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AUREKA LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2021

Feb 1, 2021

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ASX Announcement

2 February 2021 N a v a r r e M i n e r a l s L i m i t e d ( N M L ) A S X A n n o u n c e m e n t ASX: NML

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MAIDEN DRILLING CONFIRMS POTENTIAL FOR HIGH GRADE REEF EXTENSIONS AT THE JUBILEE GOLD PROJECT, VICTORIA

First ever drilling around the historical Jubilee Mine

  • Encouraging drill results received from Navarre’s maiden 3,444 metre reconnaissance air-core drilling program at the Jubilee Gold Project .

  • Strongly anomalous gold grades intersected in weathered basement rocks above three geophysical anomalies confirm potential for repetitions and extensions of the high-grade Jubilee quartz reef.

  • A confirmatory assaying program will test for the presence of coarse gold.

  • The target area has been virtually untouched since the time of the historic Jubilee Mine which operated between 1887 and 1913.

Victorian gold explorer Navarre Minerals Limited (Navarre or the Company) (ASX:NML) is pleased to announce encouraging reconnaissance air-core (AC) assay results from its maiden drilling program recently completed at its fully-owned Jubilee Gold Project, 25 kilometres south-west of Ballarat, Victoria (Figures 1 - 4).

The drilling program targeted three previously undrilled geophysical anomalies, interpreted as repetitions and extensions of the historically mined, high-grade Jubilee quartz reef (refer to ASX announcement on 26 October 2020).

All three targets returned strongly anomalous gold grades of up to 1.5 grams per tonne associated with abundant quartz veining and have significantly expanded the footprint and robustness of the Jubilee project. These anomalous grades are considered significant for this early stage of reconnaissance drilling into the weathered top of the gold-bearing basement rocks.

A routine field duplicate sample collected from 14 -15 metres depth in one drill hole returned a gold grade of 1.5 grams per tonne gold (g/t Au) versus an original assay of 0.1 g/t Au (refer Table 1). This indicates the potential for coarse gold.

The Company is now preparing to undertake a confirmatory assaying program involving selective 2 kilogram bulk leach (BLEG) sampling to test for the presence of coarse gold.

A deeper target below the old mine workings remains to be tested with diamond drilling (Figure 3).

The Project is in a world-class gold district, 25 kilometres from LionGold Corp’s Ballarat gold operations (Figure 5).

Buoyed by what it has seen so far, Navarre has sought to strengthen its footprint at Jubilee by applying for two adjacent exploration licences, over the western side of the historical Ballarat Goldfield (Figure 5).

The maiden AC drilling is part of a 12,000 metre campaign to test Navarre’s regional targets announced to the ASX on 5 October 2020. The regional drilling is additional to a 14,000 metre diamond drilling program underway at the Company’s flagship Resolution and Adventure lodes, on the Irvine basalt dome (refer ASX announcements on 22 October 2020 and 1 December 2020).

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 | ASX: NML 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625 t +61 3 5358 8625 e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Navarre’s Managing Director, Ian Holland, said:

“We are excited to have completed our maiden air-core drilling program at the historical Jubilee Gold Mine, the first drilling in more than a century despite a history of yielding high-grade gold from a single transverse quartz reef structure.

“The drilling has detected strongly anomalous gold grades associated with quartz veining in oxidised basement rocks, above three geophysical anomalies thought to represent repetitions and extensions of the historically mined Jubilee quartz reef.”

Mr Holland added that considering the scale of the target, the favourable geological setting and the tenor of the results being generated in this early phase of exploration, there was “considerable potential to outline a large-scale gold system at depth, all just 25 kilometres from an operating mine with significant processing capacity.”

With a healthy cash balance of $9.9 million at end of December 2020, Navarre is looking to expand its regional drilling programs. This includes preparing for step-out, infill and deeper drilling at Jubilee to scope the extents of the mineralising system.

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Figure 1: Location of Navarre’s premier Victorian mineral properties.

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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About the Jubilee Project

Jubilee is a highly prospective exploration project consisting of a single tenement of 122 square kilometres (Figure 5). The tenement includes the historical 619 metre deep Jubilee Gold Mine which operated between 1887 and 1913.

The mine produced approximately 130,000 ounces of gold at a recovered grade of around 12 grams a tonne gold, from a single east-west trending (transverse) quartz reef.

No extraction or exploration is known to have occurred since the mine closed in 1913.

