December 2022 Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports
Released
Released
Announcement PDF
ASX RELEASE
30 January 2023
ASX Code: COD
CONTENTS
1.0
Overview
2.0
Projects & Assets
2.1
Tenement Schedule
2.2
Elizabeth Creek
Copper Project
Update
2.3
Cameron River
Exploration
Activities and
Results
2.4
Future Work
Programme
3
Corporate
3.1
Finance &
Use of Funds
4
QUARTERLY
ACTIVITIES REPORT
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
• Elizabeth Creek – IOCG (South Australia)
- Detailed planning completed for a pivotal geophysical (ANT) survey at Emmie IOCG
and Elaine, which commenced subsequent to quarter-end in January 2023.
• Elizabeth Creek – Copper-Cobalt Study (South Australia)
- Mining Study completion marked a key technical breakthrough at Elizabeth Creek,
demonstrating the mineability of the underground Emmie Bluff deposit and
integration with the open pit deposits at MG14 and Windabout.
- Substantial progress made on all ancillary areas of the study, including completion of
critical infrastructure, tailings management and environmental baseline studies.
- Flowsheet development work well progressed with only downstream processing work
continuing as at the end of the quarter.
• Cameron River (Queensland)
- Maiden RC drilling program completed, with results released subsequent to quarterend (January 2023).
• Corporate
- Completion of sale of Mt Piper tenure in Victoria to Kalamazoo Resources.
- Strongly supported capital raise resulted in an increase in cash of approximately $3.8
million.
- Coda Minerals remains well funded to complete and deliver the Emmie Bluff Scoping
Study and progress the next phase of exploration at Emmie IOCG, with $7.2 million
cash on hand as at 31 December 2022.
• Upcoming Milestones
- Results of ANT Exploration Survey for IOCG and Sedimentary Copper
- Emmie Bluff Copper-Cobalt Scoping Study
- Advanced exploration work at multiple copper-cobalt prospects at Elizabeth Creek
Events Subsequent
to Quarter End
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1. Overview
Coda Minerals Chair, Keith Jones, said: “The December Quarter was a productive period for Coda with preparations
completed for a pivotal geophysical survey over the Emmie IOCG area, which is now underway, and exceptional progress
being made on the Emmie Bluff Copper-Cobalt Scoping Study. The completion of a well-supported capital raise also
boosted our cash position to $7.2 million, which means that we enter 2023 in a strong position with plenty of upcoming
news-flow and the supportive backdrop of an increasingly positive outlook for the copper market.
“Several months of desktop and field planning work culminated in a pivotal geophysical field survey kicking off
immediately following the end of the quarter. The ExoSphere® ANT Survey represents an important next step in our
exploration for a Tier-1 IOCG discovery at Elizabeth Creek and will cover multiple areas of high prospectivity as well as
helping us to refine our understanding of the Emmie IOCG copper-gold and Emmie Bluff copper-cobalt areas.
“Coda has made incredible strides in exploration since listing, with that work resulting in the delivery of the maiden
Resource at Emmie Bluff – more than tripling our in-ground Resources – as well as the discovery of a vast copper-rich IOCG
system at Emmie IOCG in June 2021. I am very pleased to see the team pushing forward with this next phase of exploration
work and we look forward to sharing the results with you in the coming quarter.
“At Emmie Bluff, the Company’s Scoping Study is approaching completion, with activities in the December quarter focused
on what had been the key areas of uncertainty in the project – namely underground mining at the Emmie Bluff deposit
and processing of the copper and cobalt minerals.
“The release of the Elizabeth Creek mining study in November provides an excellent foundation on which Coda will build
the Scoping Study as a whole. It’s no secret that the flat lying and laterally extensive geometry of our deposits, particularly
Emmie Bluff, present their own specific mining challenges, and while similar deposits are mined routinely in countries
around the world, they are relatively uncommon in Australia. In part by tapping international expertise familiar with these
deposits, Coda has been able to deliver a robust and technically straightforward mining plan.
“In regard to mineral processing, the Company has embarked on a final round of metallurgical test work, focused on
optimising the hydrometallurgical back-end which we expect will form a core component of the Scoping Study upon
completion. With both copper and cobalt being key inputs for the ongoing electrification of the global economy and green
energy revolution, ensuring the right product mix at the highest possible economic efficiency is extremely important to
the success of the Elizabeth Creek Copper Project. We are finalising test work on a range of potential hydrometallurgical
methods, including conventional and emerging technologies which will form the final key inputs into the Scoping Study,
which is on track for completion by around the end of the March 2023 Quarter.
