Geological consulting · Project generation · Perth, WA
From regional insight to discovery.
Peron Discoveries is a Perth-based geological consultancy and project generator built around one result: value for our clients and their shareholders. We find, test and secure ground worth drilling.
- published value of discoveries and deals we have worked on
- A$1.4bn*
- discovery and resource teams: Gonneville, Bibra, Rosie
- 3
- discovery awards: AMEC 2022 and PDAC 2023
- 2
- years in mineral exploration
- 18+
*Published figures for 100% of each project or deal, not value attributable to us.How it adds up
Who we are
Senior exploration judgement, applied early.
The most valuable decisions in exploration are made before the first hole: which belt, which ground, which dataset to trust and which target to drill first.
Peron Discoveries brings the experience behind the Julimar, Bibra and Pyramid Hill outcomes to companies, boards and investors. We judge our work by what it does for our clients' shareholders: a better target, a stronger asset, a sounder deal. Every engagement is led by our Principal Geologist, Morgan Frejabise, from first data review to final recommendation.
About Peron DiscoveriesValue delivered
Measured by shareholder value.
Exploration is only worth doing if it creates value. Our experience includes discoveries and resource growth that became development projects, ground that became a listed company, and an investment that returned capital.
- DiscoveryA$1.0bn
Julimar – Gonneville
Post-tax NPV8, base case, Gonneville Pre-Feasibility Study (Chalice Mining, December 2025).
Originated the project: the idea, the ground and the work leading up to the discovery.
Reference - Resource growthA$231m
Gilmour (Yamarna)
Post-tax NPV5 at A$3,500/oz, Gilmour Pre-Feasibility Study (Gold Road Resources, January 2025). The Gilmour Mineral Resource grew from 0.26 Moz (first estimate, December 2019) to 0.30 Moz (December 2021).
Brownfield exploration and resource growth at Gilmour, as Superintendent 2IC at Yamarna.
Reference - Discovery to developmentA$166m
Karlawinda – Bibra
Post-tax NPV8 at A$1,700/oz, Karlawinda optimisation study (Capricorn Metals, 2019).
Member of the IGO discovery and resource team.
Reference - Project generation and spin-outA$58.5m
Pyramid Hill → Falcon Metals
About 117 million Falcon Metals shares distributed in specie to Chalice shareholders, at the A$0.50 IPO price (December 2021). Falcon also held the Viking and Mt Jackson projects.
Part of the Chalice team behind the acquisition of Pyramid Hill.
Reference - Corporate investmentA$6.5m
Spectrum Metals (Penny West)
Gain realised by Chalice on its A$5.7m investment in Spectrum Metals after the Ramelius Resources takeover (Chalice quarterly report, March 2020 quarter).
Led the technical investment case.
Reference
Commercial from the start
Every target, review and recommendation is weighed against what it could be worth and what it will cost to test.
Advice a board can act on
Clear rankings, stated risks and a recommendation, written for the people who have to commit the capital.
Experience on your project
The experience behind these results is applied directly to your ground, data and decisions.
*Sum of published figures for projects and transactions that Morgan Frejabise worked on as part of company teams at Chalice, Gold Road and IGO: Gonneville post-tax NPV8 A$1.0bn (Chalice Mining PFS, Dec 2025, base case); Gilmour post-tax NPV5 A$231m at A$3,500/oz (Gold Road PFS, Jan 2025); Karlawinda post-tax NPV8 A$166m (Capricorn Metals, 2019); Falcon Metals in-specie distribution at the A$0.50 IPO price, A$58.5m (Dec 2021); Chalice gain on its Spectrum Metals investment, A$6.5m (Mar 2020). Figures are for 100% of each project or transaction, at different dates, study stages and discount rates, and are not value attributable to Morgan Frejabise or Peron Discoveries. NPVs are estimates made by the companies named; refer to their announcements for current information.
Sources: Chalice Mining PFS release, 8 Dec 2025; Gold Road Gilmour PFS, 20 Jan 2025; MiningNews, Capricorn boosts Karlawinda economics; The Motley Fool, Falcon Metals IPO, 22 Dec 2021; Chalice quarterly report, March 2020.
Services
Geology for the decisions that matter.
Project generation & acquisition
Regional screening that finds under-explored ground and turns it into a ranked list of tenement applications.
02Technical due diligence
Independent reviews of projects, packages and data rooms for acquisition, farm-in or investment decisions.
03Targeting & interpretation
Integrated geological, structural, regolith and geochemical interpretation that ends in drill-ready targets.
04Exploration management
Programme design, budgeting and field execution, from first-pass sampling to diamond drilling.
05Reporting & compliance
ASX announcements, JORC Code reporting reviews and technical content for investors and boards.
06Business development
Deal sourcing and technical support for companies building or reshaping an exploration portfolio.
Our approach
A mineral systems approach, from belt scale to drill collar.
We read a project the way the ore-forming system would have built it: where the metal came from, how it moved, and what trapped it. Then we let the data decide.
- 01
Screen
Start at the scale of the mineral system. Regional geophysics, geology, geochemistry and open-file data show where the right ingredients come together.
- 02
Rank
Score each area on technical merit, data quality, tenure cost and access, so effort goes where the odds are best.
- 03
Secure
Design the land position and assemble the data package: tenure, heritage and environmental constraints, and historical results.
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Test
Turn the interpretation into drill-ready targets with a programme and budget, and supervise the work on the ground.
Recognised for discovery
The idea behind Julimar.
Julimar was Morgan Frejabise's idea. At Chalice he spotted the potential in airborne magnetics, pegged the ground and led the work up to the Gonneville PGE–Ni–Cu–Co–Au discovery, made under cover in 2020.
“The largest PGE group discovery in Australian history.”
AMEC, 2022 Prospector Award citation
- Thayer Lindsley AwardProspectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) · 2023
- Prospector AwardAssociation of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) · 2022
Commodities
Multi-commodity, mineral-system literate.
- AuGoldOrogenic gold in Archaean greenstone belts
- NiNickelKomatiite- and intrusion-hosted sulphides
- PGEPGE–Ni–CuMafic–ultramafic intrusion systems
- LiLithiumLCT pegmatites
- CuBase metalsCu–Pb–Zn in VHMS and sediment-hosted systems
- UUraniumUnconformity-related systems, Alligator Rivers and Murphy provinces
- FeIron oreMagnetite resource definition
Next step
Have a project, a data room or a land position to assess?
Tell us what you are looking at. Every enquiry is handled in confidence, and you deal directly with the geologist who will do the work.