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ARIKA RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2021

Jul 27, 2021

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ASX RELEASE: 28 July 2021

Cosmopolitan Gold Mine Drilling Results

  • Final assays from the recent 12 hole drill programme at the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine at the Kookynie Gold Project[1 ] have been returned, with best intercepts including:

  • COSRC0026 - 1 metre @ 5.4 g/t from 193 metres and:

    • 1 metre @ 3.9 g/t from 202 metres.
  • COSRC0027 - 1 metre @ 4.4 g/t from 183 metres and:

    • 1 metre @ 7.7 g/t from 208 metres.
  • COSRC0029 - 2 metres @ 2.1 g/t from 165 metres.

  • COSRC0030 - 6 metres @ 1.4 g/t from 182 metres.

  • These are the first 12 holes that have been drilled by the Company in and around the historic Cosmopolitan mine which produced 360,000 ounces at 15 g/t Au.

  • The Company is highly encouraged by the initial scout drilling conducted and about the potential for high grade extensions to the old mine; with more work programmes now planned to follow.

  • All assays from the recent drilling programme across the wider Project have been returned and the Company will commence its next programme shortly with a focus on McTavish and the 2km of untested strike between McTavish and Leipold, where recent results included[2] :

  • McTRC0049 - 5 metres @ 25.9 g/t from 28 metres

  • McTRC0064 - 6 metres @ 20.6 g/t from 19 metres

  • McTRC0044 - 3 metres @ 19.1 g/t from 88 metres

Metalicity Limited (ASX: MCT) (“MCT” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the gold results from the historic Cosmopolitan Gold Mine at the Kookynie Gold Project[1] in the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia, approximately 60 kilometres south southwest of Leonora.

1Please refer to ASX Announcement “Metalicity Achieves Earn-In On The Kookynie & Yundamindra Gold Projects” dated 20 May 2021 with Nex Metals Explorations Ltd, ASX:NME. As reported on 20 May, Metalicity now has a 51% and controlling interest in both the Kookynie & Yundamindra Gold projects.

2Please refer to ASX Announcement “McTavish Delivers Bonanza Grade Gold Results up to 91.2 g/t Au” dated 8 July 2021.

Cautionary Statement Relating to the Cosmopolitan Production Data

The Production details for the Cosmopolitan Mine are referenced from publicly available data sources. The source and date of the production data for the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine has been reported in the Geological Survey of Western Australia records showing the development of the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine in 1905. DMIRS digital records include open file Annual Reports and data pertaining to the exploration and development efforts of previous operators. Two documents with WAMEX reference numbers A069774 and A067918 are of particular interest. The previous operator in the early 2000’s, Point Exploration Ltd, digitised these historical maps, including the channel sampling. The historical production data have not been reported in accordance with the JORC Code 2012. A Competent Person has not done sufficient work to disclose the historical production data in accordance with the JORC Code 2012. It is possible that following further evaluation and/or exploration work that the confidence in the prior reported production data may be reduced when reported under the JORC Code 2012 Nothing has come to the attention of the operator that causes it to question the accuracy or reliability of the historical production data; An assessment of the additional exploration or evaluation work that is required to report the data in accordance with JORC Code 2012 will be undertaken as part of the Company’s development plan.

Metalicity Limited ASX Code: MCT ABN: 92 086 839 992

www.metalicity.com.au Unit B2, 20 Tarlton Crescent Perth Airport WA 6105

Commenting on the drilling results, Metalicity CEO, Justin Barton said:

“These were the first 12 holes drilled by Metalicity at Cosmopolitan and we are highly encouraged by the initial results and more work is now planned to test potential extensions to the historic high-grade mineralisation that was mined here.”

“The results were not what we were expecting given the detection of visible gold during drilling. Following a detailed investigation of the drilling programme and extensively re-testing assays, we have been able to identify that a significant amount of water was encountered in the hole announced with visible gold, that has led to potentially only 20% recovery through this interval. Although incredibly frustrating, this does provide us with significant encouragement that the drilling results at Cosmopolitan potentially understate the gold recovered recently and historically, given the higher grades we have consistently encountered at all the other nearby prospects, namely McTavish, Champion and Leipold.”

