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ASX Release
11 August 2026
TUNGSTEN PROJECT UPDATE - SUPPLEMENTARY
Dart Mining NL (ASX:DTM) (Dart Mining or the Company) provides this announced as a supplementary to
the announcement released on 4 August 2026.
This announcement includes the following additions and clarifications:
• Clarification of the results from Alderan Resources for the McHarg’s Prospect, which were from
laboratory analysis.
• A revised competent person statement.
• The addition of Appendix One - McHarg’s Drill Hole Collars.
• The addition of Appendix Two - JORC Code Table 1.
Dart Mining NL announced on 4 August 2026 that Dart Geologists have uncovered significant tungsten drill
intersections and a resource estimation (both non-JORC compliant)1
from historic exploration undertaken in
the 1970s and 1980s at the McHargs Tungsten Prospect as part of its review of its Victorian tin-tungsten
projects in Northeast Victoria (Figure 1 and Figure 3).
HIGHLIGHTS
The Project area has substantial recorded tin and tungsten production. Inspection of the historic mining
and exploration data for McHargs and Keady’s Tungsten Prospects revealed:
• McHarg's sits centrally in the 4.5km Langi Dorn Fault zone which is up to 100m in width and 4.5km
in strike. The eastern end of the fault contains the Langi Dorn gold-tungsten prospect (Figure 2).
• Historic drill intersections1
from parallel zones at McHarg’s8
include: 2.3m @ 0.53% WO3 from
27.4m (DDH1), 3.1m @ 0.88% WO3 from 18.29m (DDH2), 2.9m @ 0.97% WO3 from 32m (DDH2)
and 1.5m @ 0.80% WO3 from 51.7m (DDH3). Peak values over 0.76m were 0.63% WO3 at 28.1m
depth (DDH1), 1.37% WO3 at 32.4m depth (DDH2), and over 0.7m, 1.2% WO3 at 51.7m depth (DDH3).
• Non-JORC compliant resource estimate9 & 10
declared by RB Mining in 1983 - 353,000 tonnes with
an average grade of 0.6% WO3 at McHarg’s1
based upon drill holes and surface trenches.
• Rock chips of gossanous quartz-barite assayed up to 7.4g/t Au at Hall’s Barite Prospect 2km east
and along strike of McHarg's in the 4.5km mylonite zone hosted by the Langi Dorn Fault12
.
• Historic grab samples1
from Keady’s Tungsten Prospect4
at Koetong tin-tungsten zone returned
assays up to 5.94% WO3 & 10.0% Sn.
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• Historical workings and exploration at Keady’s suggest there may be untested extensions, multiple
parallel zones or low-grade mineralisation nearby. The Koetong tungsten-tin reefs appear to have
strong similarities to Mt Paynter (Not owned by Dart Mining - JORC 2004 resource of 245,000
tonnes grading 0.45% Tungsten and 0.27% Tin)14&15
and both are hosted by the Koetong Granite;
• Field inspections and drill testing are planned for the McHarg's/Hall’s/Langi Dorn and Koetong
prospects.
1Note: the reported information has been extracted from external reports. Full details of the date and location of the
report are as separately referenced below. The reported information has not been prepared in accordance with the JORC
Code. A Competent Person has not done sufficient work to classify the information reported within these sources in
accordance with the JORC Code. It is uncertain that following evaluation and/or further exploration work that the
reported information will be able to be reported in accordance with the JORC Code. Nothing has come to the attention
of the Company that causes it to question the accuracy or reliability of the historically reported Exploration Results and
historical resource estimates; but the Company has not independently validated these Exploration Results and historical
resource estimates therefore is not to be regarded as reporting, adopting or endorsing those results. Historical resource
estimates are based upon drilling and surface sampling results with no consideration of metallurgical recovery, mining
parameters or economic extraction. The scale of the historical estimates, should they be confirmed by further
exploration, is such that they are material to the company and therefore are reported. The company is assessing the
work required to verify the historical estimates to the standards of the JORC Code.
Dart Mining’s Chairman, James Chirnside, commented: “After unearthing significant tungsten drill
intersections and grab sample assays, through comprehensive research, field inspection will be an important
reconnaissance step in considering any future diamond drilling program at the McHarg's and Keady’s
Tungsten Prospects. The team are excited by the early interpretation of the geology of the area, and keen
to explore this tungsten and tin potential further.”
