AUREKA LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Feb 10, 2021

ASX Announcement

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NAVARRE COMMENCES FIRST DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM AT ITS ST ARNAUD GOLD PROJECT IN VICTORIA’S CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS

• Navarre has started a 2,000 metre diamond drilling program at its St Arnaud Gold Project.

• The drilling will test for high grade gold mineralisation beneath the historic New Bendigo Mine and follow-up rich legacy drill hits, such as 1 metre @ 1,174 grams per tonne gold[1] .

• The program adds to Navarre’s 14,000 metre diamond drilling campaign at its flagship Irvine basalt dome along the Stawell Corridor; as well as a 20,000 metre regional air-core drilling program across its growth pipeline assets.

• Navarre now has seven drilling rigs operating : five rigs on its fully-owned properties; and two rigs on its 49 percent owned Tandarra Gold Project.

Victorian-focused gold exploration company Navarre Minerals Limited ( ASX: NML ) ( Navarre or the Company ) has started its first diamond drilling program at its highly prospective St Arnaud Gold Project, 240 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, Victoria (Figure 1).

The program will cover 2,000 metres of drilling over three holes, testing for high-grade gold mineralisation on what is the second largest hard-rock goldfield in Victoria’s Stawell Zone (Figures 1, 3 & 4).

Granted in October 2020, exploration licence, EL 6819 lies on the old St Arnaud Goldfield which produced 400,000 ounces of gold between 1855 and 1916.

The historical workings covered by EL 6819 include the gold-bearing Bristol, New Chum and Nelson lines of reef.

Navarre Managing Director, Ian Holland said the area covered by EL 6819 has yielded spectacular high-grade gold drill intercepts, such as 1 metre @ 1,174 grams per tonne[1] from 425 metres, under the historic New Bendigo Mine workings (hole STDD-004) (Figures 2 - 4). This intercept was part of a diamond drilling campaign completed by ASX-listed Rex Minerals in 2008.

“ This intercept has never been followed up and has gained additional significance following the 2015 discovery of Fosterville’s Eagle-Swan ore bodies ,” Mr Holland said.

He pointed to even more potential, given the reefs covered by EL 6819 extend for approximately five kilometres and then dive under Murray Basin cover to the north.

There, Navarre’s air-core drilling, on adjacent exploration licence EL 6556, previously identified gold and silver mineralisation extending for at least another five kilometres (refer ASX release on 30 July 2018 and Figure 5).

According to the Victorian Government’s ‘Gold Undercover’ initiative[2] , a potential 38 million ounces of gold could lie undiscovered in the Stawell Zone north of the St Arnaud Goldfield (Figure 1).

1 Source: RXM ASX announcements of 15 & 16 April 2008.

2 Source: Gold Undercover Report 13, February 2009, Vic Dept. of Primary Industries

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Figure 1: Location of Navarre’s St Arnaud Gold Project.

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Figure 2: Visible gold assaying 1m @ 1,174 g/t Au from 425m down hole in STDD-004 within EL 6819.

(Source: RXM ASX announcements of 15 & 16 April 2008).

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“Victoria is experiencing a gold exploration and mining boom off the back of buoyant gold prices and the success of Kirkland Lake Gold’s world-class Fosterville Gold Mine ,” Mr Holland said.

“ We now get the chance to drill EL 6819, a wonderful exploration property which to date has missed out on the Victorian mining boom. ”

He added that exploration success would further strengthen Navarre’s extensive quality pipeline of exploration opportunities within Victoria’s premier gold district.

Meanwhile, Navarre is preparing for the arrival of an air-core drilling rig at the St Arnaud Project as part of the Company’s 20,000m regional reconnaissance campaign. The rig is expected to commence operations in late February following completion of the current Glenlyle gold – silver program (refer ASX release on 4 February 2021).

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Figure 3: Navarre’s cross-section interpretation of legacy drill intersections beneath the historical New Bendigo Mine, Bristol Line of Reef (refer Figure 4).

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Figure 4: Longitudinal projection showing location of legacy drill intersections, including three visible gold hits, and Navarre’s planned drilling beneath the historical New Bendigo Mine.

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BACKGROUND TO ST ARNAUD GOLDFIELD

Alluvial gold was first discovered at St Arnaud in 1855 and was quickly traced to its source in outcropping quartz reefs. By 1860, 47 hard rock mines were in operation. From 1855 to 1916, approximately 400,000 ounces of gold were produced at a recovered grade of over 15 grams per tonne of gold from the hard rock mines.

The St Arnaud Goldfield consists of several lines of reefs which were worked to the southern edge of the Murray Basin cover. These reef trends are known as the West Field, New Bendigo (Bristol), Nelson (including New Chum line), Little Boulder and East Field (Figure 5).

The Nelson line produced the most gold and was worked over a strike length of approximately 5 kilometres to a maximum depth of 685 metres in the goldfields deepest mine, the Lord Nelson Mine.

The Lord Nelson Mine was the only mine to produce gold from sulphide ores below a depth of 120m with records showing a total of 323,000 recovered ounces (80% of total goldfield production).

Most other mines closed on reaching the water table because the technology was not available to economically treat the sulphide ores in addition to the added cost of pumping mine water.

The Lord Nelson Mine demonstrates the prospectivity of the area in terms of vertical continuity of auriferous reef systems. Ten steep west dipping auriferous quartz reefs of up to 7.5m width were worked between 1864 and 1916. Historically, silver was a common occurrence with gold mineralisation in the St Arnaud Goldfield.