“During the quarter, the Company completed a strongly supported capital raise resulting in an increase in cash of
approximately $3.8 million, providing us with sufficient capital to not only complete the Elizabeth Creek Scoping Study,
but to progress exploration as well, particularly at Emmie Bluff and Emmie IOCG.
“With exploration underway in the field and final workstreams progressing well for the Elizabeth Creek Scoping Study, the
next few months promise to be both busy and highly productive for the Coda team.”
Deployment of Ambient
Noise Tomography sensors
at Emmie IOCG (Jan 2023,
subsequent to quarter end).
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2. Projects & Assets
2.1 Tenement Schedule
In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 5.3.3, Coda provides the following information about its tenements for the quarter ended 31 December 2022.
Table 1 Coda tenement schedule
Grant Date
Expiry Date
Area
km2
Ownership
Ownership Structure
SA
29 October 2017
28 October 2022
47
100%
Elizabeth Creek
SA
25 March 2020
24 March 2022 1
363
100%
EL6265
EPM27042
Elizabeth Creek
Cameron River
SA
Queensland
7 October 2018
10 October 2019
6 October 2023
9 October 2024
291
22.4
100%
51% 2
EPM27053
Cameron River
Queensland
14 February 2020
13 February 2025
12.8
51% 3
Tenements are held in a 70:30 split between Coda
Minerals and Torrens Mining Ltd, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Coda Minerals, resulting in effective
100% control by Coda Minerals.
Coda is currently engaged in a Farm-in to the
Cameron River project and has the option to earn
up to 80% ownership by spending $2 million. The
company has reached the threshold for 51%
ownership under the Agreement.
EL5455
ELA7342
ELA7584
ELA6263
Club Terrace
Club Terrace
Club Terrace
Club Terrace
Victoria
Victoria
Victoria
NSW
19 August 2020
18 January 2021
22 October 2013
29 August 2022
29 August 2022
3 August 2021
21 October 2023
28 August 2027
28 August 2027
3 August 2027
8
375
108.5
260
100%
100%
100%
100%
EL7637
Balmoral
Victoria
17 June 2021
29 August 2022
28 August 2027
835
100%
EL2690
Rigo
Papua New
Guinea
26 January 2022
26 January 2024
1164
100%
ELA2022/00112
Booleroo
SA
14 November 2022
N/A (Under
review)
N/A (Under
review)
202
N/A
Application made wholly by Coda Minerals.
ELA2557
Laloki
Papua New
Guinea
16 November 2017
N/A (refused)
N/A (refused)
126
N/A
Application by wholly owned subsidiary Torrens
Mining (PNG) Limited.
Tenement
Project
Location
EL6141
Elizabeth Creek
EL6518
Application Date
Held by wholly owned subsidiary Torrens Mining
Ltd
Held by wholly owned subsidiary Torrens Mining
Ltd
Held by wholly owned subsidiary Torrens Mining
(PNG) Limited
Under Application
1 Currently under renewal application
2
3
Note tenement transfer is ongoing as at current time
Note tenement transfer is ongoing as at current time
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2.2 Elizabeth Creek Copper-Cobalt Project Update
Emmie Bluff Mining Study
In November 2022, Coda released the results of the Emmie Bluff Mining Study, which was undertaken by independent
mining consultants Mining Plus, and which confirmed the technical viability of mining the Company’s flagship coppercobalt deposit. The study provided a strong “go forward” mine plan with no identified technical barriers to mining. Total
mined ore from Emmie Bluff over the life-of-mine is anticipated to be in excess of 26 million tonnes at an average grade
of 1.86% CuEq 4.
The study selected Long-hole Open Stoping using conventional drill-and-blast from four assessed potential mining
methods. The proposed schedule will see the Emmie Bluff deposit mined with a standard underground fleet over 17 years
(including decline development) at an eventual steady-state production rate of 2.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa).
