Announcement PDF ASX Announcement | 23 February 2024 Variscan Mines Limited (ASX:VAR) GEOLOGY & TECHNICAL INVESTOR UPDATE WEBINAR Variscan Mines Limited (ASX:VAR) (“Variscan” or “the Company”) an exploration and development company, advancing high-grade zinc projects in Spain, is pleased to announce it will host a webinar to update investors on the significant progress at the Novales-Udias Project in northern Spain. The focus of the webinar will be the geological and technical aspects of the Novales-Udias Project. Senior incountry geological staff and Board members will discuss the geology, maiden Mineral Resource Estimate, current underground drilling and provide an update on Company’s activities. The webinar will take place on 4 March 2024 at 11am AEDT. The webinar is open to all existing and prospective shareholders. Investors can sign up and register for free via the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_egqDrcL2Si2LzQlQpCQO_w The webinar will be followed by a live Q&A session. Once registered, investors are encouraged to submit questions in advance to The Capital Network (russell@thecapitalnetwork.com.au) who will be hosting the webinar. While the Company will not be able to answer every question it receives, it will address the most prominent within the confines of information already disclosed to the market through regulatory notifications. Investor feedback can also be submitted directly to management post the event to ensure the Company can understand the views of all elements of its shareholder base. ENDS This ASX announcement has been approved by the Board and authorised for issue by Mr Stewart Dickson, Managing Director and CEO, Variscan Mines Limited For further information, please contact: Variscan Mines Limited (ASX:VAR) Stewart Dickson Managing Director & CEO E: stewart.dickson@variscan.com.au T: +44 (0) 7799 694195 Media & Investor Enquiries The Capital Network Julia Maguire E: julia@thecapitalnetwork.com.au P: +61 2 8999 3699 About Variscan Mines Limited (ASX:VAR) Variscan Mines Limited (ASX:VAR) is a growth oriented, natural resources company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of high-quality strategic mineral projects. The Company has compiled a portfolio of highimpact base-metal interests in Spain, Chile and Australia. Its primary focus is the development of its advanced zinc projects in Spain. The Company’s name is derived from the Variscan orogeny, which was a geologic mountain building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangea. To learn more, please visit: www.variscan.com.au For more information Follow us on LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter Visit our investor website: www.variscan.com.au Forward Looking Statements Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guaranteed. They are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, some of which are outside the control of the Company. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and no representation or warranty is made as to the likelihood of achievement or reasonableness of any forward-looking statements or other forecast. The occurrence of events in the future are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ from those referred to in this announcement. Given these uncertainties, recipients are cautioned not to place reliance on forward looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this announcement speak only at the date of issue of this announcement. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law and the ASX Listing Rules, the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents do not give any assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of the events referred to in this announcement will occur as contemplated. Competent Person Statement The information in this document that relates to technical information about the Novales-Udias project is based on, and fairly represents information and supporting documentation compiled and reviewed by Dr. Mike Mlynarczyk, Principal of the Redstone Exploration Services, a geological consultancy acting as an external consultant for Variscan Mines. Dr. Mlynarczyk is a Professional Geologist (PGeo) of the Institute of Geologists of Ireland, and European Geologist (EurGeol) of the European Federation of Geologists, as well as Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). With over 10 years of full-time exploration experience in MVT-style zinc-lead systems in several of the world’s leading MVT provinces, Dr. Mlynarczyk has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the December 2012 edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves” (‘JORC Code’). Dr. Mlynarczyk consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based upon the information in the form and context in which it appears. Where Company refers to exploration results and historical data previously advised to the ASX it confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in previous announcements and all material assumptions and technical parameters disclosed in those announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed. 2 Project Summary The Novales-Udias Project is located in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, some 30km southwest from the regional capital, Santander. The project is centred around the former producing San Jose underground mine with a large surrounding area of exploration opportunities which include a number of satellite underground and surface workings and areas of zinc anomalism identified from recent and historic geochemical surveys. Variscan has delineated a significant 9km mineralised trend and a sub-parallel 3km trend from contemporary and historical data across both the Buenahora exploration and Novales mining permits. The San Jose Mine is nearby (~9km) to the world class Reocin Mine which is the largest known strata-bound carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposit in Spain1 and one of the world’s richest MVT deposits 2. Further it is within trucking distance (~80km) from the San Juan de Nieva zinc smelter operated by Asturiana de Zinc (100% owned by Glencore). Significantly, the Novales-Udias Project includes a number of granted mining tenements 3. Novales-Udias Project Highlights • • • • • • • • • • • • Near term zinc production opportunity (subject to positive exploratory work) Large tenement holding of 68.3 km2 (including a number of granted mining tenements) Regional exploration potential for another discovery analogous to Reocin (total past production and remaining resource 62Mt @ 8.7% Zn and 1.0% Pb 45) Novales Mine is within trucking distance (~ 80km) from the zinc smelter in Asturias Classic MVT carbonate hosted Zn-Pb deposits Historic production of high-grade zinc; average grade reported as ~7% Zn6 Simple mineralogy of sphalerite – galena – calamine Mineralisation is strata-bound, epigenetic, lenticular and sub-horizontal Reported historic production of super high grade ‘bolsas’ (mineralised pods and lenses) commonly 1020% Zn and in some instances +30% Zn 7 Assay results of recent targeted grab samples taken from within the underground Novales Mine recorded 31.83% Zn and 62.3% Pb 8 Access and infrastructure all in place Local community and government support due to historic mining activity 1 Velasco, F., Herrero, J.M., Yusta, I., Alonso, J.A., Seebold, I. and Leach, D., (2003) ‘Geology and Geochemistry of the Reocin Zinc-Lead Deposit, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain’ Econ. Geol. v.98, pp. 1371-1396. 2 Leach, D.L., Sangster, D.F., Kelley, K.D., Large, R.R., Garven, G., Allen, C.R., Gutzner, J., Walters, S., (2005) ‘Sedimenthosted lead-zinc deposits: a global perspective’. Econ. Geol. 100th Anniversary Special Paper 561 607 3 Refer to ASX announcement of 29 July 2019 4 Velasco, F., Herrero, J.M., Yusta, I., Alonso, J.A., Seebold, I. and Leach, D., 2003 - Geology and Geochemistry of the Reocin Zinc-Lead Deposit, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain: in Econ. Geol. v.98, pp. 1371-1396. 5 Cautionary Statement: references in this announcement to the publicly quoted resource tonnes and grade of the Project are historical and foreign in nature and not reported in accordance with the JORC Code 2012, or the categories of mineralisation as defined in the JORC Code 2012. A competent person has not completed sufficient work to classify the resource estimate as mineral resources or ore reserves in accordance with the JORC Code 2012. It is uncertain that following evaluation and/or further exploration work that the foreign/historic resource estimates of mineralisation will be able to be reported as mineral resources or ore reserves in accordance with the JORC Code 2012. 6 These figures have been taken from historical production data from the School of Mines in Torrelavega historical archives. 7 Reports of the super high-grade mineralisation are supported with historical production data from the School of Mines in Torrelavega historical archives. (Refer ASX release 29 July 2019) 8 Refer to ASX Announcement of 19 December 2020 3