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GREENWING RESOURCES LTD Capital/Financing Update 2012

Jul 5, 2012

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6 July 2012

Asset Sale to Revive Bass Metals

Bass M e tals Ltd (A S X: BSM) is pleased to announce a major ass e t sale that w ill see the Company revived w ith cash, n o debt and able to refo c us on expl o ration of it s Tasmania n tenements and new project o p portunities.

The Co m pany has e n tered into a greements t o sell its w h olly-owned s ubsidiary, H ellyer Mill O perations Pty Ltd (HMO), to LionGold Cor p Ltd, a Sin g apore liste d gold inves t ment and d evelopment company (SGX:A78). The consideration f o r the bindin g Share Sal e Agreement is A$13.5 m illion cash, p ayable in two equ a l installme n ts; the firs t on settle m ent, expec t ed in mid- A ugust and the second 30 days thereafter. LionGold will also ta k e a placem e nt in Bass c omprising 5 8 million sh a res at 1 ce n t to raise $580,00 0 and giving it a 16.5% s t ake.

HMO o w ns the Hellyer Tails G old Resou r ce, proces s ing plant, H ellyer Min e Licence and has a Sublicen c e agreement with Bas s over the M t Charter G old Resource ( refer A n nexure A f o r Mineral Resourc e details ). B ass will ret a in explorati o n rights ov e r the Helly e r Mine leas e through a Sublease agreement with a fo c us on base m etals. Th e Hellyer Pla n t is expect e d to remain on site and Bass may utilise it s ubject to av a ilability, though LionGo l d may rede p loy certain c omponents.

The HM O divestme n t will leav e Bass Met a ls debt fre e and with a forecast f ree cash p osition of approxi m ately $6 million, along w ith an additional $2 million held i n a retentio n account in favour of LionGold which, less any unexp e cted claims or costs, re v erts to Bas s after 12 m o nths. On completion of this tr a nsaction B a ss will hav e sufficient w orking capital to undert a ke planned exploration programs in Tasm a nia, pursue new project opportuniti e s, share th e Hellyer sit e maintenan c e costs an d will have secured a resource s -focused cornerstone investor on its register. The de a l is subjec t to Bass sharehol d er approva l and approval from FIR B . However, it is not subject to any f u rther due di l igence by LionGold.

The two c ompanies p lan to nego t iate to colla b orate on exploiting new deposits di s covered in T asmania, with Bas s focused o n base metal s and LionG o ld focused on gold.

Bass Me t als’ Managi n g Director, Mike Rosen s treich, said: “Our mining and proce s sing opera t ions have recently c eased, and whilst that w ork-out str a tegy has g e nerated mo r e revenue t h an originally forecast it is still n ot sufficient to retire all debt and f u nd the Co m pany’s no n -discretiona r y expendit u re for the next 12 m onths.

“This tra n saction will revive the C ompany’s fi n ancial posi t ion, give us the opportu n ity to forge close ties with an e merging in t ernational r e sources gr o up, and very importantly, allow us to retain a c cess to a processi n g facility an d share the H ellyer site m aintenanc e costs.”

“We will also retain sufficient s u rplus funds to meet g e neral worki n g capital n e eds and to restart a compreh e nsive expl o ration campaign on our T asmanian t enements,” Mr. Rosenst r eich said.

“The sal e of HMO is b eing under t aken in res p onse to stressful financi a l circumsta n ces brough t about by a series of adverse technical is s ues affecti n g our relati v ely small s c ale resour c e development which was highly geared in an environ m ent of decli n ing metal p r ices and rising costs.

The Co m pany will also seek an d evaluate n ew project opportunitie s where its exploration skills and develop m ent experiences can a d d value to p rovide Bass shareholde r s exposure to greater project and commod i ty diversity.

As the H e llyer site o p erations co n tinue to wind down, the Company’s corporate e x penses will be scaled back in line with thos e of a non-p r oducing mi n erals explo r ation and d e velopment b usiness.

At a Ge n eral Meetin g , to be held in mid-Aug u st, Bass M e tals will seek sharehold e r support f o r the plan with furt h er details to be provided in the Notic e of Meetin g to be relea s ed shortly.

