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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Politics
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EXCLUSIVE Fresh claims emerge that late Queen's cousin Lord Mountbatten abused children at Northern Ireland boys' home - as one says he was trafficked to royal's castle
A new book has raised fresh claims that Queen Elizabeth II 's cousin, Lord Mountbatten, sexually abused and raped multiple young boys at a children's home before his death in 1979. Lord Mountbatten, known as Dickie, was previously linked to the Kincora Boys' Home in Belfast by former resident Arthur Smyth, who named Prince Philip 's uncle as his alleged abuser in 2022, when he announced he was taking legal action against a number of institutions in Northern Ireland for breach of duty of care and negligence at the home. And in 2019, a secret dossier compiled by the FBI on British statesmen during World War Two and the Suez Crisis described King Charles' uncle and valued mentor as a 'homosexual with a perversion for young boys', which made him an 'unfit man to direct any sort of military operations'. Now a new book by journalist Chris Moore, Kincora: Britain's Shame - Mountbatten, MI5, the Belfast Boys' Home Sex Abuse Scandal and the British Cover-Up, details allegations from four previous residents of the home against the aristocrat including Smyth, who has labelled the godfather of King Charles, the King of Paedophiles. Sharing his story for the first time, Richard Kerr claims he was trafficked to a hotel near Mountbatten's castle with a fellow teenager named Stephen, where they were allegedly assaulted in the boathouse. He also casts doubt on his friend's apparent suicide later that year. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the last viceroy of India, was killed on August 27, 1979 by an IRA bomb that was smuggled onto his boat. Two teenagers, his 14-year-old grandson and a 15-year-old boat hand, also died. Kincora was an infamous boys' home that closed its doors in the 1980s after allegations of routine sexual abuse of its vulnerable young residents, who have told how staff raped and assaulted them and trafficked them out to other men. Despite reports of dozens of victims and multiple powerful individuals arriving at the children's home in order to abuse the boys, just the three senior staff at Kincora - William McGrath, Raymond Semple and Joseph Mains - have ever faced any consequences. They were jailed in 1981 for abusing 11 boys, but police and British security forces have long been accused of orchestrating a cover-up of a powerful paedophile ring, whose members included politicians, judges and police officers. At least 29 boys are known to have been sexually abused at Kincora. Former resident Arthur Smyth, who is one of the accusers featured in the book, said that Lord Mountbatten 'charmed everyone' but branded him 'King of paedophiles'. The book contains detailed accounts of four victims, and paints a picture of Mountbatten abusing and raping residents as young as 11 all in the space of the summer of 1977. Some of the boys had no idea who their alleged abuser was until years later after hearing of his death on the news and recognising him. Moore now claims much of the sexual abuse was known about, or at least suspected, by local authorities and MI5, but no action was taken because the British security service was using 'monster' McGrath as an intelligence asset due to his familiarity with far-right loyalist organisations. Arthur Smyth 'raped twice by Lord Mountbatten', aged 11 Arthur Smyth was the first person who had been placed into care at Kincora to speak publicly about the sexual abuse he says he experienced at the hands of Lord Mountbatten. He described how, in 1977, the 'beast of Kincora' - William McGrath - found Arthur playing on the staircase at the home and told him he wanted to introduce him to a friend of his. Describing the room which McGrath took him to, Mr Smyth told Moore: 'It was on the ground floor. It wasn't the front room, it was somewhere near the middle. And it had a big desk and a shower. I'd never seen a shower in my life.' He went on to describe how Mountbatten - who he knew as Dickie - told him to 'stand on top of like a box or something' and then 'told me to take my pants down.' 'He then proceeded to lean me over the desk.' Mr Smyth says Lord Mountbatten raped him, and did so again on a second occasion a week later. He said: 'When he had finished, he told me to go and have a shower. And I went and had a shower. I felt sick and I was crying in the shower. I just wanted it all to stop.' By the time Arthur came out of the shower the man called Dickie had left and McGrath was there waiting to take him back upstairs. It wasn't until years later that he realised who 'Dickie' was, after he stumbled across coverage of Lord Mountbatten's death. Mr Smyth said that once he realised who had abused him, he felt sick that 'somebody in high stature like this could do such a thing'. He told Moore: 'We all think that a paedophile is a bloke that you don't know, that he's weird-looking or he doesn't look right, but he fooled everybody. He charmed everybody. 'To me he was king of the paedophiles. That's what he was. He was not a lord. He was a paedophile and people need to know him for what he was … not for what they're portraying him to be.' Kincora staff 'trafficked boys to Mountbatten for sex' In August of the same year, two more Kincora residents were abused by Mountbatten - but instead of coming to them, the royal family member ensured the home's own staff brought victims across Ireland to him. Richard Kerr and Stephen Waring were both driven to Fermanagh by senior care staff member Joseph Mains, and from there taken to the Manor House Hotel near the Mountbattens' Classiebawn Castle, where they often spent the summer. Mains would later be convicted of sexual offences against boys relating to his time at Kincora along which his colleagues, William McGrath and Raymond Semple. Richard revalled how he and Stephen waited with Mains in a car park to be picked up by Mountbatten's security guards, who arrived in two separate black Ford Cortinas and ferried the boys to the hotel in Mullaghmore in County Sligo, just a few minutes drive from the castle. Richard told Moore how they were dropped off separately at Classiebawn before being taken individually from a guest reception room to the green boathouse, where they were sexually assaulted. They then returned to the Manor House to meet Mains for the journey home. Once they were alone back in Belfast, Richard and Stephen compared their experiences. Unlike Richard, Stephen recognised Mountbatten and knew they had been abused by a member of the royal family. Quick-thinking Stephen managed to take a ring belonging to Mountbatten before leaving Classiebawn - perhaps as potential proof of who had assaulted him. But this would also prove to be the teenager's downfall. Teenager's 'suicide' after Mountbatten 'abuse' Stephen's theft of Mountbatten's ring did not go unnoticed - it was reported missing and police attended Kincora and took both Stephen and Richard in for interrogation. The ring was eventually found by officers in Stephen's bed area, and Richard claims Stephen was tricked into admitting the theft by police. And far from questioning what two teenage boys, with no connections or privilege, had been doing alone in a room with Mountbatten, Irish police instead threatened the boys into silence. Richard said: 'The police made it clear to the pair of us that we were never to talk to anyone about this incident ever again.' He told Moore how, over the next few years, he and Stephen were repeatedly visited by police officers or shady intelligence figures, who warned them again never to speak of what had happened to them. It appeared that officers knew, or suspected, enough of what had occurred during that summer to try and prevent it ever reaching the light of day - and that Mountbatten was free to continue seeking sexual satisfaction from vulnerable young boys. But things would take a turn for the worse for Richard and Stephen, after they were arrested for a slew of burglaries between June and October 1977. Richard pleaded guilty to the charges against him and was allowed to continue working in the Europa Hotel in Belfast, where he was already employed, so he could repay the money he had stolen. Stephen was sentenced to three years at Rathgael training school but escaped within a month, and caught a ferry to Liverpool along with Richard. But while Richard travelled to visit and stay with his aunt Stephen quickly found himself in police custody in Liverpool, before police escorted him onto the ship making the overnight sailing to Belfast. Moore found out that Stephen was sent back to Ireland alone, with no police escort, and during the crossing he apparently threw himself overboard and died. Richard, who still maintains Stephen would never have taken his own life, did not become aware of his death until a few days later. 'Stephen would never have thrown himself overboard,' Richard said. 'He would never have willingly jumped into the freezing November sea. He was street smart and a fighter.' Penchant for 'dark-skinned people' Teenager Amal - not his real name - was 16 when he was first taken to Classiebawn, the castle used as a summer retreat by the Mountbatten family. He was taken there four times in the summer of 1977 - the same summer it is alleged Mountbatten abused the other boys - to provide the royal family member with 'sexual favours', Moore writes. Amal's accusations first surfaced in the 2019 book by Andrew Lownie, The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves, which caused a scandal upon publication. He said the sexual encounters would take an hour and occurred at a hotel about 15 minutes away from the castle itself. Each time, he is said to have performed oral sex on Mountbatten and, during one of the encounters, briefly met Kincora resident Richard Kerr. Amal described Mountbatten as polite and told him he liked 'dark-skinned' people, especially those from Sri Lanka. The lord is also said to have complimented Amal on his smooth skin. The then-teenager told Lownie that he knew of several boys from Kincora who were brought to Mountbatten on various occasions. 