CANYON RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Mar 18, 2012

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

CANYON RESOURCES LIMITED

ABN 13 140 087 261

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

• 1 +Class of +securities issued or to Ordinary shares be issued Class A & B converting securities

• 2 Number of[+] securities issued or 5,750,000 ordinary shares to be issued (if known) or 5 Class A converting securities maximum number which may be 10 Class B converting securities

• issued

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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3 Principal terms of the+securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)

All securities below already on issue and to be released from escrow 30 March 2012. Shares - Fully paid Class A convertible securities  Expire 4 years from date of issue  Each convertible security converts into 1,000,000 ordinary shares  Convertible on the announcement of an inferred mineral resource of 500,000 ounces of gold within the Askia Mineral Sarl tenements. Class B convertible securities  Expire 5 years from date of issue  Each convertible security converts into 1,000,000 ordinary shares  Convertible on the announcement of an inferred mineral resource of 1,000,000 ounces of gold within the Askia Mineral Sarl tenements.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the[+] securities rank equally in Shares – Yes all respects from the date of allotment with an existing[+] class Convertible securities – No. The shares of quoted[+] securities? issued on conversion will rank equally with If the additional securities do not existing shares. rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do  the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment  the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

5 Issue price or consideration

5 Issue price or consideration Not applicable 6 Purpose of the issue Not applicable (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

7 Dates of entering +securities Not applicable into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates

Number +Class 8 Number and +class of all 46,959,832 Ordinary shares +securities quoted on ASX ( including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)	Number	+Class
	6,191,000 9,375,000 3,125,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5 10	Ordinary shares Options exercisable at 30 cents expiring 30 June 2013 Options exercisable at 40 cents expiring 30 June 2013 Options exercisable at 40 cents expiring 30 June 2012 Options exercisable at 45 cents expiring 30 June 2012 Class A convertible securities Class B convertible securities
	Not applicable

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11	Is security	holder	approval
	required?
12	Is the issue renounceable or non-
	renounceable?
13	Ratio in which the		+securities
	will be offered
14	+Class of+securities to		which the
	offer relates
15	+Record date	to	determine
	entitlements

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? 17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions 18 Names of countries in which the entity has+security holders who will not be sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. 19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations 20 Names of any underwriters 21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission 22 Names of any brokers to the issue 23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue 24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of+security holders 25 If the issue is contingent on +security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting 26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled 27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders 28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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29	Date rights trading will end (if
	applicable)
30	How do+security holders sell
	their entitlements_in full_through
	a broker?
31	How do+security holders sell
	part of their entitlements
	through a broker and accept for
	the balance?
32	How do+security holders dispose
	of their entitlements (except by
	sale through a broker)?
33	+Despatch date

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities ( tick one )

(a)[Securities described in Part 1 ]

• (b)  All other securities

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

• 35 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

36 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories

1 - 1,000 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which 5,750,000 +quotation is sought 39 Class of +securities for which Ordinary shares quotation is sought 40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in Yes all respects from the date of allotment with an existing[+] class of quoted[+] securities?

If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:

• the date from which they do

• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

41 Reason for request for quotation now Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security) 42 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 38)	End of restriction period on 30 March 2012.	End of restriction period on 30 March 2012.
	Number	+Class
	46,959,832	Ordinary shares

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted +quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here:

Date: 19 March 2012 Company Secretary

Print name: Phillip MacLeod

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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