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CATALYST METALS LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Jul 13, 2021

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14 JULY 2021

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

HENTY GOLD MINE PRODUCES 6,327 OUNCES IN JUNE QUARTER; FOUR EAGLES CONTINUES TO DELIVER HIGH GRADE DRILL HOLE ASSAYS AND VISIBLE GOLD AT DEPTH

  • Revenue of $15.8 million from metal sales for June 2021 Quarter

  • Production of 6,327 ounces of gold produced at C1 cash cost of $1,516 per ounce

  • Head grade of 4.9g/t Au with consistent recoveries of 94-95%

  • Further high grade intersections and visible gold in diamond drilling at the Four Eagles Gold Project

  • Boyd’s Dam project exploration, evaluation and environmental studies to be run in parallel


Henty Gold Mine

Catalyst Metals Limited ( Catalyst or the Company ) (ASX: CYL ) has continued to increase gold production at the Henty Gold Mine ( Henty ) in Tasmania with 6,327 ounces produced in the June 2021 Quarter. The mine remains on track for production of 25,000 ounces of gold in calendar year 2021.

Mine production for the June 2021 Quarter totalled 6,327 ounces at a run-of-mine head grade of 4.8g/t Au while achieving metallurgical recoveries of 95%, significantly higher recoveries than projected by preacquisition modelling. This mine production is an increase from the March 2021 Quarter production of 5,283 ounces previously reported by Catalyst which comprised 2 months and 12 days of operation following mine acquisition on 20 January 2021 (See Table 1).

In the 3 months to 30 June 2021, revenue from gold and silver sales totalled $15.8 million (unaudited) at a C1 cash cost per ounce of $1,516.

The Henty Gold Mine recorded one recordable injury for the June 2021 Quarter and the Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) has continued to improve. Since Catalyst acquired the mine in January 2021, the TRIFR has reduced from 27 to 10. It is anticipated that a continued focus on safety and incremental changes in risk management systems will continue to improve performance.

With three diamond rigs now operational 5,000 metres, of the planned 46,000 metre underground drilling programme, were drilled in the month of June 2021. Initial positive results, along with any future exploration success, are expected to contribute towards an increase in gold production in the future.

Four Eagles Joint Venture

In Victoria, diamond drilling has continued at the Four Eagles Gold Project with the objective of gaining a better understanding of the broader structures that control gold mineralisation.

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

The recent diamond drilling has confirmed the presence of a western limb feeder structure which often contains high grade mineralisation as indicated by the presence of visible gold (See Plate 1) and by recently assayed intersections:

  • 4.6 metres @ 17.7g/t Au including 1.0 metre @ 79.4g/t au from 202.9 metres in FEDD067

  • 5.35 metres @ 2.3g/t Au including 0.3 metres @ 25.0g/t Au and 0.45 metres @ 9.95g/t Au from 294.3 metres in FEDD059

  • 1.35 metres @ 117.0g/t Au from 326.1 metres in FEDD047

  • 0.2 metres @ 20.8g/t Au from 347.75 metres in FEDD049

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Plate 1: FEDD078 – Visible gold at ~260 metres down hole showing multiple grains of gold, accessory galena and pyrite in quartz.

This means that gold has been shown to be present on the western limb feeder structure as well as on the flatter west dipping zones in the east limb of the host anticline (Figure 4). Drill holes in general are designed to test either one zone or the other, not both.

Mr Bruce Robertson, Catalyst’s Chief Executive Officer stated “In Tasmania the Henty Gold Mine has continued its strong performance throughout the June Quarter and has now generated approximately $27 million in revenue (unaudited) since its purchase in mid-January 2021. In Victoria further results from Boyd’s Dam will continue the progress with ongoing exploration, project evaluation and environmental studies to be run in parallel.”

FOUR EAGLES JOINT VENTURE (RL006422, EL5508, EL5295, EL006859) (CATALYST 50%)

The Four Eagles Gold Project is situated along the Whitelaw Gold Corridor which is considered to be a major structural control of gold mineralisation north of Bendigo. In Victoria Catalyst manages the entire Whitelaw Gold Belt and has interests in thirteen Exploration Licences and two Retention Licences which extend for 75 kilometres along the Whitelaw and Tandarra Faults north of Bendigo and in other areas north of the Fosterville and Inglewood gold fields (Figure 1).

