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Caerus Mineral Resources PLC
26 August 2021
26 August 2021
Caerus Mineral Resources PLC
('Caerus' or the 'Company')
Selection of Targets for Review and Joint Venture
Caerus Mineral Resources (LON: CMRS), the exploration and
resource development company focused on developing mineral
resources in Europe to support the global "Clean Energy"
initiative, is pleased to announce that the Troulli Project has
been selected as the first project for Joint Venture in
consultation with Bezant Resources (LON: BZT) ("Bezant").
Highlights
-- The Joint Venture partners will hold site meetings during the
first two weeks of September to review the Troulli Project
-- The Project comprises the Troulli, Kokkinapetra and Anglisides Licences
-- The remaining Cypriot projects (Kalavasos, N. Mathiatis and
Mala) and their various assorted metal-bearing surface materials
and hard rock mineralisation will also be visited and reviewed.
The Joint review, which will also have input from Jubilee Metals
Group (LON: JLP), will cover all waste recycling and hard rock VMS
projects within the Caerus portfolio with an emphasis on Troulli as
the first Joint Venture project between Caerus and Bezant. A
diamond drilling and Mineral Resource Estimation programme will be
agreed for Troulli along with other detailed sampling programmes
specifically for mineralogical and metallurgical test work, bulk
sampling, site surveys and preliminary economic assessment leading
to a mining plan and processing plant design.
Martyn Churchouse, Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Mineral
Resources, commented : "The opportunity to spend time on-site with
our partners reviewing the Troulli Project in detail will be
invaluable. This represents a significant step in the development
of the Company. Our efforts over the past few months to broaden our
footprint in the Brownfield exploration space in Cyprus with two
key acquisitions has resulted in the opportunity to bundle together
licences and their associated mineralised surface materials and
hard rock resources to create projects that meet the expectations
of our preferred partners. Our dual strategy of "Waste to Revenue",
the reprocessing of waste materials, tailings and ore stockpiles
together with the ongoing delivery of hard rock VMS and gold oxide
ores gives us the ideal platform to deliver revenue-generating
Mineral Resources and projects in the shortest possible
timeframe".
For further information , please visit
www.caerusmineralresources.com or contact:
Caerus Mineral Resources plc:
Martyn Churchouse, CEO info@caerusmineralresources.com
+44 (0) 1249 782162
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Jon Belliss +44 (0) 20 7399 9425
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Further Information
Terms of the Bezant Resources Option Agreement
Bezant is a natural resources exploration and development
company focused primarily on copper-gold with projects currently in
Namibia, Zambia, Argentina and the Philippines and a manganese
project in Botswana
-- Exclusive Option Agreement grants Bezant 18 months to assess
the merits and economic prospects of all
Caerus unexploited hard rock mining assets
-- The Agreement allows Bezant to identify one or more of
Caerus' assets to be converted into a Mine Development Project(s)
under a Joint Venture
-- Under any Joint Venture, Bezant has the responsibility to
lead the design, finance, construction and operation phases of an
open-pit or underground mining operation
-- Under the Agreement, Caerus will receive 70% of Joint Venture
cash flow until Caerus' expenditure during the pre-mining
exploration phase has been reimbursed
-- The Agreement complements the existing programme with Jubilee
Metals Group, which covers metal recovery from surface mining
residues within Caerus' licence areas under the Company's waste to
revenue strategy
Troulli Project
The Troulli Project comprises three exploration licences,
Troulli, Kokkinapetra and Anglesides.
Troulli Licence
The Troulli VMS (Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide) copper deposit,
like most copper deposits in Cyprus, was initially discovered in
Roman times as evidenced by the ancient galleries and small remnant
"slag" piles on the License. The first production of any
significance occurred in 1936 when Berdy Mining Limited first
obtained a mining licence. Berdy operated from 1936 - 1962,
erecting the first sulphide flotation plant in 1956, treating a
modest 46,500 tons of copper ore in total. Historical records
suggest that Berdy Mining also produced approximately 1,500 ounces
of gold and 6,000 ounces of silver from the oxide gossan that is
subject to the recent drilling. Sporadic exploration was undertaken
at various times until 1974, when the then-operator Geominco was
forced to close its plant and operation following the Turkish
invasion.
From 2017 to 2021, Ploutonic Resources Ltd. conducted several
phases of exploration including detailed geological mapping,
surface trenching and pitting over the oxide gold zone just to the
south of the current open pit and remnant VMS copper resources. As
a result, Ploutonic discovered a relatively continuous zone of
oxide gold mineralisation that appears to be faulted off from the
upper part of the main Troulli VMS copper deposit. This zone
remains open in all directions and at depth as only the top few
metres of the sulphide mineralisation have been tested.
