Results for Quarter Ended 30 June 2019
- 12 August 2019
CORPORATE
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As at 30 June 2019, the Company had available cash of $28,347,282.
Northern Star Resources Limited Shares (“NST”)
As at 30 June 2019, the Company has 500,000 NST shares remaining.
Update on Central Tanami Project (“CTP”) and Completion of Exercise of First Put Option
The Company previously announced that it had exercised the first put option available to it under the Joint Venture Agreement with NST which was settled on 14 September 2018, resulting in the sale of a further 15% undivided interest in the CTP for $20 million in cash. The respective interests in the CTP of the Company and NST at the date of this report are 60% and 40%.
EXPLORATION Central Tanami Project (60% Tanami)
NST have advised that the June quarter of 2019 has seen the completion of 14,844m of air core drilling on four separate prospect areas, some of which included remote area operations.
Geological modelling and RC drill designs were completed for the Ripcord, Crusade and Solaris prospects with AC designs completed for the Sky Surf, Groundrush West and Cave Hill prospects. A Tanami Regional Exploration (TRE) MMP and associated CLC clearance applications were either submitted or drafted during the quarter. Review and analysis of results from Q1 exploration programs is ongoing, including the design and undertaking of some follow-up programs.
Air core drilling
A total of seventy AC holes for 3,018m was drilled at Freefall during the quarter. Drilling further tested weak gold anomalism identified in first phase AC reconnaissance drilling whilst also extending the drill grid further south along an interpreted north-south oriented structure.
AC drilling was completed at the Dropzone prospect as a southern extension to the Freefall program. Drilling targeted a N-S bedding parallel structure within the Mt Charles Formation adjacent the Suplejack Fault Zone. A total of seventy-two holes for 2,634m were completed during the quarter.
AC drilling was undertaken in an area approximately 3km west of the Groundrush deposit targeting the interpreted east-west oriented, upright fold closure of the regional Groundrush anticline. A total of sixty-six holes for 2,520m was completed during the quarter.
A total of one hundred and fifty (150) AC holes for 6,672m was drilled at the Farrands Hill Prospect during the quarter.
Rehabilitation of NST aircore drill programs has been ongoing throughout the quarter.
Results for Quarter Ended 31 December 2018
- 08 February 2019
CORPORATE
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As at 31 December 2018, the Company had cash of $28,253,941.
Restructure of Board of Directors and Appointment of Non-Executive Director
On 27 November 2018, the Company announced the restructure of the Board and the appointment of Mr Brett Smith as a nonindependent Non-Executive Director. As part of the Board restructure, Mr Gerard McMahon stepped down as Chairman but remains on the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director, with Non-Executive Director Mr Arthur Dew appointed as non-independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.
Northern Star Resources Limited Shares
As at 31 December 2018, the Company has 500,000 NST shares remaining.
Update on Central Tanami Project and Completion of Exercise of First Put Option
The Company previously announced that it had exercised the first put option available to it under the Joint Venture Agreement with NST which was settled on 14 September 2018, resulting in the sale of a further 15% undivided interest in the Central Tanami Project for $20 million in cash. The respective interests of the Company and NST are 60% and 40%.
EXPLORATION
Central Tanami Project (60% Tanami)
During the quarter as advised by NST – which is solely responsible for bringing the Central Tanami Project into production in terms of the JV Agreement, the following exploration, tenement management and environment activities were undertaken by NST:
- Ongoing rehabilitation of 2018 drill programs.
- Follow-up exploration program design for CTP South (Solaris/Jim’s Return), Freefall and Hurricane.
- As part of the ongoing evaluation of the CTP, a program of RC and diamond drilling was completed beneath the existing
- treatment plant infrastructure, testing for potential shallow extensions to the main Hurricane-Repulse mineralisation.
- RC drilling intersected significant gold mineralisation at varying depths in all 23 drill holes completed beneath all major
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infrastructure at the CTP Plant. Significant intersections from the RC drilling program include:
NHRC00003 – 3m at 20.47 g/t Au from 140m and 12m at 4.58g/t Au from 147m;
NHRC00007 – 19m at 4.64g/t Au from 136m;
NHRC00009 – 14m at 3.19g/t Au from 150m; and
NHRC00015 – 15m at 2.89g/t Au from 92m.
- In addition, single diamond drill hole testing the down plunge continuity of the new mineralised zones, intersected a wide zone of significant gold mineralisation located approximately 130 metres below the base of the existing Hurricane pit to the north. Significant assays included:
Results for Quarter Ended 30 September 2018
- 08 February 2019
CORPORATE
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As at 30 September 2018, the Company had cash of $28,493,841.
Northern Star Resources Limited Shares
As at 30 September 2018, the Company has 500,000 NST shares remaining.
