-Co-PGE).
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Active neighbours in the region.
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Established gold district with two vanadium development projects.
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Active neighbours in the region.
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Ni-Cu-Co project containing formerly producing Co mine.
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Global Energy Metals adjacent.
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Appendix 1: Supplementary Information
Drill Map Plans
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E09/2503
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Figure 4. LCT12 drill map plan
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E09/2503
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Figure 5. LCT6 drill map plan.
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Cross Sections of Significant Intercepts from Phase 1 with planned holes for Phase 2
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Figure 6. ANDRC012 / ANDRC015 (LCT12 West) Cross Section
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Figure 7. ANDRC011 (LCT12 Central) Cross Section
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Figure 8. ANDRC006 (LCT06) Cross Section
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Appendix 2 JORC Tables
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
| Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data | Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data | |
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| (Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.) | ||
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
| Sampling techniques |
• Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut channels, random chips, or specific specialised industry standard measurement tools appropriate to the minerals under investigation, such as down hole gamma sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc). These examples should not be taken as limiting the broad meaning of sampling. • Include reference to measures taken to ensure sample representivity and the appropriate calibration of any measurement tools or systems used. • Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that are Material to the Public Report. • In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has been done this would be relatively simple (eg ‘reverse circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg was pulverised to produce a 30 g charge for fire assay’). In other cases more explanation may be 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. |
• No drill sample assays reported • RC drill samples were collected at 1m intervals and composited to 4m lengths for analysis. The 4m composite or 1m sample (where submitted) will be crushed and a sub-fraction obtained for pulverisation. • Drillholes were located using hand-held GPS. • Sampling was carried out under Voltaic Strategic Resources Ltd protocols and QAQC procedures as per current industry practice. • RC drilling was used to obtain 1m samples collected through a splitter into buckets and placed in bags as 1m samples, in rows of 20. • Sample quality was supervised with any sample loss or moisture recorded. • Composite samples were collected with a tube spear to generate 4m composite samples. • The 2-3 kg (4 m composite) samples will be dispatched to LabWest laboratories in Perth. • All samples will be analysed using Microwave digest (MD), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Mass Spectrometry (MS) and Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES) to finish. 62 element analysis including REEs by ICP-MS/OES. |
| 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). |
• RC drilling • For phase 1, the drilling contractor was AAC Pty Ltd, used a 4inch rod string and RC hammer. For Phase 2 Bartlett Drilling Pty Ltd were employed who used a 4inch rod string and RC hammer. • Drillholes were drilled at -60° dip |
| 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 & grade and whether sample bias may have occurred due to preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material. |
• Sample quality was recorded. • Sample recoveries were visually estimated and recorded. • The drill cyclone was cleaned between rod changes and at the end of each hole, to minimise contamination. • Assays have not yet been received or reported |
| 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. |
• All holes were logged geologically by Company geologists, using VSR logging codes. • Logging is both qualitative and quantitative in nature, and includes lithology, mineralogy, mineralisation, weathering, & colour. • Photographs taken of the drill chips for each drillhole and stored in a database. • All drillholes were logged in full. • In relation to the disclosure of visual mineralisation, the Company cautions that visual estimates of mineral abundance should never be considered a proxy or substitute for laboratory analysis. Laboratory assay results are required to determine the widths and grade of the visible mineralisation (if reported) in preliminary geological logging. The Company will update the market when laboratory analytical results become available. |
| 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. |
• No drill sample assays have been reported |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| • 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. |
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| Quality of assay data and laboratory tests |
• The nature, quality and appropriateness of the assaying and laboratory procedures used and whether the technique is considered partial or total. • For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld XRF instruments, etc, the parameters used in determining the analysis including instrument make and model, reading times, calibrations factors applied and their derivation, etc. • Nature of quality control procedures adopted (eg standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision have been established. |
• No drill sample assays have been reported • Rock chip assays were previously reported in other ASX announcements. Refer to ASX:VSR release 24/04/23, ‘Maiden drill campaign to commence at Andrada’, “Table 1” |
