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Australia
Lucky Bay (Balline) Project

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 Location:
35 Km N from Port Gregory, Western Australia, Australia

  Project Contacts:
Level 1, 46 Edward Street
Osborne Park
Western Australia, Australia
6017
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Overview

StagePermitting
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Heavy Minerals
  • Garnet
Mining Method
  • Conventional narrow-reef mining
Mine Life8 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
The Lucky Bay (formerly the Balline) project is a construction ready mineral sands project with an attractive assemblage of garnet grades.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Resource Development Group Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Australian Garnet Pty Ltd (AGPL) (operator) 100 % Direct
On February 1, 2021, Resource Development Group Ltd (RDG) acquired a 100% interest in the Lucky Bay (formerly the Balline) Garnet Project through the acquisition of Australian Garnet Pty Ltd.

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Deposit Type

  • Alluvial / Placer
  • Mineral sands


Summary:

The Menari Deposit resides in the Lucky Bay area, which is dominated by the Tamala Limestone, a belt of coastal limestone extending up to 8 km inland. Heavy minerals are derived originally from the metamorphic rocks of the Northampton Complex, which were delivered to the coast via the Hutt River and smaller tributaries. During the Late Pleistocene a dominant northward-moving long-shore drift current has spread the heavy mineral sands along the coast into beach and dune sequences that overlie the Tamala Limestone.

The Heavy Mineral Sands are concentrated in Dune and Strand deposits. The Dune deposits typically approximate a mounded accumulation over a variable basement topography. The Strand deposits reside on a paleo wave-cut platform that is generally flat to gently-seaward dipping. The heavy mineral grade is broadly distributed in the dune sequences and enriched in the strand deposits.

The mineralisation is 1.6 km long and up to 750 m wide and averages 16 m true thickness. The mineral envelope is generally near/at surface and is lobate in shape, pinching to the North and West. Grades generally increase from 2 % to 20 % Heavy Minerals (HM) with depth. Clay content is typically 0 % to 10 % and HM logging data indicates only minor calcite induration and coatings are associated with valuable minerals.


Mining Methods

  • Conventional narrow-reef mining


Summary:

Conventional dry mining methods are to be employed and will include a combination of loader and dozer feed to a mobile, in-pit mining unit.


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Projected Production:

CommodityProductUnitsAvg. Annual
Heavy Minerals Concentrate kt 35
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Reserves at July 1, 2021:
Menari Mineral Resource at 2%HM cut-off (JORC 2012).

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Measured 32.3 Mt Heavy Minerals 5.1 % 1.6 Mt
Measured 1.6 Mt Garnet 83.2 % 1.4 Mt
Indicated 347.2 Mt Heavy Minerals 4.3 % 14.9 Mt
Indicated 14.9 Mt Garnet 86.7 % 13 Mt
Inferred 59.3 Mt Heavy Minerals 3.8 % 2.2 Mt
Inferred 2.2 Mt Garnet 85 % 1.9 Mt
Total Resource 438.8 Mt Heavy Minerals 4.3 % 18.8 Mt
Total Resource 18.8 Mt Garnet 86.2 % 16.2 Mt

2021 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of June 10, 2021:
HME TypeQuantity
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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