Tennant Completes Successful $4.8M Capital Raising

Funding for drilling to extend and define the Bluebird high-grade copper-gold discovery and test other key targets in the Bluebird-Perseverance Corridor

-          Tennant Minerals Ltd has completed a very successful, oversubscribed, capital raising to sophisticated and professional investors to raise $4.8 million (before costs) to fund key drilling programs and development studies at the Barkly Project, 40km east of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory (see location, Figure 1).

-          Drilling will be focused on expanding and defining the Bluebird high-grade copper-gold discovery as well as testing other high-priority targets within the 2.5km long Bluebird- Perseverance corridor and on the Babbler project to the south (Figure 1). Drilling is set to commence in a matter of weeks as weather conditions in the Northern Territory improve.

-          Recent drilling of the Bluebird Discovery has delivered multiple high-grade copper and gold intersections which continue to demonstrate the exceptional thicknesses and grades in this greenfields discovery, which remains open in all directions. Key recent intersections include: (see Figure 2, longitudinal projection and Figure 3, Bluebird-Perseverance corridor plan view):

-            61.8m @ 2.3% Cu, 0.4 g/t Au incl. 6.8m @ 17% Cu, 0.5 g/t Au in BBDD00451,

-            17.95m @ 11.1 g/t Au, 2.7% Cu incl. 5.1m @ 38.6 g/t Au, 6.1% Cu in BBDD00262,

-            14.1m @ 7.6% Cu, 2.4 g/t Au incl. 2.6m @ 18.8% Cu, 12.3 g/t Au in BBDD00423.

-          Metallurgical test-work will also continue to characterise the copper, gold and other critical elements mineralisation and determine processing options. Recent work indicated that concentrate grades of up to 23% Cu, 1.5g/t Au are achievable, recovering 97% of copper and 65% of gold from first pass testing4. Further gold recovery was shown in gravity test-work.

-          These programs are designed to identify multiple, multi-million tonne, copper-gold deposits within the Barkly Project and provide an opportunity to develop a stand-alone mining and processing operation.

Tennant Minerals CEO Vincent Algar commented :

“This very successful, over-subscribed $4.8 million capital raising will allow us to extend and clearly define the size and grade of the high-grade copper-gold mineralisation discovered at Bluebird. We also plan to test a number of very attractive Bluebird-like targets within the highly prospective 2.5km Bluebird-Perseverance Corridor. This new funding will allow us to commence a substantial drilling program as soon as possible.

“Our objective is to identify multiple, multi-million tonne, copper-gold deposits within the 100% Tennant owned Barkly Tenements and establish a resource base to support a stand-alone mining and processing operation.”

SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL RAISING COMPLETED

April 9th 2024 – Tennant Minerals Limited (“Tennant” or the “Company”) (ASX:TMS) is very pleased to announce that it has received a letter of firm commitments from GBA Capital (“GBA”) and Peak Asset Management (“Peak”), together Joint Lead Managers (“JLM”), engaged by the Company in relation to a placement of $4.775 million (before costs) via the issue of 191 million fully paid ordinary shares (ASX:TMS) at $0.025 per share (“Placement”). The Placement will be completed using the Company’s available capacity under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A.

In addition, the Company will issue one option for each Placement share subscribed for, being 191 million options to investors, and issue 28.875 million options to brokers instrumental in the raise. The options are exercisable at $0.048 (4.8c) with an expiry date of 31st December 2027.

TMS will seek shareholder approval for the issue of all new options at an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) at a date to be advised. Upon receipt of shareholder approval, the Company will apply to ASX for quotation of all options listed. An appendix 3B follows this announcement.

The JLM will receive a cash fee of 6% of the total gross proceeds of the Placement plus the broker options.

Funds raised from the Placement will be applied to an extended reverse-circulation (RC) and diamond drilling program focused on expanding and defining the Bluebird high-grade, copper-gold discovery as well as testing other high-priority targets within the 2.5km long Bluebird- Perseverance corridor and on the Babbler project to the south (see location, Figure 1, longitudinal projection, Figure 2 and Bluebird-Perseverance corridor plan view, Figure 3). Drilling is set to commence within weeks as local ground conditions improve.

Funds will also be applied to further metallurgical test-work programs and initial development and processing studies as well as for general working capital.

Figure 1: Location of the Company’s Barkly Project and major historical mines in the Tennant Creek Mineral Field

Figure 2: Bluebird longitudinal projection highlighting the exceptional high-grade copper and gold intersections within the defined mineralised footprint

Figure 3: Plan projection of 3D gravity inversion model defining the 2.5km Bluebird – Perseverance Corridor with planned expansion and new targets drilling

Indicative Capital Structure:

Following the completion of the Placement the Company’s capital structure will appear as follows:

ABOUT THE BARKLY PROJECT AND THE BLUEBIRD COPPER-GOLD DISCOVERY

The Bluebird discovery is part of the Company’s Barkly Project which comprises two exploration licences located 40km east of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.  The mineralisation intersected at Bluebird is typical of the high-grade copper-gold orebodies previously mined in the Tennant Creek Mineral Field, which produced over 5.5Moz of gold and over 700kt of copper from 1934 to 2005 (see Figure 1).

Drilling to date at Bluebird has identified copper-gold mineralisation over an 800m strike length and now to over 400m depth. The mineralisation is associated with intense hematite alteration and brecciation with malachite, native copper and visible gold in the upper parts of the zone, which transitions to primary sulphide mineralisation including chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite.

The Company has adopted a dual strategic approach of defining the Mineral Resource potential of the Bluebird discovery whilst also testing other key targets in the 5km Bluebird gravity-magnetic corridor.

REFERENCES

1 12/02/2024. Tennant Minerals (ASX.TMS): “Exceptional 61.8m 2.3% Copper Intersection at Bluebird”.

2 19/07/2023. Tennant Minerals (ASX.TMS): “Drilling Doubles Strike Length of Bluebird copper-Gold discovery”.

3 04/12/2023. Tennant Minerals (ASX.TMS): “Exceptional Copper and Gold Results at Bluebird Extension”.

4 26/03/2024. Tennant Minerals (ASX.TMS): “Bluebird Metallurgy Delivers 23% Cu, 1.5g/t Au Concentrate”.

Authorised for release by the board of directors.

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