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APOLLO MINERALS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2021

Oct 5, 2021

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ASX RELEASE | 6 October 2021 | ASX: AON

SHALLOW HIGH-GRADE MINERALISATION EXTENDS FOOTPRINT AT DIKAKI

DRILLING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF PREVIOUS DRILLING CONFIRMS MINERALISED EXTENSIONS

Apollo Minerals Limited (“Apollo Minerals” or the “Company”) is pleased to report additional results received from the drilling program at the province-scale Kroussou zinc-lead project (“Kroussou Project” or “Project”) in Gabon.

Highlights:

  • Results have been received from a further 14 diamond drill holes completed at the Dikaki and Bouambo Prospects, two of 18 highly prospective prospects at the Project.

  • At Dikaki the main channel-wide system is untested for >8km along trend by modern drilling with an average channel width of 420m.

  • Average depth to mineralisation <10m for reported main zones of mineralisation.

  • The results demonstrate the potential of the eastern and central Dikaki zones merging with significant shallow, intercepts including:

  • 20.9m @ 2.6% Zn+Pb from 32.4m

    • including 6.2m @ 5.3% Zn+Pb from 47.1m; and 2m @ 5.3% Zn+Pb from 32.4m
  • 18.9m @ 2.2% Zn+Pb from 1.2m

    • including 5m @ 5.0% Zn+Pb from 1.2m

    • open for 400m on section to the south, and untested 530m along trend to the westsouthwest

  • 17.3m @ 2.4% Zn+Pb from 37.2m

    • including 4.9m @ 3.2% Zn+Pb from 37.8m; and 6.4m @ 2.9% Zn+Pb from 48.2m
  • 20.0m @ 2.0% Zn+Pb from 13.5m

    • including 9.3m @ 2.4% Zn+Pb from 13.5m

    • open for 320m on section to the south and >2km along trend to the east

  • New drill holes show significantly higher endowment (up to seven times) when compared to the insufficiently sampled nearby historical drilling – highlighting the strong upside potential of the whole Dikaki system.

  • Diamond rigs will shortly move back to Dikaki to test the central to eastern zone linkage.

  • The results continue to support the potential for a large-scale, shallow, flat-lying, broad mineralised system with possible continuity across multiple zones which could allow simple open pit mining extraction.

  • Strong news flow and further results expected in coming weeks with assays pending from the remaining 11 holes completed at Dikaki, and additional holes from the ongoing drilling at the Niamabimbou Prospect.

  • The Kroussou Project represents a significant, large scale, near surface zinc-lead (“ZnPb”) project with more than 80km of strike length , 18 key prospects , and multiple opportunities for further discovery .

Apollo Minerals Limited | ASX code: AON | ABN: 96 125 222 924 | www.apollominerals.com PERTH Level 9, 28 The Esplanade Perth, WA 6000 | T: +61 8 9322 6322 | F: +61 8 9322 6558

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Apollo Mineral’s Executive Director, Mr Neil Inwood, commented “The latest results at Dikaki demonstrate the strong potential for both the linking of the eastern and central mineralised zones and for the mineralisation to extend across the whole channel width. The assay results also highlight the significant upside potential in the system, where modern drilling is demonstrating significantly more mineralisation than the historical BRGM drilling (locally up to 700% more). Our maiden drill campaign at Dikaki is continuing to demonstrate the developing potential for a large and shallow channel of mineralisation averaging 420m in width and up to 6km in strike that could be amenable to simple low-cost open pit mining. The Kroussou Project has the potential to deliver a significant, large scale, base metal province.”

For further information contact: Neil Inwood, Executive Director Tel: +61 8 9322 6322 Email: [email protected]

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Figure 1: Kroussou Project Showing 18 Key Prospects over more than 80km of prospective strike length

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PHASE 1 DRILL PROGRAM AT DIKAKI

Exploration drilling at the Kroussou Project to date has focused on the Dikaki Prospect and the newly discovered Niamabimbou Prospect situated approximately 10km to the south of Dikaki. This announcement focuses on the completed Phase 1 drilling from Dikaki and the nearby Bouambo Prospect.