Figure 1 . The anticipated metal production schedule for all three deposits at Elizabeth Creek (MG14, Windabout and Emmie Bluff) based on mining and
metallurgy studies completed to date. “All Deposit CuEq” is calculated as value of produced cobalt, silver and zinc divided by assumed copper price
(8,800 USD). 5
A separate Mining Study, released at the same time, was undertaken into the Windabout and MG14 deposits. These
deposits will use conventional open pit, truck and shovel mining methods and are expected to be integrated with Emmie
Bluff, providing early mill feed and revenue, allowing efficient use of the Company’s proposed on-site processing
infrastructure. Material from these deposits is expected to total 1.3Mt at 1.42% Cu and 371 ppm Co (MG14) and 6Mt at
1.03% Cu and 667 ppm Co (Windabout).
4 For full details regarding metal equivalent, assumed metal recoveries and prices used are please see ASX announcement “Mining Study Marks Key
Breakthrough at Elizabeth Creek”, released to market on 22 November 2022 and available at https://www.codaminerals.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/11/20221122_Coda_ASX-ANN_Mining-Study-Marks-Key-Breakthrough-at-Elizabeth-Creek_RELEASE.pdf. The Company notes
that this estimate constitutes a Production Target in line with ASX Guidance Note 31, and is therefore a forward-looking statement. The Company has
undertaken extensive due diligence before reporting this information, the details of which make up the bulk of this announcement. The estimated
Mineral Resources underpinning the Production Target have been prepared by a Competent Person in accordance with the requirements the JORC
Code 2012. For full details, including JORC Table 1, please “Standout 43Mt Maiden Cu-Co Resource at Emmie Bluff”, released to the ASX on 20th
December 2021 and available at
https://www.codaminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211220_Coda_ASX-ANN_Standout-43Mt-Maiden-Cu-Co-Resource-at-EmmieBluff_RELEASE.pdf, and “Confirmation of Exploration Target & Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Statement”, released to the ASX on 23rd October
2020 and available at https://www.codaminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201026_Coda_ASX-ANN_Confirmation-Statements-JORC.pdf.
5 Assumed metal recoveries and prices used are as set out in JORC table 1, in ASX announcement “Mining Study Marks Key Breakthrough at Elizabeth
Creek”,
released
to
market
on
22
November
2022
and
available
at
https://www.codaminerals.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/11/20221122_Coda_ASX-ANN_Mining-Study-Marks-Key-Breakthrough-at-Elizabeth-Creek_RELEASE.pdf.
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2.3 Cameron River
RC Drill Programme
Drilling at Cameron River was completed at the end of September 2022 6. The programme comprised a total of 27 Reverse
Circulation (RC) drill-holes for a total of 2,830m (Figure 2). The programme was completed safely and, despite initial
challenges with drill contractor availability, was concluded on time and on budget. 4m composite samples were submitted
for assay and the results were received after the end of Q4 2022.
The drilling confirmed the presence of the (previously interpreted) hydrothermal system which is believed to be the
source of the surface copper expressions previously identified at Cameron River.
Broad intervals of diffuse low-level copper-bearing and non-copper-bearing sulphides were logged across multiple holes,
particularly at the Copper Weed South and Rebound prospects, and the presence of anomalous copper (i.e., >500 ppm)
has been confirmed via portable-XRF analysis across several of these intervals. No intercepts of obvious economic interest
were noted by Coda’s field geologists.
6 For full details, including JORC Table 1, please see “Maiden Drill Programme Completed at Cameron River”, released to Market on 4 October 2022 and
available at https://www.codaminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221004_Coda_ASX-ANN_Maiden-Drill-Programme-Completed-atCameron-River_RELEASE.pdf.
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Figure 2: September-October 2022 drill programme completed at Cameron River
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2.4 Future Work Programme
Elizabeth Creek Scoping Study
Coda is continuing to progress the Scoping Study into the Elizabeth Creek Copper-Cobalt project, with a short-term focus
on downstream processing options for copper-cobalt concentrates. The Company has finalised an internal base case and
completed advanced trade-off studies on multiple cobalt processing options.
With the vast majority of non-metallurgical work completed, the Company is currently prioritising economic optimisation
and internal and external peer review prior to finalisation of downstream metallurgical work and the release of the study.
Elizabeth Creek Exploration
In January 2023, Coda announced the commencement of an Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) survey, covering the
broader Emmie Bluff prospect area and the Elaine IOCG prospect area. The principal objective of these surveys is to map
the basement palaeosurface and identify any palaeotopographic highs which may be indicative of IOCG mineralisation,
as well as to provide a relatively detailed sub-surface three-dimensional model of the local stratigraphy. These data will
ultimately be used to inform a new 3D geologically constrained inversion of tight-spaced gravity data, which the Company
intends to collect in the first half of 2023.
