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DATELINE RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2022

Apr 26, 2022

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ASX Release 27 April 2022XX January 2022

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DATELINE RESOURCES LIMITED

(ACN 149 105 65 3)3) ASX Code: DTR

REE Site Visit at Colosseum Confirms Possibility of Large Underlying Carbonatite Occurrence

Highlights

  • Lab analysis confirms fenite outcrops within Colosseum claim boundary

  • Multiple mantle derived rock outcrops observed over 1.6km

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Share Price ( 2617 /0 41 /22) $0. 077 125 Shares on issue 4 4338 million Market Ca p p $ 55 4mil ion33 . 7 mi l lion

  • Possibility of large underlying carbonatite occurrence

  • Follow up program of detailed structural mapping, sampling, and petrography underway

MAJOR SHAREHOLDE RSRS

Dateline Resources Limited (ASX: DTR) ( Dateline or the Company ) is pleased to announce the Company’s REE and carbonatite experts, Dr Anthony N. Mariano, PhD. and Mr Anthony Mariano Jr, have reported their findings of the February 2022 field work to the Company.

The Mountain Pass REE mine is located ~10km south-east of the Colosseum mine. The Mountain Pass REE mine is the only operating REE mine in the USA. Messrs Mariano have been mapping, sampling and advising on REEs in the Mountain Pass area for over 50 years.

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Commenting on the findings at Colosseum, Mr Mariano, said:

DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT

Mark Johnson AO AO Chairman

Stephen Baghdadi Managing Direc tortor Greg Hal ll Non-Executive Director

Tony Fergus onon Non-Executive Director

Bill Lannen Non-Executive Director

Mark Ohlsson Company Secretary

CONTACT Mark Ohlsso nn Phone: +61 2 9375 23532353 Postal Address: P.O. Box 553 P.O. Box 553 South Hurstville NSW 2221 Email: info@ datelineresources.com.audatelineresources.com.au

“The presence of lithologies associated with mantle derived systems such as the Mountain Pass Alkaline-Carbonatite system have not only been confirmed to exist in the Colosseum claim area, but additional previously unknown outcrop occurrences have been found through this field investigation. The occurrence of multiple outcrops of these lithologies at a distance of almost a mile apart within the Colosseum claims suggest the possibility of a large underlying alkaline carbonatite occurrence”

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Figure 1. Looking north showing ~10km between Colosseum and Mountain Pass

Site Visit Observations

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The geological team visited a number of prospects and outcrops within the Colosseum claims during the site visit. Several of these locations were based on historical observations, whilst others were visited based on radiometric data and earlier site visits.

The geological team observed and noted several different rock types associated with the outcrops, including fenites and trachytes (Figure 2). Both rock types are lithologically related to carbonatite complexes and the Company’s REE experts believe the rocks are genetically related to the geological events that created the nearby Mountain Pass carbonatite complex.

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Figure 2. Outcrop of Trachyte dyke (COR-6). Trachyte is a mantle derived rock unit

Sampling and Analysis

Four samples were collected and submitted for laboratory analysis (ICP/MS). Lab results showed the relative lanthanide distribution of the rare earth elements for three of the five samples analysed to be similar to rocks associated with carbonatite complexes (i.e. no negative europium (Eu) anomaly). Two other samples showed a negative Eu anomaly as would be expected in crustal derived granitic gneisses.

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Figure 3. Lanthanide distribution from February 2022 samples. Distribution is from light (left) to heavy (right)

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Petrographic and Cathodoluminescence Analysis

As well as the ICP/MS analysis, the samples were also subject to petrographic and cathodoluminescence analysis (CL). The CL was particularly revealing in that it showed the brilliant red luminescence in the feldspars from Fe[3+] activation typical of fenites.

Figures 4 and 4a show CL micrographs of sample COR-8 and AMP 0-12 collected from within the Colosseum claim boundary. Figure 4b is a CL micrograph of sample taken from the Mountain REE mine

All three samples show similar brilliant red luminescence in the feldspars that are typical of fenites.

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Figure 4. CL micrograph of fenite in COR-8 collected in February 2022 Figure 4a: CL micrograph of fenite in AMP 0-12 collected in the 1970’s

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Figure 4b CL micrograph of fenite taken from the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine in the 1970’s

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Summary and Next Steps

The findings from this site visit are encouraging for the following reasons:

  • The presence of lithologies associated with mantle derived systems such as the Mountain Pass Alkaline-Carbonatite system have not only been confirmed to exist in the Colosseum claim area, but additional previously unknown outcrop occurrences have been found through this field investigation.

  • Several analytical techniques used in evaluation of the samples provide data confirming the nature of these rock types.

  • The occurrence of multiple outcrops of these lithologies at a distance of almost a mile apart within the Colosseum claims suggest the possibility of a large underlying alkaline carbonatite occurrence.

  • Future work to map the Colosseum claim area for the presence of these lithologies and investigate the possibility of structural controls related to their emplacement is warranted.

The Company intends to complete a detailed mapping program across all the claims in Q2 2022, before planning a drilling program.

This announcement has been authorised for release on ASX by the Company's Board of Directors.

For more information, please contact:

Stephen Baghdadi Andrew Rowell Managing Director White Noise Communications +61 2 9375 2353 +61 400 466 226 www.datelineresources.com.au [email protected]

Follow Dateline on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dateline_DTR

Competent Person Statement

Sample preparation and any exploration information in this announcement is based upon work reviewed by Mr Greg Hall who is a Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CP-IMM). Mr Hall has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to quality as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves" (JORC Code). Mr Hall is a Non-Executive Director of Dateline Resources Limited and consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.

