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Regional NSW | nsw.gov.au/RegionalNSW

NSW Technology Metals

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Contents Overview of mineral deposits in NSW .......................................................................................... 1

Overview of critical metal potential in NSW ................................................................................... 1

Base metal and iron ore projects .................................................................................................. 2

Post PFS base metal and iron ore projects ................................................................................... 2

Bowdens Silver Project .............................................................................................................. 2

Hawsons Iron Project ................................................................................................................. 3

Advanced exploration and development for base metals .............................................................. 4

Kempfield ................................................................................................................................... 4

Summary base metals and iron ore .............................................................................................. 5

Battery metal projects .................................................................................................................... 7

Post PFS battery metal projects .................................................................................................... 7

Sunrise ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Broken Hill Cobalt Project .......................................................................................................... 8

Advanced exploration and development for battery metals .......................................................... 9

NICO Young .............................................................................................................................. 9

Summary battery metals ............................................................................................................. 10

Mineral Sands and Critical Metals ............................................................................................... 11

Post PFS mineral sand projects .................................................................................................. 11

Atlas-Campaspe ...................................................................................................................... 11

Balranald .................................................................................................................................. 12

Copi mineral sands .................................................................................................................. 13

Post PFS critical metal projects ................................................................................................... 14

The Dubbo Project ................................................................................................................... 14

Nyngan Scandium Project ....................................................................................................... 15

Platina Scandium Project ......................................................................................................... 16

Advanced exploration and development for critical metals ......................................................... 17

Flemington Scandium .............................................................................................................. 17

Narraburra Rare Earth Project ................................................................................................. 18

Summary critical metals .............................................................................................................. 19

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Overview of mineral deposits in NSW The geology of NSW comprises a series of crystalline provinces and younger basins. Each of these provinces have separate geological histories that control known and potential mineral endowment.

The geological endowment of NSW in conjunction with the growing demand for minerals presents opportunities to further grow the NSW minerals sector. Developing mineral deposits will contribute to stabilising global markets for critical minerals and facilitate greater adoption of emerging technologies by providing sustainable supply chains.

Current mining operations occur in key provinces:

- Curnamona Province (Broken Hill), - Lachlan Orogen (Cadia, Cobar, Cowal, Fifield-Nyngan), - The Murray Basin (mineral sands) and, - The New England Orogen (gold and antimony).

Most of the critical mineral resources in NSW are hosted in the Lachlan Orogen, with some cobalt resources in the Curnamona Province and New England Orogen.

Overview of critical metal potential in NSW Table 1 : Critical Metal Occurrences across NSW

Geological provinces of NSW

Curnamona Murray Basin Lachlan New England Cobalt PGE

Tungsten

Titanium Zirconium

REE

Bismuth Cobalt Gallium Hafnium Indium Lithium

Magnesium Niobium

PGE REE

Rhenium Scandium Tantalum

Antimony Cobalt Indium PGE

Scandium Tungsten

Tungsten Zirconium

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Base metal and iron ore projects Post PFS base metal and iron ore projects Bowdens Silver Project The Bowdens Silver Project is the largest known undeveloped silver deposit in Australia with substantial mineral resources. Located on the eastern margin of the Lachlan Orocline/Macquarie Arc the resource covers an area of approximately 113 hectares hosted in the Permian Rylstone Volcanics where it occurs as tabular, flat-lying to gently north dipping zone sub-parallel to stratigraphy. In June 2018, the Company completed a Feasibility Study comprising a single open-cut mine with an initial mine life of 16 years.

Table 2 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 26 km east of Mudgee, NSW Commodities contained: Silver, zinc, lead Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Silver Mines Limited (ASX:SVL) Website: https://www.silvermines.com.au Project Status: Prepare EIS Mining method: Open cut Proposed Plant Capacity: 2 Mtpa

Table 3 : Resources & Reserves (Dec 2019)

Contained commodity Category Ore (Mt) Lead (t) Silver (t) Zinc (t) Measured 76 190,000 3,420 281,200

Resource Indicated 29 72,500 899 110,200 Inferred 23 64,400 713 920,00

Reserve Proved 28.6 91,430 1,992 125,110 Probable 1.3 3,910 71 5,740

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Hawsons Iron Project Independent analysis has confirmed the Hawsons Iron Project is likely to be in the 1st quartile of CRU’s global iron ore supply cost curve (adjusted to 62% Fe). The project aims to produce a product that is 70% Fe, offering the highest iron content available on the seaborne market, because of this the project has received interest from significant steel producers within the Asian and Middle Eastern markets. The project is located close to existing rail and power infrastructure.

