POSITIVE MAGNETIC STUDY RESULTS AT PIONEER TUNGSTEN PROJECT
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OUTCROPPING GARNET SKARN IDENTIFIED AND MAGNETIC
MODELLING HIGHLIGHTS SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL AT PIONEER
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Red Mountain Mining has identified outcropping garnet skarn at the Mammoth and
Greenstone prospects – two of the three areas that comprise the Company’s 100% owned
Pioneer Tungsten Project in Montana, USA
• The Pioneer Tungsten Project comprises three claim areas – Greenstone, Mammoth and Lost
Creek – located along the eastern margin of the Mount Torrey Batholith, which locally features
massive limestone-hosted garnet skarns, up to 25m thick. These local skarns are known to
contain Tungsten (W) mineralisation as scheelite (CaWO4)
• Red Mountain has submitted 24 rock chip samples, collected from Mammoth and Greenstone,
for multielement analysis to confirm the presence of Tungsten mineralisation in garnet skarns
that outcrop at surface within the Company’s claims
• Analytical results from the initial sampling are anticipated to be received before the end of
June
• A magnetic modelling study reveals subsurface magnetic bodies beneath the Greenstone and
Mammoth claims, interpreted to represent shallow extensions of the granodiorite source of
the skarn mineralisation, indicating that Red Mountain’s claims also have clear geological
potential for limestone-hosted Tungsten-bearing garnet skarn mineralisation at shallow
depths beneath outcropping quartzite
• Red Mountain’s Pioneer Tungsten Project claims encompass similar geology and lie adjacent
to claims purchased in November 2025 by Almonty Industries (Market Cap AU$6.6 billion),
hosting the Gentung Tungsten Deposit, with a mineral resource of 6.83Mt @ 0.315% WO3; as
well as the Ivanhoe and Lost Creek Mines, which are estimated to have collectively produced
680kt of Tungsten ore in the 1950s and 1970s
• Further reconnaissance mapping and surface sampling is planned for June, with the Company
expecting to be able to move rapidly to drill testing of downdip extensions of skarn
mineralisation at one or more prospects, subject to positive analytical results
ASX Announcement
9 June 2026
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Red Mountain Mining Limited (ASX: RMX, US OTCQB: RMXFF, or “the Company”), a Critical
Minerals exploration and development company with an established portfolio in Tier-1 Mining Districts
in the United States and Australia, is pleased to announce that the Company’s US field team has
identified and sampled outcropping garnet skarn at the Mammoth and Greenstone prospects – two
of the three areas that comprise the Company’s 100% owned Pioneer Tungsten Project in Montana,
USA.
The Pioneer Tungsten Project comprises three groups of claims - the Greenstone, Mammoth and
Lost Creek prospects - along the eastern margin of the Mount Torrey Batholith (Figure 1), all with
documented tungsten-bearing garnet skarn mineralisation1
. Massive garnet skarns, up to 25m thick2
are known to occur in adjacent ground. These skarns contain Tungsten (W) mineralisation as scheelite
(CaWO4), locally assaying over 0.5% WO3
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.
In addition to the exposures of garnet skarn at surface, Red Mountain’s claims also have clear
geological potential for limestone-hosted tungsten-bearing garnet skarn mineralisation at shallow
depths beneath overlying quartzite units, where magnetic modelling undertaken by Arrow
Geosciences, indicates subsurface magnetic bodies, interpreted to represent the granodiorite source
of the skarn mineralisation.
Reconnaissance mapping confirms garnet skarns at Mammoth and Greenstone
During late May, as part of Red Mountain’s due diligence process, the Company’s US field crew
completed a three-day reconnaissance field visit to the Mammoth and Greenstone project areas.
During the visit, the team were able to visually confirm the presence of outcropping garnet skarn at
both Mammoth and Greenstone (Figure 2) and collected 24 rock chip samples of skarn and other
altered material (Figure 3, Figure 4, Appendix 1), which have been submitted for multielement analysis,
with results expected before the end of June. The primary goal of this reconnaissance sampling is to
measure the tungsten content of the skarn samples to provide a first-pass indication of the potential
of Red Mountain’s claims to host economically significant garnet skarn hosted tungsten mineralisation,
similar to the estimated 680kt of tungsten ore that was mined at Ivanhoe and Lost Creek in the 1950s
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Pattee, E.C., 1960. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 5552. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38682/m2/1/high_res_d/metadc38682.pdf
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Nelson et al., 2012. https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lentung-43-101.pdf
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and 1970s3
and the mineralisation that comprises Almonty’s Gentung tungsten deposit, which has an
estimated mineral resource of 6.83Mt @ 0.315% WO3
3
.
