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AVIRA RESOURCES LTD Capital/Financing Update 2022

Oct 9, 2022

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10 October 2022

The Manager Market Announcements Office Level 40, Central Park 152-158 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000

AVIRA ENTERS INTO BINDING AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE PUOLALAKI NI-CU-CO PROJECT IN SWEDEN

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Avira enters into a Binding Heads of Agreement to acquire the highly prospective Puolalaki Ni-Cu-Co Project in Sweden.

  • Puolalaki has a favourable tectonic and geologic setting for intrusion-hosted magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide mineralisation.

  • Puolalaki already meets most of the geological criteria for targeting a world class deposit: o Located on a craton margin

  • Located near a crustal-scale structure (Nautanen Deformation Zone)

  • Syn-orogenic gabbro intrusion host-rocks

  • Evidence of magma fractionation and of crustal contamination from drillcore

  • Proven occurrence of magmatic Ni-Cu sulphides in drillcore[1]

  • Historic diamond drilling at Puolalaki also identified two high-grade gold mineralised zones with significant intercepts[2] including:

  • PUO11: 20.7m @ 1.1g/t Au from 36.5m

  • PUO24: 7.3m @ 2.8g/t Au from 26m

  • PUO26: 4.4m @ 8.9g/t Au from 54.9m

  • PNO98003: 7.9m @ 3.9g/t Au from 85.6m

Avira Resources Limited (ASX: AVW) ( Avira or the Company ) is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding Heads of Agreement ( Agreement or HOA ) with Scott Geological AB ( Sweden - Org Nr: 559047-5074 ) and Outlier Geoscience Pty Ltd (ACN 601 135 291). Together (the Owners ), they are the joint (50/50) legal and beneficial owners of the highly prospective Puolalaki Ni-Cu-Co Project ( Puolalaki Project ).

Executive Director, David DeLoub commented:

“We are very pleased to announce our participation in Puolalaki Project. This is a very prospective energy metals (Ni-Cu-Co) project that has the added benefit of hosting an unrelated gold bearing system which previously yielded several high-grade gold intercepts.

We are particularly excited by the fact that the project is located in a well-established minerals province with first class infrastructure and technical support from our locally based partners who have significant experience and history operating in this jurisdiction. We have already commenced

1 South Atlantic Resources Ltd (VSE:SCQ) Press Release dated April 22, 1998 “NAN Discovers Copper-Nickel-Cobalt Mineralization in Northern Sweden”.

2 Note that downhole lengths are quoted as true widths are not yet known.

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planning an application for ground-based exploration activities to commence and proceed over the upcoming northern hemisphere winter.”

Project Highlights

Intrusion-hosted magmatic Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralisation is well-known in the late-Archean rocks of northern Scandinavia (e.g., Kevitsa and Sakatti in Finland). Proterozoic rocks in northern Sweden which partially overly this Archaean craton, remain under-explored for these types of valuable polymetallic deposits.

The Puolalaki Project comprises a single exploration permit (Puolalaki nr 100) centred over the target gabbro intrusion, owned 50% by Scott Geological AB and 50% by Outlier Geoscience Pty Ltd. The project is located in Sweden’s premier Gällivare mining district which is host to Europe’s largest opencut copper mine Aitik, owned by Boliden and to LKAB’s Malmberget iron-ore mine.

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Figure 1 – Puolalaki Project location and images showing Ni-Cu mineralisation from project drillcore

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At Puolalaki, (50km SE of Gällivare) Ni-Cu mineralisation is hosted in a syn-orogenic gabbro intrusion that displays evidence of fractional crystallisation and segregation of the mafic melt. Blebby euhedral magmatic sulphide textures are evident in drillholes PNO98004 and PNO98005. In 1998, exploration company North Atlantic Natural Resources[3] (NAN) drilled two holes intercepting magmatic sulphides at Puolalaki effectively confirming the occurrence of Ni-Cu-Co mineralisation within the gabbro intrusion, significant intercepts included:

