Gold - NSW Resources and Energy

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Gold Opportunities in New South Wales, Australia JU LY 2 0 17

QUEENSLAND

Drake/Mt Carrington

Lightning Ridge

Tibooburra

Yamba Grafton

SOUTH

Inverell

Walgett Narrabri

Delamerian Orogen

AU S T R A L I A

The Peak

Nyngan

Broken Hill

Hera

Cowal

Muswellbrook

Commonwealth Mine

Griffith

NEWCASTLE

Copper Hill

Cadia Discovery Ridge

Wentworth

BATHURST

McPhillamys

SYDNEY

Gidginbung

Balranald

Temora Mt Adrah CANBERRA A.C.T.

Deniliquin

Woodlawn

NOWRA

Dargues Reef

Batemans Bay

Bendigo Zone

VICTORIA

ALBURY

Cooma

Narooma Bega Eden

Overview • New South Wales (NSW) has a gold endowment (past production and identified resources) exceeding 3252 tonnes (t) / 104 million ounces (Moz).

REFERENCE

Au occurrence 0.5 to 10 t Au* 10 to 50 t Au* >50 t Au* Cadia Operating mine Project Temora Export port Railway Major road, sealed Major road, unsealed Gas pipeline * Total contained commodity

WOLLONGONG

Goulburn WAGGA WAGGA

200 km

Taree

DUBBO

Lachlan Orogen

Stawell Zone

N

PORT MACQUARIE

Tomingley Mineral Hill Sorpresa Northparkes

Murray Basin

Hillgrove

New England Kempsey Orogen

TAMWORTH

Mt Boppy

Cobar

COFFS HARBOUR

Armidale

Coonamble

To Adelaide

Ballina

Moree

Thomson Orogen Bourke

Curnamona Craton

LISMORE

These gold-rich systems include: • Porphyry Cu–Au (Cadia, Northparkes, Copper Hill, Temora district) and granite-related gold (GRG) (Mt Adrah and Dargues Reef) deposits

• Gold production is sourced from a variety of mineral deposit types.

• Orogenic Au (McPhillamys, Hillgrove, Tomingley) and orogenic base-metal deposits including Cobar-type Au–Cu deposits (The Peak and Hera)

• The state remains under-explored, with a range of opportunities for new discoveries.

• High, intermediate and low sulfidation epithermal Au systems (Gidginbung, Mineral Hill, Drake)

Deposit types

• Gold-rich volcanic associated massive sulfide (VAMS) deposits such as Woodlawn

New South Wales is host to a diverse range of gold deposit types, with gold being produced as either the principal commodity (e.g. Cadia, Cowal) or as a by-product (e.g. Northparkes).

• Significant gold in some Broken Hill-type base metal systems within the Curnamona Craton. Gold has also been mined from a diverse range of modern and ancient placer, eluvial and beach deposits and a host of other deposit types where it occurs as a minor commodity.

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Prospective terranes

Gold endowment (past production + resources) for NSW, classified by deposit type

Lachlan Orogen The mainly Ordovician to Carboniferous Lachlan Orogen is generally poorly explored for gold. Recent discoveries (Tomingley, McPhillamys, Hera) highlight the prospectivity of these provinces. Important prospective areas include:

Total endowment >3252 t / 104.6 Moz Current resources >2244 t / 72.1 Moz 4.2%

8.1%

2.0%

1.8%

• The Macquarie Arc — several belts of volcanic-dominated rocks of Ordovician to Early Silurian which host approximately 59 Moz of gold including the world class Cadia deposits

2.0%

18.6%

• Silurian to Early Devonian rift basins (Hill End Trough, Goulburn Basin, Cobar Basin) • The Gilmore Fault Zone (a major crustal structure) • The Early Devonian Braidwood Granodiorite.

New England Orogen The Devonian to Triassic New England Orogen is under-explored by Australian standards. The orogen is host to the Hillgrove orogenic Au–Sb deposit, the Drake epithermal system and the Timbarra and Uralla GRG goldfields.

