Quarterly Activities Report - December 2023
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ASX: SKY
ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
30 January 2024
SUBTANTIAL INCREASE TO Tallebung MRE WITH
EXCEPTIONAL, Consistent ORE SORTING UPGRADE
Quarterly activities report to 31 DECEMBER 2023
Tallebung Project
Updated JORC-2012 Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE)* shows a 53% increase in total
tonnes from the maiden MRE as well as a significant increase in the Exploration Target.
Updated MRE Indicated and Inferred Resources totalled:
15.6Mt @ 0.15% tin for 23.2kt of contained tin at a 0.08% tin cut-off grade.
Exceptional results for the TOMRA Ore Sorting variability testwork at Tallebung show
consistent, very strong upgrades of the resource tin grade, results included:
TBD005 (206-232m): 0.17% tin upgraded 6.6x to = 1.10% tin (99.1% Tin recovery)
TBD008 (152-169m): 0.14% tin upgraded 5.1x to = 0.70% tin (98.6% Tin recovery)
TBD005 (2-22m):
0.21% tin upgraded 6.5x to = 1.38% tin (99.3% Tin recovery)
The extent of the Tallebung mineralisation has been substantially broadened with highgrade tin in three rock chips samples ~200m past the current extent of drilling and also
with tin lodes intercepted in a groundwater monitoring bore, results included:
Rock Chips:
2.60% tin, 2.16% tin & 1.55% tin (OD20231020-1-3)
Monitoring Bore: TBRC072:
18m @ 0.12% tin from 14m, including;
1m @ 1.27% tin & 0.03% Tungsten from 24m.
Further work is planned in the next quarter to further build on these excellent results.
Narriah Project
Six (6) diamond drillholes for a total of 498.05m were completed and strong tin and
tungsten mineralisation was intercepted in all 6 holes of the maiden program, best
results included:
RED001:
13.1m @ 0.14% tin and 0.18% tungsten from 17.7m, including;
0.35m @ 0.92% tin & 5.28% tungsten from 20m.
SKY will use these first stage results to target new areas for large-scale tin
mineralisation, previously untested at Narriah due to sand cover in the project area.
* For further details on the latest Tallebung MRE please see SKY ASX Announcement 23 January 2024.
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MARCH 2024 Quarter – Proposed work Program
Tallebung Project
Continue building towards Mine Scoping Studies to assess the economic potential at Tallebung.
Further diamond and RC drilling (as required) to grow the maiden MRE and increase confidence in the tin
resources over the coming quarter to release Mine Scoping Studies.
Narriah Project
Airborne geophysical magnetic survey to increase drill targeting to discover further tin and tungsten along
with potential Lithium mineralisation within the Narriah Project.
Compilation of the extensive historic exploration data from the 1960s, 70s and 80s will be completed and
will aid SKY in vectoring to potential large-scale tin-tungsten mineralisation at Narriah and will allow
accurate targeting of any anomalies delineated from in historic exploration programs.
The Board of Sky Metals Limited (‘SKY’ or ‘The Company’) is pleased to provide a Quarterly Activities Report
outlining SKY’s exploration program during the December 2023 quarter.
TALLEBUNG PROJECT (EL 6699, SKY 100%)
EXPLORATION TARGET
This quarter a new Exploration Target of approximately 23 – 32 Mt at a grade ranging between 0.14 - 0.17 % tin
was defined from the drilling completed to date. The potential quantity and grade referred to above as the
Exploration Target is conceptual in nature, as there has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral
Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource. SKY will
commence drilling of this exploration target in the coming months with at least 20 RC holes and diamond drilling
with the aim to expand the MRE and grow confidence in this estimated Exploration Target. Supporting report and
further details on the Mineral Resource Estimate and the definition of the Exploration Target are included in SKY
ASX Announcement 23 January 2024.
UPDATED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE
Independent geological consultants, H&S Consultants Pty Ltd (H&SC), were retained to provide an updated
Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Tallebung Tin Project. H&SC compiled the 115 holes drilled at Tallebung
to date, including 85 holes drilled by SKY since 2019, for approximately 19,098 assays in total, to produce the MRE.
