Ira Miri Delivers High-Grade Manganese Inventory
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11th
May 2026
Ira Miri Delivers High-Grade Manganese
Inventory and Significant Exploration Upside
HIGHLIGHTS
➔ Ira Miri Category B market appraisal sample completed, with 27,371 t of surveyed manganese stockpile
inventory at Stage 1, including 4,984 t at 49.38% Mn high-grade inventory.
➔ In-situ ultra high-grade manganese mineralisation confirmed up to 60.22% Mn in pit sampling.
➔ Product options identified across HG, MG and LG stockpiles, with sizing and yield studies underway to
confirm optimal pre-shipment product specification.
➔ Mineralisation remains open below the current pit floor and into pit walls, with multiple high-priority IP
anomalies at depth still untested.
➔ Shipment preparation progressing, with export and trans-shipment approvals advancing.
➔ Larger Res/IP geophysical surveys planned for late May / early June to test the scale and depth extent
of mineralisation.
Estrella Resources Limited (ASX: ESR) (“Estrella” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on
the Ira Miri Manganese Project in Timor-Leste following completion of the Category B market appraisal
extraction programme.
The Ira Miri Stage 1 stockpile inventory currently totals approximately 27,371 tonnes, based on surveyed
stockpile volumes, measured bulk density and stockpile assay reconciliation. This remains within the
approved 30,000 tonne Category B limit and includes approximately 4,984 tonnes of high-grade material
grading 49.38% Mn, with additional medium-grade and low-grade product options available subject to final
screening, blending, customer specification and pre-shipment QA/QC.
Completion of the market appraisal sample is a major operational milestone for Estrella in Timor-Leste. The
sample was generated in a short timeframe, with maiden drilling at Ira Miri commencing in late May 2025
and bulk sample extraction completed within approximately nine months. The programme was delivered
during the wet season with an almost entirely local workforce, supported by local contractors, ANM and the
Timor-Leste Government.
Figure 1. Ira Miri Pit 8th March 2026
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Direct pit exposure has materially improved Estrella’s understanding of the Ira Miri manganese system.
Mining has confirmed a structurally complex Noni Formation host sequence, with folded, faulted and
boudinaged manganese pods exposed in the pit. Importantly, mineralisation remains open beyond the
current pit, including into the pit walls and below the current pit floor, with priority geophysical targets still
to be tested.
Commenting on the result, Managing Director Chris Daws said:
“Completion of the Ira Miri market appraisal sample and associated tonnage reconciliation is a
strong result for Estrella and its shareholders. The programme has delivered 27,371 tonnes of
manganese stockpile inventory within the approved Category B limit, including high-grade material,
while also confirming product optionality across the stockpile inventory.
Ira Miri demonstrates Estrella’s first-mover position in Timor-Leste and the Company’s ability to
rapidly advance a manganese discovery from drilling to market appraisal extraction. Estrella is well
positioned in Timor-Leste, with strong local operating experience, established relationships and a
growing pipeline of manganese targets.
The information gained at Ira Miri will guide the next phase of geophysics, drilling and potential
Category A development while export approvals, shipment preparation and offtake discussions
continue.”
Table 1: Ira Miri surveyed stockpile inventory and weighted grade summary:
Stockpile Survey Vol
Measured
LCM
Bulk Density
Tonnes Mn* Al2O3 SiO2 Fe2O3 P* S*
High-Grade 1,618.1 3.08 4,984 49.38 2.05 14.38 0.47 0.049 0.16
Med-Grade 2,201.7 2.75 6,065 35.87 4.02 31.03 1.44 0.031 0.06
Med-Low Grade 1,846.4 2.53 4,675 23.87 6.16 46.10 2.79 0.030 0.01
Low-Grade 5,044.6 2.31 11,647 20.57 6.57 49.65 3.00 0.029 0.02
Total Ore 10,710.9 2.56 27,371 28.64 5.29 39.88 2.26 0.033 0.04
Mineralised
Waste
3,445.2 1.83 6,291 20.78 6.74 48.07 2.82 0.038 0.04
* Denotes elemental or oxide values calculated from laboratory XRF results using stoichiometric conversion factors.
Figure 2. Ministerial site visit, Iri Miri, 2nd
March 2026. Figure 3. Managing Director Chris Daws presenting a
5-tonne massive manganite boulder to His
Excellency Francisco da Costa Monteiro, for display
at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
(MPRM).
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The Ira Miri market appraisal sample has been classified into high-grade, medium-grade, medium-low-
grade and low-grade stockpile categories for product assessment, marketing and shipment planning.