'I hate these feelings': Mountbatten 'sad and lonely', victim says The second victim exposed by Lownie, known only as Sean, was a 16-year-old resident of Kincora when he was taken to Classiebawn in the summer of 1977. He described being taken into a darkened room where he was joined by Mountbatten - although similar to the lord's other victims, Sean did not know his identity at the time. Sean said he spent an hour with Mountbatten, who undressed him and performed oral sex on him. He told Lownie that Mountbatten appeared conflicted, on that occasion at least, about his taste for young boys. 'He spoke quietly and tried to make me feel comfortable,' Sean said. 'He said very sadly, 'I hate these feelings.' He seemed a sad and lonely person. I think the darkened room was all about denial.' Sean added it was only when he saw the news that Mountbatten had been killed by the IRA that he realised who his abuser had been. 'Mountbatten is dead, but he still lives inside us' The boys - now men - abused by Mountbatten and care home staff told Moore how the severe abuse they suffered continues to haunt them. Arthur says what McGrath and Mountbatten did to him back in the summer of 1977 'still lives inside him', leaving him with terrifying memories that have long outlasted the perpetrators. Moore wrote: 'Arthur's tormentors are both now dead, but they live on in his memory and bring back how he felt as an innocent eleven-year-old boy.' It's a feeling echoed by other featured in the work, including Richard, who has never been able to accept his friend Stephen took his own life. Many former residents described fear and paranoia over what they experienced, as well as frequent visits by police officers and secret service agents to ensure they would stay quiet. Most difficult for many Kincora survivors is that Mountbatten, and many other influential figures they say they assaulted by, have never faced justice. Multiple victims have attempted, with various degrees of success, to bring legal action against the British government, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other public bodies that were supposed to protect them. Instead, they say, their innocence was sacrificed for the sake of the royal family and low-level intelligence on loyalist forces.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
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Kincora Secures Strategic North American Investors and Announces Private Placement
Kincora intends to raise up to C$4-million at C$0.30 per Unit with a full Warrant One-year hold period on Shares underlying the Units Acceleration trigger for the Warrants Ten (10) for one (1) Consolidation of Securities Cornerstone investments from leading North American natural resource sector investors including Rick Rule and Jeff Phillips Strong support from existing and new investors Proceeds will be used to support ongoing project generation strategy, drilling at 100% owned high-grade gold-base metals Condobolin project and working capital Incentive stock options awarded Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 7, 2025) - Copper-gold explorer and project generator Kincora Copper Limited (TSXV: KCC) (ASX: KCC) ("Kincora" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it proposes to undertake a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") at C$0.30 per unit (the "Units") to raise up to C$4,000,000. All prices and share numbers in this release assume completion of a 10:1 consolidation ("Consolidation") prior to or concurrent with the Offering. The Offering is subject to the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") acceptance and approvals required under the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") Listing Rules, as well as other regulatory approvals. Concurrent with, or prior to the Offering, the Company intends to complete a consolidation (the "Consolidation") of the issued and outstanding common shares issued on the Exchange and Chess Depositary Interests ("CDIs") on the ASX on the basis of ten (10) pre-Consolidation shares being consolidated to one (1) post-Consolidation share. Existing options will be consolidated on the same basis. The Consolidation will be subject to approval from the Company's shareholders, the Exchange, and ASX. The Units will comprise one common share (a "Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"), each Warrant entitling the holder to acquire a further common share at a price of C$0.50 for a term of three (3) years. The Shares will be subject to a one (1) year hold period from the closing date and such other restrictions as may be required by applicable securities laws and stock exchange rules. Fifteen (15) months after the closing date, the Company will have the right to accelerate the expiry date of the Warrants (the "Acceleration") if the weighted average closing price of the Company's common shares on the Exchange equals or exceeds C$0.75 (the "Acceleration Price") for 20 consecutive trading days (the "Acceleration Event"). Upon the occurrence of the Acceleration Event, the expiry date of the Warrants will then be 30 days from the date of issue of a news release announcing the Acceleration. "This relatively unique financing structure puts Kincora in a strong position to leverage and accelerate our strategy of more drilling, more asset level deals, more management fees and discoveries," Cameron McRae, Chairman of Kincora, and Sam Spring, President and CEO. "We're especially pleased to have this strategy endorsed and financing supported by a number of leading North American natural resource sector investors, including Rick Rule and Jeff Phillips, and other new and existing respected institutional and accredited investors." The Company plans to use the net proceeds to fund its ongoing project generation strategy, undertake significant drilling at its 100% owned gold-base metals Condobolin project, as well as for general working capital and corporate purposes. The Offering is subject to certain conditions customary for transactions of this nature, including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals, including the approval of the Exchange and shareholder approvals required by the ASX. In the event the Company completes the Consolidation at a ratio other than the 10:1 ratio referenced above, certain provisions of the Offering will be adjusted accordingly, including the price per Unit, the Warrant exercise price and the Acceleration Price. Completion of the Consolidation will be subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. All Warrants underlying the Units will be subject to a four (4) month plus one day hold period and Shares underlying the Units will be subject to a one (1) year hold period from closing. A portion of the Offering is expected to include a related party transaction within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 given the expected participation of one or potentially more existing insiders. The Company is relying on the exemptions in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 from the valuation and shareholder approval requirements based on the fact that the fair market value of the transactions (as it concerns related parties) is not more than 25% of the market capitalization of the Company. The Company may pay finders' fees in connection with the Offering in accordance with the policies of the Exchange. The Company also announces that, effective July 7, 2025, (the "Grant Date"), its Board of Directors has granted an aggregate of 3,266,927 stock options (on a post-Consolidation basis) of the Company to certain directors, officers, and consultants of the Company, with all of such stock options (the "Conditional Options") being subject to the receipt of the applicable approval of the disinterested shareholders of the Company, acceptance of the Exchange and approvals required under the ASX Listing Rules. All such stock options shall be exercisable to purchase one common share in the capital of the Company at $0.50 per Share (on a post-Consolidation basis) for a period of three (3) years from the Grant Date and such other terms as may be acceptable to the Exchange. The Conditional Options, together with an amended equity incentive plan that will sufficiently increase the reserve of stock options available to the Company, will be presented to the disinterested shareholders of the Company for review and consideration and, if satisfactory, approval at an upcoming Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. About Kincora Copper Kincora Copper Limited (ASX: KCC) (TSXV: KCC) is an emerging Australia-focussed copper-gold explorer and project generator. The Company is now successfully proving up the prospectivity of its extensive project portfolio, which includes multiple district-scale landholdings and scalable drill ready targets. These assets are located in Australia's Macquarie Arc and Mongolia's Southern Gobi, two of the globe's leading porphyry belts, and the historical Condobolin mining field within the southern section of the Cobar superbasin in New South Wales, Australia. Kincora is using an asset level partner model to develop and implement exploration strategies for its wholly-owned large-scale exploration stage porphyry projects. It has already unlocked over $110 million of potential partner funding for multiple earlier stage and/or non-core porphyry projects, which has resulted in over A$5.5-million of partner funding and 11,000m of drilling to date. Partner discussions are ongoing for its remaining 100% owned flagship projects