AOA’s High-Grade REEs Put KLR to Shame

Looking great

Ausmon Resources (ASX:AOA) is actively drilling for rare earth elements (REEs) right now across multiple tenements in South Australia’s Limestone Coast region, including Parrakie, Wilkawatt, Peake, and Wolseley2.
️ Current Drilling Program Highlights

• Drilling Type: Aircore
• Depth: ~18 metres average
• Target Formation: Loxton–Parilla Sands—same REE-rich zone as AR3 and Kaili
• Tenement Coverage: Over 2,500 km² in this campaign alone
• Tech Used: Onsite pXRF scanning + lab assays at ALS

Objectives

• Identify ionic clay-hosted REE extensions
• Validate high-grade hits from earlier campaigns (e.g. 1,253 ppm TREO at Parrakie)
• Reduce assay costs and fast-track resource definition

Ausmon is clearly chasing scale and grade—and they’re doing it in the right neighborhood.
Industry Context

	Company	Grade (ppm TREO)	Deposit Style	Notes
1	Ausmon (AOA)	>1,200 ppm	Ionic clay	Early-stage, strong grades
2	AR3	~712 ppm	Ionic clay	Established JORC resource
3	KLR	~356 ppm	Ionic clay	Thin intercepts, speculative

Ausmon’s grades are better than both AR3 and Kaili, and they’re in the same geological zone. That’s a strong signal that AOA could be sitting on something significant.
If they confirm continuity across more holes and move toward a JORC resource, this could be a major catalyst.

	Grade Range (ppm TREO)	Industry Classification
1	< 300 ppm	Low grade
2	300–750 ppm	Moderate grade
3	750–1,200 ppm	High grade
4	> 1,200 ppm	Very high grade

Ausmon’s Standout Hits

Ausmon has reported:

• 1m @ 1,253.9 ppm TREO
• 1m @ 1,156.8 ppm TREO
• 1m @ 1,015.2 ppm TREO
• 1m @ 1,019.4 ppm TREO

These are very high-grade by ionic clay standards, especially considering:

• They’re from shallow depths (~12–19m)
• Hosted in the Loxton–Parilla Sands, a proven REE-bearing formation
• Magnetic REEs (Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb) are present—these are the most valuable

Why It Matters

High-grade ionic clay REEs are easier to process and cheaper to mine than hard rock deposits. Ausmon’s grades not only beat Kaili’s early results—they’re competitive with or better than some of the most advanced clay-hosted projects in Australia.