| 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. |
• No drill sample assays have been reported |
| 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. |
• Drill collar locations were surveyed using a handheld GPS using the UTM coordinate system, with an accuracy of +/- 5m • Map coordinates: all recorded in MGA Zone 50 GDA |
| 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. |
• Drill spacing is suitable for reporting of exploration results. • Drill spacing is not suitable for Mineral Resource estimation. |
| 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. |
• Drill planning was undertaken at a perpendicular angle to the targeted lithological unit. • Sampling is regarded to be unbiased with respect to the orientation of the lithologies. |
| Sample security | • The measures taken to ensure sample security. |
• Samples are given individual samples numbers for tracking. The sample chain of custody is overseen by the Company’s Exploration Manager. Samples were transported in secure sealed bags to the laboratory |
| Audits or reviews | • The results of any audits or reviews of sampling techniques and data. |
• No drill sample assays reported • The sampling techniques and analytical data are monitored by the Company’s geologists. • External audits of the data have not been completed. |
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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
| Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results | Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results | |
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| (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. |
• The project area is located approximately 100km northeast of the Gascoyne Junction and 250km east of Carnarvon. • The Ti Tree project comprises one granted Exploration Licence, E09/2503, and two Exploration Licence Applications: E09/2470 and E09/2522. All activities referred to in this announcement pertain to E09/2503 • All the tenements are in good standing with no known impediments. |
| Exploration done by other parties |
• Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties. |
• Numerous exploration campaigns have been completed in the general area since the early 1970’s focusing predominantly on uranium and diamonds. ‒ Historical exploration activity has been extensive throughout the region occurring during four (4) main phases (WAMEX Report 114263); 1970’s (uranium focus); 1980’s (largely base metals plus lesser uranium); 1990’s (base metals); and 2000’s (uranium with minor work on other commodities). Limited exploration to determine the potential for gemstones, Industrial minerals (mica & tourmaline) & rare earths within pegmatites within the Gascoyne Complex has also been undertaken. Although not on Voltaic’s tenement, drilling in the area has largely been restricted to the 1970’s & 1980's, with AGIP Nucleare conducting extensive drilling within and beyond the Mortimer Hills region. Despite the extensive exploration history, reliability of the data (location and analysis QA/QC information) is equivocal, being limited to hand drafted maps (using local grids), and frequently absent assay data (WAMEX Report 114635). Some more significant and relevant exploration work is outlined below. ‒ Noranda Australia Ltd (1972-1974): focussed on the eastern side of Voltaic’s ground, exploration followed up on an earlier airborne radiometry survey, and included reconnaissance ground radiometry over 1.5-line kilometres, detailed ground radiometry over 2.5-line kilometres and the collection of 112 soil samples that were subsequently analysed for uranium (poor results). Groundwork observed concentration of uranium in silica (silcrete) capped clayey soil profile developed above weathered granite/gneiss. The silcrete cap was observed to mask the radiometric anomaly with best readings restricted to exposed and eroded margins. Anomalous results were returned by “green clays” in the regolith profile with results up to 1,200 cps and 1,026 ppm uranium. Nine auger drillholes were subsequently completed to 3m depth, several of them intersecting carnotite in the subsurface soil profile. Approximately twenty (20) occurrences of secondary carnotite mineralisation were in the Mt Phillips and Glenburgh 1:250,000 map sheet areas, albeit south of Voltaic’s ground. Occurrences were normally found at the contact of the calcrete with the underlying basement and below the silcrete capping when present (WAMEX Report 124242). ‒ Two (2) granite-associated targets are described as located within E 09/2503, with primary uranium mineralisation of possible gummite, pitchblende and euxenite identified in beryl and tourmaline bearing pegmatite (WAMEX Report 124242). Secondary mineralisation was associated with ferruginous weathering and gossans developed in association with these pegmatites. Two iron oxide veins were further located on a pegmatite margin that returned maximum surface counts of around 500 to 1,600 cps, with a sample returning 803 ppm uranium. The westernmost target averaged around 170 cps over leached and mineralised granite (WAMEX Report 124242). ‒ From 1976-78, more detailed work was completed including detailed ground magnetometry, trenching, geological mapping and 110-line kilometres of ground radiometry. Percussion drilling comprised 6 holes for a total of 518 metres to the east of E 09/2503, with a quartz limonite vein with readings of more than 500 cps from the ground radiometry, returned 95 cps in the top one metre of the hole (WAMEX Report 106018). Some of the drilling confirmed the presence of geochemically anomalous uranium in pegmatite, with results up to 330 cps and 120 ppm Uranium, and mineralisation was present in a quartz vein associated with a dolerite intrusive (WAMEX Report 7598). ‒ Whim Creek Consolidated NL (1980 - 1982): focus was on exploration for scheelite skarns over an area that covered part of the western portion of the current tenement area and toward the west. Work included geological mapping, stream sediment geochemistry with the collection of 68 samples and rock |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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| geochemistry. Stream