5.6%

Other areas

57.7%

The Stawell and Bendigo zones, which host major gold vein systems in Victoria, are interpreted to extend into southwestern NSW. Similarly, the poorly exposed and poorly understood Thomson Orogen, which extends southwards from Queensland into northwestern NSW, has been little explored. Other areas where little exploration has been done include the Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic Koonenberry Belt, which is now interpreted to be a Cambrian arc built on the rifted margin of Gondwana and the northern extension of the Lachlan Orogen, where it is covered by younger sequences.

Epithermal

Orogenic base metal

Skarn

Porphyry

VAMS

Granite-related

Orogenic Au

Alluvial/eluvial

Gold production in New South Wales (1987–2016) 40 35 30

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Summary of significant gold resources within NSW Mine name Deposit type

Contained Contained gold (kg) gold (Koz)

Current resources and reserves (JORC)

M I N E S

Cadia Valley Operations Cadia East: (probable) 1500 Mt @ 0.48 g/t Au, 0.28 % Cu Porphyry Au-Cu Cadia East: (global resource) 3000 Mt @ 0.38 g/t Au, 0.26% Cu

1 140 000

36 651

156 332

5026

11 110

357

Cowal Orogenic Au

(proved & probable) 116.71 Mt @ 0.85 g/t Au (global resource) 177.65 Mt @ 0.88 g/t Au

Hera Orogenic base metal

(probable) 0.979 Mt @ 5.11 g/t Au, 16.3 g/t Ag, 2.84% Pb, 3.85% Zn (global resource) 2.698 Mt @ 4.12 g/t Au, 34 g/t Ag, 3.67% Pb, 4.86% Zn

Northparkes Porphyry Au–Cu

(proved & probable) 102.28 Mt @ 0.6% Cu, 0.26 g/t Au, 2.21 g/t Ag (global resource) 497.86 Mt @ 0.56% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au, 1.75 g/t Ag

89 614

2881

The Peak Orogenic base metal

(proved & probable) 2.87 Mt @ 2.89 g/t Au, 6.9 g/t Ag, 1.29% Cu (measured & indicated) 4.1 Mt @ 3.37 g/t Au, 7.5 g/t Ag, 1.04% Cu (inferred) 2 Mt @ 3.14 g/t Au, 10.9 g/t Ag, 1.13% Cu

20 097

646

Tomingley Orogenic Au

Tomingley open pit: (proved & probable) 3.788 Mt @ 1.5 g/t Au Tomingley underground: (proved & probable) 524 400 t @ 3.7 g/t Au (global resource) 10.324 Mt @ 1.8 g/t Au

18 583

598

76 500

2460

133 300

4286

2016

65

27 840

895

10 181

327

16 800

540

1132

358

Project name Deposit type Cadia Valley Operations Ridgeway: (probable) 82 Mt @ 0.54 g/t Au, 0.28% Cu (care and maintenance) Porphyry Au-Cu Ridgeway: (global resource) 150 Mt @ 0.51 g/t Au, 0.33% Cu

P R O J E C T S

Other (Cadia Hill etc.): (proved & probable) 90 Mt @ 0.5 g/t Au, 0.14% Cu Other (Cadia Hill etc.): (global resource) 310 Mt @ 0.43 g/t Au, 0.16% Cu Commonwealth VAMS

(inferred) 0.72 Mt @ 2.8 g/t Au, 48 g/t Ag, 1.5% Zn, 0.6% Pb, 0.1% Cu

Copper Hill Porphyry Cu–Au

(indicated & inferred) 87 Mt @ 0.36% Cu, 0.32 g/t Au

Dargues Reef Granite-related Au

(global resource) 1.616 Mt @ 6.3 g/t Au

Discovery Ridge Orogenic Au

(global resource) 14 Mt @ 1.2 g/t Au

Drake Epithermal

Mt Carrington (gold-rich zones): (indicated & inferred) 6.64 Mt @ 1.3 g/t Au, 3.0 g/t Ag Mt Carrington (silver-rich zones): (indicated & inferred) 12.5 Mt @ 57 g/t Ag, 0.2 g/t Au