Catalyst holds a 50% interest in the Four Eagles Gold Project with the other 50% held by Gold Exploration Victoria Pty Ltd ( GEV ) (a wholly owned subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd). Exploration is jointly funded by Catalyst and GEV.

Retention Licence (RL) 006422 flanked by the three EL’s comprises the Four Eagles Gold Project and covers an envelope of gold mineralisation about 6 kilometres long and 2.5 kilometres wide, including three prospects which have produced high grade gold mineralisation (Boyd’s Dam, Hayanmi, and Pickles). This mineralisation footprint may now be much larger with the intersection of high-grade gold mineralisation at Cunneens to the south-west and Eagle 5 to the east (Figure 2).

The diamond drilling program commenced in December 2020 and since the March 2021 Quarterly Report 24 holes for a total of 12,141 metres have been drilled. RC drilling commenced in January 2021 and thirteen holes have been completed for a total of 2,617 metres. The combined diamond and RC program is designed to test the Boyd’s Dam-Boyd North structure down to a vertical depth of 400 metres. Assays have been received for the diamond drill holes from FEDD048 to FEDD067 and RC holes FERC287 to FERC299. Outstanding are assays for FEDD068-FEDD078. Only four of the thirteen RC holes were effective in testing the target.

Diamond drilling has shown the presence of visible gold (Plate 1, FEDD078 at ~260 metres down hole – assays pending) and high grade assays on the west limb of the anticline (Western Limb Shear) which is quite a different setting to the gold zones in the flat west dipping structures in the east limb of the anticline. The Western Limb Shear may be a feeder structure to the flatter zones and seems to have good continuity over the 1.8 kilometre strike length of the Boyd’s Dam - Boyd North system (Figure 3)

Early indications are that the Western Limb Shear contains two zones of higher grade gold mineralisation (Figure 4). Within the southern portion, good intersections were recorded in:

  • FEDD031 (11.0m @ 23.7g/t Au)

  • FEDD067(4.6m @ 17.7g/t Au)

  • FERC272 (1.0m @ 52.7g/t Au) .

High grades were also present in the northern part of the structure albeit narrow zones in:

  • FEDD15 (2.0m @ 10.1g/t Au)

  • FEDD047 (1.35m @ 117g/t Au)

  • FEDD038 (1.0m @ 17.8g/t Au)

  • FEDD059 (0.3m @ 25.0g/t Au)

  • FEDD049 (0.2m @20.8g/t Au).

The relationship of the Western Limb Shear to the flatter zones of gold mineralisation are shown in Figure 4.

Air core drilling commenced on the area east of Boyd’s Dam and 26 holes were drilled for a total of 611 metres. Low grade gold zones were present (0.3 to 1.0g/t Au) and in combination with anomalous arsenic geochemistry, confirm that the Eagle 5 and Eagle 6 structural trends are present as greenfield discoveries but will need much more drilling to evaluate their potential.

Two diamond drill rigs are operating at Boyd’s Dam while RC and air core drilling has been suspended because of access constraints due to winter.

Full location data on the diamond, RC and air core holes are shown in Appendix 1 and a Summary of Sampling Techniques and Reporting of Exploration Results according to the JORC Code 2012 Edition are also tabulated. Maximum gold values, which were carried out by aqua regia and ICPMS on 25 gram samples, are tabulated in Appendix 1 for each drill hole.

This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Directors of Catalyst Metals Limited.

For further information contact:

Steve Boston Bruce Robertson Bruce Kay Chairman CEO Technical Director T: +61 409 574 515 +61 410 560 108 +61 400 613 180

Competent person’s statement

The information in this report that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Henty geological staff and reviewed by Mr Bruce Kay, a Competent Person, who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Kay is a non-executive 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.

