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GLOBAL ENERGY METALS ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF PARTNER
FUNDED EXPLORATION PROGRAM AT THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT
INCLUDING CONFIRMATION OF HIGH COBALT AND COPPER
GRADES
Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / October 17, 2022 / Global Energy Metals
CorporaQon TSXV:GEMC | OTCQB:GBLEF | FSE:5GE1 (“Global Energy
Metals” , the “Company” and/or “GEMC”), a company involved in investment
exposure to the baGery metals supply chain, is pleased to provide an
exploraNon update from its Millennium copper-cobalt-gold (Cu-Co-Au) project
(“Millennium” and/or the “Project”) located in Queensland, Australia. The
exploraNon program is being fully funded by Metal Bank Ltd. (“MBK”) as it
earns up to an 80% interest in the project through staged explora Non and
milestone share equity payments. Global Energy Metals currently holds 100%
of the Project through its wholly-owned subsidiary Element Minerals Australia
Pty Ltd and has a 31,250,000 share equity posiNon in MBK.
Highlights
•Assay results con/nue to return high cobalt grades
•First diamond drilling assays received including:
•12m @ 0.62% Cu, 0.14% Co and 0.34g/t Au from 51m (MI22DD01)
•Addi/onal RC results received including:
•3m @ 0.22% Co from 61m (MI22RC04)
•12m @ 0.53% Cu and 0.14% Co from 39m (MI22RC08 – outside
current resource)
•Scope of the Central Resource area extended approximately 120m north of
exis/ng Resource
•Electrical (IP/resis/vity) geophysics survey completed
•Resource upgrade work to commence upon receipt of final outstanding
assay results
Mitchell Smith, CEO & Director of GEMC commented:
“The Metal Bank funded drill campaign has not only been successful in
achieving the main objec/ve of confirming the extent and con/nuity of high-
grade cobalt and copper mineralisa/on at Millennium but has also extended
the limits of mineralisa/on defined by the current JORC Mineral Resource
model. We look forward to con/nued drilling success by our partner and the
advancement of this important cobalt-copper project in Australia at a /me
when jurisdic/onally safe supply of cri /cal ba‘ery minerals is so highly
regarded.”
CommenQng on the results, Metal Bank’s Chair, Inés Scotland said:
“Great results. Cobalt is recognised as a cri/cal mineral for the produc/on of
renewable energy technologies and just this past week there was significant
media coverage regarding the Quad Fund and their charter to invest in Cobalt
and Copper companies. The addi/onal near surface extensions in the Central
Area are par/cularly encouraging, and we s/ll wai/ng on the assay results of
the deeper drilling.”
Figure 1: Millennium RC drilling, Northern Area
Following resource extension and infill drilling program compleNon in mid-
September, assay results have now been received for the first of MBK’s
diamond drill (DD) holes (MI22DD01) and addiNonal reverse circulaNon (RC)
drilling (MI22RC04, MI22RC08-11) at the Southern and Central Resource
Areas of the Millennium project.
Results include:
•12m @ 0.62% Cu, 0.14% Co and 0.34g/t Au from 51m (MI22DD01)
•3m @ 0.22% Co from 61m (MI22RC04)
•12m @ 0.53% Cu and 0.14% Co from 39m (MI22RC08, outside current
resource)
•1m @ 2.19% Cu from 40m (MI22RC10, outside current resource)
These results form part of the Millennium resource update, in filling gaps,
extending mineralisaNon and resource confidence, along with metallurgical
sampling acquisiNon. Of parNcular note are the strong cobalt (Co) grades
hosted in hydrothermal veins and crackle breccias. The cobalt grades reiterate
Millennium as one of Australia’s highest grade undeveloped baGery metals
projects, contained within granted mining licenses. (Figure 2).
Furthermore, results from holes MI22RC08 and MI22RC09 have extended the
scope of the Central Area resource some 120m north of the exis Nng JORC
2012 Inferred Resource of 5.9Mt @ 1.08%1 CuEq (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Copper/Cobalt project resource grades, Australia
Results for a further four diamond drill (DD) holes and seven reverse
circulaNon (RC) holes including the deep resource drilling and exploraNon and
extension work in the Northern Area are awaited.
In addiNon, a small Induced Polarisa Non/resisNvity electrical geophysical
survey (as uNlised to excellent effect at Carnaby Resources and Hammer
Metals Cloncurry region projects) was also conducted. This survey aimed to
beGer delineate key structural and geological features to aid drill targe Nng
over untested parts of the project.
Table 1: Millennium drilling notable intersec/ons
Figure 3: Millennium Project area plan showing current drilling, notable new
drilling results and IP/resis/vity lines
Millennium 2022 Work Program
Results from the recently completed drilling program have been received,
including one diamond (DD) and five Reverse CirculaNon (RC) drill holes
validaNng and extending the exisNng resource (MI22RC04, MI22RC08-11). An
addiNonal four DD holes and seven RC holes were also completed as part of
the recently completed drilling program, with full assay results expected in
the next few weeks. Results are presented in Table 1 and Figure 2, with cross-
secNons in Figures 3 and 4.
SOUTHERN AREA
Hole MI22DD01 (metallurgical hole) was targeted into a resource gap.
Encouraging results of up to 12m @ 0.62% Cu, 0.14% Co and 0.34g/t Au
(Figures 3 and 4) were returned from sheeted veinlet to vein and crackle
breccias, with strong Co grades consistent with previous results for the
deposit enhanced by low-grade Cu and minor oxide Au mineralisaNon.
