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DART MINING NL Capital/Financing Update 2019

Sep 1, 2019

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX Release

2 September 2019

Buckland Gold Project

The Fairleys Shear Zone is further upgraded as a target for large scale gold mineralisation.

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ASX Code: DTM

Key Prospects / Commodities:

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The 8.5 km long Fairleys Shear Zone is almost certainly the dominant bedrock source of the extensive alluvial gold deposits mined historically in the Buckland River (Figure 1).

  • Recent sampling has detected a strong 400m wide arsenic soil anomaly over the Fairleys Shear Zone about 2km north-west of the Fairleys Prospect where Dart Mining’s earlier drilling confirmed that bedrock gold mineralization at the Prospect is strongly associated with arsenic mineralization (Figures 1,2).

  • Incomplete follow-up exploration of the anomaly has located several historical prospects/small mines developed on multiple shears that display silicified cores with high grade gold (Type A mineralization) enveloped by wide zones of disseminated sulphide-associated gold mineralization (Type B).

Try Again Prospect 1m @ 48.5 g/t Au (Chip sample, Type A) Miners Glory Prospect 1m @ 17.8 g/t Au (Chip sample, Type A) 0.2m @ 83.9 g/t Au (Chip samples, Type A) Queens Jubilee Prospect 60.8 g/t Au (Grab sample, Type A) 7.5m @ 2.66 g/t Au (Chip sample, Type B)

GOLDFIELDS

Buckland Rushworth Sandy Creek Granite Flat Dart Mt Elmo Saltpetre Zulu Upper Indi

LITHIUM / TIN / TANTALUM

Empress – Li-Sn-Ta Eskdale / Mitta – Li-Sn-Ta

PORPHYRY GOLD / COPPER / MOLYBDENUM

Empress – Au-Cu Stacey’s – Au-Cu Copper Quarry – Cu+/- Au Gentle Annie – Cu Morgan Porphyry – Mo-Ag-Au Unicorn Porphyry – Mo-Cu-Ag

Investment Data:

Shares on issue: 1,017,376,136 Unlisted Options: 25,000,000

Substantial Shareholders:

  • The Fairleys Shear Zone is interpreted to consist of multiple, parallel mineralized shears stacked over a width of ~400m representing a compelling target for large scale gold mineralization.

Dart Mining NL (ASX: DTM) (“Dart Mining” or “the Company”) is very pleased to report further positive results from recent mapping and sampling activities at the Company’s wholly owned Buckland Gold Project in the Buckland Valley, North East Victoria. Recently Dart Mining announced (ASX 20 Aug 2019) that the regional Fairleys Shear Zone , which is more than 8.5 km long, has excellent potential to host large scale gold mineralization. Subsequent exploration, as reported in this announcement, has provided evidence for recurring zones of gold mineralisation along the Fairleys Shear Zone.

Top 20 Holdings: 54.41 %

Board & Management:

Managing Director: James Chirnside Non-Executive Director: Dr Denis Clarke Non-Executive Director: Luke Robinson Company Secretary: Julie Edwards

Dart Mining NL

ACN 119 904 880

Contact Details:

4 Bryant Street, Corryong VIC 3707 Australia

James Chirnside

Email: [email protected]

Visit our webpage: www.dartmining.com.au

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SUMMARY OF RECENT EXPLORATION

Dart Mining’s pre-2019 exploration had identified shear-controlled zones of sulphide-associated gold mineralization at the Fairleys Prospect associated with gold-arsenic soil anomalies. Recent exploration, as detailed in a 20 August release to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX 20 Aug 2019), outlined the 8.5km long Fairleys Shear Zone as the controlling structure for the gold mineralization regionally. Recent geochemical exploration also detected a strong 400m wide arsenic soil anomaly over the Fairleys Shear Zone about 2km north-west of the Fairleys Prospect. Dart Mining’s previous drilling at Fairleys had confirmed that the bedrock gold mineralization at the Prospect was strongly associated with arsenic mineralization (Figures 1, 2).

Recent incomplete follow-up of the large geochemical anomaly has located several historical prospects/small mines that were developed on multiple shears that display silicified cores with high grade gold mineralization enveloped by wide zones of disseminated sulphide-associated lower grade gold mineralization. Sampling has confirmed both the high grade of the shears and the considerable width of the lower grade enveloping mineralization (Figure 3). The gold mineralization is similar to that at the Fairleys Prospect immediately to the south-east discussed in detail in (ASX 20 Aug 2019).

