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ALICE QUEEN LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2021

Jul 26, 2021

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX Announcement 27 July 2021

Multiple Gold Targets Identified At Kaiwalagal

Highlights

  • AQX has received high quality data produced from a closely spaced (50m) airborne magnetic and radiometric survey covering Muralug (Prince of Wales), Zuna and Gialug (Friday) islands (“Kaiwalagal Project”)

  • Multiple compelling targets for intrusion-related gold and epithermal gold deposits identified through data set interpretation of large scale, multi-phase granite batholiths and a younger, overlying caldera type structure

  • Several Mt Leyshon (~3.5M oz Au) gold deposit “look-a-like” reverse polarised magnetic anomalies identified

  • Hyperspectral VNIR/SWIR image multimineral analysis indicates a very extensive, 218km[2] hydrothermal alteration zoning pattern with argillic and sericite-carbonate alteration zones targeted for high priority on-the-ground follow-up

  • Follow-up exploration programs are now being considered

Advanced gold and copper explorer, Alice Queen Limited ( ASX: AQX , “ Alice Queen ” or the “ Company ”), is pleased to provide its shareholders and investors the latest results from its airborne geophysical and satellite hyperspectral surveys recently flown across the Kaiwalagal Project, adjacent to the Company’s Horn Island Project in the Torres Strait, Queensland.

The surveys produced high resolution data sets which have now been processed and reviewed by industry leading independent specialist consultants. Alice Queen is very encouraged by the results from these surveys, which provide strong evidence for the presence of a large-scale hydrothermal system which may drive significant gold mineralisation at Kaiwalagal.

These surveys were completed and funded as part of the St Barbara Limited (ASX:SBM) Joint Venture. Alice Queen has regained ownership of both the Horn Island and Kaiwalagal Projects, following St Barbara’s withdrawal. The Company considers this strategically positive in light of a potential future mining operation on Horn Island and any future discoveries being made within the wider project region.

Alice Queen’s Managing Director, Andrew Buxton said,

The results in from the airborne surveys flown across our Kaiwalagal Gold Project are incredibly encouraging as they have highlighted multiple compelling new targets for intrusions related gold and epithermal gold deposits. This is a huge result in our “ continuing Torres Strait exploration where we continue to seek additional ounces to our flagship Horn Island Resource. Kaiwalagal’s location, immediately adjacent to Horn Island bodes well for Alice Queen as any significant discovery will provide additional ore for any future mining operation established on Horn Island.

Based on these initial positive results, we have made the decision to elevate the prospectively ranking for the Kaiwalagal Project and are currently considering further follow up exploration programs.

Airborne Geophysical & Satellite Survey Results - Kaiwalagal Project

Alice Queen is pleased to report encouraging results from recently completed airborne fixed wing geophysical (magnetic and radiometric) and satellite hyperspectral surveys across the Kaiwalagal project area in the Torres Strait islands. These exploration results represent a significant opportunity as the Company explores for additional gold mineralised systems beyond its flagship ~0.5M oz (inferred) gold resource at the adjacent Horn Island project.

The aim of the Kaiwalagal exploration surveys was to recognise the occurrence of regional hydrothermal systems across the project area and their potential for hosting large scale gold mineralisation. Based on the initial positive results, Alice Queen has elevated the prospectively ranking for the Kaiwalagal project.

The Company engaged Thomson Aviation to complete a fixed wing airborne magnetic and radiometric survey using similar instrumentation and flight parameters to the previous survey completed across Horn Island (see ASX release 17 October 2018). To facilitate data levelling and merging with the existing Horn Island survey, approximately 1km of overlapping data with the recent Kaiwalagal survey was collected (see Figure 1).

The survey comprised low altitude (35m) closely spaced (50m) survey lines bearing NW-SE for a total of 6,829 survey line kilometres, which covered Muralug, Zuna and Gialug Islands. Survey specifications are presented in Table 1.

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Figure 1. Extent of the Kaiwalagal aeromagnetic survey covering 3 islands to the SW of Horn Island.

Table1. Aeromagnetic survey specifications for historic Horn Island and recently completed Kaiwalagal

surveys.

