Resource and Reserve Estimates
Cloncurry Resource and Reserve Estimates by Deposit
DEPOSIT |
TOTAL |
CONTAINED |
MEASURED |
INDICATED |
INFERRED |
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Tonnes |
Grade |
Copper |
Gold |
Tonnes |
Grade |
Tonne |
Grade |
Tonnes |
Grade |
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million |
Cu |
Au |
tonnes |
ounces |
million |
Cu |
Au |
million |
Cu |
Au |
million |
Cu |
Au |
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LITTLE EVA PROJECT DEPOSITS |
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Little Eva |
105.9 |
0.52 |
0.09 |
546,000 |
295,000 |
37.1 |
0.60 |
0.09 |
45.0 |
0.46 |
0.08 |
23.9 |
0.50 |
0.10 |
Turkey Creek |
21.0 |
0.59 |
- |
123,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
17.7 |
0.59 |
- |
3.4 |
0.58 |
- |
Ivy Ann |
7.5 |
0.57 |
0.07 |
43,000 |
17,000 |
- |
- |
- |
5.4 |
0.60 |
0.08 |
2.1 |
0.49 |
0.06 |
Lady Clayre |
14.0 |
0.56 |
0.20 |
78,000 |
85,000 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
0.60 |
0.24 |
10.4 |
0.54 |
0.18 |
Bedford |
4.8 |
0.80 |
0.21 |
38,000 |
32,000 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
0.95 |
0.23 |
2.5 |
0.66 |
0.19 |
Sub-total |
153.3 |
0.54 |
0.09 |
829,000 |
430,000 |
37.1 |
0.60 |
0.09 |
74.0 |
0.52 |
0.07 |
42.2 |
0.53 |
0.11 |
OTHER DEPOSITS |
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Blackard |
76.4 |
0.62 |
- |
475,000 |
- |
27.0 |
0.68 |
- |
6.6 |
0.60 |
- |
42.7 |
0.59 |
- |
Scanlan |
22.2 |
0.65 |
- |
143,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
18.4 |
0.65 |
- |
3.8 |
0.60 |
- |
Longamundi |
10.4 |
0.66 |
- |
69,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10.4 |
0.66 |
- |
Legend |
17.4 |
0.54 |
- |
94,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
17.4 |
0.54 |
- |
Great Southern |
6.0 |
0.61 |
- |
37,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6.0 |
0.61 |
- |
Caroline |
3.6 |
0.53 |
- |
19,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
0.53 |
- |
Charlie Brown |
0.7 |
0.40 |
- |
3,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.7 |
0.40 |
- |
Sub-total |
136.7 |
0.61 |
- |
840,000 |
- |
27.0 |
0.68 |
- |
25.0 |
0.64 |
- |
84.7 |
0.59 |
- |
TOTAL |
290.0 |
0.58 |
0.05 |
1,668,000 |
430,000 |
64.1 |
0.63 |
0.05 |
99.0 |
0.55 |
0.05 |
126.9 |
0.57 |
0.04 |
See ASX release of 23 October 2007 and 26 July 2011 (Longamundi, Great Southern, Caroline and Charlie Brown), 23 April 2012 (Bedford, Ivy Ann and Lady Clayre), 03 July 2012 (Blackard and Scanlan), 22 August 2012 (Legend), 27 May 2014 (Little Eva) and 18 March 2015 (Turkey Creek) for full details of resource estimation methodology and attributions.
Note: Tonnages are dry metric tonnes and have been rounded, hence small differences may be present in the totals.
Little Eva is reported above a 0.2% copper lower cut-off grade, all other deposits are above 0.3% copper lower cut-off grade.
Little Eva Project Resources and Reserves
Tonnes millions |
Copper % |
Gold |
Contained Copper |
Contained Gold |
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RESOURCES | |||||
Measured | 37.1 | 0.60 | 0.09 | 222,000 | 112,000 |
Indicated | 73.0 | 0.52 | 0.07 | 376,000 | 158,000 |
Inferred | 40.1 | 0.52 | 0.11 | 208,000 | 138,000 |
TOTAL | 150.2 | 0.54 | 0.09 | 807,000 | 409,000 |
RESERVES | |||||
Proven | 31.0 | 0.64 | 0.08 | 198,000 | 85,000 |
Probable | 39.4 | 0.51 | 0.07 | 200,000 | 90,000 |
Sub Total | 70.6 | 0.57 | 0.08 | 399,000 | 174,000 |
Probable (stockpile) | 15.3 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 28,000 | 31,000 |
TOTAL | 86.0 | 0.50 | 0.07 | 427,000 | 205,000 |
Mining Inventory | 5.5 | 0.49 | 0.08 | 27,000 | 14,000 |
g/t - Grams per tonne % - Percentage
Au - Gold Cu - Copper Zn - Zinc Ni - Nickel
Estimation Methodology
To view the deposit estimation methodologies for each of the main Cloncurry Project deposits below, click on the named deposit: