Mines For Sale

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This page is deliberately text heavy: no pictures of a piece of gold, or copper, or an underground longwall, as buyers have seen plenty of those. Rather it contains key data: stage of development (i.e. producing or not), JORC, permitting status, funds sought, per legend Assets producing now, or near-revenue (6 mnths) in green.   JORC in red. A$ funding sought in orange. Links to data in blue   
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Category 1: Gold or Copper

1. Gold- NZ: for sale >$20m 
   News Flash: In February 2025, the NZ Govt added gold to its Critical Minerals List. This is further to the NZ “Fast Tracking” bill introduced in March 2024- so it’s a good time to be a gold miner in NZ
2. Gold/ Copper : -Australia & NZ. One Vendor, 3 highly-prospective projects, all with current granted mining leases .For sale as a package> $14m, or individually per prices below.
   • For Sale AUD$500k Qld/ Chillagoe exploration – three prospective gold/copper mining leases with similar geology to the nearby Red Dome/Mungana areas with drill hole planned and ready. Drilling commencing Sep.2024 which will produce JORC MRE by early 2025
   • For Sale :offers>AUD$8m NZ exploration and development – planned 500m, 5 x DDH exploration drilling to achieve a JORC 2012 Inferred Resource, followed by pilot mine development on the recently granted 10-year mining permit and 5-year exploration permit. One granted ML and one EPM) and adjoins 3.0M oz Au project).
   • For Sale AUD$6m Exploration and potential mining in Charters Towers area, North Qld– drilling of planned targets on the prospective gold/copper mining leases (x 3) and exploration permits (x 2) and immediate recommencement of alluvial/eluvial mining. Mining and processing P&E on site. Drilling commencing Sep.2024 which will produce JORC MRE by early 2025
3. Gold/ Copper, Silver, Queensland, Australia:  One Vendor, 2  EPM’s For sale as a package > $7m, or individually per prices below.
   • For Sale AUD$500k Charters Towers: gold, copper silver, 10k ha.no JORC.- Historical high-grade gold and copper results:
     • Rock chip sampling returned up to 8.5 g/t Au and 280 ppm Cu.
     • Reverse circulation (RC) drilling at xintersected 16m @ 8.6 g/t Au and 28m @ 2.86 g/t Au.
     • Rock chip assays at x yielded up to 10 g/t Au, with soil samples ranging up to 0.8 g/t Au.
     •  OC Prospect rock chips assayed 2.1 g/t Au and 140 ppm Cu.
     – Structurally complex geology favorable for mesothermal gold deposits, including stockwork quartz veins and breccia-hosted gold mineralization.
     – Magnetic anomalies indicate further mineralization potential, with untested diorite intrusives hosting gold and copper. 
   • For Sale :offers>AUD$6m , Collinsville, Qld. Gold, copper, Ni, Co, platinum group elements (PGEs), and skarn-related mineralization. Tenure= 19k ha, no JORC.
     Major Unresolved Gold Anomaly – Comparable to World-Class Deposits – The tenement hosts the x, a massive, unexplained crater-shaped geochemical feature first identified in 1994. Similar large-scale geochemical anomalies have been precursors to major global gold discoveries, incl. deposits such as Grasberg (Indonesia) and Olympic Dam (Australia), which both exhibited distinctive geochemical halos prior to discovery.
     – Proximity to Ultra-High-Grade Gold Discoveries – This tenement shares the same mountain and geological setting as x (10 km away) however x does not have the geophysical and geological anomaly(x is known for high gold and copper grades). Additionally, within 30 km towards Collinsville, surface rock chip sampling has returned significant high-grade gold of up to 96 g/t Au, indicating a highly mineralized corridor.
     – Significant Magnetic & Geophysical Signatures Suggest a Large-Scale Mineral System – Two untested magnetic highs have been identified within the tenement, both larger and more intense than the anomalies over Mount Leslie. These are directly associated with diorite intrusives, a well-known host for world-class copper-gold deposits.
     – Multiple Tier-1 Mineralization Targets – Geological evidence suggests potential for:
     • Porphyry copper-gold systems – analogous to the giant deposits of Cadia (NSW) and Bingham Canyon (USA).
     • Magmatic sulfides (Ni, Cu, Co, PGEs) – high potential for a major economic discovery.
     • Skarn-related gold mineralization – similar to Ernest Henry (QLD), one of Australia’s top copper-gold skarn mines.
     – Untapped Potential Due to Historical Exploration Barriers – Despite its immense prospectivity, the tenement has remained underexplored due to past land access issues, meaning major high-value targets remain completely untested.
4. Gold, cobalt and tungsten–Qld-Cloncurry: For sale >$3m ML 2487 New Hope Gold leases (includes tailings from historical workings, containing gold). Recovery via flotation 91%. JORC Resources (Indicated & Inferred)= 234kt at 5.22g/t Au (for 39k oz Au), 2126ppm Co, and 840ppm W.
5. Gold, cobalt and tungsten- QLd-CLoncurry- For sale >$3m ML 2732=Mt Cobalt, JORC Resources (Indicated & Inferred)= 56kt at 2.86g/t Au (for 5koz Au), 714ppm Co, and 173ppm W.
6. Gold-Qld-Cloncurry: Confucius Gold lease: For Sale>$2.5m
7. Gold, North East Victoria: Three EL’s For Sale>$2.1m. Shear hosted gold discovery that is likely to be the source of the rich BV alluvial gold deposits worked downstream for over 10km. Potential for large scale gold deposits exists in three parallel shear zones up to 14km long.
   • F Shear Zone consists of multiple individual mineralised shears, each several kilometres long. Individual shears are up to 25m wide and typically have a relatively narrow high-grade quartz-sulphide core (Type A mineralization) surrounded by wider, low to medium grade, disseminated sulphide mineralization (Type B mineralization). Historic workings focused on rich Type A gold reefs largely following these shear zones.
   • Three parallel NW striking shear zone structures have been discovered, the F Shear Zone in the middle, the RJ Fault Zone to the east and the S Fault to the west. Extensive soil sampling has found strong gold and arsenic anomalies, and historic gold mines, tracing the shear zones over many kilometres
   • The scale of shear related Type B disseminated sulphide gold mineralization offers excellent potential for delineating one or more large gold deposits.