The MRE was reported in accordance with the 2012 JORC Code and Guidelines and the Inferred and Indicated
MRE is shown in Table 1 and further details can be found in SKY ASX Announcement 23 January 2024.
Table 1 – Tallebung MRE showing total tonnage, grade and contained metals at a 0.08% Tin cut-off grade. NB:
WO3 refers to the Tungsten reported as an oxide as it is likely to be a significant by-product. Additionally, mtu
refers to metric tonne units which Tungsten is conventionally reported as, 1 mtu = 10 kg WO3.
Resource
Category
Tonnes
Grade
Mt
Tin (%)
WO3 (%)
Tin (kt)
WO3 (mtu)
Inferred
Indicated
10.6
5.00
0.14
0.16
0.03
0.03
15.2
7.93
302,106
131,833
Total
15.6
0.15
0.03
23.2
433,940
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Contained Metal
Figure 1: Tallebung Tin Project – Plan showing extent of the current Exploration Target along with the drillholes sampled for the TOMRA variability study testwork
shown in yellow. TOMRA ore sorting shows a consistent 3-6x upgrade across the entire deposit, increasing average grade from 0.15% Tin to over 0.70% Tin.
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Figure 2: Tallebung Tin Project – Plan showing extent of the current Exploration Target along with the identified
extensions to the mineralisation with the tin intercepted by the groundwater monitoring bore and the location of
the outcropping tin veins which substantially broaden the tin mineralisation footprint, overlaid on the geological
map. New results are in yellow.
TOMRA ORE SORTING UPGRADE
Excellent and consistent results were received for the variability testing of TOMRA Ore Sorting, further
demonstrating the extremely amenable nature of the Tallebung tin mineralisation for ore sorting. The results show
that the product was upgraded on average over 5x across the entire deposit. An average of only 18% of the sorted
mass was in the product, leaving 82% of the mass to be rejected. The sorting product consistently contained
approximately 99% of the tin with no tin detected in the waste for all but one sample (Table 2).
Crucially, TOMRA ore sorting not only increases the tin grade but also greatly reduces the tonnes to be processed
to produce a saleable tin concentrate. There are a number of significant advantages of this reduction in mass for
any potential mining operation.
The sorted mass is reduced to only one fifth of the mass on average, with a much higher tin grade, this means:
Reduced Capex as only one fifth of sorted mass requires processing in a dedicated processing plant,
Opex of any mining operation will also be a fraction of any operation without ore sorting,
Excellent environmental outcomes including:
– A small fraction of the water will be required to produce saleable tin concentrates,
– A small fraction of the power will be required to produce saleable tin concentrates tin,
– Reduced mine footprint including smaller waste emplacements such as tailings dams.
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The samples selected for the ore sorting variability testwork were selected from a variety of lodes across the
deposit, including near surface and at depth, as well as along the entire strike of the deposit (Figure 1). The purpose
of the testwork was to identify if there were any areas within the Tallebung deposit that were either better suited
to ore sorting or where ore sorting was found less be effective. All areas were discovered to be consistently and
exceptionally amenable to ore sorting.
The results of the testwork are consistent throughout the deposit, demonstrating a strong upgrade in all cases
with no tin detected in the ore sorting waste. As such, TOMRA ore sorting continues to demonstrate an exceptional
potential to establish Tallebung strongly as a very low-cost potential tin mining operation.
Table 2: Tallebung Tin Project – Results table for the TOMRA ore sorting variability testwork showing significant
4.6 - 6.6 times increase in tin grade and 1/5 reduction in mass for around 99% recovery of tin on average.
