Nb, RE and Ga Drilling Campaign at Khaleesi Planned for July
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Nb, RE and Ga RC Drilling Campaign at Khaleesi Project Planned for
July
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Highlights
• RareX to commence 3,500m RC drilling program at the Khaleesi Alkaline Intrusive Complex (KAIC) –
planned to commence July 2026
• Drilling to test five high priority targets at Niobe, Rim, Nb, and Mag
• Historical multi-element geochemistry and geophysics have been used to identify potential carbonatite
and critical mineral systems
• Niobe Prospect to be tested for large gallium system and carbonatite mineralisation, with historical aircore
intersections1
including:
o 39m at 65 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 8m in RDA205, EOH
o 47m at 60 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 4m in RDA231, EOH
o 9m at 71 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 12m in RDA211, EOH, including 5m at 86 g/t Ga₂O₃
• All drilling pre-requisites in place including access agreements for fuel and water infrastructure from Deep
Yellow, fuel guarantees from suppliers, flora and fauna management, cultural heritage surveyors
RareX Limited (ASX: REE – RareX, or the Company) is pleased to announce it will commence a reverse circulation
(RC) drilling campaign at the Khaleesi Alkaline Intrusive Complex (KAIC) Project in July 2026. The RC drilling
program will test five target areas totalling 3,500 metres across the KAIC, targeting gallium, rare earth elements
(REEs), and high field strength elements (HFSEs) including niobium.
James Durrant, Managing Director & CEO, commented “We are excited to finally be mobilising the drill rig to Khaleesi
in July. This drilling campaign has been carefully designed to test our highest priority targets, from the large gallium
system at Niobe through to the geophysical anomalies that may represent carbonatite bodies within the complex. The
project has experienced access and permitting complexities that have now been sorted and we look forward to
reporting results as they come to hand.”
2026 Drill Program Summary
The 2026 drill program will test five target areas across the KAIC. Target areas have been selected based on multi-
element geochemistry from historical gold exploration aircore drilling and geophysical anomalies from historical
detailed magnetics and gravity surveys.
The five targets have specific mineralised carbonatite potential and, in some cases, demonstrated gallium
potential.
RareX was awarded an Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) drilling grant of $175,000 in Round 31, however, due to
recent fuel availability crisis, the drill programme could not meet the timeline of 30th May 2026 to receive the grant.
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REE ASX announcement dated 1 May 2025: RareX awarded EIS funding for Khaleesi Project where extensive gallium mineralisation has been identified
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Table 1. Khaleesi Drill Target Summary
Target Description
Niobe Carbonatite and Ga testing. 8km x 3.5km syenite-granite intrusive with extensive gallium
mineralisation in regolith and basement rocks over a 5km x 3km area. Coincident magnetic and
gravity anomaly on western side to test carbonatite potential.
Rim Carbonatite target. 1.5km x 0.3km coincident magnetic and gravity anomalies located on the outer
rim of the KAIC. Outer rims of alkaline intrusion complexes often host fractionated portions of
source melt and evolved mineralogy.
Nb Toongi-style Zr-Hf-REE-W target. Follow up on bottom of hole geochemical anomaly identified
from previous aircore drilling.
Mag Carbonatite candidate. 400m strongly magnetic pipe-like body proximal to significant structures.
No detailed gravity survey completed.
Figure 1. Khaleesi Project, showing drill target locations in the Alkaline Intrusive Complex
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Khaleesi Project
RareX Limited’s Khaleesi Alkaline Intrusive Complex (KAIC) is located approximately 260 km northeast of
Kalgoorlie within the Northern Foreland Unit (NFU) of the Albany-Fraser Belt, covering 790 km² across six
exploration licences (E39/2409, E39/2410, E39/2415, E39/2554, E39/2494, E39/2495, E39/2496).
The KAIC is a 20 km diameter intrusion complex with multiple fractionated sub-intrusions, dated at 2030–2010 Ma,
the same age as the Mt Weld and Cundeelee carbonatite systems along the Eastern Yilgarn. The project is adjacent
to the Mulga Rocks uranium-REE deposits in the Canning Basin.
