TinOne Reports Completion of Successful Phase 1 Drill Program and Discusses Future Plans for its Great Pyramid Tin Project, Tasmania, Australia
Vancouver, British Columbia (February 2, 2023) – TinOne Resources Inc. (TSX.V: TORC) (OTCQB:TORCF) ("TinOne" or the "Company" - https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/tinone-resources-inc/) is pleased to announce it has completed its Phase 1 drill program at its Great Pyramid Tin (Sn) Project (“Great Pyramid” or the “Project”) located in the tier one mining jurisdiction of Tasmania, Australia.
Drilling has now concluded with a total of 4,687 metres completed and data compilation and modelling are underway. The program has been successful in continuing to define significant tin mineralization near surface, at depth and adjacent to historical drilling.
Highlights
- Great Pyramid mineralization extended to approximately 380 metres below surface.
- Interpreted granite source not encountered, therefore mineralization remains entirely open at depth.
- Mineral Resources Tasmania geophysical modelling interprets granite at depth below Great Pyramid in the range of 700 – 1300 metres.
- Mineralization remains open in all directions laterally.
- Integrated stratigraphic-structural model being developed to assist numeric modelling.
“We are very pleased to have completed our Great Pyramid Phase 1 drill program safely and within budget,” commented Chris Donaldson, Executive Chairman. “The results of the program have been outstanding in delivering consistent tin intersections from within the area of historical activity and, importantly, outside this area. These results and geological interpretation indicate that the Great Pyramid system is of significant scale and has only been partially tested, to date. Our geological team is developing its detailed interpretation and will be using this information to plan our next phases of drilling which will be focussed on fully testing the system.”
Key Results
The 2022 program was designed to:
- Test the depth and lateral dimensions of mineralization within the vicinity of the historical drilling and resource estimate;
- Obtain grade and continuity data utilising modern drill and analytical techniques, within the area of the historic exploration activity; and
- Test a large-scale IP chargeability anomaly adjacent to the historic resource.
Tables 1 and 2 present full results from the 2022 program and compiled results from all historical drilling known from the Great Pyramid area. The tables show that the 2022 program returned results in line with historical data and includes outstanding intersections of higher grade such as:
- 22GPRC012 78 metres @0.51% Sn (see Company news release September 06, 2022)
- 22GPRC016 51 metres @0.29% Sn (see Company news release September 06, 2022)
- 22GPRC021 14 metres @0.36% Sn (see Company news release January 18, 2023)
- 22GPRC022 15 metres @0.45% Sn (see Company news release October 11, 2022).
The 2022 Great Pyramid drill program was highly successful in confirming the presence and tenor of significant tin mineralization in the area of historical drilling activity and historical resource estimate. Weighted average tin grade for all 2022 recorded intersections[i] was 0.23% Sn which is in accord with historical drill data (Tables 1 and 2).
In addition, the program successfully defined significant mineralization at depth below the historical resource estimate in the area of sparse historical drilling. Highlights at depth included:
- 22GPRC003 (see Company news release November 22, 2022)
18 metres @0.31% Sn from 308 metres downhole 5.4 metres @0.46% Sn from 330.6 metres downhole 13 metres @0.22% Sn from 359 metres downhole
- 22GPRC006 (see Company news release September 06, 2022)
49 metres @0.17% Sn from 65 metres downholeIncluding 8 metres @0.3% Sn from 86 metres downhole
These TinOne drill holes and the historical data have not defined the lower limit of the system, which remains entirely open at depth.
A relatively minor component of the program was directed to testing the lateral extent of mineralization due to access, with the network of historical drill access tracks being utilized to obtain a more cost effective drill program for this first round of drilling. However, despite this, the program has also delivered significant results laterally away from the historical drilling and resource estimate, with highlights including:
- 22GPRC021 (see Company news release January 18, 2023)
40 metres @0.13% Sn from 58 metres downhole 14 metres @0.36% Sn from 128 metres downhole 17 metres @0.21% Sn from 181 metres downhole
- 22GPRC002 (see Company news release June 29, 2022)
14 metres @0.18% Sn from 3 metres downhole 6 metres @0.22% Sn from 24 metres downhole
These drill holes and historical drill data have not defined the lateral limits of the Great Pyramid system, which remains open laterally in all directions (Figure 2).
