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Global

Geoscience
NEWS RELEASE 1 August, 2013 ASX Code: GSC

GLOBAL AND OSISKO TO COMMENCE MAIDEN DRILL


PROGRAM AT “ENCOURAGING” NEVADA GOLD PROJECT
Global Geoscience Ltd
HIGHLIGHTS
ABN 76 098 564 606

ASX Code: GSC


• Global Geoscience and Canadian gold producer, Osisko, to
commence maiden drill program at the previously unexplored
Current share price: $0.03
Tokop gold project in southern Nevada, USA.
52 week range: $0.02-$0.08
• Drilling will test beneath promising trench results including:
Issued Shares: 168M

Directors Holdings: 12%


 18m at 1.9g/t Au
Top 20 Holdings: 55%  9m at 2.1g/t Au
Market Cap: $5M  3m at 9.6g/t Au
Cash: $0.7M  40m at 0.4g/t Au
Key Projects • Tokop is an Intrusion Related Gold (IRG) system with similarities
Tokop Au (NV, USA) to IRG deposits in the Tintina Gold Province of Alaska/Yukon.
Excelsior Au (NV, USA) • No modern exploration and no previous drilling are known.
Lone Mt Au (NV, USA)
• Osisko is funding exploration and can earn a 45% interest by
Sara Sara Cu-Mo-Ag (Peru) spending US$8M over 4 years, and a further 25% by completing a
Mancha Pampa Cu-Au (Peru) bankable feasibility study.
Board of Directors
Robert Reynolds
Australian exploration company, Global Geoscience Ltd (“Global”)
Non-Executive Chairman (ASX: GSC) today announced plans to commence a maiden drilling
Bernard Rowe
program at its previously unexplored Tokop gold project in Nevada, USA,
Managing Director on or around 4 August, 2013.
Peter Nicholson
Executive Director Tokop, and the nearby Excelsior gold project, are two tenements the
Company holds in southern Nevada that have only recently been
Patrick Elliott
Non-Executive Director
recognised as Intrusion Related Gold (IRG) systems.

Registered Office No systematic surface exploration had been undertaken at either project
Suite 203, 161 Walker Street prior to Global’s activities.
North Sydney NSW 2060
AUSTRALIA The drilling program will consist of at least five wide-spaced holes over a
T: +61 2 9922 5800 strike length of approximately 1km as an initial test of the 2000m by
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750m zone of gold mineralisation.
Contact
Bernard Rowe “We believe we are the first company to recognise Tokop as an intrusion
T: +61 4 1944 7280
browe@globalgeo.com.au
related gold system, and as such, it is completely unexplored despite the
highly encouraging results we have obtained from surface sampling,”
Global Geoscience Managing Director, Mr Bernard Rowe, said today.

“As such, Tokop is our top priority exploration project,” he said

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Summary
Tokop is an Intrusion Related Gold (IRG) system with similarities to other IRG deposits including
Donlin Creek (31Moz), Fort Knox (9Moz) and Dublin Gulch (2Moz) in the Tintina Gold Province
of Alaska/Yukon and Bald Mountain (8Moz) in Nevada. The project is located in southern Nevada
approximately 300km from Reno and 200km from Las Vegas. Access is via Highway 95 which
passes within 15km of the property.

Gold mineralisation occurs within and immediately adjacent to a multi-phase Jurassic granite
intrusion. Gold is associated with sheeted quartz veining and quartz-sericite alteration.

Rock chip and soil geochemical sampling has defined a gold zone measuring 2000m by 750m
within a broader 2km x 1km halo that includes high levels of Ag-As-Bi-Mo-Te-W. Of the 574 rock
samples collected to date, 100 have returned results of greater than 0.2g/t gold and 38 have returned
results greater than 1g/t Au. Rock samples contain up to 34.3g/t Au and 521g/t Ag.

Trenching and channel sampling has been undertaken a three locations over approximately 1km of
strike. Results from the trenching include:

 18m at 1.9g/t Au  3m at 7.1g/t Au


 9m at 2.1g/t Au  40m at 0.4g/t Au
 3m at 9.6g/t Au  6m at 2.7g/t Au

Figure 1. The main target at Tokop is defined by a 2km x 1km arsenic soil anomaly. Within
the arsenic halo, high levels of Au, Bi, Mo and W cluster within and around the margins of
three exposed intrusions. Intervals with gold grade shown are for rock channel samples
collected from trenches and road cuts.

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A drilling program is scheduled to commence around 4 August 2013. Five holes of 200-300m
depth will be drilled within the centre of the system and targeting the highest gold values in soil and
rock/trench samples. The holes will be spaced at 200-300m apart in this first phase of drilling.

Location and Tenure


The Tokop gold project is located 330 km southeast
of Reno and 80 km south of Tonopah in southern
Nevada, USA. Global owns 100% interest in 29 sq
km and holds options for 100% over an additional 2
sq km.

Established Canadian gold producer, Osisko, can


earn an initial 45% interest from Global by spending
US$8 million and has the option to increase that to
70% by completing a feasibility study.

Figure 2. The Tokop and Excelsior projects are located close to Highway 95 and sealed roads
provide access to both locations.

Geology
The oldest rocks in the Tokop area comprise a sequence of thinly bedded limestone and minor
mudstone. These rocks are tightly folded and probably belong to the Proterozoic Wyman
Formation. On the other side of the NW-SE fault that cuts the Tokop area, a similar sequence of
thinly bedded limestone is shallow dipping and relatively undeformed. These rocks are probably
Cambrian in age. The sediments are intruded by a number of different phases of Jurassic granitic
rocks. Skarn alteration and gold mineralisation are associated with certain of these phases.

