Copper Wolf Project - IGO Earns 51% & JV Established
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14th October 2024
Copper Wolf Project: IGO Earns 51% & JV Established
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IGO have acquired a 51% interest in the Copper Wolf JV Tenements
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IGO & BUX have formed a 51% / 49% JV
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IGO may earn another 19% by spending an aggregate A$5.35M
Buxton Resources Ltd (‘Buxton’; ASX: BUX & BUXO) hereby provides an update to
shareholders in relation to the Copper Wolf Project, in Arizona, USA. On 3 October
2024, IGO Ltd (IGO) notified Buxton that:
1. IGO have met the Stage 1 Earn-in Requirement of the Copper Wolf
Agreement (see ASX Announcements 22 August 2022 and 2 September
2022), that being expenditure of AUD $350,000 (exclusive of GST); and,
2. IGO have earned a 51% interest in the BUX / IGO JV Tenements (Figure 1).
The parties have now formed a 51/49 JV, which IGO shall manage. The parties will
form an operating committee and IGO will propose a programme and budget for
consideration and approval by the operating committee. IGO have 6-months in
which to notify BUX should they intend to earn a further 19% JV Interest by solefunding a further $5M in exploration expenditure. The parties will otherwise
continue to operate the JV on a co-contributing 51% IGO / 49% BUX basis.
This announcement is authorised by the Board of Buxton Resources Ltd. For further
information, please contact:
Martin Moloney
Sam Wright
Chief Executive Officer
Company Secretary
marty@buxtonresources.com.au
sam@buxtonresources.com.au
PO Box 661
Nedlands WA 6009
15 Robinson Av
Belmont WA 6104
T: 08-9380 6063
E: info@buxtonresources.com.au
W: www.buxtonresources.com.au
Visit our investor hub: investorhub.buxtonresources.com.au
About the Copper Wolf Project
The Copper Wolf Project has multiple historical resource estimates available that confirm the presence of
a large porphyry Cu-Mo system. Porphyry Cu-Mo mineralisation at Copper Wolf has been dated at
70.3 Ma (Laramide age) and is largely concealed by a post-mineral (Tertiary) sequence of volcanic and
sedimentary rocks. The Project is located within one of the most prolifically endowed copper belts in
the world (Figure 2), yet it has not seen any drilling since the early 1990s. Buxton’s 2022 airborne
magnetic survey was the first geophysical work undertaken since the early 1960s. Historic exploration
has consisted of relatively wide spaced drilling which focussed on significant supergene copper
mineralisation located where the NW trending Cow Creek Fault intersects Laramide hypogene
porphyry style mineralisation. Buxton is targeting underground bulk mineable copper-molybdenum
mineralisation. In this context, Buxton’s exploration approach can leverage the significant advances
and ready availability of modern geophysical targeting tools and mineral systems knowledge that
have been developed since exploration in this area ceased many decades ago.
Figure 1: Copper Wolf Project tenure situation showing ~30.5 km2 area (pale orange coloured
polygons) for which Buxton has 100% interest in the subsurface estate (unencumbered only by IGO's
First Right of Refusal, see Table 1, Section 2). These areas include substantial basement exposures
indicating potential for copper-molybdenum porphyry mineralisation at shallower depths in
comparison to the Bobcat, Rattler and Coyote prospects. The BUX / IGO JV covers ~12.5 km2, and
includes the supergene blanket which has been the focus of previous exploration including historical
resource estimates. BRAL owns a 33.62 acre surface parcel with associated access and water rights.
PO Box 661
Nedlands WA 6009
15 Robinson Av
Belmont WA 6104
T: 08-9380 6063
E: info@buxtonresources.com.au
W: www.buxtonresources.com.au
Visit our investor hub: investorhub.buxtonresources.com.au
Figure 2: Buxton’s Copper Wolf project is located in the prolific porphyry copper belt of SW USA /
Northern Mexico - most of the porphyry Cu-Mo deposits marked are current or historical mines.
Previously Reported Information – Copper Wolf Project
There is information in this announcement relating to exploration results previously announced on:
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22 August 2022 - Buxton and IGO enter into 3 interdependent transactions
02 September 2022 - Notice of General Meeting & IER & Proxy Form
11 April 2023 - Copper Wolf Drilling Commences
28 August 2023 - Exceptional results from the maiden drill hole at Copper Wolf
11 January 2024 - Extension to Cu-Mo Porphyry System Discovered at Surface
24 January 2024 - Intense Porphyry Style Veining at Sun Devil, 100% BUX Ground
13 February 2-24 - Porphyry Drill Targets Identified at Sun Devil and Aztecs
01 May 2024 - Copper Wolf Project - Wolverine prospectivity enhanced
Validity of Referenced Results
Buxton confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the
information from previous ASX announcements which has been referenced in this announcement.
PO Box 661
Nedlands WA 6009
15 Robinson Av
Belmont WA 6104
T: 08-9380 6063
E: info@buxtonresources.com.au
W: www.buxtonresources.com.au
Visit our investor hub: investorhub.buxtonresources.com.au
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