  • PNO98004 : 24.1m @ 0.28% Ni, 0.22% Cu, and 0.035% Co from 66.3m Inc. 10m @ 0.41% Ni, 0.23% Cu and 0.053% Co from 78.3m

  • PNO98005 : 17.1m @ 0.37% Ni, 0.26% Cu and 0.050% Co from 78.2m Inc. 6m @ 0.54% Ni, 0.19% Cu and 0.070% Co from 78.2m Inc. 5.9m @ 0.51% Ni, 0.54% Cu and 0.070% Co from 89.5m

Within a few months of discovering Ni-Cu mineralisation at Puolalaki, NAN discovered Zn-Cu mineralisation at Storliden, near the town of Malå. The Storliden deposit (1.8Mt @ 10.3% Zn, 3.5% Cu) was subsequently mined as a joint venture between NAN and Boliden and no further work was completed at Puolalaki by NAN. The Ni-Cu mineralisation at Puolalaki has never been followed-up since its discovery in 1998 and consequently provides a fantastic opportunity to carry-out modern, high-powered geophysics over the Puolalaki Project to test the gabbro intrusion for more extensive sulphide mineralisation at depths previously untested (historic geophysics completed at Puolalaki had a penetration depth of approx. 50m). Drilling designed from high-powered, targeted fixed-loop electromagnetic surveying (FLEM) may lead to the discovery of the first major Ni-Cu-Co deposit hosted in the Proterozoic rocks of northern Sweden, at time when demand for these metals in Europe could not be higher.

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Figure 2 – Regional location and mineralisation setting for the Puolalaki Project

In addition to the Ni-Cu mineralisation at Puolalaki, the project also contains significant, high-grade gold (± Cu, W, Mo) mineralisation. The bulk of the historic exploration at Puolalaki was focussed on the gold mineralisation that was first discovered by LKAB during the 1980’s whilst exploring for

3 North Atlantic Natural Resources AB was a Swedish subsidiary of Vancouver Stock Exchange listed company South Atlantic Resources Ltd.

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metallurgical olivine within the Puolalaki gabbro. At least two zones of gold mineralisation (refer Figure 3) have been delineated through diamond drilling (<50 drillholes) at Puolalaki where the gold is hosted in gneissic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks intruded by granodiorite to tonalite bodies; a sequence of host rocks not dissimilar to the nearby Aitik deposit. Scheelite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite often accompany the gold-arsenic mineralisation and visible gold (0.8mm) has been observed. The gold mineralisation is currently open at depth and along strike.

Better gold intercepts from the early LKAB drilling include:

  • PUO11 : 20.7m @1.1g/t Au from 36.5m Inc. 4.7m @ 3.2g/t Au from 39.5m

  • PUO22 : 17m @ 1g/t Au from 48.8m

  • PUO23 : 3.1m @ 2.9g/t Au from 24.4m

  • PUO24 : 7.3m @ 2.8g/t Au from 26m Inc. 0.7m @ 22.7g/t Au from 31.6m

  • PUO26 : 4.4m @ 8.9g/t Au from 54.9m

  • Inc. 2.1m @ 18.5g/t Au from 56.2m

  • PUO27 : 11.5m @ 1.3g/t Au from 28.4m PUO28 : 2.3m @ 3.1g/t Au from 52.1m

Better gold intercepts from the NAN gold drilling include:

  • PNO98003 : 7.5m @ 3.4g/t Au from 71.9m

  • PNO98003 : 7.9m @ 3.9g/t Au from 85.6m

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Figure 3 – Drillhole location and geochemistry anomaly map for the Puolalaki Project

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Several bottom-of-till (BOT) and C-horizon soil sampling anomalies (gold) remain untested by drilling and provide significant upside potential for the gold mineralisation. The southwestern gold geochemical anomaly is robust over an area of ~800m x 250m with a peak assay of 346ppb Au whereas the southeastern anomaly is less robust with a peak assay of 59.8ppb Au (refer Figure 3).

