Exceptional intersections in the Core Zone will be included in the imminent resource update and PEA/Scoping Study; FireFly joins the S&P/ASX 200 Index
HIGHLIGHTS
| FireFly Managing Director Steve Parsons said: “The outstanding results we are seeing from the high-grade Core Zone continue to exceed our expectations, both in scale and in grade, reinforcing our view that this zone can underpin early production at Green Bay.
“Given the strength of these results, we have decided to incorporate them into an updated Mineral Resource Estimate ahead of our economic studies. This means the PEA/Scoping Study will now be completed in August this year. “This was also a quarter of portfolio simplification. Completing the sale of our Ontario Gold Assets to Bellavista allows FireFly to focus on Green Bay. “Promotion to the S&P/ASX 200 reflects the growing recognition of the Company among institutional investors. “Eight rigs continue to run at Green Bay, and we head into the second half of the year well-funded and with real momentum behind both the drill bit and the economic studies”. |
FireFly Metals Ltd (ASX:FFM) (TSX: FFM) is pleased to report on its outstanding drilling results and other key achievements during the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
During the period, the Company continued its multi-rig underground drilling campaign at the Green Bay Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, delivering further outstanding results that reinforce the scale and continuity of the high-grade Core Zone. The Company also completed the sale of its 70% interest in the Pickle Crow Gold Project and 100% of the Sioux Lookout Project (Ontario Gold Assets), was promoted to the S&P/ASX 200 Index and continued to advance economic studies for an upscaled restart of production at Green Bay, now expected to be completed in August 2026.
GREEN BAY COPPER GOLD PROJECT
DRILLING RESULTS AND EXPLORATION PROGRESS
FireFly’s underground drilling program at the Ming Mine, the flagship deposit within the Green Bay Copper-Gold Project, continued at pace through the quarter. Six rigs remained active throughout the period, with four dedicated to infill resource conversion drilling and two to step-out extension drilling, taking cumulative underground diamond drilling since the Project’s acquisition in October 2023 to 197,714m as at 30 June 2026.
A further tranche of assay results, announced post quarter-end on 2 July 2026, built on this momentum, extending the high-grade Core Zone and reinforcing that mineralisation remains strong and continuous where the copper and gold-rich Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide system meets the broad Footwall Zone stringer mineralisation, as well as in the surrounding VMS lenses. Headline intercepts include:3
Figure 1: Long section through the Green Bay Ming underground mine highlighting the location of select drill results from the ASX announcement dated 2 July 2026. Results from both the high-grade copper-gold VMS zone and broad copper Footwall Zone are shown. The large scale DHEM conductor (green) beyond the edge of the current Mineral Resource highlights strong potential for the Mineral Resource to continue. Drill assays >0.5% copper are shown in red. All intersections are downhole thickness. Refer to Appendix B in the ASX announcement dated 2 July 2026 for all drill results and locations.
The 805L drill drive, from which all drilling reported on 8 April 2026 and 2 July 2026 was sourced, remains the primary platform for this phase of exploration. Beyond its current exploration role, this development is expected to become an important part of the mine infrastructure supporting any future upscaled operation. Figure 2 sets out the location of the drill platforms and holes covered by the 2 July 2026 announcement. Further development from the drive has since positioned rigs to test for high-grade extensions of the 1806 and 1807 VMS lodes.
Figure 2: Isometric view of the Ming Mine 805L Exploration Drive showing the location of drill platforms and drilling reported in the ASX announcement dated 2 July 2026. Assay results greater than 0.5% Cu are shown in red.
The drilling achieved the following objectives during the quarter:
The high-grade Core Zone, which has a current Mineral Resource of 8.8Mt @ 3.9% CuEq M&I and 10.9Mt @ 3.8% CuEq Inferred,5 remains open down-plunge (the deepest hole to date returned 49.0m @ 6.1% CuEq)6 and continues to be viewed as a key early-production feed source in the upscaled restart scenarios being evaluated in the economic studies.
REGIONAL EXPLORATION
FireFly’s surface exploration team continued to build its pipeline of targets across the 346km² Green Bay land package, drawing on geophysical interpretation, prospecting and a review of historic datasets. Two surface rigs tested geophysical anomalies south of the Ming Mine for the duration of the period.