The Eastern Yilgarn hosts several alkaline-related mineral systems including:
• Mt Weld Carbonatite: 106Mt at 4.12% TREO – one of the highest-grade REE deposits globally
• Ponton Dyke: 28m @ 10% TREO, including 6m @ 20.57% TREO
• Cundeelee Carbonatite: 10 km diameter pipe, Australia’s largest carbonatite
• Mulga Rocks East: 81.2 Mlbs U₃O₈, 46.6kt REO
Recent geochronological work by Tucker et al. (2023) dated A-type magmatism within the KAIC at 2030–2010 Ma,
correlating closely with the age of known carbonatite systems such as Cundeelee and Mt Weld along the Yilgarn
Craton’s eastern margin.
Figure 2. Khaleesi Project Location and Geology Map
Target Metals
• Gallium (Ga₂O₃) – Extensive clay-hosted and basement rock mineralisation over 5km x 3km at Niobe
• Rare Earth Elements (REE) – Carbonatite potential with geophysical anomalies and TREO values up to
0.41%
• Niobium (Nb₂O₅) – Elevated values up to 1,000 ppm in historical drilling
• Specialty Metals – Hafnium (311 ppm) and Zirconium (>1%) recorded in historical drilling
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Niobe Prospect
The Niobe Prospect is an 8 km x 3.5 km syenite-granite intrusive that outcrops over at the centre of the tenement.
The outcropping syenite is hydrothermally altered and contains gallium mineralisation up to 81 g/t Ga₂O₃ at
surface, with rare earths to 0.41% TREO.
Gallium mineralisation is present throughout the regolith profile and continues into the basement rocks, with most
historical aircore holes terminating within mineralised granite. The Niobe Prospect shows significant gallium
enrichment across a broad 5 km × 3 km area, confirmed by two rock chip samples from an outcropping quartz-
feldspar-biotite granite returning assays of 81 g/t Ga₂O₃ and 60 g/t Ga₂O₃ respectively.
The intrusive has a mottled magnetic signature with a non-magnetic centre. On the western side of the intrusion, a
2 km x 1 km stronger magnetic area hosts a coincident gravity anomaly, likely indicating a change in mineralogy
and will be tested for a potential carbonatite body. Niobe is flanked by the Nipon Highway Shear Zone to the west
and the Charcoal Fault to the east, with multiple internal north-east trending faults interpreted from magnetics.
Historical aircore drilling was conducted along two 5 km east-west lines spaced 2 km apart, with holes drilled to
refusal (typically 1–5m into basement syenite). Examples of significant gallium intersections2
include:
• 39m at 65 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 8m in RDA205, EOH
• 47m at 60 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 4m in RDA231, EOH
• 9m at 71 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 12m in RDA211, EOH, including 5m at 86 g/t Ga₂O₃
• 32m at 67 g/t Ga₂O₃ from 4m in RDA205
• 28m at 64 g/t Ga₂O₃ in RDA231
• 20m at 70 g/t Ga₂O₃ in RDA204
Figure 3. Northern Aircore Drill Line at Niobe, Drill Line Location is Shown in Figure 1
2 REE ASX announcement dated 1 May 2025: RareX awarded EIS funding for Khaleesi Project where extensive gallium mineralisation has been identified
About RareX Limited – ASX: REE
RareX is a critical minerals company specialising in rare earths and gallium, niobium as well as scandium in hard rock
carbonatites.
The exploration focus of the business is the Khaleesi Project in the East Yilgarn which is a district-scale, elevated
gallium & niobium, alkaline intrusive complex, and the Piper Project bulls-eye anomaly in the northern territory along
trend from both Nolans Bore and the Luni niobium deposit.
The Company’s engineering focus is on the metallurgy of the Cummins Range Project - a carbonatite hosted rare
earths and phosphate project, containing magnet grade rare earths and battery grade phosphates, and substantial
gallium and scandium.
RareX have formed a consortium partnership with Iluka and have made a proposal for the Mrima Hill rare earth project
in Kenya.
RareX maintains material investments in Kincora Copper (ASX:KCC), Cosmos Exploration (ASX:C1X), which recently
merged with EAU Lithium, and Canada Rare Earth Corporation (LL.V).
For further information on the Company and its projects visit www.rarex.com.au
* The forecast financial information was released on 22 August 2023. The Company confirms that the material assumptions underpinning the
production target and forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed
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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of RareX.
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this report that related to Exploration Results has been compiled and reviewed by Mr Guy
Moulang. Mr Guy Moulang is a full-time employee of RareX Limited and is a Member of the Australian Institute of
Geoscientists and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under
consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as Competent Person as defined in the 2012
Edition of the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves
(JORC Code). Mr Guy Moulang consents to the disclosure of the information in this report in the form and context
in which it appears.
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