that are all situated within existing porphyry camps containing over 20 million ounce gold equivalent resource inventory at third party mines and deposits. These partner agreements, when combined with others in the pipeline, are targeted to provide sufficient project management fees for the Company to be self-funding (covering corporate costs and maintenance of remaining wholly owned projects). Kincora is adopting a different exploration funding model for its Condobolin project, which hosts the historical Condobolin open cut gold and base metals mining field located within the southern section of the emerging Cobar Superbasin. The length of time and capital required to both advance and add significant value to this project is expected to be materially less than that needed to similarly progress the Company's porphyry projects. To learn more, please visit: This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Kincora Copper Limited (ARBN 645 457 763) For further information please contact: Sam Spring, President and Chief Executive or +61431 329 345 Executive office400 - 837 West Hastings StreetVancouver, BC V6C 3N6, CanadaTel: 1-604-630-7296 Subsidiary office AustraliaC/- JM Corporate ServicesLevel 6, 350 Collins StreetMelbourne, VIC, Australia 3000 Forward-Looking Statements Certain information regarding Kincora contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to: Rick Rule and Jeff Phillips' participation in the Offering; the intended use of proceeds of the Offering; the completion of the Offering; the amount raised under the Offering; the completion of the Consolidation; the Consolidation ratio; adjustment of the price per Unit; Warrant exercise price and Acceleration Price due to the Consolidation; shareholder and regulatory approval of the Consolidation; Exchange acceptance and approvals required under the ASX Listing Rules of the Offering; the acceleration of the Company's strategy as a result of the financing structure; the Company's capitalization post-Offering, amongst other potential items. Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information and statements. Forward-looking information involves numerous risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially from results suggested in any forward-looking information. These risks and uncertainties include, among other items: market volatility; the state of the financial markets for the Company's securities; fluctuations in commodity prices and investor sentiment; changes in the Company's business plans; and, operating environments. Although Kincora believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Kincora cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, most of which are beyond its control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what Kincora currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include: market prices; exploitation and exploration results; participation in the Offering; shareholder and regulatory approval of the Consolidation; regulatory approval of the Offering; continued availability of capital and financing and general economic; market or business conditions; and, investor sentiment. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information and statements. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information and statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. The forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The information contained herein is stated as of the current date and is subject to change after that date. Kincora does not assume the obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. 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06-06-2025
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Kincora Copper: Expanded Scope for Ongoing Drilling in the Northern Junee-Narromine Belt
The first drilling program by Kincora with earn-in partner AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited (AngloGold Ashanti) at the Nyngan porphyry project has been expanded for a second time to test new targets identified by a recent ground gravity survey: A total of fifteen wide-spaced scout holes for 6,197.3m have been completed in the current program with a further four holes now planned and drilling is ongoing. Encouraging geology, alteration, anomalous copper and pathfinder minerals are noted in multiple holes supporting porphyry copper and epithermal gold potential. A Stage 2 follow up phase of step out drilling is proposed post results and analysis of the ongoing scout-drilling program. Drilling is scheduled to transition from Nyngan to the Nevertire and Nevertire South projects and has been expanded following the second earn-in agreement with AngloGold Ashanti 1: The program will follow-up very promising prior intervals by Newcrest Mining and is designed to discover or create a vectoring pattern to a targeted porphyry deposit. Kincora is managing the programs and receives a 10% management fee. AngloGold Ashanti has the right to spend up to A$100 million via two separate earn-in and joint ventures covering a continuous strike greater than a 100kms including five projects within Kincora's Northern Junee-Narromine Belt portfolio. Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 6, 2025) - Copper-gold explorer and project generator Kincora Copper Limited (ASX: KCC) (TSXV: KCC) ("Kincora" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing and further expanded exploration programs in the Northern Junee-Narromine Belt (NJNB). These programs are located in the undercover extension of the Macquarie Arc in NSW and being conducted under an earn-in and joint venture agreement with AngloGold Ashanti. John Holliday, Technical Committee chair, and Peter Leaman, VP of Exploration, said: "Results from the recent gravity survey and initial scout holes at Nyngan, coupled with the expanded agreement with AngloGold Ashanti, have significantly increased both the scale of this year's drilling program and the management fee income that Kincora receives. "The interactive relationship with AngloGold Ashanti is proving very effective for new target generation, as illustrated by the gravity survey resulting in targets now being drilled. "The initial phase of exploration is generating more new Macquarie Arc volcano-intrusive complex targets potentially hosting both porphyry copper and epithermal gold settings. "Following another four planned holes at Nyngan the rig is scheduled to move to Nevertire South testing high priority step-out targets, which we rate as the most advanced and geologically prospective porphyry project in the covered extensions of the Macquarie Arc. "Following an estimated seven further holes at Nevertire and Nevertire South we expect the rig to then return for a second and step out phase of drilling at Nyngan which will see drilling until the summer break." Nyngan UpdateInitial scout drilling activities at the Nyngan project commenced calendar 4Q'2024 and are ongoing. To date, fifteen holes for 6,197.3m have been completed in partnership with AngloGold Ashanti under the May 2024 earn-in agreement 2. This program utilises cost-effective mud-rotary drilling through the relatively soft post mineral cover sequence followed by diamond core drilling (NQ3) of porphyry-prospective basement. All holes to date have provided samples of basement geology across separate magnetic complexes and key lithological domains hosted within two separate and previously untested Macquarie Arc intrusive complexes, the Ace of Spades and Gerar (formerly South-West) targets, which cover ~16 x 18km and ~7 x 17km, respectively - see Figures 1 & 2 below. Following encouraging results for the first six holes completed in 4Q'2024, the drilling program was expanded to provide greater coverage across the two wider target areas and a ground gravity survey was commissioned and completed in 1Q'2025 3. The gravity survey covered over 400km2 and has identified a number of new targets, four of which are currently being drilled in the ongoing expanded current scout program. Various coincident magnetic and new gravity anomalies have been identified at both the wider Gerar and Ace of Spades targets - see Figure 2 below. Encouraging alteration, anomalous copper and pathfinder minerals are noted in multiple holes supporting porphyry copper and epithermal gold potential - see Tables 1 & 2 below. A Stage 2 follow up phase of step out drilling is proposed at the Nyngan project post completion of the scout drilling program and analysis of results. Nevertire and Nevertire South UpdateFollowing the recent April 2025 amended and second earn-in agreement, plans for exploration activities have been expanded to support a first phase drilling program at both the Nevertire and Nevertire South projects with unimpeded access across the consolidated ~8 x 12km Nevertire Magmatic Complex ("NMC"). This program includes both step out and scout targets with drilling anticipated to commence in August upon completion of the current program at Nyngan. Prior Newcrest Mining drilling at the central and southern section of the NMC has returned anomalous copper-gold mineralisation, favourable fertility defined by green rock analysis, geochemical zonation and alteration suggestive of an outer porphyry system setting with age dates confirming a highly prospective Macquarie Arc intrusive complex (at approximately 220m depth down hole). The northern section of the NMC, which has not been effectively drill tested, is a high priority porphyry target and, in Kincora's view, the most advanced and geologically prospective porphyry target within covered extensions of the Macquarie Arc. A step out drilling program from the best two prior Newcrest drill holes (open to the north, east and west) is designed to discover or create a vectoring pattern to a targeted porphyry deposit - see Figure 2 below - with initial scout holes testing the northern extension onto the Nevertire license. Following an