Tungsten Mining NL | Maiden JORC Resource May 2013 ASX: TGN 1 May 28, 2013.
MAIDEN JORC RESOURCE OF 1.3 MILLION TONNES AT 0.6% WO3, WITHIN 5.0 Mt RESOURCES AT KILBA PROJECT Highlights
- Resource modelling defines Indicated and Inferred Resource of
1.3Mt @ 0.57% WO3 within a much larger resource of 5.0 million tonnes at 0.27% WO3 in Zones 8 and 11 at Kilba.
- Excellent potential identified to define additional high-grade
tungsten mineralisation within the prospective target horizon that circles the Kilba Granite.
Tungsten Mining NL (ASX:TGN) (“the Company”) is pleased to announce a maiden JORC Mineral Resource estimate of 1.3Mt @ 0.57% WO3, which is located within a much larger resource of 5.0 million tonnes at 0.27% WO3 from Zone 8 and Zone 11 of the Kilba Project (Table 1). The Mineral Resource is located on the Company’s 100%-owned Mining Lease 08/314 situated in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia (Figure 1). Zone Category Tonnes '000 t WO3 % WO3 t 8 Inferred 230 0.56 1,300 Total 230 0.56 1,300 11 Indicated 1,300 0.30 4,000 Inferred 3,500 0.24 8,500 Total 4,800 0.26 13,000 Total Indicated 1,300 0.30 4,000 Inferred 3,700 0.26 9,800 Total 5,000 0.27 14,000 Table 1: Kilba Mineral resource estimate based on a 0.10% WO3 cut-off grade.
Note: Totals may differ from sum of individual numbers as numbers have been rounded to two significant figures in accordance with the Australian JORC code 2012 guidance on Mineral Resource reporting.
The Mineral Resource estimate has been completed in accordance with the guidelines of the Joint Ore Reserve Committee (JORC) Code – 2012 Edition. CSA Global was engaged to audit data integrity and conduct the resource model, as described in the back of this announcement. Since commencing