The Phase 1 drilling program at the Dikaki and Bouambo Prospects consisted of 46 diamond drill holes for 2,206m. Assays have now been received from 37 drill holes, with the latest 14 being reported in this announcement. Drilling at Niamabimbou is continuing, and results will be released in the coming weeks.

The assay results from Dikaki continue to demonstrate extensive high-grade zinc and lead mineralisation and the potential for a large-scale, shallow, flat-lying, broad mineralised system .

Dikaki is situated at the centre of the Kroussou project area and represents one of four prospects with historic drilling activity (Figure 1). Apollo Minerals’ diamond drilling within the eastern and central zones at Dikaki was designed to test for the presence of mineralisation near historic exploration conducted by the French Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (“BRGM”). Historic drilling completed by BRGM at Dikaki identified a variety of mineralisation styles, but the holes were either not sampled or only character-sampled (i.e. only select visually identifiable intervals were sampled, often ending in significant mineralisation) (Figures 3 and 4).

Mineralisation at Dikaki is shallow (0-30m from surface) with mineralisation up to 40m thick (estimated true thickness); this geometry of mineralisation is interpreted to be favourable to potential shallow, open-pit mining scenarios.

Significantly, two of the holes in the current announcement (DKDD061 and DKDD062) have demonstrated shallow metal accumulations of greater than 40%m (Zn+Pb% x thickness) (Figure 2). These metal accumulations demonstrate the significant metal potential within the Dikaki mineralised system; particularly in areas where there was no previous drilling (e.g. DKDD061), or where historical drilling significantly under called the mineralisation due to character sampling (e.g. DKDD062).

DKDD0062 intersected 18.9m @ 2.2% Zn+Pb from 1.2m, including 5m @ 5.0% Zn+Pb from 1.2m ; the nearby historical BRGM hole DK032, located 12m away, was character sampled based upon visual identification of sulphides and reported only 1.6m @ 3.6% Zn+Pb. This significant difference in identified mineralisation (~ 700% increase ) highlights the strong exploration potential within the broader Dikaki system.

The continued trend of modern drilling significantly exceeding the historical BRGM drill results has the impact of increasing the exploration potential of areas which were previously lower-ranked due to reliance on the under-sampled historical BRGM drill holes.

The latest results show significant intersections that have been recorded at shallow depths (from 1.2m), with thicknesses up to 22m, in the 12 drill holes reported herein. Select intercepts include:

  • 20.9m @ 2.6% Zn+Pb from 32.4m in DKDD079

  • including 6.2m @ 5.3% Zn+Pb from 47.1m; and 2m @ 5.3% Zn+Pb from 32.4m

  • 18.9m @ 2.2% Zn+Pb from 1.2m in DKDD062

  • including 5m @ 5.0% Zn+Pb from 1.2m

  • open for 400m on section to the south, and untested 530m along trend to the westsouthwest

  • 17.3m @ 2.4% Zn+Pb from 37.2m in DKDD077

  • including 4.9m @ 3.2% Zn+Pb from 37.8m; and 6.35 @ 2.9% Zn+Pb from 48.2m

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  • 20.0m @ 2.0% Zn+Pb from 13.5m in DKDD061

  • including 9.3m @ 2.4 % Zn+Pb from 13.5m

  • open for 320m on section to the south and >2km along trend to the east

The locations of the reported drill holes, along with their accumulated intercepts shown as grade times thickness (Zn+Pb % x thickness in metres) are shown in Figure 2 overpage. All significant intersections within the new drill holes, along with the details of the collar position, drill hole orientation and depth, are summarised in Appendix 1.

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Figure 2: Dikaki System and 2021 Drill Holes

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Figure 3: Section 640,880mE showing new drill results and historical drilling

Note: Historical BRGM drilling was only character sampled. Recent drilling is defining significant mineralised thicknesses

Mineralisation styles seen in the broader Dikaki region consist of Zn-Pb sulphides (sphalerite and galena) within sandstones/conglomerates, breccias and disseminated mineralisation within carbonates (Figure 4).

