TUNKILLIA GOLD PROJECT
Highlights
? Mungana Completes Tunkillia Acquisition,
? Mungana Resources Now Over 3 Million Ounces,
? Mungana Production Target Lifted to 150,000 Ounces Per Annum
Mungana Goldmines Ltd (Mungana) is pleased to announce it has
completed its acquisition of the 55% controlling interest in
the Tunkillia Gold Project via the acquisition of Minotaur
Exploration Ltd.'s wholly owned subsidiary Minotaur Ventures
Pty Ltd. The 45% diluting interest is held by Helix Resources
Limited.
The Tunkillia Gold Project contains a large JORC compliant
resource of 15.6Mt @ 1.6g/t of Gold for 803,000 ounces of
gold (see table 3) to a depth of 300m. The prospect which was
discovered in 1996 is located approximately 600km North West
of Adelaide and 200km north east of Ceduna in South Australia
(see figure 1).
Mungana Managing Director Pat Scott said the Tunkillia Gold
Project remained one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits
in South Australia within the highly prospective Gawler
Craton region.
"Mungana is a development focussed company and in acquiring a
controlling interest in the project the company can see the
potential to quickly develop a medium sized gold mine," he
said.
Mr Scott said Mungana's initial review has indicated that
mining of the resource via a conventional open pit and
processing utilising a standard CIP gold plant targeting
throughput up to 2Mtpa and production around
80,000 ounces per year is possible. He said prefeasibility
and feasibility studies will be progressed, in parallel with
work associated with environmental approvals and granting of
mining leases, to have the project in a position to progress
with construction and development by early 2014.
Mr Scott said the acquisition marks the next milestone in
Mungana's strategy to position the Company as a mid- tier
gold producer over the next 3 years with targeted production
now over 150,000 ounce per annum between the two projects. It
also increases Mungana's attributable gold resources to over
3 million ounces.
In acquiring the project Mungana has paid A$4m in cash and
issued 3,076,923 Mungana shares to Minotaur, with the cash
component funded from the company's current cash reserves. Mr
Scott said Mungana has the project management capabilities to
progress both the Mungana Gold Project and the Tunkillia Gold
Project towards development in 2014.
"The Company retains a strong cash position to fund its
studies and aggressive exploration across all projects,"
he said.
For further information please contact; Pat Scott
Managing Director
+61 (07) 3835 0800
Category | M Tonnes | Gold g/t | Silver g/t | Copper % | Gold kozs | Silver kozs | Copper kT |
Measured | 42.3 | 0.82 | 11.34 | 0.29 | 1,115 | 15,410 | 121 |
Indicated | 46.8 | 0.70 | 7.01 | 0.17 | 1,048 | 10,542 | 74 |
Inferred | 43.2 | 0.65 | 5.95 | 0.15 | 908 | 8,260 | 60 |
Total | 132.3 | 0.72 | 8.04 | 0.21 | 3,071 | 34,212 | 255 |
Category | M Tonnes | Gold g/t | Silver g/t | Copper % | Gold Kozs | Silver kozs | Copper kT |
Measured | 41.0 | 0.79 | 11.6 | 0.29 | 1,041 | 15,300 | 121 |
Indicated | 43.2 | 0.61 | 7.3 | 0.17 | 851 | 10,100 | 74 |
Inferred | 39.5 | 0.58 | 6.3 | 0.15 | 737 | 7,900 | 60 |
Total | 123.7 | 0.66 | 8.4 | 0.21 | 2,629 | 33,300 | 255 |
Category | M Tonnes | Gold g/t | Silver g/t | Gold Kozs | Silver kozs |
Measured | 2.3 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 134 | 200 |
Indicated | 6.5 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 359 | 803 |
Inferred | 6.7 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 310 | 655 |
TOTAL | 15.6 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 803 | 1,658 |
Mungana Goldmines is an ASX listed gold company focussed on
becoming a mid-tier gold producer. Mungana has an
attributable resource of over 3 million ounces of gold,
255,000 tonnes of copper and 34 million ounces of silver.
Mungana has a production target of over 150,000 ounce per
annum in the medium term. This resource and production target
is split between its two main projects; the Mungana Gold
Project and the Tunkillia Gold Project
The Mungana Gold Project contains the Mungana and Red Dome
gold deposits, located in the Chillagoe region of North
Queensland, which have combined Measured, Indicated and
Inferred Resources totalling 2.6 million ounces of gold,
255,000 tonnes of copper and 33 million ounces of silver.
Mungana is currently undertaking a BFS and targeting
production of 100,000 ounces of gold 10,000 tonnes of copper
and 1.5 million ounces of silver annually.
The Tunkillia Gold Project located approximately 600km North
West of Adelaide in South Australia contains a large JORC
compliant resource of 15.6Mt @ 1.6g/t of Gold for 803,000
ounce of gold.
Mungana's initial review has indicated that mining of the
resource via a conventional open pit and processing via a
conventional CIP Gold plant targeting throughput up to 2Mtpa
and production around 80,000 ounces per year is possible.
Information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Tunkillia Gold Project is based on information compiled by Dr A. P. Belperio, who is a full-time employee of Minotaur Exploration Ltd and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr A. P. Belperio has a minimum of five years' experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the
2004 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Dr A. P. Belperio consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
The data in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Mungana Gold Project is based on information evaluated by Mr Simon Tear who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and who has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the "JORC Code"). Mr Tear is a full-time employee of Hellman & Schofield Pty Ltd and he consents to the inclusion in the report of the Mineral Resource in the form and context in which they appear.
Appendix 1 - Corporate Information Board MembersJoe Treacy Chairman
Pat Scott Managing Director and CEO Mark McConnell Executive Director
Ross Hutton Non-Executive Director John Fitzgerald Non-Executive Director Bruce Rathie Non-Executive Director
Jeremy Robinson Company Secretary
Registered & Principal Office Mungana Goldmines Ltd Level 12, 500 Queen St Brisbane, QLD, 4000Australia
Telephone: +61 7 3835 0800
Facsimile: +61 7 3832 5045
Email: info@mungana.com.au
Website www.munganagoldmines.com.au
Stock Exchange ListingsAustralian Stock Exchange MUX
Shareholder Enquiries Link Market Services Level 15, 324 Queen St Brisbane, QLD, 4000Australia
Telephone: +61 2 8280 7454
Substantial ShareholdersMungana Pty Ltd 97.5m Guangdong Guangxin Holdings Group Ltd 25.1m Prosperity Steel 13.0m
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