Sample
TBD005:
206-232m
TBD008:
152-169m
TBD006:
25-35m
TBD005:
2-22m
Feed
Size
Mass
Sorted
Accepted
Product
Head
Grade
Product
Grade
Upgrade
mm
kg
kg
kg
%
% Tin
% Tin
x
% Tin
%
8-32
158
26
132
16%
0.17
1.10
6.6
<0.01
99.1
8-32
100.3
19.3
81
19%
0.14
0.70
5.1
<0.01
98.6
8-32
43.2
10.5
32.7
24%
1.15
5.31
4.6
0.07
98.7
8-32
73.4
10.8
62.6
15%
0.21
1.38
6.5
<0.01
99.3
Product Waste
Waste
Tin
Grade Recovery
These results were from samples collected from four wide-diameter PQ diamond drillholes, namely TBD005TBD008. The samples were then sent to TOMRA Ore Sorting Solutions in Sydney and crushed to down into -32mm
grains. The sample was then split into 8-32mm fraction for sorting and a <8mm fines fraction which was too fine to
be sorted effectively and retained as fines for follow up Dense Medium Separation (DMS) testwork.
The 8-32mm fraction was then sorted with TOMRA’s XRT ore sorter into a product and waste. (NB: TOMRA’s XRT
sensor measures and sorts the samples based on the relative density of the samples. As tin is almost 3 times
denser than the waste material, the denser-tin-bearing sample is ejected as the product while the less dense and,
therefore, tin-poor sample, is the waste).
The TOMRA ore sorting results combined with the shallow, open pit Tallebung tin resource and simple gravity
processing of the tin, all contribute to establish Tallebung as a potential low-cost tin mining operation.
RESOURCE EXTENSIONS
In addition to this substantial expansion of the Tallebung MRE, quartz veining with visible cassiterite nuggets was
also discovered in the base of the historic central lead open pit where alluvial tin resources were extracted in the
1960s - 1970s. Three rock chip samples, OD20231020-1 – OD20231020-3, were taken of these outcrops and assays
have now been received (Figure 3 & Table 3).
The samples taken assayed on average over 2.10% Tin which demonstrates the high-grade nature of the veins
with viable coarse cassiterite, characteristic of the Tallebung Tin Deposit. These results show the potential for
further extensions, outside of the already large 23 – 32 Mt Exploration Target estimated as these results represent
a substantial increase in the tin mineralisation footprint at Tallebung (Figure 2).
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In addition to these high-grade rock chips, significant resource expansion potential has also been identified in one
of two groundwater monitoring bores complete last quarter. The groundwater monitoring bores were drilled to
commence recording data for mining and environmental permits to progress the Tallebung Tin Project.
The bores were designed to be drilled well outside of any known tin mineralisation and outside of any potential
future open pit area. However, one of these groundwater monitoring bores intercepted strong tin mineralisation
which substantially expands the extents of the tin mineralisation at Tallebung; results include:
TBRC072:
18m @ 0.12% Tin from 14m, including;
1m @ 1.27% Tin & 0.03% Tungsten from 24m.
This hole was drilled over 140m further west from the nearest drillhole, adding over 140m of width to the 300-400m
wide mineralisation discovered at Tallebung.
Table 3: Tallebung Project – Rock Chip Samples.
Sample
Number
Easting Northing
mE
mN
RL
Grid
Tin
%
AHD
OD20231020-1
460455
6377173
292
MGA94_55
2.60
OD20231020-2
460448
6377165
293
MGA94_55
2.16
OD20231020-3
460456
6377172
291
MGA94_55
1.55
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Comment
Quartz veins outcropping with coarse
cassiterite along margins of veining in base of
central lead, west of the beginning of the trees
before the main lead intersection with the
central lead open pit.
Quartz veins outcropping with visible
cassiterite and scheelite near mullock heap in
base of central lead.
Quartz veins outcropping with coarse
cassiterite in base of central lead, west of the
beginning of the trees before the main lead
intersection with the central lead.
Figure 3: Tallebung Tin Project – Rock chip samples pictured next to the outcropping quartz veins sampled.
NARRIAH PROJECT (EL 9524, SKY 100%)
MAIDEN DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM
SKY has this quarter completed a maiden drilling program of six diamond drill holes, RED001-RED006, for a total of
498.05m to test under the historic workings in the Restdown Mining Area. Numerous historic shafts and small open
pits with at least 6 areas of historic workings have now been discovered by SKY in the Restdown Mining Area,
namely the Arctic, Restdown, Greenland, Iceland, North Pole and Tex Prospects (Figure 4 & 5).