Survey Date
Flown
Total (km) Spacing
(m)
AZI (oN) MTC (m)
Horn Island Aug. 2018 2,269 50 45 35
Muralug Oct. 2020 6,829 50 45 35

Magnetic and Radiometric Survey Results and Preliminary Interpretation

The Thompson survey produced exceptional quality high resolution magnetic and radiometric data, which was reprocessed and interpreted by independent geophysical consultants Resource Potentials.

Two broad granitic batholiths have been identified extending from Horn Island across Muralug. These oval-shaped batholith complexes have multiphase intrusive centres that have either positive or negative magnetisation, and likely formed the deep magma chambers below a caldera system in the Carboniferous to Permian periods in geological time. The caldera system has since been eroded to expose granite bodies surrounding by volcanic ignimbrite deposits on the sides (see Figure 2).

The SE side of Muralug and the south side of Zuna Island are intruded by a younger intrusive phase, with distinctive reverse magnetisation. Several discrete and circular reverse magnetic anomalies have been identified and are interpreted to represent younger porphyry plugs or potential breccia pipes. The remanent magnetisation may be associated with hydrothermal alteration halos, similar to the biotitemagnetite alteration and related magnetic anomaly low surrounding the ~3.5M oz Au Mt Leyshon gold breccia pipe (for example see Figure 3). The circular magnetic lows in the SE part of the project area are considered areas of immediate interest for field checking.

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Figure 2. Magnetic anomaly image generated from merged detailed and regional airborne survey data sets, highlighting granitic intrusion centres with positive and reversed magnetic anomaly expressions. The reversely magnetised anomalies are interpreted as late stage porphyry plugs or breccia pipes, which may have similarities to the 3.5Moz Au Mt Leyshon breccia pipe gold deposit in Nth QLD to the south.

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Figure 3. Reverse magnetic anomaly pattern from hydrothermal magnetite in the contact aureole of the intrusion defining the ~3.5Moz Mt Leyshon breccia pipe gold deposit (both diagrams reproduced from Morrison, G. 2017. Ore Controls in the Mt Leyshon Breccia Pipe. Presentation at Intrusion-Related Gold Systems in north Queensland GSQ project meeting December 2017).

Furthermore, the magnetic anomaly pattern across Muralug outlines a number of discrete domains within the larger oval shaped batholith complex, and these domains likely represent different fractionated zones of granitic stocks from an evolving parental magma. Recognising this characteristic early in the exploration history is very positive, as these magmatic zoning conditions are important for the formation of gold prospects, such as the~0.5Moz gold deposit at Horn Island.

WorldView-3 Satellite Hyperspectral Survey Results and Interpretation

Acquisition of WorldView-3 imagery (WV3) covering Visible Near Infrared (VNIR) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) wavelength bands (8 in both VNIR and SWIR) was commissioned from Geoimage. The mineral maps were further processed by independent expert Dr Mike Hussey to produce threshold mineral probability maps covering both the Muralug and Zuna Islands.

These mineral maps reveal the mineral associations typically indicative of hydrothermal alteration associated with ore deposits.

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Figure 4. Multimineral map interpretation highlights clear pattern of a large scale hydrothermal alteration footprint across Muralug and Zuna Islands. Areas of argillic alteration likely represent the core of a zoning pattern grading out to sericite alteration.

Encouraging results are observed from the WV3 multimineral map outlining a very extensive, hydrothermal footprint of approximately 218km[2] with clear patterns in the distribution of alteration minerals across Muralug and Zuna Islands (Figure 4). This includes a core area of advanced argillic alteration which is surrounded by sericite which then grades into calc-sericites (calcitic and dolomitic). There is also a N-S zone of chlorite crossing the western third of the island.

In other regions of North Queensland, these alteration assemblages are often associated with multimillion ounce economic mineralisation.

Next Steps

Further field programs are now being considered that may include geological mapping and sampling programs to assess these exciting target areas.

Kaiwalagal Project

The Kaiwalagal project covers four islands in the Torres Strait, Queensland. Muralug (Prince of Wales Island) is the largest island in the group covering ~252km[2] . All of the islands within the project area have historical evidence of artisanal mining.

