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28.02.2018
Fe Limited: Drilling Results Received from Kasombo 5 Copper Project in DRC

Drilling Results Received from Kasombo 5 Copper Project in DRC

 

Highlights:

 

- Drilling intersected unexpected cobalt mineralisation

 

- KSB002: 15 m @ 0.16% cobalt from 17 m

 

- Assay from cobalt-rich Kasombo 7 prospect due imminently

 

Fe Limited (Company) (ASX: FEL) is pleased to advise that it has recently received the assay from its second drillhole completed at the Kasombo Copper-Cobalt Project (Kasombo Project).  The assay was from abandoned drillhole KSB002 located at the Kasombo 5 prospect.  The drillhole was abandoned before the copper target zone was intersected because of driller error, but still intersected unexpected cobalt mineralisation.

 

The assays show drillhole KSB002 intersected a zone of low grade cobalt mineralisation, having a thickness of 15 m, averaging 1670 ppm cobalt from a hole depth of 17 m.

 

Preliminary reverse circulation (RC) drilling was completed at Kasombo 5 and Kasombo 7 in late December 2017 and early January 2018 (ASX announcement 8 January 2018):

 

- Kasombo 5: drilling targeted copper mineralisation mapped in the pit-wall of an open cut:

  • two completed RC holes for 149 m;
  • FEL described the copper-rich nature of Kasombo 5 from assays from first hole, KSB001, that returned 23 m @ 3.18% copper from 54 m (ASX announcement dated 16 February 2018);
  • The assays from the second completed hole is awaited.
  • two abandoned RC holes for 114 m;
    • KSB002, the subject of this report, is one of these abandoned drillholes.

 

- Kasombo 7: drilling targeted cobalt mineralisation observed in bedding cross-cutting breccias and in conformable bedding layers exposed by small-scale artisanal workings.  The assays for these holes are awaited.

 

The Kasombo Project comprises three mineralised areas of approximately 600 hectares, Kasombo 5, 6 and 7, located within two granted mining licenses PE481 and PE4886 and situated approximately 25 km from the DRC’s second largest city, Lubumbashi, in the Katanga Copper Belt.

 

Commenting on the exploration works, Chairman Tony Sage said; “I am pleased to see that the early results of the preliminary drill program continue to support our high hopes for this project.

 

Yours faithfully

FE LIMITED

 

Tony Sage

Non-Executive Chairman

 

 

Figure 1: Location of Kasombo Project and nearby Kipushi Processing Plant

 

 

Figure 2: Kasombo Location Map

 

 

 

Figure 3; Kasombo 5 plan-view of KSB002, open-cut outline shown by blue outline; fault shown by thick green line, bedding shown by thin dotted green line; mineralisation zone shown by red stipple, drillhole collar shown by green dot, and surface projection of drill-trace is shown by the grey arrows.  Drillhole, KSB002 is located at 532,905mE 8,710,313mN (datum: wgs84 zone 35 south)

 

Competent Person Statement

 

The information in this report is compiled and collected by Mr Jess Oram, Executive Director of Cauldron Energy (an affiliate company of FE Limited) who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists.  Oram has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation, type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration, Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves (JORC Code 2012). Oram consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.


 

Table 1; Kasombo Project entire drillhole assay; selected elements

 