The Jubilee reef is believed to be one of the best shallow examples of a transverse (east-west) ore system in Victoria and has a similar structural setting to the 2.5 million ounce Swan-Eagle orebody in Fosterville, Victoria and the 1.8 million ounce Tasmania Reef in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. All of these orebodies are hosted in gold-bearing quartzsulphide veins occupying old fault structures that cross-cut a series of sedimentary beds.

The Jubilee Project is also close to a significant operating gold mine and processing facility within the historical 12 million-ounce Ballarat Goldfield (Figure 5).

The drilling results in detail

The maiden 3,444 metre reconnaissance AC drilling program was carried out across 49 holes, targeting three gradient array induced polarisation (GAIP) geophysical anomalies (Targets A, B & C in Figures 3 & 4). These are thought to be potential repetitions and extensions of the historical Jubilee quartz reefs (refer ASX announcement on 28 October 2020).

The program was designed to test the weathered top of the basement rocks for the presence of quartz reef structures, areas of enhanced alteration and gold mineralisation as vectors towards primary gold mineralisation in future deeper, tighter spaced drill holes.

All AC holes were drilled at a 60 degree angle to blade refusal, which typically occurs at the base of the weathered Castlemaine Group basement rocks.

All three geophysical targets returned anomalous gold values of between 0.1 and 1.5 grams per tonne gold (g/t Au, see Tables 1 & 2).

A routine field duplicate sample collected from 14 – 15 metres depth in drill hole JAC029 returned a gold grade of 1.5 g/t versus an original assay of 0.1 g/t Au (Table 1). This indicates the potential for coarse gold. The Company is now preparing to undertake a confirmatory assaying program involving selective 2kg bulk leach (BLEG) sampling to test for the presence of coarse gold.

The gold zones occur within an interbedded sequence of weathered sandstones and shales that have been variably altered (silicified) and show elevated levels of arsenic (up to 0.1%), an important gold pathfinder in the region.

The highly anomalous gold grades intersected are considered significant for this early stage of reconnaissance drilling into the weathered top of the basement.

Strategic tenement expansion

Navarre also advises that it has lodged two exploration licence applications (ELAs 7538 & 7539) to secure a strategic tenement package over the western side of the Ballarat Goldfield, located adjacent to its fully-owned Jubilee Gold Project (Figure 5). These applications are subject to two other competing applications currently being considered by Victoria’s Earth Resources Regulation.

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Figure 2: AC drilling at Jubilee Project in November 2020 – first drilling in more than 130 years.

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Figure 3: Jubilee perspective view showing reconstruction of historical mine workings (black), Jubilee Main Lode (red) and interpreted geophysical target areas (yellow & red dash).

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105

40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Figure 4: Jubilee plan showing AC collars and intercepts >0.1g/t Au over interpreted GAIP chargeability and resistivity targets.

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Figure 5: Ballarat region tenement plan.

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Table 1. Significant AC Drill Results (>0.1 g/t Au)

**Hole ID ** From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m)
Gold
(g/t)
Intercept Target Comment
JAC005 70 72 2 **0.8 ** 2m@ 0.8g/t Au from 70m A Drill hole ends in mineralisation
JAC006 20 26 6 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 20m A
JAC011 36 37 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 36m B
JAC015 35 36 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 35m A
JAC016 11 12 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 11m A
JAC017
incl.
and
and
20 36 16 0.3 [email protected]/t Au from 20m A
33 34 1 **1.0 ** 1m@ 1g/t Au from 33m
43 45 2 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 43m
55 56 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 55m
JAC020 57 58 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 57m C
JAC025
and
10 12 2 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 10m C
25 26 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 25m
JAC026 28 29 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 28m C
and 37 39 2 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 37m
and 53 57 4 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 53m
JAC027 32 33 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 32m C
JAC029 5 6 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 5m C
and 14 17 3 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 14m
incl. 14 15 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 14m 1.5g/t Au duplicate assay for 14-15m
and 26 27 1 **1.0 ** 1m@ 1g/t Au from 26m
JAC031 69 70 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 69m West on-strike of Jubilee Main Reef
JAC032 4 5 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 4m Jubilee Main Reef
and 8 9 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 8m
and 13 16 3 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 13m
and 28 32 4 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 28m
incl. 28
38
44
62
29
40
45
63
1
2
1
1
0.5
0.6
0.1
**0.5 **
1m@ 0.5g/t Au from 28m
2m@ 0.6g/t Au from 38m
[email protected]/t Au from 44m
1m@ 0.5g/t Au from 62m
and
and
and
JAC033
and
and
and
incl.
and
12 14 2 0.4 [email protected]/t Au from 12m Jubilee Main Reef
18 19 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 18m
25 26 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 25m
37 41 4 **0.4 ** 4m@ 0.4g/t Au from 37m
38 39 1 **1.0 ** 1m@ 1g/t Au from 38m
68 69 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 68m
JAC035 33 34 1 **0.5 ** 1m@ 0.5g/t Au from 33m A
JAC036 35 36 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 35m A
JAC041 49 50 1 0.4 [email protected]/t Au from 49m B
JAC045 42 43 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 42m C
JAC047 18 19 1 0.1 [email protected]/t Au from 18m C
and 53 54 1 0.2 [email protected]/t Au from 53m