Dart holds 100% of the granted tenements at Walwa (EL007426 – 499sq.km), Cudgewa (EL006866 –
508sq.km) and Berringama (EL007170 – 27sq.km) which are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 – Tenement location showing historic tin and tungsten mines and prospects
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MCHARGS TUNGSTEN PROSPECT1
Parallel scheelite mineralised lodes within a mylonitic pegmatite up to 30m in width are known at the
McHargs Tungsten Project8
, 5km southeast of Walwa1
. McHargs was previously explored at a time of low
tungsten prices and was deemed non-economic at the time. McHargs Tungsten Prospect is situated on
private property and provides a strong priority exploration target. No land access agreement is in place for
McHargs at this time.
McHargs was discovered by Comalco in 1970 via a water sample rich in fluorite. Comalco completed a soil
sampling grid with laboratory assays at a 30m x 30m spacing in 1971 to 1972 and detailed mapping at 1:1000
scale. ML 9167 & ML 9168 were taken over the McHargs deposit. Comalco describes the geology of the area
within the leases as granite which has been intruded by several pegmatite, quartz-felspar-porphyry, quartz-
porphyry and aplite dykes, whose overall direction is approximately northeast. Minor diorite is associated
with some of the porphyry dykes.
The major structure is an east-west quartz-filled shear zone called the Langi Dorn Fault which extends for
approximately 4.5km and is cut off by a granite intrusion at the eastern end and is interpreted as open to
the west (Figure 2). The quartz reef does not outcrop continuously over the length of the Langi Dorn Fault
and shows small displacements. The rocks in the shear zone adjacent to the quartz are highly altered and
silicified.
Figure 2 – Plan of Langi Dorn Fault zone showing One Tree Hill, McHarg's and Hall's prospects
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Petrological studies by AMDEL on three samples from McHargs showed that the rock is a pegmatite with
abundant tourmaline (to 50% by volume) which has undergone intense deformation producing
recrystallization and highly cataclastic textures. The pegmatite appears to have been injected into the granite
during shearing. Comalco concluded that the scheelite occurred in discontinuous mylonite lenses and
patches adjacent to the 2m to 12m wide quartz reef. The quartz reef was thought to have been emplaced
through multiple events leaving a massive central core with brecciated quartz and highly silicified and altered
rocks cemented by quartz on either side of the core. Smaller parallel reefs were noted and were recorded as
merging with the main reef.
Abundant pyrite, arsenopyrite and scheelite were recorded as occurring in lenses within the mylonite in
altered granite adjacent to the quartz reef. Scheelite occurred as fine grains, often in bands parallel to
schistosity, and occasionally as larger patches. Mapping indicated scheelite mineralisation over a vertical
height of ~200 m, cropping out between elevations of 290 and 490 m8
.
In 1974 Comalco drilled three diamond holes for 194m. All three holes had mixed mylonite and granite zones
over an average width in excess of 30m. Each hole had abundant scheelite recorded in zones between 1.5m
and 3.1m thick and additional zones with scheelite present. Drill intersections1
at McHarg's in the first three
diamond drill holes are shown in Table 1. Assays only included tungsten and fluorine and did not include tin
or gold although they are now known to occur in the area.
Table 1 – Results from the first three diamond drillholes at McHargs8
Hole ID Intersection
Width of
intersection
Tungsten as %WO3
Peak Tungsten as
%WO3
DDH1 13.7m - 16.0m 2.3m 0.16% 0.29%
DDH1 27.4m - 29.7m 2.3m 0.53% 0.79%
DDH2 31.7m - 34.6m 2.9m 1.22% 1.48%
DDH2 16.3m - 19.4m 3.1m 1.11% 1.73%
DDH3 46.3m - 47.0m 0.7m 0.18% 0.18%
DDH3 51.7m - 53.2m 1.5m 1.01% 1.54%
Comalco8
reported an indicated ore reserve of 170t of scheelite, 17,000t at a grade of 1.26% WO3
1
(non-
JORC) over a 90m strike and 20-30m depth.
