Inca Minerals Limited (Inca or the Company) wishes to advise that it received a Withdrawal Notice (Notice) from
South32 Limited (South32) in regards to the Company’s Riqueza Project. The Notice was received yesterday
afternoon and dated 14 May 2020. The Share Subscription Earn-in Agreement between South32 and Inca will
terminate in 60 days’ time, in accordance with that agreement.
By this Notice, South32 has not satisfied the right to a share in the project. As such, Inca will retain 100%
ownership of Riqueza.
Between 2017 to 2020 South32 solely funded the Riqueza Project. The total investment of approximately A$3.8
million funded an airborne magnetics and radiometrics survey (during the Option Agreement) and several
exploration programs during the first year of the Share Subscription Earn-in Agreement, including: Expert
mapping, a comprehensive soil geochemical program, satellite WorldView3 interpretations, ongoing mapping
and sampling and, most recently, an induced polarisation (IP) survey conducted over high priority areas.
IP Interpretation and Drilling Recommendations Report
It is disappointing from Inca’s perspective that South32 elected to issue the Notice prior to the receipt of the IP
interpretation report, which is currently being compiled by an independent consultancy and is due in
approximately 10 to 14 days’ time. A drill target recommendations report that utilises all datasets of the above-
mentioned programs, being compiled by the same consultancy, is due at around the same time. As soon as the
reports are received, Inca will inform the market.
Thank you
On behalf of Inca, I would like to extend my great thanks to South32 for its contributions to exploration at the
Riqueza Project. The funds were deployed in the execution of very thorough and professional exploration and
have elevated the standing of the project to a position where drilling targets will shortly be defined. Inca looks
forward to receiving the drill recommendations report in the above mentioned timeframe.
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