New Ag-Pb-Zn Target Identified at Zanthus
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ASX Release Buxton Resources Ltd (ASX: BUX, BUXO) 06 July 2026
Zanthus Project – Broken Hill Type Ag-Pb-Zn Target
Identified; Ground EM Survey Commencing
• Zanthus Project (Fraser Range, WA) returned to 100% BUX ownership
• New assay and mineralogical work have identified a Broken Hill/Cannington-
style silver-lead-zinc target at the Cohen prospect, within the same
stratigraphic package that hosts Buxton's historic magnetite mineralisation
• Best result: 2.0 m at 7.5 g/t Ag, 1,405 ppm Pb and 4,230 ppm Zn from 220 m
– 222 m (end of hole) in ZRC025, within a broader 8.0 m zone — mineralisation
remains open at depth.
• Multiple independent lines of evidence point to a Broken Hill-type mineral
system including: the metal association, indicator minerals spessartine (Mn
garnet) and gahnite (Zn spinel) and a Mn-rich iron-formation marker horizon
directly above the mineralisation.
• Buxton has engaged a contractor to run a ground electromagnetic survey at
Cohen targeting blind sulphide conductors — due to commence in July 2026
Buxton Managing Director Marty Moloney commented: "After IGO withdrew from
the Fraser Range JV in 2025, Buxton commenced an internal review of the historic
data over the Zanthus tenement. This work identified an anomalous silver-lead-zinc
intercept sitting directly beneath the Cohen magnetite mineralisation. By
undertaking a detailed geological review, including re-assaying historic pulps, we are
now confident that a Broken Hill / Cannington-style mineral system is present at
Cohen. Those are two world-class mineral deposits, so we're moving quickly to get
a ground EM survey underway in July to help us define drill targets."
Buxton is pleased to advise positive results from re-assay of archived pulps, recently
returned to BUX by IGO Ltd (IGO). IGO had recently withdrawn from their Farm-In
and Joint Venture over the Zanthus license E28/1959 on 30 June 2025, returning a
100% undivided interest in the tenements to Buxton. Buxton then set about
analysing the IGO and BUX historical datasets for exploration opportunities. This
work identified several historical assay results that indicated a previously
undocumented mineralised signal. However, the historic laboratory analysis methods
carried high detection limits that limited confidence in the interpretation.
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Historical pulps within holes ZRC024 and ZRC025 were selected for re-analysis using
an improved geochemical method (ALS ME-MS61r) with follow-up XRD analysis of
selected samples. This work has confirmed a coherent Ag-Pb-Zn-Cd-Mn anomaly at
the base of ZRC025 (Table 1), immediately beneath a Mn-rich magnetite-quartzite
horizon that Buxton has previously drilled and assessed as part of its Cohen
magnetite project.
The geochemical and mineralogical character of this zone — including spessartine-
rich garnet and the presence of gahnite — is consistent with internationally
recognised Broken Hill-type (BHT) Pb-Zn-Ag deposits such as Broken Hill (NSW) and
Cannington (Qld), where similar garnet-magnetite-quartzite horizons occur as marker
horizons adjacent to the ore position. The mineralised interval at the base of ZRC025
remains open, with grades increasing toward the bottom of the hole.
Table 1: Key new drill intercepts - ZRC024 & ZRC025 pulp re-assay (ALS ME-MS61r 2026). All
intercepts are reported as down-hole lengths. True widths are unknown.
Hole ID From
(m)
To
(m)
Int.
(m)
Ag
(g/t)
Pb
(ppm)
Zn
(ppm)
Mn
(%)
Interpretation
ZRC025 214 222
(eoh)
8.0 2.6 691 1,706 0.54 BHT Ag-Pb-Zn zone at EOH —
escalating into basal metre,
open at depth
incl. 218 222 4.0 4.4 1,001 2,933 0.70 Higher-grade core of the BHT
interval
incl. 220 222
(eoh)
2.0 7.5 1,405 4,230 0.92 Peak 2 m-composite EOH
sample; elevated Cd (18 ppm)
and Bi (1.3 ppm)
ZRC025 164 200 36.0 0.02 4 101 1.46 Mn-rich magnetite BIF —
interpreted BHT hangingwall
marker horizon
ZRC024 44 100 56.0 0.06 8 116 1.45 Mn-Fe BIF marker horizon —
same stratigraphy, up-plunge
incl. 66 78 12.0 0.09 5 56 2.05 Mn peak (to 2.25%) — centre
of marker horizon
To follow up this new target, Buxton has engaged Russell Mortimer and GEM
Geophysics to design and run a ground-based MLTEM survey over the Cohen area
(Figure 1), with an initial line layout integrating existing geophysical data with the
drillhole results. The survey is intended to test whether a blind sulphide conductor is
present beneath the iron-formation horizon, and to help define priority targets for
follow-up drilling. Field work is anticipated to commence in July 2026, subject to
contractor scheduling and weather, with results expected to be reported once
processing and interpretation are complete.