Summary of Cosmopolitan Gold Mine Assay Results

Seven of the 12 holes drilled at the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine have delivered significant intercepts, further highlighting the potential of this prospect. Whilst values returned are not at historical grades it is highly encouraging to intersect the structure that hosted the historical workings and confirm that this mineralisation continues. As articulated in this announcement, incredibly high variability in re-assaying has been encountered with the current results. Nevertheless, the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine was once one of the largest gold mines in Western Australia during its time.

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Figure 1 below details a plane of vein long section for the Cosmopolitan drilling to date and intercepts reported in Table 1.

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Figure 1 – Cosmopolitan Gold Mine Plane of Vein Section with recent drilling*.

For Figure Two Drilling Results;*Please refer to ASX Announcements: Metalicity Continues to Deliver Impressive Drill Hole Results for the Kookynie Gold Project, dated 22nd December 2020, Metalicity Continues to Deliver Fantastic Drill Hole Results for the Kookynie Gold Project dated 1st October 2020, Metalicity Reports Drill Hole Intercepts Up to 100 g/t Au for the Kookynie Gold Project dated 15th September 2020, Metalicity Continues to Deliver Spectacular Drill Hole Results for the Kookynie Gold Project dated 25th August 2020, Metalicity Delivers More Outstanding Drill Hole Results for the Kookynie Gold Project. Phase Two Drilling to Commence Imminently dated 10th July 2020, Metalicity Continues to Deliver Excellent Drill Hole Results for the Kookynie Gold Project dated 2nd July 2020, Metalicity Continues to Deliver Spectacular Drill Hole Results for the Kookynie Gold Project dated 25th June 2020 & Metalicity Reports Drill Hole Intercepts Up To 80 g/t Au & Additional Tenement Acquisition for Kookynie dated 21st January 2020.

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MGA 94_Zone 51 South MGA 94_Zone 51 South MGA 94_Zone 51 South
Hole ID Tenement Hole
Type
Easting Northing RL EOH Dip Azi From (m) To (m) Down Hole
Width(m)
Grade
(Aug/t)
Comments
COSRC0022 M40/61 RC 354,346 6,753,970 431 240 -75 270 No significant intersection Note this exludes re-assay of COSRC0022 from Viz Au 227
to 228 m where we didget a 1.5 and a 1.2 on 2 samples
COSRC0023 M40/61 RC 354,376 6,753,930 433 234 -72 270 No significant intersection
COSRC0024 M40/61 RC 354,388 6,753,890 434 270 -70 270 No significant intersection
COSRC0025 M40/61 RC 354,386 6,753,850 433 250 -70 270 No significant intersection
COSRC0026 M40/61 RC 354,393 6,753,780 431 269 -80 270 193 194 1 5.4 1 metre @ 5.4 g/t from 193 metres
202 203 1 3.9 1 metre @ 3.9 g/t from 202 metres
COSRC0027 M40/61 RC 354,371 6,753,580 429 274 -80 270 183 184 1 4.4 1 metre @ 4.4 g/t from 183 metres
208 209 1 7.7 1 metre @ 7.7 g/t from 208 metres
COSRC0028 M40/61 RC 354,335 6,753,535 428 252 -80 270 No significant intersection
COSRC0029 M40/61 RC 354,348 6,753,515 428 232 -60 270 165 167 2 2.1 2 metres @ 2.1 g/t from 165 metres
COSRC0030 M40/61 RC 354,377 6,753,450 428 256 -70 270 182 188 6 1.4 6 metres @ 1.4 g/t from 182 metres
COSRC0031 M40/61 RC 354,377 6,753,450 428 102 -60 270 No significant intersection
COSRC0032 M40/61 RC 354,371 6,753,385 428 245 -80 270 180 182 2 1.9 2 metres @ 1.4 g/t from 182 metres
COSRC0033 M40/61 RC 354,368 6,753,345 429 275 -75 270 No significant intersection

Table 1 – Cosmopolitan Gold Mine Anomalous Drill Hole Intercepts.