Three drill holes (22GPDD010, 22GPRC018A, 22GPRC019, 22GPDD023) were drilled (for a total of 1275.9 metres) to test IP chargeability anomalies to the northeast and east of the area of historical exploration activity. These holes intersected sedimentary rocks of the Mathinna Supergroup with strong hornfels effects at depth and variable amounts of pyrite (interpreted to be both diagenetic and hydrothermal) and minor base metal sulphides. No significant tin mineralization was encountered. The chargeability anomalies may be explained by the presence of pyrite, however more detailed analysis, including petrophysical property measurements, will be undertaken and integration into the broader Great Pyramid geological model undertaken.
Geological Interpretation
The tin systems of northeastern Tasmania are regarded as classical examples of granite-related tin-polymetallic systems (Taylor, R.G. 1979, The geology of tin deposits). Well known systems such as Anchor (Taheri and Bottrill, 2005, Devonian granites and associated mineralization in northeast and northwest Tasmania), Aberfoyle[ii], Lutwyche2, Story’s Creek2, Rex Hill2 (see TinOne news release July 07, 2022) and Royal George 2 are hosted in or directly associated with Devonian granites of the S-type alkali feldspar suite and it is generally regarded that the granites are the source of hydrothermal fluids and metals for formation of the systems. In the Aberfoyle, Lutwyche and Story’s Creek systems, the bulk of mineralization is hosted in Mathinna Supergroup sedimentary rocks above the granite body, with deeper mining levels and drilling demonstrating the connection. In these systems a clear zoning from tin-rich at higher levels above the granite zoning downward to higher tungsten content adjacent to and within the granite. The Aberfoyle system is known over a vertical extent of in excess of 300 metres.
It is highly significant that in most respects (mineralogy, metal association, alteration character), the Great Pyramid system conforms to the granite-related model, yet no granite has yet been encountered in the project area.
Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT) developed an integrated geophysical and geological model for the Scamander Mineral Field, including Great Pyramid (Scamander 3D geological and geophysical model). The Great Pyramid system occurs on a steep gradient (“shoulder”) in the MRT model, and the model estimated that the upper granite surface exists at between 700 and 1300 metres below the Great Pyramid system (Figure 3).
The TinOne 2022 drill program provided support for this model and the granite association of the Great Pyramid system with the key evidence being the consistent presence in deeper holes of spotted hornfels[iii]. However, despite drilling to depths of almost 400 metres below surface, no granite has yet been encountered at Great Pyramid. In the other Mathinna Supergroup hosted systems in Tasmania (e.g. Aberfoyle, Lutwyche, Story’s Creek), mineralization continues to the granite contact and also within the granite. By comparison (and in context of the MRT model and observed geology), it can be interpreted that the Great Pyramid system may extend for a significant distance below current drill levels and potentially continue into the interpreted underlying granite.
The mineralization encountered to date at Great Pyramid is interpreted to have two inter-related control mechanisms (Figure 4).
Structure - north easterly striking, steeply dipping structures (TinOne observations, historical exploration reports by Aberfoyle Ltd and BHP Ltd) that transect the sedimentary package and are interpreted to have acted as conduits for mineralizing hydrothermal fluids arising from the granite at depth. Sedimentary rock type - not all of the sedimentary sequence is equally favourable for the production of elevated tin grades and therefore certain units are more strongly mineralized. These units tend to be the more quartz-rich sandstone parts of the sequence and it is interpreted that their brittle fracture patterns within the favourable structural domains promotes mineralization. A challenge is that the Mathinna Supergroup sedimentary rocks were strongly folded at a time before intrusion of the granite magma and formation of the related mineralization.
The interaction of the folded sedimentary geometries, structural zones and interpreted granite is schematically shown in Figure 4. The figure highlights the potential geometries and relationships expected at Great Pyramid and illustrates why in some places the mineralization is more laterally continuous than in other places. The figure also illustrates that, based on knowledge from other deposits in northeastern Tasmania, mineralization could be expected to continue in favourable host rocks into the interpreted granite contact.
Next Steps
With the successful completion of the Phase 1 drill program, the TinOne technical team has significantly advanced its understanding of the Great Pyramid system and focus has now shifted to interpretation and integration of the various data sets. This interpretation and modelling phase will develop an understanding of the inter-related controls discussed above and guide more efficient targeting of additional drilling and future resource estimation.
TinOne has engaged a PhD-trained expert in the structural geology of northeastern Tasmania and a PhD-trained expert sedimentologist to work together with the TinOne team and an external resource geologist to develop an integrated structural-sedimentological-geostatistical model. This model will inform additional drilling, principally targeting lateral extensions and a resource estimation at the appropriate time.
Table 1: TinOne Resources Great Pyramid RC and core drill results.
Hole
Intersection width (m)
From (m)
Sn (%)
Comments
22GPDD001A
23
0
0.23
Diamond cored hole. Inside historical resource area.
26
29
0.22
Diamond cored hole. Inside historical resource area.
11
61
0.45
Diamond cored hole. Inside historical resource area.
8
120
0.28
Diamond cored hole. Inside historical resource area.
5
148
0.38
Diamond cored hole. Below historical resource area.
22GPRC002
14
3
0.18
Outside historical resource area.
6
24
0.22
Outside historical resource area.
22GPRC003
39
3
0.25
Inside historical resource area.
Incl
16
18
0.34
18
308
0.31
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
5.4
330.6
0.46
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
13
359
0.22
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
14.1
379.15
0.15
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
6.2
398.8
0.12
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
7.15
420.85
0.16
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
22GPRC004
17
41
0.13
Outside historical resource area.
8
243
0.15
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
22GPRC005
30
8
0.26
Inside historical resource area.
23
64
0.12
Below historical resource area.
22GPRC006
9
48
0.20
Below historical resource area.
Incl
8
86
0.30
49
65
0.17
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
29
160
0.15
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
6
238
0.27
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area.
13.5
250
0.14
Diamond tail. Below historical resource area. To end of hole.
22GPRC007
21
2
0.30
Inside historical resource area, to end of hole, abandoned in old workings.
22GPDD008
8
4
0.20
Diamond cored hole. Inside historical resource area.
14
24
0.20
Diamond cored hole. Inside historical resource area.
13
134
0.15
Diamond cored hole. Outside historical resource area.
4
171
0.25
Diamond cored hole. Outside historical resource area.
22GPRC009
No significant mineralization
22GPDD010
Diamond cored hole. No assayed returned yet.
22GPRC011
5
1
0.41
Predominantly outside historical resource area
25
12
0.16
Predominantly outside historical resource area
7
42
0.30
Predominantly outside historical resource area
4
82
0.40
Predominantly outside historical resource area
22GPRC012
78
11
0.51
Predominantly outside historical resource area.
Incl
23
34
1.09
Outside historical resource area
8
122
0.27
Outside historical resource area.
22GPRC013
20
3
0.14
Inside historical resource area.
14
36
0.16
Below historical resource area.
6
105
0.13
Below historical resource area.
22GPRC014
5
16
0.27
Inside historical resource area.
12
26
0.20
Inside historical resource area.
48.8
87
0.14
Outside historical resource area. Part RC, part diamond tail.
5
171
0.13
Diamond tail. Outside historical resource area.
22GPDD015
48
12
0.15
Diamond hole. Predominantly within historical resource area.
Incl
3
34
0.68
22GPRC016
51
2
0.29
Inside historical resource area.
Incl
20
4
0.43
22GPRC017
9
39
0.20
Outside historical resource area.
11
66
0.10
Outside historical resource area.