A Project prefeasibility study (PFS) was completed in July 2017, for an annual production of 10 million tonnes per annum. The PFS confirmed strong project economics with an NPV value of US$1.1 billion, 30% IRR pre-tax, 18% IRR post-tax. Table 4 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 60km south-west of Broken Hill, NSW Commodities contained: Magnetite Iron Ore Ownership: 69.8% Company name (ASX code): Carpentaria Resources (ASX:CAP Website: https://carpentariares.com.au/ Ownership: 30.2% Company name Pure Metals (ASX:PM1) – subsidiary of Queensland Pacific Metals (ASX:QPM) Website https://www.pureminerals.com.au/ Project Status: Prepare EIS Mining method: Open cut Proposed Plant Capacity: 2 Mtpa

Table 5 : Resources & Reserves

Concentrate grades

Category Ore (Mt)

Davis Tube

Recovery %

DTR Mt

Fe % Al2O3

% P % S %

SiO2 %

TiO2 %

LOI %

Resource Measured Indicated 840 14.5 121 69.9 0.19 0.004 0.002 2.61 0.03 3.04 Inferred 1660 13.6 227 69.7 0.20 0.004 0.003 2.91 0.03 3.04

Reserve Proved

Probable 755 14.7 111 69.9 0.20 0.004 0.002 2.81 0.03 3.04

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Advanced exploration and development for base metals Kempfield Located 41 kilometres to the south of Newcrest’s Cadia is Kempfield, the Company’s flagship project. The Kempfield Polymetallic Project is situated in the eastern province of the Lachlan Orogen. The Kempfield deposit belongs to a peer group of volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposits located at the margins of geological basins. The Project would consist of two open cut complexes, a processing plant, a waste rock emplacement, a heap leach pad and associated infrastructure.

Metallurgical test work has confirmed high grade zinc concentrate (54%-59%) and high-grade lead concentrate (54%-59%), with high rates of recover for zinc, silver and gold. Additional infill drilling is underway to increase the resource potential for gold and silver. Additional resources identified in the latest drilling to be included in a feasibility study.

Table 6 : Project overview

Attribute Details Location: 56 km southwest of Bathurst Commodities contained: silver, zinc, lead, gold Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Argent Minerals Limited (ASX:ARD) Website: www.argentminerals.com.au Project Status: Prepare EIS Mining method: Open cut Proposed Plant Capacity: 1.5 Mtpa

Table 7 : Resources & Reserves (Dec 2019)

Contained commodity Category Ore (Mt) Zinc (t)* Lead (t)* Gold (t)* Silver (t)* Measured 7.4 61,100 30,550 0.86 414

Resource Indicated 12.7 120,000 57,000 1.60 467 Inferred 5.5 68,600 83450 0.64 520

Reserve Proved Probable

* Calculated figures

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Summary base metals and iron ore Table 8 : Base metal and iron ore exploration and development projects

Company name

ASX code Project Name Deposit Exploration results – October 2020

Argent Minerals ARD Kempfield (total

resources) 26 Mt @ 40 g/t Ag, 1% Zn, 0.46% Pb, 0.12 g/t Au

Aurelia Metals AMI

Federation

21.6m @ 18% Pb, 26.8% Zn, 31.9 g/t Au, 23 g/t Ag, 1.6% Cu

maiden indicated &

inferred

2.6 Mt @ 7.7% Pb, 13.5% n, 9 g/t Ag, 0.8 g/t Au

Hera Athena 7 m @ 6.2 g/t Au, 0.9% Pb, 0.1% Zn, 5

g/t Ag Main

Southeast 24 m @ 2.2% Pb, 3.9% Zn, 0.1 g/t Au, 13 g/t Ag, 0.87% Cu

Nymagee (indicated & inferred)

1.45 Mt @ 2.2% Cu, 0.8% Pb, 1.4% Zn, 18 g/t Ag

Peak Gold Mines

Kairos (Peak Deeps)

