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HAMMER METALS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2018

Dec 19, 2018

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Capital/Financing Update

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20 December 2018 ASX Code: HMX

CAPITAL STRUCTURE:

Share Price (18/12/2018) $0.021 Shares on Issue 278m Market Cap $5.8m Options Listed 165m Options Unlisted 21m

Significant Shareholders Deutsche Rohstoff 12.6% Resource Capital Fund VI 9.0% Management 8.8%

HAMMER METALS LTD:

ABN 87 095 092 158 Suite 1, 827 Beaufort Street Mt Lawley WA 6052

T: +61 8 6369 1195 E: [email protected] W: www.hammermetals.com.au

DIRECTORS / MANAGEMENT:

Russell Davis Executive Chairman

Nader El Sayed Non–Executive Director

Ziggy Lubieniecki Non-Executive Director

Mark Pitts Company Secretary

Mark Whittle Chief Operating Officer

MAIDEN MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE JUBILEE COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT

  • The Mineral Resource Estimate for the Jubilee copper-gold deposit comprises 1.4 million tonnes at 1.4% Cu and 0.62g/t Au in the Inferred category at a 0.5% Cu cut-off grade.

  • The deposit contains an estimated 20,000 tonnes of copper and 28,000 ounces of gold .

  • The deposit extends from surface and is open at depth with excellent potential to extend the resource at depth and along strike.

  • Results of the first metallurgical program were very encouraging with a peak copper recovery of 98% and gold recovery of 80% to a copper concentrate. (Refer to ASX release of November 13[th] , 2018.)

  • Jubilee is part of the Mt Frosty Joint Venture between Hammer Metals Limited (51% and operator) and Mount Isa Mines Limited (49%) and is located less than 1km from the Barkly highway, midway between Mount Isa and Cloncurry.

The resource model will now be used as a basis for open pit mining and further metallurgical studies.

Table 1 - Mineral Resources by Category and Weathering Zone

Category Domain Tonnes
(Mt)
Cu % Cu (t) Au g/t
CUT
Au (ounces)
CUT
Inferred Mod-Slightly
Weathered
0.07 1.51 1,000 0.55 1,200
Inferred Fresh 1.34 1.41 19,000 0.63 27,100
Inferred Total: 1.41 1.41 20,000 0.62 28,300

(Totals may not sum exactly due minor rounding errors)

Hammer’s Executive Chairman, Russell Davis said: “The completion of the maiden mineral resource estimate for Jubilee brings Hammer another step closer to the commercialisation of the deposit. Much of the mineralisation is primary sulphides, close to surface, and potentially open pittable. The strongly elevated gold content potentially adds significant value to the project.

Within five kilometres of the Jubilee deposit, Hammer holds the Elaine-Dorothy copper-gold deposit and the Lakeview, Black Rock, and Sunset copper-gold prospects, all of which have excellent potential to define additional copper and gold resources.

Hammer has now built up the dominant tenement position in the Mary Kathleen district, a highly mineralised and prospective terrain for copper and gold around the Mary Kathleen uranium and rare earth deposit.”

JUBILEE MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE

A summary of the background and information used in the Mineral Resource estimation is as follows:

H&S Consultants Pty Ltd ("H&SC") was commissioned by Hammer Metals (“Hammer”) to generate Mineral Resources for the Jubilee Copper Deposit.

The Mineral Resource estimate is reported here in compliance with the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves Committee (JORC). Therefore, it is suitable for public reporting.

The geological and mineralization continuity has been assumed with sufficient confidence to allow the majority of the mineralization to be classified as an Inferred Mineral Resource.

The deposit is similar in size and style to other copper-gold deposits in the region that have been successfully mined by small-scale open pit mining techniques which implies that the mineralization may be economically extracted.

Hammer has conducted high level economic studies on similar deposits within the Mount Isa region and found positive results. Preliminary metallurgical studies were undertaken by Hammer in 2018 on sulphide drill samples from a total of three diamond drill holes. The studies concluded that saleable copper-gold concentrates should be able to be recovered.

Ownership

The Jubilee deposit lies primarily within exploration tenement EPM14467, which is owned and operated by Hammer (51%), in joint venture with Mount Isa Mines Ltd (49%). The southern extremity of the resource extends into EPM14022 (Hammer 100%).

The tenements are in good standing and no known impediments exist.

Geology

The Jubilee Project occurs within the Mary Kathleen Fold Belt of the Eastern Succession of the Mid Proterozoic Mount Isa Inlier. The deposit occupies Corella Formation less than 100m from the western contact with Argylla Formation intruded by Wonga Granite. The mineralisation occupies the eastern contact of a quartzite marker unit that separates calc-silicate on the east from banded psammite to mica schist on the west. The deposit occupies a narrow zone of silicification and quartz veining that strikes 165 degrees and dips at 60 to 70 degrees to the west.