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Figure 4: Mineralisation styles seen at Dikaki and surrounding area

Top Left: Disseminated coarse galena/sphalerite within sandstone/conglomerate unit (DKDD078 - 2021); Top Middle: Concentric textured sphalerite and coarse galena within a breccia unit (DKDD001 – 2018); Top Right: Galena and sphalerite within a breccia unit (BOD004 – 2018); Bottom Left: Coarse textured galena, sphalerite and marcasite within the basal carbonate unit (DKDD013 – 2018); Bottom Right: Outcrop of carbonate hosted galena and sphalerite

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CURRENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES

First stage drilling at the Niamabimbou Prospect has now finished, with a total of 40 holes for 2,088m. The rigs have now returned back to Dikaki for the remainder of the 2021 field season (expected to finish in late-October).

The majority of holes drilled at Niamabimbou to date have intersected visible Zn-Pb sulphide mineralisation, as observed by in-field drill core logging, with visual identification of up to 8% galena (lead sulphide) content recorded locally ( refer ASX announcement dated 30 August 2021 ).

The presence of shallow, base metal sulphide mineralisation in the majority of holes logged at Niamabimbou validates the Company’s exploration targeting model. The geological logging of the drill holes is showing potential for: a) coherent distinct sedimentary units that are hosting mineralisation in a similar geometric pattern to that observed at Dikaki; and b) coherent mineralisation footprint across the entire channel. The various styles of mineralisation encountered to date in the Niamabimbou drilling also show similarities to those observed at Dikaki (Figure 5).

The Niamabimbou Prospect alone has over 9km of prospective trends for Zn-Pb mineralisation (Figure 6).

Regional geological mapping and soil sampling activities are also underway in the southern portion of the Project, and a passive seismic survey is also expected to commence in the coming weeks.

The ongoing drilling and field exploration activities at the Kroussou Project will continue to generate strong news flow during the upcoming December quarter.

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Figure 5: Examples of mineralisation styles being encountered at Niamabimbou Coarse galena (lead sulphide) vein in NBDD018 at 34m (Top LHS). Disseminated galena and sphalerite (zinc sulphide) (8% logged galena + sphalerite) in NBDD006 at 24m (Top RHS). Sphalerite and galena in NBDD016 at 23.5m (Bottom LHS). Sphalerite, galena and marcasite within NBD014 at 18m (Bottom RHS)

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Figure 6: Niamabimbou Prospect: Showing Rock Chip Samples and Trend Extents

ABOUT THE KROUSSOU PROJECT

The Kroussou Project (Figures 1 and 7) consists of the Prospecting License G4-569 which covers 986.5km[2] in the Ngounié Province of Western Gabon located approximately 220km southeast of the capital city of Libreville. The project is easily accessible by the major sealed N1 road from Libreville, and well-maintained provincial roads to towns bordering the project. Well-established and wide forestry tracks are present within the project area to the camp and exploration sites.

Zn-Pb mineralisation is hosted in Cretaceous sediments on the margin of the Cotier Basin within preserved channels lying on unconformable Archaean and Paleoproterozoic basement rocks.

Historical exploration work at the Kroussou Project identified 150 base metal occurrences along a +80km strike length of prospective geology within the project area. The Zn-Pb mineral occurrences are hosted within exposed channels that offer very shallow, near surface targets close to the basement rocks.

Only two of the 18 exposed channels were drill tested by the BRGM historically, with both channels containing significant base metal mineralisation.

A further two near surface targets were drilled by Trek Metals Limited (“Trek”), which also returned significant Zn-Pb intervals, further validating the province scale, base metal potential of the project area.

There are multiple opportunities for the discovery of further base metal mineralisation within the remaining untested 14 channels and also further exploration westward within the broader Cotier Basin is warranted.

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Figure 7: Kroussou Project Location Plan

COMPETENT PERSONS STATEMENT

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results for Dikaki and Bouambo is based on information reviewed by Mr Neil Inwood, a Competent Person who is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Inwood is an Executive Director for Apollo Minerals and is a holder of incentive options and shares in Apollo Minerals. Mr Inwood has sufficient experience that is relevant to the styles of mineralisation and types of deposit under consideration, and to the activity being undertaken, 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” (JORC Code). Mr Inwood consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this announcement that relates to previous exploration results are extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements dated 3 September 2019, 15 January 2021, 30 April 2020, 29 January 2021, 21 July 2021, 30 August 2021 and 1 September 2021. These announcements are available to view on the Company’s website at www.apollominerals.com. The Company confirms that a) it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the ASX announcements; b) all material assumptions included in the ASX announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed; and c) the form and context in which the relevant Competent Persons’ findings are presented in this report have not been materially changed from the ASX announcements.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements regarding plans with respect to Apollo’s project are forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the Company’s plans for development of its projects will proceed as currently expected. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events. Forward looking statements are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of the Company, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. The Company makes no undertaking to subsequently update or revise the forward-looking statements made in this announcement, to reflect the circumstances or events after the date of that announcement.