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Figure 5. The above figure illustrates both Kaiwalagal (EPM25418) and Horn Island (EPM 25520) project

areas in the Torres Strait, Queensland.

Recent project related ASX announcements

30 June 2021 – Drilling Confirms New Broad Gold Zone at Horn Island

25 June 2021 – Further Mineralisation at Boda East

3 June 2021 – Mendooran Drilling extends Molong Target Area

29 April 2021 – Positive Results from Ore Sorter Test Work at Horn Island

28 April 2021 – Horn Island Final RC Infill Drill Results

29 March 2021 – St Barbara Withdraws from Horn Island Joint Venture

10 March 2021 – Alice Queen Expands to Fiji

9 March 2021 – Scoping Study Commences at Horn Island

  • 5 March 2021 – Horn Island Phase One RC Infill Interim Results

  • 1 March 2021 – Evidence of a Porphyry System at Boda East

  • 3 February 2021 – Drilling Commences at Mendooran

20 January 2021 – Drilling Programs Commence Across all Project Regions

Approved by the Board of Alice Queen Limited.

For more information:

Andrew Buxton Victoria Humphries Managing Director, Alice Queen Limited Media & Investor Relations +61 (0) 403 461 247 +61 (0) 431 151 676 [email protected] [email protected]

COMPETENT PERSONS STATEMENT

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Mr Adrian Hell BSc (Hons) who is a full-time employee of Alice Queen Limited. Mr Hell is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Hell has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Hell consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this report.

ASX LISTING RULE 5.23 STATEMENT

The information in this ASX Release that relates to the Company’s Mineral Resource estimate is extracted from and was reported in the Company’s ASX announcement titled “Horn Island Resource Upgrade” dated 2 August 2018, which is available at www.asx.com.au the competent person being Mr. Richard Buerger BSc. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in those announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed.

JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 report template

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

  • Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Sampling techniques • Airborne magnetics and radiometric survey across the project area were completed by Thompson Aviation Pty Ltd, an external geophysical contractor

  • Kaiwalagal survey was flown between 19[th] October to 31[st] October 2020

  • Airborne magnetic and radiometric survey flown at the following specifications:

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.

Traverse Line Direction 45
Traverse line spacing 50m
Tie Line direction 135
Tie Line spacing 500m
Block Traverse Km’s 6829
Block Tie Km’s 757
Block Total Km’s 7586
Mean terrain clearance(m) 35
  • The equipment used for the geophysical survey included as follows:

Airborne Magnetic Sensors

  • Geometrics G822A magnetometer

  • 3 x caesium vapour magnetometers (tail & wing-tip)

  • o 20 Hz (0.05 sec) sampling rate

  • Resolution of 0.01 nT

  • Vector magnetometer (XYZ Components)

Base Station Magnetometer

  • Two units used in tandem for diurnal monitoring. Unit run continuously during the survey period and record data in digital format.

  • Base station magnetometer instruments record data to a sensitivity of 0.1nT every 6 seconds.

