03:00 Thu 26 Sep 2019
Eurasia Mining PLC - Monchetundra Flanks Application Submitted
('Eurasia' or 'the Company')
Monchetundra flanks application submitted
Highlights:
· Flanks area application now submitted to Rosnedra. Eurasia's TGK (Eurasia's 80% subsidiary) as the production license holder has exclusive rights to the flanks areas which the directors believe have the potential, given drilling success, to increase the resources severalfold.
· An 8km2 area has been applied for to cover on-strike continuation of mineralisation at both the Loipishnune and West Nittis open pittable reserves.
· Significant resource potential has been identified by previous exploration in the area and is recorded in Russian state archives, notably in the Nittis Kamuzhaya Travanya (NKT) Massif area to the north of West Nittis, which contains resources of Palladium, Platinum, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt and Copper. The area between the Loipishnune and West Nittis deposits is also highlighted as having significant potential, further details of which can be found below.
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× Regionally, the mineralisation in the Monchegorsk area is recognised (as outlined below) as being genetically related to the Fedorova Pana layered intrusion which contains the Fedorova tundra deposit controlled by Barrick and containing 1.2m oz Platinum and 5.5m oz palladium. With the submission of this Flanks application, and the already state approved reserves in the Loipishnune and West Nittis deposits, directors believe Eurasia to be well established as a dominant player in the PGM space the region.
Executive Chairman at Eurasia
Further detail:
As per Russian subsoil licensing legislation, the holder of a mining right is granted an automatic and exclusive right to apply for exploration tenements directly adjacent to approved resources. Eurasia have previously utilised this right in application for exploration ground adjacent to the West Kytlim project. After desktop studies and analysis of available literature a final outline was agreed for the Monchetundra flanks application in
The applied for area comprises a significant portion of a zone to the north and west of the West Nittis deposit known as the Nittis Kamuzhaya Travanya (NKT) Massif, an area previously mined for high grade nickel and copper mineralisation and with significant resources in PGM. Further potential resources exist in the on strike continuation of the mineralisation at Loipishnune as it extends into the area between Loipishnune and West Nittis, beyond the current mining license, in fact several early 'discovery holes' drilled by Eurasia in 2006 occur in this area, and contain intervals of 8.4 g/t (Pt+Pd) over 3.6m (Drillhole UM-3, see RNS dated 5th November 2006).
State archive information.
State archive information at the Apatity branch of the Territorial fund of geological information was consulted during the application process, as part of the due diligence process in outlining the exploration tenement, and to detail the grounds for the exploration license. The application is largely based on the Company's in-house database however the potential in the area was also highlighted by a variety of previous workers and exploration campaigns in the area. These are demonstrated in the graphic below as figure 1.
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Figure 1 : Graphic showing the flanks application area submitted for approval on
Notable occurrences are at NKT where a Russian category P resource (similar to an Inferred Resource under the JORC classification) was provided to the Company by the Apatity branch of the Territorial fund of geological information. The resource was calculated by the state funded research group Rosgeologia in 2017 and comprises Ni - 298,000 t; Cu - 229,000 t; Co- 11,300 t; Pt - 18.5 tonnes/594,000 oz; Pd - 55 tonnes/1.7moz; Au - 7.6 tonnes/0.24moz; Ag - 185 tonnes/6moz. Eurasia has not verified this resource, and therefore it cannot be relied upon, but it is provided an indicative of potential in the area.
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