Overview

Mine Type	Open Pit
Stage	Construction
Commodities	REE Neodymium Praseodymium
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader
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Snapshot	Hastings is focused on the development of the Company’s flagship Yangibana Project. Company activities in the 2023 financial year were primarily focused on early infrastructure works at the Yangibana Project. The Yangibana Project is now ready to commence full construction of the plant following the finalisation of early works. This includes the 294-room Kurrbili Village, 20 kilometres of site access roads, a two-kilometre long airstrip and the SipHon Well Borefield with 30 kilometres of pipeline for water supply.

Deposit type

• Intrusion related
• Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

REGIONAL GEOLOGY
One of the key features of the Project area is the widespread occurrence of ironstone dykes that are spatially associated with the ferrocarbonatite intrusions.

The ironstone dykes are surrounded by relatively narrow haloes of fenitic alteration, and locally associated with quartz veining. Fenitic alteration haloes are characterised by the presence of feldspars and/or Naamphiboles and magnetite. The ironstone dykes consist predominantly of goethite, hematite, and magnetite, and are locally weakly radioactive.

The ferrocarbonatites and ironstones occur as sinuous pods and veins generally less than 10m wide, traceable cumulatively for up to 25 kilometres. The ironstones of the Gifford Creek Ferro-Carbonatite Suite (GCFS) have historically been the focus of exploration activity in the area due to enrichment in Rare Earths Elements (REE).

PROJECT GEOLOGY
Rare earths mineralisation at Yangibana is predominantly hosted by monazite, a phosphate mineral. Soon after acquiring its initial interest in the Yangibana Project Hastings identified that there is a significant difference between the rare earthsbearing monazite and the various deposits that form the Yangibana Project.

The belt of semi-continuous outcropping ironstone between Yangibana West and Kane’s Gossan hosts light rare earthsrich mineralisation dominated by Ce-monazite, whereas the ironstones at the other deposits and prospects host light rare earths predominantly in Nd-monazite. This has led to the in-house classification of deposits as being either Western Belt-style or Eastern Belt-style.

MINERALISATION
Eastern Belt-style mineralisation (Nd-monazite dominated) occurs at Bald Hill, Frasers, Auer and Auer North, Simon’s Find, Yangibana and Yangibana South deposits.

Western Belt-style mineralisation (Ce-monazite dominated) occurs at Yangibana West, Yangibana North, Gossan, Lion's Ear, Hook and Kane’s Gossan deposits.

To date, most work has concentrated on the Eastern Beltstyle deposits at Bald Hill and Frasers.

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Personnel

Job Title	Name	Profile	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................		Dec 18, 2023

Employees	Contractors	Total Workforce	Year
......	......	......	2022