Henty Summary of Results

Table 1: Henty Gold Mine Production March and June Quarters 2021

Operations MarQtr JunQtr YTD
Mining
Total Mined(t) 67,317 90,795 158,112
Ore Mined(t) 31,823 44,095 75,918
Mine Grade(g/t) 5.8 4.8 5.2
Millproduction
Processed(t) 33,006 42,832 75,838
Average Head Grade(g/t) 5.3 4.9 5.0
Recovery Gold(%) 94.1% 94.6% 94.4%
Gold Produced(oz) 5,293 6,327 11,620
Gold Sold(oz) 5,059 6,617 11,677
Gold Price Realised($/oz) 2,258 2,359 2,315
Revenue($M) (Au & Ag) 11.528 15.789 27.316
Cash Cost($/oz) 1,495 1,516 1,506
Silver Sold(oz) 3,108 5,134 8,242
Silver Price Realised($/oz) 33.6 34.9 34.4

The C1 cash cost of $1,495/oz for the March Quarter 2021 was calculated based on a cash accounting basis in line with the previous mine ownership accounting principles. The C1 cash cost for the June quarter has been calculated based on matching sustaining quarterly capital expenditure with quarterly production, applying this approach to the March 2021 C1 cash cost would reduce that cash cost to $1,345/oz and the YTD cash cost to $1,438/oz.

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Figure 1: Catalyst-managed tenements in Central Victoria showing location of the Four Eagles Gold

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Figure 2: Four Eagles Gold Project showing lines of gold mineralisation and Boyd’s Dam location

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Figure 3: Boyd’s Dam – Boyd North showing location of RC and diamond drilling

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Figure 4: Boyd’s Dam cross section 5,989,880N showing relationship between Boyd Western Shear and flat dipping zones of gold mineralisation

APPENDIX 1: BOYD’S DAM DRILLHOLE DATA

Table 1a: Diamond Drill Hole Collars

Hole Easting
(MGA)
Northing
(MGA)
Elevation Depth Dip Azimuth
(grid)
FEDD048 245,184 5,989,881 97 512.8 -60 90
FEDD049 245,078 5,990,599 96 497.3 -60 90
FEDD050 245,147 5,990,499 96 453.8 -60 90
FEDD051 245,259 5,990,598 96 465.5 -82 270
FEDD052 245,198 5,990,496 96 456.7 -77 90
FEDD053 245,133 5,990,699 96 534.7 -66 90
FEDD054 245,139 5,990,399 97 515.3 -76 90
FEDD055 245,238 5,990,700 96 300.8 -85 92
FEDD056 245,140 5,989,790 98 553.4 -60 90
FEDD057 245,281 5,989,983 98 492.4 -75 90
FEDD058 245,260 5,989,180 98 525.6 -65 88
FEDD059 245,220 5,989,980 98 507.5 -75 90
FEDD060 245,204 5,989,790 98 504.3 -59 90
FEDD061 245,250 5,989,588 98 500.2 -64 91
FEDD062 245,298 5,989,480 98 521.8 -70 89
FEDD063 245,282 5,989,380 98 520.7 -64 91
FEDD064 245,185 5,989,588 97 505.5 -64 91
FEDD065 245,238 5,989,480 97 536 -70 94
FEDD066 245,225 5,989,380 97 543.7 -64 94
FEDD067 245,300 5,989,268 97 540.8 -60 90

