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GATEWAY MINING LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2007

Jul 30, 2007

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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ABN: 31 008 402 391 Level 7, Simpson House, 249 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box A278 Sydney South NSW 1235 Tel: 61 2 9283 5711 Fax: 61 2 9283 5766 Email: [email protected] Website: www.gatewaymining.com.au

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Quarterly Report For the Quarter ended 30[th] June 2007

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Significant and coherent copper-gold anomalies have been identified at Cowra in NSW by joint venture partner Minotaur Exploration, providing excellent drilling targets.

  • Among the new targets identified with the use of a portable XRF analyzer were Balbardie, Stockfeed and Playboy Hill.

  • The Surprise property near Cloncurry in Queensland has attracted the interest of Minotaur Exploration’s alliance partner, Oxiana Limited.

  • Oxiana has agreed to co-fund drilling of significant target areas identified from regional gravity data and historical geochemical data.

  • At Gidgee, just north of company’s leases, Legend Mining has discovered a new structure containing nickel mineralization associated with platinum group metals.

  • The unit, which hosts the mineralization also occurs on the Gateway properties, is subject to a new joint venture with Legend Mining.

OVERVIEW OF EXPLORATION PROJECTS

NEW SOUTH WALES

COWRA PROJECT EL 5514, 6102

Gateway 100%, Minotaur earning 75%

Extensive re-processing of historic geophysical and geochemical datasets, and re-assay of drill samples from the Kiola copper-gold prospect has resulted in the recognition of untested areas. During the Quarter, a program of soil assaying using a portable XRF analyzer was completed on seven of these areas with three showing significant, coherent anomalies warranting further work.

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Balbardie : This prospect has a 700 metre long copper-in-soils anomaly (+150ppm) with smaller anomalies along strike to the north and south. Gossan material occurs in the vicinity of the anomaly, and a grab sample returned 0.1% copper and 50ppb gold. Additionally malachite-rich workings have been noted along strike and adjacent to the soil anomaly (see Figure 1). A number of electrical geophysical traverses have been completed, and the results are being processed.

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Figure 1. Balbardie and Stockfeed targets. 1VD RTP magnetic image

Stockfeed : The Stockfeed anomaly occurs two kilometres north of Balbardie. (Figure 1). Scattered gossan float within areas of enhanced soil geochemistry assays 11 0ppb gold, 0.1 % copper, 593ppm bismuth and 227ppm cobalt. The highest arsenic in soil measurement within the soil anomaly was 1 59ppm which is significant in this geological setting.

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Playboy Hill : Soil surveys outlined a copper-in-soils anomaly (+50ppm) associated with float and outcrop of sub-gossanous material containing specular hematite and vein quartz over 1.3 kilometres. Grab sample rockchips assayed up to 0.6% lead, 260ppm tungsten and 9.8g/t silver while, along strike to the south, a significant prospecting shaft was located.

QUEENSLAND

SURPRISE PROJECT

Gateway100%, Minotaur/Oxiana earning75%

Minotaur has an ongoing alliance with Oxiana where Oxiana has the right to co-fund Minotaur exploration programs. Following field visits to Surprise by Oxiana geologists, Oxiana have elected to co-fund the Surprise programs with Minotaur.

Following Minotaur’s extensive reappraisal of regional gravity data and historical geochemical data, a number of significant areas of interest for follow-up have been identified. Detailed mapping and soil sampling will commence shortly along the soilmasked extension of the Surprise Fault which hosts the historic Surprise Mine copper-gold workings. This will augment the drill testing of targets further to the northeast generated from the re-processing of historic geophysical and geochemical datasets.

HODGKINSON BASIN

Gateway 6% free carried

No work was completed during the quarter.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

GIDGEE GOLD PROJECT

AIRPORT CENTRAL

Gateway85%, HeraldResources 15%,WCPearning 70%

Whistler Project, Rosie North and Airport Prospects

WCP has continued with an extensive program of reassessing and integrating the results of all drilling from the area with a view to understanding better the structure and mineralization controls. When this data is collected and interpreted, it will enhance the ability to locate for best effect the next set of drill holes.

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Figure 2

West Bungarra Joint Venture

Legend70%Gateway30%,

A joint venture was announced on 16 July 2007 with Legend Mining involving Gateway’s P57/976 leases in Gidgee. Under the agreement Legend will sole fund exploration until a decision to mine.

