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DEVELOP GLOBAL LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2023

Jan 28, 2024

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ASX Announcement 29 January 2023

DECEMBER 2023 QUARTERLY REPORT

Develop continues to build diversified portfolio of Australian battery metals assets for commodities turnaround

Acquisition of Pioneer Dome lithium project; Woodlawn copper-zinc project set for +10-year life after posting 40% jump in Resource.

Key Points

  • Develop made significant progress in its strategy to establish a portfolio of high-quality Australian battery metals assets which will enable it to fully capitalise on a turnaround in commodities markets

  • During the quarter, this strategy saw Develop acquire lithium developer Essential Metals, which owns the Pioneer Dome Lithium Project in WA and a large, highly prospective regional tenement package

  • At the Woodlawn project in NSW, a highly successful exploration program saw the Resource contained metal increase 45% to 10.3Mt at 4.8% CuEq[1] ; Contained copper rose 43% to 190,000t and contained zinc rose by 50% to 620,000t for a combined 445,000t CuEq[1]

  • The expanded Resource paves the way for an increase in Woodlawn’s mine life from 7 years currently to +10 years based on the existing processing throughput capacity of 850,000tpa

  • Woodlawn’s operational restart de-risking program finished at the end of the quarter. Capital development and associated infrastructure works have established the first 18 months of future ore production. Site cash expenditure has reduced significantly

  • In the mining services division, Develop was awarded its second contract, the A$46M underground development of the Mt Marion Lithium Mine in WA. Progress is being made on the potential of a third mining contract also in WA

  • At the Bellevue Mine contract, significant underground development activity continued and ore production activities grew substantially, in line with the mine plan. This exceptional performance generated A$32.2M in contract revenue, a 7% increase on the Sep-23 quarter

Develop (ASX: DVP) is pleased to report on a highly successful quarter which saw it continue to build and advance its portfolio of Australian energy transition metal assets.

Develop Managing Director Bill Beament said: “We made substantial progress in our strategy to build a diversified portfolio of high-quality Australian battery metals assets with scale and growth potential, underpinned by a worldclass team of mining specialists.

“The softness in some parts of this market have provided us with an ideal opportunity to build and advance these assets in preparation for what we believe is the inevitable upturn in demand and prices for these critical commodities.

“The true value of these assets will become increasingly clear as we continue to advance them towards production and global customers seek to secure reliable supplies from tier-one jurisdictions”.

Mr Beament said there had been strong progress at each of Develop’s assets in the past quarter.

“The exceptional Resource upgrade and drilling results at Woodlawn highlight the significant value being created at this project. The potential is demonstrated by several new lenses of mineralisation which have been identified in this drilling program as well as additional mineralised positions within the Resource.

“We have already established that Woodlawn is a substantial orebody with a plus-10-year mine life, but it is fast becoming clear that it could be significantly bigger.

“This could have significant ramifications for production rates, mine life and what are already exceptional financial returns as forecast in our recently updated mine plan.

“Our strategy to establish a lithium business in WA was also realised, with the acquisition of Essential Metals. “We welcome Essential shareholders to Develop.

“The award of the Mt Marion contract to Develop is a significant vote of confidence in our world-class underground mining team.

“We have built a team with immense experience in developing and operating underground operations. The strength of this team is shown by the outstanding results we are generating at the Bellevue gold mine, where the project is running on time and on budget.

“The Mt Marion contract is consistent with our stated strategy of securing two to three contracts within our mining services division”.

Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental and Social

Group lost time injury frequency rate “LTIFR” was 0.0 (injuries per million work hours), National metalliferous mining average is 2.4.

Group total restricted work injury frequency rate “RWIFR” is 5.7. No recordable injuries for the quarter. WA metalliferous mining average is 6.8.

There has been no major or reportable environmental or heritage incidents in the past quarter, and the Company received no stakeholder complaints or grievances.

