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CATALINA RESOURCES LTD Capital/Financing Update 2012

Feb 28, 2012

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Capital/Financing Update

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SHREE MINERALS LIMITED

29 February 2012

Increase of Direct Shipping Resource at Nelson Bay Iron Ore Project & Feasibility study update

Highlights

The new DSO resource estimate at 700 kt represents a 55% increase on the 2010 figure with similar iron values.

Table1: Nelson Bay River DSO Resource Estimates

Category Tonnes(‘000) Grades(%) Grades(%)
Fe Al2O3 P S SiO2 **LOI **
Indicated 336 57.4 1.30 0.075 0.035 9.2 6.4
Inferred 367 58.7 1.27 0.041 0.029 6.9 6.8
Total 703 58.1 1.28 0.085 0.032 8.0 6.6

PFS Study

Shree has previously announced a PFS study on a staged project development as following: o Stage 1 : DSO

  • Stage 2 : BFO

  • Stage 3 : Magnetite

The PFS outcomes have been updated by the company for DSO phase based on the new resource estimates, with the following update on the project:

  • Resource is outcropping – no pre-stripping required

  • Close to existing infrastructure – road and port facilities

  • FOB Cost Estimate – A$ 48 per tonne

  • Cash operating surplus, pre tax (DSO Phase) - A$ 39 million using, 58% Fe CFR North China current spot prices.

  • Statutory approvals well advanced

  • Discussions with potential off-take parties well advanced

  • Discussions with potential mining contractors well advanced

  • Work to upgrade PFS to a Feasibility study for DSO phase in progress.

  • Targeting production within 6 months of approvals.

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Background

The iron mineralisation at the Nelson Bay River Iron Project (EL41/2004) is hosted by a 10 to 28 metres wide mafic dyke, which crosses cuts the country rocks and increases in width with depth. Within this dyke is a magnetite-rich section and oxidation of the magnetite has generated goethitehematite mineralisation to varying depths. During 2011-12, the company drilled 1,259 m RC along 23 holes for DSO resource delineation (Figure 1).

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Figure1: Nelson Bay River Iron Project drillhole location plan on regional airborne magnetic image

Resource Estimation

In view of the 2011 RC drilling, the DSO resource estimates were revised. The revised DSO resource estimates at 0.7 Mt show an increase of 55% in the resources over the 2010 figures of 0.45 Mt with similar iron and other element values.

The DSO resource estimate is based on information from 6 diamond and 17 RC percussion holes, totalling 1175.3 m (Table 2). From these holes, 217 composites of 1m length were used for the resource modelling.

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Table2: List of drill holes used in DSO resource estimate

HoleID Location(m) Location(m) RL(m) HoleDepth(m) Azimuth Dip Drilltype
Easting Northing
NBR006 310705.002 5441786.917 94.47 33 0 -90 Diamond
NBR009 310608.773 5441901.733 90 51.5 37.85 -45 Diamond
NBR010 310592.899 5441992.153 81.323 26.5 58.95 -45 Diamond
NBR016 310647.869 5441855.795 92.736 41.1 50 -45 Diamond
NBR019 310548.85 5442074.04 82.617 50.1 50 -45 Diamond
NBR022 310699.32 5441718.99 99.317 54.1 50 -90 Diamond
NRC01 310573 5442036 81.0205 27 50 -45 RC
NRC02 310556 5442023 85.3863 48 50 -45 RC
NRC04 310577 5441980 87.6867 55 50 -55 RC
NRC05 310562 5441968 90.5752 78 50 -55 RC
NRC06 310612 5441956 85.0444 33 50 -55 RC
NRC07 310597 5441944 88.7762 55 50 -55 RC
NRC08 310580 5441931 91.2065 74 50 -55 RC
NRC09 310620 5441917 90.0699 40 50 -55 RC
NRC10 310595 5441888 92.7855 79 50 -55 RC
NRC11 310679 5441815 95.3186 27 50 -55 RC
NRC12 310661 5441801 95.8851 52 50 -55 RC
NRC13 310644 5441792 96.0646 64 50 -55 RC
NRC14 310682 5441708 99.0743 79 50 -55 RC
NRC15 310712 5441731 99.1935 34 50 -55 RC
NRC16 310743 5441599 100.352 82 50 -55 RC
NRC17 310756 5441612 100.318 62 50 -55 RC
NRC18 310771 5441624 100.232 30 50 -55 RC
Total 1175.3

