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CATALYST METALS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2018

Sep 5, 2018

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

6 SEPTEMBER 2018

FURTHER GOLD INTERSECTIONS RECORDED ON FOUR EAGLES GOLD PROJECT AT BOYD’S DAM

  • Boyd’s Dam Zone produces further gold intersections in the most recent eight RC drill holes at the Four Eagles Gold Project including:

  • 4m @ 11.62g/t Au from 79m in FERC211

  • 5m @4.97g/t Au from 116m in FERC224

  • 10m @ 2.52g/t Au from 63m in FERC225

  • 14m @ 4.92g/t Au from 50m in FERC226 (including 1m @ 41.2g/t Au)

  • 5m @ 9.91g/t Au from 80m in FERC227 (including 1m @ 14.0g/t Au)

  • 3m @ 17.21g/t Au from 107m in FERC227 (including 1m @ 50.9g/t Au)

  • These complement previous 2018 RC drill holes at Boyd’s Dam with strong gold intersections:

  • 7m @ 12.7g/t Au (FERC201)

  • 16m @ 63g/t Au (FERC222)

  • 10m @10.5g/t Au (FERC199)

  • 17m @ 8.5g/t Au (FERC203)

  • 5m @ 36.2g/t Au (FERC203)

  • 13m @ 8.5g/t Au (FERC205)

  • 8m @ 10.2g/t Au (FERC221)

  • Bulk leach confirmation assays still awaited


Catalyst Metals Limited ( Catalyst or the Company ) ( ASX: CYL ) is pleased to report the results of the most recent eight RC drill holes at the Boyd’s Dam Zone on the Four Eagles Gold Project. Six of these holes contained strong gold intersections to complement the results of earlier holes reported in June 2018 and confirm a zone of gold mineralisation in the top 100 metres with a strike length of at least 500 metres. The zone is still open to the north where widely spaced drilling showed high grade gold mineralisation at depths of 20 to 40 metres (Boyd North) and may plunge southward below the limit of previous drilling.

This announcement covers assays received for the final eight (8) RC holes of a 41-hole programme undertaken between April and June 2018. All of the assays quoted are from 25-gram sub-samples using aqua regia digest and AAS. Bulk cyanide leach assay on 2-kilogram samples are in progress on all anomalous samples to confirm the results. These two assay methods have tended to show good correlation in the past and indicate that the gold is finely disseminated and much less nuggetty than what was present at Bendigo.

The Company has significant interests in seven exploration licences and one retention licence covering the whole of the known Whitelaw Belt - an area of approximately 75 km long and 5-10 km wide, commencing immediately north of the outcropping Bendigo Goldfield (Figure 1).

44 Kings Park Road West Perth WA 6005 PO Box 778, Claremont WA 6910 Telephone: (61-8) 6263 4423 Facsimile: (61-8) 9284 5426 www.catalystmetals.com.au ABN 54 118 912 495

This is the structural zone thought to control the emplacement of the Bendigo gold deposits, and to extend in generally northerly direction in favourable Ordovician rocks beneath the covering veneer of younger Murray Basin sediments. In particular, the Company’s Four Eagles and Tandarra projects, (respectively about 55 km and 40 km north-north-west of Bendigo) contain potentially economic gold occurrences similar in style to those at the historic Bendigo mines (Figure 1). In addition to these gold occurrences identified and outlined by Catalyst in the Whitelaw gold Belt, Catalyst has significant tenement positions in potential gold belts north of Fosterville (Drummartin EL6507) and Inglewood (Boort EL6670) and has recently signed an earn-in agreement on the Golden Camel Project (EL5549, EL5490).

FOUR EAGLES JOINT VENTURE (RL6422, EL5295, EL5508)

The Four Eagles Gold Project is situated along the Whitelaw Fault Corridor which is considered to be a major structural control of gold mineralisation north of Bendigo. Catalyst manages the entire Whitelaw Gold Belt which extends for 75 kilometres along the Whitelaw and Tandarra Faults north of Bendigo in Victoria (Figure 1).

Catalyst holds a 50% interest in the Four Eagles Gold Project whilst Gold Exploration Victoria Pty Ltd ( GEV ) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd) has earned a 50% interest by spending $4.2 million on exploration. The current exploration expenditure is jointly funded by Catalyst and GEV.

The Four Eagles Gold Project covers an envelope of gold mineralisation about 6 kilometres long and 2.5 kilometres wide. Three prospects have produced high grade gold mineralisation (Hayanmi, Boyd’s Dam and Discovery).