About Dateline Resources Limited

Dateline Resources Limited (ASX: DTR) is an Australian publicly listed company focused on gold mining and exploration in North America. The Company owns 100% of the Gold Links and Green Mountain Projects in Colorado, USA and 100% of the Colosseum Gold Mine in California.

The Gold Links Gold Mine is a historic high-grade gold mining project where over 150,000 ounces of gold was mined from high-grade veins. Mineralisation can be traced on surface and underground for almost 6km from the Northern to the Southern sections of the project. The Company aims to delineate sufficient Mineral Resources to commence a small high-grade, low-cost operation by the end of 2021.

The Company owns the Lucky Strike gold mill, located 50km from the Gold Links mine, within the Green Mountain Project. It is proposed that ore from Gold Links would be transported to Lucky Strike for processing.

The Colosseum Gold Mine is located in the Walker Lane Trend in East San Bernardino County, California and produced approximately 344,000 ounces of gold (see ASX release 15 March 2021). Significant potential remains for extension to mineralization at depth.

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JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut • All samples followed a strict Chain of Custody.
techniques channels, random chips, or specific specialised • Sampling practice is appropriate to the geology
industry standard measurement tools and mineralization of the deposit and complies
appropriate to the minerals under investigation, with industry best practice.
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 (eg
‘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 (eg submarine nodules)
may warrant disclosure of detailed information.
Drilling Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-
techniques hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc) and details (eg 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).
Drill sample Method of recording and assessing core and
recovery 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 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.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.
Sub-sampling If core, whether cut or sawn and whether • Rock samples sent to Activation
techniques and quarter, half or all core taken. Laboratories were dried and weighed.
sample If non-core, whether riffled, tube Sample size assessment was not conducted.
preparation 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.
Quality of The nature, quality and appropriateness of the • Samples were assayed by industry standard
assay data assaying and laboratory procedures used and methods by Activation Laboratories,
and whether the technique is considered partial or Ancaster, Ontario.
laboratory total.
tests 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 (eg
standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory
checks) and whether acceptable levels of
accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision have been
established.
Verification of The verification of significant intersections by • Sampling, documentation and sample submittal
sampling and either independent or alternative company were under the guidance and care of Anthony
assaying personnel. Mariano and Anthony N. Mariano, PhD.
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.
Location of Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill • All sample locations were located using GPS
data points holes (collar and down-hole surveys), trenches, equipment.
mine workings and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.
Specification of the grid system used.
Quality and adequacy of topographic control.
Data spacing Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. • No sample compositing has been applied.
and distribution 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.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Whether sample compositing has been applied.
Orientation of Whether the orientation of sampling achieves
data in relation unbiased sampling of possible structures and the
to geological extent to which this is known, considering the
structure 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.
Sample The measures taken to ensure sample security. • All samples were taken and maintained under
security the constant care of Anthony Mariano and
Anthony N. Mariano, PhD. Samples were
delivered to the laboratory via US Postal
Service.
Audits or The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
reviews techniques and data.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral Type, reference name/number, location and • All tenements are 100% owned by Dateline
tenement and ownership including agreements or material Resources Limited or a wholly owned subsidiary
land tenure issues with third parties such as joint ventures, and there exist production-based royalties as
status partnerships, overriding royalties, native title previously disclosed to ASX.
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.
Exploration done Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
by other parties other parties.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of • The Colosseum gold mine is a breccia pipe
mineralisation. related gold mineral system within the Walker
Lane mineral district. The breccia is developed as
Jurassic felsic magmas were being emplaced into
Proterozoic granite gneiss beneath Palaeozoic
sedimentary rocks.
• The breccia includes clasts of Palaeozoic
sedimentary rocks and Jurassic rhyolite porphyry
as well as Proterozoic gneiss.
Gold mineralisation is associated with pyrite and
minor base metal sulphides occupying the matrix
of the breccia and in ring fractures surrounding
the breccia pipe

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Drill hole A summary of all information material to the
Information 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 Competent
Person should clearly explain why this is the case.
Data In reporting Exploration Results, weighting
aggregation averaging techniques, maximum and/or
methods minimum grade truncations (eg 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 particularly
between important in the reporting of Exploration
mineralisation Results.
widths and If the geometry of the mineralisation with
intercept lengths respect to the 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 (eg ‘down hole length, true width
not known’).
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) • Supporting figures have been included within
and tabulations of intercepts should be the body of this release.
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 of all
reporting Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low and high
grades and/or widths should be practiced to
avoid misleading reporting of
Exploration Results.
Other Other exploration data, if meaningful and .
substantive material, should be reported including (but not
exploration limited to): geological observations; geophysical
data survey results; geochemical survey results; bulk
samples – size and method of treatment;
metallurgical test results; bulk density,

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
groundwater, geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential deleterious or
contaminating substances.
Further work The nature and scale of planned further • Petrographic examination of the altered linear
work (eg tests for lateral extensions or depth zone will be combined with further field mapping
extensions or large-scale step-out drilling). of the claim area to identify any other zones of
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of fenitisation.
possible extensions, including the main geological
interpretations and future drilling areas, provided
this information is not commercially sensitive.