EVOLUTION MINING LIMITED — Regulatory Filings 2016

Aug 23, 2016

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 01/07/96 Origin: Appendix 5 Amended 01/07/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/00, 30/09/01, 11/03/02, 01/01/03, 24/10/05, 01/08/12, 04/03/13

Name of entity

Evolution Mining Limited ("Evolution")

ABN

ABN 74 084 669 036

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 +Class of +securities issued or to Fully paid ordinary shares be issued 2 Number of[+] securities issued or 195,836,535 fully paid ordinary shares ("New to be issued (if known) or Shares") pursuant to a pro-rata accelerated maximum number which may renounceable entitlement offer (the "Entitlement be issued Offer") described in the ASX Announcement and Investor Presentation lodged with the ASX on 24 August 2016 (the "Announcement Materials"). The exact number of New Shares to be issued pursuant to the Entitlement Offer, including the exact breakdown of New Shares to be issued pursuant to the institutional component of the Entitlement Offer (the "Institutional Entitlement Offer") and the retail component of the Entitlement Offer (the "Retail Entitlement Offer"), is not known at the date of this Appendix 3B as it remains subject to the reconciliation of security holder entitlements and the effects of rounding.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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3 Principal terms of the +securities (e.g. if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion) 4 Do the+securities rank equally in all respects from the+issue date with an existing+class of quoted+securities? If the additional+securities do not rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do  the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment  the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets) 6a Is the entity an+eligible entity that has obtained security holder approval under rule 7.1A? If Yes, complete sections 6b – 6h in relation to the+securities the subject of this Appendix 3B, and comply with section 6i 6b The date the security holder resolution under rule 7.1A was passed	Fully paid ordinary shares.
	Yes.
	$2.05 per New Share.
	As described in the Announcement Materials – namely, to raise funds to, along with debt financing, acquire an economic interest in the Ernest Henry mine output.
	N/A
	N/A

6c Number of+securities issued without security holder approval under rule 7.1 6d Number of+securities issued with security holder approval under rule 7.1A 6e Number of+securities issued with security holder approval under rule 7.3, or another specific security holder approval (specify date of meeting) 6f Number of+securities issued under an exception in rule 7.2 6g If+securities issued under rule 7.1A, was issue price at least 75% of 15 day VWAP as calculated under rule 7.1A.3? Include the +issue date and both values. Include the source of the VWAP calculation. 6h If+securities were issued under rule 7.1A for non-cash consideration, state date on which valuation of consideration was released to ASX Market Announcements 6i Calculate the entity’s remaining issue capacity under rule 7.1 and rule 7.1A – complete Annexure 1 and release to ASX Market Announcements 7 +Issue dates Note: The issue date may be prescribed by ASX (refer to the definition of issue date in rule 19.12). For example, the issue date for a pro rata entitlement issue must comply with the applicable timetable in Appendix 7A. Cross reference: item 33 of Appendix 3B.	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	The issue date for the New Shares under the Institutional Entitlement Offer will be 5 September 2016. The issue date for the New Shares under the Retail Entitlement Offer will be 26 September 2016.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (_including_the +securities in section 2 if applicable)	Number	+Class
	After completion of the Entitlement Offer there will be up to 1,664,610,548 shares on issue (based on the 1,468,774,013 shares on issue as at the date of this Appendix 3B and the 195,836,535 New Shares expected to be issued under the Entitlement Offer, as referred toin Item 2).	Fully paid ordinary shares.

9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX ( including the +securities in section 2 if applicable)

Number	+Class
20,523 242,168 32,432 382,695 582,141 6,290 1,560,450 505,291 420,000 634,672 15,172 454,645 346,865 17,553,393 7,961,146 3,750,000	Exercise Expiry Price $1.998 18/11/2016 $2.072 18/11/2016 $2.338 18/11/2016 $2.412 18/11/2016 $1.472 25/11/2016 $1.782 25/11/2016 $1.802 25/11/2016 $1.822 25/11/2016 $1.840 25/11/2016 $1.879 25/11/2016 $1.860 25/11/2016 $1.936 25/11/2016 $2.072 25/11/2016 Performance Rights Performance Rights – Vested Performance Rights – subject to shareholder approval

10 Dividend policy (in the case of a No change - All Shares participate equally . trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

Part 2 - Pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval No. required?

12 Is the issue renounceable or non- renounceable? 13 Ratio in which the+securities will be offered 14 +Class of+securities to which the offer relates 15 +Record date to determine entitlements 16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? 17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions 18 Names of countries in which the entity has security holders who will not be sent new offer documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. 19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations 20 Names of any underwriters 21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission	Renounceable.
	2 New Shares for every 15 Shares held as at the record date.
	Fully paid ordinary shares.
	7.00pm (Sydney time) 29 August 2016.
	No.
	Where fractions arise in the calculation of shareholders' entitlements under the Entitlement Offer they will be rounded down to thenextwholenumberof NewShares.
	Under the Retail Entitlement Offer, all countries other than Australia and New Zealand. Under the Institutional Entitlement Offer, all countries other than Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada (Ontario, BC, Quebec), United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and theNetherlands.
	Institutional Entitlement Offer closes 25 August 2016. Retail Entitlement Offer closes 14 September 2016.
	Credit Suisse (Australia) Pty Limited and Royal Bank of Canada, trading as RBC Capital Markets
	An underwriting fee equal to 1.0% of the proceeds of the Entitlement Offer (less the La Mancha pre-commitment amount as set out in the Announcement Materials) and a management fee equal to 0.75% of the aggregate proceeds of the Entitlement Offer. In addition, the underwriters may be entitled to an incentive fee of up to 0.5% of the aggregate proceeds of the Entitlement Offer, payable atEvolution's absolute discretion.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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22 Names of any brokers to the issue 23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue 24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of security holders 25 If the issue is contingent on security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting 26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and offer documents will be sent to persons entitled 27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders 28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable) 29 Date rights trading will end (if applicable) 30 How do security holders sell their entitlements_in full_through a broker? 31 How do security holders sell_part_ of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance? 32 How do security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)? 33 +Issue date
	N/A
	No Prospectus will be issued. The Retail Entitlement Offer documents will be sent to eligible retail security holders on or around1September 2016.
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	N/A
	See Retail Offer Booklet for a description of Retail Shortfall Bookbuild for renounced entitlements.
	The issue date for the New Shares under the

Institutional Entitlement Offer	will be	5
September 2016.
The issue date for the New Shares under		the
Retail Entitlement Offer will be 26	September
2016.

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

• 34 Type of[+] securities ( tick one )

• (a) +Securities described in Part 1

• (b)[All other ][+][securities ]

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

• 35 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

• 36 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories 1 - 1,000

1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

• 37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of[+] securities for which N/A +quotation is sought 39 +Class of +securities for which N/A quotation is sought

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in N/A all respects from the[+] issue date with an existing[+] class of quoted +securities? If the additional[+] securities do not rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do  the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

• 41 Reason for request for quotation now Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period

N/A

(if issued upon conversion of another[+] security, clearly identify that other[+] security)

42 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX ( including the +securities in clause 38)

Number	+Class
N/A	N/A

Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted +quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document is not available now, we will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

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Sign here: ................................................. Date: 24 August 2016 Company secretary

Print name: Evan Elstein

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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