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Reach Resources Limited (ASX: RR1) (“Reach” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received binding commitments to raise A$4 million through a strategic Placement.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Firm commitments received for A$4.0 million at 1 cent per share (0% discount to closing price on 27 July 2023)
- Strategic Placement to Australian & UK fund management institutions including new and existing sophisticated investors
- Maiden drill program to commence with over 4,500 metres to be drilled at the Company’s 100% owned Morrissey Hill Lithium Project (E09/2375), Yinnetharra WA
- Receipt of all regulatory approvals and permits, including Aboriginal heritage clearance, obtained for Morrissey Hill, Yinnetharra WA
- Drilling contractors Strike Drilling & DDH1 booked to mobilise to site, week commencing 14 August
- Placement funds further allow the Company to fast track the approvals process at the Company’s highly prospective Niobium and REE Project at Wabli Creek, Yinnetharra WA
Figure 1: RR1 Yinnetharra Tenement Plan
The Placement will see the Company issue 400 million new shares at an issue price of $0.01 per share (“Placement Shares”), each with a 1:3 free attaching unlisted option, exercisable at $0.01 and expiring 4 August 2025 (“Options”).
The majority of the strategic Placement was granted to Australian & UK fund management institutions, in addition to new and existing Australian sophisticated investors.
Funds raised will be immediately put to work with drilling contractors, Strike Drilling and DDH1 engaged to mobilise to the Company’s Morrissey Hill lithium project (Yinnetharra) in the Gascoyne Mineral Field, Western Australia, during the week commencing 14 August 2023.
Figure 2: RR1 Morrissey Hill (E09/2375), Yinnetharra ‐ Proposed Drilling (Refer ASX Announcement 15 May 2023 for highlighted results)
The maiden drill program will consist of a proposed ~2500m RC and ~2000m diamond drill hole program concentrated on the Bonzer Pegmatite Field but may include reconnaissance holes at the Malibu Lithium prospect, the Swallowtail Copper prospect and further south of the Bonzer Pegmatite Field where a large number of outcropping pegmatites have been recently mapped and heritage cleared.
The program will include ~8‐10 RC holes to approximately 100m to 300m depth and another 8‐10 DDH to similar depths for ~4500m drilling in total. Holes are planned to assess grade, size and scale of the mapped pegmatites and test for the presence of “blind” sub‐surface pegmatite bodies.
The Company is pleased to announce the receipt of all necessary approvals and permits, including Aboriginal heritage clearance and a program of works (“POW”), allowing the commencement of the Company’s maiden drilling program at the Morrissey Hill Lithium Project.
The Reach Exploration team worked with the Yinggarda Traditional Owners to assess and clear four large polygons across the Morrissey Hill project, which provides the Company with the flexibility to drill the large number of outcropping pegmatites identified and avoid any areas of cultural significance anywhere within the polygons. The POW was also submitted and approved on this basis.
Reach CEO Jeremy Bower said: “Since acquiring our Yinnetharra projects in April we are really happy with what we have achieved over the past couple of months. Our exploration team has been methodical, using all the tools at our disposal to identify and confirm the Bonzer pegmatite field, including the numerous other pegmatites across Morrissey Hill, as both highly fractioned and lithium bearing at surface.
The Bonzer prospect only represents a small portion of the potential at Morrissey Hill, but we have always said the Bonzer is a walk‐up drill target and following the outstanding rock chip results obtained at this location, it’s without a doubt our first stop. Having Strike Drilling and DDH1 mobilising in a couple of weeks to kick off our maiden drilling program, on an area that has never been previously drilled is exciting.
None of this would have been possible without the co‐operation and support of the local Yinggarda people during the recently completed heritage surveys at Morrisssey Hill. We look forward to building a strong relationship with the Yinggarda people as we assess more pegmatite areas.
Delta Lithium are doing some great work next door and reporting fantastic results from the same pegmatite system. Morrissey Hill deserves to be drilled comprehensively, and with the $4 million raised under the Placement, the exploration team can take their time and do things right. Additionally it provides sufficient funding to fast track the necessary approvals required to get things moving at Wabli Creek where the Company has reported very promising Niobium results.
We are delighted with the outcome of the Placement which secured strong institutional support from new investors who recognise the value in the Company. We look forward to providing regular updates over the coming months as we obtain assays from over 5000 soil samples and as drilling gets underway.”
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Murchison South Increases to 67koz Gold Across Two Pits
HIGHLIGHTS
- Pansy Pit: Mining Plus confirms Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Pansy Pit Deposit at Murchison South:
From Surface 72kt @ 2.5g/t Au for 5,800 oz Gold (Table 1) - Blue Heaven: Mining Plus confirms MRE for the Blue Heaven deposit at Murchison South: From Surface 681kt @ 2.8 g/t Au for 61,300 oz Gold (Table 1) (ASX Announcement 9 April 2025)
- Blue Heaven and Pansy Pit MRE, together total ~67,100 oz Gold
- Pansy Pit MRE is based solely on review by Mining Plus of historical drilling
- Historical drilling was only to 60m, mineralisation open at depth and along strike north and south (Figure 2)
- The Pansy Pit has the potential to be a shallow, open pit mining operation, with mineralisation observed from surface
- Strong Gold Market: Spot gold price of ~A$5,000/oz offers significant upside versus the A$3,500/oz price used in the MRE to model pit shells
- The Pansy Pit sits within granted Mining lease M59/662 and is just over 2km from the Company’s Blue Heaven deposit and on the south side of the Great Northern Highway (Figure 3)
- The Pansy Pit provides evidence of the expansion potential along the Primrose Fault, notably to the south at the Shamrock deposit and to the north at the Pansy North and Jacamar deposits (Figure 3)
The Pansy Pit MRE is shown in Table 1 on page 3.