Note: Duplicates and CRM analysis was not used in the calculation of the significant intercepts. A hole listed with “no significant anomalism” means that no sample run returned a value to trigger reporting.

The intercepts above were calculated based on a sample returning an assay value of greater than 1 g/t Au over an interval greater than 2 metres, but not including any more than 1 metre of internal material that graded less than 1 g/t Au. Intervals were based on geology and no top cut off was applied.

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Visible Gold Anomaly

During the drilling of COSRC0022 the site geologist reported that he had observed a visible gold fleck in an RC chip in the chip tray in the 227 to 228 metre sampling interval, as shown in Photograph 1 below. This led to an expectation that the interval would deliver an assay result which could be anything from 1 to 100 + g/t Au, but in all events at least over 10 g/t Au.

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Photograph 1 – Visible gold from interval 227-228 metres in COSRC0022 at the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine.

Please refer to ASX Announcement “First Hole Intersects Visible Gold at the Cosmopolitan Prospect, 100m North of Historic Cosmopolitan Gold Mine” dated 4 February 2021. Please note the wrong hole ID was displayed in the previous announcement.

The location for COSRC0022 was designed to test what was hoped to be the possible location of the southern extent of the Cumberland zone of mineralisation at depth. The targeting was inferred from up dip stopes and an estimate of dip / strike of the mineralised horizon, as well as the up-dip sampling information.

This interval in question is in the expected target zone, which appears to be a typical (shear hosted lode gold) quartz vein of variable thickness (~0.2 to +2 metre) in a shear / vein structure system, which can host good high gold grades based on the reported results of the historic hand sampling in the workings and from historic production figures.

However, when the interval was assayed, the Intertek Laboratory reported a fire assay and screen fire assay result of no gold, and separately, the SGS Laboratory reported a screen fire assay reported of 0.02 g/t gold.

An investigation was launched, and several further assays carried out on residual pulps, with these additional results only confirming the original Intertek and SGS findings.

It was noted; however, that during the drilling of the hole and particularly the interval in question, a significant amount of water was encountered in the hole and sample recovery had been compromised. The field geologist stated that sample recovery was an issue during the drilling when the structure was encountered. The samples had been dry, with good recovery up to that point.

An estimate has been made that there may have been only 20% recovery through this interval with fines being

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preferentially lost.

Following further analysis, we have concluded that as the distribution of gold in this interval is highly variable, it is unlikely to have been adequately representatively sampled due to the poor recovery and loss of material caused by excessive uncontrolled water inflows. The target zone is likely to have contained a thin (probably sub 20 to 30 cm) quartz vein with variable amounts of coarse gold.

More detailed discussion and analysis of this can be found in Appendix Two attached.

Notwithstanding the above, future drilling at Cosmopolitan will attempt to RC drill to close proximity of the target mineralised horizon and then diamond core through the structure so that sample losses due to sudden onset of large amounts of water are minimised and sample representivity is maintained as best as possible

Kookynie Drilling Results to Date

With the completion of all outstanding assays for Cosmopolitan, Champion, Leipold and McTavish Prospects over the past few weeks, all outstanding assays are now published.

The Company is now in the process of finalising plans for its next exploration efforts. The initial focus will be at McTavish, along with the 2km of untested strike between McTavish and Leipold, where the Company is becoming increasingly confident these prospects could link up into one bigger system of multiple similar high grades lodes seen at both prospects. Recent results from McTavish were outstanding and included*:

  • McTRC0049 - 5 metres @ 25.9 g/t from 28 metres

  • McTRC0064 - 6 metres @ 20.6 g/t from 19 metres

  • McTRC0044 - 3 metres @ 19.1 g/t from 88 metres

  • *Please refer to ASX Announcement “McTavish Delivers Bonanza Grade Gold Results up to 91.2 g/t Au” dated 8 July 2021.

