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DREADNOUGHT RESOURCES LTD Interim / Quarterly Report 2020

Jul 26, 2020

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HIGHLY ACTIVE WEST AUSTRALIAN FOCUSED GOLD AND BASE METAL EXPLORER

QUARTERLY UPDATE JULY 2020

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Disclaimer

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This presentation includes forward-looking statements. When used in this document, the words such as “could”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “potential”, “should”, and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although Dreadnought Resources Limited (“Dreadnought”) believes that the expectation reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statement involved risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.

This presentation has been prepared by Dreadnought for the purpose of providing an overview of its current prospects and growth strategy to recipients. This presentation and its contents are provided to recipients on the basis that It may not be reproduced or disclosed in whole or in part to any other person, without the written consent of Dreadnought.

This presentation is provided on the basis that neither Dreadnought nor its respective officers, shareholders, related bodies corporate, partners, affiliates, employees, representatives and advisers, make any representation or warrant (express of implied) as to the accuracy, reliability, relevance or completeness of the material contained in this presentation and nothing contained in the presentation is, or may be relied upon, as a promise, representation or warrant, whether as to the past or the future. Dreadnought hereby excludes all warranties that can be excluded by law.

All persons should consider seeking appropriate professional advice in reviewing the presentation and all other information with respect to Dreadnought and evaluating the business, financial performance and operation of Dreadnought. Neither the provision of the presentation nor any information contained in the presentation or subsequently communicated to any person in connection with the presentation is, or should be taken as, constituting the giving of investment advice to any person.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to geology and exploration results and planning was compiled by Mr. Dean Tuck, who is a Member of the AIG, Managing Director, and shareholder of the Company. Mr. Tuck has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit 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. Tuck consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information in the original reports, and that the forma and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original reports. (referencing historic and new company announcements).

Refer to Dreadnought announcements for JORC Table 1 and Table 2 for results and information contained in this presentation.

Currency

All amounts shown are in Australian dollars unless otherwise stated.

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Com an Sna shot p y p

Capital Structure Capital Structure
ASX Code DRE
Share Price(22/07/2020) $0.010
Shares on Issue 1,909M
Market Cap(undiluted) $19.1M
Market Cap(diluted) $20.5M
Cash(31/06/2020) $0.5M
Unlisted Options(~$0.007 strike price) 145M
Convertible Notes(600,000 @ $1.00, 10% pa
coupon, convertible @ $0.0055, redeemable 21
June 2021)
$0.6M
Top 20 Shareholders 39%
Board and Management
Paul Chapman – Non-Executive Chairman Board and Management Cash Investment
~$1,000,000
Dean Tuck – Managing Director
Ian Gordon – Non-Executive Director Board and Management Shareholding
~21%
Paul Payne – Non-Executive Director
Jessamyn Lyons –Company Secretary Non-Executive Director Fees
$0
Nick Chapman – Senior Geologist

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Illaara Gold-VMS Project (100%)

  • Consolidated 880km[2] landholding covering 75 strike kms of the Illaara greenstone belt

  • Acquired from Newmont, limited gold and base metal exploration since the 1980s and 1990s

  • High grade gold intercepts at Metzke’s Find

  • MZRC016: 8m @ 8.1 g/t Au from 51m incl. 3m @ 21.0 g/t Au from 85m

  • MZRC017: 13m @ 4.2 g/t Au from 48m incl. 7m @ 7.5 g/t Au from 51m

Rocky Dam Gold-VMS Project (100%)

  • Currently 80km[2 ] land holding in the Eastern Goldfields

  • Gold mineralisation has not been followed up since the 1990s with known VMS mineralisation

  • Shallow oxide gold mineralisation at CRA-North

  • RDRC001: 4m @ 4.1 g/t Au from 62m incl. 1m @ 13.8 g/t Au from 67m

  • RDRC002: 29m @ 0.9 g/t Au from 34m incl. 9m @ 1.7 g/t Au from 40m

Kimberley Projects (100%, E04/2315 80%)

  • 2,660km[2 ] land holding in the West Kimberley, 2[nd] largest land owner behind IGO and ahead of Chalice

  • Unexplored since 1978 with known outcropping mineralisation

  • Texas Ni-Cu-PGE: Coincident EM and magnetic target in the Ruins Dolerite

  • Fuso Cu-Au: Coincident magnetic and gravity target

  • Chianti VMS: 7 EM plates with outcropping mineralisation

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June Quarter 2020 Performance

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  • [1 ] $600k Convertible Note

  • *[2 ] ~$25k / month going forward

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Successful and Ex erienced Board p

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Paul Chapman, Non-Executive Chairman B.Comm, ACA, Grad. Dip. Tax, MAICD, MAusIMM

Paul is a Chartered Accountant with over thirty years’ experience in the resources sector gained in Australia and the United States. Paul was a founding shareholder/director of the following ASX listed companies: Black Cat Syndicate, Reliance Mining, Encounter Resources, Rex Minerals, Silver Lake Resources, Paringa Resources and Avanco Resources.

