Addendum to 2014 Annual Report
7 January 2015
ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
ADDENDUM TO THE 2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Australian base-metals company Ventnor Resources Limited
(ASX: VRX) (Ventnor or Company) wishes to provide additional
information to the Company’s 2014 Annual Report in accordance
with Listing Rule 5.21.
ASX: VRX
Capital Structure
Shares on Issue 118.3 million
2014 Annual Report – Company Review, Ore Reserves
and Mineral Resources
On 25 October 2013 Ventnor and Sandfire Resources NL (ASX:
SFR)
(Sandfire)
announced a landmark transaction
(Transaction) designed to fast-track Ventnor’s Thaduna/Green
Dragon Copper Project (Project) into production while removing
the need for Ventnor to raise additional funding for mine
development. The Transaction was completed 4 December 2013
following shareholder approval at which time Sandfire became
the manager of exploration at the Project.
The Thaduna/Green Dragon Project is located 40km east of
DeGrussa and represents the largest copper resource in the
Doolgunna District outside of Sandfire’s DeGrussa-Doolgunna
Project.
Sandfire initially acquired the 35% interest in the Project by
paying $3M upfront directly to Ventnor. Sandfire can then acquire
an additional 16% (total 51%) for the second $3M, and 29% (total
80%) for the third $3M. The second and third tranches will be
spent as exploration and development expenditure on the
Project. Ventnor retains an option to acquire Sandfire’s interest if
Sandfire fails to commence production from the Project within five
years.
Ventnor ensures that their Indicated Mineral Resource and Ore
Reserves estimates are subject to appropriate levels of
governance and internal controls.
The Mineral Resource
estimation procedures are well established and are subject to
systematic internal peer review and external technical review
undertaken by highly competent and qualified professionals.
These reviews have not identified any material issues and are
undertaken as part of a formal risk assessment. Ventnor
periodically reviews the governance framework in line with the
expansion and development of its business.
The Competent Person named by the Company is a Member or
Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and
qualifies as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 JORC
Code.
Unlisted Options 3.8 million
Market Cap @ 4.7¢ a share
$5.5 million (Fully Diluted)
Corporate Directory
Paul Boyatzis
Non-Executive Chairman
Bruce Maluish
Managing Director
Peter Pawlowitsch
Non-Executive Director
John Geary
Company Secretary
Company Projects
Thaduna/Green Dragon Copper
Project in the Doolgunna
district, WA (subject to SFR
Farm-in)
Warrawanda Nickel Project
south of Newman, WA
Georgina Basin IOCG Project in
western Queensland
Recent application for a
tenement adjacent to the
Tropicana Gold Mine
The Company is actively
assessing other base metal
projects in Australia.
Prior to the date of the VRX/SFR JV Ventnor had re-estimated a 2004 JORC Code compliant
copper resource which was announced 12 February 2013. The estimation update was
undertaken by Cube Consulting, based on data and geological interpretations provided by
Ventnor. The estimation was made using a grade-constrained model with a 0.2% Cu
wireframe constraint, while reporting above a cutoff grade of 0.5% Cu.
The total estimated Indicated and Inferred Resource was 7.84Mt @ 1.80% Cu and 3.7g/t Ag
for 141,509 tonnes of contained copper and 945koz silver. The total estimate comprised
1.89Mt @ 1.42% Cu and 2.0 g/t Ag for 26,824 tonnes of contained copper and 124koz silver at
Green Dragon, with 5.91Mt @ 1.92% Cu and 4.3 g/t Ag for 113,535 tonnes of contained
copper and 821koz silver at Thaduna. The estimation was made using a grade-constrained
model with a 0.2% Cu wireframe constraint, while reporting above a cutoff grade of 0.5% Cu.
Following the completion of the VRX/SFR JV, Ventnor estimated an updated 2012 JORC
Code compliant Resource which was included in the December 2013 Quarter Activity Report
announced 29 January 2014. The Company has re-estimated the Thaduna and Green Dragon
Resources at an increased cutoff grade following the results of the Scoping Study which were
announced 28 February 2013. The Scoping Study included budget estimates for underground
mining, which has been used as a guide for higher cutoff grades.
Subsequent to the February 2013 estimation an additional 12 diamond drill holes were
completed at Thaduna, with the purpose of infilling and extending this Resource. A new
estimation has been undertaken for Thaduna using both a higher grade wireframe constraint
of 0.8% Cu, as well as the information included from the additional intersections. The rationale
behind increasing the copper grade constraint is to better define the high-grade mineralisation
from the lower-grade halo that surrounds it near the surface.
The Mineral Resource estimate for Green Dragon remains the same. The Thaduna Resource
has been reported above a cut-off of 0.8% Cu down to 100 metres vertical depth from surface
and above a cut-off of 1.25% Cu below 100 metres. Green Dragon has been reported above
0.8% Cu cut-off for the total Resource.