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Contact

Mike Ro s enstreich Managin g Director - B ass Metals Limited T: +61 ( 0 )8 6315 13 0 0

Media

David Ikin/Colin H ay Prof e ssional Pu b lic Relation s T: + 6 1 (0)8 938 8 0944

ANNEXURE A

HELLYER TAILS & MT CHARTER MINERAL RESOURCE SUMMARIES

1. Hellyer Tailings Resource Estimate

The Hell y er Tailings M ineral Res o urce is su m marised in T able 1, in a c cordance w i th the JOR C Code.

Table 1: Hellyer Tails Combined Mineral Resource Estimate

J
Class
ORC
ification
Tonnes Gold Silver Zinc L
ead
Cop
per
Mt (g/t) (g/t) (%) (
%)
(%
)
Measure
Indicate
Inferred
d
d
4.9
2.5
2.1
2.7
2.6
2.4
105
104
103
2.8
2.6
1.7
3
3
2
.1
.0
.9
0.
0.
0.
2
2
2
Total 9.5 2.6 104 2.5 3
.0
0.
2
Conta
rec
ined Metal
overy assu
(No met.
med)
Gold Silver Zinc L
ead
Cop
per
Moz Moz kt kt k
t
Measure
Indicate
Inferred
d
d
0.4
0.2
0.2
17
8
7
137
65
36
1
52
75
61
1
5
4
0
Total 0.8 32 238 2
88
1
9

Note: S m all roundin g errors ma y occur. Re f er Compet e nt Person s tatement a n d Technical Checklist below.

2. Mt Charter Gold-Silver Resource

At Mt C h arter a lar g e tonnage low grade g old-silver M ineral Res o urce has b e en delineated. The resource is reported above a 0.7 g/t cut-off w ithin the mineralised envelope bou n dary and is classified as Indic a ted and Inf e rred in acc o rdance wit h the JORC code (Dec e mber 2004 ) , as listed i n Table 2 below.

Table 2:
Summary o
f Classified
Mt Charter
Mineral
Table 2:
Summary o
f Classified
Mt Charter
Mineral
Table 2:
Summary o
f Classified
Mt Charter
Mineral
Table 2:
Summary o
f Classified
Mt Charter
Mineral
Re
source
at a
0.7g/t
Au cu
t-off
J
Class
ORC
ification
Tonnes
Mt
Gold
(g/t)
Silver
(g/t)
Zinc
(%)
G
old
koz
Sil
k
ver
oz
Indicate
Inferred
d
1.9
4.2
1.2
1.2
36
35
0.7
0.4
75
165
2,2
4,8
00
00
Total 6.1 1.2 36 0.5 2
40
7,0
00

Note: S m all roundin g errors may occur. Refer Competen t Person sta t ement and T echnical C h ecklist below.

3. Competent Persons Statement

Exploration Results a nd Mineral R esources The info r mation in this report t h at relates t o Mineral R esource e s timates is b ased on i n formation compiled by Mr Michael Rosenstreich who is a fulltime e m ployee of B ass Metals and a Member of the Australa s ian Institut e of Mining a nd Metallu r gy. Mr Ro s enstreich h as sufficien t experienc e which is

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relevant t o the style o f mineralis a tion and ty p e of deposi t and to the a ctivity whic h he is und e rtaking to qualify a s a Compet e nt Person a s defined in t he 2004 Ed i tion of the “ A ustralasian Code for R e porting of Explorati o n Results, Mineral R e sources and Ore Res e rves (the J ORC Cod e )”. Mr Ro s enstreich consent s to the inclu s ion in the r e port of the m atters based on this inf o rmation in t h e form and context in which it a ppears.