An initial geological interpretation of the goethitic-hematite mineralisation was made using a combination of iron grades and geological logging. A nominal cut off 54% iron was used in conjunction with geological sense and mineral coherency to create the high-grade wireframes (Figure 2).

Figure2: High Grade DSO Mineralisation

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100m
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(View looking down and to grid east north east; brown = Gossan Zone, yellow = high grade DSO)

Resource modelling used Ordinary Kriging with a maximum search distance of 112.5m and a minimum number of two data points for a block size of 5m by 25m by 5m. The resources were reported from within the high-grade mineral wireframe with no cut off grade.

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An example of the block grade distribution for iron is included as Figure 3.

Figure3: DSO Block Iron Grade Distribution

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200m
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(view looking down to grid north east) (blocks shown include all those with volume adjustment >0

As a result of the 2011 drilling, new resource estimates for the goethitic-hematite (DSO and BFO) mineralisation for the Project are given in Table 3.

Table3: Nelson Bay Updated DSO + BFO Resource Estimates

Material
Type
Resource
Category
Mass (Mt) Grade % Grade %
Fe Al2O3 P S SiO2 LOI
DSO Indicated 0.34 57.4 1.3 0.075 0.035 9.2 6.4
DSO +
BFO
Inferred 1.10 50.8 2.2 0.044 0.055 18.1 5.5
Total Resource 1.43 52.3 2.0 0.051 0.050 16.0 5.6

As no drilling during 2011 was carried out for the BFO resource area the values for the BFO resource have been retained from the 2010 Resource estimate. However, reinterpretation of the geology based on the information gleaned from the 20111 drilling suggested a small narrow zone of higher grade mineralisation in the core of the gossan zone at 54.5 to 55.5% Fe. Shree believes that this material, using Platts 52% Fe index as a reference point, could be sold as low-grade DSO and thus has the potential to increase the size of the DSO resources.

Additionally, peripheral to the main DSO resource there is low-grade material, which could be processed by the BFO processing circuit and thus has the potential to increase the size of the BFO resources.

The revised geological interpretation has meant a modification to the Skarn Dyke iron resource estimate reported in the 2010 resource estimate. This is due to the greater depth of oxidation associated with the Oxide Iron mineralisation eating into the fresh rock skarn mineralisation. The new

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Skarn Dyke resource estimate is given below in Table 4. There was no effect on the magnetite resource portion of the fresh rock iron resource (Table 5).

Table 4: Nelson Bay Global Iron Resources

(30% Fe cut off includes Magnetite Resource material)

Resource Category Mass(Mt) Fe%
Indicated 1.8 38.6
Inferred 9.5 35.9
Total 11.3 36.3

Table 5: Nelson Bay River Magnetite Resources

(20% DTR cut off)

Resource Category Mass (Mt) Mag.% Magnetite Kt
Indicated 1.7 38.5 667
Inferred 6.1 38.2 2,324
Total 7.8 38.3 2,991

About Shree Minerals

Shree Minerals Ltd is a multi-commodity exploration and development company, which was listed on the ASX. The Company has interests in iron, gold, and base metals. All held tenements are in Tasmania.

Sanjay Loyalka Chairman

The information reported herein is based on information compiled by Mr Mahendra Pal who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Australasian Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Australia and a Member of the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists, India. Mr Pal is a member of the Shree Minerals Board and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and deposit type under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Pal consents to the inclusion of this report of the matters based on his observations in the form and context in which it appears.