The ANT surveys at Emmie Bluff are also expected to be able to identify the Tapley shale (particularly mineralised Tapley
shale) which hosts the Emmie Bluff Mineral Resource, and may be capable of delineating additional Tapley units not yet
known from drilling.
The Company will also undertake HVSR7 passive seismic surveys at the Moseley Dam, Mystery, Cattlegrid South and
Canegrass prospects. This technology has in the past delineated Tapley Hill formation shale and is expected to assist the
Company in mapping complex shale geometries such as embayments which are associated with copper-cobalt
mineralisation at all of the known economically significant, shale hosted deposits at Elizabeth Creek. The Company
expects to begin the approvals process to drill test targets derived from the ANT survey, and potentially the HVSR Passive
Seismic surveys in the coming quarter.
3. Corporate
Finance & Use of Funds
The Company issued a Prospectus dated 4th September 2020 (and Supplementary Prospectus dated 18th September 2020)
with ASIC and ASX seeking to raise a total of $8.5 million before costs. The Company closed its heavily oversubscribed
Initial Public Offer on 29th September 2020. The Company was officially admitted on ASX on the 26th October 2020 and
commenced trading on the 28th of October 2020 under the ASX ticker COD.
In June 2021 the Company raised $14.4 million through a placement to institutional and sophisticated shareholders under
Coda’s Listing Rule 7.1 placement capacity resulting in the issuance of 12 million new shares. There were no special terms
or features attached to the shares on offer.
In November 2022 the Company raised $3.8 million through a placement to institutional and sophisticated shareholders
under Coda’s Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A placement capacity resulting in the issuance of 15.6 million new shares. There
were no special terms or features attached to the shares on offer. Directors of the Company also applied for 1,341,667
shares in total to raise an additional $322,000. Shareholder approval to issue these 1,341,667 shares to Directors has
been sought at the EGM on the 7th of February 2023.
The placement was managed by CPS Capital Group. In November 2022, CPS were issued 3,533,000 unquoted options in
the Company under the Company’s existing 15% Listing Rule 7.1 capacity with an exercise price of $0.36 per option and
a three-year expiry from the date of issue.
Pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 5.3.2, the Company confirms that there were no mining production and development
activities during the quarter by the Company.
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Horizontal-Vertical Spectral Ratio
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In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 5.3.4, the Company provides a summary of the expenditure to date against the Use
of Funds Statement outlined in the Supplementary Prospectus.
Use of Funds
Prospectus
Actual To Date
Exploration and Technical Studies
8,799,388
19,430,804
Costs of the IPO and Listing1
890,128
1,889,011
General Working Capital
3,729,844
7,824,888
Note:
1.
Actual cost to date includes IPO and listing expenses of $966,117 and share placement expenses from subsequent raises of $922,894.
It should be noted that work on exploration expenses has been materially higher than stated in the Prospectus due to an
increase in the scope of work on both exploration and technical studies driven primarily by exploration success.
General working capital is higher than stated in the prospectus as a result in increased scope of works during the period
but lower than forecast as a percentage of total expenditure.
Total cash outflow from operating activities for the quarter was $2.1 million. This included $1.5 million in exploration and
evaluation expenditure and interest received of $39k. The remaining expenditure was attributed to corporate and
administration costs. Of the remaining expenditure, $69k was for Directors’ fees paid during the period (refer Appendix
5B 6.1).
Total cash inflow from financing activities for the quarter was $3.5 million as a result of a placement completed during
the quarter. This included $3.8 million in proceeds from the issue of equity securities, offset by $264k in transaction costs
related to the issue of those equity securities.
Coda ended the December 2022 quarter with $7.2 million in cash and deposits.
Total expenditure by Coda for the next quarter is estimated to be approximately $1.5 million which will fund the
completion of the Elizabeth Creek scoping study completion and exploration expenditure, along with normal working
capital.
4. Events Subsequent to Quarter-End
In January of 2023, Coda announced the commencement of an Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) survey, covering the
broader Emmie Bluff prospect area (including Emmie IOCG, the Emmie Bluff copper-cobalt deposit, and surrounding
geophysical anomalies/prospective drill targets) and the Elaine IOCG prospect area. The surveys are ongoing as of the
time of this announcement, and further details on the results of these surveys will be released when available.
