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DREADNOUGHT RESOURCES LTD Regulatory Filings 2020

May 10, 2020

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11 May 2020

RC DRILLING COMPLETED AT ROCKY DAM GOLD-VMS PROJECT

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 7 RC holes for 1,212m completed at CRA-North, targeting a high tenor gold in soil anomaly located along a sheared contact between felsic volcanics and sediments

  • Assay results expected early June 2020

  • All approvals received to commence drilling at the Illaara Project by the end of May 2020

Dreadnought Resources Limited (“ Dreadnought ”) is pleased to announce that its maiden RC drilling program has been completed at CRA-North, part of the Rocky Dam Gold-VMS Project. Rocky Dam is located only 45kms east of Kalgoorlie and is readily accessible by made roads and station tracks.

The drill program consisted of 7 RC holes for a total of 1,212m. Drilling was designed to target a high tenor gold-in-soil anomaly located along a sheared contract between felsic volcanics and sediments. Two holes were added during the program to confirm the orientation of mineralisation. While clearing pads and sumps along the northern line, several thin gossanous quartz veins were identified striking 30° associated with a flexure in the foliation. As a result, a hole was also drilled to the south to test this orientation of potential mineralisation.

All samples have been delivered to the lab and assay results are expected in early June 2020.

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Figure 1: RC Drilling at Rocky Dam

Dreadnought Resources Limited Suite 5, 16 Nicholson Road, Subiaco WA 6008 PO Box 572, Floreat WA 6014

www.dreadnoughtresources.com.au [email protected]

+61 (0) 428 824 343

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Dreadnought Managing Director, Dean Tuck, commented: “We are pleased with the drill program recently completed at Rocky Dam and encouraged by observations made in the field. We look forward to announcing results in June 2020. Moving forward, all approvals are now in place for drilling at our Illaara Gold-VMS project. We expect to commence drilling at Metzke’s Find, Rodney, Warspite, Bismarck and Reindler’s by the end of May 2020.”

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Figure 2: Plan view of CRA-North showing the location of recently competed drilling over the soil anomaly and the historical shallow RAB drilling.

Dreadnought Resources Limited Suite 5, 16 Nicholson Road, Subiaco WA 6008 PO Box 572, Floreat WA 6014

www.dreadnoughtresources.com.au [email protected]

+61 (0) 428 824 343

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Background on Rocky Dam (100%)

The last significant exploration at Rocky Dam was undertaken by CRA in the 1990s. This work identified CRA-North, being a 700m long gold anomaly, and included shallow RAB drilling (average depth 24m) and two diamond holes (average depth 200m). The diamond drilling appears to have been ineffective with down hole surveys indicating a significant change off planned azimuth by 30°.

All historical reports were in local grid and a review of high resolution ortho-imagery and ground truthing could not locate the exact location of the historical drilling or anomalism. As a result, a detailed 100m x 50m ultra-fine fraction soil survey and geological mapping was undertaken to confirm the location of the historical anomaly.

The soil survey defined an ~800m long >50ppb gold-in-soil anomaly with a core of 250m x 150m >100ppb. The anomaly correlates strongly with subcropping gossanous quartz veins within a sheared contact with felsic schists and sediments. This aligns with CRA’s historical work and the interpreted location of the historical drilling.

The recent program tested a high tenor gold-in-soil anomaly located along a sheared contact between felsic volcanics and sediments and will also confirm the orientation of the mineralised structure. Two 200m scissor holes were drilled over the core of the anomaly with additional holes drilled along ~350m of strike. Three additional holes were added during the program to confirm the orientation of mineralisation.