23 m @ 12% Pb, 19% Zn, 28.4 g/t Au, 70 g/t Ag, 0.4% Cu

Kairos (Peak Deeps):

(maiden total resources)

1.024 Mt @ 4.2 g/t Au, 0.4% Cu, 1.9% Pb, 2.8% Zn, 7 g/t Ag

Devex Resources DEV Bogong 28 m @ 0.6% Cu, 0.03 g/t Au, 2.7 g/t Ag

Godolphin Resources GRL Lewis Ponds (indicated &

inferred) 20.24 Mt @ 0.5 g/t Au, 33.3 g/t Ag, 1.5% Zn, 0.7% Pb, 0.1% Cu

Impact Minerals IPT Commonwealth (inferred) 0.912 Mt @ 2.4 g/t Au, 44 g/t Ag, 1.2%

Zn, 0.5% Pb, 0.08% Cu

Peel Mining PEX

Wagga Tank

45.3 m @ 3.45% Zn, 1.45% Pb, 77 g/t Ag, 0.88% Cu, 1.28 g/t Au

Double Peak: 6.35 m @ 0.45 g/t Au (indicated & inferred) 0.81 Mt @ 5% Zn, 2.4% Pb, 81 g/t Ag, 0.4% Cu, 0.5 g/t Au

Southern Nights

40.4 m @ 7.25% Zn, 3.34% Pb, 95 g/t Ag, 0.87 g/t Au, 0.89% Cu

Southern Nights

(indicated & inferred)

4.14 Mt @ 77 g/t Ag, 2% Pb, 5% Zn, 0.3 g/t Au, 0.2% Cu

Wirlong

30m @ 1.64% Cu, 8 g/t Ag

Sandy Creek 9m @ 1.37% Zn, 0.81% Pb, 0.01% Cu, 6 g/t, 0.02 g/t Au

Silver Mines SVL Barabolar Cringle 6 m @ 0.43 g/t Au, 2.25 g/t Ag, 0.018% Cu, 0.019% Pb, 0.043% Zn

Sky Metals SKY Doradilla 11m @ 1.04% Sn, 026% pb

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3KEL 6m @ 1.11% Sn, 1.48% Cu, 44 g/t Ag, 65 g/t In

Talisman Mining TLM Lachlan

Blind Calf 1.75 m @ 2.53% Cu

Brooklyn 1 m @ 0.6 g/t Au, 0.35% Pb, 0.02% Zn, 0.01% Cu

Kaolin Shaft 2 m @ 2.95% Zn

Carpentaria Resources CAP Hawsons

(indicated & inferred)

2500 Mt @ 13.9% DTR concentrate @ 69.7% Fe

(probable) 755 Mt @ 14.7% DTR concentrate @ 69.9% Fe

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Battery metal projects Post PFS battery metal projects Sunrise Clean TeQ is developing its world-class Sunrise nickel, cobalt, scandium project (formerly named as Syerston Nickel Cobalt Scandium Project) in New South Wales. A Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) was completed in June 2018, which demonstrated the robust economics and long mine life (40+ years) for the Project, and highlighted the Project’s global importance as a sustainable, long-life, low-cost source of high purity cobalt and nickel sulphates for the rapidly growing battery market. Table 9 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: near the town of Fifield, central NSW Commodities contained: cobalt, nickel, scandium Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): CleanTeQ Resources (ASX:CLQ) Website: www.cleanteq.com Project Status: Development approval granted, pre-production development phase Mining method: Proposed Plant Capacity:

Table 10 : Resources & Reserves (Dec 2019)

Cobalt Scandium Nickel Category Ore (Mt) Grade Tonnes* Grade Tonnes* Grade Tonnes

Resource Measured + Indicated 163 0.09% 146,700 76ppm 12,388 0.54%

Inferred 21 0.09% 18,900 283ppm 5,943 0.23% Total

Reserve 147.4 0.092% 53ppm 0.56% * Calculated figures

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Broken Hill Cobalt Project Cobalt Blue is a cobalt focused exploration company focused on developing the Broken Hill Cobalt Project. Cobalt is a strategic metal and is in strong demand for new generation batteries, particularly lithium-ion batteries now being widely used in clean energy systems including electric vehicles. The project area covers portions of the Broken Hill and Thackaringa Group successions that host most of the mineralisation in the region, including the world-class Broken Hill Ag-Pb-Zn deposit. Cobalt Blue is proceeding with a Bankable Feasibility Study focusing upon revenue increases (mine life extension, cobalt recovery improvements, elemental sulphur market and potentially iron oxide product) and cost reductions.