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Figure 1: Plan view of Cohen prospect with the planned MLTEM survey lines and historical drilling.
The ground magnetic inversion, together with drill hole data, indicates a synformal setting with the
newly identified Ag-Pb-Zn-Cd-Mn anomaly at the base of ZRC025 lying in the footwall of the quartz-
magnetite unit mapped by the magnetics. A deeper magnetic feature lies immediately below ZRC025
and is indicated in red (also shown on Figure 6).
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Figure 2: Zanthus Project location map. The Project is situated within the Proterozoic Albany-Fraser
Orogen of southern Western Australia which hosts rocks of the right age, composition, metamorphic
grade and deformation history to host Broken Hill-type Ag-Pb-Zn mineralisation. The Project takes its
name from the Zanthus siding on the Trans-Australian Rail Line, approximately 35 km to the north-
east, providing access to multi-user rail infrastructure with a direct connection to Esperance Port.
Vehicular access is provided by the Trans Access Road from Kalgoorlie, then the Zanthus Balladonia
Road, then existing exploration access tracks in good condition.
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Buxton will provide a further update as the program progresses and results become
available.
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This announcement is authorised by the Board of Buxton Resources Ltd. For further
information, please contact:
Martin Moloney
Managing Director
marty@buxtonresources.com.au
Sam Wright
Company Secretary
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Technical Discussion
The Cohen prospect is concealed beneath a 20-30m veneer of transported regolith
and occurs within a sequence of granulite-facies metamorphic rocks within the
Proterozoic Albany-Fraser Orogen. The Proterozoic sequence comprises garnet-
magnetite quartzite, amphibolite and associated schistose units.
Buxton's 2011 RC geological logging of ZRC025 records an amphibolite horizon from
approximately 89–165m, interpreted here as a Mn-rich metamorphosed iron
formation or mafic volcanic unit, overlying further garnet-magnetite quartzite before
a second amphibolite unit commences at 212m and continues to end of hole.
The Proterozoic lithological and metamorphic association is the textbook host
environment for Broken Hill-type (BHT) Pb-Zn-Ag deposits internationally, including:
- Broken Hill (NSW; pre-mining resource of ~280 Mt at ~11% Pb 8.5% Zn and
~148 g/t Ag) 1
- Cannington (Qld; pre-mining resource of ~43.8 Mt at 11.6% Pb, 4.4% Zn and
538 g/t Ag) 2
and
- Aggeneys-Gamsberg (South Africa).
In BHT terminology, the garnet-magnetite quartzite hosting magnetite mineralisation
at Cohen is interpreted as a marker horizon analogous to those flanking the ore
position at these other deposits, rather than as the BHT mineralised horizon itself.
Petrographic work on chips from ZRC024 described a granoblastic quartz –
magnetite – garnet – anthophyllite – orthopyroxene – apatite assemblage, with SEM
analysis returning 5–8% MnO in garnet (spessartine-rich) and approximately 1% MnO
in magnetite, the latter containing fine exsolved hercynite-spinel lamellae 3
.
Spessartine with MnO contents in this range is recognised in the literature 4
as a
diagnostic BHT halo indicator, reflecting the distinctive Mn-enrichment of these
systems relative to typical iron formations.
New Rietveld semi-quantitative XRD analysis on 10 archived pulps (ALS, April 2026)
independently corroborates and extends this petrographic work, returning 11–31
wt% magnetite and 16–24 wt% spessartine-rich garnet across the BIF interval, with
1
Leach, D.L., Sangster, D.F., Kelley, K.D., Large, R.R., Garven, G., Allen, C.R., Gutzmer, J. and Walters, S., 2005. Sediment-
hosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective. Economic Geology, 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 561–607.
2
Walters, S.G. and Bailey, A., 1998. Economic Geology, v. 93, p. 1307–1329.