Stockpile tonnes are based on surveyed loose cubic metre volumes and measured LCM bulk density, with
grades calculated from laboratory assays matched to the relevant stockpile and survey period.
The resulting inventory totals 27,371 t of ore, excluding 6,291 t of mineralised waste, which is reported
separately. The stockpile inventory is intended for product classification and pre-shipment QA/QC and is
not a Mineral Resource estimate.
Operational and Product Assessment Update
The market appraisal programme has demonstrated that Ira Miri can produce discrete high-grade, medium-
grade and lower-grade manganese stockpile parcels through selective mining and stockpile classification.
This provides flexibility for customer product assessment, including direct high-grade material and blended
product options subject to sizing, yield studies and final pre-shipment QA/QC.
Lower-grade material and mineralised waste may also provide feed for screening or beneficiation trials,
particularly where clay-rich fines can be rejected to improve manganese grade and product quality.
Mining was completed over approximately 42 operating days, predominantly on day shift. Ore and waste
were excavated without blasting. Approximately 108,000 t of waste was moved as part of the programme,
together with 27,371 t of ore inventory and 6,291 t of mineralised waste. Groundwater inflow was limited,
although wet-season conditions affected lower-pit access toward the end of the campaign. The pit floor
remains in ore (Figure 1 and 5).
Geological Interpretation and Exploration Upside
Mining has confirmed that structural discontinuity is present, however direct pit exposure has also shown a
greater number and cumulative volume of dense, boudinaged manganese pods than was apparent from
drilling alone. Lower-density manganiferous clay-rich material has also been identified and stockpiled
separately as mineralised waste.
The open pit excavation has provided Estrella’s geological team with three-dimensional exposure of the Ira
Miri manganese system, enabling a significant refinement of the deposit model. Pit exposures confirm that
Ira Miri hosts a stratiform, sediment-hosted manganese system, with primary mineralisation stratabound
within the Noni Formation, comprising metallic grey manganese oxides interbedded with red-brown
mudstone and thin beds of white sandstone and chert.
Figure 5. Exposed manganese ore zone - Ira Miri Pit
Figure 4. Ira Miri High-grade bulk sample stockpile (HG_SP1)
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Importantly, previous IP survey work indicates deeper chargeability anomalies beneath the current pit floor
and along strike, while mineralisation remains open in the pit walls and floor. These targets remain untested
and provide clear follow-up potential.
Additional IP / resistivity surveying is planned for late May / June to test the scale, depth extent and
continuity of the Ira Miri manganese system. These surveys are expected to provide important information
on the scale, depth extent and continuity of the Ira Miri manganese system, and will assist in defining follow-
up drilling targets to support a potential Category A Mining Licence application.
Measured Bulk Density and Tonnage Reconciliation
A total of 39 field in-situ bulk density samples were
collected from pit exposures across the range of
manganese material types. Bulk density was
measured using the In-situ Bulk Density Excavation
and Water-Fill Method, where excavated sample
mass is compared with the measured water-fill
volume of the plastic-lined excavation.
The measured in-situ bulk density results were
converted to measured LCM bulk density using a
swell factor of 1.073, then applied to surveyed loose
stockpile volumes to support tonnage reconciliation
of the Ira Miri market appraisal sample and confirm
compliance with the approved 30,000 t Category B
limit.
Sub-samples from the in-situ bulk density tests were
assayed across ore material types, with ore-related
results ranging from 6.63% Mn in low-grade material
to 60.22% Mn in high-grade manganese
mineralisation, excluding overburden samples.
Next Steps
• DSO Shipment preparation: Continue logistics planning for product selection, stockpile preparation and
trans-shipment to an offshore bulk vessel.
• Product QA/QC: Complete sizing, yield and pre-shipment QA/QC work to confirm final customer
product specifications.
• IMSBC compliance: Complete remaining testing and documentation required for International Maritime
Solid Bulk Cargoes Code classification.
• Geophysics: Complete planned IP / resistivity surveys over the pit and surrounding extensions in late
May / early June.
• Geological model refinement: Continue pit mapping and interpretation to refine structural controls on
manganese pod distribution and guide follow-up drilling.
• Follow-up drilling: Test priority geophysical targets beneath the current pit floor, in pit walls and along
strike.
• Category A pathway: Use the market appraisal results, geophysics, drilling and product assessment
work to support preparation of a future Category A Mining Licence application.
• Regional exploration: Advance nearby manganese targets, including (but not exclusively Lalena /
Daudere, Soru, Sica).
• Accelerated regional exploration immediately adjacent to Iri Miri targeting additional Manganese as well
as Gold and Copper.