AREA

LOCATION

PREFERRED ASSAY

ME-MS61

ME-MS61

ME-MS61

ME-MS61

Prospect

SampleID

Drill_ID

From

To

Cu_ppm

Cu_meth

Co_ppm

Co_meth

Fe_%

Mn_ppm

Pb_ppm

S_ppm

Kas5

404683

KSB002

0

1

328

ME-MS61

339

ME-MS61

7.23

145

19.6

0.03

Kas5

404684

KSB002

1

2

2340

ME-MS61

622

ME-MS61

5.62

341

12.1

0.03

Kas5

404685

KSB002

2

3

706

ME-MS61

494

ME-MS61

3.88

94

15.2

0.02

Kas5

404686

KSB002

3

4

1540

ME-MS61

612

ME-MS61

10.3

144

16.3

0.02

Kas5

404687

KSB002

4

5

1430

ME-MS61

615

ME-MS61

5.37

177

9.8

0.01

Kas5

404688

KSB002

5

6

4970

ME-MS61

329

ME-MS61

6.74

176

10.6

0.01

Kas5

404689

KSB002

6

7

365

ME-MS61

211

ME-MS61

6.14

67

11.5

0.01

Kas5

404690

KSB002

7

8

290

ME-MS61

107

ME-MS61

7.03

41

11.4

0.01

Kas5

404691

KSB002

8

9

410

ME-MS61

159

ME-MS61

5.54

32

12.3

0.01

Kas5

404692

KSB002

9

10

754

ME-MS61

218

ME-MS61

5.51

82

15.8

0.01

Kas5

404693

KSB002

10

11

999

ME-MS61

595

ME-MS61

6.18

145

14

0.02

Kas5

404694

KSB002

11

12

370

ME-MS61

142.5

ME-MS61

5.39

66

12.3

0.01

Kas5

404695

KSB002

12

13

387

ME-MS61

212

ME-MS61

4.98

64

10.4

0.01

Kas5

404696

KSB002

13

14

294

ME-MS61

127

ME-MS61

5.05

26

12

0.01

Kas5

404697

KSB002

14

15

275

ME-MS61

114.5

ME-MS61

4.27

161

10.1

0.01

Kas5

404698

KSB002

15

16

700

ME-MS61

329

ME-MS61

4.82

775

11.9

0.01

Kas5

404699

KSB002

16

17

1060

ME-MS61

928

ME-MS61

3.72

745

10.5

0.01

Kas5

404700

KSB002

17

18

932

ME-MS61

2110

ME-MS61

4.81

1660

18.8

0.02

Kas5

404701

KSB002

18

19

1170

ME-MS61

2280

ME-MS61

5.97

1130

16.3

0.02

Kas5

404702

STD

 

 

7370

ME-MS61

42.6

ME-MS61

6.99

949

39.1

0.99

Kas5

404703

KSB002

19

20

1700

ME-MS61

3570

ME-MS61

5.77

3870

8.2

0.02

Kas5

404704

KSB002

20

21

1520

ME-MS61

2600

ME-MS61

5.4

3390

8.6

0.01

Kas5

404705

KSB002

21

22

1250

ME-MS61

2330

ME-MS61

5.42

2290

8.4

0.01

Kas5

404706

KSB002

22

23

792

ME-MS61

780

ME-MS61

5.19

1070

7.8

0.02

Kas5

404707

KSB002

23

24

613

ME-MS61

686

ME-MS61

5.16

1480

8.5

0.01

Kas5

404708

KSB002

24

25

1350

ME-MS61

1610

ME-MS61

5.36

2480

8.3

0.01

Kas5

404709

KSB002

25

26

829

ME-MS61

515

ME-MS61

4.02

727

9

0.01

Kas5

404710

KSB002

26

27

1430

ME-MS61

1200

ME-MS61

5.4

1180

10.2

0.01

Kas5

404711

KSB002

27

28

1800

ME-MS61

1160

ME-MS61

5.66

993

9.4

0.01

Kas5

404712

KSB002

28

29

2880

ME-MS61

1540

ME-MS61

7.78

693

10.2

0.01

Kas5

404713

KSB002

29

30

3670

ME-MS61

2050

ME-MS61

6.59

1130

9.9

0.01

Kas5

404714

KSB002

30

31

2850

ME-MS61

1490

ME-MS61

7.86

2050

23.4

0.02

Kas5

404715

KSB002

31

32

2500

ME-MS61

1130

ME-MS61

6.41

1560

12.8

0.02

Kas5

404716

KSB002

32

33

1510

ME-MS61

924

ME-MS61

4.87

834

11.9

0.01

Kas5

404717

KSB002

33

34

1580

ME-MS61

385

ME-MS61

5.16

298

12.3

0.01

Kas5

404718

KSB002

34

35

5070

ME-MS61

699

ME-MS61

6.5

713

10.1

0.02

Kas5

404719

KSB002

35

36

1260

ME-MS61

526

ME-MS61

4.92

450

10.2

0.01

Kas5

404720

KSB002

36

37

2270

ME-MS61

770

ME-MS61

4.34

993

9.3

0.01

Kas5

404721

KSB002

37

38

2560

ME-MS61

488

ME-MS61

5.06

270

7.6

0.01

Kas5

404722

STD

 

 