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Figure 2 – Kookynie Prospect Locality Map with mineralised trends. Since the beginning of the year, the Company has completed a total of 102 drill holes for a total of 12,538 metres, which were designed to extend known mineralisation in preparing and stating updated mineral Resource Estimates for the Leipold, McTavish and Champion Prospects. The tenure and extent of the returned

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mineralisation bodes exceptionally well for this future initial Mineral Resource Estimate at Champion, McTavish and Leipold. With these results received the Company is making significant headway into completing these initial Resource Estimates.

Of significance, is that all three of these prospects remain open in one or more directions and these results clearly defined areas to target in the next drilling programme.

Kookynie Gold Project

Kookynie is located 60 kilometres south south-east from Leonora in Western Australia and is host to nine significant prospects: Champion, McTavish, Leipold, Altona, Mulga Plum, Wandin, Diamantina, Cosmopolitan and Cumberland. Diamantina, Cosmopolitan and Cumberland are known collectively as the DCC Trend, please refer to Figure 2 above.

This Announcement is approved by the Board of Metalicity Limited.

ENQUIRIES

Investors

Justin Barton CEO +61 8 6500 0202 [email protected]

Metalicity confirms that the Company is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the relevant market announcement and, in the case of “exploration results” that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the “exploration results” in the relevant announcements referenced apply and have not materially changed.

Competent Person Statement

Information in this report that relates to Exploration results and targets is based on, and fairly reflects, information compiled by Mr. Jason Livingstone, a Competent Person who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr. Livingstone is an employee of Metalicity Limited. Mr. Livingstone has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr. Livingstone consents to the inclusion of the data in the form and context in which it appears.

Note

This Announcement is designed to also supplement for Nex Metals Exploration as it relates to our farm-in agreement as announced on the 6[th] May 2019 titled “ Metalicity Farms Into Prolific Kookynie & Yundamindra Gold Projects, WA ”.

Forward Looking Statements

This announcement may contain certain “forward-looking statements” which may not have been based solely on historical facts, but rather may be based on the Company’s current expectations about future events and results. Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have reasonable basis. However, forward-looking statements:

(a) are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies;

(b) involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results reflected in such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, without limitation, resource risk, metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks in the countries and states in which the Company operates or supplies or sells product to, and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes; and

(c) may include, among other things, statements regarding estimates and assumptions in respect of prices, costs, results and capital expenditure, and are or may be based on assumptions and estimates related to future technical, economic, market, political, social and other conditions.

The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “indicate”, “contemplate”, “target”, “plan”, “intends”, “continue”, “budget”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “schedule” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements contained in this presentation are qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements. Recipients are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly recipients are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forwardlooking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.

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Appendix One – JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1

Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
● Reverse circulation (RC) sampling
was conducted by the offsiders
on the drill rig and checked at
the end of each rod (6 metres) to
ensure that the sample ID’s
matched the interval that was
intended to be represented by
that sample ID. No issues were
seen or noted by the Competent
person during the entire drilling
campaign. These samples are
kept onsite in a secure location
available for further analysis if
required.
● All RC samples were sieved and
washed to ensure samples were
taken from the appropriate
intervals. The presence of quartz
veining +- sulphide presence +-
alteration was used to determine
if a zone was interpreted to be
mineralised. If the sample was
deemed to be potentially
mineralised, the samples were
submitted for screen fire assay. If
no mineralisation was observed,
the sample was submitted for
check using fire assay.
● All samples were submitted for
analysis, no compositing took
place.
● The quality of the sampling is
industry standard and was
completed with the utmost care
to ensure that the material being
sampled, can be traced back to
the interval taken from the drill
hole for both RC and diamond
core. However, for specific
intervals, sample recovery in RC
is discussed.
● OREAS standards of 60 gram
charges of OREAS 22F (Au grade
range of <1ppb Au – this is a
blank), OREAS 251 (Au grade
range of 0.498ppm Au to
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.
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
(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.