  • o During data acquisition, if the non-linear diurnal variation was greater than 10 nT in 10 minutes, or the deviation from a straight-line chord of length 10 minutes exceeded 10 nT, the line is re-flown.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling techniques Gamma Ray Spectrometer
Continues… o Radiations Solutions Inc model RS-400 spectrometer
o Nal (TI) crystal detector pack (33 litres total volume)
o High resolution spectral information from 0.33MeV to 3.0MeV including 5
primary regions of interest: Total count, Potassium, Uranium, Thorium and
Cosmic.
o 2 Hz (0.5 sec) sampling rate in 256 channels
Altimeter
o King KR 495B radar altimeter
o 0.3 m resolution
o Range: 0-650 m
o 20 Hz (0.05 sec) sampling rate
Data Acquisition System
o GeOZ-DAS Digital Data Acquisition System
Navigation Equipment
o Novatel OEMV-1VBS GPS Receiver
World View Three (WW3) Satellite imagery
o Geoimage organised for Satellite Imaging Corporation to carry out
programmed acquisition of World View 3 image (low cloud restraints) during
7thOct, 2ndNov, and 14 Nov 2020. Imagery captured included Visible Near
InfraRed (VNIR) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) wavelength bands (8 in both
VNIR and SWIR) be acquired over the island. These bands have different spatial
resolutions: VNIR 30cm, 120cm and SWIR 370cm. These images cover 2 parts
of the island (Western ¾ and Eastern ¼) determined by the satellite flight path
with various areas of cloud cover but by merging these images it was possible
to produce suitable images for processing into mineral maps.
o GeoImage processed the WV3 imagery to produce: natural and true colour
images, 14 SWIR Decorrelation Stretch images, single mineral grayscale images
for 10 mineral units and a vegetation cover index (NDVI). They also produced
pseudo coloured images of the 10 mineral units. These images were produced
for the whole island from the atmospherically corrected reflectance VNIR and
SWIR images which had the least cloud cover; there is a cloud band trending
ESE which is centred approximately one third south from the north of the
island. The atmospheric correction was carried out usingthe ATCORprogram.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Sampling techniques
Continues…
However, the mosaics combining the east and west atmospherically corrected
images were not supplied by GeoImage. GeoImage did not carry out
thresholding of the 10 mineral maps though they included shapefiles for
Alunite, Kaolinite and Illite thresholded above 99% (top 1%).
o
Geoimage data were supplied to Mineral Spectra Mapping to produce imagery
customised for mineral map evaluation. This processing
o
consisted of two stages:
1. Original Processing: Consisting of thresholding the 10 grayscale
mineral images and then producing them as pseudocolour, colour
coded multimineral, ternary red-green-blue mineral composite and
shapefiles.
2. Upgraded Processing: Examination of the mineral spectra within the
muscovite, illite and dolomite units to determine other minerals
present viz sericite, montmorillonite, illite, chlorite, alunite-kaolinite
mixtures (argillic alteration) and sericite carbonate mixtures (sericite
calcite and sericite dolomite). These mineral units were thresholded
and used to produce the same mineral map products produced in the
original processing
o
All mineral identifications are made by comparison with spectral reference
libraries, however field examination and field spectra from these mapped units
may revise this mineral naming but the boundaries of the units should be valid.
Include reference to measures taken to ensure
sample representivity and the appropriate
calibration of any measurement tools or systems
used.

In field calibration during the airborne geophysical survey included as follows:
Spectrometer
o
The gamma ray spectrometer response was verified by exposing the system to
thorium test samples for a time sufficient to accumulate 10,000 counts. This
included a frequency before the first flight and after the last flight of each day
when survey operations were conducted.
o
All background corrected counts fell within +/- 3% of the mean over the survey
period.
o
Results of thorium test sample measurements are all recorded and maintained
Test Line
o
Test lines were flown at the specified survey height to verify magnetometer,
spectrometer and barometric altimeter baselines. This was completed at a

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Sampling techniques frequency before the first flight and after the last flight of each day when
Continues… survey operations were conducted.
o The test line thorium counts fell within +/- 7% of the mean over the survey
period.
o Results of test line thorium counts are all recorded and maintained
Compensation Flight
o The compensation flight was carried out to determine what manoeuvring
effects the aircraft will have while collecting magnetic data. These effects are
removed during data processing to produce true magnetic data.
o Compensation flight were undertaken at a frequency before the
commencement of the survey project and after each scheduled maintenance
operation
The following products were generated on site from the ChrisDBF & Geosoft database
programs as well as Thomson Aviation proprietary software:
o Flight path plots, to demonstrate quality of navigation
o Magnetic stacked profiles, to demonstrate character of magnetic data
o Statistical summary of line data
o Magnetometer base station plots
o Progressive image presentation of magnetic and topographic data
o Daily plots of aircraft parking locations to verify GPS position
WV3 Imagery
o The original processing consisted of thresholding each of the mineral maps
produced by GeoImage (Spectral Suite 02Nov2020) at thresholds of 75%-90%
and 90% to 96%, which were compared to each other. From this comparison it
was determined, by comparing the pixel spectra within the mapped units, that
the 90%-96% threshold level was providing the most consistent mineral
delineation and that the Alun-Kaol-Illite and Carbonate Index were not
discriminating unique minerals. Masks were then created to eliminate cloud
cover in the mineral map products. This proved to be time consuming as the
cloud index shapefiles (supplied by GeoImage), which can be used to produce
cloud masks in ENVI, were not matching for the West and East image blocks.
To produce the optimum cloud mask required producing a mosaic of the
ATCOR images. A green vegetation mask was produced from the NVDI image.
These masks were applied to the thresholded images(MSKD in file name). The

