PLANET METALS
LIMITED
ASx rELEASE
24 January 2012
ASX Code: PMQ
"A Vibrant Gold-Copper Exploration Company"
Quarterly activities rePort to 31 DeceMBer 2011
PLANET METALS LIMITED
ABN 35 108 146 694
71 Lytton Road (Cnr Stafford St), East Brisbane Qld 4169
GPO Box 122, Brisbane Qld 4001
T 61 7 3249 3080 F
61 7 3249 3081 www.planetmetals.com.au
Key Points / HigHligHts
Delaney Gold Project(PMQ farming-in to earn 51%)
Located north of Georgetown in North Queensland
m Planet Metals entered into a farm-in agreement with Callabonna Uranium Ltd (ASX Code: CUU) over three North Queensland tenements in September 2011. Under the agreement, Planet can earn a 51% interest in all three tenements by spending $750,000 in total over a period of 2
years and 10 months. An immediate assessment of the key areas of interest highlighted several drill- ready targets.
m A 6-hole (1,086m) Reverse Circulation (RC)
drill program was completed at the Torchlight gold prospect
in December. This area was highlighted
by high-grade surface gold geochemistry and has not
previously been drill-tested. Samples have been delivered to
the laboratory for testing with assay results expected within
2 weeks.
(PMQ 100% subject to farm-in agreement)
Located approx. 100km south of Gladstone, Qld
m Planet Metals' farm-in partner, Drummond Gold Limited (ASX Code: DGO), is integrating high level research with past exploration data to assess further Cu - Au mineralisation potential and determine future drill targets. Fieldwork will re- commence next month to assess targets generated by this review.
m Planet remains free-carried in this project in
the medium term. Under the farm-in agreement, Drummond Gold is required to spend $2.5 million prior to July 2013 to earn a 51% interest in the project. As at the date of this report, Drummond's related expenditure exceeds $700,000.
BOARD AND MANAGEMENT
David K. Barwick (Non-Executive Chairman) Andrew Gillies (Non-Executive Director) Barry Kelly (Non-Executive Director)
Brett O'Donovan (Chief Executive Officer)
John Haley (Company Secretary & CFO)
Mount Borium Gold Project(PMQ 100% - Tenements under Application)
Located between the historic Kidston gold (>3 Million oz Au)
and Einasleigh copper mines in North Queensland
m An offer for grant letter has been received for these tenements with expectations that we will
be able to commence field work after the wet season. Two site visits were conducted on the neighbouring Oak River tenement during the quarter. Oak River is one of the tenements covered by the recent farm-in agreement with Callabonna Uranium.
Corporatem Cash on hand at the end of the quarter was $5.2 million with Planet also holding 64,322 Deutsche Rohstoff AG shares which are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. As at 31
December 2011, the approximate Australian dollar value of this shareholding was $1.2 million.
m This means Planet Metals has cash and equity investments amounting to approximately $6.4 million, representing 10.7 cents per share.
m Planet Metals is constantly reviewing opportunities within the metals sector, both within and outside of Australia, primarily in gold and copper. The Company's current strong
financial position will enable it to more aggressively target such opportunities. This would complement Planet's existing gold and copper projects.
Delaney golD Project
(EPM 18181 - Planet farming-in to earn 51%)
The Delaney gold project is located 22km north of Georgetown
in North Queensland. It is one of a number of gold prospects
located along the Delaney Fault, including the Electric Light
gold deposit approximately 2km to the south. The Delaney gold
project is situated in a substantial offset in the north
trending fault and was discovered and briefly
explored in the late 1980s.
Planet Metals entered into a farm-in agreement with
Callabonna Uranium Ltd (ASX Code: CUU) over three North
Queensland tenements (including the Delaney gold project) in
September 2011. Under the agreement, Planet can earn a 51%
interest in all three tenements by spending $750,000 in total
over a period of 2 years and 10 months. A minimum of
$150,000 must be spent on exploration within the first
10 months, including a 1,000m drill program. Full
details are contained in an ASX release dated 15
September 2011.