Dean Tuck, Managing Director B.Sc (Hons), MAIG

Dean is an experienced geologist and exploration manager having worked across a wide range of commodities in Australia, Brazil and Southeast Asia from project generation through to resource evaluation. Dean has held senior level positions at BHP Billiton and ASX listed junior explorers. Dean has been instrumental in a number of discoveries including Strickland gold, Malinda LCT pegmatite and Wonmunna iron ore.

Ian Gordon, Non-Executive Director B.Comm, MAICD

Ian is a mining executive with extensive experience in transaction generation, project acquisition, mine development and the management of public companies. Ian was formally an Executive Director and Managing Director of Ramelius Resources Limited and Managing Director of Flinders Mines Limited.

Paul Payne, Non-Executive Director B.AppSc, Grad. Dip. Min. Ec., FAusIMM

Paul is an experienced geologist with a strong technical background across a range of commodities and high-level corporate experience both in Australia and internationally. Paul has extensive technical experience in the evaluation of mineral deposits from early stage exploration to definitive feasibility studies. Paul has held corporate roles including Technical Director of BrightStar Resources and founding Managing Director of Dacian Gold Limited where he was instrumental in the major initial gold discovery at its Mount Morgans project.

Jessamyn Lyon, Company Secretary B.Comm, AGIA, ICSA

Jess is a Chartered Secretary and an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia. Jess is also a Director of Everest Corporate and Company Secretary of Doriemus plc, Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited, RBR Group Limited and Los Cerros Limited. Jess also has 15 years of experience working in the stockbroking and banking industries and has held various positions with Macquarie Bank, UBS Investment Bank (London) and more recently Patersons Securities.

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DELIVER SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDER RETURNS

  • Discover economic gold and base metal deposits in Western Australia

  • Release constant news flow

  • Spend money in the ground

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EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT EXPLORATION

  • Low over-head, textbook exploration focused on discoveries

  • Sandfire Resources, DeGrussa

  • Sirius Resources, Nova-Bollinger

  • Gold Road Resources, Gruyere

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STRONG COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

  • Licence to operate underpins our success

  • Actively engage and build strong lasting relationships with traditional owners, environmental, government and community stakeholders

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Yilgarn Gold-VMS Projects

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Illaara Gold-VMS Project

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Established and well maintained infrastructure provides year round access to this highly prospective project in the Yilgarn Craton gold province

  • Project located ~160km NW of Kalgoorlie

  • Initially acquired from Newmont and through subsequent deals have consolidated ~75km strike of underexplored greenstone belt prospective for both gold and base metals

  • First significant gold and base metal exploration since the 1980s and 1990s. Previously held by iron ore explorers

  • Active neighbours including:

  • Ramelius Resources (RMS)

  • Cobre (CBE)

  • Ora Banda Mining (OBM)

  • Alt Resources (ARS) – Recent takeover target

  • Kingswest Resources (KWR)

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Illaara Project Gold and VMS Targets

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Metzke’s Find Corridor (12km strike)

  • Significant historical workings, has not been drilled since the 1990s

  • MZRC016: 8m @ 8.1 g/t Au from 84m including 3m @ 21.0 g.t Au from 85m

  • MZRC017: 13m @ 4.2 g/t Au from 48m including 7m @ 7.5 g/t Au from 51m

  • Multiple drill targets recently defined within the corridor

Central Illaara Corridor (10km strike)

  • Extensive orogenic gold anomaly defined by Newmont

  • Newmont concept – Felsic intrusive hosted gold (e.g. Wallaby / Jupiter)

  • Target definition work ongoing

Lawrence’s Corridor (10km strike)

  • Extensive orogenic gold anomaly defined by Newmont

  • Target generation work has not begun

  • Target generation work has only commenced on ~25% of gold prospective ground across Illaara

Eastern and Western VMS Horizons (over 100km strike)

  • Mixed package of bimodal volcanics, sediments and exhalative BIFs with an extensive VMS and orogenic gold signature defined by Newmont

  • VMS targeting techniques being refined

  • Target generation work for gold commenced with definition of Black Oak

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Metzke’s Find: Gold

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Follow up RC drilling to test at depth and along strike to the south – August 2020

  • *See ASX announcement 17 July 2020, 13 July 2020 and 19 March 2020

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Metzke’s Corridor: Gold

  • 12km long gold corridor with classic orogenic gold pathfinder anomalism identified through wide spaced soil sampling

  • No historical work along strike of Metzke’s Find

  • Multiple discreet gold-in-soil anomalies

  • Longmore’s Find: High grade rock chips, multiple lodes

  • Black Oak: Open in all directions

  • Bald Hill: Multiple lodes

  • Target definition work ongoing around Metzke’s Corridor

  • RC Drilling planned for August/September 2020 at Metzke’s Find, Longmore’s Find and Black Oak

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Eastern and Western VMS Horizons

Emerging VMS Region:

  • Outcropping gossans and historical exploration in the 1970s and 1980s

  • Over 100km strike of prospective VMS horizons with ~40km confirmed

  • Recent success in the region at Cobre’s (ASX:CBE) nearby Perrinvale Project

  • Illaara Greenstone Belt is anomalous in the region for its abundance of felsic and intermediate volcanics and volcanoclastics, a key ingredient for VMS deposits

