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DEEP YELLOW LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2023

Dec 17, 2023

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NEWS RELEASE

18 December 2023

ISSUE OF MINING LICENCE ACHIEVES KEY MILESTONE TO PROGRESS TUMAS PROJECT

Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued the mining licence for the Company’s flagship Tumas Project, which ensures Deep Yellow can proceed with confidence to project financing, product marketing and detailed engineering work and, importantly, maintain its timeline for a Final Investment Decision (FID) to be made in Q3 2024.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued mining licence for the Tumas Project

  • Licence valid for 20 years from date of issue

  • This is another key milestone achieved as Deep Yellow continues its strategy to build a multi-jurisdictional, globally-significant, long-life uranium business

  • Allows Deep Yellow to progress the Project towards production, establishing Tumas as the 4th uranium mine in Namibia

  • The award of the mining licence follows shortly after the recently announced completion of the Tumas Re-Costing Study delivering an uplift in project Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to US$570.0M (A$838.2M) and 27.0% respectively

  • Deep Yellow focus now on project financing, product marketing and detailed engineering work to maintain the timeline for FID to be made in Q3 2024

Deep Yellow Limited (ASX: DYL) ( Deep Yellow or Company ) is pleased to announce that Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy ( MME ) has issued Reptile Uranium Namibia (Pty) Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Deep Yellow, with a mining licence ( ML 237 ) for the Company’s flagship Tumas Project ( Tumas or Project ) (refer Figure 1).

The award of ML 237 is another key step towards production at Tumas and allows the Company to maintain its current timeline for a FID, scheduled to be made in Q3 2024.

Deep Yellow CEO and Managing Director John Borshoff said: “We are delighted to have received the mining licence for our Tumas Project. This represents another key accomplishment in the progress to develop this significant uranium asset and our overall objective of building Deep Yellow into a reliable, geographically diverse and long-term uranium producer.”

“This ensures Deep Yellow can move forward on its stated development schedule, make a FID in Q3 2024 and establish economic benefits for both Namibia and the Deep Yellow shareholders.”

Level 1, 502 Hay Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 Australia PO Box 1770, Subiaco, WA 6904 Australia +61 8 9286 6999 [email protected]

www.deepyellow.com.au ABN: 97 006 391 948 DYL: ASX & NSX (Namibia) DYLLF: OTCQX

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The Tumas Project hosts one of the largest known paleochannel-hosted calcrete uranium deposit in the country, with a contained Indicated Mineral Resource of 108.5Mlb at 265ppm eU3O8. [1]

Since the initial discovery of uranium mineralisation in the Tumas palaeochannel in 2006 and refocused exploration with new concepts starting in 2016, probable reserves of 67.3Mlb of U3O8 have been defined. See Table 1 and Appendix 1 - JORC Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.

Table 1: Probable Ore Reserve Estimate.

Deposit U3O8 Cut-off
(ppm)
Tonnes
(Mt)
U3O8
(ppm)
U3O8
(Mlb)
Tumas 1 & 2 150 13.9 292 9.0
Tumas 1 East 150 29.5 266 17.3
Tumas 3 150 44.9 414 41.0
TOTAL 150 88.4 345 67.3

The ML 237 is valid for 20 years and will enable the Project to move into production, establishing Tumas as the 4th uranium mine in Namibia and Deep Yellow as an emerging, globallysignificant uranium producer.

Deep Yellow plans to develop Tumas to produce 3.6Mlb of U3O8 per annum, with an anticipated life in excess of 30 years.

With the timely and positive results from the Re-Costing Study of the January 2023 Detailed Feasibility Study [2] , the grant of ML 237 is another key milestone achieved. The Re-Costing Study and the uranium market re-assessment together resulted in a material increase in base case (US$75/lb U3O8) NPV8 and IRR to US$570.0M (A$838.2M) and 27.0% respectively.

This recent work provides a strong platform for the Company to proceed with project financing, product marketing and detailed engineering work, to maintain a timeline for a FID to be made in Q3 2024.