Woodlawn Copper-Zinc Mine (DVP: 100%)

Develop’s Woodlawn Copper-Zinc Mine is in the world class Lachlan Fold belt in NSW. Historically, the Mine operated from 1978 to 1998 and was Australia’s second highest grade base metal mine at the time, processing 13.8Mt @ 9.1% Zn, 1.6% Cu, 3.6% Pb, 74gpt Ag and 0.5gpt Au.

Following the project acquisition in 2022 Develop completed an aggressive growth focussed drilling programme that has grown the Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) by 45% to 10.3Mt at 1.8% Cu, 6.1% Zn, 2.2% Pb, 47.2gpt Ag & 0.5gpt Au (4.8% CuEq[1] ; see ASX announcement 10[th] October 2023). Two NSR cut-offs were used:

  1. A NSR of $100 was used for mineralisation in unmined (virgin) areas.

  2. A NSR of $140 was used for previously mined (remnant) areas, which reflects higher associated costs for mining and metal recovery these areas. Minable Stope Optimisation (MSO) shapes were applied to areas of remanent mineralisation.

Classification Tonnes
(kt)
NSR
(A$/t)
Cu %
Pb %
Zn %
Ag gpt
Au gpt
Measured 1,311
397
2.3
1.6
5.3
48.5
0.9
Indicated 5,918
336
1.9
1.7
4.9
34.6
0.4
Inferred 3,045
478
1.6
3.4
8.7
71
0.5
Total 10,273
386
1.8
2.2
6.1
47.2
0.5

Table 1 Woodlawn Underground Copper-Zinc Mineral Resource

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Significantly, 7.2Mt (>70%) of the Mineral Resource is now classified within the higher geological confidence category of Measured and Indicated, with the remaining resources in the Inferred category (Table 2).

The contained metal has also significantly increased to 190Kt Cu (+43%), 620Kt Zn (+50%) (~445kt CuEq[1] )

Results from Develops extensive drilling program has greatly improved the geological understanding of the mineral system and will aid future targeting and growth programs. The updated MRE has also successfully identified multiple new lenses, including a very high-grade copper domain along strike of J Lens and an unconstrained stacked set of lenses to the north of the historic deposit boundary. The lenses remain open along strike and down plunge.

Drilling Results

During the quarter 7,154m of underground exploration and resource definition drilling was completed at the Woodlawn Mine. The programme was designed to target extensions to, and infill the high-grade mineralisation intersected within the company's highly successful maiden programme.

Assays results returned during the quarter (see ASX announcement 27 October 2023) identify additional thick, high-grade copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold mineralisation within multiple lenses. Significant intersections include:

  • 10.6m @ 13.3% CuEq[1] (1.3% Cu, 22.5% Zn, 9.8% Pb, 137gpt Ag and 0.8gpt Au) from 303.9m (23WNUD0057; D Lens) o And 4.3m @ 9.3% CuEq[1] (0.8% Cu, 7.4% Zn, 4.2% Pb, 265gpt Ag and 3.9gpt Au) from 227.3m (I Lens)

  • 8.2m @ 13.6% CuEq[1] (0.9% Cu, 21.1% Zn, 9.9% Pb, 206gpt Ag and 1.3gpt Au) from 309.4m (23WNUD0054; D Lens)

  • 23.0m @ 6.3% CuEq[1] (2.3% Cu, 6.8% Zn, 1.7% Pb and 66gpt Ag) from 118.0m (23WNUD0072; Kate Lens)

  • 7.5m @ 13.0% CuEq[1] (1.4% Cu, 20.8% Zn, 9.7% Pb, 134gpt Ag and 1.0gpt Au) from 302.2m (23WNUD0056; D Lens) o And 4.9m @ 10.4% CuEq[1] (1.1% Cu, 11.8% Zn, 3.7% Pb, 191gpt Ag and 4.2gpt Au) from 230.6m (I Lens)