Werumata
Werumata Limestone Project: Resource modelling is on-going, with a maiden JORC limestone Mineral
Resource Estimate expected in the near term.
Figure 6. Field in-situ bulk density test at Ira Miri using the
Excavation and Water-Fill Method. Excavated material was
weighed, and void volume was determined by filling the
plastic-lined excavation with a measured volume of water.
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The Company will keep shareholders informed of the progress. The Board has authorised for this
announcement to be released to the ASX.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Christopher J. Daws
Managing Director
Estrella Resources Limited
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info@estrellaresources.com.au
Media:
David Tasker
Managing Director
Chapter One Advisors
dtasker@chapteroneadvisors.com.au
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Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements which have not been based solely on historical facts
but, rather, on ESR’s current expectations about future events and on a number of assumptions which are subject to
significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are outside the control of ESR and its directors, officers
and advisers.
Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement relating to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Peter
Spitalny, who is the Exploration Manager of Estrella Resources, and a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgists. Mr Spitalny has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under
consideration, and to the activity they are undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2012 Edition
of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves”. Mr Spitalny
consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it
appears.
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APPENDIX 1: MEASURED IN-SITU BULK DENSITY RESULTS, EXCAVATION AND
WATER-FILL METHOD
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APPENDIX 3 JORC TABLE 1 – ESTRELLA TIMOR-LESTE EXPLORATION
Section 1 - Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
• Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut
channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard measurement
tools appropriate to the minerals under
investigation, such as down hole gamma
sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc).
These examples should not be taken as
limiting the broad meaning of sampling.
• Include reference to measures taken to
ensure sample representivity and the
appropriate calibration of any measurement
tools or systems used.
• Aspects of the determination of
mineralisation that are Material to the Public
Report. In cases where ‘industry standard’
work has been done this would be relatively
simple (e.g. ‘reverse circulation drilling was
used to obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg
was pulverised to produce a 30 g charge for
fire assay’). In other cases more explanation
may be required, such as where there is
coarse gold that has inherent sampling
problems. Unusual commodities or
mineralisation types (e.g. submarine
nodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed
information.
• Determination of mineralisation has been
based on geological logging of diamond
core and field trenching with metal
concentration confirmed by a Bruker S1
pXRF.
• Diamond core is drilled PQ3, cut in half
using a hand-grinder for competent core
or split using a chisel for sooty, less
competent core and clay.
• Core is split perpendicular to bedding
when primary mineralisation is
encountered.
• Samples are exported from Timor Leste to
Indonesia and analysed at PT
Geoservices in Jakarta, Indonesia
• At the lab the full sample is crushed and
pulverized to 90% passing 75 um.
• A subsample undergoes fusion and XRF
analysis for Mn and a suite of elements.
• Samples collected from within the pit to
determine measured in-situ bulk density
were selected across the range of
manganese material types exposed during
the market appraisal extraction
programme.
• Samples for measured in-situ bulk density
were collected by excavating material from
a representative site, collecting and
weighing the excavated material, lining the
excavation with plastic, and determining
the void volume using a controlled water-
fill method.
• Measured in-situ bulk density was
determined as sample mass divided by
measured void volume.
• Stockpile samples were collected from
defined stockpile areas using spear
sampling and, where required, exposed
stockpile faces to improve representivity.
Samples were reduced to approximately 3
kg sub-samples where required.
• Stockpile inventory grades were
calculated by matching applicable whole-
stockpile assay results to surveyed
stockpile volume windows and weighting
by surveyed loose stockpile volume.
Separate sizing and yield studies are
ongoing and are not reported in this
announcement.
Drilling
techniques
• Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation,
open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger,
Bangka, sonic, etc) and details (e.g. core
diameter, triple or standard tube, depth of
diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other
type, whether core is oriented and if so, by
what method, etc).
• Diamond drilling has been undertaken
utilising HQ and PQ triple tube.
Drill sample
recovery
• Method of recording and assessing core
and chip sample recoveries and results
assessed.
• Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and ensure representative nature
of the samples.
• Whether a relationship exists between
• Recoveries are calculated based upon the
depth drilled and compared to core
recovered.
• Sample recovery is generally high,
although some extremely weathered friable
material is sometimes lost due to the
effects of the down-hole water circulation
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
sample recovery and grade and whether
sample bias may have occurred due to
preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material.
required to enable diamond (core) drilling.
Core-loss in the mineralised zone is
uncommon and minor but if it has occurred,
it is accounted for in calculating mineralised
intervals.
Logging • Whether core and chip samples have been
geologically and geotechnically logged to a
level of detail to support appropriate Mineral
Resource estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
• Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative
in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc)
photography.