estimated seven holes at Nevertire and Nevertire South, drilling is expected to recommence at Nyngan for a step out phase of drilling. The drilling programs at the Nyngan, Nevertire and Nevertire South projects are expected to continue into the fourth quarter of calendar 2025, providing a regular news flow and management fees to Kincora. Figure 1: A newly recognised, district-scale series of major, untested magmatic complex targets is situated within Kincora's Northern Junee-Narromine Belt portfolio, potentially representing the largest volcano-intrusive complex of the Macquarie Arc To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: Kincora is managing the earn-in programs with AngloGold Ashanti, receiving a 10% management fee of expenditures, covering a continuous 100km strike and 5 projects Figure 2: First phase exploration at Nyngan has been expanded for a second time following positive initial results To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: Drilling is scheduled to transition from the Nyngan to Nevertire and Nevertire South projects, before a Phase 2 step out program at Nyngan supporting drilling until the end of the year Figure 3: 15 wide spaced scout holes have been completed with a further planned four holes in the current first phase of ongoing drilling To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: The current phase of drilling includes scout holes to basement geology across separate magnetic complexes and key lithological domains hosted within two separate and previously untested Macquarie Arc volcano-intrusive complexes (the Ace of Spaces and the Gerar targets (the latter formerly known as the South-West target)). A recent extensive ground gravity survey has generated a number of new targets, four of which are currently being drilled as part of the ongoing program. Due to the very broad nature and extensive regional coverage of the current program Kincora has not provided sectional views of the current scout-drilling phase (as required under Clause 19 of the JORC Code). Such sections are anticipated upon commencement of a Phase 2 follow up step out phase of drilling. Table 1: Nyngan project: Summary of 2024 mud rotary-diamond tail drill holes (metres) Hole MudRotary Diamond Core Endof Hole Interpreted Basement Basement Interval Highlights NYDD002 212.9 240.7 453.6 440.8 12.8 Confirmed Macquarie Arc age chalcopyrite, bornite. NYDD003 257.8 168.6 426.4 255 171.4 Distal propylitic alteration + weak gold-copper anomaly. Minor chalcopyrite. NYDD004 235.3 265.6 500.9 318 182.9 Propylitic alteration + moderate copper anomaly. Minor disseminated chalcopyrite, pyrite (locally up to 5%), and fracture-fill native copper. Trace vein hosted chalcopyrite. NYDD005 335.5 35.7 371.2 333 38.2 Distal propylitic alteration. NYDD006 302.7 135.5 438.2 302.7 135.5 Trace vein hosted chalcopyrite. NYDD007 305.7 210.6 516.3 305.7 210.6 Epithermal overprinting propylitic disseminated and vein hosted pyrite, molybdenite & chalcopyrite with minor fracture filled native copper NYDD008 209.7 174.6 384.3 201 183.3 New potassic + sodic-potassic intrusive system Minor chalcopyrite, rare bornite + fracture-fill native copper NYDD009 287.7 161.8 449.5 282 167.5 Propylitic andesitic with five distinct events Rare pyrite and very fine bornite NYDD010 210.8 79.5 290.3 224.3 66 Distal propylitic alteration + weak gold-copper anomaly. Broad zone of disseminated pyrite with rare chalcopyrite & native copper NYDD011 296.6 165.6 462.2 286 11176176.2 Broad disseminated pyrite with minor chalcopyrite & bornite NYDD012 371.8 104.3 476.2 360 Vv111116.2 Multiple intrusions & breccias with minor chalcopyrite & bornite NYDD013 332.8 36.4 369.2 327 42.2442.2NYDD014 245.7 62.2 307.9 246 61.9661.9 Multiphase hydrothermal-igneous breccias Minor pyrite & bornite NYDD015 260.6 104.8 365.4 246 119.4 New intrusive system, pervasive propylitic alteration. Minor pyrite & chalcopyrite NYDD016 302.5 69.7 372.2 286 86.2 New intrusive system. Volcanic + intrusive + breccia rare chalcopyrite, pyrite, sericite Total 4,281.9 1,915.4 6,197.3 Table 2: Nyngan project: Selected maximum and any notable broader assay values for 2024/2025 drill holes Assay results for holes NYDD013 to NYDD016 are pending Hole Copper (ppm) Gold (ppm) As (ppm) Mo (ppm) S (%) Ag (ppm) NYDD002 424 0.011 6.0 1.56 0.03 0.29 NYDD003 378 0.016 29.4 1.23 0.19 0.24 NYDD004 680 0.038 15.8 1.60 0.85 0.28 NYDD005 159 0.014 16.8 1.48 1.08 0.66 NYDD006 245 0.016 27.1 1.27 0.02 0.32 NYDD007 472 0.215 11.1 211.0 3.49 0.59 NYDD008 265 0.018 6.7 2.18 0.08 1.12 NYDD009 207 0.003 5.0 0.60 0.03 0.19 NYDD010 262 0.014 5.9 1.20 0.25 0.19 NYDD011 395 0.028 63.4 14.90 1.61 0.35 NYDD012 453 0.021 26.6 3.27 0.65 0.48 Table 3: Nyngan project: Summary of mud rotary-diamond drilling Holes completed to date 2024/2025 at the Ace of Spaces and the Gerar targets (the latter formerly known as the South-West target) Target Hole End of Hole (m) Dip (°) Azimuth (true) Easting (MGA) Northing(MGA) Elevation (m) Diamond Core recovery (%) Gerar NYDD002 453.6 -90 0 517309 6532972 165 99.9% Ace of Spades NYDD003 426.4 -90 0 533326 6554167 162 99.7% Ace of Spades NYDD004 500.9 -90 0 533918 6547408 158 97.5% Ace of Spades NYDD005 371.2 -75 247 529381 6557836 159 98.0% Ace of Spades NYDD006 438.2 -90 0 525242 6554783 158 99.7% Ace of Spades NYDD007 516.3 -90 0 525542 6545010 160 99.6% Gerar NYDD008 384.30 -90 0 518160 6535379 159 99.8% Ace of Spades NYDD009 449.5 -90 0 528818 6548318 163 100% Ace of Spades NYDD010 290.3 -90 0 533680 6555200 162 99.9% Ace of Spades NYDD011 462.2 -90 0 532000 6559000 159 99.3% Ace of Spades NYDD012 476.2 -90 0 535498 6550116 155 100% Ace of Spades NYDD013 369.2 -90 0 530630 6544500 160 100% Ace of Spades NYDD014 307.9 -90 0 524440 6551352 160 99.6% Ace of Spades NYDD015 365.4 -90 0 531656 6556402 159 95.2% Ace of Spades NYDD016 372.2 -90 0 533623 6551638 160 100% About the Nyngan ProjectThe Nyngan license (Exploration Licence 8929) was the first ground Kincora secured in NSW. It is a large 762km2 direct application tenement granted by the NSW State Government covering a significant portion of the interpreted under cover section of the northern Junee-Narromine Belt. The Junee-Narromine Belt is one of the two largest belts of the Macquarie Arc, Australia's foremost porphyry belt, which hosts a mineral endowment of over 160 million gold equivalent ounces 4. The license hosts almost no prior explorer drilling even though regional geophysics strongly indicates a new potential district-scale setting for a significant number of interpreted, large-scale, porphyry copper-gold volcano-intrusive complex targets. In May 2024, Kincora signed a definitive multiple-phase Earn-in and Joint Venture Agreement over the Nyngan and Nevertire licences with AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti plc, the world's fourth largest gold miner by production which has a successful track record for greenfields discovery success and is already actively exploring in the district via a similar multiple-phase Earn-in and Joint Venture Agreement with Inflection Resources ("AUCU" on the CSE). AngloGold Ashanti has the right to spend up to A$50 million to earn an 80% interest in the Nyngan and Nevertire licenses through: A$25 million of exploration expenditure to earn a 70% joint venture interest (Phase I), with Kincora the initial operator for a 10% management fee. Completion of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) or funding of a further A$25 million of expenditure to earn an 80% joint venture interest (Phase II). In July 2024, separate to the Agreement with AngloGold Ashanti, Kincora formed a partnership with Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd ("Fleet Space") to undertake Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) and gravity geophysical surveys under a research and development grant at the Nyngan project 5. The Fleet Space surveys were completed in 2024 and focused on a small portion of the Ace of Spades target. The 1Q'2025, gravity survey covering ~400km2 provides further coverage across the extensions of the Gerar (formerly the South-West) and Ace of Spade targets and infill spacing over areas of the 2024 ground gravity survey. First phase scout drilling commenced in calendar 4Q'2024, with an initial six holes completed before the year end summer break, seeking to drill-test six large intrusive complex targets for the first time. Encouraging results supporting proof of concept, coupled with several new targets resulting from the ground gravity survey, has resulted in two expansions to the initial phase scout drilling program at both targets. A second phase step out drilling program will be planned pending results and analysis of the ongoing exploration program. About the NJNB Project Portfolio The Macquarie Arc is a hotspot for recent corporate activity with over A$16 billion of M&A for producing porphyry assets and over A$385 million of exploration earn-in/joint ventures 6. The district has seen considerable exploration success, including two greater than 10Moz gold equivalent discoveries/resource expansions 7. Despite regional magnetics effectively mapping the Macquarie Arc volcanic belts, due to the post mineral cover there has been very limited prior drilling of the extensions of both the Junee-Narromine and Molong volcanic belts relative to the southern more outcropping sections which hosts a number of world-class mines (e.g. Cadia, Cowal and Northparkes). Kincora's portfolio and the wider NJNB offers new district-scale discovery potential with spatial and temporal settings, coupled with magnetics, gravity and new Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) surveys, supportive of large-scale targets analogous to porphyry deposits located in the southern section of the Arc. AngloGold Ashanti has secured Earn-in and Joint Venture Agreements with both Kincora and Inflection Resources ( ("Inflection", market capitalisation