Comalco concluded that the tungsten was uneconomic. Tungsten prices in 1974 were USD$4,300-$5,000 per
tonne of Ammonium Paratungstate (which is 79.3% tungsten).
In 1983 RB Mining9 & 10
excavated and sampled trenching over more than 1km of strike. RB Mining declared
a resource9 & 10
of 353,000 tonnes with an average grade of 0.6% WO3 (non-JORC) at McHarg’s1
based upon
the 3 Comalco drillholes and 22 surface trenches excavated with a bulldozer.10
101 samples were taken from
the trenches from which 32 samples were assayed. The calculations anticipate underground mining with a
stope width of 1.5m. Data relating to two shallow drill holes by Golden Eagle Mining was not reported.
Trenching data and assays are not JORC (2012) compliant.1
RB Mining reported gold of 0.22g/t in one sample
although gold was not assayed for in the Comalco drilling.11
Alderan Resources13
conducted rock chip sampling testing the gold potential of the McHarg's area and the
Langi Dorn Fault zone. Results were disappointing and did not reconfirm earlier high-grade gold in rock chips
from Hall’s Barite prospect or lower grade gold at McHarg's. Soil sampling confirmed a 3.1km by 0.3km
tungsten anomaly trending east-west along the mylonite zones of the Langi Dorn Fault.
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Alderan took 588 samples which were scanned by pXRF and, where anomalous, collected for laboratory
analysis from the McHarg's prospect. This included 274 soil grid samples and 287 rock chip float, grab and
outcrop samples. The soil grid spanned 5km along the ESE trending Langi Dorn Shear which is reported as
hosting the McHarg's tungsten mineralisation in brittle fractured mylonite shear zones. Note that the 7.4 g/t
Au sample was determined from laboratory methods, not pXRF.
Peak tungsten results included rock chips of 0.86% WO3 and 0.44% WO3 at McHarg's and a sample of 0.68%
WO3 in a presumed parallel zone some 600m north of the main shear zone at McHarg's. Arsenic results from
soils samples are plotted in Figure 4 and demonstrate a significant arsenic anomaly at McHarg's and at the
Hall’s barite prosect to the east (Called McHarg's Aster Anomaly).
Figure 3 – Wagga Tin Belt showing historic tin and tungsten mines and prospects1
References for Figure 3 – Mt Paynter15
, McHarg’s9 & 10
, Walwa17
1Note: the reported information has been extracted from external reports. Full details of the date and location of the
report are as separately referenced. The reported information has not been prepared in accordance with the JORC Code.
A Competent Person has not done sufficient work to classify the information reported within these sources in accordance
with the JORC Code. It is uncertain that following evaluation and/or further exploration work that the reported
information will be able to be reported in accordance with the JORC Code. Nothing has come to the attention of the
Company that causes it to question the accuracy or reliability of the historically reported Exploration Results and
historical resource estimates; but the Company has not independently validated these Exploration Results and historical
resource estimates therefore is not to be regarded as reporting, adopting or endorsing those results. Historical resource
estimates are based upon drilling and surface sampling results with no consideration of metallurgical recovery, mining
parameters or economic extraction. The scale of the historical estimates, should they be confirmed by further
exploration, is such that they are material to the company and therefore are reported. The company is assessing the
work required to verify the historical estimates to the standards of the JORC Code.
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Figure 4 – Arsenic in soils from the Langi Dorn Fault Zone with known drill locations shown. The zone of positive UV
lamping for tungsten is shown at McHarg's. Hall's barite prospect is shown as the McHarg's Aster Anomaly.
TUNGSTEN PROSPECTIVITY
Historic tungsten mines and known tungsten occurrences (Greive 1938)3
are present in EL007426 and
EL006866 with key exploration prospects at McHarg's-Langi Dorn and the Koetong field. Field inspection of
these prospects is scheduled for this year.
KOETONG TUNGSTEN FIELD
Koetong, in EL007426, is best known for tungsten deposits with historic mines 6km north of Koetong, from
south to north known as Keady's, Roper's, Roper and O'Doughlin's, and Mclntyre's (Cochrane and Bowen,
1971)2
. Quartz reefs occur, which contain wolfram and/or scheelite and in addition some cassiterite and,
occasionally, gold (Cochrane and Bowen, 1971)2
.
