Resource and Reserve Estimates

Cloncurry Resource and Reserve Estimates by Deposit

 

 

DEPOSIT    

TOTAL

CONTAINED
METAL

       MEASURED

       INDICATED

      INFERRED

Tonnes

   Grade

 Copper

 Gold

Tonnes 

        Grade

Tonne

    Grade

Tonnes

    Grade

million

Cu
%

Au
g/t

  tonnes

ounces

 million

Cu
%

Au
g/t

million

Cu
%

Au
g/t

million

Cu
%

Au
g/t

LITTLE EVA PROJECT DEPOSITS

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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
g/t

Contained Copper
tonnes

Contained Gold
ounces

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:

Bedford (23 April 2012)

Blackard (03 July 2012)

Ivy Ann (23 April 2012)

Lady Clayre (23 April 2012)

Legend (22 August 2012)

Little Eva (27 May 2014)

Scanlan (03 July 2012)

Turkey Creek (21 June 2016)