Dart Mining is very encouraged by the recurrent nature of the mineralisation along the Fairleys Shear Zone, which fits well with the Company’s exploration model. The Fairleys Shear Zone is interpreted by Dart Mining as consisting of multiple, parallel mineralized shears stacked over a width of about 400m. Given the structure is also at least 8.5km long, the potential for development of large scale gold mineralization is considered to be high.

The results of recent exploration are discussed in more detail below.

EXPLORATION UPDATE

The tenement status and locations for the Buckland Gold Project are detailed in Appendix 1. Details of the exploration methodologies and analytical techniques employed are outlined in Table 1 Appendix 2.

Alluvial Gold Source

Figure 1 shows the spatial relationship of the Fairleys Shear Zone to the considerable historical alluvial workings in the Buckland River (Photograph 1) as mapped by Government geologist J. Easton in 1910.

Dart Mining’s interpretation is that gold mineralization associated with the regionally extensive Fairleys Shear Zone and subsidiary shears is almost certainly the dominant bedrock source of the extensive alluvial gold. This interpretation is consistent with Dart Mining’s belief that large-scale gold mineralization may be associated with the Fairleys Shear Zone.

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Photograph 1. High banks after alluvial mining along the Buckland River. Mining persists along the river for over 30km downstream – photograph taken where Fairelys Creek enters the Buckland River (2003).

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Figure 1. Map showing the Fairleys Shear Zone interpretation relative to historic alluvial mining along the Buckland Valley with key disseminated gold prospects and elevated soil arsenic levels from the ongoing regional soil program. Alluvial mining extent from J. Easton, 1910.

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Mapping and Sampling

Ongoing regional geochemical soil sampling has located multiple gold-arsenic anomalies that are interpreted as indicating gold mineralization is associated with the regional-scale Fairleys Shear Zone (Figure 2). As yet, only limited field checking has been undertaken on the anomalies. However, recent field checking of an anomaly located about 1.5 to 2.0km north-north-west of the Fairleys Prospect has returned very encouraging results. Recent mapping has located several historic prospects/small mines along two shears extending over approximately 1.5km along the Fairleys Shear Zone from the Fairleys Prospect (Figure 3).

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Figure 2. Buckland goldfield with graduated regional soil arsenic (As) level (ppm) with significant anomalies highlighted (magenta). Historic mine location data (red dots) from F. Sargent Historical Mining Activity layer (GeoVic: https://earthresources.vic.gov.au/geologyexploration/maps-reports-data/geovic) for reference . Note - Inset Figure 3 location.

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Sampling indicates high-grade gold mineralization occurs within quartz / silica / sulphide zones (Type A mineralization) that have been the sole focus of historic mining. Broader enveloping zones of lower grade gold mineralization associated with disseminated sulphides in sheared sediments (Type B mineralization) have been left unmined. Sampling of remnant mineralisation from the end of stopes in several prospects returned high grade gold assays (Figure 3).

  • 1m @ 48.5 g/t Au (Chip Sample, Try Again Prospect, Type A)

  • 1m @ 17.85 g/t Au (Chip Sample, Miners Glory Prospect, Type A)

  • 0.2m @ 83.9g/t Au (Chip Sample, Miners Glory Prospect, Type A)

  • 60.8 g/t Au (Grab sample of fall material, Queens Jubilee Prospect, Type A)

Significantly, samples of sheared sediments with disseminated sulphides that envelop the Type A mineralisation returned significant gold assays (Figure 3). Access for sampling across the full width of the shears is limited within historic workings, as the adits were driven only along the high-grade core of the mineralized shears. However, shallow pits and outcrops allow samples to be collected across strike at several locations (Figure 3). At the Queens Jubilee Prospect an outcrop of sheared sediments with oxidized disseminated sulphide and contorted thin quartz veins was sampled as a near continuous chip sample (Photographs 2, 3). Significantly, this Type B mineralisation assayed 7.5m @ 2.66 g/t Au . A second chip sample from the east wall of the outcropping shear shows 1.6m @ 2.89 g/t Au (Figure 3).