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Figure 3: Rocky Dam is only 45kms east of Kalgoorlie via sealed and well-maintained gravel roads

www.dreadnoughtresources.com.au [email protected]

Dreadnought Resources Limited Suite 5, 16 Nicholson Road, Subiaco WA 6008 PO Box 572, Floreat WA 6014

+61 (0) 428 824 343

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For further information please refer to previous ASX announcements:

  • 07 April 2020 Significant Gold in Soil Anomaly at Rocky Dam Gold-VMS Project

  • 29 April 2020 Drilling of Significant Gold in Soil Anomaly at Rocky Dam Commences

UPCOMING NEWSFLOW

May: Geological mapping at Illaara Central and along Metzke’s Find corridor to further constrain targets for drill testing

May: Commence RC drilling programs for the deeper bedrock targets at Metzke’s Find and the VMS targets at Rodney, Warspite, Bismarck and Reindler’s

May: Results of magnetic and gravity 3D inversions at Tarraji

Early June: Assay results from RC drilling program at Rocky Dam

May/June: Results of EIS applications for RC drilling at Chianti-Rufina and diamond drilling at Texas part of the Tarraji-Yampi Project in the Kimberley

May/June: Drill targets from geological mapping at Illaara Central and Metzke’s Find corridor work

June: Assay results from RC drilling programs at the deeper bedrock targets at Metzke’s Find and the VMS targets at Rodney, Warspite, Bismarck and Reindler’s

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For further information please contact:

Dean Tuck Nick Day Managing Director Company Secretary Dreadnought Resources Limited Dreadnought Resources Limited E:[email protected] E:[email protected]

This announcement is authorised for release to the ASX by the Board of Dreadnought.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to geology and exploration results and planning was compiled by Mr. Oliver Judd, who is a Member of the AusIMM, exploration manager and shareholder of the Company. Mr. Judd 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. Judd 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.

Dreadnought Resources Limited Suite 5, 16 Nicholson Road, Subiaco WA 6008 PO Box 572, Floreat WA 6014

www.dreadnoughtresources.com.au

[email protected]

+61 (0) 428 824 343

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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

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Kimberley Ni-Cu-Au Projects

Dreadnought controls the second largest land holding in the highly prospective West Kimberley region of WA. The main project area, TarrajiYampi, is located only 85kms from Derby and has been locked up as a Defence reserve since 1978. The area was only recently opened under the Commonwealth Government’s co-existence regime that balances Defence’s needs with the requirements of others including Aboriginal groups, the resources industry, pastoralists and State Governments.

Tarraji-Yampi presents a rare first mover opportunity with known outcropping mineralisation and historic workings from the early 1900s which have seen no modern exploration.

Three styles of mineralisation occur at TarrajiYampi including: volcanogenic massive sulphide (“ VMS ”); Proterozoic Cu-Au (“ IOCG ”); and magmatic sulphide Ni-Cu-PGE. Numerous high priority nickel, copper and gold drill targets have been identified from recent VTEM surveys, historical drilling and surface sampling of outcropping mineralisation.

Illaara Gold & VMS Project

Illaara is located 190km northwest of Kalgoorlie in the Yilgarn Craton and covers 75kms of strike along the Illaara Greenstone Belt. Illaara is prospective for typical Archean mesothermal lode gold deposits and base metals VMS mineralisation.

Dreadnought has consolidated the Illaara Greenstone Belt mainly through an acquisition from Newmont Goldcorp (“ Newmont ”). Newmont defined several camp-scale targets which were undrilled due to a change in corporate focus. Prior to Newmont, the Illaara Greenstone Belt was predominantly held by iron ore explorers and has seen minimal gold and base metal exploration since the 1990s. Illaara contains several drill ready gold targets. In addition, the Eastern and Western VMS Horizons are expected to produce exciting drill targets with the application of modern exploration technology.

Rocky Dam Gold & VMS Project

Rocky Dam is located 45kms east of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane of Western Australia. Rocky Dam is prospective for typical Archean mesothermal lode gold deposits and Cu-Zn VMS mineralisation. Rocky Dam has known gold and VMS occurrences with drill ready gold targets including the recently defined CRA-North Gold Prospect.

Dreadnought Resources Limited Suite 5, 16 Nicholson Road, Subiaco WA 6008 PO Box 572, Floreat WA 6014

www.dreadnoughtresources.com.au

[email protected]

+61 (0) 428 824 343