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GLOBE METALS & MINING LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Apr 28, 2016

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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ASX RELEASE ASX RELEASE

30 June 2013

29 April 2016

About Globe

  • Globe Metals & Mining Limited is a Perth based company listed on Australian Stock Exchange (ASX Code: GBE)

March Quarter 2016 Review of Operations

Summary

  • Globe’s principal focus is the Kanyika Niobium Project.

  • The Kanyika Niobium Project host to a 2004 JORC compliant Mineral Resource Estimate of 68.3M tonnes of Nb2O5 using a 1,500 ppm Nb2O5 cut-off (refer ASX announcement dated 7 January 2013).

Investment Summary

  • 100% interest held on projects in Malawi (Africa) including niobium, graphite and rare earths

Strategic Review

  • Globe is actively pursuing cash flow generating opportunities unconstrained by business sector or nature.

  • Globe has identified the Australia-China trade in agricultural products, and food and beverage as a key area of interest and focus.

  • Globe has and continues to review a number of investment opportunities in this area.

Directors and Management

Ms Alice Wong - Non-Executive Chairperson Mr Alistair Stephens - Managing Director Mr William Hayden - Non-executive Director Mr Bo Tan - Non-executive Director Mr Alex Ko - Non-executive Director

Capital Structure

Shares on Issue: 469,729,062 Options on Issue: 4,000,000 (various) 52 week range: $0.021 - $0.067 Last Price (28/4/2016): $0.023 Market Capitalisation: $10.804 million

  • Globe is optimistic of being able to deliver a strategic initiative within a modest timeframe.

Kanyika Niobium Project

  • Company continues to negotiate with various regulators, stakeholders and parties to maintain opportunistic development options.

  • Work during the quarter also included consideration of project financing options.

Corporate & Finance

Substantial Shareholders

Apollo Metals : 52.37% Ao-Zhong International Minerals: 25.15%

  • Cash at bank and in term deposits at 31 March 2016 of $13.828 million.

Contact

Alistair Stephens Managing Director [email protected] T: +61 (0)8 9327 0700

Globe Metals & Mining Ltd | Suite 1, Level 1, 35 Havelock Street, West Perth, WA, 6005 | PO Box 1811 West Perth WA 6872 | P: +61 8 9327 0700 | F: +61 8 9327 0798 | web: www.globemm.com | Email: [email protected] | ABN 33 114 400 609 | ASX:GBE

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Globe Metals & Mining Limited (ASX Code: GBE) (“ Globe ” or “ the Company ”) provides its activities report for the quarter ended 31 March 2016.

1. Strategic Review

As announced on 11 December 2015, Globe is undertaking a strategic review of business and global investment opportunities outside of the mining and metals industry.

The strategic review has identified the burgeoning trade in agricultural products, and food and beverage between Australia and China as a key area of interest and focus, due to its growth opportunities and for the fact that it is considered a good fit with the Company’s networks and capabilities.

China is Australia’s largest two-way trading partner in goods and services and the number one destination for Australia’s non-resources exports, accounting for more than one-third of all exports. With a population of over 1.4 billion, China has emerged as the world’s largest consumer market for food and beverage, surpassing the United States in 2011.

Australia is recognised by Chinese consumers as having a clean and green environment, with good quality products and strong food hygiene protocols.

Interest and demand for Australian agricultural products, food and beverage is being driven by China’s strong economic growth, its rising per capita income and associated improving living standards, and the fact that Chinese consumers are becoming more discerning and are increasingly seeking out high quality products which are nutritional and in which they have confidence in the integrity of the ingredients and the food safety protocols adopted in their preparation.

In particular, this interest and demand has led to a significant growth in exports from Australia to China across a range of products, most significantly in red meat, seafood, and dairy related products.

The Australia-China Free Trade Agreement which took effect in December 2015 will see tariffs reduced or phased out over a 9 year period and is expected to further enhance the growing relationship between the two economies and lead to ongoing growth in exports to China, significantly benefiting Australian exporters.

Globe has and continues to review a number of investment opportunities in this area.

Shareholders will be updated on developments as they occur.

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2. Kanyika Niobium Project

2.1 Overview

Globe has undertaken exploration and resource development and feasibility studies at Kanyika since 2007.