sediment samples appear only to have been subjected to scheelite grain counts and results were at threshold levels. Two rock chip samples returned 3.7% and 0.7% W respectively (WAMEX Report 239038), with tungsten mineralisation considered to be poddy and not of economic interest. ‒ Geographe Resources Exploration (1997 – 1998): work included acquisition of aero magnetometry data and the collection of 58 BLEG stream sediment samples (5kg <2 mm). Gold and base metals were being targeted, and U was included as one of the suites of 12 elements that were analysed. All samples returned less than the detection limit of 0.1 ppb except for two samples on a single drainage that contained 0.6 ppb and 0.3 ppb U, respectively (WAMEX Report 55760). ‒ More recent exploration 2006 - 2017 (RiverRock Energy Ltd, Dynasty Metals, Glengarry Resources, Zeus Resources and Segue Resources) included 69 rock chip samples collected over an area contiguous with E09/2503 and extending along trend to the southeast, but along with stream sediment sampling results were spurious (WAMEX Reports 76652, 66179 & 94734). ‒ Most recently, Arrow Minerals (2011-2020) undertook stream sediment sampling (133 samples), rock chip sampling (11 samples) over a portion of the tenement area. The stream sediment survey was carried out to test a suite of intrusive rocks that had previously been identified as a fertile and fractionated peraluminous leaucratic intrusions with LCT pegmatites. Samples consisted of 50-150 grams of -80 mesh (- 177 micron) material from secondary and tertiary streams on a 1-3 samples per square kilometre basis. All samples were submitted to ALS Laboratories in Perth and analysed for 47 elements by technique ME- MS61L which is a 4-acid digest with an ICPMS and ICPAES finish (WAMEX Report 124242). ‒ A strong correlation was identified amongst the LCT Pegmatite pathfinder elements (Li-Cs-Ta + Be, Rb, Nb, Sn), successfully identifying several multi-point anomalies. Consulting geochemist Dr. N Brand concluded that these results supported the tenement’s potential to host an LCT pegmatite. Despite that conclusion, the ground was surrendered in 2020 (WAMEX Report 124242). |
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| Geology | • Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation. |
• The project area has historically been considered prospective for unconformity vein style uranium, although it equally considered prospective for rare earth element (REE) mineralisation hosted in iron-rich carbonatite dykes or intrusions, or lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites. • The project area encompasses a portion of the Gascoyne Province of the Capricorn Orogen. This geological belt is positioned between the Archaean Yilgarn Craton to the south, and the Archaean Pilbara Craton to the north, and largely consists of a suite of Archaean to Proterozoic gneisses, granitic and metasedimentary rocks. • The tenements lie astride the contact between a tight WNW trending syncline of Meso Proterozoic age rocks of the Bangemall Basin, known as the Ti Tree Syncline, and metamorphic rocks of the Gascoyne Complex. Bangemall Group sediments preserved in the syncline include the basal Irregully Dolomite, overlain by black and grey siltstone and shale of the Jillawarra Formation. They are intruded by thick dolerite sills. Rocks immediately underlying the Bangemall Group rocks consist of phyllite, meta conglomerate and meta sandstone of the Mt James subgroup. • Within the Ti Tree project, historical exploration efforts have identified several anomalous uranium and potential LCT pegmatite samples. The status of these anomalies including the scale and exact location of the samples has not yet been confirmed. The ground truthing of the anomalies remains a priority prior to significant exploration activities. • The project is within a prospective corridor of pegmatites where a recent exploration effort on within and adjacent to the Thirty-Three Supersuite granites on adjacent tenements has identified the presence of highly anomalous Li and Ta from geochemical analysis, geophysical & hyperspectral surveys, and drilling. |
| 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: oeasting and northing of the drill hole collar oelevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar odip and azimuth of the hole |
• N/A. Collars previously reported (Ref. ASX:VSR release 09 May 2023 ‘Several Thick Pegmatites Intercepted from Surface at Ti Tree’) |
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| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
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odown hole length and interception depth ohole 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. |
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| 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. • 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. |
• No drill sample assay results have been reported in this announcement. |
| 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’). |
• The orientation / geometry of mineralisation is unknown. • No drill sample assay results have been reported in this announcement. |
| 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. |
• Refer to figures in this announcement with sections and map plans created using MicroMine and Mapinfo software respectively. |
| 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. |
• No drill sample assay results have been reported in this announcement. |
| 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. |
• All of the relevant data has been included in this report. Assays are pending. |
| Further work | • The nature and scale of planned further work (eg 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. |
• On-going field reconnaissance exploration in the project area continues and is a high priority for the Company. • Exploration is likely to include further lithological and structural mapping, rockchip sampling, acquisition of high-resolution geophysical data and arial drone imagery to assist geological interpretation, target identification, drilling and pXRF soil sampling campaigns. |
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