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0.510ppm Au), OREAS 219 (Au
grade range of 0.753ppm Au to
0.768ppm Au) and OREAS 229b
(Au grade range of 11.86ppm Au
to 12.04ppm Au) were used in
alternating and sporadic patterns
at a ratio of 1 QAQC sample in 20
samples submitted. The material
used to make these standards
was sourced from a West
Australian, Eastern Goldfields
orogenic gold deposits.
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).
● RC drilling used a bit size of 5 ¼
inch.
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.
● RC drilling sample recovery was
excellent except in the structures
discussed above and in Appendix
Two.
● There appears to be a
relationship displayed between
recovery and grade nor loss/gain
of fine/course material.
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 recovered sample from RC
has been geologically logged to a
level where it would support an
appropriate Mineral Resource
Estimate, mining studies and
metallurgical test work.
● Logging was qualitative based on
the 1 metre samples derived
from the RC drilling.

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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.
● RC samples were cone split from
the rig. Then subsequent
resampling as defined in the
tables above was conducted.
● Most RC samples were dry.
However, sample recover and
wet samples were an issue
during the intersection of the
mineralised lodes at the
Cosmopolitan Gold Mine.
● Duplicates or a CRM standard
were inserted every 20 samples.
● The Competent Person is of the
opinion the sampling method is
appropriate.
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 (eg
standards, blanks, duplicates,
external laboratory checks) and
whether acceptable levels of
accuracy (ie lack of bias) and
precision have been established.
● Fire assay and screen fire assay
methods have been selected for
RC samples. The methodology
employed in these analytical
procedures are industry
standard with appropriate
checks and balances throughout
their own processes.
● The analytical method employed
is appropriate for the style of
mineralisation and target
commodity present. However,
selected entire intercepts with a
returned weighted average assay
above 5 g/t Au will be selected
and analysed using the screen
fire method to provide a
statistical comparison between
the two analytical methods in
high grade zones. This is to
ensure the high-grade nature
(nugget effect) is defined and
articulated. However, as
discussed in Appendix Two,
issues were identified and
explained.
● Nogeophysical tools,

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spectrometers, handheld XRF
instruments were used.
● A 1 in 20 standard or duplicate
or blank was employed during
this programme. QAQC analysis
shows that the lab performed
within the specifications of the
QAQC protocols. The standards
used were from OREAS and
based on material sourced from
with the Eastern Goldfields.
Blanks were also sourced from
OREAS as well.
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.
● Umpire analysis has been
presented with requisite
statistical interrogation. Please
refer to Appendix Two for a
detailed account.
● No twinned holes have been
completed. However, drill holes
have been collared near
previously drilled holes but on
different orientations.
● Data was collected on to
standardised templates in the
field and data entered at night.
Cross checks were performed
verifying field data.
● No adjustment to the available
assay data has been made.
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.
● Drill hole collars will be surveyed
using a DGPS.
● The RC holes were downhole
surveyed using a “Champ Gyro
multi-shot down hole survey
camera”.
● GDA94 Zone 51S was used,
collars will be picked up by a
qualified surveyor using a DGPS
(Trimble S7).
● The surveyed collar coordinates
appear to be sufficient, however,
better definition is required of
the topography to allow for a
JORC 2012 compliant estimation.
● Appendix Two contains collar
coordinates as drilled:
Data spacing and distribution Data spacing for reporting of ● The data spacing is sufficient to