22GPRC018A
No significant assays – diamond tail yet to be assayed.
22GPRC019
No significant assays
22GPRC021
40
58
0.13
Outside historical resource area.
14
128
0.36
Outside historical resource area. Part RC, part diamond tail.
17
181
0.21
Outside historical resource area.
22GPRC022
15
22
0.45
Inside historical resource area, to end of hole, abandoned in old workings.
22GPDD023
Diamond cored hole. No significant results. Only partially assayed.
22GPRC024
21
16
0.22
Inside historical resource area.
14
47
0.10
Inside historical resource area.
NOTES: All intersections are calculated with a cut-off grade of 0.1% Sn with maximum consecutive internal waste of 4 metres.
All intersections are downhole widths, true widths are uncertain.
TinOne drill hole numbering is in the form 22GPRCXXX for reverse circulation (RC) holes and 22GPRDDXXX for diamond holes with numbering allocated in sequence.
Analytical results have been received for holes 22GPRC002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 009, 011, 012, 013, 014, 016, 017, 018A, 019, 021, 022 and 024. Hole 22GPRC020 failed at 12 metres and was not assayed. The target area for this hole was drilled by 22GPRC021.
Diamond holes completed to-date and with assays pending are 22GPDD10 and 22GPDD023 (Part). Diamond tail extensions have been completed for RC pre-collar holes 22GPRC003, 22GPRC004, 22GPRC005, 22GPRC006, 22GPRC014 and 22GPRC021 with assays pending for 22GPRC018A.
Table 2: Great Pyramid historical drill results.
Hole
Intersection width (m)
From (m)
Sn (%)
Year
Company
Comments
18GPD001
52.2
1.5
0.29
2018
TNT Mines Ltd
Diamond hole.
11
60
0.11
30
180
0.27
15
234
0.11
BHP001
16.45
22.56
0.20
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP002
15.24
0
0.22
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
10.98
24.38
0.12
1965
BHP
BHP005
16.46
4.27
0.12
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP006
3.66
29.87
0.47
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP007
34.75
0.61
0.25
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP008
14.63
20.73
0.15
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP011
17.07
0
0.23
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP013
13.41
0
0.22
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP014
49.38
9.75
0.14
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP015
6.1
0
0.34
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
9.15
13.41
0.19
1965
BHP
BHP020
32.11
6.9
0.36
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BHP026
29.26
11.58
0.17
1965
BHP
Percussion hole.
BPD001
39.4
15.7
0.15
1980
BHP
Diamond hole.
BPD002b
28
0
0.21
1980
BHP
Percussion hole.
BPD003
24.55
31.7
0.30
1981
BHP
Diamond hole.
BPD005
14.8
0
0.17
1981
BHP
Diamond hole.
BPD007
19
0
0.16
1981
BHP
Diamond hole.
38.61
66.25
0.30
1981
BHP
BPD009a
26.65
21.75
0.18
1981
BHP
Diamond hole.
BPD009b
14
4
0.53
1981
BHP
Percussion hole.
18
24
0.14
1981
BHP
BPD010
33.3
14.8
0.25
1981
BHP
Diamond hole.
BPD011
14.84
22.36
0.11
1981
BHP
Diamond hole.
10.74
64.3
0.13
13.75
113.8
0.12
DDS001
16.61
164.59
0.10
1965
BHP
Diamond hole.
GPY001
10.66
28.96
0.15
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Diamond hole.
GPY002
18.29
3.05
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Diamond hole.
24.38
45.72
0.21
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
GPY003
28.95
10.67
0.43
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Diamond hole.
35.05
44.2
0.28
GPY005
56.39
0
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Diamond hole.
GPY006
44.2
0
0.39
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Diamond hole.
MD001
10.66
137.7
0.20
1976
Tas. Mines Dept.
Diamond hole.
MD003
12
27.88
0.23
1977
Tas. Mines Dept.
Diamond hole.
MD004
10.82
15.68
0.20
1978
Tas. Mines Dept.
Diamond hole.