   • Gold results from drilling in the F shear Zone include:

     ·         5.2m@10.22g/t	·         21m@1.21g/t	·         4.5m@9.79g/t
     ·         5.6m@10.7g/t	·         40.4m@0.84g/t	·         3m@18.7g/t
     ·         13.7m@3.97g/t	·         13m@ 4.82g/t	·         1m@48.5g/t
     ·         10m@2.99g/t	·         7.5m@2.66g/t	·         3m@7.49g/t

     Gold results in the SShear Zone include:

     • 3m to 6.1m wide quartz-ironstone lode at K historic average 12.4g/t,  channel sample 3.2m @5.77g/t, mullock sample 7.28g/t gold.
     • TB, 3km SE of K – historic surface crushing from 18.6m wide lode – 17tons @7.5g/t
     • 5m@55.9g/t at Samson gold mine

      Gold results in the RJ Shear Zone include channel samples of:

     • 14@2.19g/t
     • 1m@13.2g/t
     • 2m@5.67g/t
     • 4m@89.3g/t

      

Category 2: Tin

1. Petford, North Qld (Sn, Ag, Zn, Cu) :  $10m funding sought to finish processing plant-can be in revenue in 4 months, Also open to full sale> AUD$110m.    JORC Resource of 33 Mt @ 0.41% Sn (24mt at 0.33% Sn Inferred, and 9mt at 0.6% Sn Indicated) . Project #1 is simple operations:  no mining involved- rather processing of ore stockpiles at surface that were abandoned in the 1980’s tin price crash. Most of the plant already purchased (including a Tomra sorter which improves recoveries). Payback over 14 months, thus strong returns with IRR> 900%. Projects #2 and 3 will mine tailings and an UG copper porphyry , resp. > 250 sq km pegged Two tenures: one granted ML, and one EPM (process to convert to ML has commenced, and application # received)
2. Pilot stage production now- NSW $6m funding sought to ramp-up production, or will sell for $25m JORC Indicated Resources = 9kt Sn, Inferred Resources=33kt  Sn .The mine contains 66,500 tonnes of material at an average grade of 0.18 % Sn. This includes 10.7 million tonnes of tailings grading 0.20% Sn, waste dumps and hard rock resources. At USD $27,000 /t  the value of the contained tin is about USD $1.8 billion. Currently producing at pilot plant stage  (48 hrs/week)  and has sent out three shipments of 20 tonnes each  for approx.  AUD$300k. In May 2023:  2^nd screen will be delivered which will double production to 96 hours / week, and the month after can double again to 24/ 7. Purchase of a ball mill  in late 2023 will double recovery, from 28% to 45%.
3. Near revenue:  North Queensland /near Herberton.  For Sale $100,000.  Granted Mining Lease of 2Ha area. (ML expires November 2028). All government permits (Environmental Authority and Bond in place), plus Dept of Resources security, and rates etc up to date. Access agreement with a helpful Landowner all signed, and ML was granted Pre-native title, so no annual admin fee. Previously operated as a small, high-grade underground mine through a single vertical shaft. Last mining (circa 1990), by hand held mining methods, gave reported production of 5% Sn from a Cassiterite bearing orebody, adjacent to a Zinc orebody with reputed grade of 6% Zn. At that time, it was decided to access the orebody by developing a small cross-section decline and mine it using mechanised methods. The works were started by excavating the portal for the planned approx. 120 metre decline, though the development of it was never completed. The present plan for mining the Lease is to re-furbish the main shaft sufficient to access the orebody and then use it as the ventilation shaft and the Statutory required second egress from the mine. Mining production would be achieved by mechanised operations via a completed decline. Data available to interested parties: all the data from an 8 hole drill programme North Broken Hill did circa 1967, plus assays from last production.

