Maiden Drilling Programme Commenced Condingup REE Project WA
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Maiden Drilling Programme Commenced
Condingup REE Project WA
1 September 2023
Following successful rock chip sampling programmes and a recent passive seismic field
survey, EMU NL (ASX: EMU) (“EMU” or “the Company”) has commenced its maiden aircore
(AC) drilling programme at the 100% owned Condingup Project near Esperance WA.
Drilling commenced at the 1,560 square kilometre exploration project on the 31st August 2023
after formal land access approvals and administrative processes were completed. The modest
3,000m programme is designed to test EMU’s conceptual modelling of REE’s at Condingup which
demonstrates rare earth element (REE) fertility adjacent to, and overlying the Booanya granite
intrusive rocks. Drill collars have been planned to intercept the “clay traps” earlier confirmed by
passive seismic that are expected to contain enriched concentrations of REE in clays.
Fig 1. Aircore drilling commences at EMU’s Condingup REE Project 60kms east of Esperance
WA
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HIGHLIGHTS
Targeted aircore drilling programme to test hypothesized clay-hosted REE
enrichment at Condingup has commenced
Passive seismic results used to vector drill collars over the deeper weathered clay
trap zones
Multiple zones will be drill tested in both the western and eastern areas of the
project
Drill depths expected to range from 30 to 100m
A wide 6km+ paleo channel identified on the eastern margin of the most westerly
Booanya Granite intrusions, will be drill tested. This target presents an excellent,
large scale “walk-up” clay-trap target
About the Condingup Rare Earth Project
EMU’s 100% owned Condingup Rare Earth Project is located just 35kms southeast of ASX:OD6’s
Splinter Rock Project. That project is achieving success in a similar geological se ng within REE
enriched Booanya suite granites.
EMU’s Condingup Project, accessible by sealed roads, is situated just 60kms from the port of
Esperance and essen al infrastructure. Esperance is widely projected to become a central hub
for major renewable energy and green hydrogen produc on and is located within a well-regarded
explora on/mining friendly jurisdic on.
EMU’s 1,560 square kilometre Condingup Rare Earth Project overlies saprolite, clay-enriched rare
earth soils, and covers REE enriched, geologically significant Booanya granite suite plutons. The
project tenements are located directly over what EMU considers to be some of the most
prospec ve and highly fer le clay hosted REE granite suites in the Esperance region.
Fig 2. Condingup REE Project highligh ng extensive regional land holding and broad REE
mineralisa on determined from a number of high value Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO’s)
sampled from outcropping rocks including Booanya granites.
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Doug Grewar
Chief Execu ve Officer
Emu NL
info@emunl.com.au
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Emu NL
ABN 50 127 291 927
ASX Codes: EMU and EMUCA
10 Walker Ave
West Perth, WA 6005
T +61 8 9226 4266
E info@emunl.com.au
PO Box 1112
West Perth, WA 6872
Fully paid shares (listed)
1,450,021,079 (including 18.6m the
subject of the ATM which EMU can buy
back for nil consideration)
Contributing Shares (listed)
40,485,069 paid to $0.03, $0.03 to pay,
no call before 31 December 2023
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35,000,000 paid to $0.0001, $0.04 to
pay, no call before 31 December 2025
Options (unlisted)
172,453,621 options to acquire fully paid
shares, exercisable at $0.01 each, on or
before 7 October 2024
Performance Rights (Unlisted)
48,571,429 performance rights in
relation to acquisition of Gnows Nest
project
Directors:
Peter Thomas
Non-Executive Chairman
Terry Streeter
Non-Executive Director
Gavin Rutherford
Non-Executive Director
Tim Staermose
Non-Executive Director
Investor enquiries:
Doug Grewar CEO
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E info@emunl.com.au
COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT
The informa on in this report that relates to
explora on results is based on, and fairly represents
informa on and suppor ng documenta on prepared
by Kur s Dunstone, a Competent Person who is a
Member of the Australian Ins tute of Geoscien sts.
Mr Dunstone is an employee of EMU NL and has
sufficient experience in the ac vity which he is
undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as
defined in the 2012 edi on of the “Australasian Code
for Repor ng of Explora on Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Dunstone consents
to the inclusion herein of the ma ers based upon his
informa on in the form and context in which it
appears.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
As a result of a variety of risks, uncertain es and
other factors, actual events and results may differ
materially from any forward looking and other
statements herein not purpor ng to be of historical
fact. Any statements concerning mining reserves,
resources and explora on results are forward looking
in that they involve es mates based on assump ons.
Forward looking statements are based on
management’s beliefs, opinions and es mates as of
the respec ve dates they are made. The Company
does not assume any obliga on to update forward
looking statements even where beliefs, opinions and
es mates change or should do so given changed
circumstances and developments.
NEW INFORMATION OR DATA
EMU confirms that it is not aware of any new
informa on or data that materially affects the
informa on included in the original market
announcements and, in the case of es mates of
Mineral Resources, which all material assump ons
and technical parameters underpinning the es mates
in the relevant market announcement con nue to
apply and have not materially changed. The Company
confirms that the form and context in which the
Competent Person’s findings are presented have not
materially changed from the original market
announcement.
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