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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.
establish a relatively high
confidence in geological and
grade continuity, however,
peripheral data to support the
drill holes requires further work
to ensure compliance with JORC
2012 guidelines.
● No sample compositing was
applied beyond the calculation
of down hole significant
intercepts.
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.
● Most of the drilling has been
perpendicular to the main
structure that hosts
mineralisation. Secondary
structures oblique to the main
structure may have influence
hanging and foot wall intercepts.
● The author believes that the
drilling orientation and the
orientation of key mineralised
structures has not introduced a
bias.
Sample security The measures taken to ensure
sample security.
● The chain of supply from rig to
the laboratory was overseen a
contract geologist under the
supervision of the Competent
Person. At no stage has any
person or entity outside of the
Competent Person, the contract
geologist, the drilling contractor,
and the assay laboratory came
into contact with the samples.
● Samples dispatched to the
laboratory were delivered to the
laboratory by a contract
geologist, no third-party courier
used.
Audits or reviews The results of any audits or
reviews of sampling techniques
and data.
● Extensive discussions with
industry leaders has been
performed to understand the
variance in not only the
statistical data presented, but
also the mineralisation. It has
been noted that visible gold was
intersected, however, given the
geostatistical results provided, a
verylarge nugget effect is

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present. ● No other external audit of the results, beyond the laboratory internal QAQC measures, has taken place.

Section 2: Reporting of Exploration Results

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.
● Please refer to the tenement
column below to where the drill
holes were completed.
● Nex Metals Explorations Ltd
holds the tenure in question.
Metalicity is currently
performing an earn in option as
part of our farm in agreement
(please refer to ASX
Announcement “Metalicity
Farms Into Prolific Kookynie &
Yundamindra Gold Projects, WA
dated 6thMay 2019)
● No impediments exist to
obtaining a license to operate
over the listed tenure.
Exploration done by other parties Acknowledgment and appraisal
of exploration by other parties.
● Nex Metals Explorations Ltd have
done a great job of collating the
historical drilling completed over
the previous 30 years.
● The Kookynie Area been
subjected to many phases of
Exploration commencing with
the discovery of gold in 1897 at
the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine.
Extensive work by Western
Mining Corporation between
1934 to 1937 with Aerial
Geological and Geophysical
Survey of Northern Australia
(AGGNSA) between 1937 to
1940. Then with WMC at 1966
and 1986, ASARCO between
1974 to 1975, Square Gold and
Minerals in 1981, CRA between
1982 and 1983, and Money
Mining in 1992. Between 1993
and 2008, FMR and since 2008 it
has been held between A&C
Miningand Nex Metals

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Explorations.

  • The historical work completed requires further field verification via re-down hole surveying (if possible) of drill holes beyond 60 metres depth – it appears below this depth; hole deviation becomes a factor in establishing the location of mineralisation in 3D. Furthermore, collar pickups require verification. All laboratory certificates for the assays on file are collated, only recommendation is possibly more duplicate information in mineralised zones.

  • GeologyDeposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation.

  • Kookynie:

  • The project area is in the Keith-Kilkenny Tectonic Zone within the northnorthwest trending Archean-aged Malcolm greenstone belt. The KeithKilkenny Tectonic Zone is a triangular shaped area hosting a succession of Archean mafic-ultramafic igneous and metasedimentary rocks. Regional magnetic data indicates the Kookynie region is bounded to the west by the northtrending Mt George Shear, the Keith-Kilkenny Shear Zone to the east and the Mulliberry Granitoid Complex to the south.

  • There are several styles of gold mineralisation identified in the Kookynie region. The largest system discovered to date is the high-grade mineralisation mined at the Admiral/Butterfly area, Desdemona area and Niagara area. The gold mineralisation is associated with pyritic quartz veins hosted within north to

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northeast dipping structures
cross-cutting 'favourable'
lithologies which can also
extend into shears along
geological contacts. Gold
mineralisation tends to be
preferentially concentrated
in differentiated dolerite
sills associated with
pyrite/carbonate/silica/seric
ite wall rock alteration.
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.
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.
● For Kookynie (and
Yundramindra), please refer to
the Company’s announcement
dated 6th May 2019, “Metalicity
Farms Into Prolific Kookynie &
Yundamindra Gold Projects,
WA”, for all historical drill collar
information, and selected
significant intercepts.
● For the drilling performed and
subject to this announcement,
please see Table 1 and Appendix
Two in this announcement.
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.
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
● All intercepts have been
calculated using the weighted
average method but are based
on 1 metre samples from RC
drilling. Specific intervals within
an interval have been described
as part of the overall intercept
statement.
● Intercepts were calculated based
on a sample returning an assay
value of greater than 0.1 g/t Au
over an interval greater than 2
metres, but not including any
more than 1 metre of internal