7370

ME-MS61

37.4

ME-MS61

6.86

920

34.9

0.98

Kas5

404723

KSB002

38

39

2770

ME-MS61

378

ME-MS61

3.05

239

4.4

0.01

Kas5

404724

KSB002

39

40

1770

ME-MS61

385

ME-MS61

3.35

148

14.7

0.01

Kas5

404725

KSB002

40

41

746

ME-MS61

270

ME-MS61

2.9

171

7.3

0.01

Kas5

404726

KSB002

41

42

1000

ME-MS61

500

ME-MS61

3.15

153

7.9

0.01

Kas5

404727

KSB002

42

43

1190

ME-MS61

333

ME-MS61

4.26

41

9.3

0.01

Kas5

404728

KSB002

43

44

2020

ME-MS61

411

ME-MS61

8.88

49

11.7

0.02

Kas5

404729

KSB002

44

45

1850

ME-MS61

602

ME-MS61

5.13

95

9.1

0.01

Kas5

404730

KSB002

45

46

1360

ME-MS61

697

ME-MS61

6.22

147

23.7

0.01

Kas5

404731

KSB002

46

47

1960

ME-MS61

417

ME-MS61

5.31

54

10.8

0.01

Kas5

404732

KSB002

47

48

2210

ME-MS61

365

ME-MS61

6.38

33

10.9

0.01

Kas5

404733

KSB002

48

49

546

ME-MS61

74

ME-MS61

5.04

15

11.3

0.05

Kas5

404734

KSB002

49

50

1300

ME-MS61

406

ME-MS61

9.46

124

24.6

0.04

Kas5

404735

KSB002

50

51

2720

ME-MS61

409

ME-MS61

8.97

171

23.7

0.09

Kas5

404736

LOST

51

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kas5

404737

KSB002

52

53

1750

ME-MS61

416

ME-MS61

4.39

132

9.6

0.02

Kas5

404738

KSB002

53

54

2290

ME-MS61

568

ME-MS61

3.86

465

6.9

0.02

Kas5

404739

KSB002

54

55

2890

ME-MS61

581

ME-MS61

4.34

244

5.6

0.13

Kas5

404740

KSB002

55

56

1380

ME-MS61

360

ME-MS61

3.39

170

8.2

0.05

Kas5

404741

KSB002

56

57

2060

ME-MS61

594

ME-MS61

4.13

333

9.3

0.06

Kas5

404742

DUP

56

57

1960

ME-MS61

589

ME-MS61

3.83

281

8.3

0.06

Kas5

404743

KSB002

57

58

2300

ME-MS61

565

ME-MS61

3.35

498

7.3

0.03

Kas5

404744

KSB002

58

59

2400

ME-MS61

771

ME-MS61

3.82

471

9.5

0.02

Kas5

404745

KSB002

59

60

2620

ME-MS61

723

ME-MS61

3.77

484

10.4

0.01

Kas5

404746

KSB002

60

61

3600

ME-MS61

710

ME-MS61

5.96

276

13.8

0.07

Kas5

404747

KSB002

61

62

3010

ME-MS61

520

ME-MS61

6.04

534

16.6

0.05

Kas5

404748

KSB002

62

63

4300

ME-MS61

327

ME-MS61

6.74

200

11

0.09

 

 

KEY:

Kas5 is Kasombo 5 prospect

An assay of 10,000 ppm is equivalent to 1%; to convert units of concentration, divide ppm by 10000 to obtain units of %

ME-MS61 is ALS analysis using a four-acid digest with ICP-MS and ICP-AES finish

OG62 is ALS method for over-range grade re-assay of ME-MS61

STD refers to certified reference material GBMS911-3 manufactured by Geostats Pty Ltd

DUP refers to duplicate sample collected for interval

LOST refers to sample not recovered from drilling

 

Australian Securities Exchange Code: FEL

Ordinary Shares:

368,065,463

 

Unlisted Options:

2,812,500

Board of Directors:

Tony Sage

Non-Executive Chairman

Kenneth Keogh

Non-Executive Director

Nicholas Sage

Non-Executive Director

 

Contact:

www.felimited.com.au

32 Harrogate St, West Leederville

Western Australia 6007 Australia

Telephone  +61 8 6181 9793

Email    info@felimited.com.au

Fe Limited is an Australian domiciled mineral resources exploration and development company.

 

Fe Limited

ABN: 31 112 731 638

 

 

To view entire News including tables and JORC-Code in English language, please follow the link: https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180228/pdf/43s01pp6rp9xln.pdf

 

 



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