SKY’s maiden drilling program targeted the most developed areas of historic workings with RED001 & RED002
drilled under the historic Arctic Tin Mine, RED003 & RED004 drilled under the historic Tex Tungsten Mine, RED005
drilled under the historic Restdown Tin Mine and, finally, RED006 was drilled to test extensions to the historic
Greenland Tin Mine (Figure 4 & 5).
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Figure 4: Narriah Project – Plan showing recent drilling and locations of the numerous historic mine workings in
the Restdown Mining Area with sand cover predominating across the area and most locations of rock outcropping
coincide with historic tin and tungsten mines.
The first hole, RED001, was drilled under the southwestern end of the main underground mine shaft at the Arctic
Tin Mine to test for extensions to the tin mineralisation previously mined. RED002 was then drilled up dip and to
the northeastern end of the Arctic Mine to test for shallower tin mineralisation. Both holes intercepted extensions
to the tin mineralisation hosted in the Erigolia Granite, results included:
RED001: 13.1m @ 0.14% Sn & 0.18% W from 17.7m including;
0.35m @ 0.92% Sn & 5.28% W from 20m and;
0.8m @ 1.25% Sn from 30m.
RED002: 2.4m @ 0.10% Sn & 0.04% W from 10.65m
The next two holes in the program, RED003 & RED004, were drilled to test under the Tex Mine. From the records of
the historic underground workings, it was difficult to determine the dip of the mineralisation while the strike of the
ore body could be interpreted to be west-southwest – east-northeast.
As the dip could not be confidently estimated, RED003 was drilled orientated to the south and RED004 was drilled
orientated to the north in a ‘scissor’ method to give the best chance to discover tin and tungsten mineralisation
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Figure 5: Narriah Project – Schematic long section of the Restdown Mining Area showing sand cover
predominating across the area with the recent drill intercepts under the areas of the tin and tungsten mines
where the underlying rock is exposed at surface.
under the Tex Mine. Both holes successfully intercepted tin and tungsten mineralisation hosted in the Erigolia
Granite, results included:
RED003: 8.25m @ 0.13% Sn from 19.4m including;
0.3m @ 2.37% Sn from 24.8m
RED004: 0.75m @ 0.17% Sn & 0.77% W from 27.7m.
RED005 was drilled to target the fresh rock under the alluvial tin channel, exploited by the Restdown Mine while in
operation. Historic mining records showed the location and depth of the historic alluvial channel. As it appeared
the area of the Restdown Mine had been preferentially exploited by paleo-erosion, it was interpreted that the area
underlying the Restdown Mine might be faulted or represent a different phase of the host Erigolia Granite.
RED005 was targeted to drill from the side of the alluvial channel and intercept the underlying rock. Tin
mineralisation was successfully discovered in the fresh rock and while the granite phases intercepted appeared
to be consistent with those intercepted in the other holes, it was more deeply weathered than the other drilling,
results included:
RED005: 13m @ 0.14% Sn from 17m.
Finally, RED006 targeted extensions to tin mineralisation under the Greenland Mine. Numerous intercepts of
quartz-rich veining were intercepted; however, only narrow tin mineralisation was discovered. Results included:
RED006: 0.3m @ 0.22% tin from 10.35m
All holes in the program successfully discovered tin and tungsten mineralisation under the numerous historic
workings thorough out the Restdown Mining Area. However, all holes only intercepted the host Erigolia Granite.
Further work will target the more prospective contact areas where Erigolia Granite has intruded the sediments.
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Figure 6: Narriah Project – Schematic cross section across the Narriah Project. The red circle shows the area drilled by SKY where outcropping rocks with historic
tin mines occur. These were drilled in the most recent program. However, the areas labelled ‘Hornfels Sediments’ are most prospective for large-scale and highgrade tin mineralisation on the margins of the mineralising Erigolia Granite. These areas are predominantly undercover and as such these areas have not been
mined or even tested for tin and tungsten mineralisation previously.