Category 3: Processing Plant For Sale

1. SXEW – Solvent Extraction Electrowinning circuit- Cloncurry For Sale>$11m : never used/still in packaging in containers, Output= 150,000 tpa copper cathode.  Link to data
2. Autoclave & POX- Cloncurry: For Sale>$8m – never used/ still in packaging in containers. Autoclaves are a used in minerals processing to extract metals from refractory ore bodies. A typical process for autoclaves is high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL), which is often used to extract nickel from laterite ore bodies, but can also be applied in copper and cobalt production (thus could be used for some of the above mines for sale).  The capacity of the autoclave is 56.9t/hr, with volume: Internal volume =435 cubic metres-normal. 250 cubic metres Operating.  Link to data  mines for sale
3. Lorena gold plant CIL& Flotation -Qld-Cloncurry:  For Sale>$5m  With both a flotation circuit and CIL, can process sulphides & oxides. Capacity = 350ktpa and is fully modular thus can be easily moved or capacity expanded. (Lorena Leases also for sale). Mines for sale
4. Gravity Plant -Qld-Cloncurry:  For Sale>$980,000 Near new 70tn/hr capacity. Suitable for gold processing and other heavy metals • Stand Alone Power Plant • Feeder Stacker system, and complete with trommel- available for purchase today. Link to data
5. SOLD – CIL processing plant: Offers > $1.2m (new/ never used)  Capacity is 325ktpa-SOLD 

Category 4: Coal : Thermal & Coking

1. Thermal coal – Australia -Project Linus For Sale cAUD$72m.  JORC Reserves 387Mt (161mt Proved Reserves), and JORC Resources of 822Mt Fully permitted and ML’s recommended for granting by Land Court (thus already approved to move to a Granted ML, up to 18 mtpa). Australia’s lowest sulphur coal asset (and one of lowest globally), at 0.24%.  Average NAR of 5500, with a small zone (32mt, which could be accessed early) at 5800. >70 years production (at 8mtpa on a single longwall), or >40 yrs with dual longwall. Development ready: key approvals in place, landholder agreements secured and Feasibility Study updated.
2. Thermal Coal – Qld – Galilee Basin (Northern): For Sale AUD$55m 1.9 billion tonne JORC 2004 Resource (184mt Indicated and 1.753bn t Inferred). Less than 10% of surface area explored. Close proximity to existing infra. e.g., the Mount Isa to Townsville rail line. 4 tenures: 3EPC’s and 1MDL Mines for sale
3. Thermal coal- Qld Surat Basin  For Sale @ AUD$43m Ideal as a feedstock for power stations due to high quality and low sulphur. Underground and high quality: Specific Energy GAR +6000 kcal/kg. Low ash, low sulphur, low phosphorous. High yield – 75% to 85%. JORC Resource of 2.052 billion t (356Mt Indicated & 1697Mt Inferred ) at depths amenable to underground mining. ,Next to Yancoal’s Cameby Downs Mine. Cheap Entry to Underground with Opencast Mining. Two MDL’s and One EPC

Category 5: For Sale: Other

1. Agriculture– Wool Scouring- $2m early seed equity sought Blackall Qld: Most Australian wool is sent to Asia or India for scouring due to low cost there, however this project will bring wool-scouring back to Australia. Spedifically, advances in technology mean a local plant can now compete with low cost offshore plants. Plant cost will be circa $150m. per ABC report

Category 6: Clean Energy & Renewables 

1. Hydrogen Qld/Townsville: Manufacture of Hydrogen Electrolysers – $5m early stage equity sought, followed by $20m debt in 2022
2. Water production technology -Global – Ideal for remote mine sites. Swiss designed, “Air to Water” machine extracts H2O from the humidity in the air, producing water, ranging from potable/ drinking quality to industrial use. Units can make up to 10,000 litres/ day. POA  Mines for sale
3. Solar PV Energy-Australia -easy installation technology. Patent pending. Produces low cost solar power. Broad global applications, thus large market potential.  Low capital, high profit (IRR >90% business model. Seed funding sought of $1.1m. (or 100% sale with royalty). Could be utilised at any of our mines for sale

Category 7: Offtake Sought : Thermal Coal & Iron Ore

1. Buyer 1: Thermal Coal Chinese state-owned company looking for spot goods of 5500 GAR FOB Aussie port or and CIF Guangzhou 65,000 mt per vessel.  The buyer is also looking forward to locking in a 3-year long-term contract, with +200,000 to 300,000 tons per month of purchas

2. Buyer 2: Iron Ore Chinese state-owned company looking for Iron Ore:  500,000 tons per month and for 3 month to 6 months contract.   Iron Ore Fines 58-59% and  Iron Ore 60-62%.  Also C4 Iron Ore

3. Buyer 3: thermal coal sought- spec below: