ASTRAL RESOURCES NL — Major Shareholding Notification 2025

Mar 19, 2025

Form 604

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme Maximus Resources Limited ACN/ARSN ACN 111 977 354 1. Details of substantial holder (1) Name Astral Resources NL ( Astral ) and each of the entities listed in Annexure A ( Astral Subsidiaries ) (together, the Astral Group ) ACN/ARSN (if applicable) ACN 009 159 077 There was a change in the interests of the 19 March 2025 substantial holder on The previous notice was given to the company on 18 March 2025 The previous notice was dated 18 March 2025

2. Previous and present voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

scheme, are as follows:
Class of securities (4)	Previous notice		Present notice
	Person’s votes	Voting power(5)	Person’s votes	Voting power(5)
Ordinary Shares	368,134,777	84.81%	382,696,386	88.16%

3. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows:

follows:
Date of change	Person whose relevant interest changed	Nature of change (6)	Consideration given in relation to change (7)	Class and number of securities affected	Person's votes affected
Refer to Annexure B	Astral	Acquisition of a relevant interest by way of acceptances of offers made under Astral's off- market takeover bid for all of the fully paid ordinary shares in the Company which Astral does not already own on the terms set out in the Bidder's Statement dated 3 February 2025 (Takeover Offer)	One (1) fully paid ordinary share in Astral for every two (2) shares in the Company, as per the Takeover Offer	14,561,609	14,561,609

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Registered holder of securities	Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)	Nature of relevant interest (6)	Class and number of securities	Person's votes

Astral	Astral	Astral	Relevant interest under s 608(1)(a) of the Corporations Act as the registered holder and beneficial owner of the shares.	85,542,745 ordinary shares	85,542,745 ordinary shares
Astral	Maximus shareholders to whom the Takeover Offer was made and who have accepted the Takeover Offer.	Astral, subject to the terms of the Takeover Offer	Relevant interest under s 608(8) of the Corporations Act as a result of the Takeover Offer.	297,153,641 ordinary shares	297,153,641 ordinary shares

5. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable)	Nature of association
N/A	N/A

6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name	Address
Astral Group	Suite 2, 6 Lyall Street, South Perth WA 6151

Signature

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Print Name Brendon Morton Capacity Company Secretary
Signature Date 19 March 2025
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Annexure 'A'

This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604: Notice of change of interests of substantial holder filed by Astral Resources NL on its own behalf and on account of each Astral Subsidiary signed by me and dated 19 March 2025.

Print Name Brendon Morton Capacity Company Secretary Date 19 March 2025

Signature

Astral Subsidiary	ACN
Mandilla Gold Pty Ltd	636 597 192
Feysville Gold Pty Ltd	619 654 965
Koongie Park Gold Pty Ltd	636 600 872

Annexure 'B'

This is Annexure B of one page referred to in Form 604 (Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder) signed by me and dated 19 March 2025.

Print Name Brendon Morton Capacity Company Secretary Signature Date 19 March 2025

Date Of Change	Number of Shares
19-Mar-25	14,561,609
TOTAL	14,561,609