Table 11 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 25 km west of Broken Hill, NSW Commodities contained: cobalt Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Cobalt Blue (ASX:COB) Website: www.cobaltblueholdings.com/

Project Status: PFS completed, prepare application for SEARs

Mining method: Open cut Proposed Plant Capacity: 5.25 Mtpa

Table 12 : Resources & Reserves (Dec 2019)

Contained commodity Category Ore (Mt) Cobalt (t) Measured 18 17,100

Resource Indicated 55 37,500 Inferred 38 24,900

Reserve Proved Probable 46.3 38,000*

* Calculated figures

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Advanced exploration and development for battery metals NICO Young NICO Young cobalt nickel project has the potential to be one of Australia's largest nickel-cobalt operations. Jervois finalised its Nico Young Technical Study on a heap leach facility. The study confirmed an attractive long-life nickel-cobalt project.

Table 13 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 300 km west of Sydney, NSW Commodities contained: cobalt, nickel Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Jervois Mining Limited (ASX:JRV) Website: jervoismining.com.au Project Status: Mining method: Proposed Plant Capacity:

Table 14 : Resources & Reserves

Contained commodity Category Ore (Mt) Cobalt (t)* Nickel (t)* Measured

Resource Indicated 3.2 1,280 21,440 Inferred 90.1 45,050 567,630

Reserve Proved Probable

* Calculated figures

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Summary battery metals Table 15 : Advanced battery metal exploration and development projects

Company name

ASX code Project Name Deposit Exploration results – October 2020

Alchemy Resources ALY West Lynn

(maiden inferred) 14.7 Mt @ 0.85% Ni, 0.05% Co

Summervale: (maiden inferred)

6.55 Mt @ 20.8% Al2 03, 6.64 Mt @ 0.82% Ni, 0.04% Co

Alpha HPA A4N Homeville (indicated & inferred)

17.9 Mt @ 0.89% Ni, 0.06% Co, 22% Fe, 3.6% Al

Australian Mines AUZ Flemington 15 m @ 2054 ppm Co

Castillo Copper CCZ Jackaderry (maiden

inferred) 3.21 Mt @ 3.35% Cu, 0.8 g/t Au, 20.17 g/t Ag, 0.37% Zn, 0.005% Co

Clean TeQ CLQ Sunrise

(total reserves)

147.4 Mt @ 0.56% Ni, 0.092% Co, 53 ppm Sc

Cobalt/Nickel: (total

resources) 101 Mt @ 0.59% Ni, 0.13% Co

Cobalt Blue COB Broken Hill Cobalt

(probable) 71.8 Mt @ 710 ppm Co (total

resources) 123 Mt @ 660 ppm Co

Big Hill: (indicated &

inferred) 15 Mt @ 584 ppm Co

Pyrite Hill: (total

resources) 34 Mt @ 847 ppm Co

Railway: (indicated &

inferred) 74 Mt @ 591 ppm Co

Jervois Mining JRV Nico Young

Ardnaree & Thuddungra:

(inferred) 90.1 Mt @ 0.63% Ni, 0.05% Co

Ardnaree: (indicated) 3.2 Mt @ 0.67% Ni, 0.04% Co

Platina Resources PGM Owendale Cobalt: (total

resources) 16.9 Mt @ 315 ppm Sc, 0.29 g/t Pt, 0.22% Ni, 0.12% Co

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Mineral Sands and Critical Metals Post PFS mineral sand projects Atlas-Campaspe Atlas-Campaspe Project is being developed by Cristal Mining Australia Limited, which was renamed Tronox Mining Australia Limited (Tronox) following the acquisition by Tronox in 2019. The deposit consists of over 6.5Mt of contained heavy mineral to be concentrated and processed into ilmenite, leucoxene, zircon and rutile end products. The mine has a potential mine life of 20 years.