3
Townend, R., 2011. Petrological report on selected Zanthus drill core samples (ZRC024, ZRC034). BUX internal report.
4
Spry, P.G., Heimann, A., Messerly, J.D., Houk, R.S. & Teale, G.S., 2008. Discrimination of metamorphic and metasomatic
processes at the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag deposit using REE systematics in garnet. Economic Geology 103, 1601–1617.
These mining projects are cited for geological context only. Zanthus is an exploration-stage
project with no certainty that further exploration will define a Mineral Resource.
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gahnite (ZnAl₂O₄) — a metamorphosed zinc-aluminate accessory mineral recognised
as a further BHT marker 5
— identified in several of the basal mineralised samples.
The new Ag-Pb-Zn-Cd-Mn geochemical signature was identified via re-assay of
archived RC pulps from ZRC024 and ZRC025 using ALS's ME-MS61r 48-element ICP-
MS method. This method carries a silver detection limit of 0.02 g/t, materially lower
than the 0.5 g/t detection limit of the four-acid OES method used on these samples
at the time of original drilling. Given that vectoring toward BHT-style mineralisation
typically requires resolution at or below approximately 0.05g/t Ag, the original
dataset could not unambiguously resolve this signature.
Figure 3: Ag vs Cd and Pb vs Zn for historic composites (grey) vs new 2026 ICP-MS assays (blue). The
ZRC025 EOH samples (red stars) step decisively into the BHT anomaly quadrant. The new assay data
provides significantly improved sensitivity particularly in pathfinder elements like Ag and Cd which
allow for higher confidence in isolating anomaly from background levels.
Stratigraphically, the 36m Mn-rich magnetite BIF interval logged in ZRC025 from
164–200m is interpreted as the hangingwall marker horizon, with the newly identified
sulphide-bearing zone at 214–222m representing the lode-equivalent position
immediately adjacent to it — consistent with the typical spatial relationship between
marker horizon and ore position seen at Broken Hill and Cannington. This
relationship is also observed up-plunge in ZRC024, where a 56m BIF interval (44–
100m) carries a comparable but weaker Mn-Fe geochemical signature.
5
Heimann, A., Spry, P.G. & Teale, G.S., 2005. Zincian spinel associated with metamorphosed Proterozoic base metal
sulphide occurrences, Colorado: a re-evaluation of gahnite composition as a guide in exploration. Can. Min. 43, 601–622.
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Figure 4: ZRC025 down-hole geochemistry. Upper purple band (164–200 m) is a Mn- and Fe-rich
magnetite BIF — interpreted BHT hangingwall marker horizon. Lower pink band (214–222 m) is the
newly identified Ag-Pb-Zn-Cd-Mn sulphide zone — the lode-equivalent position; values escalate into
the EOH sample, open at depth. The XRD mineralogy results confirm the presence of gahnite – a key
BHT indicator mineral – in the lode-equivalent position.
Two technical caveats are noted. First, ZRC025 was not downhole gyro-surveyed at
the time of drilling (downhole access was deemed unsafe due to caving), so the
reported downhole position of the 214–222m intersection relies on the planned
collar dip and azimuth rather than a verified downhole survey; the adjacent gyro-
surveyed hole ZRC024 shows the drilling typically flattens by several degrees over its
length, so some unquantified deviation in ZRC025 cannot be excluded. Second, no
field QA/QC sample (standard, blank or duplicate) was inserted within or
immediately adjacent to the 214–222m interval during the original 2011 sampling
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program, so there is presently no independent field duplicate-based precision check
specific to the assays driving this interpretation. However, the 2026 ALS re-assay
batch (PH26116347) was submitted under ALS's internal laboratory QA/QC protocol,
and geologically consistent multi-element proportions which escalate systematically
toward end of ZRC025 provide additional confidence in the results.
Follow-up work is focused on resolving the geometry and extent of this target. The
planned MLTEM ground survey is designed to test for a blind sulphide conductor
beneath the BIF horizon, and will be interpreted alongside historic Spectrem
airborne EM and ground magnetic inversion data to help define priority drill targets
ahead of any follow-up drilling to test the open intersection at ZRC025.
Figure 5: Townend (2011) reflected-light photomicrograph of ZRC024 92–94 m: coarse magnetite-
quartzite with hercynite-spinel exsolution in magnetite. SEM analysis of associated garnet returned 5–
8% MnO (spessartine-rich) — textbook BHT marker-horizon mineralogy.
