Permitting and Project Development Studies
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ASX:NFL 17th December 2025
Permitting and Project Development Studies
Norfolk is planning for success at Carmen Copper with environmental studies for future
drilling and a water study for heap leach processing potential
• The DIA (“Declaracion de Impacto Ambiental”) work is progressing on schedule. The DIA field work
component has been completed and will be submitted to the regulator SERNAGEOMIN (“Servicio
Nacional de Geología y Minería”) in early 2026
• A water study, commissioned with consultants Cormiquim SpA to investigate potential water supply
options for the project, is now in advanced stages
In parallel with the recently completed RC drilling program, Norfolk Metals Ltd (Norfolk or the Company) has been
progressing various other project-related workstreams, including the Environmental Impact Declaration (DIA) for
future drill programs (post Phase #2 DDH of the Maiden Drill Campaign) and a Water Supply Study for potential
future heap leach processing requirements.
NFL Chairman Ben Philips commented, “The Company has been progressing the requisite environmental
surveys and studies required to support the DIA submission to Chilean authorities, which is key to enabling an
expanded exploration program over the extensive 46km2
concession package. We continue to work with
stakeholders within the permitted and the surrounding areas in an effort to best prepare for success in the
Company's ambition to delineate a JORC-compliant resource at Carmen Copper Project. Q1 2026 will see further
geological news flow with results from the final holes of the RC program, along with the assays from historical
mineralised core submitted for analysis.”
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feedback through the Q&A function accompanying each piece of content, and engage directly with the Norfolk
team.
Permitting & Approvals
The National Geology and Mining Service of Chile (Sernageomin) requires that all mining projects in the exploration
stage, including drilling and resource definition, apply for a DIA, which outlines the proposed exploration and
resource development activities over a period of five years. Once successfully awarded, this permit can be
extended as required.
The Company is pleased to report that, following completion of two seasons of comprehensive baseline surveys
and studies, the Company is on track to submit its DIA to Chilean authorities early in the new year. These surveys
are inclusive but not limited to Flora, Fauna, Palaeontology and Archaeological surveys. No major issues have
been identified to date. Following the DIA submission, Chilean authorities will conduct a project inspection, which
will then progress to various stages of approvals culminating in final DIA approval later in 2026. Once approved,
the DIA will enable the Carmen Copper Project to proceed through various stages of exploration and studies up to
the project execution and construction stage, at which time a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will be
part of standard regulatory approval processes.
Project Development Studies
With a view to de-risking and enabling future development at Carmen Copper, the company has commenced
preliminary investigations into the water supply. Accordingly, Chilean water experts Cormiquim SpA, have been
contracted to provide adviceand an initial desk-top study into water supply options to the project area. Cormiquim
has extensive experience and knowledge regarding watersourcing in the region around the Carmen Copper Project
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Phone: +61 8 6255 8625
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area. The study is now in advanced stages and is expected to be completed early in the new year. As part of the
study deliverables, Cormiquim SpA will provide the Company with an evaluation matrix of all future water supply
options and will consider sourcing from within the project area and external third-party options, inclusive of third-
party consortium desalination projects.
Infrastructure & Site Access
Since the commencement of the RC drilling program in August 2025, a robust base of operations, including a
project core processing & storage facility, has been established in the township of Alto de Carmen, from which the
project area can be accessed all year round within an hour on well-established all-weather roads. These roads
have been constructed and refined by the project team over Q3 and Q4 of 2025. In addition, a significant network
of quality roads now exists within the project area, enabling access to most points of interest for current and future
exploration activities. The town of Alto de Carmen is easily accessible on a sealed highway from the major mining
hub of Vallenar in under 1 hour. Stakeholders of the mineral rights of the Carmen Copper Project have visited the
site in Q4 2025 and endorsed the workmanship and suitability of the work completed to date to facilitate the
Maiden Drill Campaign.
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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Directors of Norfolk Metals Ltd
About Norfolk Metals
The Carmen Copper Project (CCP) is located in the Huasco Province, Atacama Region in Chile. The Project
encompasses twenty-two contiguous exploration and exploitation licenses totalling 46.6km2
. There are multiple
mineralised targets over an extensive strike length with intensive copper mineralisation from surface. Only 16km
to the northeast of the CCP is the Nueva Unión joint venture between Teck and Newmont. Nueva Unión is currently
developing the multi-billion-dollar Relincho and Fortuna (previously called El Morro) deposits. Whilst the CCP
currently presents as a copper oxide project with highly soluble copper oxide mineralisation from surface, it also
hosts significant sulphide potential as demonstrated in historical drill intercepts that warrant further investigation
and follow-up drilling programs. Norfolk is aiming to establish the Carmen Copper Project as a low-cost, high-
margin, value-accretive copper heap leaching operation producing copper cathode at the mine gate.
The Orroroo Uranium Project comprises three granted exploration licenses, EL6552, EL6814 and EL6948, which
together cover 723km2
, located approximately 274km northwest of the capital city of Adelaide, South Australia,
within the Walloway Basin, which is an elongate Tertiary Basin approximately 50km long and up to 15km wide. It
consists of Tertiary and Quaternary sediments unconformably underlain by Adelaidean basement.
The Roger River Project comprises one granted exploration license, EL20/2020, which covers 26km2
, located
410km northwest of the capital city of Hobart, Tasmania. The Project is prospective for gold and copper as
indicated by the intense silicification, argillisation and diatreme breccias in close proximity to the Roger River
Fault, along with carbonate-rich host rocks.
For further information, please visit www.norfolkmetals.com.au
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