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JOHN BORSHOFF

Managing Director/CEO Deep Yellow Limited

This ASX announcement was authorised for release by Mr John Borshoff, Managing Director/CEO, for and on behalf of the Board of Deep Yellow Limited.

Contact

Investors Media John Borshoff, Managing Director/CEO Cameron Gilenko +61 8 9286 6999 +61 466 984 953 [email protected] [email protected]

1 ASX announcement 29 November 2023 - Resource Drilling Grows Tumas Towards +30 Year Life-Of-Mine.

2 ASX announcement 12 December 2023 - DFS Review Strengthens Tumas Project’s Flagship Status as a Long-Life, World-Class Uranium Operation.

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About Deep Yellow Limited

Deep Yellow Limited is successfully progressing a dual-pillar growth strategy to establish a globally diversified, Tier-1 uranium company to produce 10+Mlb p.a.

The Company’s portfolio contains the largest uranium resource base of any ASX-listed company and its projects provide geographic and development diversity. Deep Yellow is the only ASX company with two advanced projects – flagship Tumas, Namibia (Final Investment Decision expected in Q3 2024) and Mulga Rock, Western Australia (advancing through revised DFS), both located in Tier-1 uranium jurisdictions.

Deep Yellow is well-positioned for further growth through development of its highly prospective exploration portfolio – Alligator River, Northern Territory and Omahola, Namibia with ongoing M&A focused on high-quality assets should opportunities arise that best fit the Company’s strategy.

Led by a best-in-class team, who are proven uranium mine builders and operators, the Company is advancing its growth strategy at a time when the need for nuclear energy is becoming the only viable option in the mid-to-long term to provide baseload power supply and achieve zero emission targets. Importantly, Deep Yellow is on track to become a reliable and long-term uranium producer, able to provide production optionality, security of supply and geographic diversity.

About Namibia

Namibia is a stable democracy located in southwest Africa. It has a long and continuous history of mining and exporting uranium concentrate since the mid 1970’s and a broader, established mining and industrial base. The country has well established and reliable utilities and infrastructure to support this existing, and expected future, mining and industrial base.

Competent Person’s Statements

Mineral Resource Estimate

The information in this announcement that relates to the Tumas Mineral Resource Estimate is based on work completed by Mr David Princep, M.Sc. Geology, who is a Fellow and Chartered Professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and 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 in terms of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’ (JORC Code 2012 Edition). Mr Princep consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this announcement as it relates to other Mineral Resource estimates and Ore Reserves was compiled by Mr Martin Hirsch, a Competent Person who is a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK) and the South African Council for Natural Science Professionals. Mr Hirsch, who is currently the Manager, Resources & Pre-Development for RMR, 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 Reserves. Mr Hirsch consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears. M Hirsch holds shares in the Company.

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in previous announcements and in particular the announcement released to the market on 2 February 2023 entitled ‘Strong Results from Tumas Definitive Feasibility Study’. All material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Where the Company refers to JORC 2004 resources in this report, it confirms they have not been updated to comply with JORC 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported, however these are currently being reviewed to bring all resources up to JORC 2012 standard.

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ML 237
Basement Deposit
Palaeochannel Deposit
Palaeochannel Prospect
Basement Prospect
Tumas Project (ML 237)
Omahola Project
Reptile Project
Nova JV (39.5%)
Yellow Dune (85%)
Shiyela ML
Palaeochannel
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Figure 1: Tumas Project Location Map showing ML 237.