Key Terms of HOA

  • AVW to issue Exclusivity Shares (fully paid ordinary shares) to the value of $60,000 to the Owners upon the execution of the HOA

  • Staged Earn-In Agreement:

  • Initial Earn-In: AVW to spend not less than $250,000 to earn a 20% interest in the project.

  • Stage 2 Interest: AVW to spend not less than $650,000 to earn an additional 31% interest in the project.

  • Stage 3 Interest: AVW to spend not less than $1.5 million to earn an additional 29% interest in the project.

  • Once AVW has satisfied the Stage 3 condition, AVW and the Owners will form an incorporated joint venture whereby AVW owns 80% interest in the project and the Owners 20%. Each party will contribute to their share of joint venture expenditure pro-rata in accordance with their respective joint venture interest or be diluted.

  • Subject to AVW having satisfied the Stage 3 condition, the Owner grants AVW an option to acquire an additional 10% joint venture interest from the Owner by paying the Owner a cash payment of $1.25 million.

  • If the Owner’s joint venture interest falls below 10%, the Owner may either contribute to ongoing work in accordance with the joint venture, pro-rata to their joint venture interest, or elect to convert its 10% joint venture interest into a 1.5% net smelter return royalty (NSR) thereby bringing the joint venture to an end.

ENDS

For, and on behalf of, the Board of the Company, and authorised for release David Deloub

Executive Director

Avira Resources Limited

Shareholders and other interested parties can speak to Mr Sonu Cheema if they have any queries in relation to this announcement: +618 6489 1600.

About Avira Resources Limited

Avira Resources (AVW)is an ASX listed mining exploration company. In addition to the Wyloo Project tenement exploration licence applications located in the Ashburton Basin, the Company holds two tenement packages within the Paterson Range province which is host to a number of substantial gold, copper and manganese mines and deposits, including the Telfer goldcopper mine. The Avira projects are situated in the Yeneena basin sedimentary rock formation that hosts both the Nifty and Maroochydore copper deposits and the Woody Woody Manganese mine.

Forward looking statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements which are identified by words such as ‘may’, ‘could’, ‘believes’, ‘estimates’, ‘targets’, ‘expects’, or ‘intends’ and other similar words that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on an assessment of present economic and operating conditions, and on a number of assumptions regarding future events and actions that, as at the date of this announcement, are expected to take place. Such forward-looking statements does not guarantee future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, the directors and our management. We cannot and do not give any assurance that the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus will actually occur and investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We have no intention to update or revise forward-looking statements, or to publish prospective financial information in the future, regardless of whether new information, future events or any other factors affect the information contained in this announcement, except where required by law. These forward looking statements are subject to

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various risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or anticipated in these statements.

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results is based on and fairly represents information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Simon Coxhell. Mr Coxhell is a consultant geologist for Avira and a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Coxhell has sufficient experience relevant to the styles of mineralisation and types of deposits which are covered in this announcement and to the activity which they are 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’ (“JORC Code”). Mr Coxhell consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this document that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Amanda Scott, a Competent Person who is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Membership No.990895). Amanda Scott is a full-time employee of Scott Geological AB. Amanda Scott has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration and to the activity which has been undertaken 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 (JORC Code). Amanda Scott consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on her information in the form and context in which it appears.

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APPENDIX 1

Table 1- Historical selected drill intercepts from the Puolalaki Project, Sweden.