Drilling Techniques

A total of 45 holes for 5,736m and 4,392 copper, gold and cobalt assays have been used in the Jubilee resource estimate comprising predominantly RC drilling (5,475m) with three diamond holes (261m). The sampling length varies between approximately 1 (~90%) and 2 (~10%) metres, due to various phases of drilling by different companies. Drill spacing is regular, nominally at 50m centres, comprising 11 section lines. A total of 1,126 one metre composites were extracted from the drill hole database using a grade envelope based on a nominal 0.05% Cu.

Drill holes used in the resource estimate included 42 reverse circulation holes for a total of 5,475m and 3 diamond holes for a total of 261m. Nineteen (19) RC holes were drilled by China Yunnan Copper (CYU), and the remainder were drilled by Hammer Metals Limited (HMX).

Drill holes dip at an average -60° towards the -east to optimally intersect the mineralised zones.

Sampling and Sub-Sampling Techniques

Face-sampling reverse circulation drilling (42 holes) was the primary technique used at Jubilee. 3 NQ standard-tube diamond holes were also drilled.

CYU’s 19 RC drillholes were sampled at one metre intervals. A bulk sample was collected at the cyclone and passed through a 12.5% riffle splitter.

Hammer drillholes were sampled at one metre intervals, in the vicinity of mineralization, using an on-rig cone splitter. Intervals distal from the primary mineralisation were sampled as riffle-split 4m composites of 1m samples.

Sample Analysis Methods

Samples were submitted to ALS Mount Isa laboratory for 70% passing 2mm crush followed by 85% passing 75um pulverizing of a 1kg split. A 12-element suite was determined by 4 acid digest - ICPMS method MEICP61. Gold was analysed at Townsville laboratory by 50g fusion fire assay – AAS method Au-AA26.

Cut-off Grades

The mineralisation domains were constrained by wireframes constructed using Cu cut-off grade guided by geological and geochemical interpretation. Two domains were constructed, one at a nominal 0.1% Cu and the other at 0.05% in order to run comparative models

The influence of extreme grade values was addressed by applying top-cuts to the data. These cut values were determined through statistical analysis (histograms, log probability plots, CVs, and summary multivariate and bi-variate statistics).

Mineral Resource Estimation Methods

Hammer provided to H&SC interpretative mineralisation string files that outlined their geological model interpretation of the mineralised structure, based on a range of geological and geochemical criteria. This interpretation equates to a fairly strict 0.1% Cu mineralisation, which defines a single zone of higher-grade Cu mineralisation with no or very little intervals with grades below that level. Hammer instructed H&SC to use this interpretation to make a grade block model with a parent block size of 1m by 12.5m by 5m (X, Y & Z) that is an appropriate sizing for a high-grade narrow lode, amenable to a highly selective and controlled mining operation in both underground and open pit scenarios.

Ordinary Kriging (“OK”) was used to interpolate block grades for copper, gold and cobalt with a parent block size as described above. The block model was oriented parallel to strike of the mineralisation. The block was then sub-blocked on a 2-2-2 basis using the appropriate mineralisation wireframe. The mineralised zone was modelled as an ellipsoidal shape oriented parallel to the strike and dip of the mineralisation. A three-pass search strategy was used with the initial search ellipse of 75m by 75m by 5m (X, Y & Z) increasing to 125m by 125m by 5m.

Reporting of the resource estimates was for blocks inside Hammer’s interpreted mineralisation wireframe, with a partial percent volume adjustment for both topography and the fault intersection. Gold is reported as the modelled top-cut Au results. Default density values were assigned to mineral blocks based on sample averages from within the north and south ‘fresh’ mineralised zones. There were no density measurements within the weathered zone, so density values within the highly weathered and slightly weathered zone where based on a percentage of the ‘fresh’ zone average density, assigned at 85% and 90% respectively.

All resources are classified as Inferred based on the lack of grade continuity (i.e. wide drill hole spacing), limited QAQC data, limited density data, and limited RC recovery information. The Inferred Resources were based on the pass 1 and 2 search passes.

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Jubilee Grade – Tonnage curve

Competent Person Statements

The data in this report that relates to Exploration Data for the Jubilee Project is based on information evaluated by Mr John Downing who is a Member the of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) and a consultant to the Company. Mr. Downing who is a shareholder and option-holder, has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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. Downing consents to the inclusion of the exploration data in the report of the Mineral Resource in the form and context in which they appear.

The data in this report that relates to Mineral Resources for the Jubilee Deposit is based on information evaluated by Mr Luke Burlet who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) and who has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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’ (JORC Code). Mr Burlet is a Director of H&S Consultants Pty Ltd and he consents to the inclusion of the estimates in the report of the Mineral Resource in the form and context in which they appear.