This announcement has been authorised for release by Executive Director, Mr Neil Inwood.

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Appendix:1 Intercepts and JORC Tables

Table 1: Table of Significant Intercepts (reported above a nominal 0.5% or 2% Zn-Pb lower cut-off)

Hole ID Easting Northing RL Max
Depth
Dip Azi Depth
From
Lengt
h
Zn % Pb % Zn+Pb
%
DKDD061 640993 9832173 108.1 39.5 -90 0 5.25 6.88 0.69 0.21 0.90
incl 8.50 0.82 0.78 1.34 2.11
13.47 20.03 1.74 0.24 1.98
incl 13.55 9.35 2.10 0.28 2.39
incl 26.89 4.41 2.12 0.31 2.42
DKDD062 640884 9832287 102.7 24.5 -90 0 1.15 18.85 1.34 0.88 2.22
incl 1.15 5.00 2.06 2.94 5.00
and 9.30 0.55 4.04 0.19 4.23
and 11.80 0.80 2.16 0.23 2.39
and 14.75 1.85 2.26 0.11 2.38
and 19.30 0.70 2.07 0.00 2.07
DKDD063 640620 9832377 92.4 18.5 -90 0 0.25 2.60 0.39 0.21 0.61
4.65 0.65 2.25 0.22 2.47
incl 4.85 0.45 3.04 0.24 3.28
10.95 2.30 1.13 0.45 1.59
incl 10.95 0.70 2.75 1.32 4.07
DKDD064 640678 9832410 97.1 15.5 -90 0 1.87 1.93 1.33 0.18 1.51
13.50 1.00 1.07 0.01 1.08
DKDD065 640673 9832348 88.5 59 -90 0 2.90 13.85 0.83 0.18 1.01
incl 6.61 0.29 2.86 1.95 4.81
and 10.50 2.45 2.06 0.12 2.18
19.10 2.05 0.31 0.51 0.82
incl 20.70 0.58 0.36 1.91 2.26
32.30 2.35 0.97 0.10 1.07
44.00 5.40 0.50 0.73 1.23
incl 48.45 0.95 0.45 1.93 2.38
DKDD066 640716 9832377 88.2 41 -90 0 3.20 6.10 0.82 0.59 1.41
incl 8.50 0.80 2.13 3.97 6.10
DKDD067 640755 9832419 88.4 22.95 -90 0 1.56 4.29 0.82 0.15 0.97
13.35 4.70 2.16 0.27 2.43
incl 13.35 0.60 5.35 0.01 5.36
and 16.85 1.20 3.78 1.17 4.94
DKDD068 640452 9832247 86.8 35 -90 0 2.00 21.97 0.80 0.30 1.10
incl 6.15 1.25 0.77 1.31 2.08
and 14.05 2.75 1.18 0.80 1.98
and 21.63 2.34 2.34 0.10 2.44
DKDD069 640473 9832292 86.2 18.5 -90 0 0.50 4.50 0.70 0.11 0.81
12.00 4.40 1.87 0.07 1.93
incl 14.50 1.90 2.85 0.10 2.94
DKDD070 Assay batch pending
DKDD071 640562 9832303 83.6 30.5 -90 0 0.99 1.56 1.21 0.06 1.26
incl 0.99 0.46 2.92 0.10 3.02
5.20 10.50 0.74 0.27 1.01
incl 9.30 1.90 1.26 0.80 2.06
25.00 3.40 0.83 0.24 1.07
incl 27.25 0.50 2.79 0.02 2.81
DKDD072 Assay batch pending
DKDD073 Assay batch pending
DKDD074 Assay batch pending
DKDD075 Assay batch pending
DKDD076 Assay batch pending
DKDD077
640438
9832174
90
71
-90
0 13.7 3 0.59 0.17 0.75
22.35 10.2 0.77 0.31 1.07
37.2 17.3 1.01 1.35 2.35

