CRITICA LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Jan 15, 2012

Notice under Section 708A

ASX Announcement Monday 16/01/12 Ref: /VMS/606/VMS00271

Venture issued 10,075,000 shares on 16 January 2012 on the exercise of options to raise gross proceeds of $3,022,500. The securities are part of a class of securities quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange Limited (ASX).

The Company gives this notice pursuant to Section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act. The shares were issued without disclosure to the various parties under Part 6D.2, in reliance on Section 708A(5) of the Corporations Act. The Company, as at the date of this notice, has complied with:

a) the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act; and b) Section 674 of the Corporations Act.

There is no excluded information as at the date of this notice, for the purposes of Sections 708A(7) and (8) of the Corporations Act

Please find attached the Appendix 3B in relation to the exercise of the options.

Kind regards Venture Minerals Limited

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Brett Dunnachie Company Secretary

Venture Fast Facts ASX Code: VMS Shares on Issue: 231 million Market Cap: $67 million Cash: $12.6 million (Dec 2011)

Recent Announcements

Venture Discovers Second DSO Hematite Prospect at Mt Lindsay, Tas (22/11/11)

Feasibility Drilling Hits 48m @ 0.8% Tin Equiv. Mt Lindsay Project, Tasmania (9/11/11)

Venture Completes Feasibility Drilling on Main Skarn – Mt Lindsay Project (27/09/11)

Mining Lease Applications (16/09/11)

Venture Signs with Grange Resources (05/09/11) Maiden Resource and Scoping Study for New Deposit (29/07/2011) Drilling at the Reward Project Continues to Deliver (02/06/2011)

Venture Appoints Key Management, Mt Lindsay Project (06/05/11)

Located in North-West Tasmania 140 years of mining precedent

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WA 6008 PO BOX 186 West Perth WA 6872 T: +61 8 9381 4222 F: +61 8 9381 4211 W: www.ventureminerals.com.au E: info@ventureminerals.com.au

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.

Name of entity

Venture Minerals Limited

ABN

51 119 678 385

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 be issued 2 Number of+securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued 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)	Ordinary fully paid shares
	10,075,000
	Ordinary fully paid shares

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Appendix 3B Page 1

1/1/2003

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

4 Do the+securities rank equally in 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 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets) 7 Dates of entering+securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates 8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable)	Yes	Yes
	$0.30 per ordinary share
	Exercise of options
	16 January 2012
	Number	+Class
	231,168,592	Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Appendix 3B Page 2

1/1/2003

Number +Class 9 Number and +class of all 1,300,000 30 cent options expiring +securities not quoted on ASX 20 February 2012 ( including the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 10,550,000 70 cent options expiring 20 March 2013 500,000 55 cent options expiring 20 March 2013

10 Dividend policy (in the case of a N/A trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

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

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

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) 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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Appendix 3B Page 4

1/1/2003

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

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which +quotation is sought 39 Class of +securities for which quotation is sought 40 Do the+securities rank equally in 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)
	Number	+Class

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Appendix 3B Page 6

1/1/2003

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.

• We warrant that if confirmation is required under section 1017F of the Corporations Act in relation to the[+] securities to be quoted, it has been provided 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.

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Sign here:

(Company Secretary)

Date: ....16 January 2012...

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