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NEXT STEPS
The maiden drilling program successfully demonstrated that the Narriah Project is highly prospective for tin and
tungsten. However, the most prospective areas for large-scale and high-grade tin and tungsten mineralisation
remain untested by both this program and previous workers.
All mineralisation tested in this program was hosted within the granite. Historic mining would have targeted these
areas as they were protruding from the sand cover, however, the most prospective areas for large-scale and highgrade tin and tungsten mineralisation are likely to be on the margins of the 16km long Erigolia Granite which
appears to be mostly undercover.
To better target the exciting potential demonstrated in the first program at the Narriah Project, SKY will now
complete geophysical surveys, including magnetic and radiometric surveys, to accurately delineate the underlying
geology in the area under the alluvial and aeolian sand cover over the project area.
The results of the geophysical surveys will be combined with a thorough compilation of the historic data to target
follow up drilling, aiming to discover a large-scale and high-grade tin-tungsten deposit.
DORADILLA PROJECT (EL 6258, SKY 100%)
RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALISATION – METALLUGICAL TESTWORK PROGRAM
UNSW has identified the clay hosted REE mineralisation to be at least in part hosted in apatite-group minerals
which has been observed to be finely disseminated throughout the weathered clay profile and proximal to the
weathered skarn along the entire 16km line DMK Line.
SKY will continue characterisation work and will use these results to assist ALS Burnie and ANSTO in developing
a pathway for metallurgical concentration and/or extraction of the REE mineralisation discovered at Doradilla. A
first pass trial of ammonium sulphate (AS) leaching at a solution pH of 4 and pH of 3 by ANSTO for samples from
the DMK Line has not shown promise for economic extraction of REE via this method in the samples provided to
date.
However, this is one of many possible methods for economic REE extraction that may be investigated. It is likely
that a number of other extraction pathways will be available given the strong grades and the high value of
mineralisation present at the project.
SKY will continue to work with engaged metallurgical consultants, UNSW, ALS Burnie and ANSTO, along with
other experts, to continue to develop the broad range of methods available to extract the REE, tin and polymetallic
mineralisation on the DMK Line to unlock the high-value, widespread mineralisation discovered at Doradilla.
POLYMETALLIC MINERALISATION – EXPLORATION PROGRAM
In addition to SKY’s work on finding viable extraction pathways for the REE mineralisation, SKY is also planning a
number of programs to continue to evaluate the polymetallic – tin, copper, tungsten, silver, indium, bismuth, lead,
and zinc – mineralisation potential of Doradilla.
This work will include ongoing data compilations, targeted geophysical surveys as required and continuing
geological studies by SKY in partnership with UNSW.
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CULLARIN PROJECT: GOLD-LEAD-ZINC-COPPER (EL 7954, SKY 80%; DVP JV)
Hume Target – Diamond Drilling and DHEM
Diamond drilling completed at the Hume Target in 2021 highlighted the potential of the high-grade, gold-lead-zinccopper mineralisation at depth at Hume. HUD031 intercepted intervals of massive sulphides and strong base metal
mineralisation, deeper than any previous drilling at Hume. Results included:
HUD031:
32m @ 5.09% Pb+Zn, 0.15% Cu, 6g/t Ag from 420m including;
6m @ 8.93% Pb+Zn, 0.51% Cu, 18g/t Ag, 0.13g/t Au from 446m
SKY was encouraged by these thicker intervals of mineralisation at the Hume Target. In the March 2023 quarter,
SKY re-entered HUD030 and extended the hole to intercept the Hume Structure 100m below HUD031. Previously,
HUD030 had been drilled to 303.6m in 2021 to test for extensions to the strong base metal mineralisation intercepted
in HUD005 (6m @ 1.28% Cu & 12.44% Pb+Zn). HUD030 was extended and drilled on to 702.4m (Figure 5).
Initial geological logging and modelling of HUD030 indicated that the hole had drilled through an interpreted
moderately west dipping fault named the Eastern Fault. Although the hole intercept multiple zones of intense
sericite-silica-pyrite alteration, results were subdued. The assay results and advances in the geological
understanding of the Hume Target from this drilling will be studied by SKY geologists over the coming quarters to
identify any further targets for expanding the gold-rich, polymetallic mineralisation at the Cullarin Project.