The Koetong district lies within granitic and metamorphic rocks of the Lachlan Fold Belt, specifically
associated with the Koetong Granite, a highly prospective intrusive body for intrusion-related tin–tungsten
mineral systems. The Koetong Granite is the host rock for the Mt Paynter tungsten-tin deposits located in
NSW 6km NW of the Walwa tin mine.15&16
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At Keady’s the historic descriptions and assays provided by the Geological Survey of Victoria4,5
demonstrate
multiple parallel tin-tungsten lodes with some zonation between tin and tungsten apparent. Tungsten was
recorded in quartz veins and in gneissose zones.
The Koetong tungsten-tin field centred around the historic Keady’s tungsten mine is a high-priority
exploration target.
KEADY’S SCHEELITE REEF, KOETONG1
Recorded tungsten production includes 5.2 tonnes from Keady’s reef, Koetong in 1915.7
Knight (1953)4
reports that Keady’s Scheelite Reef at Koetong has been prospected by shallow shafts and costeans for about
152m along strike. Scheelite was associated with a quartz reef or spurry reefs in a grey granite. The reef is
0.23 to 0.30m wide, strikes roughly east and west and dips at about 30° to the south. Knight4
stated that
assays “show that the reef contains tin and scheelite in appreciable quantities.” Grab samples of hand-picked
highly mineralised samples not representative of the lode returned assays1
of:
• Wombat Hole (639/53) – 0.41% WO3;
• Dump at Windlass Shaft (640/53) - 0.57% WO3 & 2.0% Sn;
• Picked specimens from Top Prospect (641/53) – 3.78% WO3 & 10.0% Sn; and
• Dump sample near Possum Shaft (642/53) – 5.94% WO3 & 2.0% Sn.
Easton (1920)5
also described workings at Keady’s Tungsten mine. The strike runs approximately east west
and had an underlay of 40o
south at the western end of the workings where an underlay shaft followed the
lode to a depth of 12m where the dip turned subvertical. Tin ore was bagged near surface giving way to a
0.45m wide scheelite lode in the bottom of the workings. 21m east of the underlay shaft a 3m deep shaft
intersected a 0.23m wide reef reported as assaying 11.9% WO3. A further 33m east a costean revealed a 1.2m
wide gneissose formation carrying scheelite, this line was thought to be different to that worked further west
and probably represents a parallel zone. Easton reports several small quartz spurs carrying scheelite had been
opened at surface north of the main line. The largest of which was a flat make carrying tin and tungsten some
60m northeast of the main line (Ropers?). Scheelite was also found in outcrops 400m northwest of the main
line, this location approximates the known position of the McIntyre reef and Roper and O’Doughlins Reef.
Keady’s forms part of a broader cluster of tungsten occurrences in the Tallangatta–Koetong region. Historical
workings and exploration suggest there may be untested extensions, multiple parallel zones or low-grade
mineralisation nearby. Record high tungsten prices provide impetus to review the Koetong-Walwa tungsten
and tin region.
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NEXT STEPS
• Complete compilation and assessment of the exploration data set across the McHargs-Langi Dorn
and Koetong Tungsten prospects to design an appropriate exploration program;
• Consider theoretical models for the mylonite hosted scheelite-gold-barite mineralisation at
McHargs-Langi Dorn;
• Develop a 3D model of previous drilling and mineralisation style at McHargs Tungsten Prospect to
determine any high-priority drill targets, optimum drill locations and depths;
• Assess the work required to verify historical resource estimates and bring them in line with the JORC
Code.
• Negotiate land access agreements for the McHargs-Langi Dorn and Koetong prospects; and
• Early field inspection of key tungsten prospects at McHargs and Koetong to assess access for drilling
and to undertake limited rock chip sampling to confirm gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum and niobium
grades.
Approved for release by the Board of Directors.
For more information contact:
James Chirnside
Managing Director
Dart Mining NL
jchirnside@dartmining.com.au
+61 419 605 842
InvestorHub Link
Terry Bates
Director
Dart Mining NL
tbates@dartmining.com.au
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REFERENCES
2. Cochrane and Bowen(1971). Tin Deposits of Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria, Bulletin No 60.
3. Greive, J.C. (1938). Tungsten Ores in North-Eastern Victoria. Mining and Geological Journal,
Geological Survey of Victoria. January 1938.