Within the main target area, the intrusive rocks are exposed in three zones separated by limestone
and mudstone. Geological, geochemical and aeromagnetic data suggest the intrusions coalesce at
depth to form an intrusive stock of dimensions 2km x 1km.

The sediments and intrusions are overlain by late Miocene rhyolite to dacite lavas, welded tuffs and
ash that post date the mineralisation. Pediment gravel and sand deposits fill most valleys and are the
youngest mappable geological units in the area.

Geochemistry
Over 1000 soil and 574 rock chip samples have been collected at Tokop over several years. The
geochemical data defines a gold zone measuring 2000m by 750m plus several smaller anomalies.
Of the 574 rock chip samples collected to date, 100 have returned gold contents of greater than
0.2g/t and 38 have returned gold contents of greater than 1g/t Au. Rock samples contain up to
34.3g/t Au and 521g/t Ag.

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Rock chip channel samples were collected from sections of continuous outcrop exposed in trenches
and road cuts. Each sample consisted of approximately 4kg of material collected over a three metre
horizontal interval. Soil samples of 0.5kg were collected from fine material at surface but were not
sieved. Samples were analysed by American Assay Laboratories (FA30 and ICP-2A) and ALS
Chemex (Au-ICP21 and ME-ICP41) in Reno, Nevada.

Mineralisation and Metal Zoning


Gold mineralisation occurs in sheeted and stock work quartz veins within biotite granite and
gossanous quartz jasperoid “ledges” within the sediment. The quartz veins are surrounded by zones
of sericite alteration. The sheeted vein mineralisation is largely confined to outcrops overlying the
interpreted buried intrusion. The quartz jasperoid mineralisation occurs around the peripheries and
overlying the buried intrusion.

The best gold mineralisation occurs within the bodies of biotite granite overlying the interpreted
intrusion. Higher gold values generally correlate with higher values of bismuth, molybdenum,
tellurium and tungsten.

High silver, arsenic, zinc and copper values occur over a larger zone than gold. High values of these
metals roughly overlie the interpreted intrusion. High antimony values generally occur in a donut
shaped zone with high values coinciding with the outer margins of the interpreted intrusion.

Drilling
There is no previous drilling known at Tokop. A Reverse Circulation (RC) program is planned to
commence in early August, and will test a 1km long section of the main target. Five holes of 200-
300m depth will be drilled at 200-300m spacing along strike and will target beneath the highest
grade mineralisation from surface trenching.

Potential
The geology, geochemistry and metal zonation at Tokop is very similar to the 9Moz Fort Knox gold
deposit, Tintina Gold Belt, Alaska. At Fort Knox the best gold mineralisation is associated with
sheeted and stock work quartz veins. The veins are hosted by the peripheral and upper zones of a
multi-phase kilometre-scale granitic intrusion. It is likely that the peripheral zones are best
mineralised as they have been the most brittle and permeable during mineralisation.

At Tokop the metal zonation suggests that mineralisation is centred on an interpreted buried
intrusion. The roof zone and walls of the 2km x 1km buried intrusion represent excellent targets for
Intrusion Related Gold mineralisation.

About Global Geoscience


Global Geoscience is a Sydney-based mineral exploration company specialising in project
generation, greenfield exploration and discovery. The Company’s main focus is for gold, copper
and silver on its mostly 100%-owned projects in Nevada and Arizona in the United States, and Peru
in South America. The Company has exploration agreements with Osisko Mining (USA) for gold in
Nevada and is in the process of finalising an agreement with Antofagasta plc for copper in Arizona.

The Company’s project generation activities involve the use of an in-house targeting method
(“Intellectual Property” or “IP”). The IP is a regional structural method used to identify areas that
are considered by the Company to be favourable zones for the formation of a range of mineral
deposits types. The IP uses readily available geoscientific data and is a quick and low-cost
targeting method. The IP defines target areas that are typically 200 sq km or less. Targets defined
by the IP require ground investigation, including geochemical surveys and reconnaissance

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geological mapping, to ascertain their potential and likelihood to host mineral deposits. All of the
Company’s projects including Tokop have been identified using the IP.

References
Bakke, A.A., Morrell, R.P., and Odden, J.C., 1998. The Fort Knox Porphyry Gold Deposit, Eastern-
Central Alaska: An Overview and Update. In conference proceedings of Porphyry and
Hydrothermal Copper and Gold Deposits – A Global Perspective. In Pert, 1998.

Goldfarb, R.J., Marsh, E.E., Hart, C.J.R., Mair, J.L., Miller, M.L. and Johnson, C. 2007, . Chapter
A of Recent U.S. Geological Survey Studies in the Tintina Gold Province, Alaska, United States,
and Yukon, Canada—Results of a 5-Year Project Edited by Larry P. Gough and Warren C. Day

Global Geoscience Ltd company announcements:


Date Title
29/07/2013 Quarterly Activities Report for the Quarter ended 30 June 2013

MEDIA CONTACT:
Bernard Rowe Sean Whittington
Managing Director Field Public Relations
Global Geoscience Ltd (08) 8234 9555
(02) 9922 5800 0412 591 520
04 1944 7280

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Peter Nicholson
BSc(Hons) FAusIMM CP(geo). Mr Nicholson is a full time employee of Nicholson Geologist Pty Ltd and Technical
Director of Global Geoscience Ltd and 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 2004 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves’ (The JORC Code). Mr Nicholson consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters
based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Figure 3. Aerial photograph of the same area shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4. Tokop geology with trench and rock chip sample results.

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