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Panther Metals PLC
16 November 2020
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PANTHER METALS PLC
(Incorporated in the Isle of Man with company number
009753V)
16(th) November 2020
Merolia Gold Project Acquisition, Western Australia
Panther Metals PLC (LSE:PALM) ("Panther" or the "Company"), the
company focused on mineral exploration in Canada and Australia, is
pleased to announce that it is acquiring 100% of the Merolia Gold
Project ("Merolia" or "the Project") near Laverton, Western
Australia, from White Cliff Minerals Limited (WCN), an ASX-listed
exploration company.
Highlights:
-- Panther to purchase outright tenements E38/2552, E28/2693,
E38/2847 and E39/1585, collectively referred to as the Merolia Gold
Project, conditional inter alia on various regulatory approvals and
ministerial consent.
-- Cash payment of A$112,500 to be made to WCN on the successful
completion of a due diligence period.
-- Share based payment of 734,470 ordinary shares will be issued
to WCN with 50% of the shares subject to a 6 month lock-in, and the
remaining 50% subject to a 12 month lock-in.
-- Additional payment of A$1.25 per ounce of gold will be made
to WCN in the event that a JORC Resource is defined.
Darren Hazelwood, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"Our proposed entry into the Western Australian goldfields, and
specifically this highly prolific gold producing Archean Greenstone
belt near Laverton represents a major step forward for the Company.
The Project represents a post-discovery opportunity and our plans
will now focus on building a resource in this area, which could
ultimately be fed in to one of many processing plants in the
vicinity. The Project also has the added advantage of year round
access, is well-serviced by excellent infrastructure and a skilled
work-force.
The Project contains several gold prospects and substantial gold
anomalous zones which have been tested with only limited drilling
to date. Important previous shallow drilling intercepts on the
prospects include 8m at 6.7 g/t Au and 5m at 27.8 g/t Au at
Burtville East and 9m at 46.5 g/t Au and 24m at 8.6 g/t at
Ironstone. In addition the 15km long Comet Well gold trend contains
several 1.25 to 2.5km long gold mineralised zones which have
yielded significant quantities of gold nuggets but remains
undrilled to date.
Panther Metals has spent a considerable amount of time seeking
out exactly this type of project in Western Australia and I look
forward to updating the market in due course as we enter a due
diligence process."
Summary of the Project
The Merolia Gold Project ("Merolia") comprises a series of
contiguous exploration licences (E38/2552, E28/2693, E38/2847)
located from 35km to the southeast of, and one licence (E39/1585)
located from 23km to the west of, the town of Laverton (population:
340) in the Eastern Goldfields Province of Western Australia. The
area around Laverton includes several major gold mines, including
Granny Smith (3 Moz), Sunrise Dam (8 Moz) and Wallaby (8 Moz), and
many significant gold deposits. It is one of the most prolific gold
producing areas in Western Australia and is consequently
well-serviced by infrastructure and has a skilled local
work-force.
The Archaean greenstone belts in the Laverton region are
dominantly basaltic in composition, containing ultramafic
intercalations, which were subsequently intruded by dolerite dykes
in places and which are particularly prospective for gold
mineralisation. The areas under licence are partly obscured by a
veneer of transported cover and exploration in the area has
consequently been limited.
Within the eastern part of Merolia are a series of gold
prospects, notably Burtville East, Comet Well and Ironstone.
Regional magnetic data over this part of the project identifies
several NW-SE trending shear systems which have potential to host
substantial gold mineralisation. This potential has been confirmed
by surface geochemical sampling along the Comet Well gold trend,
which has identified significant coherent linear soil gold
anomalies at Comet South, Comet North, Comet West and at
Ironstone.
The Comet Well gold trend extends NW over at least 15km from the
Comet Well area in the south to the Burtville East area in the
north. In a broader context, the Comet Well gold trend and
associated sub-parallel structures extend at least 30 kilometres
north to the Stone Resources Australia Limited (ASX: SHK) owned
Bright Star (106,000 ounce) gold deposit. Much of the Comet Well
gold trend and the known gold prospects in this area are covered by
the Merolia project licences.
Previous drilling by WCN across these prospect areas includes 8m
at 6.7 g/t Au at Burtville East and 9m at 46.5 g/t Au at Ironstone.
In addition, historic drilling at Burtville East includes 5m at
27.8 g/t Au and 24m at 8.6g/t gold at Ironstone. The Comet Well
area has not been drilled to date, but contains a series of
distinct sub-parallel 1.25 to 2.5km long NW-trending gold anomalous
zones (gold in soils reaching a peak of 2.6 g/t Au), which have
yielded substantial quantities of angular gold nuggets through
surface prospecting. The angular nature of the gold nuggets
suggests a proximal gold source, which will become the focus of
further work in this area.
The western part of Merolia contains the Red Flag gold prospect.
Previous exploration in the area around Red Flag identified a
WNW-trending gold anomalous zone coinciding with a distinct
magnetic low. The geology of the area is dominated by mafic
volcanic rocks intruded by dolerite dykes, displaying sheared gold
mineralised margins in places. This area was drilled, yielding a
best near surface intercept of 2m at 9.20 g/t Au.
Panther is currently reviewing other licences in the district
and intends to build its project portfolio in this region, which
will continue to be referred to collectively as the Merolia Gold
Project.
Panther Metals PLC:
Darren Hazelwood, Chief Executive Officer: +44(0) 1462 429 743 and +44(0) 7971 957 685
Mitchell Smith, Chief Operating Officer: +1(604) 209 6678
Brokers:
SI Capital Limited
Nick Emerson +44(0) 1438 416 500
Peterhouse Capital Limited
Guy Miller and Duncan Vasey +44(0) 20 7469 0930
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