Company Prospect Intercept Hole
Type
Hole ID Northing Easting RL Dip Azi EOH
(m)
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
20.7m
@1.1g/t Au
from 36.5m
DDH PUO11 7430534 776668 341 45 269 62
Inc. 4.7m @
3.2g/t Au
from39.5m
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
17m @ 1g/t
Au from
48.8m
DDH PUO22 7430506 776669 341 44 311 92.5
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
3.1m @
2.9g/t Au
from 24.4m
DDH PUO23 7430707 776766 329 42 275 52.1
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
7.3m @
2.8g/t Au
from 26m
DDH PUO24 7430707 776766 329 77 284 80.1
Inc. 0.7m @
22.7g/t Au
from31.6m
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
4.4m @
8.9g/t Au
from 54.9m
DDH PUO26 7430798 776796 327 40 274 60.7
Inc. 2.1m @
18.5g/t Au
from56.2m
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
11.5m @
1.3g/t Au
from 28.4m
DDH PUO27 7430838 776810 323 44 269 60.9
LKAB Puolalaki
Gold
2.3m @
3.1g/t Au
from 52.1m
DDH PUO28 7430878 776810 322 44 266 61
NAN Puolalaki
Gold
7.5m @
3.4g/t Au
from 71.9m
DDH PNO98003 7430797 777000 317 45.2 270 120
7.9m @
3.9g/t Au
from85.6m
NAN Puolalaki
Nickel
24.1m @
0.28% Ni,
0.22% Cu,
and 0.035%
Co from
66.3m
DDH PNO98004 7431016 776706 319 45 90 103.5
Inc. 10m @
0.41% Ni,
0.23% Cu
and 0.053%
Co from
78.3m
NAN Puolalaki
Nickel
17.1m @
0.37% Ni,
0.26% Cu
and 0.050%
Co from
78.2m
DDH PNO98005 7431016 776706 319 60 90 114
Inc. 6m @
0.54% Ni,
0.19% Cu
and 0.070%
Co from
78.2m
Inc. 5.9m @
0.51% Ni,
0.54% Cu
and 0.070%
Co from
89.5m

Note: The intercepts above are selected to highlight the main mineralised gold and nickel zones only and may not be indicative of the type of mineralisation elsewhere at the Puolalaki Project.

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Table 2- Detailed assays from the historical selected drill intercepts (Table 1) from the Puolalaki Project, Sweden.

Hole ID From (m) To (m) Sample
Length (m)
Sample ID Sample Type Au (g/t)
PNO98003 71.9 73.4 1.5 H404547 Original 12
PNO98003 73.4 74.9 1.5 H404548 Original 4.53
PNO98003 74.9 76.4 1.5 H404549 Original 0.3
PNO98003 0 H404550 Blank -0.01
PNO98003 76.4 77.9 1.5 H404551 Original 0.12
PNO98003 77.9 79.4 1.5 H404552 Original 0.16
PNO98003 85.6 87.1 1.5 H404557 Original 2.66
PNO98003 87.1 88.6 1.5 H404558 Original 4.4
PNO98003 88.6 90.1 1.5 H404559 Original 0.55
PNO98003 90.1 91.6 1.5 H404560 Original 0.87
PNO98003 91.6 93.5 1.9 H404561 Original 9.54
PUO11 36.5 38.4 1.9 PUO11_19 Original 0.15
PUO11 38.4 39.5 1.2 PUO11_20 Original 0.13
PUO11 39.5 40.5 1 PUO11_21 Original 2.28
PUO11 40.5 41.5 1 PUO11_22 Original 2.74
PUO11 41.5 42.5 1 PUO11_23 Original 0.1
PUO11 42.5 43.5 1 PUO11_24 Original 6.85
PUO11 43.5 44.1 0.6 PUO11_25 Original 0.59
PUO11 44.1 44.2 0.1 PUO11_26 Original 25.3
PUO11 44.2 45.2 1 PUO11_27 Original 0.3
PUO11 45.2 46 0.8 PUO11_28 Original 1.07
PUO11 46 47 1 PUO11_29 Original 0.03
PUO11 47 48 1 PUO11_30 Original 0.21
PUO11 48 49 1 PUO11_31 Original 0.4
PUO11 49 50 1 PUO11_32 Original 0.23
PUO11 50 50.9 0.9 PUO11_33 Original 1.88
PUO11 50.9 51.4 0.5 PUO11_34 Original 1.25
PUO11 51.4 52.5 1.2 PUO11_35 Original 0.56
PUO11 52.5 53.8 1.3 PUO11_36 Original 1.32
PUO11 53.8 55 1.2 PUO11_37 Original 0.2
PUO11 55 56 1 PUO11_38 Original 0.15
PUO11 56 57 1 PUO11_39 Original 0.18
PUO22 48.8 49.3 0.5 PUO22_17 Original 0.1
PUO22 49.3 49.7 0.4 PUO22_18 Original 0.13
PUO22 49.7 50.3 0.6 PUO22_19 Original 1.2
PUO22 50.3 50.8 0.5 PUO22_20 Original 0.11
PUO22 50.8 51.6 0.8 PUO22_21 Original 0.51
PUO22 51.6 51.9 0.3 PUO22_22 Original 0.12
PUO22 51.9 52.7 0.8 PUO22_23 Original 5.02