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Table 2. AC Drill Hole Collar Locations

Hole ID East
(GDA94)
North
(GDA94)
RL
(AHD)
Depth
(m)
Dip
(degrees)
Azimuth
(MGA)
JAC001 737179 5821617 375 68 -60 000
JAC002 737173 5821603 376 63 -60 000
JAC003 737145 5821608 376 60 -60 000
JAC004 737105 5821614 376 60 -60 000
JAC005 737104 5821594 378 72 -60 000
JAC006 737039 5821598 377 72 -60 000
JAC007 737001 5821600 378 87 -60 000
JAC008 736864 5821349 394 74 -60 000
JAC009 736868 5821328 395 69 -60 000
JAC010 736785 5821329 397 75 -60 020
JAC011 736791 5821345 396 75 -60 020
JAC012 736800 5821377 395 72 -60 000
JAC013 736804 5821399 394 81 -60 345
JAC014 736796 5821429 394 75 -60 340
JAC015 736762 5821495 395 75 -60 330
JAC016 736747 5821517 396 78 -60 330
JAC017 736683 5821487 389 75 -60 000
JAC018 736539 5820946 390 70 -60 000
JAC019 736537 5820978 389 68 -60 000
JAC020 736540 5821012 388 75 -60 000
JAC021 736540 5821046 384 60 -60 000
JAC022 736538 5821094 379 60 -60 000
JAC023 736538 5821120 380 60 -60 000
JAC024 736540 5821153 381 60 -60 000
JAC025 736491 5821171 376 54 -60 000
JAC026 736489 5821203 376 62 -60 000
JAC027 736489 5821227 375 57 -60 000
JAC028 736491 5821262 373 66 -60 000
JAC029 736490 5821290 374 75 -60 000
JAC030 736492 5821332 374 75 -60 000
JAC031 736501 5821488 370 72 -60 000
JAC032 736632 5821504 386 75 -60 022
JAC033 736653 5821495 388 75 -60 044
JAC034 737124 5821600 377 63 -60 090
JAC035 737081 5821599 377 72 -60 090
JAC036 737067 5821611 377 78 -60 000
JAC037 737065 5821594 378 75 -60 000
JAC038 737035 5821618 376 66 -60 000
JAC039 737043 5821614 376 75 -60 090
JAC040 737002 5821615 379 69 -60 000
JAC041 736870 5821299 396 75 -60 000
JAC042 736461 5821339 371 75 -60 090

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Hole ID East
(GDA94)
North
(GDA94)
RL
(AHD)
Depth
(m)
Dip
(degrees)
Azimuth
(MGA)
JAC043 736496 5821343 375 75 -60 090
JAC044 736641 5821229 387 90 -60 000
JAC045 736643 5821279 387 75 -60 000
JAC046 736641 5821314 388 75 -60 000
JAC047 736345 5821193 364 63 -60 350
JAC048 736336 5821230 363 54 -60 352
JAC049 736335 5821258 363 69 -60 009

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

– ENDS –

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

Ian Holland Managing Director Navarre Minerals E: [email protected] T: +61 (0)3 5358 8625

Competent Person Declaration

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.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of securities laws of applicable jurisdictions. 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. Exploration potential is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the determination of a Mineral Resource. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and Navarre assumes no obligation to update such information.

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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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 (Figure 1).

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.

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105 40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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JORC Code, 2012 Edition - Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques

Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. 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 (e.g. ‘reverse
circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 m
samples from which 3 kg was pulverised to
produce a 30g 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 (e.g. submarine nodules)
may warrant disclosure of detailed information.

All air-core (AC) drill holes have been routinely sampled at
1m intervals downhole directly from a rig mounted
cyclone. Each metre is collected and placed on a plastic
sheet on the ground and preserved for assay sub-sampling
analysis as required.

Samples for assaying were generated from the 1m
preserved samples and were prepared at the drill site by a
grab sampling method based on logged geology and
mineralisation intervals. Samples were taken at 1m
intervals or as composites ranging from 2-5m intervals
ensuring a sample weight of between 2 to 3 kg per sub-
sample.

