Slide 1: Antino Gold Project Structural Settings & Gold Mineralization
Antino Gold Project Structural Settings & Gold Mineralization Vincent Combes, Chief Geologist, PhD, & the Founders Metals Exploration Team TSX–V FDR FDRMETALS.COM TSX-V FDR 1
Slide 2: The Antino Gold Project Within The Guiana Shield
The Antino Gold Project Within The Guiana Shield • NE part of Guiana Shield • 3 active mines TSX-V FDR 2
Slide 3: The Antino Gold Project Within The Guiana Shield
The Antino Gold Project Within The Guiana Shield TSX-V FDR 3
Slide 4: Gold district
Gold district • Prolific gold district • Yaou-Benzdorp-Antino • Large fold traces in volcano- sedimentary sequence • First, second/third order structures • Multiple gold trends (sz and intrusion hosted) • CGSZ strike slip dextral, steeply dipping to NW, horizontal TSX-V FDR 4
Slide 5: Gold district
Gold district • At least 9 identified areas with tonalitic intrusion-hosted orogenic gold mineralization in the district + Lawa trends TSX-V FDR 5
Slide 6: Antino Gold Camp
Antino Gold Camp Lower Antino Upper Antino • Concession • Multiple Au- bearing shear Lawa structure • ENE main fabric Buese • Spatial association with fold structures • Both shear zone and intrusion- hosted orogenic gold system TSX-V FDR 6
Slide 7: Upper Antino Exploration Target
Upper Antino Exploration Target TSX-V FDR 7
Slide 8: Upper Antino
Upper Antino • Fold closure of NW plunging fold structure • Based on mapping, Lidar and IP TSX-V FDR 8
Slide 9: Upper Antino
Upper Antino • Fold closure of NW plunging fold structure • Froyo East dipping, Cupcake and Donut West dipping • Based on mapping, Lidar and IP TSX-V FDR 9
Slide 10: Upper Antino
Upper Antino • Fold closure of NW plunging fold structure • Based on mapping, Lidar and IP TSX-V FDR 10
Slide 11: Upper Antino
Upper Antino • Fold closure of NW plunging fold structure • Based on mapping, Lidar and IP TSX-V FDR 11
Slide 12: Upper Antino
Upper Antino • Main lithologies Amphibolite? TSX-V FDR 12
Slide 13: Upper Antino 2023-2024 Drill Target
Upper Antino 2023- 2024 Drill Target 1mm TSX-V FDR 13
Slide 14: Froyo-Ginger Drill Target
Froyo-Ginger Drill Target • > 200m wide ore zone • Strain accumulation at litho contacts • Shear zones reusing pre- existing fabric • Porphyritic andesite targeted as preferential host for shear development (widest sz when contact porphyritic andesite with other litho) TSX-V FDR 14
Slide 15: Froyo-Ginger Drill Target
Froyo-Ginger Drill Target • > 200m wide ore zone • Strain accumulation at litho contacts • Shear zones reusing pre- existing fabric • Porphyritic andesite targeted as preferential host for shear development (widest sz when contact porphyritic andesite with other litho) TSX-V FDR 15
Slide 16: • 1 main shear with massive metric ffv • And multiple
• 1 main shear with massive metric ffv • And multiple subparallel shears to the east • Fold structure with NE axial traces TSX-V FDR 16
Slide 17: • Interesting width: 38m, 45m or 26m long intervals • > 200m wide ore
• Interesting width: 38m, 45m or 26m long intervals • > 200m wide ore zone TSX-V FDR 17
Slide 18: Froyo-Ginger Drill Target
Froyo-Ginger Drill Target • Interesting width: 38m, 45m or 26m long intervals • > 200m wide ore zone • Multiple ore zones: example hole FRDD45 • Best Intervals Include: Hole ID Intervals Drillhole 24GG013 44.0 m @ 2.05 g/t Au Drillhole 24FR74 46 m @ 5,31 g/t Drillhole 24GG04 38 m @ 10.90 g/t Au Dril
Slide 19: Froyo-Ginger Drill Target
Froyo-Ginger Drill Target • Very High grade intervals • Highest grade in the NW extension : 1.0 m @ 434.98 g/t Au TSX-V FDR 19
Slide 20: Example Relog
