RareX gains access to bulls eye magnetic anomaly in the NT
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1 October 2024
RareX gains access to bull‘s-eye magnetic anomaly in the NT Aileron
Province prospective for Rare Earths and Niobium
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Highlights
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The Piper Project contains an untested 2.5km wide bullseye magnetic anomaly forming a large carbonatite
target under sedimentary cover in the same Aileron tectonic province extending from the West Arunta of WA
into the NT
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Aileron Province is proven to host mineralised alkaline magmatism related to a mantle hotspots, with
multiple niobium (Nb), phosphate (P) and rare earth element (REE) carbonatite occurrences, such as the
WA1 Resources Luni Nb discovery 380 km to the west of Piper and the Nolans Bore REE deposit 170 km to
the southeast
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Low-risk, low-cost, high-reward deal terms:
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Earn-in over a five year period by drilling at least 3x 300m deep drill holes for a total of at least 1,000m
for 80% of the project’s interest.
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RareX will solely fund project development up to decision-to-mine.
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The vendor can elect to be diluted from 20% to 5% of ownership following the decision-to-mine if JV
spending is not matched after that point.
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At 5% interest the vendor will either need to contribute to JV spending or relinquish its interest in the
tenure in return for a 1.0% net smelter royalty (NSR).
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During the Earn-in & Development period, RareX is responsible for all aspects of tenure ownership and
management, as well as permitting and landholder approvals to conduct the earn-in work.
RareX Limited (ASX: REE – RareX, or the Company) is pleased to announce it has formed an agreement with True
Fella Pty Ltd (True Fella) for the Piper Project located in the Aileron Province, Northern Territory. The Piper Project
is a carbonatite pipe target, which has similarities to RareX’s Cummins Range carbonatite in WA, and has been
identified as a high priority drill target by the Resource Potentials geophysical team, who helped WA1 Resources
discover the Luni carbonatite.
The Piper Project will join a select group of RareX portfolio projects, including the Mt Mansbridge heavy rare earths
project. Cummins Range is the flagship engineering project and Khaleesi is the current flagship exploration project
within the RareX project portfolio. RareX is also active at pursuing advanced projects in other parts of the world
whilst ensuring a pipeline of exploration projects in Australia.
Managing Director, James Durrant, commented: “We are very pleased to establish a deal with True Fella Pty Ltd to
explore the Piper Project. We believe this project has high potential to be a niobium-rare earths carbonatite pipe. The
deal is structured to make sure the exploration dollars go into the ground and RareX is looking forward to testing True
Fella’s geophysical carbonatite target model. We see this project as complementary to our existing niobium and REE
exploration portfolio and a robust medium-term proposition.”
For more information,
please contact:
Investors: James Durrant, Managing Director
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The Piper Project is located 320km north west of Alice Springs and 170km along strike to the north west from
Nolans Bore REE deposit (resource 56Mt at 2.6% TREO 1, see Figure 1). The Piper Project is comprised of 2
tenements (see Table 1), with the smaller of the two granted and the larger tenement pending a heritage land
access agreement.
Both tenements were pegged in 2023 and, in recent months, all the surrounding ground has been applied for by
WA1 Resources, supporting the Nb-REE-P prospectivity of the region (Figures 1 and 2).
Table 1. Piper Project tenement details.
Tenement
Status
Grant date
Area (km2)
EL33675
EL33674
Granted
Pending
29/04/2024
48
284
Heritage Land
Access Agreement
No
No
Figure 1. Piper Project tenement outline (blue) and other regional tenements on grey scale Total Magnetic Intensity Image. The Piper
Project tenements are now completely surrounded by recent WA1 Resources tenement applications.
1 ARU ASX Announcement 7 June 2017: Completion of Detailed Resource Assessment
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Figure 2. Image at top shows Piper Project tenements on Total Magnetic Intensity image, and bottom image shows Piper Project
tenements on interpreted bedrock geology. Note the magnetic carbonatite target in the top image.
The Piper Project is located in the central Aileron Province of the NT and is composed of Palaeoproterozoic granitegneiss and Lander Rock Beds greenstone-gneiss domains, with the northern half of the tenement covered by
younger Neoproterozoic Arumbera Sandstone from the Georgina Basin, which forms a layer that sits over the
magnetic carbonatite target which is hosted in the Palaeoproterozoic gneiss.
The carbonatite target is comprised of a strong bull’s-eye magnetic anomaly 2.5km in diameter (Figure 2 upper
image). The geophysical anomaly sits under the Arumbera Sandstone which is interpreted to be 100m to 200m
thick based on geophysical survey data and two historical air-core drill holes to a max depth of 93m over the
magnetic anomaly, where none of the holes reached magnetic basement rocks (see Table 2).
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The magnetic anomaly response of the carbonatite target indicates that the source body is in the upper 100m to
200m, and the target mineralisation is Nb-REE-P similar to the Cummins Range and Mt Weld carbonatite hosted
deposits. The Aileron province has numerous alkaline intrusion complexes along its length, including mineralised
bodies such as niobium enriched carbonatites in the western portion of the province forming the Western Arunta,
such as WA1 Resources and Encounter Resources projects, and the Nolans Bore rare earths deposit located 170km
along strike to the south east of the Piper project (see Figure 1).
RareX will negotiate a land access agreement with the Central Land Council on tenement EL33674 in coming
months and will aim for a drilling program in 2025.
Table 2. Drill collars on Piper Project
Hole ID
Northing
Easting
AHAC0002
AHAC0003
7592500
7593500
191960
192035
Total depth
(m)
93
90
(coordinates are in AGD66 datum and AMG Zone 53 projection)
Source
Company
Year
CR2002-0143
CR2002-0143
Newmont
Newmont
2002
2002
Key Terms
Under the agreement, RareX will earn-in to the Piper Project over a five-year period by drilling at least 3x 300m deep
reverse circulation or diamond holes for a total of at least 1,000m to gain an 80% interest.
During the earn-in period, RareX is responsible for all aspects of tenure ownership and management, as well as
permitting and landholder approvals to conduct the earn-in work.
Following the initial drilling earn in milestone, RareX will solely fund the project development up to the decision
point to mine the Project.
Following the decision-to-mine, the project vendor, True Fella Pty Ltd (an unrelated party), can elect to match joint
venture spending in line with its interest to retain 20% of the Project or be diluted down to a 5% ownership stake.
At 5% interest, True Fella Pty Ltd will either need to contribute to joint venture spending or relinquish its interest in
the tenure in exchange for a1.0% NSR type royalty.
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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of the Company.
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.
About RareX Limited – ASX: REE
RareX is a critical minerals company specialising in rare earths and niobium in hard rock carbonatites.
The exploration focus of the business is on the new Khaleesi Project in the East Yilgarn which is a district-scale,
elevated-niobium, alkaline intrusive complex - a breeding ground for mineralised carbonatites. Data from Tier-1
exploration programs with elevated niobium values suggests a highly fertile system.
The Company’s engineering and commercial focus is on offtake and approvals at the mid-study-level, Cummins
Range Project (+$330M NPV8 post-tax*) - a carbonatite hosted rare earths and phosphate project, containing
magnet grade rare earths and battery grade phosphates and technically Australia’s largest undeveloped rare
earths project.
RareX have been curating a portfolio of carbonatite related prospects within which the newly acquired Khaleesi
Project represents the exploration flagship. RareX will continue to develop and optimise its portfolio.
RareX maintains material investments in Kincora Copper (ASX:KCC), Cosmos Exploration (ASX:C1X) 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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