Meleya Exploration Update - EIS Co-funding Grant
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TEM | Meleya Exploration Update - EIS Co-funding Grant
Key Points
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Grant of $150,000 to Tempest for co-funded research drilling at the Meleya Project
~2000m planned at the Meleya Project in Q1 2022
Maiden drill program to test several targets within the >50km previously unexplored strike length
News Item
Tempest Minerals Ltd (TEM) is pleased to inform the market that it has been successful in its application in
round 24 of the Western Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme. The grant will allow up to
$150,000 towards co-funded drilling at the 100% owned Meleya Project which covers more than 50 kilometres
of untested extension of the eastern Yalgoo Greenstone Belt which includes world class deposits such as
Golden Grove.
Tempest intends to commence drilling in early 2022 following on from the current drilling program at the Euro
Project where up to 2000m of diamond drilling is progressing testing gold targets in areas of historical
exploration success.
Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS)
The EIS is a Western Australia Government initiative which has been providing a funding mechanism since
2009 for research based geoscience (including drilling) with “the main aim is to stimulate increased private
sector resource exploration, leading to new mineral and energy discoveries” 1.
The grant is highly competitive and decided by an expert panel using a marks based system with numerous
criteria including geoscientific value and potential to lead to economic exploration success. 2
Tempest wish to recognise the important contribution and continued support of the exploration industry
made by the various Western Australian government departments including, the Geological Survey of Western
Australia (GSWA), the Resource Strategy Division (GSRSD) within the Department of Mines, Industry
Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) through the availability of the EIS.
Meleya Project
Background
The Meleya Project represents one of the most exciting greenfields base
and precious metal exploration opportunities in Australia today.
The Meleya Project is part of the 100% TEM owned tenements within the
Company’s Yalgoo region portfolio that extend over a footprint of more
than 900km2 (>604km2 granted and 311 km2 of pending tenure 3 ).
Tempest has identified more than 50 kilometres of strike length of
previously unrecognised, highly prospective geology within the Yalgoo
Greenstone Belt 4.
Due to the exciting prospect of a new geological terrain and the rigorous
geoscience behind the project, Tempest has been awarded a grant in
round 24 of the Western Australian EIS contributing towards co-funded
drilling at the Meleya Project.
Tempest Minerals Ltd │ ACN 612 008 358
Phone: +61 8 9200 0435
Address: Level 2, Suite 9, 389 Oxford Street, Mt Hawthorn, WA 6016
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Geology
The project is a previously unrecognised segment of the highly sought after Warriedar Fold Belt with
outcropping supracrustal mafic and felsic ‘greenstone’ units wrapped around shallow intermediate intrusion
known as the Walganna Suite.
Numerous large scale structures are visible in magnetic imagery and surface outcrop and are considered to
be likely feeder systems favourable for the formation of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS). The region
also contains significant mineralisation related to Intrusion Related Gold (IRG) deposits Lode Hosted /
Orogenic vein style gold, iron ore and skarn.
Figure 02 - Schematic geological plan of the Meleya Project
In 2020 Tempest completed wide spaced geochemical sampling and demonstrated both the prospectivity of
host rocks and also a number of coincident geochemical and geophysical anomalies 5 throughout the along
strike extension of the key geological units which host a number of polymetallic world class deposits
including the 29 Metals (ASX:29M) Golden Grove Cu-Zn-Au-Ag camp and multiple +1million ounce gold
mines.
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EIS Grant
As part of Round 24 of the Western Australian Government Exploration Incentive Scheme, Tempest made an
application for EIS co-funded stratigraphic drilling at the Meleya Project. The EIS application was successful
and the Company has been awarded a maximum of $150,000 towards this drilling aim 6.
The drilling will be focussed on 3 areas of the project known to have geochemical anomalism and will provide
the opportunity to further develop the geological understanding of the subsurface and to enhance ongoing
exploration efforts in this exciting emerging exploration terrain.
Figure 02 - Geological interpretation over Magnetic (TMI) imagery with proposed EIS drilling areas
Next Steps
- Drilling in progress at the Euro Project targeting high grade gold
- Ongoing fieldwork and preparation for drilling at Meleya
- Drilling at Meleya expected to commence in Q1 2022
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The Board of the Company has authorised the release of this announcement to the market.
About TEM
Tempest Minerals Ltd is an Australian based mineral exploration company with a diversified portfolio of projects in
Western Australia considered highly prospective for precious, base and energy metals.
The Company has an experienced board and management team with a history of exploration, operational and
corporate success.
Tempest leverages the team’s energy, technical and commercial acumen to execute the Company’s mission - to
maximize shareholder value through focussed, data-driven, risk-weighted exploration and development of our
assets.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Don Smith
Managing Director
Level 2, Suite 9
389 Oxford Street
Mt Hawthorn,
Western Australia
6016
www.tempestminerals.com
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Forward-looking statements
This document may contain certain forward-looking statements. Such statements are only predictions, based on
certain assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are
beyond the company’s control. Actual events or results may differ materially from the events or results expected or
implied in any forward-looking statement.
The inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation, warranty or prediction with respect to
the accuracy of the underlying assumptions or that any forward-looking statements will be or are likely to be
fulfilled. Tempest undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this document (subject to securities exchange disclosure requirements).
The information in this document does not take into account the objectives, financial situation or particular needs
of any person or organisation. Nothing contained in this document constitutes investment, legal, tax or other
advice.
Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results and general project comments is based
on information compiled by Don Smith who is Managing Director of Tempest Minerals Ltd. Don is a Member of
AusIMM and AIG and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation under consideration and to
the activities 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’. Don consents to the inclusion in the
report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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Appendix A: References
1. https://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Geological-Survey/Exploration-Incentive-Scheme-1428.aspx (accessed
November 2021)
2. http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Geological-Survey/EIS-Government-co-funded-1433.aspx (accessed
November 2021)
3. TEM ASX Announcement dated 21 January 2021 “ Messenger Exploration Update - High-grade drill
targets”
4. LI3 ASX Announcement dated 06 August 2020 “Enhanced prospectivity at the Meleya Zone”
5. LI3 ASX Announcement dated 18 August 2020 “Meleya Zone Targets Identified From New
Geophysical Data”
6. EIS Application “DAG2022/00399707 - Meleya greenstone stratigraphic”
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