Example Relog • Complex controls on gold content: • Importance of pre- existing features • Importance of folding • Importance of brittle over-printing TSX-V FDR 20
Slide 21: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system TSX-V FDR 21
Slide 22: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system Froyo Pit (Reunion Gold 2007) TSX-V FDR 22
Slide 23: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system TSX-V FDR 23
Slide 24: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system TSX-V FDR 24
Slide 25: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system • During subsequent deformation the vein will fold/boudinage creating low stress sites that will focus the deposition of subsequent hydrothermal fluids TSX-V FDR 25
Slide 26: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system TSX-V FDR 26
Slide 27: Main Facies
Main Facies • Deformation stages and vein system • Discontinuous and localized brittle def TSX-V FDR 27
Slide 28: Ore-related phases
• Ore-related phases TSX-V FDR 28
Slide 29: Main Facies
Main Facies • Ore-related phases • µxrf drillcore scans TSX-V FDR 29
Slide 30: Main Facies
Main Facies • Ore-related phases • µxrf drillcore scans TSX-V FDR 30
Slide 31: Main Facies
Main Facies • Ore-related phases • µxrf drillcore scans TSX-V FDR 31
Slide 32: Au Controls at the core-scale
Au Controls at the core-scale • Gold occurs mainly as: 1. free gold in quartz carbonate veins 2. free gold within sericite-(ankerite)-rich mylonite, and as both 3. micro-inclusions 4. gold infill in microfractures/cracks/grain joints within sheared pyrite grains related to the local D2b deformation
Slide 33: TSX-V FDR
Protracted progressive ductile deformation Brite deformation Localized Continuous deformation en Deformation stage ve-tecton (Antino gold camp) | Pe (re-teetonie) Pus Ps Pu Ds Tithotogy Metabasalt (Chl, Ep) [Amphibolite (Amp, Fap, Ich Ep) Metavoleanic unt|Porphyrite andesite phenocrysts Fsp, Q2, lro
Slide 34: TSX-V FDR
xa v Founders Protracted progressive ductile deformation Brittle deformation Continuous deformation eles Deformation stage (Antino gold camp) (pre-teetonie) D Day Dy dD, Greenschist facies (Chl, > [Metamorphism Ep) to locally amphibolite Anmphibolite’ Wein system Ealy wa Qe-Ab wea Late-shearing va |
Slide 35: Froyo-Ginger Target Summary
Froyo-Ginger Target Summary • Oriented Core • Overview TSX-V FDR 35
Slide 36: Example Hole
• Example • Hole 80 36 TSX-V FDR 36
Slide 37: Example Hole
• Example • Hole 82 37 TSX-V FDR 37
Slide 38: Froyo-Ginger Target Summary
Froyo-Ginger Target Summary • Oriented Core TSX-V FDR 38
Slide 39: Froyo-Ginger Drill Target
Ore shoot are subhorizontal and repeated at depth. The drilling should target same depth of identified ore shoot, along strike Froyo-Ginger Drill Target • Subvertical slip direction identified at Froyo-Ginger • Long axis of the ore shoot is perpendicular to the slip direction observed in the shear p
Slide 40: Froyo-Ginger Target Summary
Froyo-Ginger Target Summary • Model for the Froyo-Ginger target • Importance of folding TSX-V FDR 40
Slide 41: Donut Drill Target
Donut Drill Target • Intrusion hosted, Au associated with internal shearing and brittle veining • 19 m @ 14.23 g/t (24DO07) and 45 m @ 2.16 g/t (24DO06) D3 deformation stage = NE trending TSX-V FDR 41
Slide 42: Donut Drill Target
Donut Drill Target • Main Observations TSX-V FDR 42
Slide 43: Donut Drill Target
Donut Drill Target • µ xrf scan TSX-V FDR 43
Slide 44: Buese Exploration Target
Buese Exploration Target Tirzah Bergi TSX-V FDR 44
Slide 45: Buese Target
Buese Target Para East Tirzah Para Filuca Bergi North TSX-V FDR 45
Slide 46: Buese Target Overview
Buese Target Overview • Folded structure similar to Upper Antino • Mainly intrusion-hosted TSX-V FDR 46
