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Celsius Resources Limited Interim / Quarterly Report 2018

Oct 30, 2018

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ASX RELEASE | 31 October 2018

QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

SEPTEMBER 2018

Opuwo Cobalt Project, Namibia (CLA 95%)

Scoping Study

During the Quarter, the Company continued work programs for the Opuwo Scoping Study, with all substantial work programs nearing completion at the end of the Quarter.

Resource Expansion Drilling

Drilling continued at the Opuwo Cobalt Project during the Quarter, aimed primarily at expanding the existing Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource to the west, and expanding and better defining the mineralisation in the central portion of the resource area

The latest results from the ongoing resource expansion drilling program continue to illustrate the consistent nature of the mineralisation at Opuwo, and that the existing JORC-compliant Mineral Resource has excellent potential for significant expansion. (Figures 1 and 2)

A trend towards a thicker mineralised zone and higher copper grades is apparent in the results reported during the Quarter, which include intercepts from holes located up to 750 metres away from the DOF outcrop (DOFD0204 - Figure 1), and outside the existing Mineral Resource. Drilling is continuing, with an updated Mineral Resource planned to be reported in Q4, 2018.

Figure 3 illustrates a regional interpretation of the DOF and DOF North Prospects at the Project, which demonstrates the potential scale of the Project.

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Level 2, 22 Mount Street P: +61 8 6188 8181
Perth WA 6000 F: +61 8 6188 8182
PO Box 7054, Cloisters Square, [email protected]
Perth WA 6850 www.celsiusresources.com.au
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Figure 1: Drilling Results Reported 10 August, 2018 - Opuwo Cobalt Project

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Figure 2: Drilling Results Reported 5 September, 2018 - Opuwo Cobalt Project

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Figure 3: Regional Schematic Geological Cross Section

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Significant intercepts from assays reported from this drilling program during the Quarter were:

  • 9.09 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.51% Cu and 0.66% Zn , from 535.71 m, including 2.29 m @ 0.15% Co, 1.04% Cu and 0.84% Zn , from 535.71 m (DOFD0204)

  • 9.03 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.71% Cu and 0.60% Zn , from 118.00 m (DOFD0197)

  • 6.90 m @ 0.13% Co, 0.65% Cu and 0.39% Zn , from 330.32 m (DOFD0200)

  • 6.36 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.59% Cu and 0.67% Zn , from 183.64 m (DOFD0198)

  • 6.29 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.44% Cu and 0.59% Zn , from 259.26 m (DOFD0199)

  • 5.27 m @ 0.14% Co, 0.48% Cu and 0.67% Zn , from 314.67 m, including 2.58 m @ 0.21% Co, 0.69% Cu and 0.76% Zn , from 316.51 m (DOFD0194)

  • 5.25 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.48% Cu and 0.51% Zn , from 431.00 m (DOFD0193)

  • 5.90 m @ 0.10% Co, 0.50% Cu and 0.36% Zn , from 40.90 m (DOFD0190)

  • 3.86 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.46% Cu and 0.39% Zn , from 286.32 m (DOFD0196)

  • 3.19 m @ 0.14% Co, 0.48% Cu and 0.51% Zn , from 203.21 m (DOFD0192)

  • 3.70 m @ 0.11% Co, 0.62% Cu and 0.31% Zn , from 187.14 m (DOFD0188)

  • 4.17 m @ 0.09% Co, 0.40% Cu and 0.57% Zn , from 126.00 m (DOFD0191)

  • 8 m @ 0.18% Co, 0.51% Cu and 0.64% Zn, from 79 m, including 2 m @ 0.30% Co, 0.70% Cu and 0.97% Zn , from 83 m (DOFR0211)

  • 6.43 m @ 0.13% Co, 0.38% Cu and 0.53% Zn , from 170.00 m, and 1.73 m @ 0.10% Co, 0.15% Cu and 1.04% Zn , from 164.00 m (DOFD0214)

  • 7 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.41% Cu and 0.62% Zn , from 151 m (DOFR0220)

  • 5 m @ 0.13% Co, 0.60% Cu and 0.61% Zn , from 91 m (DOFR0208)

  • 8 m @ 0.08% Co, 0.54% Cu and 0.55% Zn , from 42 m (DOFR0219)

  • 5 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.58% Cu and 0.55% Zn , from 67 m (DOFR0213)

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  • 5 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.55% Cu and 0.78% Zn , from 37 m (DOFR0207)

  • 5 m @ 0.11% Co, 0.39% Cu and 0.53% Zn , from 119.00 m (DOFD0205)

  • 3.72 m @ 0.14% Co, 0.38% Cu and 0.56% Zn , from 116.00 m (DOFD0206)

  • 3 m @ 0.16% Co, 0.76% Cu and 0.93% Zn , from 19 m (DOFR0218)

  • 4 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.34% Cu and 0.56% Zn , from 104 m (DOFR0215)

  • 3.6 m @ 0.12% Co, 0.42% Cu and 0.50% Zn , from 102.40 m (DOFD0210)

  • 3 m @ 0.13% Co, 0.40% Cu and 0.52% Zn , from 158 m (DOFR0216)

Please refer to the announcements of 10 August and 5 September 2018, and Table 1 in this announcement, for further detail regarding these results.

