High Priority Drill Targets Pegged at London Victoria Mine
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
30 June 2025
ASX: ADD
High Priority Drill Targets Pegged at London
Victoria Mine
Highlights
• Approval received for 10 RC drillholes for up to 2,200m of drilling.
• 10 high-priority targets identified and pegged for a proposed 2,200m RC drilling program.
• Drilling contractor appointed and expected to commence shortly.
• Mineralisation at London Victoria remains open at depth and along strike of the London
Victoria pit (Figure 1).
• The RC drilling program will target shallow extensions to the known mineralisation to
increase the JORC MRE of 115koz Au containing a higher-grade estimate of 3.14Mt at
1.06g/t Au for 107koz.
• The program will also test for high-grade perpendicular structures similar to those found
at the newly granted historical Koh-I-Nor mine, located 2.7km to the east of LondonVictoria.
Adavale Resources Limited (ASX:ADD) (“Adavale” or the “Company”), an Australian junior
explorer focused on gold and copper in the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales, is pleased to
announce a 10-hole, 2,200m RC drilling program at the London Victoria Mine (Figure 2). Adavale’s
maiden 10-hole drilling program will target shallow extensions to the known mineralisation within
the three boudins (Figure 1). The primary objective of the program is to increase the JORC Inferred
Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 3.14Mt @ 1.06 g/t Au for 107koz, with the secondary objective
of testing for the presence of perpendicular dilation veins similar to the newly granted high-grade
historical Koh-I-Nor mine, located 2.7km to the east which was mined at gold grades up to 43.8g/t
Au (Figure 3).
Figure 1: Long section of London Victoria Mine
Directors & Officers
Adavaleresources
ALLAN RITCHIE
NIC MATICH
Executive Chairman & CEO
Non-Executive Director
DAVID WARD
LEONARD MATH
Non-Executive Director
CFO & Company Secretary
www.adavaleresources.com
AdavaleL
Investors@adavaleresources.com
+61 2 8003 6733
Adavale Resources Limited
Level 2, 49 Oxford Close
West Leederville, WA, 6007
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Adavale Resources Executive Chairman and CEO, Mr. Allan Ritchie, commented:
“With our high priority targets now well-defined and the drilling program approved, Adavale is preparing
for the commencement of its maiden drilling program this week. Adavale will be the first Company to
undertake systematic resource extension drilling at the London Victoria Mine in more than 30 years at
an opportune time with the gold price at a record high above A$5,000 per oz.”
Figure 2: Proposed drill collar locations at London Victoria Mine
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The London-Victoria deposit is hosted within a north-south trending shear zone on the contact
between volcanic and sedimentary rocks. The Koh-I-Noor gold lode 2.7km to the east shows highgrade gold veins oriented east-west, perpendicular to the London-Victoria trend. Koh-I-Noor is
interpreted to represent dilatational veins that have formed perpendicular to the regional scale
north-south oriented Parkes Thrust.
All previous drilling at London-Victoria is oriented east-west, normal to the shear zone. As a result,
potential high-grade, east-west dilatational veins similar in orientation to Koh-I-Noor are unlikely
to have been intersected. A recent drone photogrammetry survey has identified the strike of the
historic workings (Figure 3).
Adavale’s drilling program at London-Victoria is mostly oriented partially oblique to the shear zone
to maximise the chance of intersecting both the north-south trending shear, and any east-west
oriented, high-grade Koh-I-Noor style dilatational veins that may be present.
Figure 3: Aerial map highlighting the strike of Koh-I-Nor mine relative to London Victoria
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Figure 4: East-West Koh-I-Noor Long-Section
Next Steps at the Parkes Project
Multiple ongoing exploration efforts continue to take place at the Parkes Project simultaneously,
with key projects and milestones including:
•
Maiden Drill Program: Adavale’s initial resource extension drilling program at London
Victoria Mine to commence shortly.
•
Further Geochemical Survey Planning: Identification of future targets for geochemical
work to take place simultaneously with other activity; Parkvale South becoming a high
priority dependent on results of further rock chip sampling.
•
Exploration Target from London-Victoria: Stemming from the recent JORC 2012 Inferred
Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE); expected outlining of a range of potential additional
tonnes and grade of the deposit outside of the area of the current MRE.
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Further Prospect Reconnaissance: Visits to additional targets being planned for future
reconnaissance efforts, including additional areas on No Mistake (EL8830) and an initial
visit to The Dish (EL9711), as well as the Northern Areas of Front Gate (EL8831).
