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ASX Announcement
10 July 2025
ASX: MKR
Further Information to 26 June 2025 Announcement Financing Update on the Cobar Basin Silver & Gold
Production Strategy
Manuka Resources Limited (ASX: MKR) (Manuka or the Company) refers to the
announcement titled “Financing Update on the Cobar Basin Silver & Gold Production Strategy”
dated and released on 26 June 2025 (26 June Announcement).
The 26 June Announcement references an increase in the NPV of the Cobar Basin Production
Plan to A$153m.
The enclosed Announcement includes updated forecast financial information in support of the
increased NPV because of the Company revising the commodity price assumptions upwards.
Other than the revised commodity price assumptions referred to above and in the 26 June
Announcement, the Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that
materially affects the information included in the 26 June Announcement and that all material
assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates contained in the 26 June
Announcement continue to apply and there have been no material changes.
The Company also notes, the cross reference to foot note 3 in the 26 June Announcement
referred to the 29 May 2025 as the release date of the Updated Cobar Basin Production Plan;
the Company wishes to clarify the release date was the 30 May 2025.
Manuka’s Executive Chairman is responsible for this Clarification Announcement and has
provided his approval for release.
For further information contact:
Dennis Karp
Executive Chairman
Tel. +61 2 7253 2020
Manuka Resources Limited - Level 4 Grafton Bond Building, 201 Kent St Sydney NSW Australia 2000
ABN 80 611 963 225
Tel 02- 7253 2020
www.manukaresources.com.au
ASX Announcement
10 July 2025
ASX: MKR
Further Information on Financing Update on the Cobar Basin
Silver & Gold Production Strategy Announcement Originally
Released 26 June 2025
Highlights
•
Independent Technical Due Diligence and Legal Due Diligence completed
and provided to prospective Financiers.
•
Terms Sheets received from multiple parties for the refinancing of existing
debt and funding of the Wonawinta Silver Mine restart.
•
Silver and Gold prices remain strong with current spot prices increasing the
NPV of the Cobar Basin Production Plan to A$153M1.
•
Manuka is currently assessing the feasibility of a cut-back of the Mt Boppy
open pit (Mineral Resource of 0.4Mt at 4.23g/t Au for 53.5koz Gold)2 to
augment and add significant value to the Cobar Basin Production Plan.
Manuka Resources Limited (ASX: MKR), (Manuka or the Company) is pleased to
provide an update on progress of the Company’s Cobar Basin silver and gold
production strategy and the restart of the existing 1Mtpa Wonawinta processing plant.
Background
Manuka recently released on 30 May 2025 a 10-year production plan based on its
100% owned silver and gold assets located in the prolific Cobar Basin 3. The plan
comprises the mining and processing of 10.7Mt containing 19.2Moz of silver plus gold
credits (Table 1). The Production Target is underpinned by 61% Reserves. The capital
expenditure required to bring the Wonawinta processing plant back into production in
Q1 2026 is estimated to be A$18.9M. That production plan was modelled using a silver
price of A$50/oz and a gold price of $5,000/oz over the life of the project.
For purposes of comparison alternative commodity prices were used in the cashflow
model as disclosed on 26 June 2025. No changes to the physical parameters or
operating cost structure of the project were made or deemed appropriate and all of the
project information disclosed on 30 May 2025 remains current with no revision or
restatement required. This revised modelling was done to determine project
sensitivities to varied factors; in this case the revenue line by adjusting silver and gold
prices. Natural resource projects operate in a world of fluctuating commodity prices
impacted by external price benchmarks and are regularly modelled under a range of
revenue assumptions that do not require changes to cost structure or physical
parameters.
The ASX announcement of 30 May 2025 disclosed financial sensitivities of the project
to changes in individual parameters including gold and silver prices at page 13. Table 1
1 Cobar Basin Study used pricing of A$50/oz Ag and A$5,000/oz Au, current spot price ~A$56/oz Ag and A$5,125/oz Au
2 ASX Release 25 August 2023
3 ASX Release 30 May 2025
Manuka Resources Limited - Level 4 Grafton Bond Building, 201 Kent St Sydney NSW Australia 2000
ABN 80 611 963 225
Tel 02- 7253 2020
www.manukaresources.com.au
below displays the difference in project NPV and IRR from changes in just the
commodity price assumption
Table 4 further below details the annual financial flows over the life of the project as a
result of these new commodity price assumption and differs from Table 7 of the 30 May
2025 release on ASX.