A Mineral Resource Statement was published on 7 January 2013 (refer ASX release) stating a mineral resource inventory of 68.3M tonnes (equivalent) of Nb2O5 using a 1,500 ppm Nb2O5 cut-off (refer Tables 1 & 2 below). No additions or changes have been made to this resource statement and it complies with the 2004 JORC guidelines for mineral resource statements as made in that release, (refer to the “Competent Persons Statement” section on page 8).

Table 1: Mineral Resource Estimate for Kanyika using a 1,500 ppm Nb2O5 lower cut

Category Million Tonnes Nb2O5 ppm Ta2O5 ppm
Measured 5.3 3,790 180
Indicated 47.0 2,860 135
Inferred 16.0 2,430 120
Total 68.3 2,830 135

Table 2: Mineral Resource Estimate for Kanyika using a 3,000 ppm Nb2O5 lower cut

Category Million Tonnes Nb2O5 ppm Ta2O5 ppm
Measured 3.4 4,790 220
Indicated 16.6 4,120 190
Inferred 2.8 4,110 190
Total 22.8 4,220 190

2.2 Mining Development Process

Negotiations with various regulators, stakeholders and other parties are ongoing in regard to developing the Kanyika project. Various options for project development are being considered.

2.3 Exploration Activities

No exploration activities undertaken at Kanyika this quarter.

3. Other Projects

No activities were undertaken on other projects this quarter.

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4. Corporate

4.1 Cash at Bank

Cash at bank for the Company remains robust with A$13.828M at bank on call or in term deposit.

4.2 Options

As at 31 March 2016, share options remaining on issue are as follows:

Grant Date Expiry Date Number Exercise Price
2 July2013 30 June 2017 1,000,000 $0.10
2 July2013 30 June 2018 1,000,000 $0.15
2 July2013 30 June 2019 1,000,000 $0.20
2 July 2013 30 June 2020 1,000,000 $0.25
4,000,000

4.3 General Meeting of 24 February 2016

In accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001, Globe held a General Meeting on 24 February 2016 for the purposes of a spill of the Board of Directors. The shareholders voted to return the existing directors and nominations for new directors were not supported. The full results are contained within the Company’s announcement of 25 February 2016.

5. Schedule of Mineral Tenements as at 30 April 2016

Project Status Tenement Interest held by Globe
Kanyika Granted EPL0421/15 ML* 100%
Malawi Salambidwe
Machinga
Granted
Granted
EPL0289/10R 100%
EPL0230/07R2 100%
Chiziro Granted EPL0299/10R 100%
Mozambique Memba Granted 4832L, 4831L 100%

NB: ML*- ID number pending completion of DA negotiations EPL – Exclusive Prospecting Licence (Malawi)

L – Exclusive Prospecting Licence (Mozambique)

END

Contact:

Alistair Stephens

Managing Director Globe Metals & Mining Ltd Tel: +61 (0) 8 9327 0700

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Competent person: The contents of this report relating to the Mineral Resource Estimate are based on information compiled by Mr Michael Job, Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a consultant employed by Quantitative Group at the time the Mineral Resource Estimate was completed. Mr Job had sufficient experience related to the activity undertaken to qualify as a “Competent person”, as defined in the 2004 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves and consented to the inclusion in reports of matters compiled by him in the form and context which they appear. The Mineral Resource Estimate was first reported to the ASX on 7 January 2013 and has not been updated since.

Competent person: The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Fergus Jockel, a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, who was a fulltime employee of the Company at the time the information was prepared. Mr Jockel had sufficient experience that 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 Jockel consented to the inclusion in reports of information compiled by him in the form and context in which it appears.

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JORC TABLE 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria Explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
• Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut
channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard
measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as
down hole gamma sondes, or
handheld XRF instruments, etc). These
examples should not be taken as
limiting the broad meaning of
sampling.
• Include reference to measures taken to
ensure sample representivity and the
appropriate calibration of any
measurement tools or systems used.
• Aspects of the determination of
mineralisation that are Material to the
Public Report. In cases where ‘industry
standard’ work has been done this
would be relatively simple (eg ‘reverse
circulation drilling was used to obtain
1 m samples from which 3 kg was
pulverised to produce a 30 g charge for
fire assay’). In other cases more
explanation may be required, such as
where there is coarse gold that has
inherent sampling problems. Unusual
commodities or mineralisationtypes
(eg submarine nodules) may warrant
disclosure of detailed information.