Figure 1: Surface geology of the eastern margin of the Pioneer Batholith in Montana, showing the location of Red Mountain’s Mammoth, Lost Creek & Greenstone claim areas,
Almonty Industry’s claims, the Ivanhoe, Lost Creek and Greenstone mines, and published USGS tungsten occurrences. Geology after McDonald and Yakovlev (2019)4
, Zen (1988)5
&
McDonald et al. (2012)6
.
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Nelson et al., 2012. https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lentung-43-101.pdf
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https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_108777.htm
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https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_21817.htm
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https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_97585.htm
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Figure 2: (A) Strongly weathered skarn layers with intermixed clinopyroxene and garnets close to the Mammoth Adit. Samples 732288-732291 were collected here. (Photo taken
looking west - 355686mE 5043604mN; refer to Figure 3). (B) Sample location 663911: Pale green to green skarn with <0.5 % garnet stringers up to 2mm thick in wall of 1951 Cut#9,
immediately above historical drill holes WDH3 and WDH4 (Photo taken looking west - 358709mE 5030088mN; refer to Figure 4).
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Figure 3: Surface geology over topography of Red Mountain’s Mammoth claims area, showing Red Mountain rock chip sample locations relative to the location of the Company’s claim
area; Almonty’s claims; and the Ivanhoe mine claim. The locations of the Mammoth Adit, the photograph shown in Figure 2A and the surface projection of Almonty’s 6.83Mt @ 0.315%
WO3 Gentung mineral resource7
are also highlighted. Sample coordinates and field descriptions are provided in Appendix 1.
Figure 4: Surface geology over topography of Red Mountain’s Greenstone claims area, showing Red Mountain rock chip sample locations relative to the location of the Company’s
claim area; and the Greenstone mine claim. The locations of outcropping garnet skarn in the Greenstone area (after Pattee, 19608
) and the photograph shown in Figure 2B are also
highlighted. Sample coordinates and field descriptions are provided in Appendix 1.
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Nelson et al., 2012. https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lentung-43-101.pdf
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Pattee, E.C., 1960. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 5552. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38682/m2/1/high_res_d/metadc38682.pdf
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Magnetic modelling indicates shallow granodiorite beneath Mammoth and Greenstone
Magnetic data from the 2023 USGS Butte extension of the airborne magnetic and radiometric survey
of the Boulder Batholith region of Montana9
clearly show a strong magnetic response from the Uphill
Creek Granodiorite, while the Grayling Lake Granite and the metasedimentary host rocks for the Mount
Torrey Batholith are non-magnetic (Figure 5).
Figure 5: First vertical derivative USGS magnetic imagery relative to the mapped extents of the Uphill Creek Granodiorite and Grayling Lake Granite over Red Mountain’s (A) Mammoth,
(B) Greenstone and (C) Lost Creek claim areas. The images clearly show the strong magnetic response from the Uphill Creek Granodiorite and the muted response from the Grayling
Lake Granite and metasedimentary host rocks for the Mount Torrey Batholith. at all three prospects. The Gentung tungsten resource lies at ~200m depth on the contact between
Snowcrest Range Group limestone and the Granodiorite. As can be seen on (A), the shallow subsurface extension of the Granodiorite beneath Gentung is expressed as a magnetic
high. Similar magnetic features extend well beyond the surface margin of the Granodiorite beneath Red Mountain’s Mammoth and Greenstone claims, suggesting similar subsurface
extensions with potential to form skarn mineralisation. In contrast, the margin of the Granodiorite at Lost Creek appears to generally dip very steeply from surface.