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Hole ID From (m) To (m) Sample
Length (m)
Sample ID Sample Type Au (g/t)
PUO22 52.7 53.4 0.7 PUO22_24 Original 2.01
PUO22 53.4 54.3 0.9 PUO22_25 Original 1.56
PUO22 54.3 55 0.7 PUO22_26 Original 0.21
PUO22 55 55.6 0.6 PUO22_27 Original 0.42
PUO22 55.6 55.8 0.2 PUO22_28 Original 0.17
PUO22 55.8 56.3 0.5 PUO22_29 Original 0.19
PUO22 56.3 56.9 0.6 PUO22_30 Original 2.33
PUO22 56.9 57.6 0.8 PUO22_31 Original 0.21
PUO22 57.6 58.6 1 PUO22_32 Original 0.22
PUO22 58.6 59.6 1 PUO22_33 Original 0.17
PUO22 59.6 61 1.4 PUO22_34 Original 0.45
PUO22 61 62 1 PUO22_35 Original 1.08
PUO22 62 63 1 PUO22_36 Original 0.23
PUO22 63 63.6 0.6 PUO22_37 Original 6.41
PUO22 63.6 64 0.4 PUO22_38 Original 0.22
PUO22 64 64.6 0.6 PUO22_39 Original 0.11
PUO22 64.6 65.2 0.6 PUO22_40 Original 0.98
PUO22 65.2 65.7 0.5 PUO22_41 Original 0.41
PUO23 24.4 25.1 0.7 PUO23_11 Original 6.81
PUO23 25.1 26 0.9 PUO23_12 Original 3.7
PUO23 26 26.5 0.5 PUO23_13 Original 0.37
PUO23 26.5 27.5 1 PUO23_14 Original 0.61
PUO24 26 27 0.9 PUO24_17 Original 4.03
PUO24 27 28 1 PUO24_18 Original 0.45
PUO24 28 29 1 PUO24_19 Original 0.12
PUO24 29 29.6 0.7 PUO24_20 Original 0.27
PUO24 29.6 30.6 1 PUO24_21 Original 0.18
PUO24 30.6 31.6 1 PUO24_22 Original 0.13
PUO24 31.6 33.3 1.7 PUO24_23 Original 9.03
PUO24 31.6 32.3 0.7 PUO24_23a Re-Sample 22.7
PUO24 32.3 33.3 1 PUO24_23b Re-Sample 0.14
PUO26 54.9 58.3 3.4 PUO26_33 Original 11.51
PUO26 54.9 55.6 0.6 PUO26_33a Re-Sample 0.33
PUO26 55.6 56.2 0.7 PUO26_33b Re-Sample 0.18
PUO26 56.2 56.8 0.6 PUO26_33c Re-Sample 53
PUO26 56.8 57.3 0.5 PUO26_33d Re-Sample 8.75
PUO26 57.3 57.7 0.4 PUO26_33e Re-Sample 3.15
PUO26 57.7 58.3 0.6 PUO26_33f Re-Sample 2.31
PUO26 58.3 59.3 1 PUO26_34 Original 0.11
PUO27 28.4 29.4 1 PUO27_22 Original 0.21