  • 8.2m @ 9.3% CuEq[1] (2.0% Cu, 9.7% Zn, 3.7% Pb, 152gpt Ag and 2.6gpt Au) from 240.3m (23WNUD0058; D Lens) o And 13.7m @ 5.8% CuEq[1] (1.4% Cu, 7.6% Zn, 2.2% Pb, 61gpt Ag and 1.2gpt Au) from 308.0m (D Lens)

  • 12.8m @ 5.9% CuEq[1] (3.4% Cu, 4.0% Zn, 48gpt Ag and 0.8gpt Au) from 122.5m (23WNUD0073; Kate Lens)

  • 4.7m @ 8.8% CuEq[1] (7.4% Cu, 2.5% Zn, 0.7% Pb, 27gpt Ag and 0.1gpt Au) from 461.6m (23WNUD0100; J Lens - Cu) o Including 2.2m @ 17.6% CuEq[1] (14.7% Cu, 5.2% Zn, 1.5% Pb, 56gpt Ag and 0.1gpt Au) from 464.1m

  • 1.7m @ 19.3% CuEq[1] (0.8% Cu, 26.5% Zn, 24.1% Pb, 274gpt Ag and 0.8gpt Au) from 321.3m (23WNUD0048; D Lens) o And 26.0m @ 2.2% CuEq[1] (2.1% Cu and 7gpt Ag) from 484.6m (I Lens)

  • 1.7m @ 4.4% CuEq[1] (4.4% Cu and 17.9gpt Ag) from 386.5m (23WNUD0044; New Lens*)

  • 3.0m @ 3.7% CuEq[1] (3.2% Cu, 11.8gpt Ag) from 366.0m (23WNUD0065; B Lens North - New Lens*)

  • Several of the reported infill intersection are located fully or partially outside of the current resource boundaries. True widths of the intercepts reported are estimated to be approximately 75-90% of the downhole widths.

As previously reported (see ASX announcement 31 August 2023), following a review of the geological database and coreyard inventory, several unsampled resource infill drillholes completed by Heron Resources immediately prior to entering administration were identified. Additional results from this sampling have returned high-grade copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold massive sulphide intersections within the G Lenses, including:

  • 2.8m @ 3.8% CuEq[1] (1.4% Cu, 4.6% Zn, 2.2% Pb, 15gpt Ag and 0.2gpt Au) from 29.9m (WNDD0243; G Lens)

  • 15.1m @ 3.6% CuEq[1] (2.4% Cu, 1.5% Zn, 28gpt Ag and 0.6gpt Au) from 19.9m (WNDD0259A; G Lens) o Including 6.5m @ 7.0% CuEq[1] (5.4% Cu, 1.4% Zn, 51gpt Ag and 1.1gpt Au) from 19.9m

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Figure 1. Woodlawn drillhole intercepts (north view cross-section).

Operations

580m of capital underground development was completed during the quarter, focussing on access to the I and D lenses. This will allow additional mining fronts when operations are restarted and enable higher production productivities to be achieved.

Recently completed capital development into the lowest planned production level (2410RL) established into the high-grade Kate Lens (1.2Mt @ 4.5% CuEq[1] ) has also identified that mineralisation is significantly thicker (+10m) than modelled (see ASX release 27 October 2023).

Additional works completed during the quarter, also included the establishment of ventilation rises to extend the primary vent and installation of escapeways for production activities.

With the project’s restart substantially de-risked through the completion of underground capital development and associated infrastructure works for the first 18 months of ore production, cash outflows at Woodlawn will significantly decrease moving into calendar year 2024.

Focus this quarter is on updating the project’s Resource and Reserves estimates. These new estimates will provide the foundation to Develop’s new mine plan due to be released at the end of the March quarter.

Pioneer Dome Lithium Project

The Pioneer Dome Project is located within Western Australia’s ‘lithium corridor’ in the Eastern Goldfields, approximately 130km South of Kalgoorlie. The Projects Mineral Resources stands at 11.2Mt @ 1.2% Li2O.