C$33.2 million, >3x Kincora's 8) within the NJNB with over A$14 million investment to date 9. In 2Q'2025, AngloGold Ashanti moved to Phase II of its earn-in agreement with Inflection designating a total of four projects to continue earning into (including two projects adjacent to Kincora's Nyngan project) 10 and signed a major amendment with Kincora to include a second joint venture supporting a continuous strike greater than a 100kms and five projects. The most recent notable example of a new globally significant emerging porphyry district is the Vicuña district, which is also an extension of a renowned world-class porphyry belt. Vicuña is an extension of the central Andean belts in Argentina on the border of Chile and situated at over 4000m altitude. Within this district NGEx Resources Inc in 2009 held three early-stage exploration projects and at the time had a market capitalisation of approximately C$40 million 11. These same projects are all still at a pre-development phase but have yielded in four large-scale discoveries currently valued at over A$10 billion 12. Kincora was an early mover into the Northern Junee-Narromine Belt, securing a district scale portfolio of the interpreted most prospective and shallow to moderate covered part of the northwards extension of the Macquarie Arc under post mineral cover. This portfolio now covers a strike twice the length of the Vicuña district and included in earn-in and agreements with AngloGold Ashanti. About Kincora Kincora Copper Limited (TSXV: KCC) (ASX: KCC) is an emerging Australia-focused copper-gold explorer. The Company is now successfully proving up the prospectivity of its extensive project portfolio, which includes multiple district-scale landholdings and scalable drill ready targets. These assets are located in Australia's Macquarie Arc and Mongolia's Southern Gobi, two of the globe's leading porphyry belts, and the historical Condobolin mining field within the Cobar superbasin in NSW. Kincora is using an asset level partner model to develop and implement exploration strategies for its wholly-owned large-scale exploration stage porphyry projects. It has already unlocked over $110 million of potential partner funding for multiple earlier stage and/or non-core porphyry projects 13. These initial deals have supported over 11,000 metres of drilling and over A$5.5m of partner funded exploration since late 2024, with management fees and exploration ramping up 13. Partner discussions are ongoing for its remaining 100% owned flagship projects that are all situated within existing porphyry camps containing over 20 million ounce gold equivalent resource inventory. These partner agreements, when combined with others in the pipeline, are expected to provide sufficient project management fees for the Company to be self-funding (covering corporate costs and maintenance of remaining wholly owned projects). Kincora is retaining 100% ownership for its Condobolin project, which hosts a historical high-grade open cut gold and base metals mining field located within the southern section of the emerging Cobar Superbasin. The length of time and capital required to both advance and add significant value to this project is materially less than that needed to similarly progress the Company's porphyry projects. To learn more, please visit: References:1 Kincora press release Apr 14, 2025, "Second Major Earn-in Secured with AngloGold Ashanti"2 Kincora press release May 28, 2024, "AngloGold Ashanti to earn-in to the NJNB Project"3 Kincora press release Feb 13, 2025, "Encouraging results expands Kincora Copper and AngloGold Ashanti's First Drilling Program"4 MinEx Consulting report for Kincora.5 Kincora press release Jul 24, 2024, "ANT and Gravity Geophysical Surveys at the Nyngan Project"6 Ocean Blue Equities Oct 8, 2024 initiation research report on Waratah Minerals with the addition of Newmont's earn-in and joint venture agreements with Koonenberry Gold ( for the:(a) Junee porphyry project (A$23.9m of expenditure to date, ex the Jan 2025 drilling with Koonenberry Gold carried until commercial production); and,(b) Fairholme porphyry project (Koonenberry carried until A$15m of exploration expenditure, with A$1.14m spent to date, ex the Jan 2025 drilling program).7 Public data, including the resource growth at the Cowal project since Evolution Mining's acquisition driven by the Dalwhinnie underground discovery and the discovery/resource growth of the Boda and Kaiser deposits by Alkane Resources.8 Market capitalisation of Inflection Resources as at June 3rd and Kincora on the ASX as at June 4th, 2025 (FX 0.90).9 Includes AngloGold Ashanti funded exploration with Kincora and Inflection as at Dec 31, 2024, including Phase 1 and Phase 2 expenditures with Inflection (refer to the Mar 3, 2025 "MD&A" for the quarter ended Dec 2024). 10 Inflection Resources' Mar 25, 2025 release "AngloGold Ashanti Designates Four Inflection Resources Projects for Phase II of Exploration Earn-in Agreement".11 Refer to NGEx Mineral's presentation July 2024 for further details.12 ">A$10 billion market value": includes values for Filo Corp & Josemaria based on the Jul 29, 2024 transaction values from Lundin Mining & BHP (see public market releases, "Lundin Mining and BHP to Acquire Filo and Form a 50/50 Joint Venture to Progress the Filo del Sol and Josemaria Projects") and May 30th, 2025 market capitalisation of NGEx Minerals.13 Over A$110 million of potential partner funding for eight earlier stage and/or non-core projects, with over 11,000 metres of drilling and over A$5.5m of partner funded exploration since late 2024 includes: (a) The original up to A$50m earn-in & JV agreement with AngloGold Ashanti for the Nyngan & Nevertire projects and amended agreement to include the Nyngan South, Nevertire South and Mulla projects: refer May 28, 2024 release "AngloGold Ashanti to earn-in to the NJNB Project" and Apr 14, 2025, "Second Major Earn-in Secured with AngloGold Ashanti" (estimated budget >A$3.5m, incl. 6,197.3m drilling, Kincora currently the project manager receiving a 10% fee of expenditure). For more information on AngloGold Ashanti please visit their website at (b) Fleet Space Technologies (which in December 2024 raised A$150m in a Series D financing) partnership under R&D Grant for geophysical surveys at Nyngan: refer Jul 25, 2024 release "ANT and Gravity Geophysical Surveys at the Nyngan Project" (est. budget A$500k). For more information on Fleet Space please visit their website at (c) Fleet Space partnership for the Wongarbon project: refer Oct 16, 2024 release "Kincora announces Strategic Investment & Expanded Partnership with Fleet Space" (Fleet Space is to conduct ANT & gravity surveys with the right to fund >2000m of drilling for an earn-in/JV. Est. budget for ANT & gravity surveys $600k, follow up drilling >A$0.5m) (d) Exploration Alliance partner Earth AI (which in January 2025 raised US$20m in a Series B financing) drilling commenced at the Cundumbul project: refer May 20, 2024 release "Artificial Intelligence Partner Drilling New Copper Targets at the Cundumbul Project" (Earth AI has the right to right to spend up to A$4.5m at Cundumbul and earn an NSR upon a "qualifying interval". Estimated budget to date >A$800k, incl. 5 completed holes for >2000m with a VTEM geophysical survey recently completed and analysis ongoing). (e) Woomera Mining (now Orbminco Ltd - ASX:OB1) agreement for Kincora's Mongolian assets: refer Aug 12, 2024 release "Kincora secures funded, successful and motivated partner for Mongolian assets" & Orbminco release Jan 14, 2025 "Drilling Results for Bronze Fox Copper-Gold Project", incl. drilling results & technical details/disclaimers (Orbminco has the right to spend US$4m for a 80% interest in the Mongolian subsidiaries with Kincora free carry also to Final Investment Decision (FID) or a cash payment + NSR acquisition right for 100% interest. Orbminco consideration shares to Kincora $450k (issue price). Estimated budget >C$1.2m to Mar 31, 2025 incl. 2516m of drilling (& ex-planned conversion of the western exploration to a mining license and 2025 proposed geophysics and drilling). This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Kincora Copper Limited (ARBN 645 457 763) For further information, please contact: Sam Spring, President and Chief Executive Officer or +61431 329 345 Executive office 400 - 837 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3N6, CanadaTel: 1.604.283.1722Fax: 1.888.241.5996 Subsidiary office Australia Vista Australia Level 4, 100 Albert RoadSouth Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Qualified Person The scientific and technical information in this announcement was prepared in accordance with the standards of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and was reviewed, verified and compiled by Kincora's staff under the supervision of Peter Leaman ( Mineral Exploration, FAusIMM), Senior Vice-President of Exploration of Kincora, and John Holliday (BSc Hons, BEc, member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists), Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Kincora's Technical Committee, who are Qualified Persons for the purpose of NI 43-101. JORC Competent Person StatementInformation in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves are those that have been previously reported (with the original release referred to in this announcement), in the case of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves the material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates have not materially changed, and have been reviewed and approved by John Holliday and Peter Leaman, who are Competent Persons under the definition established by JORC and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. John Holliday and Peter Leaman consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. The review and verification process for the information disclosed herein for the Nyngan Projects have included the receipt of all material exploration data, results and sampling procedures of previous operators and review of such information by Kincora's geological staff using standard verification procedures. Forward-Looking StatementsCertain information regarding Kincora contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Although Kincora believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Kincora cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, most of which are beyond its control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what Kincora currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration results, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions. The forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The information contained herein is stated as of the current date and is subject to change after that date. Kincora does not assume the obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) or the Australian Securities Exchange accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Expanded scope of ongoing drilling in the Northern Junee-Narromine Belt (June 6th, 2025)Website: enquiries@ JORC TABLE 1 Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections). Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Sampling techniques Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut channels, random chips, or specific specialised industry standard measurement tools appropriate to the minerals under investigation, such as down hole gamma sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc.). These examples should not be taken as limiting the broad meaning of sampling. Include reference to measures taken to ensure sample representivity and the appropriate calibration of any measurement tools or systems used. Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that are Material to the Public Report. In cases where 'industry standard' work has been done this would be relatively simple (e.g. 'reverse circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg was pulverised to produce a 30 g charge for fire assay'). In other cases more explanation may be required, such as where there is coarse gold that has inherent sampling problems. Unusual commodities or mineralisation types (eg submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed information. Kincora Copper Limited ("Kincora") is the operator of the Nyngan Project (EL8929) undertaking exploration in partnership with AngloGold Ashanti under an earn-in and joint venture agreement. Drill hole planning, targeting, sampling and budgeting is discussed and agreed at quarterly technical committee workshops between Kincora and AngloGold Ashanti. Drilling utilises mud-rotary to refusal followed by diamond coring methods by Ophir Drilling Pty Ltd (based in Orange) from which sub-samples of core are taken over 2 m intervals and pulverised to produce suitable aliquots for fire assay and ICP-MS. Diamond drilling was used to obtain core samples from the ground, which was then structurally, geotechnically and geologically logged. Some sample intervals spanning lithological contacts or changes in alteration and mineralization were less than 2 m. Sampling was completed to industry standards with 1⁄4 core for PQ and HQ diameter diamond core and 1⁄2 core for NQ3 diameter diamond core sent to the lab for each sample interval. Samples were assayed via the following methods: Gold: Au-Tl43 (Fire assay)-Multiple elements: ME-MS61 (4 acid digestion with ICP-MS analysis of 48 elements) Assay results >10g/t gold and/or 1% copper are re-assayed Hyperspectral: analysis of alteration minerals using Terraspec instrument and HYP-PKG All of the diamond core from the 2024/25 drilling of sixteen holes have been cut and submitted to Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd (ALS) in Orange, with assays returned for all holes. Multiple batches of core samples for petrological descriptions and confirmation of the lithologies, alteration assemblages, textures and paragenesis have being submitted where appropriate. Various quarter core samples have been submitted for U-Pb age dating of the zircon, titanite or apatite grains seeking to confirm Macquarie Arc date ranges. A suite of coherent (volcanic and intrusive) rocks have been chosen for lithogeochemistry. Select existing pulps maybe be re-run as Li borate fusion discs to obtain more accurate trace element concentrations. Historic sampling on other projects included soils, rock chips and drilling (aircore, reserve circulation and diamond core). Drilling techniques Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc) and details (e.g. core diameter, triple or standard tube, depth of diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other type, whether core is oriented and if so, by what method, etc.). Drilling by Kincora at Nyngan has used cost effective mud-rotary in the cover sequence rocks and diamond core drilling in the basement rocks with NQ triple tube diameter diamond core tail. This technique is proving time and cost effective to gain initial samples of basement across separate magnetic complexes and key lithological domains. Historic drilling on other Kincora projects has used a variety of methods including aircore, reverse circulation and diamond core. Drill sample recovery Method of recording and assessing core and chip sample recoveries and results assessed. Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and ensure representative nature of the samples. Whether a relationship exists between sample recovery and grade and whether sample bias may have occurred due to preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material. Drill core recovery was logged. Diamond drill core recoveries are contained in the body of the announcement - see Table 3. Core recoveries were recorded by measuring the total length of recovered core expressed as a proportion of the drilled run length. There is no relationship between core recoveries and grades. Logging Whether core and chip samples have been geologically and geotechnically logged to a level of detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource estimation, mining studies and metallurgical studies. Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.) photography. The total length and percentage of the relevant intersections logged. All holes are geologically logged for their entire length including lithology, alteration, mineralization (sulphides and oxides), veining and structure. Logging is mostly qualitative in nature, with some visual estimation of mineral proportions that is semi-quantitative. Measurements are taken on structures where core is orientated. All core is photographed wet and dry Historic drilling was logged with logging mostly recorded on paper in reports lodged with the NSW State. Sub-sampling techniques and sample preparation If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, half or all core taken. If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary split, etc. and whether sampled wet or dry. For all sample types, the nature, quality and appropriateness of the sample preparation technique. Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-sampling stages to maximise representivity of samples. Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is representative of the in situ material collected, including for instance results for field duplicate/second-half sampling. Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain size of the material being sampled. Once all standardised processing of photography and geological information was extracted from the drill core, the sample intervals were cut with an automatic core saw, bagged and delivered to the laboratory. This is an appropriate sampling technique for this style of mineralization and is the industry standard for sampling of diamond drill core. PQ and HQ sub-samples are quarter cored and NQ half cored. Sample sizes are considered appropriate the nature of lithology and mineralization being sampled. No duplicate samples were taken. Quality of assay data and laboratory tests The nature, quality and appropriateness of the assaying and laboratory procedures used and whether the technique is considered partial or total. For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld XRF instruments, etc, the parameters used in determining the analysis including instrument make and model, reading times, calibrations factors applied and their derivation, etc. Nature of quality control procedures adopted (e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision have been established. Gold was determined by fire assay and a suite of other elements including Cu and Mo by 4-acid digest with ICP-MS finish at ALS laboratories in Orange. For all holes, every 20th sample was either a commercially supplied pulp standard or pulp blank Certified Reference Material. Results of the Certified Reference Materials provide confidence in the accuracy of the analyses returned from ALS. ALS provides its own quality controls including laboratory duplicates and blanks as part of its routine procedures and provides these results to Kincora. Historic assays on other projects were mostly gold by fire assay and other elements by ICP. Verification of sampling and assaying The verification of significant intersections by either independent or alternative company personnel. The use of twinned holes. Documentation of primary data, data entry procedures, data verification, data storage (physical and electronic) protocols. Discuss any adjustment to assay data. Significant intercepts were calculated by Kincora's geological staff. No twinned holes have been completed. The intercepts have not been verified by independent personnel, other than during quarterly reviews by AngloGold Ashanti, and, specialist consultants on an ad hoc basis. Logging data is captured digitally on electronic logging tablets and sampling data is captured