4. Knight, J (1953). Keady’s Scheelite Reef, Koetong. Geological Survey of Victoria report
G23797_UR1953-30_master.pdf located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au
5. Easton, J.G. (1920). Scheelite at Koetong. Original report dated 1915, published in 1920 Geological
Survey of Victoria report G49905_GSV-records_vol-IV_part-4.pdf located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au
6. Caluzzi, J. (1995). Mineral exploration history of the Tallangatta 1:250 000 sheet VIMP report 11,
Geological Survey of Victoria, Department of Agriculture, Energy & Minerals located at
www.gsv.vic.gov.au
7. Commonwealth and Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) Steering Committee (1998). North
East Victoria Comprehensive Regional Assessment including Mineral Assessment. Located at
www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/rfa/regions/vic-north-
east/resources/neminrls.pdf
8. Smith, A.L. (1974). Final report on Mineral Lease Numbers 9167 and 9168. Comalco. Located at
www.gsv.vic.gov.au
9. Brachmanski, E. (1983). Report on the McHargs Scheelite Prospect, Walwa, Victoria. RB Mining.
Located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au as EL623_G7455_197912_Special.pdf
10. Brachmanski, E. (1979). Report EL623 Walwa, Victoria, for the six months ending June 1979. RB
Mining. Located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au as EL623_G30762_197906_half.pdf
11. Rampe, M (1992). Relinquishment and Final Report EL 2545. Located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au as
EL2545_G9365_199209_final.pdf
12. Nethery, et al (2008). QLD Gold and Minerals Annual report on EL 4927 to Dec. 2007. Located at
www.gsv.vic.gov.au as EL4927_G34736_200712_Annual.pdf
13. Hochwimmer, B. Geerdts, P and Wanless, C. (2014) EL 5462 Annual Report 11 Feb 2014 to 30 June
2014. Located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au as EL5462_G46899_201406_Annual.pdf
14. Thompson Resources ASX:TMZ 31 October 2015 September 2015 Quarterly Activities Report
15. The Mt Paynter JORC 2004 compliant Resource is contained in a prospectus lodged on the ASX by
Noah Resources NL on 30th of October 2007 and is available at:
http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20071030/pdf/315h6xfhkbk353.pdf This information was
prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply
with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was
last reported.
16. B. R. Hines, D. Turnbull, L. Ashworth & S. McKnight (2023) Geochemical characteristics and
structural setting of lithium–caesium–tantalum pegmatites of the Dorchap Dyke Swarm, northeast
Victoria, Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 70:6, 763-800, https://doi.org/
10.1080/08120099.2023.2209649
17. Union Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd (1983). Six monthly report for the period September 1982 to
March 1983 – EL 1248 & EL 738. Located at www.gsv.vic.gov.au as EL1248-
EL738_G30767_198303_Half.pdf
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About Dart Mining
The Triumph Gold Project is Dart’s first step into an advanced intrusion related gold system project in
Queensland. Dart will look to develop a regional presence in Queensland through advanced stage intrusion
related and epithermal gold projects. Dart is farming into the Coonambula Antimony-Gold Project in Central
Queensland. Dart Mining will continue to evaluate several historic Tin, Tungsten, and Gold prospects in
Central and Northeast Victoria including the Rushworth Gold, and Walwa Tin / Tungsten prospects.
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this document that relates to Exploration Results is based on, and fairly represents,
information compiled by Mr Andrew Dawes, a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Dawes is employed by AHD Resources and
consults to Dart Mining NL. Mr Dawes has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and
type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as
defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources
and Ore Reserves”. Mr Dawes consents to the inclusion in this document of the matters based on his
information in the form and context in which it appears.
The historical estimates referred to in this document are historical estimates and are not reported as Mineral
Resources or Ore Reserves in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). Mr Dawes has not done sufficient work
to classify the historical estimates as Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, and it is uncertain that following
evaluation and/or further exploration work the historical estimates will be able to be reported as Mineral
Resources or Ore Reserves in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). Dart Mining is not treating the historical
estimates as current Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves. The information provided under ASX Listing Rules
5.12.2 to 5.12.9 above is an accurate representation of the available data and studies for the material
historical estimates.