Table 1: Comparison of project economics resulting from increase in spot prices
26 June 2025
30 May 2025
$A56/oz – silver
$50/oz – silver
$A5,125/oz - gold
$A5,000 - gold
Average EBITDA pa
A$29M
A$22M
IRR
173%
109%
NPV
A$153M
A$101M
Commodity prices
Financing Progress
The Company advises that it is in discussion with financiers to provide funding to
refinance existing debt and bring the Wonawinta processing plant back into production.
Prospective financiers have been provided with independent technical and legal due
diligence reports to support their preparation of terms. To date, terms sheets have been
received from multiple parties by the Company and are under consideration. The
Company aims to reach binding terms on a financing facility early in the third quarter.
The Company further advises that the security shares held by GAM Company Pty Ltd4
have been purchased by existing shareholder and prominent investor Antanas Guoga.
The associated convertible notes have been extinguished.
Mt Boppy Gold Mine – Open Pit Cut Back
The Mt Boppy Gold Mine is located 50km east of Cobar and 151km by road to the
Wonawinta processing plant. The Mt Boppy Gold Mine comprises an existing open pit
with a Resources of 0.4Mt at 4.23g/t Au and a collection of mineralised rock dumps
and tailings totaling 2.2Mt at 0.84g/t Au (Table 2). Approximately 0.2Mt from the rock
dumps and tailings (less than10%) is included in the Cobar Basin production plan.
Historically one of New South Wales richest gold mines, Mt Boppy is estimated to have
produced ~500,000 ounces of gold at ~15g/t Au. The existing open pit was last mined
by Manuka in 2021 when ore grading >4g/t Au was extracted and hauled to Wonawinta
for processing. Production was halted after a severe weather event caused flooding in
the pit and instability in the pit wall.
4 ASX Release 29 November 2024
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The Company is currently undertaking a re-optimisation and reassessment of open pit
designs to determine the feasibility of recovering approximately 53.5koz of gold
contained in the existing In Ground Resource. The In Ground Resource remains open
at depth and along strike and is prospective for mineralisation of the tenor historical
mined at Mt Boppy.
The Company aims to report on the result of the re-optimisation and reassessment of
Mt Boppy Gold Mine open pit cut back during the upcoming quarter.
MKR Executive Chairman commented:
“Following the release of our updated Cobar Basin production plan, we have moved
rapidly to enter into productive discussions with a number of prospective funders for
our development strategy. With technical and legal due diligence reports now complete
we are confident of securing a financing facility in the upcoming quarter and bringing
Wonawinta back into production in the new year.
In parallel, we are progressing a study on a cut-back at the Mt Boppy Gold Mine. With
an in-situ gold grade of over 4g/t, the open pit cut back opportunity presents as a
potentially high margin gold operation that will augment, and add significant value to,
our Cobar Basin production plan.
We look forward to providing further updates to the market on our financing progress
and Cobar Basin production strategy in the near future, along with our plans for the reoptimisation of the Mt Boppy Gold Project.”
This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Directors of
Manuka Resources Limited.
For further information contact:
Dennis Karp
Executive Chairman
Manuka Resources Limited
Tel. +61 2 7253 2020
Investor Relations
James Moses
Mandate Corporate
Tel: +61 420 991572
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Table 2: Cobar Basin Production Target
Tonnes
(Mt)
0.2
Waste
(Mt)
-
Ag
(g/t)
-
Ag
(Moz)
0.0
Au
(g/t)
1.1
Au
(koz)
7.3
Wonawinta ROM Stockpiles
0.2
-
60
0.4
0.07
0.5
Manuka Open Pit
1.4
3.4
61
2.7
-
-
Belah Open Pit
1.1
5.5
67
2.4
-
-
Boundary Open Pit
5.5
23.9
54
9.6
-
-
Bimble Open Pit
1.8
9.0
57
3.2
-
-
Pothole Open Pit
0.4
0.9
41
0.5
-
-
Total
10.7
42.7
56
19.0
0.02
7.7
Tonnes Grade
Gold
Source
Mt Boppy Stockpiles
Note: Tonnes and Grade are rounded. Discrepancies in calculated Contained Metal are due to rounding.