Final assay results were received from the drilling of multiple targets at Cameron River during September and October
2022. Results were in-line with visual guidance with the holes intersecting several intervals of low-grade anomalous
copper predominantly associated with drilling at the Copper Weed-Copper Weed South and Rebound trends, with a best
intercept of 4m at 0.59% Cu plus anomalous gold, silver and cobalt.
The results do not explain the strong anomalies outlined by previous geophysical surveys, and Coda intends to undertake
a desktop review before planning next steps.
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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Coda Minerals Ltd
Further Information:
Chris Stevens
Chief Executive Officer
Coda Minerals Limited
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Media:
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About Coda Minerals
Coda Minerals Limited (ASX: COD) is focused on the discovery and development of minerals that are leveraged to the
global energy transformation through electrification and the adoption of renewable energy technologies.
Coda's flagship asset is the 100%-owned Elizabeth Creek Copper-Cobalt Project, located in the world-class Olympic
Copper Province in the Eastern Gawler Craton, South Australia’s most productive copper belt. Elizabeth Creek is centred
100km south of BHP’s Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium mine, 15km from its new Oak Dam West Project and 50km
west of OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena copper-gold project.
Coda consolidated 100% ownership of the Elizabeth Creek Copper Project after completing the acquisition of its former
joint venture partner, Torrens Mining, in the first half of 2022.
In December 2021, Coda announced a maiden Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate for the Emmie Bluff
copper-cobalt deposit at Elizabeth Creek comprising 43Mt @ 1.3% copper, 470ppm cobalt, 11g/t silver and 0.15% zinc
(1.84% CuEq) containing approximately 560kt copper, 20kt cobalt, 15.5Moz silver and 66kt zinc (800kt CuEq)8.
Importantly, 92% of the contained metal is classified in the higher confidence ‘Indicated Resource’ category and is
available for use in mining studies.
Emmie Bluff is one of three known ‘Zambian-style’ copper-cobalt deposits at Elizabeth Creek, including JORC 2012
compliant Indicated Mineral Resources at the Windabout (18Mt @ 1.14% CuEq) and MG14 (1.8Mt @ 1.67% CuEq)
deposits 9. Collectively, the three resources at Elizabeth Creek now host a total of 1.1 million tonnes of contained copper
equivalent8,9.
Coda has also discovered a significant IOCG system adjacent to and below the Emmie Bluff target, with initial deep
diamond drilling in June 2021 intersecting 200m of intense IOCG alteration at the Emmie IOCG target, including
approximately 50m of copper sulphide mineralisation10. Since then, Coda has drilled 21 holes into Emmie IOCG, with all
but three returning significant widths of mineralisation, some over 3% copper and 0.5g/t gold11.
2021.12.20 - Standout 43Mt Maiden Cu-Co Resource at Emmie Bluff, Competent Person: Dr Michael Cunningham.
2020.10.26 - Confirmation Statements JORC, Competent Person: Tim Callaghan.
10
2021.06.22 - Thick Zone of IOCG Mineralisation Intersected at Emmie Bluff Deeps, Competent Person: Mr Matthew
Weber.
11
2022.09.18 – Assays from IOCG Drilling Confirm Target Areas for Follow Up, Competent Person: Mr Matthew Weber.
8
9
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Coda has a dual strategy for success at Elizabeth Creek. Firstly, it is working towards a Scoping Study to determine the
economic potential of the known sediment-hosted Mineral Resources on the tenure, while simultaneously undertaking
exploration to further define and extend known Zambian-style copper-cobalt resources across multiple prospects.
Secondly, it is undertaking a substantial geophysics programme at the Emmie IOCG prospect to further understand the
structures and extent of the geological model defined over the past year of drilling.
Coda also has a Farm-In and Joint Venture Agreement with Wilgus Investments Pty Ltd to acquire up to 80% ownership
of the Cameron River Copper-Gold Project, located in the highly prospective Mount Isa Inlier in Queensland. The Project
comprises 35km2 of copper and gold exploration tenure spanning two Exploration Permits (EPMs 27042 and 27053).
Through the Torrens Mining acquisition, Coda also owns exploration tenements in Victoria, New South Wales and Papua
New Guinea.
Competent Persons’ Statements and Confirmatory Statement - Mineral Resource Estimates
Information regarding the MG14 and Windabout Mineral Resources is extracted from the report entitled “Confirmation
Statements JORC” created on 26th October 2020 and is available to view at https://www.codaminerals.com/wpcontent/uploads/2020/10/20201026_Coda_ASX-ANN_Confirmation-Statements-JORC.pdf.