SKY is looking at a number of new approaches to delineate and target further mineralisation at Cullarin in the
coming quarters. These will aim to highlight areas for discovering more of the high-grade mineralisation already
intercepted across the Cullarin Project.
Figure 7: Hume Target – Cross-section of HUD030 showing the trace in red of the extension of the hole to test the
Hume Structure at depth and provide a platform for DHEM.
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IRON DUKE project: COPPER-GOLD
100% SKY (EL6064 & 9191)
This quarter SKY exercised the option to purchase EL6064 – Iron Duke Project and SKY now holds 100% of the Iron
Duke Project. The Iron Duke Project covers the Iron Duke Shear Zone which is at least 4km in strike and open to
the south. Several historic copper mines occur along the Iron Duke Shear Zone including the Iron Duke, Christmas
Gift, Monarch, Mount Pleasant and Silver Linings mines, along with several unnamed copper workings and shafts.
In the June 2021 quarter, SKY completed a maiden drilling program at the Iron Duke Mine, in conjunction with a
VTEM survey and DHEM, to identify extensions to the high-grade copper-gold mineralisation along the Iron Duke
Shear Zone (SKY:ASX Announcement 2nd June 2021).
An RC and diamond drilling program is planned to test for further extensions to the Iron Duke mine and test the
previously undrilled historic mines at the Christmas Gift Workings (comprising of the Christmas Gift, Monarch,
Mount Pleasant and Silver Linings mines). This program was delayed due to extremely wet ground condition
preventing access to the area. Currently, this program is planned for the following quarters after a detailed review
of the geophysics, mining records, historic data and previous drilling to develop robust targets for further drill
testing and expansion of the Iron Duke mineralisation.
CALEDONIAN PROJECT: GOLD
100% SKY (EL8920 & EL9020)
SKY has now completed a soil sampling program, a phase of AC drilling, two phases of RC drilling and two diamond
drill holes at the Caledonian Target. A review of SKY’s and historic results indicates the Caledonian gold
mineralisation likely represents a shallow, sub-horizontal blanket of oxide and supergene gold mineralisation
developed over an oxidised skarn.
SKY completed a shallow aircore (AC) drilling program over the area consisting of 38 vertical AC holes for a total
of 697m on 50-100m spacing over the 600m x 400m area of mineralisation defined by the previous drilling, soil
sampling and costeaning. Due to significant ground waters intercepted by the AC drilling, preventing all but 4 of
the 38 holes drilled from reaching refusal, SKY does not consider the target concept of a shallow, sub-horizontal
blanket of oxide and supergene gold mineralisation to have been effectively tested. These results will be evaluated,
along with the previous drilling, to direct SKY to further shallow high-grade oxide gold mineralisation in the target
area.
SKY has been informed of the proposed development of a solar farm on the northern area of EL8920. This area
covers the Jerrawa Strike which is a trend of metallic occurrences that SKY interprets to be an exhalative horizon
with strong potential to host gold-silver and base metal mineralisation. SKY is continuing to work with the solar
farm developers to ensure that the solar farm will not be developed over significant mineralisation. The work to
date has delineated a gold soil anomaly which SKY plans to follow up in the following quarters, pending ongoing
negotiations with the Solar Farm developers.
Galwadgere PROJECT: Copper-GOLD
100% SKY (EL6320)
SKY and Burrendong Minerals Ltd (BML) have entered into to a purchase agreement for the divestment of SKY’s
non-core Galwadgere Project. Galwadgere, EL6320, will be purchased outright with $600,000 worth of BML shares
on the successful IPO of BML within a year from the commencement of the agreement.
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Burrendong Minerals has a portfolio of projects centred on the area around the Galwadgere Project including the
Commonwealth Deposit. BML aims to list on the ASX with an IPO planned in the coming months with this portfolio
of projects proximal and complimentary to the Galwadgere Project in NSW. The divestment of the non-core
Galwadgere Project allows SKY to remain focused on developing SKY’s core assets.