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APPENDIX 1

JORC MINERAL RESOURCES - NAMIBIA

Deposit
Category
Cut-off
Tonnes
U3O8
U3O8
U3O8
Cut-off
Tonnes
U3O8
U3O8
U3O8
Resource Categories(Mlb U3O8)
(ppm U3O8)
(M)
(ppm)
(t)
(Mlb)
Measured
Indicated
Inferred
BASEMENT MINERALISATION
OMAHOLA PROJECT - JORC 20121
INCA Deposit♦
Indicated
100
21.4
260
5,600
12.3
-
12.3
-
INCA Deposit♦
Inferred
100
15.2
290
4,400
9.7
-
-
9.7
Ongolo Deposit #
Measured
100
47.7
185
8,900
19.7
19.7
-
-
Ongolo Deposit #
Indicated
100
85.4
170
14,300
31.7
-
31.7
-
Ongolo Deposit #
Inferred
100
94.0
175
16,400
36.3
-
-
36.3
MS7 Deposit #
Measured
100
18.6
220
4,100
9.1
9.1
-
-
MS7 Deposit #
Indicated
100
7.2
185
1,300
2.9
-
2.9
-
MS7 Deposit #
Inferred
100
8.7
190
1,600
3.7
-
-
3.7
Omahola Project Sub-Total
298.2
190
56,500
125.4
28.8
46.9
49.7
CALCRETE MINERALISATION TUMAS 3 DEPOSIT - JORC 20122
Tumas 3 Deposits♦
Indicated
100
84.0
325
27,500
60.6
-
60.6
-
Inferred
100
16.5
170
2,795
6.2
-
-
6.2
Tumas 3 Deposits Total
100.5
300
30,300
66.8
TUMAS 1, 1E & 2 PROJECT – JORC 20123
Tumas 1 & 2 Deposit♦Indicated
100
90.4
220
19,850
43.8
-
43.8
-
Tumas 1 & 2 Deposit♦Inferred
100
21.8
205
4,700
10.3
-
-
10.3
Tumas 1, 1E & 2 Deposits Total 112.2
220
24,550
54.1
Sub-Total of Tumas 1, 2 and 3 212.7
260
55,000
120.9
104.4
16.5
TUBAS RED SAND PROJECT - JORC 20124
Tubas Sand Deposit #
Indicated
100
10.0
185
1,900
4.1
-
4.1
-
Tubas Sand Deposit #
Inferred
100
24.0
165
3,900
8.6
-
-
8.6
Tubas Red Sand Project Total
34.0
170
5,800
12.7
TUBAS CALCRETE RESOURCE - JORC 20045
Tubas Calcrete Deposit Inferred
100
7.4
375
2,765
6.1
-
-
6.1
Tubas Calcrete Total
7.4
375
2,765
6.1
AUSSINANIS PROJECT - JORC 2012- DYL 85%6
Aussinanis Deposit♦
Indicated
100
12.3
170
2,000
4.5
-
4.5
-
Aussinanis Deposit♦
Inferred
100
62.1
170
10,700
23.6
-
-
23.6
AUSSINANIS PROJECT TOTAL 74.4
170
12,700
28.1
CALCRETE PROJECTS SUB-TOTAL 328.5
230
76,000
167.8
0.0
113.0
54.8
GRAND TOTAL NAMIBIAN RESOURCES 626.7
210
132,500
293.2
28.8
159.9
104.5

Notes: - Figures have been rounded and totals may reflect small rounding errors.

  • XRF chemical analysis unless annotated otherwise.

  • # Combined XRF Fusion Chemical Assays and eU3O8 values.

  • eU3O8 - equivalent uranium grade as determined by downhole gamma logging.

  • Where eU3O8 values are reported it relates to values attained from radiometrically logging boreholes.

  • Gamma probes were originally calibrated at Pelindaba, South Africa in 2007. Recent calibrations were carried out at the Langer Heinrich Mine calibration facility in July 2018, September 2019, December 2020, January 2022, and February 2023.

  • Sensitivity checks are conducted by periodic re-logging of a test hole to confirm operations.

  • During drilling, probes are checked daily against standard source.

JORC ORE RESERVES - NAMIBIA

Deposit
Category
Cut-off
Tonnes
U3O8
U3O8
U3O8
Reserve Categories(Mlb U3O8)
(ppm U3O8)
(M)
(ppm)
(t)
(Mlb)
Proved
Probable
NAMIBIA
TUMAS PROJECT - JORC 20121
Tumas 3
Probable
150
44.9
415
18,600
41.0
41.0
Tumas 1E
Probable
150
29.5
265
7,850
17.3
17.3
Tumas 1 and 2
Probable
150
13.9
290
4,090
9.0
9.0
Tumas Project
88.4
345
30,550
67.3
67.3

Notes: Figures may not add due to rounding.

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