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Hole ID Easting Northing RL Max
Depth
Dip Azi Depth
From
Lengt
h
Zn % Pb % Zn+Pb
%
Zn+Pb
%
Incl 37.8 4.90 1.13 2.01 3.15
and 48.15 6.35 1.21 1.71 2.92
58.65 2 0.61 0.29 0.9
DKDD078 Assay batch pending
DKDD079 640517 9832180 90 83.0 -90 0 24 7.65 0.66 0.06 0.72
32.4 20.85 1.46 1.13 2.6
incl 32.4 2.00 4.68 0.64 5.33
And 40 0.75 0.76 3.91 4.66
and 47.1 6.15 2.39 2.91 5.3
57.75 1.25 1.12 1.42 2.55
67 1.6 0.94 0.78 1.72
DKDD080 Assay batch pending
DKDD081 Assay batch pending
BEDD004 639214 9831038 46.3 32.0 -90 0 3.94 1.25 0.45 0.74 1.19
BEDD005 639219 9830975 44.0 56.0 -90 0 23 6.53 0.71 0.36 1.08
42 1.87 0.66 0.4 1.05

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JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 Report

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 (eg 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.
Diamond Core was cut in half to produce a ½ core samples using a
core saw - DDH.
All sampling was either supervised by, or undertaken by, qualified
geologists.
½ core samples were assayed at Intertek Perth where the entire
sample was crushed, and a charge digested by ore grade multi-acid
digest and analysed by ICP-MS or ICP-OES
Include reference to measures taken to ensure
sample
representivity
and
the
appropriate
calibration of any measurement tools or systems
used.
Drill hole locations were surveyed using standard Garmin GPS
equipment achieving sub metre accuracy in horizontal and vertical
position.
Sampling was carried out under the AON protocols and QAQC. See
further details below.
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 (eg ‘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.
Half-core samples are selected based on geological criteria
(presence of sulphide mineralisation).
Drilling
techniques
Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-hole
hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic,
etc) and details (eg 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).
HQ-sized (63.5 mm diameter) and NQ size core drilling has been
completed by FGSD drilling contactors..
All drilling is vertical.
Drill sample
recovery
Method of recording and assessing core and chip
sample recoveries and results assessed.
Drill hole recoveries were recorded during logging by measuring the
length of core recovered per 1m interval.
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and
ensure representative nature of the samples.
Drilling is carried out vertical and orthogonal to the mineralization to
obtain representative samples of the mineralization.
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 firm relationship between recovery and grade has been identified
to date; however it is noted that poor recovery can occur near some
high-grade intercepts, with indications from the outside return of the
rig indicating that mineralised material is being lost. Further
investigation is required.
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.
All drill core was logged onsite by geologists 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.
Logging is qualitative and records lithology, grain size, texture,
weathering, structure, alteration, veining, and sulphides. Core is
digitally photographed.
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.
All holes are logged in full.
Sub-sampling
techniques
If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter,
half or all core taken.
Core is cut using a diamond saw and ½ core (or 1.4 core in the case
of duplicates) is submitted for assaying. The core is sample to
geological boundaries as determined by the geologist logging the
core