RC BLADE/HAMMER DRILLING: BOYD’S DAM

This programme involved the drilling of angled large diameter air core holes (RC Blade/Hammer) on the Boyd’s Dam gold structure to provide an improved understanding of the shapes of the gold mineralisation (Figure 2a and 2b).

Boyd’s Dam RC Blade/Hammer Drilling

Between April and June 2018, 41 RC holes were drilled over a 600-metre strike length of the Boyd’s Dam Trend to test gold mineralisation down to a vertical depth of about 120 metres. The objective of the programme was to test the Boyd’s Dam structure at a traverse spacing of about 25 metres in order to interpret the shape of the gold mineralisation. The Company previously reported a number of very high-grade gold intersections in the first 34 holes including 16 metres @ 63.0 g/t Au in hole FERC222 and a further 23 holes with intersections greater than 20 ‘gram-metres’ . Results have now been received for the final eight (8) holes in the most recent drilling campaign and six of these holes have significant gold intersections as listed below and shown in plan view on Figure 3 and in longitudinal projection on Figure 4:

  • 4.0m @ 11.62 g/t Au from 79 metres in FERC211

  • 9.0m @ 2.2 g/t Au from 63 metres from 63 metres in FERC210

  • 5.0m@ 4.97 g/t Au from 116 metres in FERC224

  • 10.0m @ 2.52g/t Au from 63 metres and 1.0m @ 16.55g/t Au from 80 metres in FERC225

  • 14.0 m @ 4.92g/t Au including 1.0m @ 41.2g/t Au from 50 metres in FERC226

  • 5.0m @ 9.91g/t Au from 80 metres in FERC227

  • 3.0m @ 17.21g/t Au from 107 metres in FERC227

  • 1.0m @ 18.65g/t Au from 118 metres in FERC227

Bulk leach assays will be now carried out on all anomalous samples to provide further information on grade variability.

Mr Bruce Kay, Catalyst’s Technical Director, said, “the detailed RC programme of 41 holes at Boyd’s Dam this year has produced some excellent intersections with much higher grade than previous drilling. This provides confidence that the Boyd’s Dam system has potential to extend both in strike length and as repetitions at deeper levels”

Full location data on the RC Blade/Hammer holes is shown on Table 1 and a Summary of Sampling Techniques and Reporting of Exploration Results according to the JORC Code 2012 Edition are tabulated in Appendix 1. Previous intersections shown on Figures 2a and 2b have been reported under the 2004 JORC Code. Maximum gold values in each hole are tabulated in Appendix 1.

For further information contact:

Steve Boston Bruce Kay Chairman Technical Director Telephone: +61 409 574 515 +61 400 613 180

Competent person’s statement

The information in this report that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Mr Bruce Kay, a Competent Person, who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Kay is a nonexecutive director of the Company and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being 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 (the JORC Code). Mr Kay consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

Much of the historical information relating to the Four Eagles project was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. This information has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was reported.

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Figure 1: Whitelaw Gold Belt Tenement Holdings showing major Catalyst managed projects

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Figure 2a: Four Eagles Gold Project showing areas of planned drilling in 2018. Drillhole collars shown do not include 2018 RC holes which are shown on Figures 3 and 4.

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Figure 2b: Four Eagles Gold Project showing significant intersections (pre-2018) for Figure 2a. Drillhole assays in this table do not include the 2018 results which are summarised in Figure 3.

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Figure 3: Boyd’s Dam Prospect plan view showing gold trends and 2018 RC drill holes.

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Figure 4: Longitudinal Projection of Boyd’s Dam Prospect showing areas of RC drilling in 2018. Significant drill intersections from 2018 are highlighted in blue.

APPENDIX 1: RC BLADE/HAMMER DRILLING

Table 1a RC Drill Hole Collars

Hole Easting
(AMG)
Northing
(AMG)
RL Depth
(m)
Collar
Declination
Grid
Azimuth
FERC206 245457 5989655 96.5 133 -60.0 270.0
FERC207 245350 5989604 97 109 -60.9 90.8
FERC210 245353 5989555 97 121 -67.5 92.4
FERC211 245368 5989555 97 121 -64.4 89.3
FERC224 245348 5989355 97 167 -60.8 90.1
FERC225 245366 5989355 97 163 -60.7 91.2
FERC226 245437 5989355 97 109 -60.3 269.1
FERC227 245448 5989455 97 151 -61.1 269.5

