Spartan Resources

Quarterly Activities Report for the Period Ended 30 June 2024

Spartan Resources Limited (“Spartan” or “Company”) (ASX: SPR) is pleased to present its Quarterly Activities and Cash Flow Report.

Summary:

Exploration / Growth

  • High-grade assays from the 952koz Never Never Gold Deposit including the deepest-ever result from the Dalgaranga Project:
    • 12.54m @ 14.32g/t gold from 570.91m, incl. 2.52m @ 67.49g/t (DGRC1430- DT)
    • 13.75m @ 10.08g/t gold from 667.00m, incl. 3.00m @ 38.10g/t (DGRC1429- DT)
    • 12.80m @ 8.13g/t gold from 603.00m, incl. 1.00m @ 96.47g/t (DGDH055)
    • 10.50m @ 7.95g/t gold from 1,042.50m (DGDH064) – deepest “project” assay
    • 11.60m @ 15.10g/t gold from 861.40m (DGDH068)
    • 19.67m @ 19.43g/t gold from 765.33m, incl. 3.74m @ 62.98g/t (DGDH066)
    • 10.14m @ 11.26g/t gold from 966.6m, incl. 0.77m @ 126.45g/t (DGDH064- W1)
  • Assays from significant new high-grade gold discovery at the Pepper Prospect, immediately south of Never Never, including:
    • 17.52m @ 15.86g/t gold from 522.0m, incl. 9.22m @ 27.89g/t (DGRC1432- DT)
    • 11.28m @ 5.94g/t gold from 585.72m (DGDH069)
    • 14.73m @ 11.42g/t gold from 553.73m, incl. 4.37m @ 36.80g/t (DGDH070)
    • 17.67m @ 6.58g/t gold from 561.85m, incl. 7.53m @ 11.93g/t (DGDH069- W1)
    • 25.24m @ 16.66g/t gold (uncut) from 616.41m (DGRC1431-DT-W1), incl:
      • 5.21m @ 18.74g/t, 4.65m @ 52.46g/t and 5.44m @ 12.39g/t gold in three separate high grade sub-intervals within the overall high-grade drill intercept.
    • 30.79m @ 12.12g/t gold from 647.67m, incl. 3.47m @ 92.19g/t (DGRC1431- DT)
  • Further positive assays from West Winds and Sly Fox:
    • 28.65m @ 4.25g/t gold from 458.00m, incl. 4.60m @ 18.30g/t (DGRC1446- DT)
    • 23.60m @ 2.45g/t gold from 457.40m, incl. 7.00m @ 4.07g/t (DGRC1408-DT)
    • 24.00m @ 1.58g/t gold from 250.00m, incl. 7.00m @ 3.24g/t (DGRC1436)
  • Updated Mineral Resource Estimates for Never Never and Sly Fox, as well as maiden standalone MRE’s for the Four Pillars, West Winds and Pepper Gold Prospects due for imminent release.
  • Development of the underground exploration drill drive awarded to Barminco with commencement in Q3 2024. Finalisation of approvals and support activities well in train. The decline will provide underground drill platforms to more effectively define existing deeper resources, explore for further high-grade targets and shoots, and provide critical underground infrastructure as Spartan develops its future mine plan.

Care and Maintenance (Dalgaranga)

  • Mining and processing operations remained on care and maintenance, with scheduling of ongoing care and maintenance activities underway to maintain the process plant and associated site infrastructure.

Corporate

  • Successful $80.0 million capital raising completed, comprising a $69.0 million Placement and Accelerated Institutional Entitlement Offer and an $11.0 million Retail Entitlement Offer.
  • Mr Hansjoerg Plaggemars resigned as a Non-Executive Director, effective 30 June 2024.
  • Mr David Coyne was re-appointed as an Executive Director and Joint Company Secretary, effective 1 August 2024.
  • Total cash and listed company investments at 30 June 2024 of $93.8 million.

Spartan Managing Director and CEO, Mr Simon Lawson, commented:

“It’s been another huge quarter for Spartan, with a new high-grade gold discovery at the Pepper Prospect, further outstanding intercepts from across our existing deposits – including our deepest project assay to date from Never Never, which graded almost eight grams per tonne more than 1km down-hole – and a landmark $80 million capital raising that will enable us to substantially ramp-up exploration and development activities.

“Our drilling throughout the Quarter has continued to reinforce our ability to deliver high-grade ounces in front of Dalgaranga’s existing infrastructure.

“The new Pepper discovery has provided plenty of excitement for our geology team, delivering a new zone of high-grade Never Never-style mineralisation in between the existing Never Never and Four Pillars deposits, with the discovery hole returning an intercept of 17.52m grading 15.86g/t gold, including 9.22m grading 27.89g/t.

“Since first announcing the discovery in mid-April, we have had a drill rig continuously turning at Pepper, with the Company on-track to deliver a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for the deposit as part of our scheduled mid-year Resource update for Dalgaranga. This Resource update will also include inaugural estimates for the Four Pillars and West Winds deposits, as well as updates for both Never Never and Sly Fox.

“All of the drill results reported during the Quarter were returned from steeply-dipping deposits along a single, 800m-long stratigraphic horizon, with planning now complete for the development of an exploration drill drive to provide underground drill platforms to better target this zone. We expect to be in a position to commence construction of this drill drive during the September Quarter, positioning the Company for plenty of exciting drilling in the second half of the year.

“Development of this drill drive, as well as our ongoing exploration and development programs, will be underpinned by the highly successful $80 million capital raising completed during the Quarter. This raising was well supported both by institutional and retail investors and I would like to sincerely thank all shareholders who participated.”


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