Rock chip samples were collected by
Globe Metals and Mining Ltd where
suitable outcrop was identified.
Samples were collected for TGC
analysis at the Bureau Veritas
Inspectorate Laboratories Pty Ltd (BV)
in Rustenburg South Africa. Sampling
points were selected to ensure
representation of fresh rock and
saprock.

Approximately 2kg samples were
collected. Bagging and numbering
were done in the field to ensure
representivity of the sampling
process.

Sample preparation was carried out by
BV. The samples were acidified and
roasted to remove carbonate and
organic carbon. The residual carbon
was determined by using a total
combustion analyser.
Drilling
techniques
• Drill type (eg core, reversecirculation,
open-hole hammer, rotary air blast,
auger, Bangka, sonic, etc) and details
(eg core diameter, triple or standard
tube, depth of diamond tails, face-
sampling bit or other type, whether
core is oriented and if so, by what
method, etc).
 N/A
Drill sample
recovery
• Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.
• Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and ensure representative
nature of the samples.
• Whether a relationship exists between
sample recovery and grade and
whether sample bias may have
occurred due to preferential loss/gain
of fine/coarse material.
 N/A

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Criteria Explanation Commentary
Logging • Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource
estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
• Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or
costean, channel, etc) photography.
• The total length and percentage of the
relevant intersections logged.

All rock chip samples were
geologically logged following Globe
Metals and Mining procedure.
Sub-sampling
techniques and
sample
preparation
• If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core taken.
• If non-core, whether riffled, tube
sampled, rotary split, etc and whether
sampled wet or dry.
• For all sample types, the nature,
quality and appropriateness of the
sample preparation technique.
• Quality control procedures adopted for
all sub-sampling stages to maximise
representivity of samples.
• Measures taken to ensure that the
sampling is representative of the in
situ material collected, including for
instance results for field
duplicate/second-halfsampling.
• Whether sample sizes are appropriate
to the grain size of the material being
sampled.

At BV the samples were sorted, dried
and weighed. Primary preparation
involved crushing the whole sample.
Sample splitting was done through a
riffle splitter to obtain a sub-fraction
later pulverised in a vibrating
pulveriser.
Quality of
assay data and
laboratory
tests
• The nature, quality and
appropriateness of the assaying and
laboratory procedures used and
whether the technique is considered
partial or total.
• For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the
parameters used in determining the
analysis including instrument make
and model, reading times, calibrations
factors applied and their derivation,
etc.
• Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (eg standards, blanks,
duplicates, external laboratory checks)
and whether acceptable levels of
accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision
have been established.

All rock chip and samples were
assayed TGC analysis at the Bureau
Veritas Inspectorate Laboratories Pty
Ltd in South Africa.

Internal Laboratory Standards and
Repeats were performed on the batch
of 40 samples.
 Quality control procedures adoptedby
BV are considered to be adequate.

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Criteria Explanation Commentary
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
• The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.
• The use of twinned holes.
• Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verification,
data storage (physical and electronic)
protocols.
• Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

Globe Metal and Mining geologist
verified all samples prior to dispatch to
the laboratory.

Documentation of samples is initially
collected in notebooks and location
stored in hand held GPS units before
being transferred to electronic format.
Location of
data points
• Accuracy and quality of surveysused
to locate drill holes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine workings
and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.
• Specification of the grid system used.
• Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.

Hand held GPS units (GARMIN
GPSMAP 78s) are used to define field
location of rock chop samples. These
locations are considered accurate to
5m. The GPS has sufficient
topographic control warranted for
rock chip sampling. GPS data is
downloaded via MAP SOURCE into MS
Excel.
Data spacing
and
distribution
• Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.
• Whether the data spacing and
distribution is sufficient to establish
the degree of geological and grade
continuity appropriate for the Mineral
Resource and Ore Reserve estimation
procedure(s) and classifications
applied.
• Whether sample compositing has been
applied.

Sample locations were selected after
geological mapping to ensure all the
nature of graphite mineralisation
encountered during mapping were
represented.
Orientation of
data in
relation to
geological
structure
• Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves unbiased sampling of possible
structures and the extent to which this
is known, considering the deposit type.
• If the relationship between the drilling
orientation and the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to
have introduced a sampling bias, this
should be assessed and reported if
material.
 N/A
Sample
security
• The measures taken to ensure sample
security.