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such aggregations should be
shown in detail.
The assumptions used for any
reporting of metal equivalent
values should be clearly stated.
material that graded less than
0.1 g/t Au. Intervals were based
on geology and no top cut off
was applied.
● No metal equivalents are
discussed or reported.
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’).
● Given the shallow dipping nature
(approximately -45° on average)
of the mineralisation observed at
Kookynie, the nominal drilling
inclination of -60° lends to close
to truth width intercepts.
● However, cross cutting
structures within the hanging
wall and footwall are noted and
may influence the results.
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.
● Please see main body of the
announcement for the relevant
figures.
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 results have been presented.
Please refer to Appendix 2.
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
● The area has had significant
historical production recorded
and is accessible via the
MINEDEX database.
● All stated mineral resources for
the Kookynie (and
Yundramindra) Projects are pre-
JORC 2012. Considerable work
around bulk density, QAQC,
down hole surveys and
metallurgy, coupled with the
planned drilling will be required
to ensure compliance with JORC

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substances. 2012 guidelines.
Further work The nature and scale of planned
further work (eg 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.
● Metalicity intends to drill the
known and extend the
mineralised occurrences within
the Kookynie and Yundramindra
Projects. The Yundramindra
Project is currently under the
plaint process, however
Metalicity believes that Nex
Metals is well advanced in
defending those claims. The
drilling will be designed to
validate historical drilling with a
view to making maiden JORC
2012 Mineral Resource Estimate
statements. Metalicity has made
the aspirational statement of
developing “significant resource
and reserve base on which to
commence a sustainable mining
operation focusing on grade and
margin”.
● Diagrams pertinent to the area’s
in question are supplied in the
body of this announcement.

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Appendix Two – Detailed Assay Result Discussion

The drilling at Cosmopolitan has provided results that are difficult to explain given the visible gold seen in the selected interval (Photograph 1). This interval then assayed below detection in the initial Intertek laboratory fire assay and screen fire assay testing, and 0.02 g/t Au for the initial SGS screen fire assay.

This interval is located in the expected target zone, which appears to be a typical (shear hosted lode gold) quartz vein of variable thickness (~0.2 to +2 metre) in a shear / vein structure system, which can host good high gold grades based on the results of the hand sampling in the workings and from historic production figures. Clearly the historic underground production would have focussed on the broader mineralisation zones, meaning potential shallow (relatively) residual zones that are the target of this drill hole are likely to be fairly narrow. The representivity of the hand samples is impossible to determine, as the sampling methodology is unknown. If, as is very likely, they were taken by chip sampling the sample results will be biased. Despite the assumption that that sampling is biased, it was still used to guide exploration drill planning efforts along with the underground development information. The location of COSRC0022 tests what was hoped to be the possible location of the southern extent of the Cumberland zone of mineralisation at depth. The targeting was inferred from up dip stopes and an estimate of dip / strike of the mineralised horizon, as well as the up-dip sampling information.

The site geologist reported that he had discovered a visible gold fleck in an RC chip in the chip tray in the 227 to 228 metre sampling interval and sent the photograph as illustrated in Photograph One. This led to an expectation that the interval would deliver an assay result in keeping with visible gold having been seen which could be anything from 1 to 100 + g/t Au, and most likely at least over 10 g/t Au.

In keeping with the expectation that results can be extremely variable due to the coarse gold commonly encountered at the Kookynie Project prospects, the assay strategy was designed to negate this problem. Each sample interval deemed reasonably prospective based on locational and visual cues had three primary samples sent for assay, being 50 gram fire assay to Intertek, 1 kg screen fire assay to Intertek and 500 gram screen fire assay to SGS. The expectation being that with three separate samples of different sizes and methods of the intervals we would be able to show and attempt to quantify variability in sample results.