Significant results from oxide zone in the previous Ploutonic
Resources work include the following:
Table 4: Ploutonic Resources Ltd Channel Sampling
Channel Length (m) Gold (g/t) Silver (g/t)
1 3 5.86 44.97
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2 2 2.43 11.95
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3 2 19.65 16.15
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4 2 13.91 40.35
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5 4 7.56 46.03
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6 10 5.12 22.36
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7 9 2.13 12.79
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8 5 0.92 38.72
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9 5 2.28 25.16
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10 5 5.43 12.04
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11 3 2.56 3.47
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12 3 0.61 6.37
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13 10 0.28 1.32
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Table 5: Ploutonic Resources Ltd Excavator Pit Sampling
Pit Number Depth (m) Gold (g/t) Silver (g/t)
1 4 0.97 6.2
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2 6 3.0 9.5
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3 4 0.47 5.2
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4 1.5 0.81 3.5
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5 6 0.42 3.2
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6 4 0.36 3.6
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7 2.5 0.26 2.3
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8 5.5 1.19 7.73
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9 4 0.7 1.5
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10 4 0.52 6.05
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11 2.3 1.9 19.2
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12 2.5 2.06 4.8
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13 6 0.19 1.53
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14 4 0.1 1.45
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Kokkinapetra Licence
The Kokkinapetra Project represents the geological extension of
the Troulli deposits. Oxide gold mineralisation is evidenced by
extensive surface gossans covering a reported area of 32,000m(2)
and to a depth of approximately 20m. There are also indications of
VMS-type copper - gold mineralisation located beneath the overlying
epithermal gold occurrence. Trench samples returned Au grades
ranging from 0.56 - 1.52g/t Au. Kokkinapetra according to an
independent consultant remains "a relatively unexplored target for
concealed sulphide deposits". Judicious placement of a limited
number of drill collars should quickly establish both the thickness
of the oxide gold package and the whereabouts of the underlying
Cu-Au VMS potential.
Anglesides Licence
Metal-bearing surface materials are represented by shallow
scattered waste dumps generated by underground workings in the
1930's associated with small-scale production (88 long tons @ 5.98%
cu & 1,336 short tons @ 24.5g/t Au & 86.4g/t Ag). The
remaining tonnage is unknown. There may also be unidentified waste
material derived from ancient artisanal mining.
Hard rock resources include Cu-Au sulphide mineralisation
reported to occur in a near-surface zone 25m thick, 40m wide over a
strike length of 200m associated with a NE-SW shear zone. Historic
drill results include 16m @ 1.1% Cu & 1.05g/t Au, 21m @ 0.45%
Cu & 0.72g/t Au, 1.71% Cu & 2.81g/t Au over 9m. Potentially
>500Kt @ >1% Cu eq. There is scope for a significant increase
in the Cu-Au sulphide resource. An oxide Au zone identified by
gossan records impressive grades including channel samples of 10m @
6.56g/t Au, 10m @ 4.72g/t Au, 10m @ 4.02g/t Au and 5m @ 11.9g/t Au.
A modest tonnage high-grade gold resource is evident.
Qualified Persons
The content of this news release has been reviewed, verified,
and approved by H. Andrew Daniels, P.Geo in his capacity as a
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Caerus Mineral Resources plc
Caerus Mineral Resources is a copper - gold resource development
and exploration company with mineral exploration licences located
in Cyprus.
Cyprus is a member of the European Union that operates to
English common law. The Country has a well-developed infrastructure
and a climate conducive to year-round exploration.
With investors recognising copper as one of the cornerstone
metals for the Clean Energy Transition centred upon the Electric
Vehicle and Stationary Energy Storage sectors, Caerus is working to
rapidly expand its copper exploration and production objectives.
The Caerus licence portfolio includes 16 former mines which
operated with an average head grade of approximately 2% Cu.
Caerus' licence portfolio comprises brownfield sites where
historic mining has taken place and greenfield licences where there
has been no systematic exploration. The Brownfield sites and the
former high-grade copper-gold mines they host are evidence of rock
types and structures conducive to Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide
("VMS") mineralisation. As VMS deposits characteristically occur in
camps or clusters, it is the Company's view that its licences are
prospective for both extensions to existing or mined-out orebodies
together with new discoveries.
The combination of brown and greenfield exploration provides
optionality with multiple target types and the opportunity for the
Company to quickly build a resource portfolio that can be
commercially developed under a 'Waste to Revenue' strategy.
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