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Artemis Resources Limited Capital/Financing Update 2017

Jan 30, 2017

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Artemis Resources Limited ARBN: 80 107 051 749

Level 3, IBM Building, 1060 Hay Street, West Perth, WA Australia, 6006

PO Box R933 Royal Exchange NSW Australia, 1225

Phone: +61 2 9078 7670 Facsimile: +61 2 9078 7661 Email: [email protected] Website: artemisresources.com.au

Directors:

Executive Chairman David Lenigas

Executive Directors Edward Mead Alex Duncan-Kemp

Non-Executive Directors George Frangeskides Campbell Baird

Company Secretary: Guy Robertson

Corporate Information ASX Code: ARV

ASX / Media Announcement

31 January 2017

Artemis orders gold production plant for Nickol River Gold Project – Karratha, Western Australia.

Artemis Resources Limited (“ Artemis ” or “ the Company ”) ( ASX: ARV ) is pleased to announce that it has now placed an order for the 150 tonne per hour trial gold recovery plant for its Nickol River Gold Project located 12 km from Karratha (Figure 1).

The gravity plant is due to arrive on site in approximately 8 weeks and is expected to be operational shortly thereafter on the newly signed 127 hectares of approved Mining Leases, as announced on 25 January 2017.

David Lenigas, Artemis’s Chairman, commented; “Artemis has significant gold resources available at Nickol River, Weerianna and Carlow Castle in the Karratha area, and getting Nickol River in to gold production as soon as possible is a key objective of the company. The latest mining deal signed with D&K Corps Investments last week on their approved Nickol River Mining Leases, in the heart of Artemis’s tenement package, allows us the opportunity to fast track the installation of the 150 tonne per hour processing plant.”

Figure 1: Artemis’s Tenements and Projects near Karratha (incl. Fox Resources Tenements which are subject to an acquisition agreement)

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ABOUT NICKOL RIVER GOLD PROJECT:

Artemis’s Nickol River Gold Project is located only 12 km from the regional mining centre of Karratha (15 minutes by road) in the Pilbara area of Western Australia and close to excellent infrastructure straddling the Karratha – Roebourne Highway.

The Company has identified significant areas at Nickol River that are highly weathered and free-dig from surface to depths of between 2 to 6 metres that would potentially be amenable to bulk scale mining and processing using a modern gravity plant for gold recoveries.

Artemis announced on 25 January 2017 that it had signed a binding agreement with D & K Corps Investments Pty Ltd granting Artemis the exclusive rights to explore, mine, process and extract and sell gold and precious metals from 5 Mining Leases, covering 127 hectares, to a depth of 5 metres from surface or depth of free dig with an excavator, with Artemis receiving 90% by weight of the gold and precious metals recovered, for an initial two (2) year term and yearly renewable by mutual consent. These new Mining Leases have approved heritage surveys and approved water extraction rights and a number of these new leases have approved Programme of Works.

Also, as previously reported on 25 January 2017, previous trial mining operations at Nickol River reported by Sir Samuel Mines NL listing Prospectus, noted that in 1984 a 10 tonne per hour plant tested 600 tonnes of surface material yielding a recovered grade of 0.33 grams per tonne of gold (“g/t Au”) and in 1985 a bigger 40 tonne per hour pilot plant processed 42,500 tonnes of surface material that yielded a recovered grade of 0.15 g/t Au.

More recent work completed by Artemis in 2012 and released to the ASX in the December 2012 Quarterly Report included auger soil sampling in the western portion of Artemis’s P47/1518, and a limited rock chip sampling programme. The auger sampling identified broad gold anomalies, with a maximum assay result of 6.9 g/ t Au. The rock chip sampling completed also returned anomalous Au, with results of up to 14.8 g/t Au from the Samantha Lode. The work completed by Artemis confirmed the tenor of gold mineralisation as identified in historic work. The historic work included 58 Reverse Circulation Drill holes, mapping and soil sampling.

There are currently no JORC compliant resources at Nickol River as the previous work outlined in the 1980’s in the Sir Samuel Mines NL Prospectus was published prior to the existence of JORC.

