CRITICAL RESOURCES LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2014

Feb 17, 2014

ASX Release 18[th] February 2014

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Mining Industry identity joins board

Sovereign Gold Company Limited ACN 145 184 667

Level 2, 131 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: +61 2 9251 7177 Fax: +61 2 9251 7500

Contact Michael Leu CEO

email: mleu@sovereigngold.com.au

Latest News www.sovereigngold.com.au

Julian Malnic has joined the board of Sovereign Gold Company Limited (Sovereign Gold) (ASX: SOC). Julian was recently appointed to manage the Mount Adrah Gold Project in south-eastern NSW.

CEO, Michael Leu said ”Sovereign Gold will strengthen its market profile with the addition of well-known industry identity, Julian Malnic.

“As founder and chairman of the Sydney Mining Club, Julian has seen it grow to be Sydney’s leading forum for mining executives, professionals and suppliers.

“Julian, will be responsible for developing Sovereign Gold’s profile as it continues to develop its substantial exploration portfolio.”

About Julian Malnic

Directors / Officers John Dawkins AO Michael Leu Julian Malnic Peter Meers Jacob Rebek

ASX Symbol: SOC

Julian Malnic is a professional geologist and company builder whose career spans a wide range of industry activity including exploration (specialising in gold), mine assessment, corporate management and development, and industry media.

In 1995, Julian founded Nautilus Minerals (listed on the Toronto and London exchanges) the world’s first company to be granted exploration licences to newly discovered, highgrade seafloor massive sulphide deposits.

Qualifying Statements

The information in this Report that relates to Exploration Information is based on information compiled by Michael Leu who is a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

Mr Leu is a qualified geologist and is a director of Sovereign Gold Company Limited.

Mr Leu 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 in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Resources. Mr Leu consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the Exploration Information in the form and context in which it appears.

Julian subsequently founded Direct Nickel (DNi) in 2005 after having identified the potential of precursor technologies for the Direct Nickel Process which it has successfully developed for treating nickel laterites.

He worked as Executive Chairman of DNi until Sept 2012 and led the DNi team in developing the DNi Process. The company has successfully tested a wide array of ore types, confirmed the process’s efficient and wide spectrum capabilities, and forged strong technical and financial partnerships with Teck Resources Limited, PT Antam, and the CSIRO.

For further information please contact: Henry Kinstlinger Investor Relations

Telephone: +61 2 9251 7177

The information about Resources is extracted from the report entitled “Hobbs Pipe – Mineral Resource Update Additional Information” created 27[th] December 2013 and is available to view on www.sovereigngold.com.au/investors.htm. The company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcement.

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Location map and geological setting, EL 6372

Location of Mount Adrah relative to several world- class gold deposits situated on the Gilmour Suture and associated splays

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About Sovereign Gold Company Limited

Sovereign Gold Company Limited (Sovereign Gold), (ASX: SOC) is an ASX listed company exploring primarily for gold in NSW.

Sovereign Gold acquired a 72% interest in Gossan Hill Gold Limited (Gossan Hill) in early 2013. Subsequently, additional exploration and deep drilling at the Mount Adrah Gold Project has uncovered a potentially world-clas s Intrusion-Related Gold System (IRGS) discovery. Evaluation is continuing. The Mount Adrah Gold Project is located approximately 50 km southeast of the regional NSW Centre of Wagga Wagga and 23km northwest of the historic gold mining district of Adelong.

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Sovereign Gold also holds seven Exploration Licences over 2,040km[2] near Armidale in NSW including the historic Rocky River-Uralla Goldfields. Another two Exploration Licences (600km[2] ) are under Joint Venture with Jiangsu Geology & Engineering Co Ltd (SUGEC), a major Chinese State-owned geology enterprise; exploration on these tenements is fully funded by SUGEC.

SUGEC funded drilling, near Martins Shaft in the Uralla area, has recently confirmed the presence of another potentially large IRGS discovery.

Sovereign Gold holds 78% of Precious Metal Resources Limited (PMR) (ASX: PMR), an ASX listed exploration company. PMR holds 25 ELs and ELAs over prospective base and precious metal ground, many in close proximity to Sovereign Gold.