Maiden drilling at the Tilt Cove project, located within the Green Bay tenure, commenced during the quarter with the mobilisation of a surface rig to the project.7
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND STUDIES
Following the exceptional high grade Core Zone results received during and after the quarter, FireFly has elected to incorporate an updated Mineral Resource Estimate into the PEA/Scoping Study for a potential upscaled restart at Green Bay, with completion now expected in August 2026 (previously mid-2026). The study is being prepared to satisfy the requirements of a Scoping Study under the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code 2012) and a Preliminary Economic Assessment under Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and will assess development scenarios including haulage method, annual production rate, and life-of-mine metal output.
Supporting technical work for the PEA/Scoping Study, including mine design, scheduling, process plant configuration, geotechnical and tailings studies, and metallurgical testwork, continued to progress during the quarter.
The Company also progressed regulatory approvals and permitting. On 29 April 2026, FireFly satisfied the conditions of release from the provincial Environmental Assessment process required to commence early works activities. FireFly is continuing to advance the remaining conditions required to commence construction. Construction permit applications are underway and seasonal early works have commenced.
Ongoing engagement continues with potential offtake partners and export credit agencies.
2026 FORWARD WORK PLANS
Near-term priorities are aligned with advancing the Green Bay Project towards the resumption of upscaled copper and gold production:
Figure 3: Timeline of key activities at the Green Bay Copper-Gold Project.
SALE OF ONTARIO GOLD ASSETS
On 29 April 2026, FireFly announced the completion of the sale of the Ontario Gold Assets, which occurred under the share sale and purchase deed with Bellavista Resources Ltd (ASX: BVR) entered into and announced on 2 February 2026.
The transaction pursuant to the Sale Agreement involved FireFly:
for total upfront consideration of 60 million Bellavista shares and contingent consideration of 50 million Bellavista performance rights, the terms of which are detailed further in FireFly’s announcement of 2 February 2026.
Following completion, the pro-rata in-specie distribution of Bellavista shares to eligible FireFly shareholders occurred on 11 May 2026, with a record date of 4 May 2026.
LIMESTONE WELL VANADIUM-TITANIUM PROJECT
No field activities were undertaken at the Limestone Well Vanadium-Titanium Project in Western Australia during the quarter. FireFly holds a 90% interest in the project.
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
CASH FLOW
At 30 June 2026, FireFly had a cash balance of A$184.3 million (unaudited).
During the quarter, the Company incurred net cash outflows from operating activities of A$1.3 million, investing activities of A$20.4 million and financing activities of A$0.2 million. Key movements by activity classification are provided below.
Operating Activities
The net cash outflow from operating activities for the quarter of A$1.3 million comprised:
offset by:
Investing Activities
The net cash outflow from investing activities for the quarter of A$20.4 million comprised:
Financing Activities
Net cash outflows from financing activities for the quarter of A$0.2 million comprised payments associated with the lease of equipment for the Green Bay Copper-Gold Project and Corporate office space.
PAYMENTS TO RELATED PARTIES
During the quarter, the Company made payments to related parties of A$459,000 comprising executive directors’ salaries and superannuation, non-executive directors’ fees, and payments to Exia IT Pty Ltd for information technology (IT) support services and IT equipment.8
OTC MARKETS
The Company’s OTC Markets ticker symbol changed from MNXMF to FFMFF on 9 June 2026. The new OTC ticker symbol more closely aligns with the Company’s ASX and TSX trading symbol, FFM, providing greater consistency across the markets on which FireFly’s shares are traded and improving visibility for U.S.-based investors.
S&P DOW JONES ASX 200 INDEX INCLUSION
Effective 22 June 2026, FireFly was added to the S&P/ASX 200 Index following the June quarterly review. The inclusion reflects the Company’s growing market capitalisation and broadens the Company’s reach with global institutional investors tracked against S&P/ASX200 benchmarks.
ABOUT FIREFLY METALS LTD
FireFly Metals Ltd is an emerging copper-gold company focused on advancing the high-grade Green Bay Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland, Canada. The Green Bay Copper-Gold Project currently hosts 50.4Mt of Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources at 2.0% for 1,016Kt copper equivalent (CuEq) and 29.3Mt of Inferred Mineral Resources at 2.5% for 722Kt CuEq, prepared and disclosed in accordance with the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves and Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The Company has a clear strategy to rapidly grow the copper-gold Mineral Resource to demonstrate a globally significant copper-gold asset.
The Company also holds a 90% interest in the Limestone Well Vanadium-Titanium Project in Western Australia.
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