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling techniques 90%-96% thresholded images were then used to produce the output image
Continues… products that are in the ORIGINAL DELIVERY PRODUCTS folder in the sub-
folders:
o GRAYSCALE SINGLE MINERALS
o MULTIMINERAL RULE CLASS RGB TH 90-96
o PSEUDOCOLOURED MINERALS
o TERNARY MINERAL RGB
o SHAPEFILES MINERALS UTM (Note: MSM does not have software to read the
Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 projection for
o shapefile production so these shapefiles are in the UTM WGS84 projection Zone
55S).
o ORIGINAL MINERAL GEOIMAGE SHAPEFILE VECTORS – used in the analysis
o The images in these folders are shown below.
UPGRADED PROCESSING
o An interactive review of these image products was undertaken by Adrian Hell
and Dr Mike Hussey on 19 February 2021 which showed that the area mapped
as muscovite was a combination of sericite and other minerals and that the area
mapped as dolomite was also mapping chlorite. Hence an upgrading of the
mineral mapping was initiated and completed. To carry this out, spectra from
various points within the muscovite, dolomite and alunite/kaolinite jarosite
units were selected and compared to a reference spectral library (see next
page) using the ENVI Spectral Analyst function. From this the spectra for ARG
ALT, CAL SER, CHL, SER DOL, ILL and MON were selected and combined into a
spectral library that was used as input for a supervised unmixing classification
program.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Sampling techniques
Continues…
Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that
are Material to the Public Report.

Not undertaken, this section is not applicable
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.).

No drilling activities reported, this section is not applicable
Drill sample recovery Method of recording and assessing core and chip
sample recoveries and results assessed.

No drilling activities reported, this section is not applicable

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Drill sample recovery
Continues…
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and
ensure representative nature of the samples.

No drilling activities reported, this section is not applicable
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.

No drilling activities reported, this section is not applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in
nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.) photography

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Sub-sampling
techniques and sample
preparation
If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter,
half or all core taken.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary
split, etc. and whether sampled wet or dry.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
For all sample types, the nature, quality and
appropriateness of the sample preparation
technique.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-
sampling stages to maximise representivity of
samples.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Sub-sampling
techniques and sample
preparation
Continues…
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.
• No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain
size of the material being sampled.
• No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Nature of quality control procedures adopted (e.g.
standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory
checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy
(i.e. lack of bias) and precision have been
established.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Verification of sampling
and assaying
The verification of significant intersections by either
independent or alternative company personnel.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
The use of twinned holes.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage (physical
and electronic) protocols.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Specification of the grid system used.

All locations recorded using map datum GDA94/MGA UTM Zone 54
Quality and adequacy of topographic control.

Thomson Survey : Setra 276 Pressure Transducer operates over a range of 600 to 1100 mB
and its resolution is limited only by system noise. The sensor is referenced to the height
given by the GPS. Novatel OEMV-1VBS GPS Receiveris a 12-channel parallel tracking
receiver capable of providing sub-meter resolution at 5Hz and is integrated with the GeOZ-
DAS acquisition unit.
Data spacing and
distribution
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results.

Data spacing is considered adequate for report geophysical and hyperspectral 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.

This information is not adequate for reporting a mineral resource
Whether sample compositing has been applied.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable
Sample security The measures taken to ensure sample security.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Audits or reviews The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data. No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not applicable

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.