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
and sample
preparation
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.
N/A
Core sample preparation at Intertek Laboratory (Intertek – Libreville,
Gabon) consists of crushing entire ½ core samples (up to 3kg) to 80%
passing -10 mesh, splitting 300 grams, and pulverizing to 95%
passing -150 mesh. The 300g pulp is then assayed in Perth bu
Intertek
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-
sampling stages to maximise representivity of
samples.
All half core samples are selected from the same side to remove
sample bias.
Intern QA/QC procedures involved the use of standards, blanks and
duplicates which are inserted into sample batches at a frequency of
approximately 5%.
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.
Core is marked for sampling along an orientation line and a consistent
half of core is sampled along the drill hole. A combination of field
duplicates and laboratory coarse are used to test for sample
reproducibility at this stage of exploration..
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain
size of the material being sampled.
Sample sizes are considered appropriate to give an indication of
mineralisation.
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.
Core samples were assayed at Intertek Perth where the entire sample
was crushed, a 300g split was pulverised and a charge digested by
ore grade multi-acid digest and analysed by ICP-MS or ICP-OES
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 geophysical surveys reported in this release.
Nature of quality control procedures adopted (eg
standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory
checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy
(ie lack of bias) and precision have been
established.
Certified reference material (CRM) samples sourced from Geostats
and were inserted every 25 samples and Blank samples.
Std
Zn ppm
Pb ppm Source
GBM310-1
9753
3035 Geostats Pty Ltd
GBM310-14
179106
89465 Geostats Pty Ltd
GBM319-14 22491
7331 Geostats Pty Ltd
Verification
of sampling
and assaying
The verification of significant intersections by either
independent or alternative company personnel.
All assays are reviewed by AON and significant intercepts are
calculated as composites and reported using a nominal 0.5% Zn+Pb
cut-off grade. A maximum of 3m consecutive internal waste is allowed
in composites. All significant intercepts are calculated by the AON
data base manager and checked bythe Competent Person
The use of twinned holes. There have been no recent twin holes drilled at the Project.
Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures,
data
verification,
data
storage
(physical and electronic) protocols.
All drill hole logging is completed on digital logging templates with
built-in validation. Logging spreadsheets are uploaded and validated
in a central MS Access database. All original logging spreadsheets
are also kept in archive
Discuss any adjustment to assay data. Zinc and lead combined assays are discussed in the text with
Appendix 1 providing a breakdown of significant individual zinc and
lead assays.
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.
GPS coordinates of drill hole locations were captured using a Garmin
GPS in UTM WGS84 Easting/Northing coordinates with metric
accuracy in horizontal and vertical position.
Specification of the grid system used. Sample locations are provided as UTM co-ordinates within Zone 32,
southern hemisphere using WGS 84 datum.
Quality and adequacy of topographic control. Topographic control is based on topographic contours sourced from
SRTM data.
Data spacing
and
distribution
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. Drill hole spacing for the 2021 drill program is variable as most drilling
to date is either first pass drilling of new exploration targets or step-
out brownfields exploration targeting along strike from existing
intercepts.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
Further work is required at the Project to test for extension of
mineralisation potential and verification of historical collars. Some
drilling is on a spacing which is sufficient to test the grade continuity
of mineralisation for this style of mineralisation. The current data set
is considered potentially appropriate for use in a future Mineral
Resourceprovidingfurther drillingis completed.
Whether sample compositing has been applied. No compositing of samples in the field was undertaken.
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.
It is considered the orientation of the bulk of the drilling and sampling
suitably captures the dominant “structure” of the style of
mineralisation at the Project.
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.
This is not currently considered material.
Sample
security
The measures taken to ensure sample security. All core sample intervals are labelled in the core. Cut core samples
are collected in bags labelled with the sample number and a sample
tag.
Samples are delivered to the Intertek, Libreville sample preparation
facility directly by AON personnel or transport contractors. The
samples were then transported to the Intertek Genalysis Laboratory
in Perth for geochemical analysis.
Audits or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.
All QAQC data is reviewed to ensure quality of assays; batches
containing standards that report greater than 2 standard deviations
from expected values are re-assayed.