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Photograph 2. Historic Queen’s Jubilee Mine outcrop site – sheared sandstone showing disseminated sulphide mineralisation and thin quartz veining – 7.5m @ 2.66 g/t Au across strike chip sample. (Geology pick for scale)

Photograph 3. Close up – sample broken from outcrop shown in Photograph 2. Sample is silicified sandstone showing abundant iron staining after disseminated sulphide with clots of limonite and minor quartz veining. This is an example of the mineralisation style within the Fairleys Shear Zone. (Geology pick for scale)

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Figure 3. Map showing the Fairleys Prospect relative to the historic Miners Glory, Queens Jubilee, Rosser, McEarchins and Try Again mines with preliminary mapping and sampling results.

A small pit on a shear on the Try Again line near the McEarchrins workings provided access for sampling with the eastern side of the pit showing 3m @ 3.88 g/t Au from sheared sandstone with oxidized disseminated sulphide. Outcrop of the mineralised shear is limited along strike, with isolated outcrop showing 5m @ 0.4 g/t Au some 30m north northwest of McEarchrins workings (Figure 3). The Try Again adit, which is along strike, returned a chip sample of 1m @ 48.5 g/t Au.

Dart Mining is encouraged by both the high grade of the silicified cores of the shears and the substantial width of the enveloping lower grade sulphide-associated mineralisation.

Regional Soil Geochemical Program

The regional soil program is ongoing with a total of 2700 samples collected (Figure 1) from 78km of traverses across the interpreted strike of the Fairleys Shear Zone. The traverses have now covered approximately 17.5km of strike extent along the western side of the historic goldfield. Graduated soil arsenic (As) and zones of anomalous soil arsenic are presented as magenta lines in Figure 2. Multiple anomalies require ground follow-up.

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Planned Exploration

Considerable drilling will ultimately be required to fully evaluate the potential of the large Fairleys Shear Zone and subsidiary shear zones. However, Dart first plans to complete further, more detailed soil surveys to more closely define the multiple, stacked mineralised shears before drill testing is undertaken. A major exploration program is planned for the Buckland Gold Project which is the Company’s highest priority gold project because of its potential for large scale gold mineralization.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Dean Turnbull B.App.Sc.(Geol) Hons. a Competent Person who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Turnbull is an independent consultant. Mr Turnbull has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits 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”. Mr Turnbull consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

For more information contact

James Chirnside

Managing Director [email protected] 0419 605842

Peter Taylor Investor Relations [email protected] 0412 036231

About Dart Mining

Dart Mining (ASX: DTM) floated on the ASX in May of 2007 with the aim of evaluating and developing several historic Goldfields as well as substantiating a new porphyry province in NE Victoria. The area is prospective for precious, base, and minor metals. These include Lithium, Gold, Silver, Copper Molybdenum, Zinc, Tungsten, Tin, Tantalum, and a host of other important minerals. Dart Mining has built a strategic gold footprint in the Central and North East Region of Victoria where historical surface mining and alluvial gold indicates the existence of potentially significant gold endowment.

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APPENDIX 1

TENEMENT STATUS

All tenement applications continue to pass through the approvals process with the tenements remaining in good standing as at 31 August 2019 (Table 1 – Figure 4).

Table 1. TENEMENT STATUS

Tenement Name Tenement Type **Area (km2) ** Interest Location
Number Unless specified
EL5194 Mt. Alfred Exploration 27 100% NE Victoria
EL5315 Mitta Mitta4 Exploration 172 100% NE Victoria
EL006016 Rushworth Exploration 60 100% Central Victoria
EL006277 Empress Exploration 221 100% NE Victoria
EL006300 Eskdale3 Exploration 245 100% NE Victoria
EL006486 Mt Creek Exploration 190 100% NE Victoria
EL006764 Cravensville EL (Application) 170 100% NE Victoria
EL006861 Buckland EL (Application) 414 100% NE Victoria
EL006865 Dart EL (Application) 567 100% NE Victoria
EL006866 Cudgewa EL (Application) 508 100% NE Victoria
EL006994 Wangara EL (Application) 190 100% Central Victoria
EL007007 Union EL (Application) 3 100% Central Victoria
EL007008 Buckland West EL (Application) 344 100% NE Victoria
RL006615 Fairley’s2 Retention License Application 340 Ha 100% NE Victoria
RL006616 Unicorn1&2 Retention License Application 23,243 Ha 100% NE Victoria
MIN006619 Mt View2 MiningLicense Application 224 Ha 100% NE Victoria

All tenements remain in good standing at 31 August 2019.

NOTE 1: Unicorn Project area subject to a 2% NSR Royalty agreement with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd dated 29 April 2013.

