Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Piskanja Borate Project, Serbia

Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Piskanja Borate Project, Serbia

TECHNICAL REPORT AND PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT FOR THE PISKANJA BORATE PROJECT, SERBIA REPORT PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101 AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS 43-101.F1 AND 43-101.CP. Prepared For Erin Ventures Inc. Report Prepared by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited UK5932 Effective Date: 1st September 2014 QPs: Dr Mikhail Tsypukov (FIMMM) Dr Mike Armitage C.Eng C.Geol Mark Campodonic MSc, FGS, MAusIMM(CP) SRK Consulting Piskanja– Table of Contents Main Report Table of Contents 1 SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Licence Status ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Geology .................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Exploration Data ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Mineral Resource Estimate ...................................................................................................... 3 1.6 Preliminary Economic Assessment ......................................................................................... 4 1.7 Interpretation and conclusions ................................................................................................. 4 1.8 Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 4 2 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Background .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Qualifications of Consultants ................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Site Visits ................................................................................................................................. 7 2.4 Declaration ............................................................................................................................... 7 3 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS ..................................................................... 8 4 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ................................................... 8 4.1 Project Location ....................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 Mineral Licence Tenure ........................................................................................................... 9 4.3 Mining Rights in Serbia .......................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Surface Rights ....................................................................................................................... 13 4.5 Permits and Authorisation ...................................................................................................... 14 4.6 Environmental Considerations ............................................................................................... 14 4.7 Agreements and Royalties ..................................................................................................... 14 5 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................. 15 5.1 Accessibility ........................................................................................................................... 15 5.2 Local Resources and Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 15 5.3 Climate ................................................................................................................................... 16 5.4 Physiography ......................................................................................................................... 16 6 HISTORY ........................................................................................................... 17 7 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALISATION .......................................... 19 7.1 Regional Geology .................................................................................................................. 19 7.2 Local Geology ........................................................................................................................ 22 7.3 Licence Geology .................................................................................................................... 24 7.3.1 Structure ...................................................................................................................... 27 7.4 Mineralisation ......................................................................................................................... 28 8 DEPOSIT TYPE ................................................................................................. 32 9 EXPLORATION ................................................................................................. 33 U5932 Piskanja 43-101 PEA_Final.docx September 2014 Page i of ix SRK Consulting Piskanja– Table of Contents Main Report 10 DRILLING .......................................................................................................... 35 11 SAMPLE PREPARATION, ANALYSIS AND SECURITY ................................. 39 11.1 Sampling of Diamond Core.................................................................................................... 39 11.2 Sample Preparation ............................................................................................................... 41 11.3 Sample Analysis .................................................................................................................... 42 11.3.1 Analytical Methodology ............................................................................................... 42 11.3.2 Initial Analysis Programme (Stage 1) .......................................................................... 47 11.3.3 Amended Analysis Programme (Stage 2) ................................................................... 48 11.4 QAQC Procedures and Results ............................................................................................. 48 11.4.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 48 11.4.2 Certified Reference Material ........................................................................................ 49 11.4.3 Blank Samples ............................................................................................................. 54 11.4.4 Duplicate Samples....................................................................................................... 55 11.4.5 Umpire Laboratory ....................................................................................................... 56 11.5 SRK Comments on Adequacy of Procedures ....................................................................... 56 12 DATA VERIFICATION ....................................................................................... 57 12.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 57 12.2 Comparison of Historical Drilling Data with Recent Drilling Data .......................................... 58 12.3 Sampling and Assaying ......................................................................................................... 61 12.4 Database................................................................................................................................ 61 13 MINERAL PROCESSING AND METALLURGICAL TESTING ......................... 62 13.1 Colemanite Production .......................................................................................................... 62 13.2 Boric Acid Production ............................................................................................................ 63 13.3 Conclusions and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 63 14 MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATES ................................................................ 64 14.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 64 14.2 Deposit modelling .................................................................................................................. 64 14.2.1 Available Data ............................................................................................................. 64 14.2.2 Mineralisation Zone Modelling ..................................................................................... 66 14.2.3 Structural Assessment ................................................................................................ 69 14.3 Compositing ........................................................................................................................... 69 14.4 Statistical Analysis ................................................................................................................

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