The company has also applied to convert its 38.7 Hectare Prospecting Licence (P47/1518), which covers the main Samantha, Tozer’s and Boiler Prospects, to a Mining Lease and a heritage survey from the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation has been requested. The Company expects both of these to be obtained during Q1 2017. A Programme of Works (“POW”) has been submitted to the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum (“DMP”) for P47/1518 for an extensive trenching and pitting programme. This will be used for detailed grade control purposes prior to commencement of mining and processing operations and this work will be aimed at providing advanced grade and tonnage scheduling for the processing plant and is designed to convert the historic work to JORC standard.

Artemis has a total of around 1,500 hectares of approved and pending licences in the Nickol River area (Figure 2).

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Figure 2: Artemis’s Nickol River Tenements, including D & K Corps Investments as highlighted. Artemis now controls all but one small excised tenement at Nickol River

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ARTEMIS RESOURCES

Artemis Resources Limited is a resources exploration and development company with a focus on its prospective West Pilbara (gold, base metals, platinum and platinum group elements) and Mt Clement-Paulsens (gold) projects in Western Australia. On 16 December 2016, Artemis announced the signing of a binding conditional agreement (“Agreement”) with Fox Resources Limited (“Fox”) for a 3 month exclusive option to buy their fully permitted AGIP 425,000 tpa Radio Hill nickel and copper operations, processing plant and associated mining and exploration tenements with significant existing JORC 2004 and 2012 compliant resources of Nickel, Copper and Zinc situated within a 15 km radius of the Radio Hill plant, for a total consideration of $3.5 million. The Radio Hill Plant is located 35 km south of Karratha in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.

CONTACTS

For further information on this update or the Company generally, please visit our website at www.artemisresources.co.au or contact:

Investors / Shareholders
Edward Mead
Executive Director
Telephone: +61 407 445 351
Email:[email protected]
Media
David Tasker
Professional Public Relations
Telephone: +61 433 112 936
Email:[email protected]

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COMPETENT PERSONS STATEMENT

The information in this document that relates to Exploration Results and Exploration Targets is based on information compiled or reviewed by Edward Mead, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Mead is a Director of Artemis Resources Limited and is a consultant to the Company, and is employed by Doraleda Pty Ltd. Mr Mead has sufficient experience which 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 in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Mead consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND IMPORTANT NOTICE

This report contains forecasts, projections and forward looking information. Although the Company believes that its expectations, estimates and forecast outcomes are based on reasonable assumptions it can give no assurance that these will be achieved. Expectations, estimates and projections and information provided by the Company are not a guarantee of future performance and involve unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are out of Artemis’ control. Actual results and developments will almost certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. Artemis has not audited or investigated the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements and opinions contained in this presentation. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Artemis makes no representation and can give no assurance, guarantee or warranty, express or implied, as to, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for (1) the authenticity, validity, accuracy, suitability or completeness of, or any errors in or omission from, any information, statement or opinion contained in this report and (2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the achievement or accuracy of any forecasts, projections or other forward looking information contained or referred to in this report.

Investors should make and rely upon their own enquiries before deciding to acquire or deal in the Company’s securities.

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JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 Nickol River

Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data

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

Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Sampling Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut channels, A manual grab sampling technique
techniques random chips, or specific specialised industry from bottom of hole was used to
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.
obtain
a
0.5-1.5kg
sample
for
submission to the laboratory for Fire
Assay/ICP analysis.
No field duplicates, standard or blank
Include reference to measures taken to ensure samples were submitted for analysis.
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.
Drilling Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-hole Small power auger mounted on rear
techniques hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, of quad motorcycle
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).
Drill sample Method of recording and assessing core and chip No details on sample recovery or
recovery sample recoveries and results assessed. detailed geological logging is
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery available.
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.
Logging Whether core and chip samples have been Samples were not logged by a
geologically and geotechnically logged to a level geologist.
of detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource It is not considered that these
estimation, mining studies and metallurgical samples will be used to support
studies. appropriate
Mineral
Resource
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in estimation,
mining
studies or
nature.
Core
(or
costean,
channel,
etc)
metallurgical studies.
photography. Logging not completed.
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Sub- If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, The random sampling of subsurface
sampling half or all core taken. soil is considered representative of
techniques If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary the mineralisation present in the
and sample split, etc and whether sampled wet or dry. target lithological units.
preparation For all sample types, the nature, quality and No field duplicates were collected for
appropriateness of the sample preparation analysis.
technique. A sample size of 0.5-1.5kg was
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub- collected and considered appropriate
sampling stages to maximise representivity of and representative for the grain size
samples. and style of mineralisation
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.
Quality of The nature, quality and appropriateness of the Genalysis/Intertek
Laboratories
assay data assaying and laboratory procedures used and (Perth) were used for all analysis work
and whether the technique is considered partial or carried out on the Artemis Resources
laboratory total. Ltd auger samples. The laboratory
tests For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld techniques below are for all samples
XRF instruments, etc, the parameters used in submitted to Genalysis/Intertek and
determining the analysis including instrument are considered appropriate for the
make and model, reading times, calibrations style of mineralisation defined at the
factors applied and their derivation, etc. Nickol River Project:
Nature of quality control procedures adopted (eg oAR10/GF
(10g
Aqua-Regia
standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory digest – Graphite Furnace AAS
checks) and whether acceptable levels of Finish)
accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision have been oAu Repeats AR10/SAA (10gm
established. Aqua-Regia
digest,
solvent
extraction AAS finish.
oAg, As, Co 4A/MS (4 acid
digest, ICP/MS finish)
oCr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn 4A/OE
(4 acid digest, ICP/OES finish).
Total digestion technique.
Internal laboratory controls only.
Verification The verification of significant intersections by Data compilation and verification of
of sampling either independent or alternative company historic exploration data is ongoing.
and assaying personnel. No adjustments of assay data are
The use of twinned holes. considered necessary.
Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage
(physical and electronic) protocols.
Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Location of Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate A Garmin GPSMap62 hand-held GPS
data points drill holes (collar and down-hole surveys), is used to define the location of the
trenches, mine workings and other locations used auger sample locations. Standard
in Mineral Resource estimation. practice is for the GPS to track the
Specification of the grid system used. location of the user constantly and the
Quality and adequacy of topographic control. location of the auger samples are
recorded electronically as ‘waypoints’
at the time of sampling. Sample
locations
are
considered
to
be
accurate to within 5m.
Grid
system
used
for
Artemis
Resources Ltd sampling is MGA 94
(Zone 50)
Data spacing
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. Auger sites were on25m apart with
and Whether the data spacing and distribution is sample lines 50m apart.
distribution sufficient to establish the degree of geological Data from auger samples will not be
and grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral used
in
resource
and
reserve
Resource
and
Ore
Reserve
estimation
estimations. Sampling is based on
procedure(s) and classifications applied. specific
geological
targets
to
Whether sample compositing has been applied. understand geochemical distribution.
No sample compositing is used in this
report.
Orientation Whether the orientation of sampling achieves Samples traverses were orientated
of data in unbiased sampling of possible structures and the north-south as most lodes and the
relation to extent to which this is known, considering the geological sequence strike east-west.
geological deposit type. As the sampling was targeting specific
structure If the relationship between the drilling orientation lithologies,
to
understand
the
and the orientation of key mineralised structures distribution of geochemistry within
is considered to have introduced a sampling bias, different rock types and alteration
this should be assessed and reported if material. types, there may be some bias in
these samples.
Sample The measures taken to ensure sample security. The chain of custody is managed by
security the field operator who places calico
sample bags in polyweave sacks. Up
to 10 calico sample bags are placed
in each sack. Each sack is clearly
labelled with:

Artemis Resources Ltd

Address of laboratory

Sample range
Samples are then transported to Perth
via road Freight
Audits or The results of any audits or reviews of sampling No audit of auger sampling data has
reviews techniques and data. been completed to date. Data is
validated when loading into the
database.