Figure 1. Pansy Pit rotated and unclipped longsection view looking north with the optimised pit shell in grey, drill traces as black lines and the block model coloured by classification.
Figure 2. Pansy Pit rotated cross section view looking south at ~6,762,078mN +/- 10m with the optimised pit shell in black, drill traces as black lines and the block model coloured by estimated Au grade.
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Odessa Minerals: Exploring for Lithium and Rare Earths in Western Australia's Resource-rich Gascoyne Region
Odessa Minerals (ASX:ODE) explores for lithium and rare earths in the Gascoyne Region with a total land package of over 3,000 square kilometres surrounded by some of the most promising projects and most significant lithium discoveries. The company is uniquely positioned to leverage a quickly emerging battery metals market to drive its fully funded lithium and rare earths exploration strategy.
Western Australia's Gascoyne region is currently in the midst of a proverbial gold rush and is now the target of several large mining and exploration companies including Delta Lithium (ASX:DLI), Voltair Strategic Resources (ASX:VSR), Minerals 260 (ASX:MI6) and Reach Resources (ASX:RR1).
Odessa Minerals’ projects in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia totalling >3,000km2Odessa is still at the beginning of its journey but its value proposition is noteworthy making it an ideal investment alternative for consideration for anyone looking to get involved with lithium and the significant potential of the Gascoyne region.
Company Highlights
- Driven by lithium demand, Western Australia's Gascoyne region — previously under-explored — has become a hot zone of mining exploration and development.
- Some of the region's largest and most successful mining companies have already staked their claims there, including Delta Lithium and Dreadnought Resources.
- Odessa is an exploration company still at the beginning of its development journey, with a low market cap and strong leadership.
- Odessa's land package comprises one of the largest land holdings in the Gascoyne region, with some 3,000 square kilometres of claims divided into three distinct projects, all highly prospective and incredibly promising, located in close proximity and displaying similar geology to several recent lithium pegmatite discoveries in the region.
- Odessa's leadership team are all highly invested in the company. All planned exploration and development work is well-funded for the year.
- Over 56,000 metres strike-length of pegmatites have now been mapped by geology crews on Odessa’s Yinnetharra Lockier Range tenement
- Pegmatites at over 30 metres in width are already mapped
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Outcropping Copper Gossan Delivers 33% Cu Assays At Morrissey Hill Project, Yinnetharra
HIGHLIGHTS
- High grade copper‐oxide mineralisation (malachite) confirmed at the Company’s Morrissey Hill Project, Yinnetharra with rock chip samples reporting highly encouraging assays of up to 33.2% Cu; 0.2 g/t Au and 141.8g/t Ag. (Figure 1).
- Results follow Morrissey Hill assays of up to 2.3% Li2O (ASX Announcement 15 May 2023).
- Mineralisation at the Swallowtail Copper Prospect was mapped over a strike length of at least 150m and remains open in all directions.
- Significant results include:
- 33.2% Cu, 0.2g/t Au and 141.8g/t Ag (23RRRK0039).
- 14.7% Cu, 0.02g/t Au and 55.6g/t Ag (23RRRK0042).
- 4.2% Cu, 0.3g/t Au and 5.7g/t Ag (23RRRK0041).
- 2.3% Cu, 0. 2g/t Au and 5.0g/t Ag (23RRRK0043).
- Historical sampling 3.0km’s west of Swallowtail could potentially extend the strike with historical results returned:
- 18.5% Cu, 1.1g/t Au and 6.8g/t Ag
- 18.5% Cu, 1.1g/t Au and 6.8g/t Ag
- The rock chip results confirm the Company’s targeting methodology and the potential of the area to host significant mineralisation.
- Morrissey has never been drilled & geochemical surveys planned to commence next week.
Commenting on the results CEO Jeremy Bower said:
“The Morrissey Hill tenement at our Yinnetharra Project continues to deliver. These are outstanding copper results and in conjunction with the 2.3% Li20 announced earlier this week, it is clear how prospective the ground is. We’re focused on sourcing the critical and battery minerals of the future and copper is an important part of our strategy. Despite several world class copper‐gold and polymetallic base metal deposits in the East Capricorn Orogen, the West Capricorn and Gascoyne has been massively under‐ explored. We see this as a huge opportunity.
Importantly, we are fully funded to complete our field programs and drilling campaigns earmarked for this year. Our focus remains on thorough geochemical assessment of each target and getting drill rigs out to Morrissey Hill as soon as possible. This will mean consistent news flow for our shareholders over the coming months.”
FIGURE 3: Morrissey Hill showing location of the Swallowtail Prospect along Stringer Fault line
FIGURE 4: Regional location of Reach Yinnetharra projects
The rock chip results confirm the Company’s targeting methodology and the potential of the area to host significant mineralisation. Systematic surface geochemical surveys including soils, stream sediment and rock chip sampling are planned to commence immediately. Results from this work will guide follow up programs which if warranted may include electromagnetic geophysical surveys and drill testing of priority targets.
The results were reported from an outcropping quartz‐veined gossan, the Swallowtail Prospect, showing visible malachite (copper‐oxide) over a strike length of approximately 150m. The gossan strikes east‐ west, appears to dip steeply towards the south and remains open in both directions. A single historical sample located some 3.0km’s west of Swallowtail, and within the same structural corridor, also reported high grade copper, gold and silver assays indicating a potential strike length of the target zone in excess of 3km’s (Refer to Figure 3).
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