Reconnaissance Drilling Program – DOF North Prospect

A reconnaissance drilling program, consisting of 7 holes (approximately 765 metres) has been conducted at two areas on the DOF North Prospect. The best result from this program was obtained from drill hole OVD01, which intersected 2.02 metres @ 2.89% copper and 19.5 g/t silver. An additional 1 metre sample from this drillhole assayed 0.68 g/t gold. Cobalt assays from this drilling were low, and the Company now classifies these targets as copper-silver-gold. Further work programs at the DOF North prospects will be undertaken upon completion of the airborne EM and magnetic survey that is currently underway.

SkyTEM Survey

A helicopter-borne electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical survey was completed during the Quarter over three key licences that comprise the Opuwo Cobalt Project (Figure 4). The objectives of the survey were:

  • To assist in geological mapping of near surface conductive sedimentary horizons, which is expected to include the Dolomite Ore Formation (DOF);

  • To delineate discrete conductive zones along the sedimentary horizons; and

  • To detect deeper discrete conductive bodies that may be related to deeper stockwork or semimassive/massive sulphide mineralisation in feeder zones.

The Company is awaiting final interpreted results from the survey, and intends to commence drill testing priority targets during Q4, 2018.

Opuwo Project Exclusive Prospecting Licences

EPLs 4346 and 4540 have been renewed without reduction in size by the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy, until 17 September, 2020. The Ministry accepted the application for licence renewal without partial relinquishment due to the Company’s significant exploration expenditure not only for exploration and development on the Opuwo Cobalt Project, but also considering regional scale prospecting activities, including the recent helicopter-borne EM survey. The Company is now in a position to follow up on its regional exploration concepts, including possible feeder zones to the hydrothermal systems and high-grade zones of the cobaltcopper and lead-zinc-silver-vanadium mineralisation identified in the Project area.

EPL 4346 is the key licence for the Opuwo Project, containing the current JORC Compliant Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource, comprising 112.4 million tonnes, grading 0.11% cobalt, 0.41% copper and 0.43%

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zinc, at a cut-off grade of 0.06% cobalt (Please refer to ASX announcement of 16 April, 2018 for further details on the Mineral Resource).

The other two licences comprising the Opuwo Project, EPLs 4350 and 4351, remain current, and are due for renewal in June, 2019 (Figure 4). Further, all licences comprising the Opuwo Project have been transferred to the Company’s 95% owned Namibian subsidiary, Gecko Cobalt Mining (PTY) Ltd.

Figure 4: Licence areas and SkyTEM Survey Extents

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Table 1: Drilling Results as at end of September, 2018 Quarter