Forward-Looking Statement
Certain statements contained in this document constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, Dart Mining’s current expectations, estimates and projections
about the industry in which Dart Mining operates, and beliefs and assumptions regarding Dart Mining’s future
performance. Such forward-looking statements are based on a number of estimates and assumptions made
by the Company and its consultants in light of experience, current conditions and expectations of future
developments which the Company believes are appropriate in the current circumstances. When used in this
document, words such as; “anticipate”, “could”, “intends”, “estimate”, “potential”, “plan”, “seeks”, “may”,
“should”, and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although Dart Mining believes that its
expectations presented in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements are subject to
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, achievements
and performance of the Company to be materially different from the future results and achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking
information is no guarantee of future performance and accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
No new information has been included in this release, all exploration results have been previously reported
and are available on the GSV website. Dart Mining is not aware of any new information or data that materially
affects the information included in the original announcements
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APPENDIX ONE
TABLE 1: MCHARG’S DRILL HOLE COLLARS (GDA94 MGA Z 55)
Hole ID Easting Northing
Total Depth Azimuth
(magnetic)
Dip
DDH1 568,980 6,017,483 212ft (64.6m) 360° -45°
DDH2 569,100 6,017,467 145ft (44.2m) 360° -45°
DDH3 569,137 6,017,461 280ft (85.3m) 360° -45°
DDH4 569,130 6,017,393 Not provided 360° -45°
DDH5 569,627 6,017,227 Not provided 360° -45°
APPENDIX TWO
JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
• Nature and quality of sampling (eg
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.
• The historical results were collected by
several parties using different methods:
• Comalco (1974): diamond drill core
(holes WDH1–WDH3) split and assayed
in 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) intervals, generally
only where visible scheelite was
identified under ultraviolet (UV) light.
Intervals not assayed were treated as
barren.
• RB Mining (1979): rockchip/channel
sampling of mylonite veins exposed in
costeans (trenches). Small veins were
dug out over a few centimetres to obtain
clean mylonite (~ 3–4 kg). Larger veins
were chipsampled across the exposure.
Fluorescent zones were sampled across
the whole zone. Samples HH1–HH109
were collected, 32 were assayed for
WO₃. A composite bulk sample was also
taken.
• (iii) Historic grab / specimen samples: at
Keady’s (Koetong), hand‑picked, highly
mineralised specimens described in
Geological Survey of Victoria records
(Knight, 1953 and Easton, 1920). These
are explicitly non‑representative.
• (iv) Alderan Resources: rock chip, float,
grab and outcrop samples and a soil
grid. A number of samples were scanned
by handheld portable XRF (pXRF) and
others submitted for laboratory analysis.
• Measures taken to ensure representivity
and instrument calibration are generally
not recorded in the source reports and
are unknown at this time. pXRF results
are semiquantitative and are to be
treated as indicative only (see “Quality of
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
assay data” below).
Drilling
techniques
• Drill type (eg core, reverse
circulation, open-hole hammer,
rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc) and details (eg 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).
• Comalco (April 1974): three diamond
core holes (WDH1–WDH3), total 637 ft
(~ 194 m), drilled by Associated Diamond
Drillers using a truck‑mounted Mindrill
F30 rig by diamond wireline. Core was
reduced to BQ size. Core was not
oriented.
• Golden Eagle Mining (c.1978): two
shallow diamond drill holes. Neither logs
or core survived and is not reported in
the provided documents.
• Dart Mining has not conducted any
drilling at McHargs.
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.
• Core recovery data were not tabulated in
the available Comalco reports and are
unknown at this time. No assessment of
any relationship between recovery and
grade is possible from the available
records.
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.
• Comalco drill holes were geologically
logged on “Geologists’ Drilling Log”
sheets recording lithology, mylonite
bands, scheelite, sulphides
(pyrite/arsenopyrite), quartz veining and
structure. Dart’s review of this shows that
logging is qualitative. The full length of
each hole appears to have been logged.
• RB Mining costeans were mapped and
logged in daylight (strikes and true
widths of mylonite veins) and at night
under UV light, with fluorescence
intensity recorded on a 1:4 scale.
• No photography is available.
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 c
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