The table below details results from the re-estimation which includes all drilling to date at
Thaduna and Green Dragon, with varied cut-off grades which better represent Resources for
use in further mining studies.
A comparison is made between the February 2013 estimate and the January 2014 estimate.
The major variation is due to the cut off grades used in the estimates. The majority of the
excluded ore is from the low grade halo on the foot-wall and hanging-wall of the central high
grade zones at Thaduna.
Under the terms of the VRX/SFR JV agreement future variations to the copper Resource at
Thaduna/Green Dragon will be calculated by the competent and qualified professionals at
Sandfire and subject to systematic internal peer review and external technical review at
Ventnor
Thaduna and Green Dragon Identified Mineral Resources as at January 2014 with
varied cut-off grades
Project
Type
Category
Green Dragon
Total Resource
(0.8% Cu cutoff)
Indicated
Inferred
SubTotal Green Dragon
Surface to 100m depth
(0.8% Cu cutoff)
+100m depth
(1.25% Cu cutoff)
Thaduna
Indicated
Inferred
Indicated
Inferred
SubTotal Thaduna
Thaduna
Stockpiles
Tonnage
(Kt)
Cu metal Ag metal
(Kt)
('000 oz)
1.55
1.86
1.60
2.61
3.17
3.22
3.66
3.27
2.3
2.7
2.4
5.9
8.6
6.5
9.8
7.6
19
5
24
10
6
46
34
96
94
24
117
72
55
300
293
720
82
3
85
2.25
1.08
2.21
-
1.8
0.0
1.9
-
3,140
1,410
4,550
2.45
3.23
2.69
4.6
8.2
5.7
77
45
123
466
372
837
SubTotal Stockpiles
Total Indicated
Total Inferred
Grand Total
Ag
(g/t)
1,240
270
1,520
380
200
1,430
930
2,950
Indicated
Inferred
Oxide
Cu
(%)
The 2014 estimate is compared to the 2013 estimate and tabulated below:
Thaduna and Green Dragon Identified Mineral Resources as at January 2014
Compared with February 2013 Estimate
Tonnage
(Kt)
Project
Type
Green
Dragon
Total Indicated and Inferred (0.8% Cu cutoff) -
Cu
(%)
Ag Cu metal Ag metal
(g/t)
(Kt)
('000 oz)
382 0.67% 0.02 -
2.6 -
7
Total Indicated and Inferred Surface to 100m
depth (0.8% Cu cutoff) and +100m depth - 2,960 0.58% 0.03 (1.25% Cu cutoff)
17.2 -
101
-
-
20 -
108
2013 estimate at 0.5% cutoff)
Thaduna
2013 estimate at 0.5% cutoff)
Thaduna
Stockpiles
No Change
Grand Total
.
-
-
-
- 3,343 0.59% 0.03 -
Thaduna Updated Resource Longsection
Green Dragon Resource Longsection
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this release that relates to Mineral Resources and Exploration Results is
based on information compiled by Mr David Reid who is a Member of the Australasian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM). Mr Reid is a contractor to Ventnor Resources
Limited. Mr Reid 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 Reid consents to the inclusion
in this report of the matters based on information provided by him and in the form and context
in which it appears.
ABOUT VENTNOR
Ventnor Resources is a base-metals focused explorer with a JV with Sandfire Resources NL at the historic
Thaduna/Green Dragon project, 170 km north of Meekatharra in Western Australia.
The Thaduna/Green Dragon Project is located 40km east of DeGrussa and represents the largest copper
resource in the Doolgunna-Bryah Basin Region outside of Sandfire’s DeGrussa-Doolgunna Project.
Also in Western Australia, 40 km south of Newman is the Warrawanda nickel project. In western
Queensland, the Georgina Basin project lies within the Mt Isa Inlier, which is well endowed with Iron
Oxide Copper Gold (“IOCG”) systems and sulphide base-metal deposits.
The Company has recently applied for a tenement adjacent to the Tropicana Gold Mine in WA that is
prospective for gold.
Known Copper and Nickel Mineralisation
The Thaduna/Green Dragon copper project has historic mine production; copper mineralisation has been
confirmed with four phases of exploration drilling; a Scoping Study has confirmed the economic potential
of the project. A farm-in deal has been transacted with Sandfire Resources to develop the project and to
treat ore. The prospectivity of the Warrawanda nickel project was increased when nickel gossans were
identified in recent work. Further work is planned for 2014.
Proven Management
The Ventnor directors have extensive experience in the management of publicly listed mining and
exploration companies.
The Company is actively seeking and evaluating other base metals projects in Australia.
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