Planet's immediate intention was to drill the Torchlight
prospect within the Delaney Gold Project. Torchlight
had drill-ready targets identified by recent soil
and rock chip sampling. Nearby rock chip samples taken
in early 2011 assayed up to 162 g/t gold. This prospect has
never been drilled and is only 400m south of historic drill
holes which yielded such intercepts as
12m @ 10.10g/t Au from surface and 9m @ 3.81g/t Au from 77m
(Keela-Wee Exploration, 1989). Both prospects are located
along the Delaney Fault. The prospect is just over 2km north
of the Electric Light gold mine owned by Deutsche Rohstoff
Australia.
Delaney Au Project
Central
EPMA 18699
Hatch
EPM 18181
Electric Light
Gold Mine
Torchlight Au
Prospect
Georgetown
7,980,000 mN
N
Einasleigh
LEGEND
Planet Metals 100%
Planet Metals earning 51% (Farm-in with Callabonna)
Forsayth
h
Mount Borium
EPMA 19015
Chloe Cu
7,940,000 mN
Borium Extended
EPMA18960
DARWIN
BRISBANE
Location of
North Queensland
Oak River
EPM 17945
Mt Borium
PERTH
ADELAIDE
SYDNEY CANBERRA
MELBOURNE
HOBART
Gold Tenements and Prospects
0 10km
SCALE
Stephanie
EPMA 19009
KIDSTON GOLD MINE
>3M oz Au
Tenement Map highlighting the tenements subject to the farm-in as well as
Planet's existing Mount Borium group of tenements
2 PLANET METALS QUARTERLY REPORT DECEMBER 2011 December 2011 Drill ProgramA site visit was conducted in early October 2011 and collars for an initial 8-hole (1,000m) drill program were planned. Cultural Heritage clearances and landowner access agreements were subsequently finalised.
Drill Collar Details
In December 2011, Planet completed a 6-hole (1,086m) Reverse
Circulation (RC) drill program at Torchlight. The drill
program had to be amended due to weather conditions with only
4 of the original 8 planned holes completed. The holes
drilled were the
4 most southern holes of the original program. An additional
2 holes were added including one further to the south. Depths
of the holes ranged from 80m to
226m. Samples have been delivered to the laboratory for
testing with assay results expected within 2 weeks.
771 000mE 772 000mE 773 000mE
N
Untested Delaney North geochemical anomaly
Delaney Au prospect:
18 drill holes completed in 1989
Results include:
12m @ 10.10 g/t Au from surface
9m @ 3.81 g/t Au from 77m
Proposed holes not completed in December due to weather (TLRC001-TLRC004)
Torchlight Gold Prospect: Drill holes completed December 2011 (TLRC005-TLRC010)
Drill collar
Soil geochemistry (ppm Au)
0.455 to 1.02
0.1 to 0.455
0.021 to 0.1
0.007 to 0.021
-0.001 to 0.007
Geology
Electric Light Au mine
EPM 18181
Dolerite/Metadolerite
Daniel Creek Formation
Granite/felsic intrusive
Einasleigh Metamorphics
0 500m
SCALE
771 000mE
772 000mE 773 000mE
Delaney/Torchlight gold prospects - recent and historical drill hole collars within soil anomalies
PLANET METALS QUARTERLY REPORT DECEMBER 2011 3
772 500mE
773 000mE
DCV2
4m @ 7.3 g/t Au
1m @ 1 g/t Au
DCV1
2m @ 5.5 g/t Au
2m @ 6.6 g/t Au
6m @ 3.5 g/t Au
4m @ 2.7 g/t Au
N
DC1
7m @ 6.3 g/t Au
DCV6
2m @ 1.9 g/t Au
DCV3
2m @ 55 g/t Au
1m @ 3.7 g/t Au
DCV5
1m @ 2.9 g/t Au
DCV4
3m @ 3.4 g/t Au
DC and DCV series holes completed in 1989 by Keel-Wee Exploration
DC4
8m @ 1.9 g/t Au
2m @ 2.2 g/t Au
DC6
2m @ 1.5 g/t Au
DC7
2m @ 2.3 g/t Au
TLRC002
TLRC003
Proposed holes not completed in December
2011 due to weather
TLRC001
TLRC004
TLRC008
Torchlight Gold Prospect: Holes completed December 2011
TLRC009
TLRC007
TLRC010
TLRC006
TLRC005
Drill collar
Soil geochemistry (ppm Au)
0.455 to 1.02
0.1 to 0.455
0.021 to 0.1
0.007 to 0.021
-0.001 to 0.007
Geology
Dolerite/Metadolerite
Daniel Creek Formation
Granite/felsic intrusive
Einasleigh Metamorphics
0 200m
SCALE
772 500mE
Oak River Project773 000mE
Recent 6 drill collar locations and historical drill assays
with Callabonna in September 2011, Planet has
(EPM 17945 - Planet farming-in to earn 51%)
The farm-in agreement with Callabonna also covers the Oak
River tenement (EPM 17945 excl. rare earths and uranium) and
Central tenement (EPMA 18699). Oak River directly adjoins
Planet's Mount Borium gold project to the west, hence
providing Planet with an opportunity to immediately assess
the regional and strike extent of the known gold occurrences
in its existing tenement holdings. Two site visits to Oak
River were undertaken during the quarter.