4. Mineral Resource Estimate Checklists

4.
Mi
neral Resou
rce Estima
te Checklist
s
4.
Mi
neral Resou
rce Estima
te Checklist
s
4.
Mi
neral Resou
rce Estima
te Checklist
s
4.
Mi
neral Resou
rce Estima
te Checklist
s
Table 3:
Checklist o
f Assessme
nt and Rep
orting Crite
ria - Hellyer
Tails Miner
al Resourc
e.
Geological
Setting
Hellyer is a VMS
sedimentary seq
13.8 % Zn, 167
production.
style deposit oc
uence. The depo
g/t Ag and 2.5
curring as polyme
sit was mined fr
g/t Au. The Helly
tallic massive su
om 1985 to 2000
er Tails Mineral
lphide mineralisat
with production
Resource estima
ation within a mafic
of 16.9 Mt @ 0.4
ate relates to the
–felsic volcano-
% Cu, 7.2% Pb,
tailings from this
Estimation
Source:
AMC estimated
Ltd to restate th
2006.
the Mineral Reso
e Hellyer Tailing
urce of the Hellye
s Mineral Resou
r tailings in 2005
rce estimate allo
. In June 2009 AM
wing for depletion
MC was requeste
n of tailing for re
d by Bass Metals
processing since
Tenementa
nd land status
Hellyer occursw
MetalsLtd.
ithin CML 103M/
87 and is 100%o
wned by Hellyer
Mill Operations, a
a wholly owned s
ubsidiary of Bass
Drilling Total hole drill sa
techniqueswere
mples were colle
used.
cted in June 199
8 (61 holes) andJ
uly 2000 (53 hole
es) programmes.V
ibracore drilling
Logging No geological lo
deposit.
gging of the drillc
uttings was unde
rtaken. This is un
derstandable give
en the type of mat
erial in the
Sampling Samples werec
Drillholeswere c
ollected at 2 metr
omposited to one
e intervals in the
sample downhol
1998 programme
efor length weigh
and 6.5 metre inte
ting during grade
ervals in the 2000
e estimation.
programme.
Assaying Samples werea
ZnandAgwere
nalysed by AMMT
determined using
EC Burnie Resea
XRF.Onlymino
rch Laboratory (B
rQA-QCwas com
RL), Au was dete
pleted/
ermined by fire as
say and Cu, Pb,
Databasein
tegrity
Routinevalidatio
n was carried out
byAMC.
Estimation
techniques
and modelling
A block model o
determined in 19
Pit andWestern
f the tailings was
98, 2000 and 200
Armareas (retrea
developed using
9. Grades were
ted tailings)wer