Hole ID Easting
(UTM Zone
33S)
Northing
(UTM Zone
33S)
Planned
Dip
(deg)
Planned
Azimuth
(grid)
Final
Depth
(m)
Intercept
from (m)
Intercept
to (m)
Interval
(m)
Cobalt
(%)
Copper
(%)
Zinc
(%)
DOFD0161 364749 8026895 -55 175 206.26 191.21 195.64 4.43 0.11 0.48 0.61
DOFD0162 364548 8026823 -55 175 194.37 184.00 189.33 5.33 0.14 0.49 0.50
DOFD0163 364350 8026498 -55 180 38.12 21.90 27.00 5.10 0.11 0.41 0.45
DOFD0164 364552 8026600 -55 180 50.07 38.00 43.00 5.00 0.13 0.50 0.49
DOFD0165 364350 8026599 -55 177 90.10 80.00 84.00 4.00 0.11 0.37 0.51
DOFD0166 364346 8026698 -55 175 167.36 136.00 140.35 4.35 0.11 0.31 0.43
DOFD0167 364551 8026699 -55 177 116.38 103.00 108.00 5.00 0.10 0.40 0.42
DOFD0168 364748 8026792 -55 177 143.35 132.00 137.35 5.35 0.11 0.54 0.57
DOFD0169 364747 8026694 -55 180 83.5 65.00 71.38 6.38 0.11 0.42 0.39
DOFD0170 368899 8026454 -55 180 68.22 55.00 60.00 5.00 0.07 0.45 0.40
DOFD0171 368902 8026550 -55 177 170.54 153.25 157.00 3.75 0.10 0.48 0.61
DOFD0172 366148 8026502 -54 180 59.06 Metallurgical Testwork Hole
DOFD0173 368903 8026648 -55 175 302.48 237.53 240.34 2.81 0.11 0.48 0.50
DOFD0174 365755 8026553 -53 180 44.55 Metallurgical Testwork Hole
DOFD0175 365546 8026652 -54 180 62.06 Metallurgical Testwork Hole
DOFD0176 364949 8026700 -54 180 56.04 Metallurgical Testwork Hole
DOFD0177 368699 8026655 -55 175 245.48 232.00 235.60 3.60 0.10 0.51 0.58
DOFD0178 368502 8026650 -55 175 323.36 No Significant Intersection
DOFD0179 368700 8026554 -55 177 149.48 135.00 138.00 3.00 0.11 0.41 0.55
DOFD0180 368702 8026450 -55 180 53.24 18.92 21.54 2.62 0.06 0.49 0.36
DOFD0181 368504 8026552 -55 177 158.35 No Significant Intersection above 500ppm cutoff
DOFD0182 368151 8026407 -55 175 203.48 186.27 189.83 3.56 0.14 0.48 0.52
DOFD0183 368148 8026302 -55 177 122.47 112.00 114.66 2.66 0.11 0.32 0.49
DOFD0184 365349 8026659 -55 180 44.24 Metallurgical Testwork Hole
DOFD0185 368151 8026198 -55 180 41.20 18.20 25.00 6.80 0.09 0.45 0.46
DOFD0186 368700 8026200 -55 177 38.14 Hole Abandoned
DOFD0186B 368698 8026191 -55 177 83.25 Hole Abandoned
DOFD0187 370500 8026273 -55 180 59.17 27.97 33.25 5.28 0.11 0.55 0.54
including 31.10 32.53 1.43 0.20 0.55 0.62
DOFD0188 368506 8026356 -55 180 197.25 187.14 190.84 3.70 0.11 0.62 0.31
DOFD0189 368497 8026479 -55 177 367.54 Extension of DOFR020 - No further significant intersection
DOFD0190 368346 8026202 -55 180 53.06 40.90 46.80 5.90 0.10 0.50 0.36
DOFD0191 368352 8026301 -55 177 137.35 126.00 130.17 4.17 0.09 0.40 0.57
DOFD0192 368354 8026396 -55 175 245.34 203.21 206.40 3.19 0.14 0.48 0.51
DOFD0193 367542 8026804 -55 170 461.47 431.00 436.25 5.25 0.12 0.48 0.51
DOFD0194 368352 8026497 -55 170 335.34 314.67 319.94 5.27 0.14 0.48 0.67
including 316.51 319.09 2.58 0.21 0.69 0.76
DOFD0195 368348 8026601 -55 170 560.35 No Significant Intersection
DOFD0196 367949 8026452 -55 177 311.00 286.32 290.18 3.86 0.12 0.46 0.39
DOFD0197 366188 8026898 -55 180 137.54 118.00 127.03 9.03 0.12 0.71 0.60
DOFD0198 366198 8026996 -55 177 206.54 183.64 190.00 6.36 0.12 0.59 0.67
DOFD0199 366147 8027097 -55 170 278.37 259.26 265.55 6.29 0.12 0.44 0.59
including 262.22 263.69 1.47 0.17 0.40 1.26
DOFD0200 364749 8027100 -55 172 347.54 330.32 337.22 6.90 0.13 0.65 0.39
DOFD0201 364747 8027302 -55 170 281.35 No Significant Intersection
DOFD0202 364750 8027502 -55 170 359.43 Results Pending
DOFD0203 364546 8027298 -55 180 359.36 No Significant Intersection
DOFD0204 364350 8027300 -55 180 554.43 535.71 544.80 9.09 0.12 0.51 0.66
including 535.71 538.00 2.29 0.15 1.04 0.84
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DOFD0205 364149 8026588 -55 180 133.27 119.00 124.00 5.00 0.11 0.39 0.53
DOFD0206 363949 8026416 -55 180 128.41 116.00 119.72 3.72 0.14 0.38 0.56
DOFR0207 364147 8026387 -55 180 47 37 42 5 0.12 0.55 0.78
DOFR0208 364152 8026491 -55 180 102 91 96 5 0.13 0.60 0.61
DOFR0209 363951 8026220 -55 180 39 No Significant Intersection above 500ppm Co
DOFD0210 363749 8026280 -55 180 113.42 102.40 106.00 3.60 0.12 0.42 0.50
DOFR0211 363950 8026318 -55 180 92 79 87 8 0.18 0.51 0.64
including 83 85 2 0.30 0.70 0.97
DOFR0212 363748 8026079 -55 180 21 No Significant Intersection above 500ppm Co
DOFR0213 363745 8026177 -55 180 77 67 72 5 0.12 0.58 0.55
DOFD0214 363547 8025971 -55 180 182.41 164.00 165.73 1.73 0.10 0.15 1.04
and 170.00 176.43 6.43 0.13 0.38 0.53
DOFR0215 363549 8026070 -55 180 114 104 108 4 0.12 0.34 0.56
DOFR0216 362706 8026134 -55 180 167 158 161 3 0.13 0.40 0.52
DOFD0217 363543 8025868 -55 180 143.44 Results Pending
DOFR0218 363558 8025687 -55 180 30 19 22 3 0.16 0.76 0.93
DOFR0219 363554 8025687 -90 180 57 42 50 8 0.08 0.54 0.55
DOFR0220 361753 8026353 -55 180 165 151 158 7 0.12 0.41 0.62
DOFR0221 362146 8026149 -55 180 60 Results Pending
DOFR0222 362143 8026148 -90 180 81 Results Pending
DOFD0223 363251 8025961 -55 182 187.39 Results Pending
DOFR0224 362336 8026067 -55 180 30 Results Pending
DOFR0225 362335 8026070 -80 180 51 Results Pending
DOFD0226 363350 8026011 -55 180 227.39 Results Pending
DOFR0227 362519 8026030 -75 180 49 Results Pending
DOFR0228 362520 8026031 -90 180 174 Results Pending
DOFR0229 362727 8025965 -75 180 51 Results Pending
DOFR0230 362729 8025967 -90 180 141 Results Pending
DOFD0231 362750 8026200 -55 180 269.43 Results Pending
DOFD0232 363250 8025960 -55 240 218.49 Results Pending
DOFR0233 362731 8025969 -85 180 84 Results Pending
DOFR0234 362942 8025890 -55 180 48 Results Pending
DOFR0235 362943 8025893 -90 180 108 Results Pending
DOFR0236 363148 8025816 -75 180 48 Results Pending
DOFR0237 363149 8025814 -90 180 150 Results Pending
DOFR0238 363148 8025813 -88 180 99 Results Pending

