Walwa Tin-Tungsten Project Under Assessment
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Dart Mining NL
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Melbourne VIC 3000
Contact: James Chirnside
Email: jchirnside@dartmining.com.au
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ASX Release
16th
June 2026
WALWA TIN-TUNGSTEN PROJECT IN NE VICTORIA UNDER ASSESSMENT
Dart Mining NL (ASX:DTM) (Dart Mining or the Company) is pleased to announce that a review of
its Victorian tin-tungsten projects (the Project) in Northeast Victoria has commenced. Dart holds
100% owned granted tenements at Walwa (EL007426 – 499sq.km), Cudgewa (EL006866 –
508sq.km) and Berringama (EL007170 – 27sq.km). Strong metal prices have prompted further
examination of tin-tungsten prospectivity on these tenements given their long history of tin and
tungsten mining.
Tin prices have risen 10.4% in May 2026 and 34.7% year-to-date to reach a current price of
USD$56,6490/t (LME 3-month closing price 1 June 2026). Tungsten prices have jumped over 500%
in the past year and continue to be at record highs with Ammonium Para Tungstate (APT) trading at
USD$250,000/t (Source: www.fastmarkets.com) and concentrate (65% WO3) trading between
USD$220-240,000/t. Both tin and tungsten have seen increased demand, and tungsten prices have
been affected by a fall in Chinese exports and concurrent increase in imports.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Project area has substantial recorded historic tin and tungsten production. Highlights include:
• Walwa which has the highest recorded primary tin production in Victoria, principally from
the Walwa, Mt Alwa and Bounce tin mines in EL007426 at Walwa1
.
• Extensive historic diamond and RC drilling at Walwa with substantial tin intersections are
currently being digitally compiled for further assessment. Around 20 diamond drill holes
and over 100 RC percussion drill holes have been drilled at Walwa since the late 1960s.
• Dart has undertaken a field inspection of the historic Walwa tin mine to assess access for
drilling. Walwa tin mine has an extensive access track network suitable for drilling.
• Koetong, in EL007426, is best known for tungsten deposits3
with historic mines at Keady's,
Roper's, Roper and O'Doughlin's, and Mclntyre's1
.
• Parallel scheelite mineralised lodes at McHargs Tungsten Project, 5km southeast of Walwa,
provide a priority exploration target.
• Compilation and assessment of the large historic tin and tungsten mining and exploration
data set across the tenements is in progress.
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Dart Mining’s Chairman, James Chirnside, commented: “Dart Mining is very pleased to progress
a further review and assessment of the highly prospective tin and tungsten tenements at Walwa
and Cudgewa in NE Victoria, with a view to identifying early drill targets. Dart has long sought
access to the Walwa historic tin mine and we are very excited to finally have granted tenements
across the region at a time of record high tin and tungsten prices.”
Figure 1 – Tenement location showing historic tin and tungsten mines and prospects
Dart has granted tenements over Walwa, the largest primary (hardrock) tin production field in
Victoria, as shown in Figure 1 and described in Table 1. Historic tungsten production figures are
being compiled as part of the current review.
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Table 1 - Largest Victorian primary tin fields (hardrock) by recorded production (after Cochrane & Bowen, 1971)1
.
Tin Field Dart EL where tin field located Tin Concentrate
Production (t)
Koetong (primary and
secondary)
EL007426 189
Walwa (primary) EL007426 – largest primary hardrock tin
production in Victoria
162
Mt Wills (primary) Not held by Dart. Minor historic primary tin
workings at Mt Wills East occur in Dart
EL006277
155
Mt. Cudgewa (primary
and secondary)
EL006866 contains substantial secondary tin
production areas. Limited primary tin
production is recorded from Mt. Cudgewa in
areas outside Dart’s tenement.
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GEOLOGY OF THE WALWA TIN MINE
A number of shallow dipping tin-bearing greisenous aplite/pegmatite sills are found in the Walwa-
Mt Alwa mine area and have been worked at various periods for a century with mining first
commencing around 1882.
The country rocks are knotted schists, phyllites and quartzites found throughout the region. The
prominent foliation/ bedding strikes at 160° magnetic with vertical or subvertical dips. Joints are
irregularly developed with variable direction and dip.
At the Walwa mine four major sills can be recognised at surface and in addition two other sills
were detected during previous drilling. These sills are from 1 to 8 metres thick, with variable strike
of 042° magnetic and 109° magnetic. They generally dip at 20-30° to the north or north-east in the
vicinity of the Walwa mine but form a dome with dip becoming north westerly as one traverses
west from the historic mine.
The sills themselves are predominantly aplite with pegmatite and greisen phases, often containing
coarse cassiterite along their margins. Tantalum and niobium have been recorded in previous
assays from the project area2
.
Walwa has the highest recorded hard rock tin production in Victoria. Walwa is an early drill target
for multiple sub-horizontal tin lodes to 8m thickness. The existing open pit was last worked in the
1970's with the production and treatment of 97,000t of tin bearing ore. The Bounce lode sub-
horizontal with a vertical dyke interpreted as a vertical feeder structure.
Around 20 diamond drill holes and over 100 RC percussion drill holes have been drilled at Walwa
since the late 1960’s and developing a 3-D model is an important early step to understanding the
potential of the tin lodes present at the Walwa, Mt Alwa South and The Bounce historic mines.
These mines fall within a north south corridor over 3km long and 500-600m wide.
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TUNGSTEN PROSPECTIVITY
Dart is currently collating and reviewing the large historic mining and exploration dataset on the
Project area to determine the next steps towards an assessment of tungsten prospectivity. Historic
tungsten mines and known tungsten occurrences are present in EL007426 and EL006866 with key
exploration prospects at McHargs and the Koetong field.
MCHARGS TUNGSTEN PROSPECT
Parallel scheelite mineralised lodes are known at the McHargs Tungsten Project, 5km southeast of
Walwa. McHargs was previously explored at a time of low tungsten prices and was deemed non-
economic at the time. Given the record high tungsten prices and increasing demand, McHargs
Tungsten Project provides a strong priority exploration target.
KOETONG TUNGSTEN
Koetong, in EL007426, is best known for tungsten deposits with historic mines at Keady's, Roper's,
Roper and O'Doughlin's, and Mclntyre's1
. Quartz reefs occur, which contain wolfram and/or
scheelite and in addition some cassiterite and, occasionally, gold.1
REFERENCES
1
Cochrane and Bowen (1971). Tin Deposits of Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria, Bulletin No 60.
2 Bowen (1970). Mt Alwa and The Bounce Tin Mines. Mining and Geological Journal, Victoria. Vol 6, No 6.
3 Greive (1938). Tungsten Ores in North-Eastern Victoria. Mining and Geological Journal, Victoria. January 1938.
NEXT STEPS
• Compilation and assessment of the large historic mining and exploration data set across
the tenements.
• Early field inspection of key prospects to assess access for drilling and to undertake
limited rock chip sampling to confirm tin, tungsten, tantalum and niobium grades.
• Develop a 3D model of previous drilling and mineralisation style at Walwa to determine
high priority drill targets.
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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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 goldfields
in Central and Northeast Victoria including the Rushworth Goldfield and the new porphyry and lithium province in Northeast Victoria
identified by Dart. The area is prospective for precious, base, and strategic metals. Walwa in northeast Victoria is emerging as a
significant tin-tungsten exploration project.
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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