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Ascendant now holds an 80% interest in the Lagoa Salgada Project through Redcorp Empreedimentos Mineiros Lda ("Redcorp").
The remaining 20% of Redcorp (the "MF&I Interest") is held by Mineral & Financial Investments AG ("M&FI"). The MF&I Interest is subject to a consortium agreement with Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro S.A. ("EDM"), the state mining development agency wholly owned by the Portuguese Government.
The consortium agreement provides EDM the right to participate in up to a 15% interest in the Project by exercising an option within 120 days of completion of the FS. If EDM elects to exercise its option, the MF&I interest will be reduced to 5% and MF&I will have the right to put this interest to Ascendant.
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Deposit Type
- VMS
- Breccia pipe / Stockwork
- Sedimentary - Volcanogenic
Summary:
The LS deposit is a polymetallic, VMS deposit. VMS ore deposits are a type of metal sulphide deposits which are associated with and created by volcanic-associated hydrothermal events in submarine environments. They occur within environments dominated by volcanic or volcanic derived volcano sedimentary rocks, and the deposits are coeval and coincident with the formation of the volcanic rocks. VMS deposits form on the seafloor around undersea volcanoes along many mid ocean ridges, and within back-arc basins and forearc rifts.
VMS deposits are characterized by clusters of lenses occurring within a distinct stratigraphic layer. The extensive alteration zone on the property suggests that hydrothermal activity was prolonged and that additional lenses associated with separate alteration zones may exist.
The entire Property (exploration permit) is covered by a paleo-fluvial fan that ranges in thickness up to 200 metres (m) within the Tertiary Sado Basin and averages 135 m over the deposit area. The Tertiary sedimentary rocks unconformably overlie rocks of the Volcano-Sedimentary Complex of the IPB. This sequence of rocks ranges in age from Upper Famenian to Middle Visean and is represented on the property by a northwestsoutheast lineament which is approximately 8 km long and over 1 km wide.
The LS Project currently comprises two known deposits, the Venda Nova North and South Deposits. The deposits are folded, faulted, and interpreted to occur mostly o ........

Mining Methods
- Cut & Fill
- Sub-level stoping
- Transverse stoping
- Paste backfill
Summary:
The Lagoa Salgada Project is planned to be mined using underground mining methods. The option of open-pit mining was discarded due to the characteristics and depth of the orebody.
The proposed underground mine design supports the extraction of 2.0 million tonnes of ore per year (“Mtpa”) through a combination of transverse sublevel stoping and cut&fill. Paste backfill is used in both mining methods to maximise ore recovery and productivity. A main decline, starting from the surface portal located close to the processing plant, will be used to access the mine. This main decline then splits into two ramps, one for each mine zone (i.e., “North and South”). A fleet of LHDs (load-haul dumps) and trucks will be used for the loading and hauling of material from production areas to the orepass system. From the orepass collecting points, trucks will haul the ore to the surface. Waste is also transported to the surface by trucks.
A pre-production development programme will be required to provide access to the initial stoping levels in the North Zone during the first two years. Production will start in the second year, reaching the nominal plant feed in the fourth year.
The mine portal will be situated close to the processing plant. The main ramp bifurcates into two independent declines, one for each mine area. In each zone, the internal decline connects all working levels.
The ramps were designed with a 25m turning radius and a maximum gradie ........

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Reserves at June 10, 2021:
The resources for the South Zone are reported at a cut-off grade of 1.10 % CuEq; for the North zone, resources contained in the Gossan and Stringer domains are reported at a cut-off grade of 2.5 % ZnEq, and within the Massive Sulphide domain at 3.0 % ZnEq.
Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Zinc
|
1.96 %
|
621 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Lead
|
1.96 %
|
622 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Gold
|
0.48 g/t
|
220 koz
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Silver
|
50.96 g/t
|
23,560 koz
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Copper
|
0.38 %
|
122 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Tin
|
0.11 %
|
36 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Copper Equivalent
|
2.55 %
|
|
Measured & Indicated
|
14,378 kt
|
Zinc Equivalent
|
7.64 %
|
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Inferred
|
13,329 kt
|
Zinc
|
0.91 %
|
267 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
13,329 kt
|
Lead
|
0.67 %
|
196 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
13,329 kt
|
Gold
|
0.7 g/t
|
299 koz
|
Inferred
|
13,329 kt
|
Silver
|
18.96 g/t
|
8,126 koz
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Inferred
|
13,329 kt
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Copper
|
0.29 %
|
84 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
13,329 kt
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Tin
|
0.02 %
|
7 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
13,329 kt
|
Copper Equivalent
|
1.45 %
|
|
Inferred
|
13,329 kt
|
Zinc Equivalent
|
4.02 %
|
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