Table 16 : Project Overview

Attribute Details

Location: 90 km north of Balranald, NSW Commodities contained: ilmenite, leucoxene, zircon, rutile Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Tronox Mining Australia Website: www.tronox.com Project Status: Construction activities on site Mining method: Open cut (dry mining)

Proposed Plant Capacity: 7.2 Mtpa

Table 17 : Resources & Reserves

Resource Reserve Contained Heavy Mineral sands

Campaspe Atlas Atlas Total

97.37 Mt @ 4.72 % HM 21.8 Mt @ 9.6% HM 11.3 Mt @ 15.4% HM 6.5 Mt

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Balranald Balranald and Nepean are two rutile-rich deposits in the northern Murray Basin, New South Wales. A drilling programme to provide more detailed understanding of the deposit mineralisation was completed in late 2018. The results were positive and have increased Iluka’s confidence. The proposed final trial is currently being planned and is designed to determine whether the underground mining and backfilling technology is economically viable in a continuous mining and processing environment.

Table 18 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 12 km north west of the town of Balranald, NSW Commodities contained: ilmenite, zircon, rutile Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Iluka Resources Limited (ASX:ILU) Website: www.iluka.com Project Status: Approved - awaiting final investment decision Mining method: Underground

Proposed Plant Capacity:

Table 19 : Resources & Reserves

Resource Contained Heavy Mineral sands 45.5 Mt @ 31% HM 14.4 Mt

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Copi mineral sands The Copi deposit is a higher-grade strandline-type, ilmenite-rutile-zircon-leucoxene (titanium, zirconium) placer deposit, located in the Murray Basin in south-western NSW, including Copi North and Sunshine, Sunshine extension, Copi South, Springwood and Magic deposits. The deposit is characterised by low slimes (2.8%) and minimal oversize (2%). The Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the Copi Project was completed December 2019, a final feasibility study is now underway. The company's proposed operating philosophy will be based on a dry mining open pit truck and excavator operation processing 1.5 million tonnes per annum (tpa) of heavy Mineral Sands.

Table 20 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 170 km south of Broken Hill, Murray Basin, NSW Commodities contained: ilmenite, rutile, zircon, leucoxene Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Relentless Resources Limited Website: www.relentlessresources.com.au Project Status: Prepare EIS Mining method: dry mining open pit truck and excavator

Proposed Plant Capacity: 1.5 Mtpa

Table 21 : Resources & Reserves

Resource Contained Heavy Mineral sands

39.1 Mt @ 4.5% HM 1.7 Mt

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Post PFS critical metal projects The Dubbo Project The Dubbo Project is a world-class large in-ground resource for zirconium, hafnium, niobium, yttrium and rare earth elements. It is the most advanced poly-metallic project of its kind outside China, making it a potential strategic and independent supply of critical minerals for a range of sustainable technologies and future industries. It has a potential mine life of 70+ years. To complement the Dubbo Project the proponent, Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) has secured the commercial rights to a metallisation process known as Ziron Tech, allowing the production of high-purity metals from oxides with significantly less energy requirements compared to conventional methods. ASM is currently operating a pilot plant for the Ziron technology with successful production of: Titanium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Neodymium-praseodymium, Dysprosium, Zirconium.

Table 22 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 25 km south of Dubbo, NSW Commodities contained: zirconium, hafnium, niobium, rare earth elements Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Australian Strategic Materials (ASX:ASM) Website: asm-au.com Project Status: Approvals granted, construction ready, subject to financing Mining method: Proposed Plant Capacity: 1 Mtpa

Table 23 : Resources & Reserves

Contained commodity Category Ore (Mt) Total Rare Earth oxides (t)* Measured 42.81 316,794

Resource Indicated Inferred 32.37 239,538

Reserve Proved 18.9 139,860 Probable

* Calculated figures

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Nyngan Scandium Project Nyngan Scandium Project is world's first scandium-only mine development project. Surface mining at the site is anticipated to be done by conventional truck and shovel method. The resource is a typical tertiary laterite, composed of limonites and saprolites. Minerals exploration at the site has defined a measured and indicated resource significantly larger than the currently planned 20-year mine life outlined in the feasibility study. Production targeted for approximately 38,000 kg per year of scandium oxide (Sc2O3).