11.07
75.2
0.18
SPG1a
10
30
0.24
1983
Shell
Percussion with diamond tail from 121m
14
72
0.12
42.9
236.7
0.22
10.2
291.8
0.15
H001
16.84
4.5
0.31
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H002
10.67
12.19
0.14
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
9.14
30.48
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H003
9.14
13.72
0.22
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H004
42.67
0
0.22
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H005
30.48
13.72
0.45
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H006
16.77
9.14
0.33
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H007
7.62
1.52
0.35
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
30.48
15.24
0.16
H008
27.43
0
0.29
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
13.72
32
0.25
H010
13.72
1.52
0.34
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
10.67
32
0.11
H014
32.01
1.52
0.25
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H015
21.34
1.52
0.24
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H016
22.86
4.57
0.22
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H017
35.06
1.52
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H018
19.82
9.14
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H019
21.34
0
0.29
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H020
10.67
7.62
0.14
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
12.19
22.86
0.41
H021
10.67
0
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
16.77
19.81
0.15
H022
6.1
0
0.33
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
15.24
12.19
0.17
H024
6.1
0
0.37
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
22.86
10.67
0.21
H025
12.19
6.1
0.16
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H026
24.38
7.62
0.25
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H028
30.48
0
0.18
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H032
9.14
7.62
0.33
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H034
10.67
22.86
0.23
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H036
10.67
1.52
0.20
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H037
18.29
16.76
0.18
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H038
12.19
12.19
0.11
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H041
30.48
0
0.36
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H042
36.58
0
0.26
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H043
28.96
0
0.39
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H044
24.38
0
0.39
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H045
15.24
1.52
0.18
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H046
16.77
4.57
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H047
6.09
3.05
0.34
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H049
15.24
1.52
0.14
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
9.14
30.48
0.14
H051
27.44
1.52
0.49
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H052
22.86
1.52
0.33
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H053
9.15
4.57
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
4.57
18.29
0.58
H054
24.39
4.57
0.72
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H055
25.91
1.52
0.37
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H056
24.38
6.1
0.34
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H057
10.67
7.62
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H061
12.2
1.52
0.18
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H062
32.01
12.19
0.18
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H063
7.62
3.05
0.39
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
10.67
22.86
0.16
H064
9.14
3.05
0.34
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H065
9.15
27.43
0.42
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H066
24.39
1.52
0.25
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H068
12.19
10.67
0.23
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H069
10.67
24.38
0.19
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H072
6.09
6.1
0.48
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H080
10.67
1.52
0.31
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H081
27.43
6.1
0.15
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H082
25.91
15.24
0.34
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H087
16.77
12.19
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H092
10.67
4.57
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H095
16.76
15.24
0.13
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H096
10.66
13.72
0.22
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H097
6.09
21.34
1.23
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H102
10.67
3.05
0.23
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H103
18.29
1.52
0.64
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H105
9.15
9.14
0.35
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
10.66
28.96
0.18
H107
10.67
24.38
0.12
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H108
21.34
4.57
0.18
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
12.19
30.48
0.15
H109
10.67
3.05
0.20
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H111
10.67
10.67
0.86
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
9.15
27.43
0.21
H114
13.72
19.81
0.19
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H122
27.43
3.05
0.26
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H123b
39.62
3.05
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H124
10.67
25.91
0.19
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H126
7.62
21.34
0.45
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H128
9.14
3.05
0.27
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H130
10.67
15.24
0.23
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
9.14
30.48
0.15
H131
10.67
3.05
0.43
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H132
27.43
6.1
0.22
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
H135
10.66
21.34
0.14
1970
Aberfoyle Ltd.
Percussion hole.
NOTES: All intersections are calculated with a cut-off grade of 0.1% Sn with maximum consecutive internal waste of 4 metres.
All intersections are downhole widths, true widths are uncertain.
18GPD001 analyzed by lithium borate fusion ICP-MS or XRF.
BHP*** series holes analyzed at an unknown laboratory by unknown method.
