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GR Engineering has managed the build at Norseman

The aim is to have a plus-1 moz reserve before mining starts, PGM-nickel prospect named Lamboo. A layered ultramafic
incorporating the major drill-out undertaken since the DFS basal contact has been mapped over more than 20km with
in October 2020. Some 143,000oz gold has already been mineralisation intercepted from surface, including hits of
added via the Green Lantern discovery but with a further 100m @ 1.1% 3E PGM, 0.38% nickel and 0.022% cobalt,
10,000m drilled on the deposit since then, the company 66m @ 1.34 g/t 3E PGM, 0.44% nickel and 0.026% cobalt
expects further ounces to be found. and 28m @ 2.34 g/t 3E PGM and 0.58% nickel.
At the main Scotia mining centre, Pantoro continues to find “There is a massive amount of mineralisation around that
high-grade extensions 500m below the surface. 1 g/t PGM, 0.4% nickel mark up there and we’ve only
Outside of reserve conversion work, the company will step really tested 1.5km of the 20km system,” Cmrlec said. “In
out to other targets, including Mainfield, historically the most December we drilled 3km north and got good mineralisation,
prolific mining area around Norseman. so we are ready to go again once the wet season passes.
That drilling will focus on broad coverage across the majority
“WMC did a lot of grassroots work through the field, but then
of the known system, as well as fully delineating areas
the subsequent owners – Croesus and Central Norseman –
already identified.”
didn’t do a lot of follow-up, they just focused on the stuff that
was mining-ready. There are a lot of targets out there. PGMs gathered a large on-market following in 2020 after
Chalice Mines Ltd’s remarkable Julimar discovery and while
At the company’s other asset, Halls Creek in the Kimberley,
some of that interest has subsided, Cmrlec said there was
operations continue with the Nicolsons and Wagtail North
still plenty of attention on the platinum metals.
mines expected to produce a combined 35,000 ozpa in
FY2022. The mines were opened with a reserve of 86,000oz “Investors’ enthusiasm is not as strong as it was but there’s
@ 6.17 g/t gold for a 2.5-year mine life. In the seven years still huge interest in the PGMs,” he said. “In doing the capital
since, they have produced 250,000oz gold in total. raising, they wanted to know the gold but nearly all of them
were interested in the PGMs as well.”
And, now the ground is showing potential for other metals.
Since mid-2021, Pantoro has been testing a newly identified

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