Kayaeli — licence 202300781, Balıkesir

Licence: 202300781
Access no.: 3444374
Location: Kayaeli · Kepsut · Balıkesir
Area: 478.33 ha
Target metals: Ag · Cu
Belt: Biga–Balıkesir belt
Probable reserve: 46,400 t *
Best grade as filed: 9,381.0 ppm — Ag + Cu combined, as filed
Centroid (WGS84): 39.7720° N, 28.3100° E
Map sheets: I20B4 · I20C1
Detailed Exploration budget: 5,000 m · 7.59 m TRY

Geology

Karakaya Complex — arkosic sandstone and claystone, Orhanlar greywacke, the green basaltic rocks and tuffs of the Mehmetalan formation, spilitic basalt, agglomerate and tuff of the Çal formation, capped by Camialan limestone, with Permo-Carboniferous limestone blocks riding through as olistoliths. Schist, quartzite, granite and basalt are mapped across the licence.

Work completed

Geological mapping, hand-core drilling and core sampling

Source: the Genel Arama Dönemi Faaliyet Raporu filed for licence 202300781; assays by ArgeTest Laboratuvarı, Ankara, codes FA02 / GAR01-ext. The licence boundary is 3 separate parcels in the filed KMZ.

* Tonnages on this site are “muhtemel rezerv” (probable reserve) as calculated under Turkish Mining Law 3213 and filed with MAPEG. They are not Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves under JORC or NI 43-101, no Competent or Qualified Person has signed them, and they should not be read as either.

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The ground

On the map

Shaded relief map of Türkiye with the four Ultima licences marked; Kayaeli in Balıkesir is highlighted — Where it sitsKepsut, Balıkesir. Centroid 39.7720° N, 28.3100° E; map sheets I20B4 and I20C1. The three hollow markers are Ultima's other licences.

The boundaryTraced from the KMZ filed with the activity report: 3 parcels, 3.9 km across. The relief behind the outline is drawn for texture — the surveyed topographic and geological sheets are in the data room.The traced parcels sum to 511 ha against a permit area of 478.33 ha, and 2 rings under 2 ha were dropped as vertex noise. The permit area is what this site publishes.

The other three