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Anderson et al., 2025. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/63a10b4ad34e0de3a1f2796d
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The strong magnetic contrast allows the margin of the Uphill Creek Granodiorite, which is the source
of fluids for the tungsten-bearing garnet skarn mineralisation in the district, to be mapped subsurface
using magnetic data. As can be seen on Figure 5A, the 6.83Mt Gentung tungsten mineral resource,
which lies at a depth of ~200m on a near flat-lying contact between Snowcrest Range Group limestone
and the Granodiorite10
, is expressed as a magnetic high, which effectively maps the relatively shallow
subsurface extension of the Granodiorite. Similar magnetic features extend well beyond the surface
margin of the Granodiorite beneath Red Mountain’s Mammoth (Figure 5A) and Greenstone (Figure
5B) claims, suggesting similar subsurface extensions with potential to form skarn mineralisation. In
contrast, the margin of the Granodiorite at Lost Creek (Figure 5C) appears to generally dip very steeply
from surface.
To better understand the geometry of the Uphill Creek Granodiorite, Red Mountain engaged Arrow
Geosciences to produce a 3D model of magnetic susceptibility from the USGS magnetic dataset over
the Company’s three claim areas. To correct for the magnetics of the Granodiorite, Arrow completed
its inversion using the Virtual Resultant Magnetisation Intensity (VRMI). The data were inverted using
25m3
cells, with topographic control provided by the globally available Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM) dataset, which has a spatial resolution of ~30m.
The results of the magnetic modelling are summarised in Figure 6. The results confirm Red Mountain’s
initial interpretation of the USGS magnetic data and show a ridge of magnetic material, interpreted
to be a subsurface extension of the Uphill Creek Granodiorite, associated with the Gentung tungsten
resource, where resource definition drilling has confirmed its presence at a depth of ~200m10
. Similar
subsurface magnetic features lie at drillable depths beneath Red Mountain’s Mammoth and
Greenstone Claim areas, with the latter area showing a spatial relationship between the magnetic high
and mapped garnet skarn at surface. In contrast, the modelled magnetic edge of the Granodiorite at
Lost Creek is very steeply dipping. The magnetic model at Mammoth also shows a central “hole”,
which is interpreted to correspond to the intrusion of the later non-magnetic Grayling Lake Granite
into the Uphill Creek Granodiorite.
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Nelson et al., 2012. https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lentung-43-101.pdf
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Figure 6: 3D perspective views looking approximately northwest of the results of Arrow Geoscience magnetic modelling at Mammoth, Greenstone and Lost Creek. Each image shows Red
Mountain’s claims as white outlines draped over topography (which is partially transparent) and shows 3D isosurfaces for modelled magnetic susceptibility from 1000 x 10-5 SI (red) to
300 x 10-5 SI (shallowest cyan surface). Vertical extent for all models is 1km, no vertical exaggeration.
Further surface sampling planned prior to targeted drilling
Red Mountain will undertake additional surface geological mapping and sampling across all three
claim areas of the Pioneer Tungsten Project during June and, as noted above, expects to receive
multielement analytical results for the 24 samples already collected before the end of this month.
Subject to receiving positive surface analytical results for tungsten, the Company anticipates that it
will be in a position to rapidly define drill targets to test for subsurface extensions of outcropping
skarn mineralisation at one or more targets during the current northern hemisphere summer and
plans to move as rapidly as possible to secure the necessary environment and regulatory approvals
with the goal of executing any planned drilling program as expeditiously as is possible.
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Pioneer Project geology
The Pioneer Tungsten Project claims cover three discrete locations, the Greenstone, Mammoth and
Lost Creek prospects, where the eastern margin of the Uphill Creek Granodiorite is in direct contact
at surface with the Snowcrest Range Group (Figure 1). Red Mountain’s claims encompass Tungsten-
bearing skarn mineralisation mapped and sampled in the middle of last century and a number of
historical workings still visible today. The claims also lie immediately adjacent to claims purchased in
November 202511
by Almonty Industries (NASDAQ: ALM / TSX: AII / ASX: AII / Frankfurt: ALI1;
Market Cap AU$6.6 billion), which include the Gentung Tungsten Deposit, which has a total mineral
resource of 6.83 Mt @ 0.315 % WO3
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; as well as the Ivanhoe and Lost Creek Mines, which are
estimated to have collectively produced 680kt of tungsten ore in the 1950s and from 1970 to 197512
.