• The total length and percentage of the
relevant intersections logged.
• Rock-chip and core samples were
geologically logged for mineral content
and photographed prior to sending for
assay (or screening by pXRF).
• Drill core has also been geologically
logged.
• The trenches have been mapped and
sampled.
Sub-
sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation
• If core, whether cut or sawn and whether
quarter, half or all core taken.
• If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled,
rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet or
dry.
• For all sample types, the nature, quality and
appropriateness of the sample preparation
technique.
• Quality control procedures adopted for all
sub-sampling stages to maximise
representivity of samples.
• Measures taken to ensure that the sampling
is representative of the in-situ material
collected, including for instance results for
field duplicate/second-half sampling.
• Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the
grain size of the material being sampled.
• Sample sizes are appropriate to the grain
size of the mineralisation which in
manganese oxides is very fine.
• Sampling on core is performed by splitting
or cutting the core in half, perpendicular to
bedding when observed.
• The sample sizes are adequate for the
grain size of the material being sampled.
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests
• The nature, quality and appropriateness of
the assaying and laboratory procedures
used and whether the technique is
considered partial or total.
• For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the
parameters used in determining the analysis
including instrument make and model,
reading times, calibrations factors applied
and their derivation, etc.
• Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates,
external laboratory checks) and whether
acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e. lack of
bias) and precision have been established.
• Samples are analysed at PT Geoservices
in Jakarta using an XRF Fusion technique
for 15 elements.
• The technique is considered total.
• Lab standards and blanks are adequate at
this stage of the exploration program.
Verification
of sampling
and assaying
• The verification of significant intersections
by either independent or alternative
company personnel.
• The use of twinned holes.
• Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage
(physical and electronic) protocols.
• Discuss any adjustment to assay data.
• Prior to Estrella, no modern exploration
has been conducted in the area.
Mineralisation has been verified by several
external parties.
• EMDD002 twinned EMDD001 with very
similar results
• No adjustments to assay data were
undertaken.
• Geological and recovery data is measured
and entered digitally into log sheets which
are then stored on the Company cloud
storage system.
• Drillhole collar and survey information is
also recorded.
Location of
data points
• Accuracy and quality of surveys used to
locate drill holes (collar and down-hole
surveys), trenches, mine workings and other
locations used in Mineral Resource
estimation.
• Specification of the grid system used.
• Handheld Garmin GPS used for general
locations (accuracy commonly +/- 2m), or
GRID software on mobile phones
(accuracy commonly +/- 5m).
• Topographic control is accomplished from
high-precision DTM derived from drone
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
• Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.
survey.
• Drillholes are initially located using a
Garmin GPS but precise locations are
determined by precision RTK GPS survey
providing an accuracy of +/- 0.1m.
• The location of the samples discussed in
the text were determined by precision RTK
GPS survey providing an accuracy of +/-
0.1m.
• In all cases, the Grid System used is UTM
metric WGS-84 zone 52 South.
Data spacing
and
distribution
• Data spacing for reporting of Exploration
Results.
• Whether the data spacing and distribution is
sufficient to establish the degree of
geological and grade continuity appropriate
for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve
estimation procedure(s) and classifications
applied.
• Whether sample compositing has been
applied.
• Samples are decided upon geological
characteristics and observed dilution.
Minimum 30cm sample widths can be
taken, ranging up to 1.2m depending on
core characteristics.
• No drill sample composites are reported in
this announcement. Stockpile grades are
reported as weighted stockpile
reconciliation grades based on surveyed
stockpile volume windows and applicable
stockpile assays.
Orientation
of data in
relation to
geological
structure
• Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves unbiased sampling of possible
structures and the extent to which this is
known, considering the deposit type.
• If the relationship between the drilling
orientation and the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to have
introduced a sampling bias, this should be
assessed and reported if material.
• Sampling perpendicular to bedding will
occur when bedding can be observed in
the core.
• This is not necessarily observable in
secondary enrichment zones.
• The drilling is generally at a high angle to
mineralisation.
Sample
security
• The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
• Exported samples are in the possession of
ESR personnel from the core processing
site and through customs in Atambua in
Indonesia, where they are transferred to
CEVA Logistics for delivery to the lab in
Jakarta.
Audits or
reviews
• The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.
• No independent audit or review has been
undertaken on the Lab.
• Independent reviews on geological logging
and sampling techniques have been done
and all methods used are of an industry
standard.
Section 2 - Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land tenure
status
• Type, reference name/number, location and
ownership including agreements or material
issues with third parties such as joint
ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties,
native title interests, historical sites,
wilderness or national park and
environmental settings.