During the quarter a diamond drilling programme to obtain core samples from the upper half of the Cade deposit for metallurgical optimisation test work and project engineering design was completed.

A total of 13 holes (862m) was drilled. Four holes were completed ‘down dip’ into the Cade deposit to maximise sample volumes for metallurgical test work, with a further nine holes drilled sub-perpendicular across the pegmatite to refine contact zones with the host rock. Assay results from this drilling are expected to be received in the March quarter.

Three reverse circulation holes targeting potential production water sources were also completed, all three holes intersected subsurface water.

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An update flora and fauna survey covering the mining lease and areas peripheral to the mining lease, including access and project infrastructure was also completed during the quarter. The update survey was the final of the flora and fauna requirements for the project; results from this will be incorporated into the application for a clearing permit over the mining lease, along with the future mining proposal required for approval of the operation.

A heritage survey covering the entire project footprint within the mining lease was also completed. There were no areas of concern identified on the proposed mining operation.

An updated scoping study is due to be completed during the March quarter.

Sulphur Springs Zinc Copper Project

The Sulphur Springs Project is located 144km south-east of Port Hedland in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The projects Mineral Resource stands at 17.4Mt at 5.8% Zn, 1.0% Cu, 0.3% Pb, 21.0gpt Ag & 0.2gpt Au.

No new exploration was completed during the quarter.

Develop Underground Mining Services Division

In December, Develop was awarded a A$46 million underground development contract to establish the underground access to the Mt Marion lithium mine in WA (see ASX announcement 1 December 2023).

The contract has a term of 18 months and is expected to start in the March quarter, 2024.

Mt Marion, which is a joint venture between Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) and Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd, is located 40km south-west of Kalgoorlie. It is also 95km from Develop’s Pioneer Dome Lithium Project.

Develop is encouraged by the joint ventures partners recent announcement on bringing forward the underground development of the mine.

At the Bellevue Gold mine a material ramp up in production was achieved during the quarter.

Development rates were broadly maintained during the quarter, with 3.53km achieved in the quarter. October was the division’s best month contract-to-date, achieving 1,430m (357m per jumbo).

Contract revenue was up 7% for the quarter to $32.2M driven by the increasing in ore production activities.

Corporate

As announced on 03 July 2023, Develop and Essential Metals Limited ("ESS") entered a binding Scheme Implementation Deed under which Develop would acquire all the shares in ESS. The consideration for ESS shareholders was for 1 new Develop share for every 6.18 ESS Shares held.

In October Essential shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the scheme of arrangement and in November

Develop issued 43,779,329 shares to the ESS shareholders.

During the quarter the interim Company Secretary Steven Wood resigned. Mr Wood was replaced as sole Company Secretary by the Company’s General Counsel, Ms Elle Farris.

Develop held its AGM during the quarter with all 10 resolutions being carried.

Securities Information

Develop’s issued capital at the date of this announcement is:

Security Class Issued Capital
DVP Fully Paid Ordinary Shares 242,653,581
Unlisted Performance Rights 4,380,064
Unlisted Share Rights 21,724
Unlisted Options (various expiry dates and exercise prices) 31,915,000

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Financial Information

Develop’s cash position on 31 December 2023 was A$32.5M. Material payments were received in early January rather than in December due to the Christmas/New Year period. This will result in the expected March quarter ending cash balance growing from the December quarter position.

Appendix 5B – Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows is provided in a separate report. Information as disclosed in the Cash Flow Report:

  • Exploration and Evaluation during the quarter was $A1.2M.

  • Mine Property Development in the quarter was $A13.3M

  • Payments to related parties of Develop and their associates during the quarter was A$329k. Develop advises that A$128k relates to executive directors’ salaries, non-executive directors’ fees and superannuation. A$201k relates to Gilbert+Tobin providing legal consulting services, of which Michael Blakiston is a Partner.

This announcement is authorised for release by Bill Beament, Managing Director.