The Torrey Batholith is a large volume composite complex that forms the core of the Pioneer
Mountains in southwest Montana. The batholith ranges in composition from gabbro to granite, but
is dominantly granodioritic in composition. Tungsten mineralisation occurs along the entire eastern
contact of the Pioneer Batholith where it is in contact with mid-Paleozoic carbonate-rich sedimentary
rocks (Figure 1), but to date significant mineralisation, occurring in scheelite-bearing massive garnet
skarns, has only been found where the limestones of the Snowcrest Range Group contact the Uphill
Creek Granodiorite. Significantly, there does not appear to be any skarn development or tungsten
mineralisation associated with the Grayling Lake Granite, which cuts and is therefore younger than
the granodiorite and associated skarn mineralisation at the Mammoth Prospect.
Historical tungsten production
The earliest recorded interest in the garnet skarn hosted tungsten mineralisation surrounding the
Mount Torrey Batholith dates from the early 1950s, driven by the US Federal Government’s strategic
metal stockpiling program, with significant production recorded from the Ivanhoe and Lost Creek
mines (Figure 1). Exploration for tungsten was carried out between 1951 and 1953 around the Ivanhoe
Mine (also known as the Brown’s Lake Mine), which had been mined for copper, silver and gold in
1928 and 1929, recording production of 5.7t Cu; 647 oz Ag and 1 oz Au13
. Open pit tungsten
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ALM press release 17/11/2025. https://press.almonty.com/almonty-advances-intent-to-become-the-leading-u-s-integrated-tungsten-producer-with-acquisition-of-gentung-browns-
lake-tungsten-project-in-montana/
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Nelson et al., 2012. https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lentung-43-101.pdf
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Geach, R.D., 1972. Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 85. https://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/mbmgcat/public/ListCitation.asp?pub_id=10086&#gsc.tab=0
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production from the Ivanhoe Mine commenced in October 1953 and initially ceased in 1957, with
total production during this period of 567kt at an average grade of 0.35% WO3
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. Similar skarn-hosted
tungsten mineralisation was mined by the Minerals Engineering Company between 1952 and 1956
from a series of adits and small open pits at the Lost Creek Mine, ~5km southeast of Ivanhoe. The
total recorded production from Lost Creek during this period is 19kt at an average grade of 0.18%
WO3
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. Both mines remained idle until 1971, when General Electric purchased the properties and rebuilt
the mill at Ivanhoe, which operated until 1975. Minor Tungsten production is also recorded from the
Greenstone Mine during the 1950s, with recorded production of 900kg of sorted ore, containing 1.2%
WO3
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. It is estimated that total production from the district from the 1950s and 1970s is approximately
680kt of tungsten ore15
.
Authorised for and on behalf of the Board,
Mauro Piccini
Company Secretary
Disclaimer
In relying on the above mentioned ASX announcement and pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 5.23.2, the Company confirms that
it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the above-mentioned
announcement.
Forward–Looking Statements
Some of the statements appearing in this announcement may be in the nature of forward-looking statements. You should
be aware that such statements are only predictions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. Those risks and
uncertainties include factors and risks specific to the industries in which Red Mountain operates and proposes to operate
as well as general economic conditions, prevailing exchange rates and interest rates and conditions in the financial markets,
among other things. Actual events or results may differ materially from the events or results expressed or implied in any
forward- looking statement. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee or representation as to future performance or any
other future matters, which will be influenced by a number of factors and subject to various uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which will be outside Red Mountain’s control.
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Pattee, E.C., 1960. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 5552. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38682/m2/1/high_res_d/metadc38682.pdf
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Nelson et al., 2012. NI 43-101 Technical Report of the Lentung (Gentung) Tungsten & Garnet Deposit https://almonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Lentung-43-101.pdf
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Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results and other technical information complies with the
2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code).
It has been compiled and assessed under the supervision of contract geologist Mark Mitchell. Mr Mitchell is a Member of
the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists 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 JORC Code. Mr Mitchell consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on
his information in the form and context in which it appears.
About Red Mountain Mining
Red Mountain Mining Ltd (ASX: RMX, US CODE: RMXFF) is a Critical Minerals exploration and development company
focussed on accelerating development at its United States and Australia based Projects, located in Tier-1 Mining Districts.
