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RNS Number : 6105J  Beowulf Mining PLC  14 December 2022

 

 

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14 December 2022

Beowulf Mining plc

("Beowulf" or the "Company")

Red Lead - Highly prospective Lead-Zinc-Silver Exploration Target Identified

Beowulf (AIM: BEM; Spotlight: BEO), the mineral exploration and development
company, is pleased to announce new results from detailed geological mapping
over the highly prospective Red Lead target, located within the Mitrovica
licence, in Kosovo, being explored by Vardar Minerals Ltd ("Vardar"), which
Beowulf is a 59.5 per cent. shareholder of.

Red Lead shares similarities observed at the neighbouring world-class Stan
Terg deposit, such as the same host rocks, trachyte heat source, hydrothermal
breccias and hydrothermal alteration patterns. The Stan Terg deposit is
located just two kilometres to the east of Red Lead and has a resource of 63
million tonnes at 3.5 per cent. lead, 2.3 per cent. zinc and 80 grammes per
tonne silver - based on past production and estimated remaining reserves at
the same grade, and therefore Red Lead is highly prospective for the same
metals and possible economic mineralisation.

Chris Davies, Non-Executive Director and Kurt Budge, CEO were in Kosovo a few
weeks ago to see the drilling operation on Majdan Peak.  Three full days were
spent reviewing technical aspects of the exploration programme, which proved
invaluable, giving us a thorough appreciation of the excellent and
high-quality work being performed by the local Vardar team.

Highlights:

·    The Red Lead target is defined by a two kilometres East-Northeast
trending lead-zinc-copper-gold soil sample anomaly along with:

o  Mineralised trachyte bodies (with up to three per cent zinc from rock
sampling);

o  Prominent induced polarisation ("IP") anomalies indicative of potential
sulphide metal sources; and

o  Hydrothermal breccias and gossanous outcrops.

·    Detailed mapping has identified marble units along with gossans,
trachyte bodies and carbonate alteration, further highlighting the potential
for carbonate-replacement style lead-zinc-silver mineralisation.

·    Several outcrops of marble in the basement host rocks could provide
an ideal trap-site for metal-rich hydrothermal fluids.

·    This important target shares the same host rocks, trachyte heat
source, hydrothermal breccias and hydrothermal alteration pattern as the
neighbouring Stan Terg deposit which is located equidistant from the Majdan
Peak high-sulphidation epithermal target.

·    The developing picture is as expected with text-book geological
models (see Figure 2).

 

Kurt Budge, Chief Executive Officer of Beowulf, commented:

"Following on from the announcement of the discovery, in August, of the large
polymetallic epithermal system at Majdan Peak and the announcement in
September, with the results of drill intersections for Majdan Peak South and
more drill targets, these results lead us to believe that Vardar's licences
could hold some of the most prospective exploration tenure in Europe for gold
and base metals.

"As the weather finally turns colder in Kosovo, drilling will shortly be
suspended until Spring 2023.  We have assays from the latest programme
expected in January 2023 and work will continue on interpreting latest
findings.

"To add to the growing list of exploration targets at Mitrovica, we now have
Red Lead, which displays all the key geological markers of the neighbouring
Stan Terg deposit and mine, and which is a priority target for drilling in
Spring 2023."

 

Red Lead

The Red Lead target is defined by an extensive two kilometres soil anomaly
(Figure 1) which follows an East-Northeast trend to the neighbouring Stan Terg
deposit.

The target is hosted in Mesozoic basement rocks in proximity to the Majdan
Peak high-sulphidation epithermal target and is considered part of the same
Oligocene mineralising event (Figure 2).

The target includes a number of trachyte (latite) bodies with associated
hydrothermal breccias which often display highly anomalous metal
concentrations (e.g. zinc values > three per cent).

Recent mapping has identified several outcrops of marble in the basement host
rocks which would provide an ideal trap-site for metal-rich hydrothermal
fluids. Importantly these outcrops have coincident IP anomalies providing
further evidence of a potential sulphide-rich metal source.

Given the similarities in host rock geology, trachyte dykes, alteration and
metal associations with Stan Terg, Red Lead is considered a priority target
for follow-up drill testing (Figure 2).

Beowulf's Investment in Vardar

Since Beowulf's first investment in Vardar in November 2018, the Company has
now invested approximately £3.1 million and owns 59.5 per cent of Vardar.
Vardar gives Beowulf exposure to the highly prospective exploration potential
of the Tethyan Belt, a major orogenic metallogenic province for gold and base
metals.