Table 3 - Mt Boppy Global Resource by Ore Type
Ore Type
In-ground
Hard Rock
Resource
Classification
Cut-off
Au g/t
Kt
Au g/t
Au Koz
Measured
1.6/3.0
107
5.25
18.0
Indicated
1.6/3.0
158
4.86
24.7
265
5.01
42.7
17
3.90
2.1
282
4.94
44.8
110
2.39
8.5
Mt Boppy South Pit Shell
110
2.39
8.5
In-Ground Resource
392
4.23
53.5
M&I
Inferred
Total Mt Boppy Open Pit
Inferred
Sub-Total
Rock Dumps
1.6/3.0
1.00
Indicated
0.25
867
0.46
12.8
Inferred
0.25
154
0.39
1.9
1,021
0.45
14.7
Total Rock Dumps
Tailings
Indicated
0.25
410
1.08
14.2
Inferred
0.25
706
1.25
28.3
1,116
1.19
42.5
Total Tailings
Stockpiles
Sub-Total
Total
Indicated
0.00
85
1.11
3.0
Inferred
0.00
-
-
-
Total Stockpiles
85
1.11
3.0
Rock Dump, Tails, Stockpiles
2,222
0.84
60.2
Measured
107
5.25
18.0
Indicated
1,520
1.06
51.7
Total M & I
1,627
1.33
69.7
Inferred
987
1.29
40.8
Total Resource
2,614
1.32
110.5
Note: Tonnes and Grade are rounded. Discrepancies in calculated Contained Metal is due to rounding
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Figure 1: High Grade Open Pit Mining at Mt Boppy by Manuka in 2020-2021.
Figure 2: Long section of the Mt Boppy Open pit looking east.
Compliance Statement
Information that relates to previously reported Mineral Resource Estimates. Production
Targets and Financial Forecasts are from the Company’s ASX announcements noted in
the text of this announcement and are available to view on the Company’s website. The
Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially
affects the information included in the original announcements and that all material
assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant
announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
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ASX Announcement
10 July 2025
ASX: MKR
Table 4 – Annual Summary of Mine Plan - Financials
Production Year
Payable Silver
Payable Gold
Unit
koz
koz
Silver Price
Gold Price
A$/oz
A$/oz
Net Silver Revenue
Net Gold Revenue
Govt. Royalties
Total Net Revenue
Mining
Processing
G&A + Logistics
Mt Boppy Costs
EBITDA
Preproduction Capx
Sustaining Capex
Net Project Cashflow
NPV
IRR
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
A$M
%
AISC
A$/oz
Total
13,184
5.8
735.0
30.0
(19.3)
745.7
(181.8)
(201.2)
(59.7)
(12.8)
290.2
(16.4)
(35.2)
238.5
152.8
173%
35.3
0
-
1
1,246
3.3
2
1,246
2.6
3
1,570
4
1,520
5
1,346
6
1,396
7
1,221
8
1,496
9
1,471
10
672
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
56
5,125
(1.2)
(1.4)
(2.6)
(16.4)
(18.9)
69.5
16.7
(2.2)
84.0
(20.1)
(21.1)
(6.0)
(6.1)
30.7
(4.7)
26.0
69.5
13.3
(2.1)
80.7
(25.6)
(21.8)
(6.0)
(6.7)
20.6
(3.3)
17.3
87.5
(2.4)
85.1
(23.0)
(21.6)
(6.2)
34.3
(2.2)
32.1
84.8
(2.3)
82.4
(17.8)
(21.2)
(6.2)
37.2
(2.2)
35.0
75.0
(1.9)
73.1
(22.2)
(21.3)
(6.3)
23.3
(4.4)
18.9
77.8
(2.0)
75.8
(23.3)
(21.3)
(6.3)
24.9
(4.8)
20.1
68.1
(1.6)
66.5
(22.6)
(20.7)
(6.3)
16.9
(5.3)
11.6
83.4
(2.1)
81.3
(16.8)
(21.2)
(6.3)
37.0
(4.0)
33.1
82.0
(1.9)
80.1
(10.3)
(21.1)
(6.2)
42.5
(3.5)
39.0
37.4
(0.8)
36.6
(8.7)
(2.5)
25.4
(0.8)
24.5
-
31.8
41.1
35.8
32.2
42.3
40.7
46.5
33.6
29.2
20.2
Manuka Resources Limited - Level 4 Grafton Bond Building, 201 Kent St Sydney NSW Australia 2000
ABN 80 611 963 225
Tel 02- 7253 2020
www.manukaresources.com.au
Financial Assumptions
•
Spot prices for silver (A$56/oz) and gold (A$5,125/oz) have been used for the
base case financial evaluation.
