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Murchison Gold Portfolio

Quick Facts

Location Murchison Area, Western Australia, 765km Northeast of Perth
Murchison Area Properties 232.6 km2
Ownership 100% (Burnakura & Gabanintha) and 20% (Tuckanarra)
Mine Type Open Pits/Underground
Deposit Type Gold
Plant Capacity 260,000 tpa*
NI 43-101-Indicated Resources 293 koz Au
NI 43-101-Inferred Resources 88 koz Au
Historical Resources** 644 koz Au

*tpa-tonnes per annum **Historical Resources (JORC) at time of acquisitions


Murchison Area


Murchison Tenements

Overview

The Murchison Gold Project (“Murchison”) includes the Burnakura, Gabanintha, and Tuckanarra (20% free carry interest) properties, which are located in the Murchison goldfield of Western Australia, 40km southeast of Meekatharra and 765km northeast of Perth. The Murchison Goldfield has yielded approximately 35moz of gold to date and it still delivers significant production from mines operated by companies including Westgold Resources and Ramelius Resources. There is great potential for further substantial discoveries utilising modern exploration, as highlighted by the recent success of Musgrave Minerals and Spectrum Metals.

The Company is currently undertaking a two year aggressive exploration programme at Murchison and expand the existing resource base, in an effort to turn Murchison into its cornerstone project.

Murchison was acquired in 2014 with historical resources of 644koz Au, a fully-operational camp, 260ktpa gold processing plant (currently on care & maintenance) and a number of historical open pits and underground mines.

The Burnakura and Gabanintha properties were acquired in February 2014, having a total historical JORC Historical Resource of 563koz Au (153koz Au for Gabanintha, 410koz Au for Burnakura). Gabanintha is within trucking distance to the Burnakura plant. Since acquisition, 381koz of Au resources have been reported to NI 43-101 standards at Burnakura comprising Indicated Resources of 293koz Au and Inferred Resources of 88koz Au. Monument has also refurbished a set of crushing circuits to upgrade the Burnakura gold processing plant, upgraded and maintained the 118 person mine camp and associated infrastructure ready for near term production.

The Tuckanarra project was purchased in November 2014 and contains a historical Indicated and Inferred JORC compliant resource of approximately 80koz Au. In December 2020, Monument sold an 80% interest in Tuckanarra to Odyssey Gold Ltd., leaving Monument with a 20% free carried interest and a 1% NSR royalty over Odyssey’s 80% interest in the property. An unincorporated joint venture was formed with Odyssey to advance the exploration over Tuckanarra. Odyssey will be solely responsible for funding the exploration and evaluation activities at Tuckanarra until a decision to mine is reached. The future processing of ore from tenements held by Odyssey through the Burnakura plant remains an option should commercial terms be reached.

Murchison Road Map to Production

2014
February 2014
Acquisition of Murchison Gold Project ($15m)
2014
November 2014
Acquisition of Tuckanarra Gold Property ($4m)
2014 ~ 2015
2014 ~ 2015
Completion of Drilling Program at ANA, Federal City
2015
April 2015
Filed NI 43-101 Resource Estimate on ANA
2015 ~ 2017
2015 ~ 2017
Completion of drilling programs at NOAs and crushing plant upgrade ready for installation; completion of initial economic assessment for CIL/HL production
2018
February 2018
Commenced underground mining scoping study, to be included in the PEA
2018
May-October 2018
Completed three drilling programs: ANA Deep Pit Drilling, NOA 7/8 Deep Exploration, and Burnakura Shallow Oxide; results have positive geological implications
2018
July 2018
SEDAR filed NI 43-101 Updated Mineral Resources
2019
September 2019
Murchison 3D structural study confirms near mine down-plunge potential and highlights regional prospectively
2020
July 2020
Drilling program successfully identified down plunge extensions of high grade gold mineralization at the Burnakura and Gabanintha projects
2020
December 2020
Completed a sale of 80% interest in the Tuckanarra Gold Project
2021
March 2021
Economic assessment update for the project including revised costings, pit optimisations and mine planning have all been reviewed independently by SRK

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