Red Mountain is fast-tracking its Critical Minerals projects in the US and Australia, and the Board and Management is
determined to rapidly define a portfolio of advanced projects to assist the United States and other Western countries with
a reliable, high-quality source of commodity supply, including from the Company’s Armidale Antimony-Gold Project located
in NSW, Australia, which has delivered multiple high-grade antimony rock chip samples to date (up to 39.3% Sb); and its US
Critical Minerals Portfolio. comprising the Pioneer Tungsten Project in Montana, which encompasses the same geology
and exhibits the same skarn-style mineralisation as the 6.8Mt Gentung tungsten resource (owned by NASDAQ: ALM); the
Utah Antimony Project in the highly prospective Antimony Mining District of Utah, adjacent to the Antimony Canyon Project
(owned by ASX: AT4); the Thompson Falls Antimony Project with initial assay results of up to 36.5% Sb at historical mines
located near the NYSE: UAMY Antimony Smelter, and two Idaho Antimony Projects.
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Appendix 1
NAD83 UTM 12 coordinates and field descriptions of rock chip samples collected from the
Mammoth and Greenstone claim areas. As WO3 grades are expected to be <1%, no attempt has
been made to visually identify scheelite (CaWO4) or estimate tungsten content for any of the
samples. The identification of skarn mineralogy (garnet and pyroxene) does not imply that
Tungsten will be present in any sample.
mE mN
663911 Greenstone 358709 5030088
Sample taken from probable 1951 bulk sample location taken from historical trench wall. Pale
green to green skarn with <0.5 % garnet stringers up to 2mm thick.
663912 Greenstone 358712 5030117 Outcrop. Pale green garnet skarn. Quartz rich with <0.5% garnet veinlets up to 2mm thick.
663917 Greenstone 358692 5029901
Float. Moderately oxidized garnte skarn with ~0,5% garnet veinlets up to 1mm thick. Proximal to
1951 prospecting trenches.
663918 Greenstone 358686 5029845
Bleached and altered sandstone with ~5% semi-druzy stockwork quartz veinletsup to 5mm in
width.
663919 Greenstone 358640 5029481
Waste pile from angled shaft still open to ~6m in depth. Granite with pervasive moderate chlorite
alteration and ~5% pyroxene crystals up to to 2mm in size.
663920 Mammoth 355580 5043754 Test pit waste pile. Light mint green moderately argilized garnet skarn material.
663921 Mammoth 355616 5043586
Garnet skarn outcrop near the Mammoth Adit with poddy granualr quartz veins up to 5mm thick
and ~2% brown pyroxene blebs and veinlets up to 1cmin size.
663922 Mammoth 355680 5043569
Skarn outcrop at entrance to a collapsed cave. Sample is dominated by malachite and manganese
with minor chalcopyrite and rare bornite.
663923 Mammoth 355674 5043420 Outcrop of strongly oxidised and pervasive argillic altered granite.
663924 Mammoth 355682 5043363 Float sample of garnet skarn with pyroxene blebs up to 3cm in size.
732285 Greenstone 358706 5030094 Trench wall above 1951 drillholes WDH3 and WDH4. Garnet skarn with garnets up to 5mm in size.
732288 Mammoth 355692 5043609 Mammoth Adit outcrop, greenish gray skarn with ~2% 0.5-1mm garnet.
732289 Mammoth 355691 5043607 Mammoth Adit outcrop, greenish gray skarn with ~2% 0.5-1mm garnet.
732290 Mammoth 355683 5043603 Mammoth Adit outcrop, greenish gray skarn with ~2% 0.5-1mm garnet.
732291 Mammoth 355686 5043604 Mammoth Adit outcrop, greenish gray skarn with ~2% 0.5-1mm garnet.
732292 Mammoth 355680 5043572 Calc-silicate skarn or hornfels with traces of epidote.
732293 Mammoth 355680 5043572 Light mint green moderately argilized garnet skarn material.
732294 Mammoth 355676 5043427 Outcrop of strongly oxidised and pervasive argillic altered granite.
732295 Greenstone 358710 5029911
Float close to 1951 Cut #8. Moderately oxidised skarn with ~1-2% garnet veinlets up to 5mm in
thickness. Proximal to historical prospecting trenches.
732296 Greenstone 358718 5030073 Pale green to green skarn (?) with <0.5% garnet stringers up to 1mm thick.
732297 Greenstone 358727 5030074 Dark greenish-gray, fine-medium grained calc silicate, with proxene blebsup to 1cm in size.
732298 Greenstone 358743 5030056
Float near 1951 Cut#8 road. Moderately oxidised skarn with garnet veinlets up to 2mm thick.