NOTE 2: Areas subject to a 1.5% Founders NSR Royalty Agreement.

NOTE 3: Areas subject to a 1.0% NSR Royalty Agreement with Minvest Corporation Pty Ltd (See DTM ASX Release 1 June 2016).

NOTE 4: Areas are subject to a 0.75% Net Smelter Royalty on gold production, payable to Bruce William McLennan

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Figure 4. Location of Dart Mining’s exploration tenements in north-eastern and Central Victoria.

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APPENDIX 2

JORC CODE, 2012 EDITION – TABLE 1

SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA

Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Sampling
techniques
Nature and quality of sampling (e.g.
cut channels, random chips, or
specific specialised industry standard
measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as
down hole gamma sondes, or
handheld XRF instruments, etc.).
These examples should not be taken
as limiting the broad meaning of
sampling.
Include reference to measures taken
to ensure sample representivity and
the appropriate calibration of any
measurement tools or systems used.
Aspects of the determination of
mineralisation that are Material to the
Public Report.
In cases where ‘industry standard’
work has been done this would be
relatively simple (e.g. ‘reverse
circulation drilling was used to obtain 1
m samples from which 3 kg was
pulverised to produce a 30 g charge
for fire assay’). In other cases more
explanation may be required, such as
where there is coarse gold that has
inherent sampling problems. Unusual
commodities or mineralisation types
(e.g. submarine nodules) may warrant
disclosure of detailed information.

pXRF soil samples are collected from
the top of the B-Horizon clay interface
and sieved to -2mm (dried if
necessary). Sieved samples are then
anaylsed for As using an Olympus
Delta portable XRF unit and results
reported out as a digital text file.

Chip samples are taken continuously
perpendicular to the general strike of
mineralised structures in outcrop, and
large samples (4 – 7kg) are taken
where possible to take a more
representative sample. The chip
samples are of adequate quality to be
indicative of the area sampled.

Grab samples were collected from the
outcrop over a small area (<1 – 5m in
diameter). The grab samples are
generally small (ie. <7kg) and
represent the local area only,
sampling only tests a small aerial
extent, and are not considered as
being representative of the outcrop.
The grab samples are of adequate
quality to be representative of the
small area sampled and approximate
the sampled_in situ_mineralisation.

Rock samples are dried, crushed and
whole sample pulverized and riffle
split. A sample aliquot (25g – 50g) is
taken for analysis. Gold has been
analysed by ALS Method Au-AA26 –
a fire assay technique for total
digestion.
Drilling
techniques
Drill type (e.g. core, reverse
circulation, open-hole hammer, rotary
air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.)
and details (e.g. core diameter, triple
or standard tube, depth of diamond
tails, face-sampling bit or other type,
whether core is oriented and if so, by
_what method, etc.). _
•NA
Drill sample
recovery
Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.
Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and ensure representative
nature of the samples.
Whether a relationship exists between
sample recovery and grade and
whether sample bias may have

NA

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
occurred due to preferential loss/gain
of fine/coarse material.
Logging
Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource
estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or
costean, channel, etc.) photography.
The total length and percentage of the
relevant intersections logged.
•pXRF soil samples are located by GPS
and notes taken where cultural
contamination is suspected or adjacent
to historic workings.
•Chip / Grab samples were logged for
qualitative mineral percentages, mineral
species and habit and each sample
location is recorded.
Sub-sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation
If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core taken.
If non-core, whether riffled, tube
sampled, rotary split, etc. and whether
sampled wet or dry.
For all sample types, the nature,
quality and appropriateness of the
sample preparation technique.
Quality control procedures adopted for
all sub-sampling stages to maximise
representivity of samples.
Measures taken to ensure that the
sampling is representative of the in
situ material collected, including for
instance results for field
duplicate/second-half sampling.
Whether sample sizes are appropriate
to the grain size of the material being
sampled.
Soil samples are collected from the top
of the B-Horizon with a pick and scoop,
dried and sieved to <2mm prior to
analysis. pXRF analysis is undertaken
on the small sample cup of the soil
sample and the results reported in a
digital csv file output per sample.
Standards and duplicates are inserted
at regular intervals and reviewed.
Laboratory follow-up analysis of
selected samples uses the same pXRF
sieved sample, pulverised prior to sub-
sampling at the laboratory via riffle
splitting for a multi-element 4 acid
digest method ME-MS61 and low
detection limit gold analysis by method
Au-AA22.