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This announcement is authorised for release by the Board of Adavale Resources Limited.
Further information:
Allan Ritchie
Executive Chairman and CEO
Adavale Resources
E: investor@adavaleresources.com
P: +61 2 9127 9852
Jane Morgan
Media and Investor Inquiries
Jane Morgan Management
E: jm@janemorganmanagement.com.au
P: +61(0) 405 555 618
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this announcement are or may be “forward-looking statements” and
represent Adavale’s intentions, projections, expectations, or beliefs concerning among other
things, future exploration activities. The projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such
forward-looking statements don’t necessarily involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and
other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Adavale Resources, and which may cause
Adavale Resources actual performance in future periods to differ materially from any express or
implied estimates or projections. Nothing in this announcement is a promise or representation as
to the future. Statements or assumptions in this announcement as to future matters may prove to
be incorrect and differences may be material. Adavale Resources does not make any
representation or warranty as to the accuracy of such statements or assumptions.
ASX Announcement References
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16 June 2025: Strategic grant EL9785 contains historic High-Grade Mine
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5 May 2025: Maiden JORC Resource at London-Victoria Project
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects
the information included in the original market announcements. The Company confirms that the
form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially
modified from the original market announcement.
Information on the Mineral Resources presented on the London-Victoria deposit is contained in
the ASX announcement dated 5 May 2025. Where the Company refers to Mineral Resource in this
presentation, it confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects
the information included in that announcement and all material assumptions and technical
parameters underpinning the Mineral Resource estimate with that announcement continue to
apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context their
with JORC Table 1 in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not materially
changed from the original announcement.
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Competent Persons Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Targets and Exploration Results,
is based on information compiled by Barry Willott, who is employed by Desdinova Metals Pty Ltd
as consultant to Adavale Resources Ltd. Mr Willott is a Member of The Australian Institute of
Geoscientists (AIG) and The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Willott
has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and 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 Resources
and Ore Reserves’. Mr Willott consents to the inclusion in the presentation of the matters based
on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Overview of The Parkes Project: A World-Class Geological Setting
The Parkes Project comprises five granted exploration licences (EL’s) that cover a total area of
~371.39 km² strategically located within the Macquarie Arc of the Lachlan Fold Belt – a Tier-1 mining
jurisdiction. The region hosts world-class operations such as Cadia Ridgeway (35.1Moz Au &
7.9Mt Cu) and Northparkes (5.2Moz Au & 4.4Mt Cu), adjacent and directly west of the Parkes
Project.
Figure 5: Map of the central New South Wales Lachlan Fold Belt
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ABOUT ADAVALE RESOURCES
Exploring for Gold and Copper in the NSW Lachlan Fold Belt, Uranium in South Australia, and Nickel
Sulphide in Tanzania.
The Parkes Project
Adavale Resources Limited (ASX:ADD)
tenements span ~371km2 including 100% of
EL9785 and a 72.5% interest in the Parkes
Gold and Copper Project, consisting of four
granted exploration licences that are highly
prospective for Au-Cu, primarily due to their
location adjacent the giant Northparkes
copper-gold mine and encompassing the
Ordovician-aged rocks of the Macquarie
Arc, within the crustal-scale structure of the
Lachlan Transverse Zone (LTZ) that contain
both Northparkes and the world-class
Cadia gold-copper Mine.
South Australian Uranium Portfolio
Adavale also holds 11 granted exploration
licences that are prospective for their
sedimentary uranium potential within the
northern part of the highly- prospective
Northern outwash from the Flinders
Ranges in South Australia, as well as four
exploration licence applications east of
Ceduna on the Eyre Peninsula, increasing
Adavale’s uranium tenement holdings to
4,959km2.
The Kabanga Jirani Nickel Project
Adavale also holds the Kabanga Jirani Nickel
Project, a portfolio of 13 highly prospective
granted licences along the East African
Nickel belt in Tanzania. The nine
southernmost licences are proximal to the
world class Kabanga Nickel Deposit (87.6Mt
@ 2.63% Ni Eq). Adavale holds 100% of all
licences except for two licences that are
known as the Luhuma-Farm-in, which are
held at 65%, adding a further 99km2 and
bringing the portfolio to 1,315km2.
Adavale’s licences were selected based on
their strong geochemical and geophysical
signatures from the previous exploration
undertaken by BHP.
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