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Section 2: Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Mineral Type, reference name/number, location and
P47/1518, P47/1519, P47/1520,
tenement and ownership including agreements or material E47/2716 are granted tenements –
land tenure issues with third parties such as joint ventures, 100% held by KML no2 Pty Ltd, a
status partnerships, overriding royalties, native title 100% owned subsidiary of Artemis
interests, historical sites, wilderness or national Resources Ltd.
park and environmental settings. P47/1126
and
E47/3373
are
The security of the tenure held at the time of application tenements – 100%
reporting along with any known impediments to held by KML no2 Pty Ltd, a 100%
obtaining a licence to operate in the area. owned
subsidiary
of
Artemis
Resources Ltd.
All tenements are in good standing
and no known impediments exist.
See map elsewhere in this report
for locations.
Exploration Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
Historic gold production is known
done by other other parties. from Nickol River through small-
parties scale mining and dry-blowing
activities, estimated production is
13kg of gold between 1900-1911.
Trial mining operations at Nickol
River in 1984, with a 10 tonne per
hour plant tested 600 tonnes of
material,
yielded
a
recovered
grade of 0.33 grams per tonne of
gold (“g/t Au”) and in 1985 a bigger
40 tonne per hour pilot plant
processed
42,500
tonnes
of
material that yielded a recovered
grade of 0.15 g/t Au.
Samantha
Exploration
NL
completed 21 reverse circulation
drillholes following trenching, soil
sampling and mapping activities in
period 1984-5. In 1989 Vince
Roberts & Associates completed a
further
22
reverse
circulation
drillholes. During 1990-94 Sir
Samuel Mines NL explored the
area completing extensive soil
sampling
programs
and
an
aeromagnetics survey. In 1994
Moonstone
Resources
NL
completed 95 RAB holes and 36
reverse circulation drillholes within
the area.
All
exploration
and
analysis
techniques
conducted
by
the
parties are considered to have
been
appropriate
given
the
available techniques at the time.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of At
Nickol

River
coarse
gold
mineralisation. mineralisation is thought to be
present as the basal remnants of a
supergene
enriched
zone
developed
during
lateritisation,
with
primary
mineralisation
originally emplaced
along
a
fault/shear zones.
At Nickol River, gold mineralisation
has been identified as being
associated
with
ultramafic
lithologies.
As exploration is at an early stage
at Nickol River, further work is
required to
determine
the
geological setting and provenance
of the gold mineralisation.
Drill hole A summary of all information material to the Collar easting and Northing co-
Information understanding of the exploration results including ordinates were recorded, elevation
a tabulation of the following information for all data from GPS is regarded as
Material drill holes: unreliable and disregarded. All
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar holes
were
vertical
and
the
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation majority of samples were collected
above sea level in metres) of the drill hole in the depths of 0.3-0.5m; a limited
collar number were at 0.6m depth.
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.
Data In reporting Exploration Results, weighting No upper or lower cut-off grade
aggregation averaging
techniques,
maximum
and/or
was applied.
methods minimum grade truncations (eg cutting of high No metal equivalents are used for
grades) and cut-off grades are usually Material reporting.
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 such aggregations should be shown
in detail.
The assumptions used for any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.
Relationship These relationships are particularly important in The
auger
sampling
was
to
between the reporting of Exploration Results. indicate the areal dispersion of
mineralisation If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect gold from the primary sources and
widths and to the drill hole angle is known, its nature should identify the locations of the primary
intercept lengths be reported. zones.
If it is not known and only the down hole lengths Detailed review to identify the
are reported, there should be a clear statement primary zones does not appear to
to this effect (eg ‘down hole length, true width not have been completed.
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Criteria JORC Code explanation JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and Appropriate maps and sections are
tabulations of intercepts should be included for available in the body of this
any significant discovery being reported These announcement.
should include, but not be limited to a plan view
of drill hole collar locations and appropriate
sectional views.
Balanced Where
comprehensive
reporting
of
all
Reporting of results in this report is
reporting Exploration
Results
is
not
practicable,
considered balanced.
representative reporting of both low and high
grades and/or widths should be practiced to
avoid
misleading
reporting
of
Exploration
Results.
Other Other exploration data, if meaningful and No other significant exploration
substantive material, should be reported including (but not work has been done by Artemis.
exploration data 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.
Further work The nature and scale of planned further work (eg Artemis has plans in place to
tests for lateral extensions, depth extensions or follow-up
this
mapping
and
large-scale step-out drilling). sampling with further geochemical
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of sampling, trenching, and drilling.
possible
extensions,
including
the
main
POW applications have recently
geological interpretations and future drilling been lodged for this work at Nickol
areas,
provided
this
information
is
not
River.
commercially sensitive.

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