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ELEMENT 25 LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2014

Apr 29, 2014

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31 March 2014 Quarterly Report

Market data

ASX code: MZM Share price: $0.10 Shares on issue: 70,464,350 Market capitalisation: $7.05m Cash at 31 March 2014: $8.8m

Share Price

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March 2014 quarter highlights

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  • Successful sale of the Peak Hill gold project

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  • Sale proceeds from Peak Hill received – cash of $3.39 million (inclusive of environmental performance bonds) plus options and royalty

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  • Low cost Butcherbird manganese processing options confirmed

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  • Crushing, screening and scrubbing has the potential to deliver a 33.8% Mn lump product at >31.5mm

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  • Favourable iron manganese ratios with low deleterious element contamination

Montezuma Mining Company Limited (ASX: MZM) continued to further advance its exploration activities and assess new venture opportunnities during the quarter ended 31 March 2014.

Butcherbird (100%)

Metallurgical studies on material recovered from the completed 14 hole, HQ sized (63 mm diameter) diamond drilling program totalling 474 metres (BBDD010 to BBDD023) continued during the March 2014 quarter. The purpose of the HQ diamond drilling program is to collect core samples to enhance the Company’s understanding of the processing route options and more clearly define the ultimate manganese product specification.

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Substantial shareholders

Shareholder Holding % held
JPMorgan Nominees 5,771,732 8.19
Duketon Mining Ltd 5,382,500 7.64
Ranguta Ltd 5,326,375 7.56
Zero Nominees 4,425,000 6.28
Alpha Boxer Ltd 4,002,500 5.68
Board and management Board and management
Chairman Seamus Cornelius
Executive Director Justin Brown
Non-Executive Director John Ribbons
Chief Executive Officer Mike Moore

The Butcherbird occurrence is unlike other manganese resources as it’s composed of fairly competent manganiferous mineral bands or lenses in a matrix of weathered shales. Previous test work indicated that a substantial proportion of the gangue matrix could be rendered to slime by moderate energy input scrubbing.

Based on the test work interpretation and recognition that recovery of manganese units from scrubbed material of particle size smaller than 6.3 mm is impractical or uneconomic (or both), the expected product specification for a greater than 6.3 mm manganese ore lump would be in accordance with Table 1 below:

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Table 1: Expected product specification for > 6.3 mm manganese ore lump

Potential Mn % % SiO2 % Al2O3 % Fe Mn/Fe ratio % P
32.5 23.02 5.77 6.95 4.68 0.054

The results gained from test work confirmed the basic processing route required to deliver a clean >6.3 mm manganese product. With a production rate of 0.5 Mt per annum of manganese product the Butcherbird project would utilise conventional open pit mining techniques and have an operational mine life of 20 years with options to expand further resources. The project is located favourably in terms of infrastructure with the Great Northern Highway running through the tenement as well as the Goldfield’s Gas Pipeline. The town of Newman is located 125 km to the north, and is a significant industrial and commercial hub for the region with daily air services to Perth.

The Company is currently targeting consumers who are seeking long term supply of consistent grade manganese product with low deleterious element contamination.

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Figure 1. Conceptual mine layout plan showing key infrastructure within the Butcherbird Mining Lease Application surrounded by the Company’s exploration tenure.

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Peak Hill/Durack (85-100%)

Montezuma completed settlement on 31 January 2014, of the disposal of Peak Hill Metals Pty Ltd to Grosvenor Gold Pty Ltd (“Grosvenor”), Resource and Investment NL’s (“RNI”) wholly owned subsidiary, receiving:

  • $2.8 million cash;

  • 2.1 million 35 cent options and 2.1 million 20 cent options in RNI;

  • a 1% Gross Royalty, capped at $1 million, on all revenue received from production from the Peak Hill Project; and

  • $594,300 cash as Grosvenor assumed responsibility for the Environmental Performance Bonds associated with the Peak Hill tenement holdings.

FOR MORE INFORMATION…

Mike Moore Ronn Bechler Chief Executive Officer Investor Relations, Market Eye Phone: +61-8 6315 1400 Phone: +61-400 009 774 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Company information, ASX announcements, investor presentations, corporate videos and other investor material on the Company’s projects can be viewed at http://www.montezumamining.com.au.

About Montezuma Mining

Listed in 2006, Montezuma Mining Company Ltd (ASX: MZM) is a diversified explorer primarily focused on manganese, copper and gold. The Company’s primary objective is to achieve returns for shareholders through selected strategic acquisitions and targeted exploration programs. Montezuma Mining has a 100% interest in the Butcherbird Manganese/Copper Project in the Murchison region of Western Australia.

