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The LFB is a world-class gold and copper region hosting an estimated endowment of over 100Moz gold and over 24Mt copper1. It is Australia’s foremost porphyry region and serviced by favourable existing infrastructure. The LFB hosts flagship operations including Cadia (the world’s largest currently known alkalic porphyry system2), Cowal (Evolution Mining’s flagship mine), and Northparkes (a cluster of porphyry deposits including five notable gold rich copper orebodies supporting Australia’s second largest copper porphyry mine). While the LFB has enjoyed a mining history for well over a hundred years, the amount of extensive exploration to depth in most regions has been limited and, in our opinion, in certain projects ineffective. It is very evident to our team that there is a significant opportunity in the LFB by applying new exploration concepts and techniques.
The recent Boda porphyry discovery by Alkane Resources, Alkane’s brownfield drilling results at its Tomingley gold mine, Evolution Mining’s significant resource inventory growth at Cowal, the significant resource growth at Northparkes, CleanTeq’s battery metals development stage complex at Sunrise and Kincora’s initial drilling results at Trundle highlight the regions exploration potential. As summarised by Richard Schodde, a globally recognised minerals economist from MinEx Consulting, “as an economic geologist ... NSW, Lachlan Fold Belt, for copper and gold, is the place to be”3.