Slide 47: Tirzah Bergi Drilling
Tirzah Bergi Drilling Froyo Tirzah Bergi TSX-V FDR 47
Slide 48: Buese Target Overview
Buese Target Overview • Spatial distribution of intrusive bodies (based on mapping, historical drilling and IP survey) • High resistivity domain= tonalitic bodies TSX-V FDR 48
Slide 49: Tirzah Bergi Pit Mapping
Tirzah Bergi Pit Mapping • Large tonalitic body • 4 sets of Qz vein are identified • Multiple zones with a strong pyritization TSX-V FDR 49
Slide 50: Channel Sampling Tirzah Bergi
Channel Sampling Tirzah Bergi • The main shear zone located at the East of the pit was sampled • 1m intervals • 26m wide shear zone • Although Buese is mainly intrusion-hosted, the shear zone-hosted mineralization itself seems volumetrically more important than at Upper Antino TSX-V FDR 50
Slide 51: Tirzah Bergi Pit Mapping
Tirzah Bergi Pit Mapping • Large tonalitic body • 4 sets of Qz vein are identified • Multiple zones with a strong pyritization TSX-V FDR 51
Slide 52: Tirzah Bergi Drilling
Tirzah Bergi Drilling Internal metric Ser- rich high strain zone TSX-V FDR 52
Slide 53: Tirzah Bergi Drilling
Tirzah Bergi Drilling TSX-V FDR 53
Slide 54: Para North Target
Para North Target 2024 drilling: 78 m @ 2,35 g/t Au -Shape intrusion -D3 overprinting TSX-V FDR 54
Slide 55: Para East Drilling
Para East • The intrusions are observed as small dykes and lenses • High strain zone dipping to East Drilling • Gold bearing vein striking N130/50, N200-220 and N-S TSX-V FDR 55
Slide 56: Summary UA & Buese
Summary UA & Buese TSX-V FDR 56
Slide 57: Structural controls, camp scale
Structural controls, camp scale TSX-V FDR 57
Slide 58: Structural controls, camp scale
Structural controls, camp scale • Similarities with Merian • NW axial planes • NE to ENE late faults • Late Po= higher Au content TSX-V FDR 58
Slide 59: Structural controls, deposit scale
Structural controls, deposit scale TSX-V FDR 59
Slide 60: Structural controls, macro/microscopic scale
Structural controls, macro/microscopic scale TSX-V FDR 60
Slide 61: Lower Antino
Lower Antino Mauricio pit TSX-V FDR 61
Slide 62: Lower Antino
Lower Antino Benzdorp pit (N60 shear zone with tonalite hosted tva) Lower Antino Mauricio TSX-V FDR 62
Slide 63: Lower Antino
Lower Antino LA-003 91 m Disseminated Py And late fc with Py infill Tonalite TSX-V FDR 63
Slide 64: Lawa Targets (Eastern part of the Antino Concession)
Lawa Targets (Eastern part of the Antino Concession) N150 striking subvertical tension vein in tonalitic saprolite TSX-V FDR 64
Slide 65: Lawa Target
• Mapping and sampling at Lawa allowed to identify a 2.7 km long trend with Qz vein subcrops preferentially hosted by a tonalite Lawa • Two main pits referred as Lawa North and Lawa South are mapped Target Current mapping of Rayiez and Brandon TSX-V FDR 65
Slide 66: Lawa Target: Lawa North Pit
Lawa Target: Lawa North Pit • Located at contact between a tonalite and a mafic volcanic hostrock • Main shear with ffv at contact • N150/85 shear • Locally strong pyritization View to the SE TSX-V FDR 66
Slide 67: Analogies with the Yaou deposit
• 1.5 M ounces average grade 2.1 g/t Analogies with •• Shared settings with Buese and Donut pit: mostly intrusion-hosted mineralization, strong rheological control, tension the Yaou deposit veins in intrusive bodies, mainly subhorizontal, Py-rich and Mag-depleted with proximal Ab-Ank alteration halo
Slide 68: Head Office
CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE HEAD OFFICE #780-1111 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 2J3 info@fdrmetals.com Click to edit Master subtitle style TSX–V FDR FDRMETALS.COM TSX-V FDR 68