Certified reference material and sample duplicates were
inserted at regular intervals with laboratory sample
submissions.
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open-
hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc) and details (e.g. 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).

AC drilling was carried out using a Wallis Mantis 80 Air-
core rig mounted on a Marooka base. The AC rig used a
3.5” blade bit to refusal, generally just below the fresh
rock interface.
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.

AC drill recoveries were visually estimated as a semi-
quantitative range and recorded in the log.

Recoveries were generally high (>90%), with reduced
recovery in the initial near-surface sample.

Samples were generally dry, but many became wet at the
point of refusal in hard ground below the water table.

No sampling issue, recovery issue or bias was picked up
and is considered that both sample recovery and quality is
adequate for the drilling technique employed.
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.

Geological logging of samples followed Company and
industry common practice. Qualitative logging of samples
included (but was not limited to); lithology, mineralogy,
alteration, veining and weathering.

All logging is quantitative, based on visual field estimates.

A small representative sample for each drill metre is
retained in a plastic chip tray for future reference and
logging checks. Detailed chip logging, with digital capture,
was conducted for all drill chips logged by Navarre’s
geological team.
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 samplepreparation

Company procedures were followed to ensure sub-
sampling adequacy and consistency. These included (but
were not limited to), daily workplace inspections of
sampling equipment and practices.

Blanks and certified reference materials are submitted
with the samples to the laboratoryaspart of thequality

Navarre Minerals Limited | ABN 66 125 140 105

40 - 44 Wimmera Street | PO Box 385 | Stawell VIC 3380 Australia

t +61 3 5358 8625

e [email protected] | w navarre.com.au

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
control procedures.

AC composite, 1m individual and EOH samples were
collected as grab samples. Where composite samples
return anomalous gold results >~0.1g/t Au re-sampling at
1m intervals may occur at a later date from time to time.

Samples were recorded as dry, damp or wet.

Drill sample preparation is undertaken by a registered
laboratory (ALS Adelaide, SA). Sample preparation by dry
pulverisation to 85% passing 75 microns.

The sample sizes are considered appropriate to correctly
give an accurate indication of mineralisation given the
qualitative nature of the technique and the style of gold
mineralisation sought.
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
(e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, external
laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels
of accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and precision have
been established.

Analysis for gold is undertaken at ALS Perth, WA by 50g
Fire Assay with an AAS finish to a lower detection limit of
0.01ppm Au using ALS technique Au-AA26.

ALS also conducted a 35 element Aqua Regia ICP-AES
(method: ME-ICP41) analysis on each sample to assist
interpretation of pathfinder elements.

No field non-assay analysis instruments were used in the
analyses reported.

A review of certified reference material and sample blanks
inserted by the Company indicate no significant analytical
bias or preparation errors in the reported analyses

Internal laboratory QAQC checks are reported by the
laboratory and a review of the QAQC reports suggests the
laboratory is performing within acceptable limits.
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.

Samples are verified by database consultants (Geobase)
and Navarre geologists before importing into the drill hole
database.

No twin holes have been drilled by Navarre during this
program.

Primary data was collected for drill holes using a Geobase
logging template on a Panasonic Toughbook laptop using
lookup codes. The information was sent to a database
consultant for validation and compilation into a SQL
database.

Reported drill results were compiled by the Company’s
geologists and verified by the Exploration Manager and
Managing Director.

No adjustments to assay data were 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.

All maps and locations are in UTM Grid (GDA94 zone 54).

All drill collars are initially measured by hand-held GPS
with an accuracy of+3metres. On completion of program,
a contract surveyor picks-up collar positions utilising a
differential GPS system to an accuracy of+0.02m.

A topographic control is achieved via use of DTM
developed from a Government LIDAR survey measuring
relative height using radar techniques. Height accuracy of
2.5m is estimated.

Down-hole surveys have not been undertaken.
Data spacing
and
distribution

Data spacing for reporting of 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.

Variable drill hole spacings are used to test targets and are
determined from geochemical, geophysical and geological
data together with historic mining information.

Drilling reported in this program is of an early exploration
nature and has not been used to estimate any mineral
resource or ore reserves.

Refer to samplingtechniques,above for sample

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
compositing
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.

Exploration is at an early stage and, as such, knowledge on
exact location of mineralisation, in relation to lithological
and structural boundaries, is not accurately known.

The drill orientation is attempting to drill perpendicular to
the geology and mineralised trends previously identified
from earlier drilling. Due to the early stage of exploration,
it is unknown if the drill orientation has introduced any
sampling bias. This will become more apparent as further
drilling is completed.
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample security.