Proximal to historical prospecting trenches.
732299 Greenstone 358770 5030047
Float near 1951 Cut#8 road. Moderately oxidised skarn with garnet veinlets up to 2mm thick.
Proximal to historical prospecting trenches.
732300 Greenstone 358755 5030046
Float near 1951 Cut#8 road. Moderately oxidised skarn with garnet veinlets up to 2mm thick.
Proximal to historical prospecting trenches.
Sample
Number
Prospect
NAD83 UTM Zone 12
Field Description
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JORC Code, 2012 Edition - Table 1
1.1 Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
• Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut
channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard
measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as
down hole gamma sondes, or handheld
XRF instruments, etc). These examples
should not be taken as limiting the broad
meaning of sampling.
• Include reference to measures taken to
ensure sample representivity and the
appropriate calibration of any
measurement tools or systems used.
• Aspects of the determination of
mineralisation that are Material to the
Public Report.
• In cases where ‘industry standard’ work
has been done this would be relatively
simple (eg ‘reverse circulation drilling was
used to obtain 1 m samples from which 3
kg was pulverised to produce a 30 g
charge for fire assay’). In other cases more
explanation may be required, such as
where there is coarse gold that has
inherent sampling problems. Unusual
commodities or mineralisation types (eg
submarine nodules) may warrant
disclosure of detailed information.
• Representative surface rock chip samples
collected by hand from insitu outcrop,
waste piles from historical workings and
float; as described in Appendix 1.
Drilling
techniques
• Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation,
open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger,
Bangka, sonic, etc) and details (e.g. core
diameter, triple or standard tube, depth of
diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other
type, whether core is oriented and if so,
by what method, etc).
• No drilling results are reported.
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Drill
sample
recovery
• Method of recording and assessing core
and chip sample recoveries and results
assessed.
• Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and ensure representative nature
of the samples.
• Whether a relationship exists between
sample recovery and grade and whether
sample bias may have occurred due to
preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse
material.
• No drilling results are reported.
Logging • Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource estimation,
mining studies and metallurgical studies.
• Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or costean,
channel, etc) photography.
• The total length and percentage of the
relevant intersections logged.
• No drilling results are reported.
• Visual field descriptions of rock chip
samples made by a qualified experienced
geologist are provided in Appendix 1.
Sub-
sampling
techniques
and
sample
preparation
• If core, whether cut or sawn and whether
quarter, half or all core taken.
• If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled,
rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet
or dry.
• For all sample types, the nature, quality
and appropriateness of the sample
preparation technique.
• Quality control procedures adopted for all
sub-sampling stages to maximise
representivity of samples.
• Measures taken to ensure that the
sampling is representative of the in situ
material collected, including for instance
results for field duplicate/second-half
sampling.
• Whether sample sizes are appropriate to
the grain size of the material being
• Outcrop rock chip samples are collected as
representative of the sampled geological
unit.
• Float and waste dump samples are not
representative of overall geology but are
collected as potential indicators to nearby
insitu material of unknown location and
scale.
• The surface sampling is reconnaissance in
nature and designed to be indicative
rather than fully quantitative. No duplicate
samples were collected for analysis.
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
sampled.
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests
• The nature, quality and appropriateness of
the assaying and laboratory procedures
used and whether the technique is
considered partial or total.
• For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the
parameters used in determining the
analysis including instrument make and
model, reading times, calibrations factors
applied and their derivation, etc.
• Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (e.g. standards, blanks,
duplicates, external laboratory checks) and
whether acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e.
lack of bias) and precision have been
established.
• No assay results are reported.
USGS Data Sets Used
• The 2023 USGS Butte extension of the
airborne magnetic and radiometric
survey of the Boulder Batholith region
of Montana was flown by helicopter
on 200m spaced East-West lines at a
nominal terrain clearance of 100m,
with North-South oriented control
lines spaced at 2000m.
• All survey data, metadata and relevant
contractor reports are available for
download using THIS LINK
• Surface geology was mapped by the
US Geological Survey Co-operative
Geological Mapping programme
released in 2020 (GeMS) under the
geological Map Schema.
Verification
of
sampling
and
assaying
• The verification of significant intersections
by either independent or alternative
company personnel.
• The use of twinned holes.
• Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verificat
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