BPD*** series holes analyzed at ALS Brisbane by XRF.
DDS001 analysed at BHP Newcastle, method unknown.
GPY*** series holes analyzed at the Aberfoyle Mine laboratory at Rossarden, method unknown.
MD*** series holes analyzed at Tasmania Mine Department laboratory in Launceston, method unknown.
SPG1a analysed at Comlabs, method unknown.
H*** series holes analyzed at the Aberfoyle Mine laboratory at Rossarden, method unknown.
The reader is cautioned that the historical drill results are based on prior data and reports prepared by previous property owners. The reader is cautioned not to treat them, or any part of them, as current and that a qualified person has not done sufficient work to verify the results and that they may not form a reliable guide to future results. Specifically, in most cases, analytical techniques are not known and no QA/QC protocols are known for most drill holes and as such analytical results may be unreliable. Drill core from historic diamond drill holes DDS001, BPD001, BPD003, BPD005, BPD007, BPD009A, BPD010, BPD011, GPY001, GPY002, GPY003, GPY004, GPY006, MD001, MD003, MD004, SPG1A and 18GPD001 is available in the Mineral Resources Tasmania drill core storage facility for viewing and limited sampling.
Figure 1: Location of the Company’s projects in the mining friendly jurisdiction of Tasmania
Figure 2. Great Pyramid drill hole plan showing Sn grades and key selected intersections. The mineralization is open in all directions laterally and at depth.
Figure 3: Oblique view of Mineral Resources Tasmania granite surface model showing the location of the Great Pyramid system at 700-1300 metres above the modelled granite contact on a “shoulder” position. By comparison with other systems in northeastern Tasmania, it is possible that the Great Pyramid system continues at depth into the granite contact zone.
Figure 4: Great Pyramid conceptual model, showing the interaction of the two principal local controls on mineralization (i.e. favourable sedimentary units and feeder fault structures). Detailed work is underway to define these controls in detail to guide further drilling and resource estimation.
About the Great Pyramid Tin Project
Geological Setting
The Great Pyramid deposit is located around a topographical feature known as Pyramid Hill and is hosted by Silurian to Devonian Mathinna Supergroup sandstones. The mineralization is formed by closely spaced sheeted northeast trending, cassiterite (SnO₂) bearing veins associated with silicification and sericite-pyrite alteration. The deposit style and regional comparisons suggest that a tin-fertile granite exists at depth below the deposit, however this has not been encountered in drilling and the deposit is open at depth. Geological interpretation indicates that certain sedimentary units within the folded Mathinna Supergroup sediments are more favourable hosts and diamond drilling being undertaken by the Company during the current campaign, combined with numerical modelling, will assist in developing a deeper understanding of controls on grade for follow-up drilling.
The deposit is currently known over a strike length of more than 500 metres with an average width of approximately 150 metres. The depth extent of the deposit is unknown with only nine historical drill holes greater than 150 metres deep. These rare deeper holes encountered encouraging tin mineralization to depths of approximately 300 metres below surface2.
Historic Resources and Drill Data1
A historical mineral resource estimate was completed on the Great Pyramid Project (the “Historical Estimate”) for TNT Mines Ltd.1,2,3,4,5 (Table 2).