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 Kroussou Project consists of one Prospecting License (G4-
569), covering approximately 986.5km2located in Ngounié
Province, western Gabon.
The Prospecting License (G4-569) is held by Select
Explorations Gabon SA, a 100% owned subsidiary of Trek. The
Prospecting License was granted in July 2015 and renewed in
July 2018 for an additional three years. The Prospecting
License can be renewed for a further three years. The project is
currently in a license renewal phase, and appropriate reports
and submissions have been made to the Gabonese Ministries.
Havilah Consolidated Resources (HCR) holds a 0.75% NSR in
the Kroussou Project. This royalty may be bought back from
HCR for US$250,000.
The Kroussou Project is now subject to the Earn-In Agreement
between Trek and Apollo Minerals;
No historical sites, wilderness or national parks are located
within the Prospecting License.
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.
Tenure in the form of a Prospecting License (Permis de
Recherche) which has been granted and is considered secure.
In accordance with the Gabonese Mining Code, the Prospecting
License may be extended for a further three years. The project
is currently in a license renewal phase, and appropriate reports
and submissions have been made to the Gabonese Ministries
and it is expected that the renewal will follow a standard
process.
Apollo Minerals are not aware of any impediments relating to
the license or area.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Exploration
done by other
parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
other parties.
Intermittent historical exploration as conducted by French
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) at
Kroussou from 1962 - 1963, the project was then later re-
examined in 1979-1981 by the BRGM in joint venture with
Comilog which is a Gabonese government owned mining
company.
BRGM
discovered
the
Kroussou
Pb-Zn-(Ag)
mineral
occurrences as well as others along various river systems on
the Kroussou license.
BRGM conducted drilling on the project in 1962 and 1977-1980.
Metals of Africa (renamed Battery Minerals) obtained historical
reports and drill logs relating to BRGM’s field program and
completed cursory rock chip and mapping work in 2015 and
2016.
Trek completed soil surveying, mapping, rock chip sampling,
ground geophysics and two drilling programs to confirm
historical results during 2017 and 2018.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.
The deposit style reported in BRGM historical files is Mississippi
Valley Type (MVT) sedimentary mineralisation of Pb-Zn-(Ag)
where mineralisation is similar to the Laisville (Sweden) style
with deposition within siliciclastic horizons in a reducing
environment.
On a regional scale, the Pb-Zn mineral concentrations are
distributed at the edge of the continental shelf which was being
eroded during Lower Cretaceous time.
Mineralisation is located within the Gamba Formation part of the
N’Zeme Asso Series and was deposited during the Cretaceous
as part of the Cocobeach Complex deposited during formation
of the Cotier Basin.
Mineralisation is hosted by conglomerates, sandstones and
siltstones deposited in laguno-deltaic reducing conditions at the
boundary of the Cotier Basin onlapping continental basement
rocks.
Large scale regional structures are believed to have influenced
mineralisation deposition.
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
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation
above sea level in metres) of the drill hole
collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception depth
o hole length.
All new drill hole details are provided in Appendix 1.
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.
N/A
Data
aggregation
methods
In
reporting
Exploration
Results,
weighting
averaging techniques, maximum and/or minimum
grade truncations (eg cutting of high grades) and
cut-off grades are usually Material and should be
stated.
Significant intercepts are reported as down-hole length-
weighted averages of contiguous grades above approximately
0.5% Zn+Pb and above a nominal length of 1m. No top cuts
have been applied to the reporting of the assay results. Overall
sample recovery is predominantly > 90%; intervals with no
sample recovery have not been diluted in the compositing
process.
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
Higher grade intervals are included in the reported grade
intervals; and have also been split out on a case-by-case basis
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
examples of such aggregations should be shown
in detail.
The assumptions used for any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.
No metal equivalent values are used.
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.
Down-hole lengths are reported.
The exploration drilling was conducted so that results would be
close to orthogonal to the mineralisation as understood at the
time. As such, the intercepts are interpreted to be close to true-
thickness of the mineralization.
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’).
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.
Appropriate diagrams, including geological plans, are included
in the main body of this release.
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.
The exploration results should be considered indicative of
mineralisation styles in the region. Exploration results stated
indicated highlights of the drilling and are not meant to
represent prospect scale mineralisation. As the projects are
brownfields exploration targets, and there are large numbers of
holes drilled over the region, it is considered appropriate to
illustrate mineralised and non-mineralised drill holes by the use
of diagrams, with reference to the table of significant
intercepts.
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.
All meaningful and material information is reported.
Further work The nature and scale of planned further work (eg
tests for lateral extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out drilling).
Infill and extensional drilling at the Dikaki Prospect and initial
drilling testing at the Niamabimbou Prospect.
Additional surface exploration programs comprising soil
surveying, geological mapping, rock chip sampling to further
assess identified prospects and to generate new targets within
the broader project area.
Further drill testing of multiple exploration targets across the
project area following after ranking and prioritisation.
Additional metallurgical test work over all prospective targets to
assess recovery characteristics, concentrate quality, and
variability.
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible
extensions,
including
the
main
geological
interpretations and future drilling areas, provided
this information is not commercially sensitive.
These diagrams are included in the main body of this release.

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