  • First pass target definition and target testing has confirmed an active VMS system

  • Hitting low tenor massive sulphides

  • Results to be reviewed by VMS experts to refine the exploration strategy going forward

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Rocky Dam Au-VMS Project

  • Located 45kms east of Kalgoorlie in a tightly held region with active explorers and miners

  • CRA-North Prospect defined in the 1990s, WAMEX report lost in the system

  • ~800m long gold-in-soil anomaly defined with supporting gold anomalism in historical shallow RAB drilling:

  • Core of the anomaly aligned with a historical 4m @ 3.1g/t Au RAB intercept in the saprolite*

 Recent drilling returned significant intercepts:

  • RDRC001: 4m @ 4.1 g/t Au from 62m including 1m @ 13.8 g/t Au from 67m

  • RDRC002: 29m @ 0.9 g/t Au from 34m including 9m @ 1.7 g/t Au from 40m

  • RDRC006: 20m @ 0.6 g/t Au from 39m including 2m @ 3.0 g/t Au from 39m

  • RDRC007: 2m @ 5.9 g/t Au from 95m

  • 10 hole, 768m RC program completed, assays in August 2020

*See ASX announcements 15 July 2020, 2 June 2020

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West Kimberley: Large Scale ~~Ni-Cu-Au O ortunit pp y~~

  • Proterozoic Mobile Belts highly prospective for a range of commodities

  • Kimberley restrictions have recently been eased

  • Approvals submitted for the year

  • Planning well advanced 2020 field season

  • $125,000 EIS co-funded application recently awarded

  • RC drilling at Chianti-Rufina VMS Targets

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The West Kimberley

  • IGO, CHN, DRE are the major players

  • DRE is the 2[nd] largest landholder

  • Three main project areas targeting:

  • Ni-Cu-PGE massive sulphide in the Ruins and Hart Dolerites

  • Base metal VMS deposits in the Marboo and Whitewater Volcanics

  • Cu-Au deposits in the Marboo and Whitewater Volcanics

  • Primary project currently TarrajiYampi

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Rare Exploration Opportunity

  • Outcropping mineralisation

  • Off limits since 1978

  • Multiple untested drill targets

  • Tier 1 jurisdiction – Western Australia

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WMC’s David Barr (L) & Roy Woodall (R) at Tarraji – 1950s

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1956-1959: Last 1978-2013: YSTA significant mineral Defense Reserve exploration at Tarraji “off limits” to undertaken by WMC mineral exploration

  • Half of all mineral deposits in Australia discovered after 1983

  • No exploration since 1958 (Tarraji) / 1972 (Chianti-Rufina)

  • Yampi Sound Training Area (Defense Reserve) off-limits to exploration from 1978-2013

  • Tarraji-Yampi contains several outcropping mineralised bodies and significant potential under shallow cover

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Tarraji-Yampi Ni-Cu-Au

Volcanic Massive Sulphides (VMS):

  • e.g. Golden Grove, DeGrussa,

  • Tend to occur as clusters of high-grade polymetallic Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag deposits

  • Chianti-Rufina – Priority VMS Target

Magmatic Nickel Sulphide (Ni$):

  • e.g. Nova, Nebo Babel, Savannah

  • Tend to form high grade massive and or large lower grade disseminated NiCu-Co-PGE deposits

  • Texas – Priority Ni$ Target

Proterozoic Cu-Au (IOCG):

  • e.g. Tennant Creek, Cloncurry

  • Tend to form camps of multiple Cu-Au (Bi, Co, Ag) deposits

  • Fuso, Paul’s Find – Priority Cu-Au Target

  • E4/2315 is an 80/20 JV with Whitewater Pty Ltd

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Coincident shallow EM conductor and intense magnetic anomaly sitting within outcropping Ruins Dolerite

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Opportunity: High grade Ni-Cu-PGE massive sulphide – Diamond drilling planned for 2020

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Coincident strong magnetic and gravity anomalies sitting under cover adjacent to significant regional structures

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Opportunity: Large scale IOCG targets – RC Drilling planned for 2020

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Chianti-Rufina: 7 VMS Tar ets g

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Drill targets defined by FLEM anomalies with associated gossans and / or magnetic and surface geochemical anomalies

CHDD001: 61.5-63.5m

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CHDD002: 117.8-119.8m

Opportunity: Multiple high grade massive sulphide deposits – RC Drilling planned for 2020 (EIS Co-funded)

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Take Away Message

  • Active explorer putting money in the ground and news flow into the market

  • Kimberley: first mover with potential for major Cu, Au and Ni deposits

  • Illaara: Consolidated 75km long underexplored greenstone belt with early exploration success

  • Rocky Dam: Shallow mineralisation close to Kalgoorlie in an area experiencing significant consolidation

  • Experienced management team with a track record of success and strongly aligned with shareholders

  • Modest market cap - leveraged for exploration

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  • success

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