Once the initial Intertek results were returned with below detection result for both fire and screen fire assay; however, we saw we had a real problem, as with the visible gold at least some detectable level of gold was expected. The Intertek sample residues were retrieved and sent for “umpire” (umpire – taking the same sample that was analysed at one laboratory and checking the result against another laboratories performance using the same analytical method) analysis at SGS by 50 gram fire assay. The two samples then returned values of 0.02 g/t Au, which is at least a detection but not near expected values. In the meantime, the original screen fire analysis sample sent to SGS returned a value of 0.02 g/t Au, which was still not in the expected range.

However, sample recovery had been compromised due to unexpected significant water flow whilst the hole was being drilled. The field geologist stated that sample recovery was an issue during the drilling when the structure was hit. There was a very significant water flow through the sample return (samples had been dry with good recovery) up to that point, and it is estimated that the Company had probably recovered 5kg of sample, from what should have been approx. 25kg dry sample. This implies a 20% recovery with fines preferentially lost. Drilling in the southern area encountered significant water issues with the other holes displaying moderate to good recoveries as the drillers adapted the drill technique to keep the samples dry.

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In order to further test the interval a riffle splitter was obtained to prevent bias in subsequent sample slits and the remainder of the sample material from the interval was split into eight ~500 g samples and submitted for fire assay analysis at SGS. The results then returned a range of values from below detection up to a maximum of 1.5 g/t Au, with one other sample at 1.2 g/t Au, as shown in the table below:

**Sample Type ** Sample ID Analysis **Auppm **
Original MCT_21773 SFA Intertek <LDL
Spear Dup MCT_21773A SFA Intertek <LDL
Spear Dup MCT_21773B SFA SGS 0.02
PulpUmpire MCT_21773 FA SGS 0.02
PulpUmpire MCT_21773A FA SGS 0.02
Riffle split remainder MCT_27001 FA SGS 0.01
Riffle split remainder MCT_27002 FA SGS 1.5
Riffle split remainder MCT_27003 FA SGS 0.02
Riffle split remainder MCT_27004 FA SGS <LDL
Riffle split remainder MCT_27005 FA SGS 1.17
Riffle split remainder MCT_27006 FA SGS 0.03
Riffle split remainder MCT_27007 FA SGS 0.01
Riffle split remainder MCT_27008 FA SGS 0.02
Mean with 1/2 LDL i.e. 0.005 applied to LDL values 0.2

Cosmopolitan Gold Mine Anomalous Drill Hole Intercept resampling information.

A statistical analysis showed what was intuitive and already known i.e. the sample (and the mineralisation at Kookynie generally) is highly variable or nuggety consisting of largely coarse gold rather than evenly distributed disseminated gold. Coarse gold is highly unevenly distributed at the close range, small scale, as encountered in a drill hole sample and as such analysis results can be expected to be highly variable as shown in the table above, and visually demonstrated in the bar chart below. Note that the below detection values were converted to ½ detection (i.e. 0.005 g/t Au) for the purposes of the analysis.

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Cosmopolitan Gold Mine Anomalous Drill Hole Intercept resampling statistical information.

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All statistical measures such as coefficient of variation show high variability of the results for the 13 samples from the single metre. The screen fire assay analysis with the larger sample size being analysed does not appear to have performed any better than the smaller fire assay in this case.

In conclusion this interval is unlikely to have been adequately representatively sampled due to the poor recovery and loss of material caused by excessive uncontrolled water. The target zone is likely to have contained a thin (probably sub 20 to 30 cm) quartz vein with variable amounts of coarse gold. The two samples that have returned above 1 g/t Au demonstrate the variability and the existence of gold in the overall interval. I would probably also recommend that the mean value of 0.22 g/t Au be used as the database value for this interval as it is probably closer to representative of the interval than any one individual sample.

Future drilling at the Cosmopolitan Gold Mine should attempt to RC drill to close proximity of the target and then diamond core through the structure so that sample losses due to sudden onset of large amounts of water are minimised and sample representivity is maintained as best as possible.

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