•
A refining charge of A$0.25 per recovered ounce has been applied to both silver
and gold based on typical commercial terms.
•
A 4% Government Royalty net of allowable deductions including refining costs,
processing costs and depreciation has been applied.
•
The model has been prepared on a real, pre-tax, pre-finance basis. It is noted
however that the Company has an accumulated tax loss position of
approximately A$70M available to offset against future profits
Wonawinta Operating Costs
Mining
•
Mining is scheduled to commence in April 2026. Mining will be undertaken on a
day and night shift roster except for periods in Production Year 3-4 and
Production Years 8-10 where only a dayshift will be employed.
•
The Company will initially adopt a dry hire model before transitioning to an owneroperator model from half-way through Production Year three.
•
A total Mining Cost of A$3.43/t mined (A$7.00/BCM) includes mining
administration, grade control, drill & blast (where applicable) load & haul, fleet
maintenance, dayworks provision and fleet financing costs (from Year 3) and is
based predominately on recent quotes from contractors and financiers
Processing
•
Processing is scheduled to commence in January 2026 with commissioning to
be performed using Wonawinta ROM Stockpiles.
•
Processing Costs of A$1.28/t ROM feed plus A$25.02/t ore milled have been
developed via a bottom-up approach based on recent quotes and data from the
most recent processing campaign undertaken by Manuka in 2023.
G&A & Logistics
•
G&A Costs of approximately A$500K per month include Site Administration and
Camp costs and are based on recent quotes and data from the most recent
processing campaign undertaken by Manuka in 2023.
•
A logistic provision of A$5.8k per load of concentrate has been made with an
average of one trip per week (4-5 per month) anticipated.
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Mount Boppy Operating Costs
•
An operating cost estimate for reclaiming, screening (where applicable) and
hauling ore at Mt Boppy has been derived from previous operating experience at
Mt Boppy and Wonawinta and updated with recent quotes and estimates.
•
Site Supervision and Overhead A$15.9K per month
•
Truck Loading = A$20.3K per month
•
Screening Costs = A$11.3/t screened
•
Haulage Costs = A$24.4/t hauled
•
Processing Costs = A$27.74/t ore
Capital Costs
A summary of the Project Capital Costs is shown in Table 8.
Table 8: Capital Cost Budget (A$’000)
Item
Pre-Production
During Operations
Total
Plant Upgrades
10,511
20
10,531
Plant Refurbishment
1,810
710
2,520
Camp & Admin
153
1,498
1,651
Restocking Warehouse & Lab
462
492
955
Reagent First Fills
962
-
962
Tailings Dam Lifts
1,000
29,410
30,410
3,115
3,115
Sustaining Capex
10% Contingency
1,490
1,490
Capital Costs
16,388
35,245
51,634
Staff Ramp-Up
2,552
-
2,552
Total Pre-Production Cost
18,940
35,315
54,186
Major Capital Items include:
•
A$10.5M for the supply and installation of a Deslime Circuit including a modular
primary crusher, wet and dry screen, log-washer, cyclones, secondary modular
cone crusher dewatering thickener, conveyors.
