Inflection Resources and AngloGold Ashanti Initiate 35,000 Metre Drill Program Across Portfolio of Copper-Gold Projects
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Inflection Resources and AngloGold Ashanti Initiate 35,000
Metre Drill Program Across Portfolio of Copper-Gold Projects
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 24, 2023: Inflection Resources Ltd. (CSE: AUCU / OTCQB:
AUCUF / FSE: 5VJ) (the "Company" or "Inflection") is pleased to announce that following the
signing of the Definitive Agreement with AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited (“AngloGold”)
announced on June 14, 2023, the Company has commenced a large -scale drill program
comprising of approximately 3 5,000 metres across the Company’s 100% owned portfolio of
copper-gold projects in New South Wales, Australia.
Summary Highlights:
• Drilling has commenced and will test a wide variety of intrusion related targets across the
portfolio. Drilling will initially focus on the Duck Creek, Myallmundi and Trangie targets where
earlier drilling by the Company returned favourable results;
• AngloGold will fund up to AUD$10,000,000 of exploration expenditures across the portfolio of
projects in New South Wales as part of a Phase I exploration drill program;
• The two-rig drill program is estimated to comprise of approximate ly 100 drill holes totalling
35,000 metres. Drilling will be completed using combination mud -rotary/diamond core rigs;
and,
• Inflection is operating the exploration program and will receive a 10% management fee.
Alistair Waddell, Inflection’s President and CEO, states: “The Inflection team is excited to get this
next chapter of the copper - gold exploration program in New South Wales underway, which is
expected to comprise of approximately 35,000 metres of drilling and now fully funded by
AngloGold. We estimate t his phase of drilling will take approximately eighteen months to
complete and will test twenty-four principal target areas of interest with each target area requiring
multiple drill holes. We look forward to keeping shareholders updated with regular news flow from
the ongoing drilling.”
Duck Creek - Drilling:
The Company considers the Duck Creek exploration license to be highly prospective for large-
scale alkalic porphyry-related copper -gold style target s comprising favourable magnetic and
gravity features which the Company interprets to be part of the prospective Macquarie Arc
volcanic sequence. The principal target area comprises a large 10 by 15-kilometre gravity low
embayment within the large regional magnetic high. The Company considers the geological
setting highly analogous to CMOC’s Northparkes mine located approximately 200 kilometres to
the south. Specifically, the Company is drill testing high -amplitude, complex, magnetic patterns
very similar to those typical of the intrusion -related signatures of the Macquarie Arc mineralized
districts.
Drilling is underway in the area of previous Inflection drilling which intersected strongly
hydrothermally altered rocks with characteristics similar to those often found adjacent to
mineralized alkalic copper –gold systems such as Newcrest’s Cadia mine and the Northparkes
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mine complex. Previous Inflection drill holes DCKDH002, 005 and 006 intercepted porphyry-style
alteration over an approximate 400 by 250 metre area which included biotite-albite-K-feldspar-
tourmaline and blebs of bornite . T he Company is now targeting this specific area with deeper
drilling with holes estimated to be 600-800 metres deep. The principal target area of interest is
associated with a n 800 by 1,300 metre aeromagnetic low feature interpreted to represent
magnetite destruction associated with hydrothermal alteration.
Twenty other priority targets within the broader Duck Creek Exploration license have also been
generated by analysing the aeromagnetic geophysical survey data and will be systematically drill
tested as part of this ongoing program.
Duck Creek – Ground geophysical survey:
Three separate areas within the Duck Creek exploration license will be tested with a total of 35-
line kilometres of IP/MT (Induced polarisation/magnetotelluric) electrical geophysics. The survey
is designed to identify zones of elevated chargeability indicative of sulphide mineralisation and
high resistivity often associated with the margins of porphyry intrusions. The survey will be
initiated in the coming weeks and it is anticipated will further refine the ultimate positioning of
certain drill holes on the Duck Creek exploration license.