• The security of the tenure held at the time
of reporting along with any known
impediments to obtaining a license to
operate in the area.
• Exploration and Evaluation Concessions
MEL2023-CA-ZA001, MEL2023-CA-
ZA002 and MEL2023-CA-ZA003, valid
26/03/2024 – 25/03/2028, have been
awarded to Estrella Murak Rai, forming
the joint-venture between Estrella
Resources Representação Permanente
(70%) and Murak Rai Timor (30%).
• Reconnaissance Permits ESR-RP-01,
ESR-RP-02, ESR-RP-03, ESR-RP-04
were awarded to Estrella Resources
Limited Representação Permanente
(100%) and have been converted to
Exploration and Evaluation Concessions
MEL2025-DA-ZA001, MEL2025-DA-
ZA002, MEL2025-DA-ZA003 and
MEL2025-DA-ZA004, valid 14/052025 –
14/05/2029.
• Exploration and Evaluation Concessions
MEL2024-DA-ZB001, MEL2024-DA-
ZB002 and MEL2024-DA-ZB003, valid
26/09/2024 – 25/09/2024, awarded to
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Estrella Murak Rai, forming the joint-
venture between Estrella Resources
Representação Permanente (70%) and
Murak Rai Timor (30%).
• Estrella also operated Reconnaissance
Permits ESR-RP-05, ESR-RP-07 and
ESR-RP-08
• Estrella Resources Limited
Representacao Permanente and Estrella
Murak Rai are registered in Timor-Leste
and is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Estrella Resources Limited (Australia).
• All of the Concessions and Permits are
current and in good standing.
Exploration
done by other
parties
• Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.
• The first documented modern exploration
in Timor Leste was conducted by Allied
Mining Corporation in 1937 during which
mineral potential was discovered. Very
small-scale mining of manganese, gold
and construction material was conducted.
The exploration was not systematic and
hampered by difficult access.
• Other work in the early 2000’s has been
conducted by the Pacific Economic
Cooperation Council -PECC Minerals
Network to assist Timor-Leste to
understand and develop its minerals
potential.
• Local geologists and companies have
sporadically explored the area however
there has been no documentation
collected nor systematic exploration to
quantify mineral occurrences.
• Prior to Estrella, no minerals drilling has
taken place.
• Prior to Estrella, no close-spaced
geophysics has taken place.
• Prior to Estrella, no systematic, modern
exploration has taken place.
• The Geological Institute of Timor-Leste
(IGTL) has recently (and still is)
conducting stratigraphic analysis and
fossil dating to reconstruct the geological
history of Timor-Leste.
Geology • Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.
• The current Concessions and Permits
host three main forms of manganese
mineralisation.
• Primary mineralisation Is found as thin
layers of manganese oxides interbedded
with thin layers of chert or mudstones or
as thick lenses of manganese oxides in
the mudstones, usually above the
interbedded chert-manganese oxide
horizon. Ther mineralisation formed by
direct precipitation of manganese oxides
onto the sea floor.
• Supergene enrichment has affected near-
surface parts of the primary manganese
oxide lenses.
• Secondary mineralisation exists in two
forms. Firstly, as manganese oxide
impregnated siltstone or sandstone
lenses near weathered primary
mineralisation. Secondly as a blanket
overlying, sometimes unconformably,
weathered interbedded chert-manganese
oxide or thicker manganese lenses.
• Tertiary mineralisation exists where high
rainfall and erosion has sorted and
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
concentrated detrital manganese into river
paleo-channels or scree deposits.
• Alluvial gold mineralisation has been
reported in the area however no
exploration has been undertaken.
• Estrella will use and expand upon the
current known stratigraphy to evaluate
and document mineralisation styles and
relate them back to the tectono-
stratigraphic genesis of the area.
Drill hole
information
• A summary of all information material to the
under-standing of the exploration results
including a tabulation of the following
information for all Material drill holes:
• easting and northing of the drill hole
collar
• elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in metres) of
the drill hole collar
• dip and azimuth of the hole
• down hole length and interception depth
• hole length
• If the exclusion of this information is justified
on the basis that the information is not
Material and this exclusion does not detract
from the understanding of the report, the
Competent Person should clearly explain
why this is the case.
• Estrella has completed the only drilling
that has occurred in the area, and the
drilling has been thoroughly reported,
however, this announcement does not
discuss drilling results.
Data
aggregation
methods
• In reporting Exploration Results, weighting
averaging techniques, maximum and/or
minimum grade truncations (e.g. cutting of
high grades) and cut-off grades are usually
Material and should be stated.
• Where aggregate intercepts incorporate
short lengths of high grade results and
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