•
A$30.4M Life of Mine provision for 9 periodic tailings dam lifts to accommodate
the 10.7Mt of ROM tails to be generated over Mine Plan.
•
A provision of A$420K per annum has been made for sustaining capital from
Production Year 3.
A 10% Contingency has been applied to all pre-production capital costs.
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Value Enhancement Opportunities
•
Strategic Opportunities in the Cobar Basin: Operating a processing facility
within the Cobar Basin positions Manuka to unlock strategic value. The plant’s
capacity to treat precious metal ores presents opportunities to monetise and
potentially support nearby stranded assets that lack sufficient scale to justify
standalone processing infrastructure.
•
Gold Credit from Wonawinta Silver Ore: As previously noted, Manuka has
been generating a modest but meaningful gold credit while processing stockpiles
of Wonawinta silver ore. If gold continues to be recovered consistently throughout
the life of mine, it could deliver a materially positive impact on both project
cashflows and overall valuation.
•
Continued Haulage of Mt Boppy Gold Ore: The current Mine Plan incorporates
0.2Mt of gold ore stockpiles from Mt Boppy—a small fraction of the broader 2.2Mt
Resource of mineralised rock dumps, tailings, and stockpiles at the site. Ongoing
identification of high-grade zones within these materials offers the potential to
further increase gold ore feed and enhance cashflow generation.
•
Further Resource-to-Reserve Conversion: The current Mine Plan utilises
10.4Mt of ore—approximately 25% of the total defined in-ground and stockpiled
Resources at Wonawinta. Additional drilling and sampling could enable the
conversion of further Resources into Reserves, thereby extending mine life and
strengthening project economics.
•
Mining Fleet Optimisation: As procurement discussions with mining contractors
advance, there is scope to reassess and refine equipment requirements and
associated costs. These negotiations offer the potential to reduce unit mining
costs and improve operating margins.
Implementation Schedule
The Company is targeting financial close on the refinance facility and a Final Investment
Decision in Q3 2025. The Company aims to be in production by January 2026.
Table 9: Indicative Implementation Schedule
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
Dec
2026
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Workstream
Jul
2025
Final Investment Decision
Re-establish Camp
Re-establish Offices, Stores & Workshop
Refurbish, Modify & Processing Plant
Commission Process Plant
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Steady State Production
Construct TSF Lift 3
First Shipment of Silver Concentrate
Mobilise Mining
Mining Commencement
Additional Information
•
Appendix A – Summary of the Project Implementation Plan
•
Appendix B – Wonawinta In-ground Reserve Update
•
Appendix C – Wonawinta Stockpiles Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimate
•
Appendix D – Mt Boppy Rock Dumps, Tailings and Stockpiles Reserve
•
Appendix E – Mt Boppy Rock Dumps, Tailings and Stockpiles Mineral
Resource Estimate
•
Appendix F – JORC Table 1
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Compliance Statements
Information relating to in-ground Mineral Resources Estimate for the Wonawinta Silver Mine is extracted
from the announcement titled “43% Increase in Measured & Indicated Resources at Wonawinta Silver
Project” dated 1 April 2021 and available to view on the Company’s website. The Company is not aware
of any new information or data that materially affects the information used to compile the Mineral
Resource and all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the
relevant market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed.
The information in this announcement that relates to Ore Reserves is based on, and fairly represents,
information and supporting documentation prepared by Anthony Stepcich, Director / Principal Mining
Engineer, Maximus Mining Pty Ltd who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
(Membership No. 110954) and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and
type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person
as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves” (the JORC Code).
Mr Stepcich consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their information in the form
and context in which it appears and consents to the release of the Report and this Consent by the
Directors of Manuka Resources Limited. In estimating this Ore Reserve, Anthony Stepcich has relied on
the metallurgical processing, infrastructure and tailings work undertaken by Mr Dieter Engelhardt.