The Oak River tenement area covers the south eastern margin
of the Newcastle Range Volcanics where they sit within the
Wirra Cauldron, a volcanic subsidence structure. Since
entering into a farm-in agreement
focused its review on the gold prospectivity on the
tenement rather than the uranium potential. The key area of
interest is the structural corridor that trends east of Mount
Borium, especially the intersection with the north-south
bearing curvilinear structure.
Field exploration conducted in October/November
2011 focused exclusively on targeting a potential
continuation along strike of the East-West regional structure
which hosts the neighbouring Mount Borium gold prospect (EPMA
19015). Results from rock chip samples taken during the
quarter yielded mixed results, however three separate samples
assayed elevated levels of gold (0.34g/t), silver (4.47g/t)
and zinc (1,260ppm). A further field exploration
program is planned.
Mount canninDaH
coPPer-golD Project
(PMQ 100% subject to current farm-in agreement)
Mount Cannindah is located near Monto, approximately 100km
south of Gladstone in central Queensland. The project
hosts significant porphyry-style copper-gold
mineralisation within the underexplored 120km2
tenement holding surrounding the Mount Cannindah deposit, of
which
6km2 is within granted Mining Leases.
Drummond Gold Limited (ASX Code: DGO), Planet Metals' farm-in
partner, is currently earning-in to the project after it
completed a 3,000m drill program last year. Drummond can
attain a 51% interest in the project by spending $2.5 million
prior to July 2013 in this first earn-in phase. As at
the date of this report, Drummond's related
expenditure exceeds $700,000.
A review late last year by geological modelling
consultants, Hellman & Schofield, incorporating
all recent drilling, resulted in a better
understanding of the geological constraints, and produced a
revised Mineral Resource Estimate including Measured,
Indicated and Inferred of 5.55 Million tonnes at 0.92% Cu,
0.34g/t Au and 14.9g/t Ag - refer table below.
Mount Cannindah Resource Table (October
2011)
Mount Cannindah Minesite Prospect Only
0.5% Cu cut-off, density of 2.7t/m3, minor rounding errors
Drummond Gold Limited is currently integrating high level research with past exploration data to assess further mineralisation potential and determine future drill targets. Fieldwork will re-commence next month to assess targets generated by this review. Key areas of interest, among others include the United Allies, Monument-Lifesaver, Cannindah East and Appletree prospects.
Appletree Prospect - Mt Cannindah Cu-Au Project
PLANET METALS QUARTERLY REPORT DECEMBER 2011 5
Mount BoriuM golD Project
(Tenements under Application - PMQ 100%)
The Mount Borium gold project is located between the historic
Kidston gold (>3 Million oz Au) and Einasleigh copper
mines in North Queensland. A full summary of this project is
contained within ASX release dated 12 July 2011.
Planet Metals received an offer for grant letter in September
2011 for the three tenements comprising this project.
Expectations are that the grant process
will be completed in the first half of 2012 and we will be able to commence field work next quarter. Two site visits were conducted on the neighbouring Oak River tenement during the quarter. Oak River is one of the tenements covered by the recent farm-in agreement with Callabonna Uranium.
An assessment of historical drill results highlights immediate drill targets. For example, the below cross section of 2 of the 5 holes drilled in 1989 (Hunter Resources Limited) shows that there are significant mineralised zones. In particular there exists depth potential as the final 6m intercepts of each hole assayed in excess of 0.2g/t Au.