Chain of custody is managed by internal staff. Drill samples
are stored on site and transported by a licenced reputable
transport company to a registered laboratory in Orange,
NSW (ALS Laboratories). At the laboratory samples are
stored in a locked yard before being processed and
tracked through preparation and analysis.
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.

There has been no external audit or review of the
Company’s sampling techniques or data at this stage.

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.

Navarre completed acquisition of 100% ownership of
exploration licence EL 6689 (the “Jubilee Gold Project”) in
October 2020 through a purchase and sale agreement for
$40,000 cash, a deferred payment of $50,000 cash on
announcement of a JORC 2012 or equivalent mineral
resource and a 1% NSR on future metal production.

The Jubilee Project is located 25km SW of Ballarat, and
120km from Melbourne, Victoria.

EL 6689 was granted on 7 August 2019 for an initial period
of 5 years.

The tenement is current and in good standing.

The Project occurs on a combination of freehold and crown
land, which is not subject to Native Title.

Land use is dominated by state forest with several small
acreage blocks on the fringes of the townships of Scarsdale
and Newtown.
The Project area includes the historical Jubilee Mine which
is listed on the Victorian Heritage register.
Exploration
done by other
parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
other parties.

It is estimated there are 293 historic hard-rock mines and
505 historic placer mines on, or within, 2km of EL 6689 that
pre-date World War One.

Recorded historic gold production totals 563,000 ozs of
which 294,000 ozs, at an average grade of 7.5 g/t Au, was
derived from primary sources.

The main gold producing area, and Navarre’s main focus,
within EL 6689 is the historic Jubilee Gold Mine which
produced 134,000 ozs of gold at an average recovered
grade of 12 g/t Au during the period 1887 – 1913
(Baragwanath 1914, GSV Bulletin No.35). The Jubilee Mine
targeted a single sheet of fissure mineralisation hosted in
the east limb of a regionally significant anticline. The fissure
reef has a 150m east-west strike and 600m dip-extent
(open at depth) and is discordant with the meridional trend
of the slate belt host rocks. The Mine was shut for non-
geological reasons and enjoys significant open depth

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
extensions from immediately beneath the lowest level.

Despite a long list of previous tenement holders since
1965, exploration near the old Jubilee mine site is virtually
non-existent, other than the odd soil sampling program
and some regional mapping. To Navarre’s knowledge, the
Jubilee mine area has never been subjected to drill testing.

The importance of the Jubilee Mine target has only
recently come to prominence since the 2015 discovery of
the high-grade Swan and Eagle zones at Fosterville, near
Bendigo, in an almost identical structural setting.
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.

The project area is considered prospective for the
discovery of gold deposits of similar character to central
Victorian slate belt hosted quartz reefs. In particular,
extensions and repetitions of Jubilee’s historically mined
transverse quartz reefs that are similar to the high-grade
Swan – Eagle system at Fosterville.
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.

Reported results are summarised in Figures 4 -5 and
Tables 1-2 within the main body of the announcement.

Drill collar elevation is defined as height above sea level in
metres (RL)

Drill holes were drilled at an angle deemed appropriate to
the local structure and stratigraphy and is tabulated in
Tables 1 & 2.

Hole length of each drill hole is the distance from the
surface to the end of hole, as measured along the drill
trace.
Data
aggregation
methods

In reporting Exploration Results, weighting
averaging techniques, maximum and/or
minimum grade truncations (e.g. 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 such aggregations should be shown
in detail.

The assumptions used for any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.

All reported assays have been average weighted according
to sample interval.

No top cuts have been applied.

An average nominal 0.1g/t Au or greater lower cut-off is
reported as being potentially significant in the context of
this drill program.

No metal equivalent reporting is used or applied.
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 (e.g. ‘down hole length, true width
not known’).

The exact geometry and extent of any primary
mineralisation is not known at present due to the early
stage of exploration.

Mineralisation results are reported as “downhole”
intervals as true widths are not yet 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

Refer to diagrams in body of text

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
sectional views.
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 drill hole results received and pending have been
reported in this announcement.

No holes are omitted for which complete results have
been received.
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 relevant exploration data is shown in diagrams and
discussed in text.
Further work
The nature and scale of planned further work
(e.g. 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.

Navarre will continue reconnaissance testing of the Jubilee
quartz reef systems utilising the air-core (AC) and diamond
(DD) drilling techniques.

Areas of positive AC drill results are expected to be
followed up with infill and expansion drilling.

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