Table 1b: Summary diamond drill assay results using aqua regia ALS Code Au-OG43

Hole From To Metres Au(ppm)
FEDD048 264.9 265.4 0.5 4.43
FEDD048 278.1 278.85 0.75 0.59
FEDD048 360.55 360.85 0.30 1.57
FEDD048 364.7 365.0 0.3 1.06
FEDD048 366.75 367.4 0.65 0.83
FEDD048 407.5 408.1 0.6 5.95
FEDD048 419.4 420.05 0.65 1.54
FEDD049 347.75 348.85 1.1 4.65
including 347.75 347.95 0.2 20.80
FEDD050 83.8 84.6 0.8 1.69
FEDD050 88.1 89.15 1.05 0.66
FEDD050 92.7 93.25 0.55 2.11
FEDD051 435.4 435.9 0.5 0.17
FEDD052 303.0 303.65 0.35 0.56
FEDD052 307.35 307.65 0.3 1.57
FEDD053 323.8 324.75 0.95 0.62
FEDD054 271.0 272.0 1.0 0.14
Hole From To Metres Au(ppm)
FEDD055 282.6 282.95 0.35 0.11
FEDD056 291.0 292.0 1.0 0.5
FEDD057 178.35 178.8 0.45 0.52
FEDD057 290.0 291.0 1.0 0.87
FEDD057 301.7 302.3 0.6 7.44
FEDD057 320.4 321.0 0.6 2.12
FEDD057 325.15 325.5 0.35 0.8
FEDD058 487.9 488.8 0.9 2.64
FEDD059 294.3 299.65 5.35 2.26
including 294.3 294.6 0.3 25.0
including 299.2 299.65 0.45 9.95
FEDD059 300.0 301.0 1.0 0.58
FEDD060 460.9 461.8 0.9 1.03
FEDD061 271.68 272.7 1.02 0.04
FEDD062 477.8 478.4 0.6 0.08
FEDD063 265.65 266.3 0.65 5.21
FEDD064 338.25 338.75 0.5 0.06
FEDD064W1 319.0 320.0 1.0 0.005
FEDD065 458.0 459.0 1.0 7.24
FEDD067 202.9 207.5 4.6 17.7
including 202.9 203.9 1.0 79.4