Investor Enquiries

Media Enquiries

Bill Beament Paul Armstrong Develop Read Corporate T: +61 8 6389 7400 P: +61 8 9388 1474 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

About Develop

Develop (ASX: DVP) has a twin-pronged strategy for creating value. The first of these centres on the exploration and production of futurefacing metals. As part of this, the Company owns the Sulphur Springs copper-zinc-silver project in WA’s Pilbara region. This project is currently the focus of ongoing exploration to grow the inventory and various development studies. Develop also owns the Woodlawn zinc-copper project in NSW. Woodlawn, which is on care and maintenance, comprises an underground mine and a new processing plant. The second plank of Develop’s strategy centres on the provision of underground mining services. As part of this, Develop has an agreement with Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL) to provide underground mining services at its Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia.

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Interest in Mining Tenements

PROJECT TENEMENT STATUS LOCATION GROUP
INTEREST
Sulphur Springs M45/494 Granted Western Australia 100%
M45/587 Granted Western Australia 100%
M45/653 Granted Western Australia 100%
M45/1001 Granted Western Australia 100%
E45/4811 Granted Western Australia 100%
E45/4993 Granted Western Australia 100%
E 45/6033 Granted Western Australia 100%
E 45/6034 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/166 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/170 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/173 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/179 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/188 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/189 Granted Western Australia 100%
L45/287 Granted Western Australia 100%
M45/1254 Granted Western Australia 100%
E45/6666 Application Western Australia 100%
Woodlawn S(C&PL)20 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL7257 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8325 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL7468 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL7469 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8353 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8623 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8712 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8796 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8797 Granted New South Wales 100%
EL8945 Granted New South Wales 100%
Juglah Dome E25/585 Granted Western Australia 100%
Pioneer Dome E15/1515 Granted Western Australia 100%
E15/1725 Granted Western Australia 100%
E63/1669 Granted Western Australia 100%
E63/1782 Granted Western Australia 100%
E63/1783 Granted Western Australia 100%
E63/1785 Granted Western Australia 100%
E63/1825 Granted Western Australia 100%
E63/2118 Granted Western Australia 100%
M15/1896 Granted Western Australia 100%
M63/665 Granted Western Australia 100%
L63/77 Granted Western Australia 100%
Horse Rocks E15/1710 Granted Western Australia 100%
Whim Creek Anax JV1 M47/236 Granted Western Australia 20%
E47/3495 Granted Western Australia 20%
M47/237 Granted Western Australia 20%
M47/238 Granted Western Australia 20%
M47/443 Granted Western Australia 20%
L47/36 Granted Western Australia 20%
M47/323 Granted Western Australia 20%
M47/324 Granted Western Australia 20%
M47/1455 Granted Western Australia 20%
Alchemy JV2 EL8318 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL5878 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL7941 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8267 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8356 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8192 Granted New South Wales 20%

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PROJECT TENEMENT STATUS LOCATION GROUP
INTEREST
EL8631 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8711 Granted New South Wales 20%
SKY Metals JV3 EL7954 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8400 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8573 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8400 Granted New South Wales 20%
EL8573 Granted New South Wales 20%
Golden Ridge JV4 E26/186 Granted Western Australia 25%
E26/211 Granted Western Australia 25%
E26/212 Granted Western Australia 25%
M26/220 Granted Western Australia 25%
M26/222 Granted Western Australia 25%
M26/284 Granted Western Australia 25%
M26/285 Granted Western Australia 25%
L26/272 Granted Western Australia 25%
Balagundi JV5 E27/558 Granted Western Australia 25%
Kangan JV6,7 E45/4948 Granted Western Australia 30%
E47/3318-I Granted Western Australia 30%
E47/3321-I Granted Western Australia 30%
E47/3945 Granted Western Australia 30%
Acra JV8 E27/278 Granted Western Australia 25%
E27/438 Granted Western Australia 25%
E27/491 Granted Western Australia 25%
E27/520 Granted Western Australia 25%
E27/548 Granted Western Australia 25%
E27/579 Granted Western Australia 25%
E28/1746 Granted Western Australia 25%
E28/2483 Granted Western Australia 25%
Maggie Hays Hill JV9 E63/1784 Granted Western Australia 20%
Wattle Dam JV10 M15/1101 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1263 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1264 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1323 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1338 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1769 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1770 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1771 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1772 Granted Western Australia 20%
M15/1773 Granted Western Australia 20%
Larkinville JV11 M15/1449 Granted Western Australia 25%