MBRC3
0m
MBRC2
102m @ 0.38g/t
25m
3m@1.90 g/t Au
9m@1.63 g/t Au
50m
6m@1.03 g/t Au
75m
Au assays 3m interval
0.2g/t 6m composite
0.5g/t 6m composite
1.0g/t 6m composite
Gold Mineralisation open at depth
100m
0 10 20 metres
Mount Borium - cross section based on historical drill results
Mount Borium Landscape
6 PLANET METALS QUARTERLY REPORT DECEMBER 2011corPorate
Cash & Investments
Cash on hand as at 31 December 2011 was $5.2 million with
Planet also holding 64,322 Deutsche Rohstoff AG shares which
are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. As at
31 December
2011, the approximate Australian dollar value of this
shareholding was $1.2 million. This means Planet Metals has
cash and equity investments amounting to approximately $6.4
million, representing 10.7 cents per share.
Planet Metals held its AGM on 7 November 2011. All resolutions put to members were passed on a show of hands without dissent.
Advanced StrategyAs well as advancing Planet's current projects, the Company is constantly reviewing opportunities within the metals sector, primarily in gold and copper. Planet has the ability and platform to aggressively target such opportunities.
Proposed Activities for the March 2012 Quarterm Assess the assay results from the recent RC drill program at Torchlight as soon as they become available. Based on these results, a decision will be made on the Delaney gold project's future exploration strategy.
m Plan and commence a field exploration program
for the Oak River tenement.
m Provide support to farm-in partner, Drummond
Gold as they assess the other local prospects
and also the regional prospectivity of the Mount
Cannindah copper-gold project.
m Continued review of the Mount Borium project
pending final grant of the tenements.
m Monitor Planet's shareholding in Deutsche Rohstoff AG with a view to continuing to realise the value in this investment asset.
m Continued assessment of additional resource development and corporate opportunities as they arise.
For further information, please contact: Brett O'Donovan
Chief Executive Officer
Ph: 61 7 3249 3080
Competent Person StatementThe data in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Mount Cannindah deposit is based on information evaluated by Mr Simon Tear who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and who has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and the type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the "JORC Code"). Mr Tear is a full-time employee of Hellman & Schofield Pty Ltd and he consents to the inclusion in the report of the Mineral Resource in the form and context in which they appear.
Other technical information contained in this report has been compiled and/or supervised by Mr Andrew Gillies B.Sc (Geology) M.AusIMM (Director of Planet Metals Limited and Managing Director of Metallica Minerals Limited, Planet's major shareholder) who is a competent person and member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Gillies has relevant experience to the mineralisation, Exploration results and targets being reported on to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Gillies consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this
report.
About Planet Metals LimitedPlanet Metals (ASX Code: PMQ) is a Brisbane-based ASX- listed resource and exploration company, with a focus on gold and copper. The Company's key operations are the Mount Cannindah copper-gold project (subject to a farm-in agreement with Drummond Gold), the Mount Borium gold project (located between Kidston and Einasleigh, Qld - tenements currently being offered for grant) and the recently announced farm-in agreement over the Delaney gold project, near Georgetown, North Queensland. The Company's major shareholder is Metallica Minerals (ASX Code: MLM) with a 37% shareholding. As at the date of this release, Planet Metals has 59.7 million shares on issue as well as 6.5 million unlisted options. The Company had cash at hand of $5.2 million with a further $1.2 million in Deutsche Rohstoff shares listed in Germany. This means Planet Metals has cash and equity investments amounting to approximately $6.4 million, representing 10.7 cents per share.
PLANET METALS QUARTERLY REPORT DECEMBER 2011 7
PLANET METALS
LIMITED
PROJECT LOCATIONS
10°00'S
N
Weipa
Queensland
DELANEY
Gold Project
CAIRNS
Georgetown
Einasleigh
Kidston
Gold Mine
TOWNSVILLE
Mt Isa
MOUNT BORIUM
Gold Project
Mackay
20°00'S
MOUNT CANNINDAH
Advanced Copper - Gold Project
QUEENSLAND
0 200 400
Rockhampton
GLADSTONE
Bundaberg
BRISBANE
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