Clermont

The Clermont Project tenements are centred on and around the southern end of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian age Anakie Inlier. The geology of the region is complex with multiple phases of intrusive, volcanic and sedimentary rocks intruding and/or overlying the Anakie basement rocks.

The Clermont district is principally recognised for small scale copper and gold mining activity which has been variably active since the 1860s and focused within areas of outcropping basement. Much of the recent exploration in the region has continued to target the known deposit types which include alluvial and epithermal gold and shear hosted copper deposits.

In addition to the "type" deposit styles in the district, the Company has identified a copper-gold-PGE-uranium association which is believed to indicate potential for discovery of polymetallic mineralisation. There has been limited prior exploration for this style of deposit in the Clermont region.

The identified metal association also suggests potential for the discovery of secondary uranium deposits which may form via remobilisation of primary mineralisation into unconformities within the overlying Palaeozoic and Tertiary aged sedimentary and volcanic sequences.

The Clermont Project represents a reconnaissance-stage exploration project. Initial exploration activities will focus on the numerous high order uranium anomalies that have been identified within the tenement area both within and external to the Anakie Inlier and on assessment of the regional PGE anomalism.

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