Gidginbung Epithermal

(indicated & inferred) 23.8 Mt @ 1.0 g/t Au, 2.7 g/t Ag, 0.1% Cu

23 800

765

Hillgrove Orogenic Au

(proved & probable) 2.195 Mt @ 3.8 g/t Au, 2.1% Sb (global resource) 6.349 Mt @ 4.3 g/t Au, 1.6% Sb

27 301

878

McPhillamys Orogenic Au

(indicated & inferred) 91.94 Mt @ 1.00 g/t Au, 0.07% Cu

91 940

2956

Mineral Hill Epithermal

Pearse (oxide & sulfide): (proved & probable) 0.235 Mt @ 6.9 g/t Au, 71.7 g/t Ag Pearse (oxide & sulfide): (measured & indicated) 0.298 Mt @ 6.9 g/t Au, 80 g/t Ag

2056

66

805

26

2633

85

22 550

725

Pearse North: (proved & probable) 0.179 Mt @ 2.5 g/t Au, 21 g/t Ag Pearse North: (global resource) 0.298 Mt @ 2.7 g/t Au, 26 g/t Ag Southern Ore Zone (H Lode): (Global resource) 0.104 Mt @ 1.0% Cu, 0.02% Pb, 0.01% Zn, 1.8 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag Southern Ore Zone (G Lode): (Global resource) 0.339 Mt @ 1.3% Cu, 0.02% Pb, 0.03% Zn, 2.1 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag Southern Ore Zone (A Lode): (Global resource) 0.523 Mt @ 3% Zn, 3.6% Pb, 0.9% Cu, 1.3 g/t Au, 37 g/t Ag Red Terror: (global resource) 0.186 Mt @ 1.7% Cu, 0.1% Pb, 0.3% Zn, 2.2 g/t Ag, 2.4 g/t Au Mt Adrah Granite-related Au

(indicated & inferred) 20.5 Mt @ 1.1 g/t Au

Mt Boppy (care and maintenance) Orogenic Au

(proved & probable) 0.463 Mt @ 3.2 g/t Au

1482

48

Sorpresa Epithermal

(indicated & inferred) 6.4 Mt @ 0.61 g/t Au, 38 g/t Ag

3940

127

Table continued on back.

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Project name Deposit type

Contained Contained gold (kg) gold (Koz)

Current resources and reserves (JORC)

P R O J E C T S

Temora porphyry district (indicated & inferred) 279 Mt @ 0.3% Cu, 0.2 g/t Au Porphyry Au–Cu Woodlawn VAMS

Underground: (probable) 2.8 Mt @ 5.5% Zn, 1.6% Cu, 1.9% Pb, 0.45 g/t Au, 42 g/t Ag Underground: (measured & indicated) 4.1 Mt @ 7.2% Zn, 2.0% Cu, 2.6% Pb, 0.52 g/t Au, 55 g/t Ag Underground: (inferred) 2.5 Mt @ 5.9% Zn, 1.8% Cu, 2.3% Pb, 0.61 g/t Au, 47 g/t Ag Reclaimed tailings: (proved & probable) 9.5 Mt @ 2.2% Zn, 0.5% Cu, 1.3% Pb, 0.31 g/t Au, 31 g/t Ag Reclaimed tailings: (measured & indicated) 9.8 Mt @ 2.3% Zn, 0.51% Cu, 1.3% Pb, 0.31 g/t Au, 32 g/t Ag Reclaimed tailings: (inferred) 1.1 Mt @ 2.3% Zn, 0.47% Cu, 1.2% Pb, 0.25 g/t Au, 27 g/t Ag

55 800

1794

6970

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Top: Wetlands near Cowal gold mine. Bottom left: Free gold in drillcore from Cadia East. Bottom right: Copper gold ore with quartz veins, chalcopyrite and bornite from underground at Ridgeway mine near Cadia.

Further information The Advanced Mineral Projects & Exploration Highlights in NSW Map summarises recent exploration activities and ore reserve/ resource announcements. This map is updated every six months and is available at www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au

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