e
predeposition (of
estimated into the
calculated byme
tailings) topograph
model using ordi
tallurgicalbalanc
hy and tailings su
nary kriging. Grad
ce.
rfaces
e in the Shale
Cut-off para
meters.
The Hellyer Tails
2.04%Zn, 0.10%
Mineral Resourc
Cu,76.83 g/tAg
e statement and
and2.28 g/tAu.
classification refe
rs to tonnes and g
grade above cut-o
ffs of 1.65% Pb,
Mining / Me
assumption
tal
s.
No assumptions
were made abou
t mining or metall
urgical factors
Bulk densit
y
A bulk density o
of 1.64tm-3.
f 1.93 tm-3was as
signed to insitu t
a
ilings. Tailings th
at had been retrea
ated were assigne
d a bulk density
Classificatio
n
A numeric code,
Resource, Indica
the classification
Measured Reso
This equates to
classification int
there was greate
Resource, as the
wireframes in th
borrow pits', the
Western Armda
RESCODE, was
ted Resource an
is only intended
urce in all areasw
most of the tailing
his area. The mo
r uncertainty in th
re was uncertain
ese areas. The ar
north eastern cor
mand ShalePit.
set in the model,
d Inferred Resour
to be valid if the t
here the drillingd
s dam that wasd
del has been clas
e continuity of gr
ty in grade contin
eas in questiona
ner of the modelw
with values of on
ce respectively.T
ailings are mined
ensity was suffic
rilled in 2000. Krig
sified as Indicate
ade. Four areaso
uity as well as un
re the western ed
here the tailings
e, two or three, co
he model has be
in their entirety. T
ient to allow an es
ing efficiency tes
d Resource at the
f the model have
certainty in the vo
ge of the model in
have inundated a
orresponding toM
een classified in a
The model has be
stimate of grade in
sting helped to con
e peripheries of th
been classified a
olume represented
n the areas marke
a shallow creek an
easured
global sense and
en classified as
the first pass.
firm the
e drilling, as
s Inferred
by the
d as 'shale
d tailings in the
Table 4:C
hecklist of
A
ssessment a
nd Reportin
g Criteria - M
t Charter Min
eral Resourc
e estimate.
Criteria Comments
Geological
Setting
The Mt Charte
argentiferous ba
r deposit is av
riteveins.
ariety of VHMS
deposit. Minera
lisation is mass
sive to stockwork
auriferous and
Estimation
Source:
The Mt Charter
geological interp
Mineral Resourc
retations provided
es estimation wa
byBassMetals
s undertaken by
Ltd,in 2006.
Snowden Minin
ng Industry Cons
ultants based on
Drilling All Bass MetalsL
drilling was also
achieved. TheM
approximately 50
td holes have be
diamond-drilleda
t Charter resourc
malong these se
en diamond-drille
nd of NQ core siz
e has been drilled
ction lines.
d and NTW-sized
e (47.6mm diame
on 50m spaceds
core recovered (d
ter). An average
ections oriented
(diameter of 56mm
of 92% core recov
WNW/ESE. Drill-
). Historic
ery was
hole spacing is
Logging All drill holes we
codes). Wet and
at perdrill-run in
re geologically lo
dry digital photog
tervals (average o
gged using the
raphs of all core
f3.0m).
same nomenclat
s were systemati
ure as pre- Bass
cally taken and R
Metals Ltd drillin
RQD measuremen
g (Aberfoyle log
ts were recorded
Sampling Half-core sample
detailed samplin
s were collected
g.
at 1.0m intervalu
nless there were
major lithological
boundaries which
warranted more
Assaying Half core sample
were routinely a
XRF). SG deter
(every 25 sampl
comparison.
s were submitted
nalysed for Au (f
mination was con
es) and blanks (e
to Ammtec-Burn
ire assay); Ag, P
ducted by the la
very 25 samples
ie Research Lab
b, Zn, Cu, As, Fe
boratory on the1
) and a selection
oratories located
(triple acid diges
m composite sam
of samples were
in Wivenhoe, Ta
st and AAS); Ba
mples. QA-QC in
analysed by Gen
smania. Samples
(pressed powder
volved standards
alysis (Perth) for
Surveying Alldrill-hole colla
r locationshave b
een measured b
y a contract surve
yor.
Database in
tegrity
The responsible
these are within
anexcelspreads
project geologist
acceptable limits
heet.
reviewed and c
. This is required
hecked new resu
before the labora
lts and plots stan
tory job is accept
ndard and blank
ted. The drill-hole
results to ensure
data is stored in
Geological
Interpretation
The Mt Charter
sub-vertical/stee
mineralisation com
p westerly dip. Th
prises a barite-r
e mineralized vei
ich vein package
ns have a NNWs
which has a NNE
trike and are sub-
E trending envelo
-vertical.
ping surface and
Estimation
techniques
and modelling
Multiple element
domain boundar
elements studied
s were estimated
ies. The changeo
and grade trends
using ordinary kr
f support proces
modelled.
iging. Ordinary kr
s is based on mu
iging restricted to
lti-element conditi
o mineralisation a
ional simulation.V
nd homogeneous
ariography of all
Cut-offpara
meters.
Acut-offgrade o
f0.7g/tAuwas a
pplied.
Previous M
ineProduction
No previousmin
inghas takenplac
e ontheMt Char
terdeposit.

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Relea
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Relea
se
Mining fact
assumption
ors or
s.
The tonnage an
modelling the de
5mby10mby 5
d grade estimat
posit behaviouru
m.
ion is based on
sing anticipated

o
a ‘change of su
pen pit mining on
pport’ geostatisti
five metre high b
ical technique th
benches and a mi
at is targeted at
ning selectivity of
Metallurgic
al factors
No assumptions
have been made
aboutmetallurgi
c
altreatment.
Bulkdensit
y
Average bulkde
nsityvaluesforst
ratigraphic domai
ns calculated and
applied to estima
ated blocks.
Classificatio
n
Snowden andB
geologicalconfid
ass Metals hav
ence and drill hol
e completed cla
e spacing.
ssification by tak
ing into account
t data integrity,
grade continuity,
Audits or re
views
No audits or revi
ewshave beenco
mpleted.

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