JORC 2012 Edition, Table 1 Checklist Diamond Drilling

Diamond Core Sampling
Techniques and Data
Criteria
Explanation
Sampling techniques • All basement material collected in commercially available diamond core
trays. The cover alluvium is not the subject of resource development and
is not sampled.
• Diamond core is cleaned and marked metre-by-metre
• The geologist determines which metres are to be sampled in consultation
with criteria such as quartz vein development, sulphide occurrence, and
visible gold occurrence.
• Samples are selected to reflect lithological, structural, and mineralisation
boundaries and reflect drill core intervals ranging from 0.2m to 1.0m. The
selected intervals for sampling are cut with a diamond-impregnated saw,
with half being collected in a calico bag for laboratory submission, the
remaininghalf beingtransferred back to the source core trayfor storage.
Drilling techniques • Holes are initiated using 120mm blade drilling, with cuttings lifted by
drilling mud to the base of cover. PVC casing is installed to preserve the
collar condition for subsequent drilling.
• Mud drilled precollars are achieved by a diamond drill rig.
• At end-of-precollar depth, the rod string is removed from the hole and
steel HWT or PQ casing is installed and shoed into the base-of-hole.
• HQ triple tube barrel and HQ drill rods are installed to precollar depth.
Beyond this depth the hole is progressed to final depth with DDH drilling
techniques, generally employing three-metre barrel and rods. Where
ground conditions are poor, 1.5-metre rods are employed to alleviate core
loss at tube extraction.
Drill sample recovery • Core runs are documented by the driller, and recoveries measured by the
geologist to ensure recovery is known and strategies implemented to
maximise recovery (target being above 85%).
• Drillers are under instruction to monitor recovery and rectify core loss
through adjusting drill rig operation.
• All diamond core is drilled using triple tube equipment to assist in
deliveringacceptable core recovery.
Logging • Diamond core is geologically logged at one-metre intervals for lithology,
alteration, quartz veining and to a standard acceptable for subsequent
interpretation for use in estimation.
• Geological logging aspects are qualitative with exception of quartz vein
content which is estimated semi-quantitatively
• Drill core structural measurements are logged prior to cutting/sampling.
Drill core orientations are performed on each core run, and where
successful are applied to structural measurements to provide known
orientations of structures. Where orientations are not successful, the S1
cleavage is exploited as a proxy to orientation; in which case the database
is flagged as such.
• All logged intervals represent entire one-metre sample segregation
intervals
Sub-sampling techniques and
sample preparation
• Lab submission samples collected as described above. No quarter coring is
required.
• Samples dispatched to commercial assay laboratory (Catalyst have used
ALS Pty Ltd exclusively); samples crushed, dried, and pulverised in entirety,
with 25g – 30g aliquots selected for analysis (laboratory repeat splits
historically demonstrate acceptable reproducibility and hence accuracy for
this mineralisation)
Diamond Core Sampling
Techniques and Data
Criteria
Explanation
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.
• For exploration in the Whitelaw Gold Belt (such as at Four Eagles),
anomalous runs of samples are reassayed by a bulk leach method (BLEG)
employing a 2kg aliquot. Golden Camel drillhole samples are not BLEG
assayed due to the anticipated population of refactory gold in sulphide.
• Laboratory and client certified reference materials (3 x standards) are
implemented every 20thsample.
Verification of sampling and
assaying
• Data management procedures are under development. Data management
has been outsourced to a specialist provider.
• There has been no verification of significant intersections by independent
nor alternative company personnel.
• Drillhole sampling and geological data logged electronically and imported
electronically into the master database.
• There have been no adjustments to data as provided by the commercial
assay laboratory.
Location of data points • All drillhole location coordinates are measured using differential GPS to
MGA94 Zone 55, and AHD estimated from terrain model created from
publicly available land survey data
• Collar locations to within an estimated precision of 10mm horizontally and
20mm vertically.
• All drillholes are downhole surveyed. Drilling orientation established prior
to collaring with clinometer and compass.
Data spacing and distribution • Boyd’s Dam - DDH drillholes drilled at a section spacing of approximately
100 metres. Drillholes were targeted to intersect prospective structural
positions some 200m to 250m beneath the oxide-zone mineralisation
cluster. This spacing is designed to be of a sufficient density to ultimately
be included in the estimation of a resource.
• For the purpose of the reporting of exploration results, assays are
aggregated to reflect continuously sampled zones of significant anomalism
for gold.
Orientation of data in relation to
geological structure
• Drillhole sections were aligned approximately 90 degrees from the strike of
mineralisation. Holes are generally inclined 60 - 85 degrees to the west or
east to provide cross-strike investigation within holes and to establish
continuity of sub-vertical mineralisation and/or saddle structures between
holes.
Sample security • All samples are controlled by the responsible geologist and stored in
secured facility prior to despatch to the laboratory.
• Samples are transported directly to laboratory by a commercial
transportation contractor with security in place.
• Sample number receipt information from laboratory cross-referenced and
rationalised against sample number dispatch information.
Diamond Core Sampling
Techniques and Data
Criteria
Explanation
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 Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimates.
Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria
Explanation
Mineral tenement and land
tenure status
• The Four Eagles Gold Project is within RL006422 in the vicinity of Mitiamo
Victoria, 50% owned by Kite Gold Pty Ltd (subsidiary of Catalyst Metals Ltd)
and 50% owned by Gold Exploration of Victoria Pty Ltd (subsidiary of
Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd)
• RL006422 is valid and due for expiry on 28/03/2028
• Exploration activities were confined to free-hold farmland.
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 supergenegold enrichment inpaleo-weathering profile.
Drillhole Information • Appendix 1: Collar location coordinates, downhole depths, azimuths,
declinations
• Appendix 1: Downhole intervals of resource, goldgrade of intervals
Data aggregation methods • No top-cutting applied to assay data
• Zones of significance identified as those with assays in excess of 0.5g/t and
internal dilution of two consecutive metres or less.
• Reported zones are continuous, with no sample or assay gaps.
Relationship between
mineralisation widths and
intercept lengths
• The strike of mineralisation is demonstrated to be generally aligned with
local grid north.
• The dip of mineralisation is expected to be sub-vertical and sub-parallel
with bedding as was the case in the Bendigo Goldfield.
• DDH and RC drillholes are oriented with a dip to the west or east to
provide effective geometry in the context of the eastern limb of an
anticline.
• Due to the complexity of slate belt gold mineralisation, the true width of
mineralisation has not been resolved. As such, significant mineralised
intersections have been reported as downhole intervals.
Diagrams • Figure 4 shows the long sections of drillhole intersections with
mineralisation at Boyd’s Dam
• Figure 5 shows a cross section at 5,989,880N
Balanced reporting • Figure 4 and Table 1b show all drilling inclusive of holes which were not
included in the estimate.
Other substantive exploration
data
• No other exploration results that have not previously been reported, are
material to this report.
Further work • Intensive diamond drilling and trial deep RC drilling will be completed in
the 2021 field season.

