West Arunta Acquisition
ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
24 July 2024
West Arunta Tenements Acquisition
Australian Potash Limited (ASX: APC or the Company) is pleased to announce the expansion of its exploration
footprint in the highly prospective carbonatite - niobium rich West Arunta region to over 660km2,1, following
APC agreeing binding terms to acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of Green Metals
Group Pty Ltd (GMG). GMG is the applicant for two (2) tenement applications covering a combined area of
179km2 in the region.
Highlights
•
Binding terms agreed for the acquisition of GMG, holder of two (2) tenement applications contiguous
to the Company’s 100% owned West Arunta Nexus Project
•
Publicly available geophysics data support the acquisition with a detailed technical announcement
to follow
Figure 1: Map showing APC’s West Arunta Nexus Project tenements together with acquisition applications E 80/6043 & E 80/6044
over publicly available ground gravity (Complete Bouguer Anomaly) with a half-vertical derivative applied
1
On grant of acquired applications ELA80/6043 & ELA80/6044
Location
Existing granted tenements in the Nexus Project sit approximately 10kms to the south-west of Rincon
Resources Ltd’s (ASX: RCR) tenement that includes the Avalon and Pokali prospects, 80kms south-west of
WA1 Resources Ltd (ASX: WA1)’ Luni deposit and 80kms south of Encounter Resources Ltd (ASX: ENR)’ Crean
& Emily carbonatite prospects.
Acquisition
The Company has agreed binding terms to purchase 100% of the shares in GMG, which has made application
for two exploration licenses (refer figure 1), being:
i.
ELA80/6044 which covers an area of approximately 156km2 and sits contiguous to and west of the
Company’s existing Nexus tenement E80/5917; and
ii.
ELA80/6043 which covers an area of approximately 23km2 and sits immediately to the north of
E80/5917.
Terms of the Share Sale Agreement
A binding terms sheet has been entered into with the shareholders of GMG, a company incorporated in
Western Australia. Under the terms:
1. APC will acquire 100% of the issued share capital of GMG and all of its assets;
2. APC will pay the following to the GMG shareholders (or their nominees) in their respective proportion
(Sellers):
a. (Deposit Shares): 50,000,000 APC Shares at a fixed price of $0.001, valued at $50,000, to the
Sellers by 31 July 2025, as a non-refundable deposit;
b. (Completion Cash): on Completion, which is on or before 30 September 2024, pay $50,000
in cash to the Sellers;
c. (Grant Consideration): on grant of both ELA80/6044 and ELA80/6043 (West Arunta ELAs)
pay $150,000 via the issue of APC Shares at an issue price of the lesser of $0.015 or, if the
Company elects to issue shares as part of a future capital raising between the 24 July 2024
and the time of grant, the issue price of those shares within 5 business days from the date
of grant of the West Arunta ELAs;
d. (Land Access Consideration): pay $250,000 to the Sellers on the execution of an agreement
granting GMG access to the land the subject of the West Arunta ELAs for the purpose of
prospecting and exploration with the Tjamu Tjamu (Aboriginal Corporation) Registered
Native Title Body Corporate;
e. (Milestone 1 Consideration): pay $350,000 in cash to the Sellers on the delineation of a JORC
compliant INFERRED Mineral Resource Estimate of at least 500,000 tonnes grading a
minimum of 1% niobium or base metal equivalent; and
f.
(Milestone 2 Consideration): pay $350,000 in cash to the Sellers on the delineation of a JORC
compliant MEASURED Mineral Resource Estimate of at least 1M tonnes grading a minimum
of 1% niobium or base metal equivalent.
The Grant Consideration, Land Access Consideration, Milestone 1 Consideration and Milestone 2
Consideration are together referred to as the Deferred Consideration.
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Upon the achievement of the milestone relating to each Deferred Consideration, APC may elect in writing
that a Deferred Consideration when payable shall be paid through the issue of APC Shares. Where such
election is made, the number of Shares issued to the Sellers for the Land Access Consideration, Milestone 1
Consideration and Milestone 2 Consideration will be calculated as the cash amount payable divided by the
10-day volume weighted average price of APC’s Shares trading on ASX over the 10 days immediately prior to
the date of achievement of the relevant milestone. Any shares issued as Deferred Consideration shall be
subject to shareholder approval.
Geophysics Review and Prospect Targeting
The Company continues to review and analyse all available geophysical and geological data sets and has
expanded its area of interest (AOI) for analysis by its consultants to include the areas of the new tenement
applications.
The Company plans to release the findings of that review and analysis at the earliest opportunity.
This release was authorised by the Managing Director & CEO of the Company.
Matt Shackleton
Managing Director & CEO
m.shackleton@australianpotash.com.au
+61 (0) 438 319 841
Michael Fry
Company Secretary
m.fry@australianpotash.com.au
+61 (0) 417 996 454
About APC
APC holds a 100% interest in the West Arunta Nexus Project (Nexus), located approximately 1,000kms eastsoutheast of Port Hedland in Western Australian. Comprising of two exploration licenses across an area of
660km2 Nexus is an early stage exploration opportunity surrounded by globally significant and emerging rare
earth and critical mineral element deposits. The West Arunta is WA’s most exciting exploration frontier with
strong potential to hold sedimentary, IOCG, SEDEX & carbonatite hosted mineral deposits.
APC holds a 100% interest in the Lake Wells Gold Project (LWGP), located approximately 500kms northeast
of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields. Forming part of the project areas on listing the LWGP
was held under an earn-in joint-venture by a third-party between 2018 – 2022. The opportunity to
consolidate the data set generated during the JV with existing data has generated a new exploration model
with several untested, highly prospective targets.
APC holds a 100% interest in the Laverton Downs Project (LDP), located 5kms north of Laverton, in Western
Australia's Eastern Goldfields. The LDP is prospective for nickel and other base metal sulphides and is located
in the prominent gold bearing Lancefield sequence trending north of Laverton town site.
Please visit www.australianpotash.com.au for more information.
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