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Hole ID From (m) To (m) Sample
Length (m)
Sample ID Sample Type Au (g/t)
PUO27 29.4 30.4 1 PUO27_23 Original 3.48
PUO27 30.4 31.4 1 PUO27_24 Original 1.65
PUO27 31.4 32.4 1 PUO27_25 Original 0.16
PUO27 32.4 33.4 1 PUO27_26 Original 3.25
PUO27 33.4 34.4 1 PUO27_27 Original 0.17
PUO27 34.4 35.4 1 PUO27_28 Original 0.26
PUO27 35.4 36.4 1 PUO27_29 Original 1.52
PUO27 36.4 36.9 0.5 PUO27_30 Original 3.1
PUO27 36.9 37.9 1 PUO27_31 Original 2.68
PUO27 37.9 38.9 1 PUO27_32 Original 0.12
PUO27 38.9 39.9 1 PUO27_33 Original 0.17
PUO28 52.1 52.8 0.7 PUO28_32 Original 3.85
PUO28 52.8 53.2 0.4 PUO28_33 Original 0.18
PUO28 53.2 54 0.8 PUO28_34 Original 5.13
PUO28 54 54.4 0.4 PUO28_35 Original 0.72

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JORC CODE, 2012 EDITION – TABLE 1

Section 1 sampling techniques and data

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

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 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 (e.g.
submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure of
detailed information.
All diamond drillholes were sampled based
on observed mineralisation, and the intervals
determined by geologic contacts. The
assaying was conducted by well-respected
laboratories in Luleå (SGAB, PAB)), using ½
core samples, with ICP-MS (base metal) and
fire assaying (gold).
No further information is available regarding
measures
taken
to
ensure
sample
representivity
and
the
appropriate
calibration of any measurement tools or
systems used.
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).
All historic drilling was drilled using diamond
drilling techniques (non-orientated).
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.
Core recovery recorded by geologist logging
core. There is no direct correlation between
core loss and grade.
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 was conducted to a
reasonable
standard,
noting
alteration,
structures, lithology, mineralisation (style,
mineral, intensity), core loss.
No geotechnical logging was undertaken.
Logging is qualitative, and no core photos
were taken.
All holes drilled were logged from start to end
of hole.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
Core was generally cut using a core-saw, with
½ core taken for assaying.
Little information is available regarding the
sample
preparation
or
quality
control
procedures adopted during sampling of the
historical sampling.
Sample sizes are considered appropriate
compared to the grain size of the sampled
material.
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.
Analytical methods utilised historically (ICP-
MS and fire assay) were industry standard
methods
to
analyse
Cu,
Ni
and
Au
mineralisation. The methods are considered
appropriate, although exact details are
lacking. The techniques are considered total.
Modern re-assaying of the NAN nickel
intercepts conducted by Scott Geological
AB utilised a certified laboratory (ALS Global)
for assaying, with methods (4-acid digest/ICP-
MS) considered appropriate and total.
Due to the lack of quality control procedures
(QAQC), acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e.,
lack of bias) and precision have not been
established for the historic drilling.
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.
Scott Geological AB inspected several LKAB
and NAN drillholes in order to compare
logged lithologies and assayed mineralisation
intercepts with drill core. No issues were
found.
Scott Geological AB has conducted check-
assaying of the two NAN drillholes that
intercepted nickel mineralisation. The results
showed excellent correlation of assay results.
Primary data (collar coordinates, down-hole
surveys, geological logs and assay results) are
stored in Excel spreadsheets currently.
Scott Geological AB found minor errors in the
historic LKAB geochemical data, namely
ppm instead of ppb which have been
amended where necessary.
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.
Historic drillhole collars were surveyed using
industry standard techniques at the time. A
modern collar survey is yet to be completed.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
The drillhole spacing is at present irregular
due to the nature of the early stage of the
project.
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.
The
majority
of
drillholes
(gold)
were
orientated to intercept normal to the strike of
the mineralisation. Not enough data is
available to establish an orientation of the
nickel mineralisation.
Sample security
The measures taken to ensure sample security.
Although the security procedures of core are
not known for the historical drilling period, the
majority of core is now stored in the Swedish
Geological Survey’s secure core archive in
Malå.
Audits or reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.
No audits or reviews of the sampling
procedures
and
protocols
has
been
completed to date.
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.
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.
The Puolalaki Project is located in the
Gällivare mining district of Sweden and
approximately 50m SE of the town of
Gällivare.
The project comprises a single, granted
exploration Permit (Puolalaki nr 100) owned
50% by Scott Geological AB and 50% by
Outlier Geoscience Pty Ltd.
The exploration permit is currently in good
standing with no known impediments to
exploration.
Exploration
done
by other parties