The sample size is considered
representative to estimate the local
metal content of the soil developed
above the disseminated style of gold
mineralisation targeted.

Sampling was conducted at a
reconnaissance level with regular
duplicate and CRM samples inserted
for analysis by pXRF. All results are
in line with expectations.

Individual <7kg chip / grab samples
were collected from outcrop, individual
chips making up the sample were
<40mm and chipped from a random
selection of the mineralisation to
generate a representative average
sample of the mineralisation targeted.

The whole sample was crushed and
pulverised prior to sub-sampling at the
laboratory via riffle splitting.

Gold chip sampling generally collects
<7kg of finely chipped rock sample
across outcrop or underground
openings with the entire sample sent
for whole sample crush and grind.
The sample size and sub-sampling
method is thought suitable for a
sulphide / fine gold environment.

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Quality of
assay data
and
laboratory
tests
The nature, quality and
appropriateness of the assaying and
laboratory procedures used and
whether the technique is considered
partial or total.
For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc., the
parameters used in determining the
analysis including instrument make
and model, reading times, calibrations
factors applied and their derivation,
etc.
Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (e.g. standards, blanks,
duplicates, external laboratory checks)
and whether acceptable levels of
accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and
precision have been established.

Soil samples were submitted to ALS
Chemex and selected samples were
analysed for a suit of trace elements
using ALS Methods ME-MS61 (A four-
acid digest is performed on 0.25g of
sample to quantitatively dissolve most
geological materials). These
techniques are appropriate and
considered a total extraction
technique for key metal As. Au is
analysed by fire assay technique Au-
AA22.

A direct comparison between internal
pXRF and laboratory analysis of
arsenic shows a high correlation is
evident from a representative dataset.

QAQC procedures were adopted
during the in-house pXRF analysis
with regular sample duplicates and
CRM inserted, assay data is within
expectation. Laboratory analysis only
uses internal laboratory CRM results.

Chip and Grab samples were
submitted to ALS Chemex and
analysed for Au using ALS method
Au-AA26 – a fire assay technique for
total digestion.

Due to the reconnaissance nature of
the sampling, no QAQC procedures
were adopted other than internal
laboratory CRM.
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.
The use of twinned holes.
Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verification,
data storage (physical and electronic)
protocols.
Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

No verification process or
independent review of assay data has
been carried out.

pXRF analysis requires the manual
entry into the XRF unit of the Sample
number of the soil sample. The
sample number and associated
analysis is stored as a digital file
within the pXRF unit for later export to
a CSV file. The raw data is edited to
separate all duplicates and CRM
results into a QAQC tab in the CSV
file and reviewed. <LOD results are
also deleted from the dataset to allow
numerical fields to be plotted.

Chip / Grab samples were
geologically logged and entered into
the company database from hard
copy field sheets for long term
electronic storage.
Location of
data points
Accuracy and quality of surveys used
to locate drill holes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine
workings and other locations used in
Mineral Resource estimation.
Specification of the grid system used.
Quality and adequacy of topographic
•The location of the chip / grab / soil
samples and geological mapping used
a Garmin GPSMAP 62S GPS using
the MGA94 Grid Datum (Zone 55) with
topographic control taken from the
GPS. Accuracy is variable but
maintained <5m duringthe mapping

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
control. process with constant visual quality
assessment conducted.
•Mine workings are located using GPS
control and then tape and compass
surveyfor underground development.
Data spacing
and
distribution
Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.
Whether the data spacing and
distribution is sufficient to establish the
degree of geological and grade
continuity appropriate for the Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimation
procedure(s) and classifications
applied.
Whether sample compositing has
been applied.

Soil sample spacing may be variable
and is designed to capture variability
in the key pathfinder element
analysed with respect to the
geological model of the mineralisation
under review. The regional soil
program reported uses a nominal 25m
sample spacing as this was
considered the maximum spacing that
would capture regional shear
structures over more than one sample

Soil pXRF results are used for
geochemical studies only and are not
composited.

Where exposure allows, multiple chip
samples are collected across
mineralised structures to assess the
continuity of Au grade.

Rock chip sampling is limited by
outcrop exposure.

