EMERALD RESOURCES NL — Regulatory Filings 2021

Dec 22, 2021

ASX Announcement & Media Release

23 December 2021

Fast Facts

ASX Code: EMR Shares on issue: 537,761,407 Market Cap: ~A$580 million Cash: A$15.4 million (at 30 September 2021)

Board & Management

Simon Lee AO, Non-Executive Chairman Morgan Hart, Managing Director Mick Evans, Executive Director Ross Stanley, Non-Executive Director Billie Slott, Non-Executive Director Mark Clements, Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary Bernie Cleary, Operations Manager Brett Dunnachie, Chief Financial Officer

Company Highlights

• First mover in an emerging gold province in Cambodia;

• Okvau Deposit: Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.14Moz at 2.0g/t Au;

• Project built in 2021 on time on budget and now in production;

• Forecast economics demonstrates high grade, low cost, compelling project;

o Ore Reserve of 14.3Mt & 2.0g/t Au for 0.9Mozs in a single open pit with waste:ore ratio of 5.8:1;

o LOM average annual production of 106,000ozs pa;

o AISC US$754/oz over LOM (at a US$1,450 gold price assumption);

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Section 708A Notice

Emerald Resources NL (ASX: EMR) (“Emerald”) advises that it has issued 296,500 fully paid ordinary shares (Shares) to employees as part of the Company’s Incentive Option Plan following the exercise of 46,500 unlisted $0.51 options, expiring 21 January 2022 and 250,000 unlisted $0.52 options, expiring 6 January 2022.

As required under section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“Corporations Act”) Emerald gives notice that;

• (a) Emerald issued the Shares without disclosure under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act.

• (b) This notice is being given under paragraph 5(e) of section 708A of the Corporations Act.

• (c) As at the date of this notice, Emerald has complied with the provisions of the Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act (as they apply to Emerald), and section 674 of the Corporations Act.

• (d) As at the date of this notice, there is no excluded information with respect to Emerald for the purposes of sections 708A(7) and (8) of the Corporations Act.

An Appendix 2A reflecting the revised capital structure following the issue of the above securities has been released with this announcement.

This ASX release was authorised on behalf of the Emerald Board by: Morgan Hart, Managing Director.

For further information please contact Emerald Resources NL

Morgan Hart Managing Director

• Mineral Investment Agreement governs significant tax and duty concessions for first 5 years and includes offshore arbitration process;

▪ Highly credentialed gold project operational and development team;

▪ Significant resource growth potential;

▪ Focussed on a net positive impact on near-mine environmental and social values by targeting strict compliance with corporate governance, international guidelines (IFC PS’s) and local law by engaging and collaborating with all stakeholders.

Registered Office 1110 Hay Street West Perth WA 6005

T: +61 8 9286 6300 F: +61 8 6243 0032

W: www.emeraldresources.com.au