Notes

  • 1 Whim Creek JV Agreement: Anax Metals 80%, Develop Global 20% free carried interest to decision to mine

  • 2 Alchemy JV Agreement: Alchemy Metals 80%, Develop Global 20%

  • 3 Sky Metals JV Agreement: Sky Metals 80%, Develop Global 20%

  • 4 Nickel sulphides rights are subject to the Australian Nickel Company Ltd Farm in/Joint venture

  • 5 Balagundi Farm in/JV Agreement: Black Cat Syndicate Limited is earning a 75% Project interest

  • 6 Kangan Gold JV Agreement: Novo Resources Corp holds a 70% Project Interest in gold and precious metals mineral rights

  • 7 Subject to a 1.5% net smelter royalty right held by FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd

  • 8 Acra JV Agreement: Northern Star Resources Limited 75% interest, Develop Global Limited 25% free carried interest Maggie Hays Lake JV Agreement: Poseidon Nickel Limited 80%, Develop Global Limited 20% & free carried interest to

  • 9 commencement of mining

  • Wattle Dam Nickel JV Agreement: Mineral Rights held by Maximus Resources Limited. Develop Global Limited 20% free

  • 10 carried interest in nickel sulphide minerals

  • 11 Larkinville West JV Agreement: Maximus Resources Limited 75%, Develop Global Limited 25% free carried interest, except nickel rights which are subject to the Wattle Dam JV

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Mineral Resources Statements

SULPHUR SPRINGS PROJECT SULPHUR SPRINGS Resource
Category
Tonnes (kt) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
Indicated 12,398
1,401
1.2
0.2
0.3
0.5
5.6
6.4
21.8
38.4
0.1
0.2
Inferred
TOTAL 13,798 1.1 0.3 5.7 23.5 0.2
KANGAROO CAVES Resource
Category
Tonnes (kt) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
Indicated 2,300 0.9 0.3 5.7 13.6 0.0
Inferred 1,300 0.5 0.4 6.5 18.0 0.0
Total 3,600 0.8 0.3 6.0 15.0 0.0
WOODLAWN WOODLAWN Resource
Category
Tonnes (kt) Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag g/t Au g/t
Measured 1,311 2.3 1.6 5.3 48.5 0.9
Indicated 5,918 1.9 1.7 4.9 34.6 0.4
Inferred 3,045 1.6 3.4 8.7 71 0.5
Total 10,273 1.8 2.2 6.1 47.2 0.5
DVP
100%
Measured 1,311 2.3 1.9 4.3 100 1.4
Indicated 20,616 1.4 0.8 5.4 25.5 0.2
Inferred 5,746 0.7 1.5 7.3 47.8 0.3
Total 27,671 1.3 1.0 5.9 31.2 0.3

Notes:

  • The copper equivalent grades for Woodlawn (CuEq) are based on copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold prices of US$8330t Copper, US$2160/t Lead, US$2315/t Zinc and US$23.5/oz Silver, and US$1926/oz Gold (price deck based on LME spot as 10/10/2023), with metallurgical metal recoveries of 89% Cu, 85% Pb, 92% Zn, 78% Ag and 43% Au respectively based on historical recoveries at Woodlawn and supported by metallurgical test work undertaken. The copper equivalent calculation is as follows: CuEq = (Cu grade % * Cu recovery %) + ((Pb grade % Pb recovery % (Pb price $/t/Cu price$/t)) + ( Zn grade% * Zn recovery(Zn price $/t/Cu price$/t)) + (Ag grade g/t /31.103Ag recovery % * (Ag price $/oz/Cu price $/t)) + (Au grade g/t /31.103 * Au recovery%*(Au price $/oz/Cu price $/t))