on paper logs and transcribed to an electronic format into a relational master online database maintained by Kincora. Transcribed data is verified by the logging geologist. Assay data is received from the laboratory in electronic format and uploaded to the master database. Digital copies of Certificates of Analysis are stored in the master online database. No adjustments to assay data have been made. Outstanding assays are outlined in the body of the announcement. Location of data points Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill holes (collar and down-hole surveys), trenches, mine workings and other locations used in Mineral Resource estimation. Specification of the grid system used. Quality and adequacy of topographic control. Collar positions are set up using a hand-held GPS to less than 5 m horizontal and vertical accuracy. Drillholes are surveyed downhole every 30 m using an electronic gyro instrument and when drillholes terminated a single shot is taken. For NYDD002 and NYDD003, a single shot gyro survey was taken every 12m while pulling out of the hole. Grid system used is the Map Grid of Australia Zone 55, GDA 94 datum. Topography in the area of Nyngan is near-flat and drill collar elevations provide adequate control. Data spacing and distribution Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. Whether the data spacing and distribution is sufficient to establish the degree of geological and grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation procedure(s) and classifications applied. Whether sample compositing has been applied. Kincora drilling at Nyngan is at an early stage, undertaking a wide spaced initial scout drilling programme seeking to determine depth to basement and provide maiden samples of basement geology across separate magnetic complexes and key lithological domains to provide wide spatial coverage within the Gerar (formerly South-West) and Ace of Spades targets. Data spacing at this stage is insufficient to establish the continuity required for sections or a Mineral Resource estimate. No sample compositing was applied to Kincora drilling. Historic drilling on Nyngan and other projects was completed at various drill hole spacings and no other projects have spacing sufficient to establish a mineral resource. Orientation of data in relation to geological structure Whether the orientation of sampling achieves unbiased sampling of possible structures and the extent to which this is known, considering the deposit type. If the relationship between the drilling orientation and the orientation of key mineralised structures is considered to have introduced a sampling bias, this should be assessed and reported if material. The drill holes are either vertical for depth penetration or steeply angled toward geophysical targets. At this stage of drilling the orientation the orientation of any mineralized structures or mineralized intercepts has not yet been determined. Sample security The measures taken to ensure sample security. Kincora staff or their contractors oversaw all stages of drill core sampling. Bagged samples were placed inside polyweave sacks that were zip-tied, stored in a locked container and then transported to the laboratory by Kincora field personnel. Audits or reviews The results of any audits or reviews of sampling techniques and data. Mining Associates has completed an review of sampling techniques and procedures undertaken by Kincora at the Trundle Project dated January 31st, 2021, as outlined in the Independent Technical Report included in the ASX listing prospectus, which is available at: has continued to follow similar sampling techniques, systems and controls. Regular site visits are undertaken by Kincora's asset level partner, AngloGold Ashanti, with quarterly technical committee workshops reviewing all aspects of the programme. Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.) Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Mineral tenement and land tenure status Type, reference name/number, location and ownership including agreements or material issues with third parties such as joint ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties, native title interests, historical sites, wilderness or national park and environmental settings. The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting along with any known impediments to obtaining a licence to operate in the area. On May 28, 2024, Kincora announced a multi-phase Earn-In and Joint Venture Arrangement with a wholly owned subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti Plc for the Northern Junee-Narromine Belt (NJNB) Project, including EL8929. EL8929 (the Nyngan Project) is wholly owned by Kincora. On March 18, 2024, a three-year extension was granted to Kincora for EL8929 until January 2027. The licence is in good standing and there are no known impediments to obtaining a licence to operate. 22 Assessable Prospecting Operation (APO) approvals for drilling are in place, enabling 22 drill holes with 15 holes having already been completed (rehabilitation reports submitted for 14). Currently one further new APO is pending. Land access agreements are in place to execute the proposed ongoing scout drilling programme. Exploration done by other parties Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties. All Kincora projects have had previous exploration work undertaken, albeit relatively limited prior drilling at the Nyngan review and verification process for the information disclosed herein and of other parties for the Nyngan Project has included the receipt of all material exploration data, results and sampling procedures of previous operators and review of such information by Kincora's geological staff using standard verification procedures. Further details of exploration efforts and data of other parties are providing in the March 1st, 2021, Independent Technical Report included in the ASX listing prospectus, which is available at: Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation. The Nyngan Project is interpreted to be located in the undercover northern extension of the Junee-Narromine Belt of the Macquarie Arc, part of the Lachlan Orogen. Targeted rocks comprise successions of volcano-sedimentary rocks of Ordovician age intruded by suites of subduction arc-related intermediate to felsic intrusions of late Ordovician to early Silurian age. Kincora is exploring for porphyry-style copper and gold mineralization, copper-gold skarn plus related high sulphidation and epithermal gold systems. Drill hole Information A summary of all information material to the understanding of the exploration results including a tabulation of the following information for all Material drill holes: easting and northing of the drill hole collar elevation or RL (Reduced Level - elevation above sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar dip and azimuth of the hole down hole length and interception depth hole length. If the exclusion of this information is justified on the basis that the information is not Material and this exclusion does not detract from the understanding of the report, the Competent Person should clearly explain why this is the case. Detailed information on Kincora's drilling at Nyngan is given in the body and Tables of this report. Data aggregation methods In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging techniques, maximum and/or minimum grade truncations (e.g. cutting of high grades) and cut-off grades are usually Material and should be stated. Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short lengths of high grade results and longer lengths of low grade results, the procedure used for such aggregation should be stated and some typical examples of such aggregations should be shown in detail. The assumptions used for any reporting of metal equivalent values should be clearly stated. For Kincora drilling at Nyngan the following methods were used: Porphyry gold-copper intercepts were aggregated using a cut-off grade of 200ppm copper. Internal dilution below cut off included was generally less than 25% of the total reported intersection length. Core loss was included as dilution at zero values. Average gold and copper grades calculated as averages weighted to sample lengths. Historic drilling results in other project areas are reported at different cut-off grades depending on the nature of mineralisation. Relationship between mineralisation widths and intercept lengths These relationships are particularly important in the reporting of Exploration Results. If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to the drill hole angle is known, its nature should be reported. If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are reported, there should be a clear statement to this effect (eg 'down hole length, true width not known'). Due to the uncertainty of mineralization orientation, the true width of mineralization is not known at Nyngan. Intercepts from historic drilling reported at other projects are also of unknown true width. Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and tabulations of intercepts should be included for any significant discovery being reported These should include, but not be limited to a plan view of drill hole collar locations and appropriate sectional views. Relevant diagrams and tables are included in the body of the report noting that the current phase of drilling includes scout holes to basement geology across separate magnetic complexes and key lithological domains hosted within two separate and previously untested Macquarie Arc volcano-intrusive complexes (the Ace of Spaces and Gerar (the latter formerly known as the South-West target)). Due to the very board nature and extensive regional coverage of the program the Company has not provide sectional views of the current scout-drilling phase (as required under Clause 19 of the JORC Code). Such sections are anticipated upon commencement of a Phase 2 follow up step out phase of drilling. Balanced reporting Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration Results is not practicable, representative reporting of both low and high grades and/or widths should be practiced to avoid misleading reporting of Exploration Results. Intercepts reported for Kincora's drilling at Nyngan are zones of higher grade within unmineralized or weakly anomalous material. Other substantive exploration data Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, should be reported including (but not limited to): geological observations; geophysical survey results; geochemical survey results; bulk samples - size and method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminating substances. No other exploration data is considered material to the reporting of results at Nyngan. Other data of interest to further exploration targeting is included in the body of the report. Historic exploration data coverage and results are included in the body of the report for Kincora's other projects. Further work The nature and scale of planned further work (e.g. tests for lateral extensions or depth extensions or large-scale step-out drilling). Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible extensions, including the main geological interpretations and future drilling areas, provided this information is not commercially sensitive. Areas within the Gerar and Ace of Spades targets at the Nyngan Project have been chosen for a continuation of the scout drilling during 2025, seeking to provide further wide special coverage of interpreted intrusive complexes. Existing and new APOs are in place for the current scout drilling phase - see Figures 2 & 3 above. Coupled with more detailed geoscientific studies, including petrology, lithogeochemistry and geochronology, the continuation of the scout drilling programme assist with specific vectoring and a proposed second phase follow-up diamond drilling programmes that are expected towards the end of 2025 after drilling at the Nevertire and Nevertire South projects. To view the source version of this press release, please visit Sign in to access your portfolio
Irish Times
31-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Kincora: Britain's Shame by Chris Moore - Strong and unnerving, some accounts linger like a bad taste
Kincora: Britain's Shame Author : Chris Moore ISBN-13 : 9781785375545 Publisher : Merrion Press Guideline Price : €19.99 When Chris Moore started working as a journalist with the BBC in 1979, one of his first assignments was to report on sexual abuse of boys at the Kincora Boys' Home on the Newtownards Road in Belfast . That home was being run by three men, Joseph Mains, Raymond Semple and William McGrath, who were convicted of raping boys in their care. But from an early stage there were indications that the story was much wider than the predations of these three horrors. McGrath was the leader of an eccentric loyalist paramilitary group called Tara, which was interested in reviving Irish identity among Protestants with a view to uniting Ireland inside the UK . He was an evangelical preacher with a theology which endorsed his homosexual interests. Hadn't there been loving relationships between men in the Bible? Think Jesus and John. READ MORE McGrath's political connections raised suspicion that men in his wider circle were abusing children at Kincora too and, further, that the security services had an interest in suppressing the story and curtailing Moore's investigations. Moore is now in his 70s and an independent researcher and writer, free of some of the constraints he believes the BBC imposed on him. And remarkably, he has stayed with this story and travelled the world to meet the men whose lives were tarnished by McGrath and others. Much of Moore's approach is to extrapolate from evidence and in cases his extrapolations are strong and unnerving. There was interference from MI5. McGrath was an agent. MI5's interest was in exploring the connections between unionist politicians and loyalist paramilitaries. There are compelling witness accounts here of boys being taken from the home to servicemen with secret lives, most notably Lord Louis Mountbatten , identified retrospectively by boys as their abuser from his picture on television after he was blown up in his boat by the IRA at Mullaghmore in 1979. The book also reminds us of a time when McGrath's homosexuality was treated as criminal and sinful. The account of him being subjected on police orders to the discredited anal dilation test is one that, once read, lingers like a bad taste. But a word to his publisher: a book like this should have end notes and an index.
The Journal
16-05-2025
- The Journal
New claims Mountbatten sexually abused children from notorious Belfast boys' home
A NEW BOOK claims that boys were taken from a notorious Belfast children's home to Lord Louis Mountbatten's home in Co Sligo, where he then sexually abused them. 'Kincora: Britain's Shame' alleges that MI5 and the British political establishment have attempted to cover up his involvement in a paedophile ring which operated out of Kincora Boys' Hostel in East Belfast in the 1970s. The book was written by former BBC journalist Chris Moore, who has investigated Kincora for over 40 years. Kincora opened on Belfast's Upper Newtownards Road, close to Stormont's Parliament Buildings, in May 1958. It closed in October 1980 following the exposure of sexual abuse there. The building was demolished in 2022. According to the book, five people claim that they were sexually abused and raped by Mountbatten, who was a great-uncle to King Charles III. Moore spoke to three of them, who alleged that they were taken to Classiebawn Castle, Mountbatten's home in Mullaghmore, in the summer of 1977, and were raped by him. Two of the boys lived in Kincora at the time. One of the men said they were taken to Classiebawn by Joe Mains, a paedophile who was a warden at Kincora. Speaking to The Journal , Moore said that Mains was the leader of the paedophile ring. 'Joe Mains took naked photographs of the boys in Kincora, so that he could show these boys to his clients, and they could order whichever boy they wanted,' he said. 'That's new evidence that's come from one of the survivors of Mountbatten's sexual abuse.' The former Kincora Boys Home on Upper Newtownards Road in Belfast was demolished in 2022. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo Mains, along with two other senior staff at Kincora – Raymond Semple and William McGrath – were jailed in 1981 for abusing 11 boys there. McGrath was the housemaster at Kincora and a prominent member of the Orange Order. He was also involved with Tara, an armed Loyalist paramilitary organisation. In the book, Moore writes that police sources told him that McGrath was an agent informer for MI5 in the 1970s while employed at Kincora. MI5 'obstructed investigations' He said that George Caskey, an RUC detective who led inquiries into the boys' home in the 1980s, told him that MI5 'obstructed' his investigations and that to him, this represented 'criminal actions'. Nothing was done about it. They got away with it. Advertisement 'I have used secret documents that disclose exactly how MI5 frustrated the Tory government of Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s,' Moore said. 'I've got emails and telex messages that they used at the time that show that MI5 did not want any of their officers to be questioned or to be summoned to a court.' He said MI5 persuaded the British government not to have a full judicial inquiry, which resulted in a 'watered down' inquiry 'under an English judge, as MI5 demanded'. Mountbatten was killed when the IRA detonated a bomb on his boat in Mullaghmore, Co Sligo in August 1979. His 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, and a local teenager who worked for him – Paul Maxwell – were also killed. Another member of his party – the Dowager Lady Brabourne – died the day after the attack. During a visit to Ireland in 2015, then-Prince Charles visited the site of the attack in Mullaghmore. The killing was later dramatised for The Crown, the Netflix series about the British royal family, in 2020. Arthur Smyth was 11 years old when he claims he was raped twice by Mountbatten in 1977. He told Moore that he had no idea who Mountbatten was until he saw on the news in 1979 that he had been killed. 'I went up to my bedroom. I started crying. I felt sick,' Smyth says in the book. 'That somebody in high stature like this could do such a thing, because we all think that a paedophile is a bloke that you don't know, that he's weird-looking or he doesn't look right, but he fooled everybody. 'He was a paedophile and people need to know him for what he was … not for what they're portraying him to be.' In 2022, Smyth waived his right to anonymity to make the allegation against Mountbatten and launched legal proceedings against a number of institutions. It came a month after the publication of a report by NI Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson, which found that complaints made about the failure of police to investigate allegations of sexual abuse in Kincora were 'legitimate and justified' . Moore writes in the book that two separate investigations into Kincora in 1975 were blocked by MI5 and the then Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). 'Those investigations should have been allowed to grow then… For five years after that, boys continued to be raped and sexually abused.' He also writes that secret government files on Kincora have been locked away, some until 2065 and others until 2085. He said that the British intelligence services 'need to reveal what they know'. 'What's in the files? What is it they're hiding? What do they want to hide? Did they know that boys were being sexually abused? Did they do nothing about it?'. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