Chain of custody for Globe Metal and
Mining rock chip was managed in the
field by the geology manager.
Samples were collected from the
Lilongwe office in Malawi by MANICA
(freight company in Malawi) for
delivery to Bureau Veritas in South
Africa.
Audits or
reviews
• The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.

No audit of data has been completed
to date

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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria Explanation Commentary Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land tenure
status
• Type, reference name/number,
location and ownership including
agreements or material issues with
third parties such as joint ventures,
partnerships, overriding royalties,
native title interests, historical sites,
wilderness or national park and
environmental settings.
• The security of the tenure held at the
time of reporting along with any
known impediments to obtaining a
licence to operate in the area.


Chiziro Graphite Project
Exploration is conducted within
EPL0299/10R2which is 100% held by
Globe Metals and Mining Ltd. The
EPL covers an area of835.1km2.
The tenement is in good standing and
no known impediments exist.
Exploration
done by other
parties
• Acknowledgment and appraisalof
exploration by otherparties.
The previous licence holder - Fergie
Minerals and Metals Ltd - did not
carry out any geological work. All
exploration work to date has been
conducted by Globe Metals and
Mining Ltd only.
Geology • Deposit type, geological setting and
style of mineralisation.

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The licence area is underlain by
gneisses, schists and granulites which
belong to the Basement Complex,
and forming part of the Malawi
Province of the Mozambique belt.
Graphitic granulites and graphitic
schists have been mapped
throughout the licence area. This
basement package was intruded by
pegmatite bodies (dykes and sills).
Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic
rocks have been observed in very few
areas. Field evidence has supported
that the basement rocks were
subjected to upper amphibolite
metamorphism as well as granulite
facies conditions in several localities.
In some areas the rocks are well
exposed but for the most part they
are covered by thick surficial deposits
including residual soils, alluvium and
colluvium which are believed to have
formed due to prolonged weathering
since mid-Tertiary.
The basement rocks are complexly
deformed but the pegmatite bodies
are massive and undeformed.

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Criteria Explanation Explanation Commentary
Drill hole
Information
• A summary of all information material
to the understanding ofthe
exploration results including a
tabulation of the following
information for all Material drill holes:
• easting and northing of the drill
holecollar
• elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in
metres) of the drill hole collar
• dip and azimuth of the hole
• down hole length and interception
depth
• hole length.
• If the exclusion of this information is
justified on the basis that the
information is not Material and this
exclusion does not detract from the
understanding of the report, the
Competent Person should clearly
explain why this is the case.
 N/A
Data
aggregation
methods
• In reporting ExplorationResults,
weighting averaging techniques,
maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (eg cutting of high grades)
and cut-off grades are usually
Material and should be stated.
• Where aggregate intercepts
incorporate short lengths of high
grade results and longer lengthsof
low grade results, the procedure used
for such aggregation should be stated
and some typical examples of such
aggregations should be shown in
detail.
• The assumptions used for any
reporting of metal equivalent values
should be clearly stated.

The results shown are per sample
and are not weighed averages.

No cut off grades have been applied
to the results
Relationship
between
mineralisation
widths and
intercept
lengths
• These relationships are particularly
important in the reporting of
Exploration Results.
• If the geometry of the mineralisation
with respect to the drill hole angle is
known, its nature should be reported.
• If it is not known and only the down
hole lengths are reported, there
should be a clear statement to this
effect (eg ‘down hole length, true
width not known’).
 N/A

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Criteria Explanation Commentary
Diagrams • Appropriate maps and sections (with
scales) and tabulations of intercepts
should be included for any significant
discovery being reported These should
include, but not be limited to a plan
view of drill hole collar locations and
appropriate sectional views.

Appropriate maps are included in the
body of the report
Balanced
reporting
• Where comprehensive reporting of all
Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low
and high grades and/or widths should
be practiced to avoid misleading
reporting of Exploration Results.

Reporting of results in this report is
considered balanced.
 All results have been reported
Other
substantive
exploration
data
• Other exploration data, if meaningful
and material, should be reported
including (but not limited to):
geological observations; geophysical
survey results; geochemical survey
results; bulk samples – size and
method of treatment; metallurgical
test results; bulk density,
groundwater, geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential deleterious
or contaminating substances.
 N/A
Further work • The nature and scale of planned
further work (eg tests for lateral
extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out drilling).
• Diagrams clearly highlightingthe
areas of possible extensions, including
the main geological interpretations
and future drilling areas, provided this
information is not commercially
sensitive.
 N/A

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