Acknowledgment
and
appraisal
of
exploration by other parties.
The bulk of the historic exploration at the
project was completed by Swedish mining
company LKAB during the 1980’s through to
the early 1990s. During its tenure, LKAB
completed
diamond
drilling,
surface
geophysics,
trenching,
BOT
drilling,
soil
sampling
and
trial
mining/metallurgical
studies.
In
1998,
Canadian
exploration
company NAN completed diamond drilling
at the project. In 2003, Swedish exploration
company Geoforum AB completed C-
horizon soil sampling.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.
The Puolalaki Project is located within
Palaeoproterozoic
rocks
of
the
Fennoscandian Shield.
The
Precambrian
bedrock
in
northern
Sweden
includes
a
~2·8Ga
Archaean
granitoid-gneiss
basement,
which
is
unconformably overlain by greenstones,
porphyries
and
sedimentary
successions
aged 2.2-1.9Ga and with 1.9-1.8Ga intrusions.
The Puolalaki Project is centred on a package
of
Paleoproterozoic
metavolcanic
and
metasedimentary
rocks
which
were
deposited, deformed and metamorphosed
during the Svecofennian orogeny at c. 1.9
Ga.
A crustal-scale, ductile-brittle deformation
zone (Nautanen Deformation Zone) transects
the area and hosts numerous occurrences of
copper ±gold ±iron mineralisation.
The bedrock in the project area is dominated
by Lina granite, felsic-intermediate-mafic
volcanics, sedimentary gneisses and mafic
and intermediate intrusives. Dolerite and
pegmatite dykes are common.
The early Svecokarelian (ca. 1.96-1.87Ga)
mafic-ultramafic intrusives largely comprise
amphibolitised
gabbro,
pyroxenite
and
peridotite-harzburgite.
At
Puolalaki,
the
intrusives have been partially serpentinised.
Felsic-intermediate intrusives of the same suite
largely comprise inhomogeneous, medium-
grained
granodiorite-diorite-tonalite
lithologies.
The
Svecofennian
(ca.
1.96-1.86Ga)
supracrustal rocks (Kiruna-Arvidsjaur Group) in
the
Puolalaki
area
comprise
gneissic
metasediments
and
felsic-intermediate-
mafic volcanics.
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:

easting and northing of the drill hole collar

elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation
above sea level in metres) of the drill hole
collar

dip and azimuth of the hole

down hole length and interception depth

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.
Tables summarising the selected significant
intercepts and associated detailed assays
from the Puolalaki Project have been
included in the Appendix of this report. .
A total of 72 diamond drillholes have been
completed across the Puolalaki Project to
date. More than 95% of these drillholes were
designed to target the gold mineralisation at
Puolalaki and only 2 were designed to
specifically
test
for
nickel
sulphide
mineralisation.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
No data aggregation methods have been
used in this report.
No metal equivalent values are reported in
this report.
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’).
Mineralised intercepts reported in this report
are downhole widths and true widths have
not yet been established.
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.
Appropriate maps and sections are included
in the main body of the report.
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.
Whilst only a minor selection of significant
historical results have been reported in this
report,
they
have
been
reported
to
demonstrate examples of grade (both gold
and nickel) of mineralisation at Puolalaki.
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 historical exploration data and
activities have been reported.
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.
The company plans to carryout fixed-loop
electromagnetic geophysical surveys and
diamond drilling to test the nickel targets at
Puolalaki.

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