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Abednegno Hill Project, WA (CLA 100%)

The Abednegno Hill Nickel Project is located to the south and west of Minara Resources’ Murrin Murrin nickel mine.

As reported in the December Quarterly Activities Report Celsius completed a ground EM survey over its Leonora tenements during October – November 2017 which detected two bedrock anomalies. During October the Company completed a further ground gravity survey over the area of these anomalies, with data currently being processed and reviewed.

Carnilya Hill Project, WA (CLA 30%)

Celsius (through View Nickel Pty Ltd) owns a 30% joint venture interest in the Carnilya Hill Joint Venture in Western Australia with Mincor Resources NL. Mincor Resources NL (ASX:MCR) is the operator of the Carnilya Hill JV. No activity was reported by Mincor during the quarter.

Hann River Project, WA (E80/5117 CLA 100%, base metal rights on E80/5027)

Celsius has an Exploration Licence Application pending (E80/5117) over an area located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, approximately 300 km east of Derby. The application area is considered prospective for copper and cobalt mineralisation, hosted in the Mt Carson Volcanics geological unit. An agreement is in place with Jindalee Resources Limited (ASX:JRL) regarding their adjacent granted Exploration Licence (E80/5027), whereby the diamond rights on CLA’s licence application area have been exchanged for the base metal rights on E80/5027. The Company plans to provide further information on this Project as the application process progresses.

Corporate

At the end of the Quarter, the Company held approximately $10.7 million in cash reserves.

Celsius Resources Contact Information

Level 2, 22 Mount Street Perth WA 6000 PO Box 7054 Cloisters Square Perth WA 6850 P: +61 8 6188 8181 F: +61 8 6188 8182 E: [email protected] www.celsiusresources.com.au

Competent Persons Statement

Information in this report relating to Exploration Results is based on information reviewed by Mr. Brendan Borg, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Managing Director of Celsius Resources. Mr. Borg has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr. Borg consents to the inclusion of the data in the form and context in which it appears.

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