Table 1b Drill Assay Results RC Blade/Hammer using Aqua Regia 25gm Sample

Hole ID From To Interval
(m)
Au
(ppm)
FERC206 121 122 1 1.72
FERC207 60 61 1 5.04
FERC207 69 74 5 1.67
FERC207 79 80 1 1.06
FERC207 91 93 2 1.07
FERC207 99 100 1 1.04
FERC207 102 103 1 11.20
FERC210 63 72 9 2.23
FERC210 84 85 1 4.17
FERC210 95 98 3 3.36
FERC210 105 106 1 16.60
FERC210 110 111 1 0.60
FERC211 79 83 4 11.62
FERC211 92 93 1 0.67
FERC211 95 96 1 0.84
FERC224 61 62 1 2.86
FERC224 90 91 1 0.43
FERC224 95 96 1 0.82
FERC224 116 121 5 4.97
FERC224 136 137 1 0.60
FERC224 152 153 1 4.59
FERC225 63 73 10 2.52
FERC225 80 81 1 16.55
FERC225 88 89 1 1.06
FERC225 138 139 1 0.86
FERC225 144 145 1 1.02
FERC226 50 64 14 4.92
including 50 51 1 41.20
FERC226 70 74 4 1.62
FERC226 78 84 6 1.15
FERC227 80 85 5 9.91
including 80 81 1 14.00
FERC227 92 93 1 2.40
FERC227 100 101 1 7.93
FERC227 107 110 3 17.21
including 107 108 1 50.90
FERC227 118 119 1 18.65

JORC 2012 Edition, Table 1 Checklist RC Blade/Hammer

RC Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria
Explanation
Sampling techniques
Samples collected at cyclone at one-metre intervals with no sub-sampling.

Cover sequence samples collected in buckets and arranged as piles on the
ground; basement material samples collected in individual numbered plastic
bags; chip trays collected by hand from piles and bags (uncomposited)

Assay laboratory samples selected using Jones riffle splitter into calico sample
bags to a mass of >2kg (if sufficient sample is available) and<3kg.

Cover sequence is understood to be unmineralised and thus not sampled for
laboratory submission.
Drilling techniques
Holes are initiated using 120mm air core blade drilling. This method provides
reverse-circulation face sampling of sufficiently soft material.

On bit-refusal, a four-inch diameter RC hammer with 110mm button bit is
utilised to progress the hole to design depth or where groundwater inflows
compromise sample quality.

All drilling utilises three-metre reverse circulation drill rods and handled in
six-metre lengths where rig format allows; truck-mounted drill rig; 400psi
900cfm compressor and booster; plus auxiliary compressor where dictated by
water in-flows.

Sufficient drillhole casing is used to stabilise the foundation of the drill rig.
Drill sample recovery
Holes were terminated where sample quality was compromised by
groundwater inflow

Sample water content assessed by rig geologist as being dry/wet

Sample bags collected at the rig were weighed prior to sample splitting.
Sample weight was used to assess the splitting requirements (number of riffle
tiers required) to deliver a sub-sample to the desired mass constraint (>2kg
and <3kg). Calico bag masses recorded by laboratory contractor

Geological control maintained at the drill site at all times, to ensure drilling
and sampling was to standard.
Logging
Chip samples geologically logged at 1m intervals for lithology, alteration,
quartz veining and to a standard acceptable for subsequent interpretation for
use in interpretation.

Logging aspects are qualitative with exception of quartz vein content which is
estimated semi-quantitatively

All logged intervals represent entire one-metre sample segregation intervals.
Sub-sampling techniques and sample
preparation

Lab submission samples collected as described – any mass reduction required
for assay purposes performed by laboratory contractor; consisting of drying
and riffle-splitting.

Samples dispatched to ALS Pty Ltd (Adelaide); samples dried and pulverised in
entirety, with 25g aliquot split for analysis (laboratory repeat splits historically
demonstrate acceptable reproducibility and hence accuracy for this
mineralisation).
Quality of assay data and laboratory
tests

Gold assay determined by ICPMS via aqua regia digestion (ALS code Au-
OG43). Experience has shown this method to be applicable for fine grained
gold population of the mineralisation due to the completion of digestion.
There is a technical constraint in that coarse-grained gold may not completely
enter solution resulting in conservative assay.

Laboratory and client certified reference materials (up to four x CRMs plus
blanks) generally demonstrate on-par or biased-low assays.

Where zones of significant gold mineralisation have been identified by initial
sample assay, residual pulps are assigned to a four-hour bottle-roll BLEG
process – which is considered the definitive assay for each one-metre
interval; due to the nominal 2kg aliquot mass.
RC Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria
Explanation
Verification of sampling and assaying
Data management procedures are under development. Data management
has been performed by an experienced individual and not by several
individuals.

There has been no verification of significant intersections by independent nor
alternative company personnel.