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The Information in this report that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Mr Justin Brown, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Brown is a geologist who is a full time employee of Montezuma Mining Company Ltd 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 as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Brown consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The Information in this report that relates to metallurgical testing results is based on information compiled by Dr Tony Mason, who is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM). Dr Mason is a consulting metallurgist who is a full time employee of Mineral Processors (WA) Pty Ltd 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 as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Dr Mason consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

This information was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported.

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Appendix 1: Butcherbird Inferred Resource Estimates (MZM, ASX 7th December 2011)

Classification Inferred Resource Inferred Resource
Cut-off 10% Mn
Deposit Tonnes (Mt) Mn (%)
Bindi Bindi Hill 8.75 11.09
Budgie Hills 1.03 10.82
Cadgies Flats 0.25 11.08
Coodamudgi 12.9 11.48
Illgararie Ridge 17.0 10.71
Mundawindi 14.2 12.23
Richies Find 16.1 11.56
SUBTOTAL 70.2 11.4
Yanneri Ridge 48.8 11.8
GLOBAL TOTAL 119.0 11.6

Additional Resources estimated with 8% Mn cut for beneficiated product grading under 35% Mn.

Classification Inferred Resource
Cut-off 8-10% Mn
Deposit Tonnes (Mt)
Mn (%)
Bindi Bindi Hill 5.7 9.2
Budgie Hills 3.5 8.9
Cadgies Flats 0.2 9.1
Coodamudgi 3.6 9.5
Illgararie Ridge 18.5 9.2
Mundawindi 2.1 9.4
Richies Find 6.6 9.4
SUBTOTAL 40.1 9.3
Yanneri Ridge* 15.8 9.4
GLOBAL TOTAL 55.9 9.3

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Appendix 2: Tenements and Locations

Montezuma Mining Company Limited

ASX Additional Information for Quarterly Report to 31 March 2014

Tenement
reference
Location Interest at beginning
of quarter
Acquired /
Disposed
Interest at end of
quarter
The mining
tenements held at
the end of the
quarter and their
location
E52/2350 Butcher Bird WA 100% N/A 100%
P52/1227 Robinson Range WA 100% Disposed 0%
E36/833 Leinster 0% Acquired 100%
E52/1529 Mt Padbury WA 100% (royalty on iron
ore and manganese)
N/A 100% (royalty on iron
ore and manganese)
E52/2237 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
E52/2413 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
E52/2471 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
E52/2472 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
M52/35 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
M52/474 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
M52/56 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
M52/297 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
P52/1343 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1344 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1345 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1348 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1234 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
P52/1189 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1190 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1191 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1192 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1193 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
M52/801 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
E70/4465 Jubuk WA 100% N/A 100%
E53/1801 Mt Fisher WA 100% Disposed 0%
E38/2889 Malle Hen Point WA 100% N/A 100%
E39/1781 Tropicanna WA 100% N/A 100%
E28/2302 Green Dam WA 100% N/A 100%
E28/2313 Green Dam WA 100% N/A 100%
E28/2327 Green Dam WA 100% N/A 100%
E57/928 Currans Find WA 100% N/A 100%
E20/815 Weld Range WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2647 Little Well South WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2969 Plutonic North WA 100% N/A 100%

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Tenement
reference
Location Interest at beginning
of quarter
Acquired /
Disposed
Interest at end of
quarter
E52/2831 Millidie Creek WA 100% N/A 100%
E51/1622 Telegraph Well WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2759 Horseshoe Lights North WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2658 Butcherbird South WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2727 Butcherbird East WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2895 Butcherbird West WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2806 Butcherbird North WA 100% Disposed 0%
E52/2808 Butcherbird North East WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2951 Butcherbird North WA 100% N/A 100%
E52/2953 Butcherbird North WA 100% N/A 100%
E20/659 Eelya Hill WA 10% N/A 10%
P20/2018 Eelya Hill WA 10% N/A 10%
P52/1417 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1418 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
P52/1419 Peak Hill WA 85% Disposed 0%
E47/2817 Hamersley Range WA 100% N/A 100%
E47/2818 Hamersley Range WA 100% N/A 100%
E47/2819 Hamersley Range WA 100% N/A 100%
E46/982 Pilbara WA 100% N/A 100%
E09/1985 Yalbra WA 15% N/A 15%
E37/1147 Leonora WA 100% Disposed 0%
E37/1176 Leonora WA 100% N/A 100%
L52/2 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
L52/19 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
L52/20 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
L52/39 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
L52/62 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
L52/63 Peak Hill WA 100% Disposed 0%
Beneficial
percentage interests
held in farm-in or
farm-out agreement
E45/2375 Pilgangoora WA 10% (no tin-tantalum-
lithium rights)
N/A 10% (no tin-tantalum-
lithium rights)

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