The information in this announcement that relates to Ore Reserves and specifically Mineral Processing,
Infrastructure and Tailings is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation
prepared by Dieter Engelhardt, who is a full-time employee of Manuka Resources Limited. Mr Engelhardt
is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Membership No.108249) and has
sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration,
and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of
the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves” (the
JORC Code). Mr Engelhardt consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their
Information in the form and context in which it appears
The information in this report that relates to Wonawinta ROM Stockpile Resources and Reserves is based
on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Philip Bentley, who
is a Certified Professional by The South African Council for Natural Sciences (SACNASP # 400208/05 )
and is the Chief Geologist employed by Manuka Resources Ltd. Mr Bentley has sufficient 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 2012 Edition of the
‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr
Bentley consents to the inclusion in the statement of the matters based on his information in the form and
context in which it appears.
The information in this report that relates to Mt Boppy Rock Dump, Tailings and Stockpile Resources &
Reserves is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr
Philip Bentley, who is a Certified Professional by The South African Council for Natural Sciences
(SACNASP # 400208/05 ) and is the Chief Geologist employed by Manuka Resources Ltd. Mr Bentley
has sufficient 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 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and
Ore Reserves’. Mr Bentley consents to the inclusion in the statement of the matters based on his
information in the form and context in which it appears
Information relating to the in-ground Mineral Resources Estimate for the Mt Boppy Gold Mine is extracted
from the announcements titled ‘Mineral Resource Update - Mt Boppy Gold Project amended” dated 16
April 2024 and “360% increase in Mt Boppy Total Gold Resources, 80% increase in ‘Measured and
Indicated” dated 24 August 2023 available to view on the Company’s website. The Company is not aware
of any new information or data that materially affects the information used to compile the Mineral
Resource and all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the
relevant market announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed.
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Appendix A: Project Implementation Plan
Location and Access
Wonawinta and Mt Boppy are located 100km south and 50km east respectively of Cobar
in central New South Wales (Figure A1).
Access to Cobar from the major regional centre of Dubbo is via 300km of State
highways. Access to Wonawinta from Cobar is via 70km of sealed highway and 30km
of shire and private unsealed roads. Access to Mt Boppy is via sealed highway and
local sealed road. The distance by road between Mt Boppy and Wonawinta is
approximately 150km via Cobar.
Figure A1: Location of and access to Wonawinta and Mt Boppy relative to Cobar
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Project Tenure
The granted tenements held by Manuka Resources and its wholly owned subsidiary Mt
Boppy Resources Pty Ltd that comprise the Project Implementation Plan and Mine Plan
are listed in Table A1.
Table A1: Mining Leases comprising the Mine Plan
ID
Holder
Area
Grant Date
Expiry Date
ML1659
Manuka Resources Limited
923.8 Ha
23-11-2011
23-11-2032
EL7345
Manuka Resources Limited
59 Units
25-05-2009
25-05-2028
MPL240
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
17.8 Ha
17-01-1986
12-12-2033
ML1681
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
188.1 Ha
12-12-2012
12-12-2033
ML311
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
10.12 Ha
08-12-1976
12-12-2033
GL5848
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
8.63 Ha
15-02-1968
15-06-2033
GL5898
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
7.51 Ha
21-06-1972
12-12-2033
GL3255
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
8.28 Ha
20-05-1926
20-05-2033
GL5836
Mt Boppy Resources Pty Ltd
6.05 Ha
15-06-1965
15-06-2033
Wonawinta
Manuka is the 100% owner of the Western Lands Lease (pastoral lease) on which the
Project Mining lease and Mineral Resource is situated.
To date, there are no option agreements or joint venture terms in place for the Project
nor are there commercial obligations on ground covered by tenure comprising
Wonawinta. No compensation agreements are in place for the Project.
Mt Boppy
The property on which the Mount Boppy mine situated is Crown Land. A Native Title
Agreement is in place with the traditional owners over a mining lease on the western
edge (not withing the current project area). The Company notes that no land within the
licence area may be classified as sensitive land and the site has been subject to over
100 years of intermittent mining activity. No further approvals other than those required
under the Mining Act 1992 are required for current operations.
Site Layout
Recent aerial images of the Wonawinta and Mt Boppy Project areas labelled with key
features are shown in Figure A2 and A3.