  • The Sulphur Springs Mineral Resource Estimates (MRE) is reported at a A$80/t Net Smelter Return (NSR) cut-off, and have been extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements “Sulphur Springs Resource Update” issued 2 June 2023

  • The Kangaroo Caves MRE is reported at 0.4% Cu or 2% Zn cut-off and have been extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements “Kangaroo Caves Resource Update” issued 22 September 2015.

  • The Woodlawn MRE is reported at a A$100/t NSR cut-off, with A$140/t NSR cut-off for remnant lenses and have been extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements “Woodlawn Updated Mineral Resource Estimate” issued 11 October 2023.

  • Tonnages are dry metric tonnes. Minor discrepancies may occur due to rounding.

  • The information regarding previous operations at the Woodlawn Project, including information relating to historic production, recoveries, mineral resources and financial information has been sourced using publicly available information and cross-referenced against internal data for confirmation.

The information contained in this report references the following ASX announcements:

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Develop awarded Mt Marion Contract” dated 1 December 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “More outstanding drill results at Woodlawn” dated 27 October 2023

  • ASX announcement (ESS) titled “Development Update - Pioneer Dome” dated 20 October 2023

  • ASX announcement (ESS) titled “Implementation of scheme” dated 6 November 2023

  • ASX announcement (DVP) titled “Woodlawn Resource increases by 40%” dated 11 October 2023

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Competent Person Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on information by Mr Luke Gibson who is an employee of the Company. Mr Gibson is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience with the style of mineralisation, type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaking to qualify as Competent Persons as defined in the 2012 – Refer Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources”. Mr Gibson consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.

Cautionary Statement

The information contained in this document (“Announcement”) has been prepared by DEVELOP Global Limited (“Company”). This Announcement is being used with summarised information. See DEVELOP’s other and periodic disclosure announcements lodged with the Australian Securities Exchange, which are available at www.asx.com.au or at www.develop.com.au for more information.

The information in this Announcement regarding previous operations at the Woodlawn Project, including information relating to historic production, recoveries, mineral resources and financial information (including historical expenditure) has been sourced using publicly available information and internal data. While the information contained in this Announcement has been prepared in good faith, neither the Company nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers give any representations or warranties (express or implied) as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information in this Announcement, or of any other written or oral information made or to be made available to any interested party or its advisers (all such information being referred to as “Information”) and liability therefore is expressly disclaimed. Accordingly, to the full extent permitted by law, neither the Company nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers take any responsibility for, or will accept any liability whether direct or indirect, express or implied, contractual, tortious, statutory or otherwise, in respect of, the accuracy or completeness of the Information or for any of the opinions contained in this Announcement or for any errors, omissions or misstatements or for any loss, howsoever arising, from the use of this Announcement.

This Announcement may include certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements in this Announcement, other than statements of historical facts, that address future activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company, its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees or advisers, do not represent, warrant or guarantee, expressly or impliedly, that the information in this Announcement is complete or accurate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company disclaims any responsibility to inform any recipient of this Announcement of any matter that subsequently comes to its notice which may affect any of the information contained in this Announcement. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. DEVELOP assumes no obligation to update such information.

Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in forward looking statements. Please undertake your own evaluation of the information in this Announcement and consult your professional advisers if you wish to buy or sell DEVELOP shares.

This Announcement has been prepared in compliance with the JORC Code 2012 Edition. The ‘forward-looking information’ is based on the Company’s expectations, estimates and projections as of the date on which the statements were made. The Company disclaims any intent or obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, estimates or options, future events or results or otherwise, unless required to do so by law.

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