Drillhole sampling and geological data documented on paper logs in
preparation for database entry.

There have been no adjustments to data as supplied and certified by the
commercial assay laboratory.
Location of data points
All drillhole location coordinates were measured using differential GPS to
MGA94 and AHD estimated from terrain model created from publicly-
available land survey data

Collar locations to within an estimated precision of 1m.

All drillholes were downhole surveyed. When available, non-magnetic drill
rods were implemented to allow azimuth surveys down-the-hole. Drilling
orientation established prior to collaring with clinometer and compass.
Data spacing and distribution
RC holes drilled on sections located between existing RC and air core
traverses providing 50-metre spacing along the strike of mineralisation.

The sections consist of holes spaced at a nominal 25m in orientations that
provide the best geometry for interpretation

This spacing is designed to be of a sufficient density to ultimately be included
in the estimation of a mineral resource.

For the purpose of reporting, assays have been aggregated to reflect
continuously sampled zones of significant anomalism for gold.
Orientation of data in relation to
geological structure

Drillhole sections were aligned approximately normal to the strike of
mineralisation. Holes were generally inclined 60 degrees to the east to
provide cross-strike investigation within holes and to establish continuity of
sub-vertical mineralisation between holes. A number of west-azimuth holes
were drilled to test for tensional vein arrays, and vertical holes to investigate
the near-hinge environment at depth.
Sample security
All samples were controlled by the responsible geologist, and stored in
secured facility prior to despatch to laboratory.

Samples were transported by a specialist contractor with chain-of-custody
protocols.

Sample number receipt information from laboratory cross-referenced and
rationalised against sample number dispatch information.
Audits or reviews
No processes or data used in developing the release of exploration results
have been subject to audit or review by non-company personnel or
contractors so as to reduce costs and timelines for reporting. Catalyst Metals
Limited currently reserve this process for release of JORC-compliant Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimates.
Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria
Explanation
Mineral tenement and land tenure
status

The Four Eagles Project is within EL4525 in the vicinity of Mitiamo Victoria,
50% owned by Catalyst Metals Ltd and 50% owned by Gold Exploration
(Victoria) Pty Ltd (GEV)

EL4525 has been replaced by a Retention Licence RL6422 which was granted
in March 2018 for a period of ten years.

Exploration activities were confined to free-hold farm land

As of 2015, activities are funded with GEV through a farm-in agreement but
are now shared equally between Catalyst Metals wholly owned subsidiary,
Kite Gold Pty Ltd and GEV.
Exploration done by other parties
None in the area drilled.
Geology
Gold-arsenic bearing narrow veins in Ordovician sandstone in the vicinity of a
regional-scale anticline.

Deposit assessed as being northern extension of Bendigo Goldfield, with
potential for post-mineralisation influence/redistribution by proximal granitic
intrusion.

Potential for some supergene gold enrichment in paleo-weathering profile.
Drill hole Information
All information material to the understanding of the exploration results of all
last-phase drill holes are tabulated:

Appendix 1, Table 1: Collar location coordinates, downhole depths, azimuths,
declinations

Appendix 1, Table 1a and Table 1b: Downhole intervals of significance, gold
grade of intervals; Au-AA15 and Au-OG43 respectively.
Data aggregation methods
Data aggregation using downhole length-weighting

No top-cutting applied to assay data

Zones of significance identified as those with assays in excess of 0.4ppm Au
and internal dilution of two consecutive assays or less.

Reported zones are continuous, with no sample or assay gaps.

Holes without zones of significance are tabulated detailing the greatest assay
value achieved.
Relationship between mineralisation
widths and intercept lengths

The strike of mineralisation is demonstrated to be generally north-south and
sub-parallel with grid.

The dip of mineralisation is expected to be both east-dipping and west-
dipping as was the case in the Bendigo Goldfield.

Drillholes were oriented to provide effective geometry in the context of the
eastern limb of an anticline.

The dip of mineralisation has not been definitively proven, and the true width
of mineralisation has not been resolved. As such, significant mineralised
intersections have been reported as downhole intervals.
Diagrams
Figure 3 shows the plan of recent drillhole collars including previous
drillholes. Figure 4 shows the intersections in longitudinal projection.
Balanced reporting
Figure 3 shows all new drilling inclusive of holes which did not encounter
significant mineralisation.
Other substantive exploration data
No other exploration results that have not previously been reported, are
material to this report. The assay results for the final RC drillholes at the
Hayanmi prospect are pending.
Further work
Further RC drilling will be required to follow up on recently air core drilled
positions along Discovery and Eagle 1.