Reconnaissance-scale chip / grab
samples are not presented or
considered to be representative of the
average grade. Grab samples only
represent the grade at a single point
within the rock exposure. Sample
spacing is designed to allow an initial
assessment of gold mineralisation and
is not suitable for future resource
estimation activities.
Orientation of
data in
relation to
geological
structure
Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves unbiased sampling of
possible structures and the extent to
which this is known, considering the
deposit type.
If the relationship between the drilling
orientation and the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to
have introduced a sampling bias, this
should be assessed and reported if
material.
•Regional soil lines are aligned with
near east-west ridge lines and are
approximately perpendicular to the
strike of the interpreted regional shear
systems hosting disseminated sulphide
and gold where possible. A small
number of lines or portions of lines run
at a lower angle to the interpreted
mineralisation trend, this is shown
graphically in the body of the report.
•No significant sample bias is
considered to be introduced because
of the orientation of the soil lines
•Grab samples do not capture any
aspect of the potential variation in
grade in relation to the orientation of
the mineralisation and represents only
a single point inside the mineralisation.
Chip samples are collected
perpendicular to strike where possible
to avoid any sample bias and only
where outcrop or subcrop exists. The
orientation of rock chip samples is
recorded and indicated in diagrams.
Grab samplingof mine waste(mullock)

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
is also conducted as random
composite samples of mullock material
over a small diameter.
Sample
security
The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
•All samples submitted for analysis are
placed in sealed plastic bags and
enclosed in strong plastic boxes,
delivered to a commercial transport
company for delivery to the laboratory.
Any evidence of sample damage or
tampering is immediately reported by
the laboratory to the company and a
decision made as to the integrity of the
sample and the remaining samples
within the damaged / tampered bag/s.
Audits or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.
•The mapping and sampling
methodology and results were
documented and reviewed by an
independent expert who acts as the
competent person for this report.

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SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary Commentary Commentary Commentary Commentary
Mineral
tenement
and land
tenure status
Type, reference name/number,
location and ownership including
agreements or material issues
with third parties such as joint
ventures, partnerships,
overriding royalties, native title
interests, historical sites,
wilderness or national park and
environmental settings.
The security of the tenure held at
the time of reporting along with
any known impediments to
obtaining a licence to operate in
the area.
All tenements remain ingood standingat 31 August 2019.
Tenement
Name
Tenement Type
Area (km2)
Interest
Location
Number
Unless specified
EL5194
Mt. Alfred
Exploration
27
100%
NE Victoria
EL5315
Mitta Mitta
4
Exploration
172
100%
NE Victoria
EL006016
Rushworth
Exploration
60
100%
Central Victoria
EL006277
Empress
Exploration
221
100%
NE Victoria
EL006300
Eskdale
3
Exploration
245
100%
NE Victoria
EL006486
Mt Creek
Exploration
190
100%
NE Victoria
EL006764
Cravensville
EL (Application)
170
100%
NE Victoria
EL006861
Buckland
EL (Application)
414
100%
NE Victoria
EL006865
Dart
EL (Application)
567
100%
NE Victoria
EL006866
Cudgewa
EL (Application)
508
100%
NE Victoria
EL006994
Wangara
EL (Application)
190
100%
Central Victoria
EL007007
Union
EL (Application)
3
100%
Central Victoria
EL007008
Buckland West
EL (Application)
344
100%
NE Victoria
RL006615
Fairley’s
2
Retention License Application
340 Ha
100%
NE Victoria
RL006616
Unicorn
1&2
Retention License Application
23,243 Ha
100%
NE Victoria
MIN006619
Mt View
2
MiningLicense Application
224 Ha
100%
NE Victoria
All tenements remain in good standing at 30 June 2019.
NOTE 1:Unicorn Project area subject to a 2% NSR Royalty agreement with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd dated 29 April
2013.
NOTE 2:Areas subject to a 1.5% Founders NSR Royalty Agreement.
NOTE 3:Areas subject to a 1.0% NSR Royalty Agreement with Minvest Corporation Pty Ltd (See DTM ASX Release
1 June 2016).
NOTE 4:Areas are subject to a 0.75% Net Smelter Royalty on gold production, payable to Bruce William McLennan
Tenement
**Area (km2) **
Name Tenement Type Interest
Number Unless specified
EL5194 Mt. Alfred Exploration 27 100%
EL5315 Mitta Mitta
4
Exploration 172 100%
EL006016 Rushworth Exploration 60 100%
EL006277 Empress Exploration 221 100%
EL006300 Eskdale
3
Exploration 245 100%
EL006486 Mt Creek Exploration 190 100%
EL006764 Cravensville EL (Application) 170 100%
EL006861 Buckland EL (Application) 414 100%
EL006865 Dart EL (Application) 567 100%
EL006866 Cudgewa EL (Application) 508 100%
EL006994 Wangara EL (Application) 190 100%
EL007007 Union EL (Application) 3 100%
EL007008 Buckland West EL (Application) 344 100%
RL006615 Fairley’s
2
Retention License Application 340 Ha 100%
RL006616 Unicorn
1&2
Retention License Application 23,243 Ha 100%
MIN006619 Mt View
2
MiningLicense Application 224 Ha 100%
All tenements remain in good standing at 30 June 2019.
NOTE 1:Unicorn Project area subject to a 2% NSR Royalty agreement with Osisk
2013.
NOTE 2:Areas subject to a 1.5% Founders NSR Royalty Agreement.
NOTE 3:Areas subject to a 1.0% NSR Royalty Agreement with Minvest Corporat
1 June 2016).
NOTE 4:Areas are subject to a 0.75% Net Smelter Royalty on gold production, p
Exploration
done by
other parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal
of exploration by other parties.
The Buckland Goldfield has been explored in the
past to establish the remaining alluvial potential and
limited effort to review reef style historic mines with
surface and underground mapping and sampling
carried out (EL1394, 1985 – 1988). There has not
been any previous assessment of Fairleys style
disseminated gold (shear hosted) within the goldfield.
Dart Mining, the first to recognize this style of
mineralization, initiated exploration in 2005.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting
and style of mineralisation.