Table 2: Historical Estimate on the Great Pyramid Project1,2,3,4,5
Great Pyramid Inferred Mineral Resource - JORC 2012
Sn% CUT OFF
TONNES (Mt)
GRADE (Sn%)
CONTAINED TIN (kt)
0.1
5.2
0.2
10.4
NOTES
Source: “Inferred Mineral Resource for the Great Pyramid Tin Deposit in Tasmania, Abbott, 2014” prepared by Jonathon Abbott of MPR for Niuminco Group Ltd. The effective date for the Historical Estimate is February 26, 2014. The Historical Estimate was prepared using the 2012 Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee Code (JORC). The Historical Estimate was not completed using CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves and is not supported by a technical report completed in accordance with National Instrument 43-101. The estimation of the Historical Estimate utilized close spaced historic percussion (~85%) and lesser diamond drill holes with drill spacing in the estimation area typically 15 x 30m and locally closer. The Inferred Resource was estimated using Multiple Indicator Kriging method of 1.5 metre down-hole composites within a mineralized domain interpreted from tin grade. Continuity of tin grades was characterised by indicator variograms at 14 indicator thresholds. The estimates are extrapolated a maximum of approximately 30 metres from drilling. Gemcom software was used for data compilation, domain wireframing, and coding of composite values, and GS3M was used for resource estimation. Resources were estimated into 15 by 30 by 3 m blocks (across strike, strike, vertical) aligned with the 067o trending drilling grid. Planview dimensions of the blocks approximate average drill hole spacing. For precise volume representation, resource estimates include the proportion of block volumes within the mineralized domain below surface. The modelling included a three-pass octant-based search strategy. Search ellipsoid radii (across strike, along strike, vertical) and minimum data requirements for these searches were: Search 1: 20 by 20 by 4 m (16 data), Search 2: 30 by 30 by 6 m (16 data), Search 3:30 by 30 by 6 (8 data). Model validation included visual comparison of model estimates and composite grades, and trend (swath) plots, along with comparison with estimates from alternative estimation methodologies and previous model estimates. The Historical Estimate is restricted to the area of close spaced drilling and 90% of the resource occurs within 40 metres of surface. Although the limited deeper drilling has encountered mineralized material this was not included in the Historical Estimate. The mineralized domain wireframe used to constrain the estimates was primarily interpreted on the basis of tin assay grades and restricts estimates to the volume tested by reasonably close spaced drilling. The wireframe was trimmed by the cross-cutting dyke and soil units interpreted from drill hole logging and geological mapping. Investigation of alternative interpretations included resource estimation with assumed dominant mineralization controls varying from flat lying to steeply west dipping. These models did not give significantly different total estimates. The reader is cautioned that the Historical Estimate is considered historical in nature and as such, is based on prior data and reports prepared by previous property owners. The reader is cautioned not to treat them, or any part of them, as current mineral resources or reserves. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the Historical Estimates as current resources and TinOne is not treating the Historical Estimates as current resources. Significant data compilation, re-drilling, re-sampling and data verification may be required by a qualified person before the Historical Estimates can be classified as a current resource. There can be no assurance that any of the historical mineral resources, in whole or in part, will ever become economically viable. In addition, mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Even if classified as a current resource, there is no certainty as to whether further exploration will result in any inferred mineral resources being upgraded to an indicated or measured mineral resource category. The Company has determined that the Historical Estimate is reliable, and relevant to be included here because it was estimated using close spaced drilling with modern geostatistical methods and software by an experienced resource geologist and provides a guide to the location of the Great Pyramid mineralized zone. This will be used to assist in targeting drilling to undertake testing of the extent and grade of the mineralized system.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Drill core and RC samples were shipped to ALS Limited in Brisbane, Australia for sample preparation and for analysis. The ALS Brisbane facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 certified. Tin and tungsten are analysed by ICP-MS following lithium borate fusion (ALS method ME-MS85), overlimit results are reanalysed by XRF (ALS method XRF15b). Forty-eight element multi-element analyses are conducted by ICP-MS with a four-acid digestion (ALS method ME-MS61).
Control samples comprising certified reference samples, duplicates and blank samples were systematically inserted into the sample stream and analyzed as part of the Company’s quality assurance / quality control protocol.
About TinOne
TinOne is a TSX Venture Exchange listed Canadian public company with a high-quality portfolio of tin projects in the Tier 1 mining jurisdictions of Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia. The Company is focussed on advancing its highly prospective portfolio while also evaluating additional tin opportunities. TinOne is supported by Inventa Capital Corp.
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[i] See Table 1 and 2 notes for parameters.
[iii] Hornfels – a contact metamorphic rock formed by the heating of sedimentary (or other) rocks by the intrusion of a magma, including granite.