Figure 1: NSW target location map
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Myallmundi - Drilling:
Six drill holes are planned to be completed on the Myallmundi target testing an approximate 1.5
by 2-kilometre zone of magnetite enrichment evident in the aeromagnetic data . This magnetic
feature is coincident with quartz-chalcopyrite-molybdenite-pyrite bearing quartz veins in sericite
altered volcanics rocks intersected in Inflection drill hole MYLDH003. The alteration assemblage
suggests proximity to a porphyry intrusion . The first drill hole will test the centre of a distinct
magnetic high located approximately 300 metres east of hole MYLDH003.
Trangie – Drilling:
Eight holes are planned for the broader Trangie target area which will test the depth extent of an
approximate 2 by 2-kilometre zone of strongly hydrothermally altered rocks characteristic of those
adjacent to mineralized alkalic copper –gold systems. Alteration comprises of biotite-magnetite
and albite-epidote, which was intersected in previous Inflection drill holes TRNDH006, 007, 011,
013, 014, 015 and 018.
Other Drill Targets:
With sequencing b ased largely on drilling logistics, other targets including Fairholme, Meringo,
Nine Mile and Marra targets (Figure 1) are planned to be systematically drill tested. Further
updates will be provided as drilling progresses.
Phase I AngloGold Agreement Terms:
AngloGold will sole fund up to AUD$10,000,000 on exploration expenditures across a wide range
of different intrusive related exploration targets over a maximum 36-month period, which includes
a minimum expenditure commitment of AUD$6,000,000. Inflection will opera te Phase I and will
receive a 10% management fee for doing so. Upon completion of Phase I, AngloGold then retains
the right to designate up to five projects where it may potentially earn up to a 75% interest in each
project by completing various milestones. See Inflection news release dated June 14, 2023 for
further details.
About Inflection’s NSW Projects:
The Company is systematically exploring for large copper-gold and gold deposits in the northern
interpreted extension of the Macquarie Arc, part of the Lachlan Fold Belt in New South Wales.
The Macquarie Arc is Australia’s premier porphyry copper -gold province host to Newcrest
Mining’s Cadia deposits, the CMOC Northparkes deposits and Evolution Mining’s Cowal deposits
plus numerous exploration prospects including Boda, the discovery made by Alkane Resources.
The Company uses cost-effective mud-rotary drilling to cut through unmineralized post -mineral
sedimentary cover before transitioning to diamond core drilling once basement is reached . It is
well documented that mineralized bodies elsewhere in the belt, in particular porphyry and intrusive
related systems, have large district -scale alteration and geochemical halos or footprints
surrounding them.
The Company completes a series of short diamond drill holes into bedrock rather than just one or
two deep and more expensive dia mond drill holes. Multiple data points gained from alteration
and mineral geochemistry is then used to vector additional deeper holes. This is a proven
exploration strategy in the covered segments of the Macquarie Arc having been directly
responsible for the discovery of the Northparkes and Cowal deposits.
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Qualified Person:
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and
approved by Mr. Carl Swensson (FAusIMM) , a “Qualified Person” (“QP”) as defined in National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Inflection Resources Ltd. Inflection is a technically driven copper-gold and gold focused
mineral exploration company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the sy mbol
“AUCU” and on the OTCQB under the symbol “AUCUF” with projects in Australia. For more
information, please visit the Company website at www.inflectionresources.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Alistair Waddell
President and CEO
For further information, please contact:
Brennan Zerb
Investor Relations Manager
+1 (778) 867-5016
Forward-Looking Statements: This news release includes certain forward -looking statements and
forward-looking information (collectively, "forward -looking statements") within the meaning of applicable
Canadian securitie s legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein
including, without limitation, statements regarding future capital expenditures, amount of drilling, receipt of
the maximum amount of available grant funding, anticipated content, commencement and cost of
exploration programs in respect of the Company's projects and mineral properties, AngloGold’s anticipated
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