Table 2a: RC Drill Hole Collars

Hole Easting
(MGA)
Northing
(MGA)
Elevation Depth Dip Azimuth
(grid)
FERC295 245,293 5,990,651 96 300 -80 90
FERC296 245,258 5,990,652 96 242.7 -80 90
FERC297 245,307 5,989,835 98 160 -80 81
FERC298 245,287 5,989,835 98 119 -80 90
FERC299 245,290 5,989,935 98 301 -80 92

Table 2b: Drill Assay Results RC Blade/Hammer using Aqua Regia 25gm Sample. All intersections greater than 0.5g/t Au shown or maximum gold value in each hole drilled

Hole From(m) To(m) Interval
(m)
Au-OG43
(ppm)
FERC287 N/S N/S N/S N/S
FERC288 N/S N/S N/S N/S
FERC289 199 200 1 0.17
FERC290 95 96 1 1.17
FERC290 97 98 1 0.71
FERC291 92 93 1 0.02
FERC292 83 84 1 1.66
FERC293 83 84 1 0.56
FERC294 86 87 1 1.36
FERC294 87 88 1 0.58
FERC294 88 89 1 0.47
FERC294 109 110 1 0.57
FERC295 82 84 2 0.42
FERC296 154 155 1 2.66
FERC296 168.5 169.4 0.9 0.92
FERC297 97 98 1 0.08
FERC298 103 104 1 0.08
FERC299 186 187 1 0.78
FERC299 192 193 1 2.55
FERC299 300 301 1 0.56

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 laboratorysubmission.
Drilling techniques • Holes are initiated using >180mm blade bit through cover and the hole is
cased to an appropriate depth to provide stability (down to a depth of at
least 80m).
• Drill holes may be cased with PVC or steel (via the Odex system)
• After casing is grouted, holes are completed to designed depth using 5” RC
face sampling hammer.
• All drilling utilises six-metre reverse circulation drill rods
• Truck-mounted drill rig; 400psi 900cfm compressor and booster; plus
auxiliarycompressor where dictated bywater in-flows.
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 splitting is achieved at the drill rig using an integrated Jones riffle
splitter to deliver the desired mass (>2kg and <3kg).
• Geological control maintained at the drill site at all times, to ensure drilling
and samplingwas 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 outsourced to a specialist provider.
• There has been no verification of significant intersections by independent
nor alternative company personnel.
• Drillhole sampling and geological data logged electronically and imported
electronically into the master database.
• There have been no adjustments to data as provided by the commercial
assaylaboratory.
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 establishedprior to collaringwith clinometer and compass.
Data spacing and distribution • RC holes drilled on sections located between existing diamond drilling
sections 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
continuouslysampled zones of significant anomalism forgold.
Orientation of data in relation to
geological structure
• Drillhole sections were aligned approximately normal to the strike of
mineralisation. Holes were generally inclined 60-80 degrees to the east to
provide cross-strike investigation within holes and to establish continuity
of sub-vertical mineralisation between holes.
Sample security • All samples are controlled by the responsible geologist and stored in
secured facility prior to despatch to the laboratory.
• Samples are transported directly to laboratory by a commercial
transportation contractor with security in place.
• 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 RL006422 in the vicinity of Mitiamo
Victoria, 50% owned by Catalyst Metals Ltd., and 50% owned by Gold
Exploration Victoria
• Retention Licence RL006422 which was granted on 29 March 2018 for a
period of ten years, extinguishing the preceding exploration licence
EL4525.
• Exploration activities were confined to free-hold farm land
• As of 2015, activities are funded with Gold Exploration Victoria Ltd (GEV)
through a farm-in agreement but are now shared equally between Kite
Gold and GEV.
Exploration done by other
parties
• None in the area drilled
Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria
Explanation
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 supergenegold enrichment inpaleo-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 2a: Collar location coordinates, downhole depths,
azimuths, declinations
• Appendix 1, Table 2b: Downhole intervals of significance, gold grade of
intervals;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 0.5ppm 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
assayvalue 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 4 shows the intersections in longitudinalprojection.
Balanced reporting • Figure 4 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.
Further work • Further RC drilling will be required to develop deeper resources in concert
with diamond drilling.

