Marquee Resources

Marquee Resources Interim Financial Report 31 December 2022

Marquee Resources Limited (“Marquee” or “Company”) (ASX:MQR) is pleased to present its Half Year Report.


DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Your directors submit the financial report of the Group for the half-year ended 31 December 2022. In order to comply with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001, the directors report as follows:

Directors

The names of directors who held office during or since the end of the interim period and until the date of this report are noted below. Directors were in office for the entire period unless otherwise stated.

Charles Thomas

Executive Chairman

George Henderson

Non Executive Director

Daniel Moore

Non Executive Director

Review of Operations

West Spargoville Project (Lithium, Gold & Nickel Project)

The West Spargoville Project (WSP) is located in the core of the Southern Yilgarn Lithium Belt, a prominent lithium area that is well known for spodumene deposits that include; the Bald Hill Mine, the Mt Marion Mine, the Buldania Project and Essential Metals Pioneer Dome Project. The world-class Earl Grey deposit and the Mt Cattlin Mine are located further west and south respectively. Post quarter end, MQR exercised its option with Fyfehill Pty Ltd to take 100% ownership of the Project and is now finalising the documents required for completion of the sale to occur.

Exploration Program 2022

During the 2022 calendar year, Marquee completed its maiden lithium focused drilling program which consisted of:

  • Completion of 122 holes of Reverse- Circulation Drilling (RC) for 18,687m.
  • Completion of 258 holes of Aircore Drilling (AC) for 19,156m.

Post December 2022, Marquee provided the market an update on the ongoing exploration activities at the West Spargoville Project (refer ASX release dated 24 January 2023).

Due to increased lab turn-around times (+12 weeks), a large amount of assays are still outstanding.

Following receipt of assays forward work programs will focus on following up on anomalous intercepts with drilling to recommence in Q2 2023.

Figure 1 – Completed Drilling

Partnership with Mineral Resources Limited at the West Spargoville Project

The partnership with Mineral Resources Limited (ASX:MIN) (Mineral Resources) (MinRes) continues with total funding provided to 31 December 2022 amounting to $1.656 million. A funding amount of $500,000 (to exercise the Fyfehill option) was received subsequent to the December 2022 quarter (early January 2023) and a further $2.569 million in exploration expenditure reimbursement has been invoiced to MinRes which was received in February 2023. The Key terms of the agreement are further outlined below.

Key Terms:

  • MinRes has the right to acquire an initial 25% legal and beneficial interest in the lithium rights (Initial Farm-in Interest) by funding all exploration and development activities and completing a feasibility study for the Project, including a JORC compliant resource (Initial Farm-in Obligation) within 24 months (Initial Farm-in Period).
  • In performing the Initial Farm-in Obligation, MinRes will fund at least $1,000,000 of exploration and development activities on the Tenements by 31 December 2022; and the $500,000 cost to exercise the Fyfehill Option - (Now complete).
  • Marquee will be responsible for managing the implementation of the exploration and development activities on the Tenements during the Initial Farm-in Period.

Processing Farm-in: If MinRes elects to proceed with the Processing Farm-in, it has the right to acquire an additional 45% legal and beneficial interest in the lithium rights by funding the Project until the point of a final investment decision on a mine development for the Project (FID). MinRes will provide complete mine to port services to the JV including: mining; design, construction and operation of a processing plant; on-site power generation; haulage of product to nominated port facilities; marketing of product and shipment of product to purchasers.

Mine Gate Sale Farm-in: If MinRes instead elects to proceed with the Mine Gate Sale Farm-in (rather than the Processing Farm-in), it has the right to acquire an additional 26% legal and beneficial interest in the lithium rights by funding the Project until the development, construction and commissioning of a mine and related facilities. MinRes will build, own and operate all plant, equipment and infrastructure for the mining operations and buy lithium bearing ore from the JV for a mine gate sale price to be established on commercially competitive and industry standard terms.

Kibby Basin Lithium Project

Marquee Resources Limited provided the full results from its Kibby Basin Lithium Project 2022 drill campaign in January 2023. Assay results received indicated thick sequences of lithium-bearing sediments at the Project, with up to 924 ppm Lithium with greater than 300ppm lithium over thicknesses in excess of 450m identified in core samples of clay-rich playa sediments from the two exploration boreholes (KB 22-01 and KB 22-02) that were completed.


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