Update on Central Tanami Project and Exercise of First Put Option
The Company has previously announced that Northern Star Resources Limited (“NST”) had advised that commercial production (as defined under the joint venture agreement) would not be achieved by 31 July 2018. Furthermore, failure to achieve commercial production by that date would have rendered the first put option, granted under the JV, unexercisable until the date on which commercial production is achieved.
Accordingly, as announced on 31 July 2018, the Company exercised the first put option and on 14 September 2018 completed the
sale of a further 15% undivided interest in the Central Tanami Project for $20 million in cash.
The respective interests of the Company and NST are 60% and 40%.
EXPLORATION
Central Tanami Project (60% Tanami)
During the quarter as advised by NST, the following exploration, tenement management and environment activities were undertaken by NST:
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Review and interpret recent drilling results from:
- Air Core Drilling (Free Fall, Jim’s Return, Terminus, Solaris, Channel 4); and
- RC Drilling (Jim’, Hurricane-Repulse, Carmen’s);
- Downhole geophysical logging of RC dill holes at Hurricane-Repulse, Jim’s and Carmen’s;
- Reprocess Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric data over Hurricane-Repulse area;
- Completed Cave Hill Ground Gravity survey;
- Hurricane RC rejects and Jim’s diamond rejects submitted for preliminary metallurgical leach tests;
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Tenement management:
- Cave Hill combined Technical and Expenditure Reports lodged; and
- EL8797 renewal lodged, currently pending decision.
- Central Tanami Liaison Committee Meeting held with Central Land Council in July;
- Preparations to commence rehabilitation of CTP South Air Core drill sites from October; and
- A significant bush fire incident occurred at the Central Tanami Mine site causing the loss of a building and the main water bore and supply line, repairs undertaken on main water bore line.
Results for Quarter Ended 30 June 2018
- 30 June 2018
CORPORATE
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As at 30 June 2018, the Company had cash of $8,542,949.
Northern Star Resources Limited Shares
As at 30 June 2018, the Company has 500,000 NST shares remaining.
Completion of Share Transfer under Sale Agreement
On 23 May 2018, the Company’s shareholders voted to approve Allied Properties Investments (1) Company Limited, APAC Resources Limited and APAC Resources Mining Limited to acquire a relevant interest in 447,612,786 ordinary shares in the issued capital of the Company for $20,142,575 and, as a result, for APAC Resources and its associates to acquire voting power of 38.09%. Completion of the share transfer occurred on 6 June 2018.
Update on Central Tanami Project and exercise of first put option
On 27 June 2018, the Company announced that Northern Star Resources Limited (“NST”) had advised that commercial production (as defined under the joint venture agreement) will not be achieved by 31 July 2018. Furthermore, based on information available to the Company as at that date, it was not clear when or if commercial production would ultimately be achieved.
Failure to achieve commercial production by 31 July 2018 will render the first put option unexercisable until the date on which commercial production is actually achieved.
The Board is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders to exercise the first put option and, accordingly, has resolved to exercise the first put option in accordance with the terms of the joint venture agreement.
EXPLORATION
Central Tanami Project (75% Tanami)
During the quarter as advised by NST, the following activities were undertaken by NST:
- CTP South Air Core Drilling (Jim’s Return, Terminus, Solaris, Channel 4);
- CTP South RC Drilling (Jim’s North, Jim’s West, Carmen’s);
- Jim’s Diamond Drilling;
- Freefall Air Core Drilling;
- Hurricane-Repulse Sterilisation RC drilling;
- Hurricane-Repulse Diamond Drilling;
- Suplejack Access Agreement negotiations;
- Suplejack (EL28282) Heritage Survey and SSCC Approval; and
- MMP variation approval granted for 2018 work programs at Suplejack and Tanami South.
Results for Quarter Ended 31 March 2018
- 31 March 2018
CORPORATE
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As at 31 March 2018, the Company had cash of $8,771,449.
Northern Star Resources Limited Shares
During the quarter, the Company sold 250,000 shares in NST at an average price of $6.94 per share receiving approximately $1.72 million (net of transaction costs).
As at 31 March 2018, the Company has 500,000 NST shares remaining.
EXPLORATION
Central Tanami Project (75% Tanami)
During the quarter as advised by NST, the following activities were undertaken by NST:
- Submitted the Mine Management Plan (“MMP”) variation for 2018 work programs at Suplejack and Tanami South;
- SSCC approval for 2018 work programs at Suplejack and Tanami South;
- Suplejack Access Agreement negotiations;
- Completed geochemical sampling program at Suplejack;
- Planning for drilling programs at Suplejack and Freefall projects completed;
- Site preparation for aircore drilling at Jims Return, Terminus, Solaris, Channel 4 and Freefall completed;
- Site preparation for RC sterilisation drilling at Hurricane‐Repulse;
- Water sampling at CTP; and
- Continued interpretation of new airborne data