Kauraru Gold Ltd is the 100% undivided and unencumbered owner of EPM25520
(Nguruapi (Horn Island) Project and EPM25418 (Kaiwalagal Project)

Kauraru Gold Ltd is a joint venture company between Alice Queen Ltd and the
Kaurareg Aboriginal Land Trust.
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.

Previous explorers include Seltrust Mining Corporation Pty Ltd, BP Minerals, Torres
Strait Gold Pty Ltd, Augold NL, Carpenteria Exploration Company Pty Ltd. A
modernised mining operation was established by Augold Pty Ltd in 1987 and
operated until 1989 on the Horn Island project .

No historic data has been used in this report and therefore not considered
material for thepurposes of this report.
Exploration done by
other parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other
parties.

Historic data sets have been referenced from previous tenement
managers/operators’ reports including Seltrust Mining Corporation Pty Ltd and Au
Gold Pty Ltd

No historic data has been used in this report and therefore not considered
material for thepurposes of this report.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.

Kaiwalagal and Ngurapai (Horn island) Projects are located on the Oriomo Ridge,
an extensive ridge of comagmatic extrusive volcanic rocks and I-type intrusive
rocks of Late Carboniferous to Early Permian age that stretches from Queensland's
Cape York Peninsula to the southern edge of Papua New Guinea. The ridge was
exposed above sea level as little as ca. 12,000 years ago, but is now submerged
north of Cape York. The western Torres Strait Islands are the peaks of this
submerged range, rising steeply from the sea, generally over 100 metres above
sea level. The Cape York/Oriomo Ridge is unconformably overlain by undisturbed

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Geology Tertiary clayey sandstone and Cainozoic sandstone, as well as recent marine
Continues… sedimentation and coral reef deposits. Between the early Tertiary and Miocene,
extensive alluvial cover and laterite developed over the area (McCormack 2018).
The Horn Island gold deposit is believed to be part of an intrusion related gold
system (IRGS), geologically analogous to Ravenswood, Mungana, Mt Wright,
Kidston or Mt Leyshon, as interpreted from surficial geochemistry metal zonation
(AQX 2019 Investor Presentation) and geological setting. While the alteration
mineralogy and host rocks of the Horn Island gold deposit are consistent with an
Intrusive Related Gold System (IRGS) type deposit, there is clear evidence of
structural control on the formation of mineralised quartz-sulphide veins, and a
period of significant deformation (development of brittle shear zones), which
separates the intrusion of host rocks from the subsequent gold mineralisation.
Surface geology mapped over Kaiwalagal (Muralug, Zuna, Friday and Wednesday
Islands) is based on a limited set of historical sample points, which are mostly
focused on island edges, and as such there is low confidence in the existing
geological survey mapped ignimbrite cover across the island
Kauraru Gold is targeting Intrusive Related Gold System (IRGS) and epithermal gold
type deposits.
Alice Queen Limited has reported (ASX release 2nd August 2018) a mineral
resource estimate (inferred) for the Horn Island gold deposit at 7.96Mt at 1.9g/t
gold for 492,000 ounces of gold using a 0.5g/t gold cutoff grade.
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:
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above applicable
sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception depth

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Drill hole Information
Continues…
o 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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable
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.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable
The assumptions used for any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable
Relationship between
mineralisation widths
and intercept lengths
These relationships are particularly important in the
reporting of Exploration Results.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable

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Criteria JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Relationship between
mineralisation widths
and intercept lengths
Continues…
If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to the
drill hole angle is known, its nature should be reported.

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable
If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are
reported, there should be a clear statement to this effect
(e.g. ‘down hole length, true width not known’).

No drilling or sampling activities undertaken and or reported, this section is not
applicable
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.
• Refer to report for all relevant maps, diagrams and tables
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.

All relevant information of recent work conducted by Alice Queen Limited across
the Kaiwalagal project is presented in this report.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
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 All meaningful and material exploration data has been reported
survey results; bulk samples – size and method of
treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk density,
groundwater, geotechnical and rock characteristics;
potential deleterious or contaminating substances.
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
Planning of field exploration programs underway which may include follow up spot
checks of areas of interest, field mapping, chip, soil and stream sampling programs
and future drilling areas, provided this information is not
commercially sensitive.

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