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Table 2: Collar information for re-assayed drillholes
Hole ID Easting
(m)
Northing
(m)
RL
(m)
Total Depth
(m)
Grid ID Azi True
(deg)
Dip
(deg)
ZRC024 583618.3 6540791.2 221.797 144 MGA94 Z51 272.1 -60
ZRC025 583677.6 6540791.3 221.905 222 MGA94 Z51 268.3 -60
Figure 6: Perspective view of the Cohen Project with 3D (ground) magnetic susceptibility model
(>0.175 SI) highlighting a) resampled holes ZRC024 & ZRC025, and b) a structurally anomalous zone
of high magnetic susceptibility (red, also >0.175 SI) at depth below these holes.
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About the Zanthus Project
The Zanthus Project is located in southern Western Australia, within the
Proterozoic Albany-Fraser Orogen, approximately 35km south-west of the
Zanthus siding on the Trans-Australian Rail Line and within trucking
distance of existing multi-user rail infrastructure to Esperance Port.
The Project is held 100% by Buxton on live tenement
E28/1959 (61.5 km²) with two pending applications
E28/3603 & E28/3604 which if granted would extend
the total project area to approximately 129 km².
Magnetite Exploration 2010-11
Zanthus has historically been explored as a magnetite
iron ore project. Geophysical surveying and drilling
completed by Buxton between 2010–2012 identified
extensive magnetite mineralisation across five prospects
— Cohen, Marley, Zappa-Dylan, Joplin-Hendrix and
Southern — with efforts focused at Cohen where 27 RC
holes for 3,571 metres were drilled.
Limited metallurgical testwork was also completed on the Cohen magnetite mineralisation
in 2011. Davis Tube Recovery (DTR) tests were performed by ALS-Ammtec on four
composite RC drill samples totalling approximately 141 kg, with results indicating that a
magnetite concentrate grading above 68% mFe can be produced at relatively coarse grind
sizes — p80 of 150 microns, and in some cases 250 microns — without fine grinding. Mass
recoveries averaged approximately 75% and DTRs averaged approximately 31% across the
three most representative composites (excluding one composite whose head grade was
substantially lower than the corresponding drillhole intercept, suggesting a possible
sampling error during testwork). No asbestiform minerals were detected in any sample (ASX
08 Dec 2011). The coarse liberation characteristic is considered a significant economic
advantage for any potential magnetite mining project, as it avoids the capital and operating
cost penalty associated with fine grinding that has historically constrained other WA
magnetite projects.
Between 2011 and 2015, Buxton undertook exploration for nickel on now surrendered areas
of E28/1959.
IGO JV 2016-2025
E28/1959 was subject to a farm-in and joint venture arrangement with IGO Ltd (IGO -
formerly Independence Group NL) from August 2016, under which IGO acquired a 90%
interest in the tenement in respect of all minerals other than iron ore (Buxton retained a
100% interest in, and the exclusive right to explore for, iron ore throughout this period). IGO
was exploring for Nova-style magnetic nickel-copper-cobalt mineralisation. IGO flew
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detailed airborne EM and magnetics surveys; however, their on-ground exploration in the
current E28/1959 tenement area was limited to wide-spaced Air Core drilling and a ground
gravity survey. IGO elected to withdraw from the joint venture and resign as manager
effective 30 June 2025, terminating the arrangement and transferring its 90% interest back
to Buxton via duly executed Form 23 transfers. Buxton therefore holds (and from 30 June
2025 has held the contractual right to) a 100% interest in all minerals on E28/1959, including
the newly identified BHT-style mineralisation, subject to finalisation of registered title
transfers.
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IGO returned Buxton's historic pulps in late 2025 and Buxton initiated a review of all previous
exploration results, including limited re-analysis as discussed herein. This work program has
identified a new exploration opportunity at Zanthus, distinct from the historical magnetite
story: a Broken Hill-type (BHT) Ag-Pb-Zn-Mn geochemical and mineralogical signature at the
base of hole ZRC025, within the same stratigraphic sequence previously assessed for its
magnetite content. This signature was apparently previously unrecognised, possibly due to
high silver / cadmium detection limits of the 2011 4-acid OES assay method. Buxton
considers that this newly identified BHT opportunity, alongside the Project's existing
magnetite potential and its location close to established rail and port infrastructure,
materially enhances the prospectivity of the Zanthus Project.
