Drilling Commences at Capel Mineral Sand Project
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24 May 2024
Drilling Commences at Capel Mineral Sand Project
HIGHLIGHTS
• 2,000m, ninety three hole, aircore drilling program commenced at Capel Mineral Sands Project
• Previous exploration1 on the project conducted by Iluka Resources (ASX:ILU) identified shallow
heavy mineral sands (HMS) mineralisation including:
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21m at 3.3% HMS from surface (RB007)
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21m at 2.6% HMS from surface (RB001)
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18m at 2.2% HMS from surface (RB003)
• Adjacent to Iluka Capel South Deposit with a Measured Resource of 14.4MT at 8.8% HMS2
• The south west of Western Australia is a well-known HMS region with a number of large deposits
currently being mined by global companies including Tronox (NYSE:TROX), Iluka (ASX:ILU) and
Doral (Iwatani Corp - TYO:8088)
• HMS mineralisation intercepted on the first seven (7) holes of the program
Pinnacle Minerals Ltd (PIM:ASX) (“Pinnacle”, the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Wallis Drilling
has mobilised to the Capel Mineral Sands Project (“Project”) and commenced a 2,000m, ninety-three (93)
hole, aircore (AC) drilling program. The program is on schedule and is expected to take up to nine days.
Samples will be despatched to Diamantina Laboratories for assay.
The Project was previously held by Tronox Limited
(NYSE:TROX), a global, vertically integrated
producer of titanium dioxide and inorganic
chemicals, with a US $2b market capitalisation.
Previous, regional-scale exploration, conducted in
2010 by Iluka Resources Limited, discovered
moderate-grade HM from surface on several drill
lines. Pinnacle believes there is potential for
defining cohesive mineralisation at a more local
scale, sufficient for delineating an appreciable
mineral resource, within the tenement.
Should the drill program successfully identify a
Mineral Resource the Company will conduct a
concept study. The results of the study will be used
as a guide on the project’s development potential.
Figure 1: Example of mineralisation from Capel Program
Pinnacle Minerals Ltd
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WILLIAM WITHAM – Executive Chairman
NIC MATICH – Managing Director
LINCOLN LIU – Non-Executive Director
STEPHEN ROSS – Non-Executive Director
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Pinnacle Minerals Managing Director, Nic Matich, commented:
“Executing the first drilling program of 2024 on a brownfields project where previous exploration
has defined thick heavy mineral sands mineralisation is an exciting time for the Company. We
have progressed from access agreements to the drilling campaign within five (5) months and look
forward to investigating synergies with other operators in the region should the exploration
campaign be successful”.
Figure 2: Capel Mineral Sands Project - Proposed Drill Collars
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Exploration Timeline 2024:
References:
1 – Wamex Report Number A97325
2 – Iluka Resource Perth Basin Mineral Resource Breakdown By District, Deposit and JORC Category at 31
December 2021
This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Pinnacle Minerals Ltd.
For further information, please contact:
Non Executive Chairman
William Witham
Pinnacle Minerals Limited
T: + 61 (0) 8 9426 0666
E: admin@pinnacleminerals.com.au
Managing Director
Nic Matich
Pinnacle Minerals Limited
T: + 61 (0) 475 870 345
E: admin@pinnacleminerals.com.au
Media and Investor Inquiries
Jane Morgan
Jane Morgan Management
+61(0) 405 555 618
E: jm@janemorganmanagement.com.au
About Pinnacle Minerals
Pinnacle Minerals Ltd (ASX:PIM) is an ASX listed technology minerals company focused on delivering shareholder
value via the systematic exploration and development of its portfolio of battery and technology metals projects
in Canada, Western Australia and South Australia. Pinnacle aims to deliver exploration success via systematic
and geologically rigorous techniques. The Company’s focus is the “Adina East Project” in James Bay, Quebec which
is proximal to the world class Adina Lithium Project (Winsome Resources: ASX:WR1) and adjacent to the Trieste
Lithium Project (Loyal Lithium: ASX:LLI) and the Tilly Lithium Project (ASX:WR1). The Company’s Australian
exploration assets are prospective for Uranium, Rare Earth Elements and Heavy Mineral Sands.
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Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains ‘forward-looking information’ that is based on the Company’s expectations,
estimates and projections as of the date on which the statements were made. This forward-looking information
includes, among other things, statements with respect to the Company’s business strategy, plans, development,
objectives, performance, outlook, growth, cash flow, projections, targets and expectations, mineral reserves and
resources, results of exploration and related expenses. Generally, this forward-looking information can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as ‘outlook’, ‘anticipate’, ‘project’, ‘target’, ‘potential’,
‘likely’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’, ‘intend’, ‘may’, ‘would’, ‘could’, ‘should’, ‘scheduled’, ‘will’, ‘plan’, ‘forecast’,
‘evolve’ and similar expressions. Persons reading this announcement are cautioned that such statements are
only predictions, and that the Company’s actual future results or performance may be materially different.
Forward looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Competent person statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources
or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Richard Stockwell, a Competent Person who is a Fellow of
The Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Richard Stockwell is a director of Placer Consulting. Richard
Stockwell has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under
consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012
Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’.
Richard Stockwell consents to the inclusion in the presentation of the matters based on his information in the
form and context in which it appears.
Figure 3: Pinnacle Minerals Projects' Location Map
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