The Joint Venture provides Legend with access to the southern extension of its Python Prospect where outcropping gossanous ironstone returned rock chip samples that assayed up to 5.7% copper, 1 % nickel and 0.7 g/t platinum group elements.

Results are awaited from a recently completed high resolution aeromagnetic survey which, together with ground EM and other assessments, will provide drill targets for the area.

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Figure 3: Location plan,West Bungarra JV (from Legend Mining)

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Victory Creek

Gateway 75%, Red 5 25%

Following the withdrawal of Barrick Gold, assessments were being conducted on historical data and Barrick’s deep drillholes to determine the next round of RC drill testing. The area remains of interest in view of significant gold intersections that need to be followed up at Victory Creek and Julia’s Fault.

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Figure 4: Location plan – Victory Creek

Gateway announced a virgin copper discovery at the Cup earlier this year with an intersection of 30m@1 % copper.

RC splits from copper mineralization at the Cup confirm significant zones of higher grade mineralization within a 1 % copper envelope and a narrow possibly supergene gold intersection above the main copper mineralization. Follow up drilling will take place at the Cup once ground EM is completed over the target.

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Figure 5: Cup Cross Section 6968000N

Drilling during the June quarter on E57/334 (Crater) was designed to test the interpreted N to NW trending ultramafic unit within this tenement. Maximum results returned from the RAB program were 8553 ppm Ni and 596 ppm Cu. Sampling of an outcropping ironstone horizon associated with the interpreted ultramafic unit returned maximum nickel assays to 2028 ppm and maximum copper assays to 645 ppm. The ferruginous unit was around 1 m to 3m wide with intermittent strike length of more than 600m.

A trial EM survey has been planned for the September quarter over the Crater ironstone, Julias Fault sulphide gold mineralization and the Cup sulphide copper mineralization ahead of further drilling of these high opportunity targets.

For further information visit our website atwww.gatewaymining.com.au or contact: Brian Gomez, Chairman Tel: 0292835711

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources orOre Reserves is based on information compiled by Dr. R.A.Creelman, a Director ofthe company, a Fellow ofthe Australasian Institute of Mining and Metalurgy and a Certified Professional (CP) ofAus. I.M.M. Dr.R.A.Creelman has a minimum of 5years expeñence which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of depositunderconsideration and to the activitywhich he is undertaking to qualifyas a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the 'Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Dr. R.A.Creelman consents to the inclusion in the reportofthe matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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MINING TENEMENTS

The company holds the following percentage interest in the undermentioned tenements: -

TENEMENT SCHEDULE
PROJECT TENEMENTS %INTEREST
GIDGEE P53/673 – 674 (MLA53/593), P53/676 (MLA53/592),
P57/801-802 (M LA57/452), P57/844 (MLA57/453),
E57/255 (MLA57/467, 468)
MLA53/938, PLA57/976, P53/1004, MLA53/939 &
MLA53/905, MLA53/906, MLA53/926, P57/879
(M LA57/483), P57/882 (MLA57/472)-884
(M LA57/471), P57/893 (MLA57/497), E57/340
(MLA57/464, 504), E57/342 (MLA57/487), E57/343
(MLA57/486), E57/359 (MLA57/460, 495 & 496),
MLA57/462, 463, MLA57/466, 484, E57/394
(M LA57/470, 498), ELA57/401 ,ELA57/402,
ELA57/405, ELA57/417, ELA57/418,
ELA57/562, ELA57/563
E57/232 (MLA57/387, 388)(Legendre JV)
MLA53/907, 987, MLA57/445, 446,461,502 & 503
(Yardarino JV)
E57/334 (MLA57/447, 486, 488, 489), E57/335
(MLA57/448, 449, 490, 491 )(Herald Resources JV)
E57/239 (M57/429, 485), ELA57/390, 561 (Estuary
Resources JV)
M57/48,98,99,217, G57/2 (Herald Resources JV)
90
100
(earning) 80
75
80
75
85
COWRA EL 5514
EL6102
100
100
HODGKINSON
BASIN
EPM 9934
EPM 10026
EPM(A)11765
EPM 12240
MDL(A) 254
6
6
60*
6
100+
SURPRISE ML 2483, 2509, 2686, 90102
EPM 9053, EPM 13677
100
100

• Denotes- Transfers to be lodged with Department of Natural Resources and Mines. Gateway to reduce to 6% on approval. + Denotes- Transfers to be lodged with Department of Natural Resources and Mines. Gateway to reduce to 6% on approval.

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