Information regarding the Company’s MG14 and Windabout Mineral Resource Estimates is based on, and fairly
represents, information and supporting documentation compiled by Tim Callaghan, who is self-employed. Mr Callaghan
is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (“AusIMM”), and has a minimum of five years’
experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity
which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’ (”JORC Code”). Mr Callaghan has consented to
the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Information regarding the Emmie Bluff Mineral Resource is extracted from the report entitled “Standout 43Mt Maiden
Cu-Co Resource at Emmie Bluff” created on 20th December 2021 and is available to view at
https://www.codaminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211220_Coda_ASX-ANN_Standout-43Mt-Maiden-CuCo-Resource-at-Emmie-Bluff_RELEASE.pdf
Information regarding the Company’s Emmie Bluff Mineral Resource Estimates is based on, and fairly represents work
done by Dr Michael Cunningham of Sonny Consulting Services Pty Ltd. Dr Cunningham is a Member of the Australasian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has sufficient relevant experience to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit
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.
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included
in the original market announcements and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all
material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement
continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the
Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.
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Statement Regarding Metal Equivalent Calculations
Metal Equivalent grades are quoted for one or more of the Emmie Bluff, Windabout and MG14 Mineral Resources, or for
exploration results considered by the company to be related directly to one of these Mineral Resources, in this
announcement.
For the Emmie Bluff Mineral Resource:
The Emmie Bluff Mineral Resource is reported as 43Mt @ 1.3% Cu, 470 ppm Co, 11 g/t Ag and 0.15% Zn (1.84% Copper
Equivalent (CuEq)) reported at a cut-off grade of 1% CuEq. The calculation of this metal equivalent is based on the
following assumptions.
Metal
Copper
Cobalt
Zinc
Silver
Coefficient
0.8
0.85
0.9
0.85
Forecast Price
$7,000
$55,000
$2,100
$18.50
Price Unit
USD/Tonne
USD/Tonne
USD/Tonne
USD/Oz
Price assumptions used when calculating copper equivalent grades were based primarily on Consensus Economics
forecasts of metals, except for Cobalt, which was sourced via communication with subject matter experts. Metallurgical
assumptions used when calculating copper equivalent grades were based on a simple bulk float utilising rougher and
minimal cleaner/scavenger circuits. The produced a reasonably consistent mean recovery across most metals of between
approximately 83 and 94 percent. For simplicity, and to in part account for losses associated with less intensive cleaner
floats and losses to the hydromet plant, these figures were rounded down to the nearest 5%.
Application of these assumptions resulted in the following calculation of CuEq:
𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶% = 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶% + 0.00068 × 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 + 0.337 × 𝑍𝑍𝑍𝑍 % + 90.3 ×
𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝
10000
For the Windabout and MG14 Mineral Resource:
The Windabout and MG14 Mineral Resource are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.5% CuEq as:
•
•
Windabout: 17.67Mt @ 0.77% Cu, 492 ppm Co and 8 g/t Ag (1.41% CuEq)
MG14: 1.83Mt @ 1.24% Cu, 334 ppm Co and 14 g/t Ag (1.84% CuEq)
The calculation of this metal equivalent is based on the following assumptions.
Metal
Copper
Cobalt
Mining
Recovery %
0.9
0.9
Dilution %
Recovery %
Payability %
Forecast Price
Price Unit
0.05
0.05
0.6
0.85
0.7
0.75
$6,600
$55,000
USD/Tonne
USD/Tonne
Price assumptions used when calculating copper equivalent grades were based on recent historical metal prices at the
time of calculation (2018). Metallurgical assumptions are based on extensive metallurgical testwork undertaken on the
two deposits to 2018 across various potential flowsheets involving both floatation and leaching. Ag analyses in the
estimation and metallurgical testwork were considered insufficient at the time to include in the metal equivalent
calculation.
Application of these assumptions resulted in the following calculation of CuEq:
𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶% = 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶% + 0.0012 × 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝
It is the opinion of the company that both sets of prices used in the calculations are reasonable to conservative long-term
forecasts for real dollar metal prices during the years most relevant to the deposits (approx. 2026-2030).
It is the opinion of the company that all of the elements included in the metal
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