Figure 8: BUX undertaking field reconnaissance June 2026 at the Cohen prospect
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Previously Reported Information – Zanthus
There is information in this announcement relating to exploration results previously
announced on:
- 23 June 2011 Drilling commences at Zanthus Project
- 12 September 2011 Wide, High Grade Magnetite Intercepts at Zanthus
- 08 December 2011 Premium Metallurgical Characteristics Confirmed at Zanthus
- 24 August 2016 BUX & IGO enter into Fraser Range Joint Venture
Validity of Referenced Results
Buxton confirms that it is otherwise not aware of any new information or data that materially
affects the information from previous ASX Announcements which have been referenced in
this Announcement.
Competent Persons
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information
compiled by Mr Martin Moloney from Buxton's exploration database, ALS laboratory
reports, and historical petrological reporting by Roger Townend & Associates (2011). Mr
Moloney, (B. App Sc. Hons) is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and
Society of Economic Geologists. Mr Moloney is a full-time employee of Buxton Resources
Ltd. Mr Moloney has sufficient experience which is relevant to the activity being undertaken
to qualify as a “Competent Person” as defined in the 2012 edition of the Joint Ore Reserves
Committee (JORC) Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Moloney consents to the inclusion in this report of the
matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
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JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
Nature and quality of sampling
(eg 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
(eg ‘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 (eg
submarine nodules) may warrant
disclosure of detailed
information.
The exploration results reported are derived from re-
assay of archived sample pulps from Buxton's 2011
RC drilling program at the Cohen prospect (holes
ZRC024 and ZRC025), together with new Rietveld
XRD analysis of 10 archived pulps spanning the same
interval. No new drilling has been undertaken for this
release. The original 2011 RC drilling was sampled on
nominal 1–2m composite intervals; archived pulps
from that program were retrieved from Buxton's
Perth storage facility and a split was submitted to
ALS for 48-element ICP-MS analysis (ME-MS61r) and
to ALS for Rietveld XRD. Original RC sample
collection, riffle splitting and sample reduction
procedures from 2011 have not been independently
re-verified as part of this program.
In addition to the geochemical sampling and
petrology/XRD work described above, this release
also references ground magnetic survey data
acquired over the Cohen prospect by Fugro Ground
Geophysics Pty Ltd in December 2010 (Report
G2539). Data were collected using a Geometrics
G859 caesium-vapour magnetometer (continuous
half-second readings, backpack-mounted with
Novatel GPS, sensor height approximately 1.8m) at
100m line spacing, locally tightened to 50m over
Cohen (81 lines, 98 line-km total across the Cohen,
Joplin and Dylan prospects). Diurnal drift correction
was applied using a Scintrex Envimag base
magnetometer recording at 30-second intervals, with
a base datum of 58,000nT. Data were processed in
Geosoft Oasis Montaj, de-spiked on a line-by-line
basis to remove single-point cultural/vegetation-
deviation artefacts, and delivered in GDA94 MGA
Zone 51.
Drilling
techniques
Drill type (eg core, reverse
circulation, open-hole hammer,
rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc) and details (eg 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).
Holes ZRC024 and ZRC025 are angled RC holes
drilled by Orbit Drilling in September 2011, dipping -
60° at azimuths of 272° and 268° respectively
(MGA94 Zone 51). No new drilling has been
completed for this release; refer to Buxton's historical
2011 reporting (ASX 03 November 2011 and 12
September 2011) for original drilling details.
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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 sample recovery and
grade and whether sample bias
may have occurred due to
preferential loss/gain of
fine/coarse material.
No formal gravimetric sample recovery was recorded
for the ZRC program; no intervals in ZRC024 or
ZRC025 were flagged as low recovery in the sample
database; all intervals are regular 2m composites with
no short intervals that would indicate lost ground;
and samples were taken by spearing the cyclone
cone product rather than riffle splitting, which is
standard practice for the era and region but
represents a lower-precision sub-sampling method
compared to a riffle splitter. The absence of low-
recovery flags and the consistency of full-length
sample intervals across ZRC024 and ZRC025 are the
available positive indicators; the absence of weight
data means a formal recovery assessment cannot be
made from the existing records.
No new sample recovery issues arise from the re-
assay of archived pulps, as these represent previously
prepared, dried and pulverised sample material.
No apparent relationship can be defined between
sample recovery and grade.
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.
Original geological logging of ZRC024 and ZRC025
was complete
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