Figure 4: Millennium 7722700N cross-sec/on (NB: MI22RD01 DD tail to be
drilled in future)
CENTRAL AREA
Central Area drilling successfully extended mineralisaNon 120 m north of the
current resource (refer to Figures 3 and 5). Drill hole MI22RC08 collared north
of the current resource, intersected 12m @ 0.53% Cu and 0.14% Co from 39m
and drill hole MI22RC09, collared 120m north of MI22RC08 intersected 1m @
2.19% Cu from 40m. Further infill and step out drilling is required in this
northern extension to enable for its inclusion in future resource esNmates.
Importantly, broad intervals of prospec Nve alteraNon and Cu-Co+/-Au
mineralisaNon (including high grade Co zones) were intersected in deeper
drilling (Figure 6) within the Central Area. Results from these holes are
awaited.
Figure 5: Millennium 7723750N cross-sec/on
Figure 6: MI22RD05, ~179.7m – high grade cobal/te-rich zone (silver speckles)
in strongly altered and deformed calcareous metasediment (HQ core)
NORTHERN AREA
Results from the copper-dominant Northern Area are awaited. The two
northernmost holes aimed at extending the Northern Area mineralisaNon a
further 200m+ north were unable to be completed due to track access issues.
Pilgrim/Fountain Range/Quamby Fault Zone
The Pilgrim/Fountain Range/Quamby Fault zone remains an important target
for addiNonal new zones of mineralisaNon, however, the relaNonship between
these structures and Cu-Co-Au mineralisaNon at Millennium remains unclear .
One scout hole drilled in this program (MI22RC18) was terminated
prematurely due to poor ground condiNons without intersecNng the target
fault zone. MBK anNcipates iniNal drill tesNng of this fault zone in 2023.
IP/RESISTIVITY GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Results from a five-line pole-dipole Induced PolarisaNon/resisNvity electrical
geophysical survey (as used to recent success in the area by Carnaby
Resources and Hammer Metals) have been received. The survey has been
successful in idenNfying the fault zone hosNng Cu-Co-Au mineralisaNon which
is reflected in the geophysical data as the contrast between areas of high
resisNvity/low chargeability (hard rocks), and low resisNvity/high chargeability
(sooer rocks). This greatly enhances MBK’s ability to directly target strike
extensions of mineralisaNon at Millennium.
Figure 7: Millennium 7722800N IP/resis/vity 2D inversion model sec/ons
showing Millennium structure, 2016 resource model and assay results.
Millennium Project
The Millennium Copper and Cobalt Project near Cloncurry in NW QLD
currently holds a JORC 2012- compliant Inferred Resource of 5.9Mt @ 1.08%
CuEq (Cu-Co-Au-Ag) across 5 granted Mining Leases with significant potenNal
for expansion. It is located 19km from the Rocklands copper-cobalt project
with an established processing plant capable of treaNng Millennium-style ores
once recommissioned.
MBK’s 2021 drill results and other previous drilling, in conjunc Non with
significant appreciaNon in copper and cobalt prices since maiden Resource
reporNng, provided support for an iniNal ExploraNon Target for the Project of
8 – 10Mt @ 1.0 – 1.1% CuEq.
MBK developed a three-phase work program for Millennium in 2022 seeking
to confirm the ExploraNon Target for the Project, and future Resource
expansion and development potenNal. The ExploraNon Target is based on
extensions both along strike and at depth in both the Southern and Central
Area copper-cobalt-gold Resources and in the Northern Area, where shallow
copper intervals at broad spacing have been returned some 800-1000m north
of the closest Resource.
Upon receipt and assessment of all results from the current 2022 drilling
program, MBK will embark on a JORC 2012-compliant Resource update and
Scoping Study u Nlising appropriate economic parameters aimed for
compleNon late 2022.
It should be noted that the ExploraNon Target is conceptual in nature. There
has been insufficient drilling at depth of the exisNng Resource and in the
Northern Area of the project and insu fficient informaNon relaNng to the
Reasonable Prospects of Eventual Economic Extrac Non (RPEEE) of the
Millennium project to esNmate a Mineral Resource over the Explora Non
Target area, and it is uncertain if further study will result in the esNmaNon of a
Mineral Resource over this area. It is acknowledged that the currently
available data is insufficient spaNally in terms of the density of drill holes, and
in quality, in terms of MBK’s final audit procedures for down hole data, data
acquisiNon and processing, for the results of this analysis to be classified as a
Mineral Resource in accordance with the JORC Code.
About Metal Bank
Metal Bank Limited is an ASX-listed minerals exploraNon company (ASX: MBK)
holding a significant portolio of advanced gold and copper explora Non
projects with substanNal growth upside, including:
•the right to earn up to 80% of the Millennium Copper & Cobalt project
which holds an inferred 2012 JORC resource of 5.9Mt @ 1.08% CuEq, across
5 granted Mining Leases with significant potenNal for expansion;
•a 75% interest in the advanced Livingstone Gold Project in WA which holds a
JORC 2004 Inferred Resource of 49,900oz Au at the Homestead prospect, a
JORC 2012 Inferred Resource of 30,500oz6 Au at Kingsley, and an
ExploraNon Target6 of 290 – 400Kt at 1.8 – 2.0 g/t Au for 16,800 – 25,700oz