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Figure A2: Existing layout of Wonawinta
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Figure A3: Existing layout of Mt Boppy
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Mineral Resource Estimates & Ore Reserves
Wonawinta
The Wonawinta Mineral Resource Estimate comprises:
•
a 38.3Mt of in-ground Resource with a grade of 41.3g/t Ag and 0.54% Pb; and
•
a stockpile Resource of 0.2Mt with a grade of 60g/t Ag and 0.07g/t Au.
The Mineral Resource Estimate for Wonawinta was previously released to the ASX on
1 April 2021 The in-ground Mineral Resource Estimate remains unchanged. The
Wonawinta stockpile Mineral Resource Estimate has been updated. The basis for the
update is outlined in Appendix C of this announcement.
The Wonawinta Ore Reserve comprises:
•
a 6.2Mt of in-ground Reserve with a grade of 56.4g/t Ag; and
•
a stockpile Reserve of 0.2Mt with a grade of 60g/t Ag and 0.07g/t Au.
The in-ground Reserve for Wonawinta updates that which was previously released to
the ASX on 29 October 2024. The basis for update is outlined in this Appendix A and
Appendix B of this announcement. The ROM Stockpile Reserve for Wonawinta is a
maiden Reserve. The basis for this Reserve is outlined in Appendix A and Appendix C
of this announcement.
Mt Boppy
The Mt Boppy Mineral Resource Estimate comprises:
•
0.4Mt in-ground Resource at 4.23g/t Au; and
•
A Rock Dump, Tailings and Stockpile Resource of 2.2Mt at 0.84g/t Au.
The Mt Boppy Mineral Resource Estimate was previously released to the ASX on 16
April 2024. The in-ground Mineral Resource Estimate remains unchanged. The Rock
Dump, Tailings and Stockpile portion of the Mt Boppy Mineral Resource Estimate has
been updated. The basis for the update is outlined in Appendix E of this announcement.
The Mt Boppy Ore Reserve comprises:
•
A Rock Dump, Tailings and Stockpile 0.2Mt at 1.1g/t Au.
The Rock Dump, Tailings and Stockpile Reserve for Mt Boppy is a maiden Reserve.
The basis for these is outlined in Appendix A and Appendix D of this announcement.
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Metallurgy
Eleven different ore lithologies observed within the Wonawinta Resource have been
grouped into five categories - Oxidised Clays, Fresh Clays, Oxidised Limestone, Fresh
Limestone and Fresh Granite. These groups have been further assigned a metallurgical
classification of either Clay, Semi-Competent and Competent (Table A2).
Table A2: Lithology description for Wonawinta
Ox.
State
Met.
Class
Lithology
Sandstone
SST
S rich (sulphates?) Fe rich fine grained brown sandstone
only found in one hole in Bimble in middle of iron rich clay
Dolomitic and
Limestone
Clays
DOLCLY +
LSTCLY
High Ca, brown to dk grey clay, well weathered occurring
just above, or occasionally within dolomite or limestone
CLY-L
Occurs at the top of drill holes, below soil and silcrete,
white, cream, light pink, light grey, light brow, light yellow
etc., low in Fe, Ca and S, except for odd gypsum layer
which usually has no silver
Ferricrete
FECR
Found below or within Fe rich clays, and adjoining
limestone. Hard, shades of red or brown with highest Fe on
site and low Ca. Can be high Mn (pyrolusite).
Granite
OXGRT
Low Ca, S and Fe, medium sized quartz grains occurring at
base of drill hole in one hole in Belah
Oxidised
Dolomite and
Limestone
OX
DOL
+ LST
Dark Clays
CLYC
Fresh
Dolomite and
Limestone
FRSH
DOL
+ LST
Mudstone
MDST
Granite
FRGRT
SemiCompetent
CLYFE
Highly variable in colour with varying amounts of
weathering, Fe, S and quartz-carbonate alteration. Found at
base of drill holes with high Ca. Also known as saprolite
(totally oxidised) or saprock (partially oxidised).
Clay
Iron Rich
Clays
Red, brown, orange with high Fe, low Ca, variable S. Can
contain significant proportion of h
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