KANGIARA project: GOLD
80% SKY (EL8400 & EL8573; DVP JV)
The Kangiara Project (EL8400, EL8573) is located 30km northwest of Yass in the Southern Tablelands of New South
Wales (Figure 8). The project contains volcanic/volcaniclastic rocks of the Silurian Douro Group considered
prospective for gold and base metal (copper-zinc) mineralisation. The high grade Kangiara Mine operated during
the early 1900s, with documented production of ~40,000 tonnes at 16% Pb, 3% Cu, 5% Zn, 280g/t Ag and 2g/t Au
from narrow north-south trending sulphide veins (ASX PDM 18 June 2009). Previous work by Paradigm Metals led
to the calculation of an Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource at Kangiara. Further desktop studies and followup field investigations are planned for the following quarters.
TIRRANA PROJECT: GOLD
100% SKY (EL9048)
As part of a regional review of the Cullarin area for McPhillamys-style gold mineralisation, SKY identified an area
of open ground to the south-east of the Cullarin project. A detailed desktop review of previous exploration covering
Tirrana was completed in the December 2021 quarter. This review identified two key areas for follow up.
NEW ENGLAND project: Tin
100% SKY (El9200)
The New England Projects in the New England Orogen of NSW cover areas of significant historical tin production
at Emmaville. These areas were selected as they were considered to have significant potential to host hardrock
tin resources and only limited modern-day exploration has been conducted. Additionally, recent reviews of the
geochemistry of the intrusions in the licence area have identified significant potential for REE mineralisation to
have developed in some suitable geological settings. During the quarter the Gilgai tenement was relinquished due
to a lack of prospectivity identified by SKY geologists. SKY is currently in the process of negotiating with potential
partners to divest this project as it does not fit with SKY’s central tin strategy.
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Corporate
During the quarter $752k was spent on the exploration activities outlined in this report.
No mining production and development activities were undertaken for the quarter.
During the quarter $55k was paid as Non-Executive Director fees.
Table 4: Tenement Summary.
Holder
Equity
Licence ID
Grant Date
Expiry Date
Units
Area
Comment
Tarago Exploration Pty
Ltd (DVP sub)
80%
EL7954
19-6-2012
19-6-2028
51
144 km2
Cullarin Project,
SKY: DVP JV
Ochre Resources Pty Ltd
(DVP sub)
80%
EL8400
20-10-2015
20-10-2024
52
147 km2
Kangiara Project,
SKY: DVP JV
Ochre Resources Pty Ltd
(DVP sub)
80%
EL8573
23-5-2017
23-5-2029
17
48 km2
Kangiara Project,
SKY: DVP JV
Aurum Metals Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL8920
5-12-2019
5-12-2025
65
183 km2
Caledonian
Project
Aurum Metals Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL9120
30-3-2021
30-3-2027
50
141 km2
Caledonian
Project
Aurum Metals Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL9048
15-2-2021
15-2-2026
52
147 km2
Tirranna Project
Galwadgere
Project
Cuprum Aurum Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL6320
12-10-2004
12-10-2026
14
41 km2
-Purchase to preIPO Burrendong
Minerals Ltd
Balmain Minerals Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL6064
21-3-2003
20-3-2028
5
15 km2
Iron Duke Project
Balmain Minerals Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL9191
8-6-2021
8-6-2027
60
174 km2
Iron Duke Project
Stannum Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL6258
21-6-2004
21-6-2026
38
113 km2
Doradilla Project
Stannum Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL6699
10-1-2007
10-1-2027
14
41 km2
Tallebung Project
Stannum Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL9200
21-06-2021
21-06-2027
74
221 km2
Emmaville Project
Stannum Pty Ltd
(SKY sub)
100%
EL9524
08-02-2023
08-02-2029
92
262 km2
Narriah Project
15
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ABOUT SKY (ASX: SKY)
SKY is an ASX listed public company focused on the exploration and development of high value mineral resources in Australia.
SKY’s project portfolio offers exposure to the tin, gold, and copper market
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