The Buckland Goldfield was a traditional narrow
vein, high grade (free gold) reef style field with a
very large alluvial gold footprint. Dart Mining
recognized some gold mineralization is related
to disseminated sulphides in shears.
Drill hole
Information
A summary of all information
material to the understanding of
the exploration results including
a tabulation of the following
information for all Material drill
holes:
o easting and northing of the
drill hole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced
Level – elevation above sea
level in metres) of the drill
hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and
interception depth
o hole length.
If the exclusion of this
information is justified on the
basis that the information is not
Material and this exclusion does
not detract from the
understanding of the report, the
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Competent Person should clearly
explain why this is the case.
Data In reporting Exploration Results, •NA
aggregation weighting averaging techniques,
methods maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (e.g. cutting of high
grades) and cut-off grades are
usually Material and should be
stated.
Where aggregate intercepts
incorporate short lengths of high
grade results and longer lengths
of low grade results, the
procedure used for such
aggregation should be stated
and some typical examples of
such aggregations should be
shown in detail.
The assumptions used for any
reporting of metal equivalent
values should be clearly stated.
Relationship These relationships are •NA
between particularly important in the
mineralisation reporting of Exploration Results.
widths and If the geometry of the
intercept mineralisation with respect to the
lengths drill hole angle is known, its
nature should be reported.
If it is not known and only the
down hole lengths are reported,
there should be a clear
statement to this effect (e.g.
‘down hole length, true width not
_known’). _
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections •NA
(with scales) and tabulations of
intercepts should be included for
any significant discovery being
reported These should include,
but not be limited to a plan view
of drill hole collar locations and
appropriate sectional views.
Balanced Where comprehensive reporting •Soil arsenic values are reported in full as graduated
reporting of all Exploration Results is not symbols for all soil lines, the legend provides a guide
practicable, representative to soil values. This method of reporting is considered
reporting of both low and high to be comprehensive and un-biased for early
grades and/or widths should be geochemical work.
practiced to avoid misleading •Rock chip gold assay values are reported in a series
reporting of Exploration Results. of maps showing sample location, width and grade
relative to mapped mineralisation orientation to allow
true width to be indicated. This method of reporting is
considered to be comprehensive and un-biased for
early geochemical work.
Other Other exploration data, if •Any other relevant information is discussed in the
substantive meaningful and material, should main body of the report.
exploration be reported including (but not
data limited to): geological
observations; geophysical survey
results; geochemical survey
results; bulk samples – size and
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metallurgical test results; bulk
density, groundwater,
geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential
deleterious or contaminating
substances.
Further work The nature and scale of planned •Planned work is discussed in the body of the report
further work (e.g. tests for lateral and is dependent on future company direction.
extensions or depth extensions
or large-scale step-out drilling).
Diagrams clearly highlighting the
areas of possible extensions,
including the main geological
interpretations and future drilling
areas, provided this information
is not commercially sensitive.

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