Rio Claro Titanium-Iron
High-Grade Ti-Fe Mineralized Float Blocks
Rio Claro Titanium-Iron
High-Grade Ti-Fe Mineralized Float Blocks
Overview
The Rio Claro Project, situated in Israelândia within Brazil’s prolific Goiás region, represents a highly prospective early-stage exploration opportunity targeting iron, titanium, and phosphate mineralization within a complex Neoproterozoic geological setting. Covering nearly 900 hectares, the property is strategically located 13 km from Israelândia town, offering good access and infrastructure advantages. Recent reconnaissance work combining detailed geological mapping, extensive surface sampling, and high-resolution ground magnetics has delineated compelling magnetic anomalies aligned with high-grade Ti-Fe mineralized float blocks, interpreted as part of layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions associated with Fe-Ti-V deposits. The project is positioned within the Brasília Fold Belt’s Tocantins Structural Province, an area known for significant mineral systems including rare earths and phosphate, and promises vast exploration upside to define valuable mineral resources. With a robust, phased exploration plan identified, Rio Claro is poised to become a cornerstone asset for BrasNova.
Key Highlights for Rio Claro Project
- Strategic Location & Land Tenure: Located 13 km northeast of Israelândia, Goiás, Brazil; covers 896.61 hectares fully owned under a research permit; easy access via paved and secondary roads with logistical support from nearby towns.
- Geological Setting: Part of the Brasília Fold Belt in the Tocantins Structural Province, featuring Neoproterozoic metavolcanic-sedimentary sequences, mafic-ultramafic intrusions, banded iron formations (BIFs), and granitic bodies—all prospective for iron, titanium, phosphate, and rare earth element mineralization.
- Promising Mineralization: Initial grab and soil sampling confirmed TiO₂ grades above 18% with Fe₂O₃ exceeding 70% in some magnetite-rich float samples; magnetic surveys correlate with these high-grade zones highlighting layered mafic-ultramafic rocks and BIF units.
- Exploration Activity: Fieldwork in 2025 included 17 rock grab samples, 4 soil samples, geological mapping at 1:20,000 scale, and a ground magnetic survey over nearly 900 hectares, identifying three priority magnetic targets for drill follow-up.
- Exploration Methodology & QA/QC: Industry-standard ground geophysics and sample processing by accredited labs; limitations due to early-stage reconnaissance acknowledged, recommending systematic drill programs to verify mineralization continuity.
- Phased Exploration Plan: Phase 1 outlines auger drilling (1,000 m) targeting geophysical anomalies, petrographic analysis, and continued mapping; Phase 2 to include diamond drilling, induced polarization geophysics, and metallurgical testing contingent on encouraging initial results.
- Environmental & Social Context: Located in a tropical savanna climate with accessible infrastructure; community and environmental permitting are planned following legal requirements as exploration advances.
ACQUISITION TERMS
This Purchase Option Agreement shall terminate if BEM fails to advance the required cash and share payments to BEKO as per the following within the time limit as follows:
- if BEM fails to advance US$20,000 as a down payment on execution of this Option Agreement and advance US$30,000 and issue to BEKO 4,000,000 common shares of BEM within ten days of receipt of TSX Venture Exchange Approval;
- if BEM fails to advance US$75,000 and issue to BEKO a further 2,000,000 common shares of BEM on or before the six-month anniversary date of Exchange Approval; and
- if BEM fails to advance US$75,000 and issue to BEKO a further 2,000,000 common shares on or before the twelve-month anniversary date of Exchange Approval.
BEM agrees to grant BEKO a two percent (2%) Net Smelter Royalty against the Brazil Projects upon the successful exercise of the Option as detailed above.
Rio Claro present work done
- Geological mapping and Identification and rock sampling. Several samples returned good results for Iron and titanium and will assist the design of the initial auger drill campaign.
Recommendations for work to be done in future:
- Auger drilling – Generate a robust set of geochemical data, enabling the classification and understanding of the distribution of TiO2 (titanium) and Fe2O3 (iron), within the investigated profiles.
- Ground magnetometry geophysical survey and 1500 metres Diamond drilling campaign over the zones with high titanium results presented by rock chip sampling.
Rio Claro Geology
The Rio Claro Project is situated within the Jaupaci metavolcano-sedimentary belt, part of the Goiás Massif. The local geology includes granitoids and mafic to ultramafic intrusions, with mineralization styles potentially related to Fe-Ti-V-REE systems, hydrothermal Au, and apatite-ilmenite-allanite-bearing assemblages. Supergene enrichment processes may also play a role. The main geological controls are interpreted to be associated with bimodal magmatism and NNE-trending regional structures.
key features
The mineralization identified in the Rio Claro Project is primarily associated with hydrothermal and magmatic processes affecting mafic-ultramafic intrusions and metavolcano-sedimentary rocks of the Jaupaci Sequence. These processes are expressed through alteration style such as carbonation, albitization, silicification, and localized sulphidation.