Table 24 : Project Overview

Attribute Details

Location: 500 km NW of Sydney, NSW Commodities contained: scandium Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Scandium International Mining Corp. (TSX:SCY.To) Website: www.scandiummining.com Project Status: mining lease granted Mining method: Open cut Proposed Plant Capacity:

Table 25 : Resources & Reserves

Scandium Category Ore (Mt) Grade Tonnes* Resource 16.9 235ppm 3,972 Reserve 1.43 409ppm 585

* Calculated figures

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Platina Scandium Project Owendale is one of the world’s highest-grade scandium deposits and has potential to be Australia’s first scandium producer with platinum, cobalt and nickel credits. The DFS has confirmed the technical and financial viability of constructing a simple, low-strip ratio, open-cut mining operation and processing facility producing scandium oxide. Table 26 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 53 km north-east of Condobolin, NSW Commodities contained: cobalt, scandium, nickel Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Website: www.platinaresources.com.au Project Status: Prepare EIS Mining method: Open cut Proposed Plant Capacity:

Table 27 : Resources & Reserves (Dec 2019)

Contained commodity Category Ore (Mt) Scandium (t) Cobalt (t) Nickel (t) Measured 8 5,200 5,400 9,900

Resource Indicated 13 7,800 8,100 13,400 Inferred 15 8,900 7,000 12,400

Reserve Proved 3,054 2,696 2,945 4,054 Probable 972 816 654 767

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Advanced exploration and development for critical metals Flemington Scandium Australian Mines' Flemington Project is located within 400 km of Sydney, NSW and represents a potential second cobalt-nickel-scandium operation for the Company. During the year, Australian Miens exercised its option to take full ownership of this project following which the Company commenced a Mineral Resource expansion drilling program, which represents the largest exploration/resource definition program even undertaken across the project area and is a clear show of confidence in the Flemington Project's ability to potentially host a nationally important cobalt resource.

Table 28 : Project Overview

Attribute Details

Location: 400 km west of Sydney, NSW Commodities contained: scandium, cobalt, nickel Ownership: 100% Company name (ASX code): Australian Mines Limited (ASX:AUZ) Website: australianmines.com.au Project Status: Prepare EIS Mining method:

Proposed Plant Capacity:

Table 29 : Resources & Reserves

Cobalt Scandium Nickel Category Ore (Mt) Grade Tonnes Grade Tonnes Grade Tonnes Resource 2.7 0.101% 2,727 403 ppm 1,090 2423 ppm

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Narraburra Rare Earth Project Narraburra, 375 km west of Sydney, contains zirconium oxide, yttrium oxide, rare earth oxides, niobium oxide, and thorium oxide, hosted by deeply weathered and fresh leucogranite. Positive results from metallurgical test work on samples of weathered resource material from the Narraburra Prospect indicate that a saleable Rare Metal and REE concentrate could be produced by conventional treatment methods.

Table 30 : Project Overview

Attribute Details Location: 375 km west of Sydney Commodities contained: Rare earth elements Ownership: Company name (ASX code): Paradigm Resources

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Summary critical metals Table 31 : Advanced mineral sands & critical metal exploration and development projects

Metal group

Company name

ASX code Project Name Deposit Exploration results – October

2020

Crit

ical

Met

als

Australian Strategic Materials

ASM Dubbo Project (total resources)

75.18 Mt @ 1.89% ZrO2 , 0.44% Nb2 O5 , 0.04% HfO2 , 0.03% Ta2 O5 , 0.88% Total REO

Chase Mining CML Torrington

Wild Kate & Mt Everard: (indicated &

inferred)

0.341 Mt @ 958 ppm W

Clean TeQ CLQ Sunrise Scandium:

(total resources)

45.7 Mt @ 421 ppm Sc

Platina Resources PGM Owendale

Scandium: (total

reserves)

4.027 Mt @ 0.09% Co, 0.12% Ni, 570 ppm Sc

Scandium: (total

resources)

35.6 Mt @ 0.28 g/t Pt, 0.06% Co, 0.1% Ni, 405 ppm Sc

Sky Metals SKY Tallebung 5 m @ 1.33% Sn, 0.04% W, 16.12 ppm Ag

Min

eral

San

ds Tronox NYSE:

TROX Atlas–

Campaspe (probable) 88 Mt @ 6.5% THM

Iluka ASX:ILU Balranald (probable) 45.5 Mt @ 31% HM

© State of New South Wales through the Department of Regional NSW 2021. The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (November 2020). However, because of advances in knowledge, users are reminded of the need to ensure that the information upon which they rely is up to date and to check the currency of the information with the appropriate officer of the Department Regional NSW or the user’s independent adviser.