Table 3a: Air Core Drill Hole Collars

Hole Easting
(MGA)
Northing
(MGA)
Elevation Depth Dip Azimuth
(grid)
FE1162 246,990 5,989,390 98 145 -80 90
FE1163 246,910 5,989,390 98 153 -80 90
FE1164 246,830 5,989,390 98 156 -80 90
FE1165 246,750 5,989,390 98 144 -80 90
FE1166 246,670 5,989,390 98 123 -80 90
FE1167 246,590 5,989,390 98 112 -80 90
FE1168 246,510 5,989,390 98 129 -80 90
FE1169 246,430 5,989,390 98 102 -80 90
FE1170 246,350 5,989,390 98 105 -80 90
FE1171 246,270 5,989,390 98 108 -80 90
FE1172 246,190 5,989,390 98 126 -80 90
FE1173 246,110 5,989,390 98 117 -80 90
FE1174 247,030 5,989,395 98 153 -80 90
FE1175 246,150 5,989,390 98 118 -80 90
FE1176 246,486 5,988,996 97 164 -80 90
FE1177 246,406 5,988,994 97 156 -80 90
FE1178 246,326 5,988,992 97 159 -80 90
FE1179 246,246 5,988,990 97 142 -80 90
FE1180 246,166 5,988,990 97 138 -80 90
FE1181 246,086 5,988,989 97 132 -80 90
FE1182 246,006 5,988,985 97 132 -80 90
FE1183 245,796 5,989,381 97 96 -80 90
FE1184 245,756 5,989,381 97 87 -80 90
FE1185 245,670 5,989,381 97 127 -80 90
FE1186 245,631 5,989,381 97 101 -80 90
FE1187 245,507 5,989,381 97 76 -80 90

Table 3b: Drill Assay Results Air Core Drilling using Aqua Regia 25gm Sample. All intersections greater than 0.5g/t Au shown or maximum gold value in each hole drilled

Boyd’s Dam East

Hole From To Interval Au
FE1162 125 126 1 0.282
FE1163 102 105 3 0.043
FE1164 102 105 3 0.391
FE1165 141 144 3 0.009
FE1166 75 78 3 0.005
FE1167 66 69 3 0.013
FE1168 66 69 3 0.014
FE1169 66 69 3 0.02
FE1170 93 96 3 0.065
Hole From To Interval Au
FE1171 72 75 3 0.037
FE1172 66 69 3 0.006
FE1173 69 72 3 0.032
FE1174 93 96 3 0.318
FE1175 66 69 3 0.027
FE1176 108 111 3 0.014
FE1177 117 120 3 0.126
FE1178 117 120 3 0.087
FE1179 87 90 3 0.066
FE1180 93 96 3 0.025
FE1181 84 87 3 0.019
FE1182 63 66 3 0.027
FE1183 75 78 3 0.008
FE1184 33 36 3 0.004
FE1185 72 75 3 0.095
FE1186 69 72 3 0.012
FE1187 75 76 1 1.01

JORC 2012 Edition, Table 1 Checklist Reporting of Exploration Results - Air Core Drilling

Air core Sampling Techniques and
Data
Criteria
Explanation
Sampling techniques
Samples collected at cyclone at one-metre intervals

Sampling commences in the Murray Basin Cover sequence samples at least
6 metres above the basement contact. where one-metre intervals are
collected in individual numbered bags; and chip trays are collected from
surface

Assay laboratory samples collected by hand from bags into calico sample
bags to a mass of <3kg (composited to three-metre intervals corresponding
with drill rods).

Cover sequence is understood to potentially contain alluvial gold
immediately above the basement, and thus such these cover samples are
submitted for assay.
Drilling techniques
Three-inch diameter AC blade drill bit; three-metre RC drill rods; truck-
mounted drill rig; 300psi 700cfm compressor.

All holes are uncased

Penetration into basement to depth of bit refusal against quartz or fresh
rock.
Drill sample recovery
AC drilling provides a high variability in sample recovery, due to low
pressures of equipment and common groundwater effects.

Water content of samples are assessed by rig geologist as being
dry/moist/wet

Calico bag masses recorded by laboratory

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

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

Three-metre samples selected (composited) by hand-grab at drill site when
materials were dry, moist, or wet; duplicate samples taken approximately
every 30 samples (one per drillhole).