In 2018, Navarre’s maiden reconnaissance drilling program demonstrated the potential for economic mineralisation of the St Arnaud Goldfield to extend under shallow Murray Basin cover more than 5 kilometres beyond the limits of historic workings (refer ASX release on 30 July 2018). This mineralisation remains open along strike and will be the subject of follow-up drilling. The best gold result was 4m @ 6.6 g/t Au from 48m (SAC022) and the best silver result was 1m @ 67.4 g/t Ag from 50m (SAC055) (Figure 5).

Highlight results from reconnaissance drilling include (see ASX release on 30 July 2018 and Figure 5):

• 1m @ 67.4 g/t Ag from 50m down hole (SAC055)

• 4m @ 6.6 g/t Au from 48m down hole (SAC022)

• 1m @ 6.3 g/t Ag from 18m down hole (SAC074)

• 1m @ 1.3 g/t Au from within a broader zone of 2m @ 0.8 g/t Au from 67m down hole (SAC024)

• 1m @ 1.1 g/t Au from within a broader zone of 15m @ 0.2 g/t Au from 57m down hole (SAC025)

• 4m @ 5.5 g/t Ag from 36m and 2m @ 0.6 g/t Au from 11m down hole (SAC015)

• 6m @ 2.8 g/t Ag from 59m down hole (SAC019)

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This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Directors of Navarre Minerals Limited.

For further information, please visit www.navarre.com.au or contact:

Ian Holland Managing Director E: info@navarre.com.au T: +61 (0)3 5358 8625

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Figure 5: Navarre’s highlight reconnaissance drilling results through Murray Basin cover.

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JORC REPORTING OF HISTORICAL ST ARNAUD EXPLORATION RESULTS

The historical St Arnaud exploration results were accessed from:

1. Various public domain company annual technical reports and downloaded from the Victorian State Government’ GeoVic website; and

2. Rex Mineral Limited’s (ASX Code RXM) website (https://www.rexminerals.com.au/). Results for the visible gold intersection in hole STDD-004 was publicly reported by Rex Minerals Limited on 15 & 16 April 2008 under the JORC 2004 Code. This information has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was first reported.

3. Although Navarre has reviewed and assessed these exploration results, it has limited knowledge on how the data was collected and assayed and, as a consequence, has had to make assumptions based on the available historical data generated by these companies.

COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT

The information in this release that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Shane Mele, who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and who is Exploration Manager of Navarre Minerals Limited. Mr Mele 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 Mele consents to the inclusion in the release of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this announcement that relates to Navarre’s Exploration Results have been extracted from various Navarre ASX announcements and are available to view on the Company's website at www.navarre.com.au or through the ASX website at www.asx.com.au (using ticker code "NML").

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person's findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcements.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws of applicable jurisdictions. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document and Navarre Minerals Limited (the Company) does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect Company management’s expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but are not limited to, the estimation of mineral reserve and mineral resources, the realisation of mineral reserve estimates, the likelihood of exploration success at the St Arnaud Gold Project, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, success of mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on insurance coverage. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “objectives”, “outlook”, “guidance” or other similar words, and include statements regarding certain plans, strategies and objectives of management and expected financial performance. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Navarre and any of its officers, employees, agents or associates. Actual results, performance or achievements may vary materially from any projections and forward-looking statements and the assumptions on which those statements are based. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and Navarre assumes no obligation to update such information.

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ABOUT NAVARRE MINERALS LIMITED:

Navarre Minerals Limited (ASX: NML) is an Australian-based gold exploration company focused on discovering large, long-life and high-grade gold deposits in under-explored areas of Victoria’s premier gold districts.

Navarre is searching for gold deposits in an extension of a corridor of rocks that host the Stawell (~five million ounce) and Ararat (~one million ounce) goldfields ( The Stawell Corridor Gold Project ). The discovery of outcropping gold on the margins of the Irvine basalt dome (Resolution and Adventure lodes) and high-grade gold in shallow drilling at Langi Logan are a prime focus for the Company. These projects are located 20 kilometres and 40km respectively south of the operating four million ounce Stawell Gold Mine.

The high-grade Tandarra Gold Project is located 50km northwest of Kirkland Lake Gold’s world-class Fosterville Gold Mine, and 40km north of the 22 million ounce Bendigo Goldfield. Exploration at Tandarra, in Joint Venture with Catalyst Metals Limited (Navarre 49%), is targeting the next generation of gold deposits under shallow cover in the region.

The Company is searching for a high-grade gold at its St Arnaud Gold Project. Recent reconnaissance drilling has identified gold mineralisation under shallow cover, up to 5km north from the nearest historical mine workings, which the Company believes may be an extension of the 400,000 ounce St Arnaud Goldfield.

At the Jubilee Gold Project , 25km southwest of LionGold’s Ballarat Gold Mine, the Company is undertaking a systematic exploration program targeting extensions and repetitions of historically mined transverse quartz reefs that have a similar structural setting to the high-grade Swan – Eagle system at Fosterville.

The Company is also targeting volcanic massive sulphide, epithermal and porphyry copper-gold deposits in the Stavely Arc volcanics. The project area captures multiple polymetallic targets in three project areas including Glenlyle, Eclipse and Stavely . These properties are currently 100% owned apart from Stavely (EL 5425) which is subject to a farm-in agreement by which Stavely Minerals Limited may earn an 80% interest by spending $450,000 over five years.

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Figure 6: Navarre’s project portfolio.

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