Throughout the last four years, the Vardar team has delivered exciting results
for both the Mitrovica licence which has several exploration targets,
including lead, zinc, copper and gold, and also the Viti licence which is
showing potential for copper-gold porphyry mineralisation and lithium.

Looking to the future, Beowulf has several options as it continues to develop
Vardar, which include further investments by Beowulf, or in the event of a
discovery the introduction of third-party investors or, if the right
exploration package is created and supports a standalone business, then the
possibility of spinning-out Vardar. Beowulf is keeping these options under
review.

 

 

Figure 1. Red Lead Target with soil sample and rock grab results overlain on
geological mapping. IP anomalies are highlighted in magenta.

 

 

 

 

Figure 2. (left) Interpreted position of the Red Lead target based on an ideal
porphyry model (Sillitoe, 2010). (right) section and plan map illustrating the
association of Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation at Stan Terg with trachyte/latite
bodies, marbles and breccias (Palinkas et al, 2015).

 

Qualified Person Review

 

The information in this announcement has been reviewed by Mr. Chris Davies, a
Qualified Person ("QP"), who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy.  Mr. Davies has conducted a desktop review of source
documents and data which underpin the technical statements disclosed herein
and approves the disclosure of technical information in the form and context
in which it appears in this announcement, in his capacity as a QP as required
under the AIM rules.  Mr. Davies has visited Vardar's Mitrovica and Viti
projects in Kosovo.

 

Mr. Davies has sufficient experience, that is relevant to the content of this
announcement, to qualify as a Competent Person ("CP") as defined in the 2012
Edition of the "Australasian Code of Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves".

 

Mr. Davies BSc (Hons) Geology, MSc DIC Mineral Exploration, FAusIMM, is a
Non-executive Director of Beowulf and is an exploration/economic geologist
with more than 35 years' experience in the mining sector.

 

 

Glossary:

 

g/t - grammes per tonne

 

Gossans - represent exceedingly ferruginous rock, which are the product of
oxidation by weathering and leaching of sulphide mineralisation, usually in
the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral vein i.e. the
weathered ore body at surface.

 

Hydrothermal Alteration - also referred to as wallrock alteration, is a
general term that encompasses many processes by which rock-forming minerals
are altered due to reactions accompanying the flow of heated aqueous fluids
along fractures and grain boundaries.

 

Induced Polarisation (IP) - Variations in chargeability can be diagnostic, for
example, when aiming to characterise a mineral deposit, where the
chargeability of the mineralised zone is often higher than the host rock.
Often an Induced Polarisation (IP) experiment is performed with the Direct
Current Resistivity (DCR) hence they are often called IP-DC survey. Both
conductivity and chargeability distribution can be recovered from an IP-DC
survey.

 

Trachyte - is a light-coloured, very fine-grained extrusive igneous rock that
is composed chiefly of alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured
minerals such as biotite, amphibole, or pyroxene.

 

 

Enquiries:

 Beowulf Mining plc
 Kurt Budge, Chief Executive Officer        Tel: +44 (0) 20 3771 6993
 SP Angel

 (Nominated Adviser & Broker)
 Ewan Leggat / Stuart Gledhill / Adam Cowl  Tel: +44 (0) 20 3470 0470
 BlytheRay
 Tim Blythe / Megan Ray                     Tel: +44 (0) 20 7138 3204

 

 

 

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Statements and assumptions made in this document with respect to the Company's
current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs, and other statements that
are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements about the future
performance of Beowulf. Forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, those using words such as "may", "might", "seeks", "expects",
"anticipates", "estimates", "believes", "projects", "plans", strategy",
"forecast" and similar expressions. These statements reflect management's
expectations and assumptions in light of currently available information. They
are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited
to , (i) changes in the economic, regulatory and political environments in the
countries where Beowulf operates; (ii) changes relating to the geological
information available in respect of the various projects undertaken; (iii)
Beowulf's continued ability to secure enough financing to carry on its
operations as a going concern; (iv) the success of its potential joint
ventures and alliances, if any; (v) metal prices, particularly as regards iron
ore. In the light of the many risks and uncertainties surrounding any mineral
project at an early stage of its development, the actual results could differ
materially from those presented and forecast in this document. Beowulf assumes
no unconditional obligation to immediately update any such statements and/or
forecasts.

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