Samples dispatched to commercial laboratory (Catalyst uses ALS Pty Ltd
exclusively); samples dried and pulverised in entirety, with 25g aliquot
selected for analysis (laboratory repeat splits historically demonstrate
acceptable reproducibility and hence accuracy for this style of
mineralisation)

Analysis of duplicate samples collected at the drill site provided acceptable
confidence that sampling was appropriate for the level for the intended
(non-resource estimation)use of the assaydata.
Quality of assay data and laboratory
tests

Gold assay determined by ICPMS via aqua regia digestion (ALS code Au-
TL43). 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
completelyenter solution resultingin conservative assay.
Air core Sampling Techniques and
Data
Criteria
Explanation
Verification of sampling and assaying
Data capture has been performed by an experienced individual and not by
serval individuals. Database management by external contractor.

There has been no verification of significant intersections by independent
or alternative company personnel.

There has been no drillhole twinning to verify results.

Drillhole sampling and geological data logged onto paper in preparation for
database data entry.

There have been no adjustments to data as provided by the assay
laboratory.
Location of data points
Drillhole collars surveyed by 12-channel GPS to MGA94 Zone 55 and AHD
estimated from terrain model created from publicly available land survey
data

Collar locations to within an estimated precision of 5m at worst.

No drillholes were downhole surveyed, as such holes are assumed to have
maintained the collar setuporientation at depth.
Data spacing and distribution
Due to the reconnaissance nature of this drilling, holes are drilled as
traverses across target zone which have been determined by either
previous geophysics or drillhole geochemistry.

These traverses were spaced at 400m.

Holes within traverses are spaced at 80m centres

In every instance, one-metre samples were composited to three-metre
samples for the purpose of submission to the laboratory. For the purpose
of reporting, assays have been aggregated to reflect continuously sampled
zones of significant anomalism forgold.
Orientation of data in relation to
geological structure

Drillhole sections are aligned with the established Four Eagles grid which is
known to be subparallel with mineralisation. Holes were inclined at 80
degrees to the east to attack the known west-dipping structural framework
and also toprovide some cross-strike investigation.
Sample security
All samples are controlled by the responsible geologist and stored in
secured facility prior to despatch to laboratory.

Samples are transported directly to laboratory by a commercial
transportation contractor.

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 reserves this process for release of Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimates.
Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria
Explanation
Mineral tenement and land tenure
status

The Four Eagles Gold Project is located within RL006422 and EL5295 (50%
Catalyst Metals Ltd, 50% Gold Exploration Victoria Pty Ltd) situated to the
west and northwest of Mitiamo.
Exploration done byotherparties
None in the area drilled.
Geology
The features tested are approximately north-south trending gravity
anomalies at Four Eagles, potentially indicative of structures known from
discoveries further south to be associated with gold mineralisation,
generallywithin the northern extension of the Bendigo Goldfield
Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria
Explanation
Drill hole Information
Appendix 1 Table 3a Collar location coordinates, downhole depths,
azimuths, declinations.

Appendix 1 Tables 3b: Downhole intervals of reported gold grades. Holes
without significant gold grades are quantified with their maximum gold
grades
Data aggregation methods
Air core drill hole samples are composited to three metres in the first
instance. Subsequent resampling of anomalous composites is performed
on a one-metre sample interval basis.

No top-cutting applied to assay data.

Zones of significance identified as those with assays in excess of 0.5g/t Au
(with internal dilution of two consecutive assays or less) and/or in excess of
50ppm As.

Reported zones are continuous,with no sample or assay gaps.
Relationship between mineralisation
widths and intercept lengths

In the absence of definitive orientations of mineralisation within these
specific areas of investigation, no relationship can be established between
downhole intervals and true widths of mineralisation.
Diagrams
Figure 2 shows the general location of the air core drilling in the Eagle 5
and Eagle 6 area
Balanced reporting
All drilling inclusive of holes which did not contain significant intersections
are included in the included data tables.
Other substantive exploration data
No other exploration results that have not previously been reported, are
material to this report.
Further work
The significant intersections as detailed will followed up with additional air
core drillingor if convenient with contractor deployment RC drilling.