For further information contact: Russell Davis | Executive Chairman T: +61 8 6369 1195 [email protected] www.hammermetals.com.au

About Hammer Metals

Hammer Metals Limited (ASX: HMX) holds a strategic tenement position covering approximately 3000km[2] within the Mount Isa mining district, with 100% interests in the Kalman (Cu-Au-Mo-Re) deposit, the Overlander North and Overlander South (Cu-Co) deposits and the Elaine-Dorothy (Cu-Au) deposit. Hammer also has a 75% interest in the Millennium (Cu-Co-Au) deposit and a 51% interest in the emerging Jubilee (Cu-Au) project. Hammer is an active mineral explorer, focused on discovering large copper-gold deposits of the Ernest Henry style and has a range of prospective targets at various stages of testing.

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Jubilee Drill Hole Location Plan

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Jubilee Long section (facing west) The extent of the resource estimate is also shown

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Jubilee Copper Block Grade Distribution looking northwest

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Jubilee Location

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Hammer Metals Mount Isa Project Tenements

JORC Code, 2012 Edition

Table 1 report – Jubilee Deposit Resource Update

Mr John Downing supplied the information in Section 1 and Section 2 of JORC Table 1 in this Mineral Resource report and is the Competent Person for those sections. H&SC has included these sections in their entirety to ensure that all relevant sections of Table 1 are included in this report.

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
• Nature and quality of sampling (e.g.
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 (e.g. ‘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 mineralisation
types (e.g. submarine nodules) may
warrant disclosure of detailed
information.

• The mineralised lodes at the Jubilee deposit were
sampled using surface both reverse circulation (“RC”)
and diamond drilling methods. Drilling was
conducted primarily on nominal 50m spacing along
strike. Similar (25m to 75m) spacing was achieved
down-dip. Holes were drilled on the MGA94 National
Grid system.
• Drill holes used in the resource estimate included 42
reverse circulation holes for a total of 5475m and 3
diamond holes for a total of 261m. 19 RC holes were
drilled by AuKing Mining Limited, formerly known as
China Yunnan Copper (CYU), and the remainder were
drilled by Hammer Metals Limited (HMX).
• Drill holes dip at an average -60° towards the -east to
optimally intersect the mineralised zones.
• 17 RC holes and 3 diamond holes were down-hole
surveyed by a multi-shot tool on a nominal 30m
spacing. 25 holes were surveyed by gyro,
predominantly at 5m intervals.
• Surveys were imported into a central database.
Results were plotted and visually scanned for
consistency. Survey records containing very high
magnetic intensity or anomalous azimuth deviations
were removed from the dataset.
• CYU’s 19 RC drillholes were sampled at 1m intervals. A
bulk sample was collected at the cyclone and passed
through a 12.5% riffle splitter. Samples were
submitted to ALS Mount Isa laboratory for 70%
passing 2mm crush followed by 85% passing 75um
pulverizing of a 1kg split. A 35-element suite was
determined by Aqua Regia ICP-AES method MEICP-41.
Gold was analysed at Townsville laboratory by 30g
fusion fire assay – AAS method Au-AA25.
• Hammer drillholes were sampled at 1m intervals, in
the vicinity of mineralization, using an on-rig cone
splitter. Intervals distal from the primary
mineralisation were sampled as riffle-split 4m
composites of 1m samples. Samples were submitted
to ALS Mount Isa laboratory for 70% passing 2mm
crush followed by 85% passing 75um pulverizing of a
1kg split. A 12-element suite was determined by 4
acid digest - ICPMS method ME-ICP61. Gold was
analysed at Townsville laboratory by 50g fusion fire
assay – AAS method Au-AA26.
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Drilling
techniques
• Drill type (e.g. core, reverse
circulation, open-hole hammer,
rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc) and details (e.g. 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).
• Face-sampling reverse circulation drilling (42 holes)
was the primary technique used at Jubilee. 3 NQ
standard-tube diamond holes were also drilled. Hole
depths ranged from 54m to 354m. 156 core
orientations were taken from the 3 diamond holes
using a reflex tool. Each orientation was reconciled
with its neighbours before being accepted.
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.


Instances of wet, damp or small RC drill samples
were recorded by Hammer. Independent analysis of
received sample weights noted 848 ‘good’, 146
‘moderate’ and 9 ‘questionable’ sample weights.

Size differences between primary and duplicate
samples were monitored at the rig and remedial
action taken immediately.

Any size bias in the collected sample was noted at
the rig and corrected immediately.

Sample size vs grade was analysed and no correlation
was seen.

Primary and QAQC assays were examined for signs of
smearing. None was detected.
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 recent drill chips were geologically logged in detail
by Company geologists recording lithology, alteration
and mineralisation, weathering, colour and structure,
and any other features of the sample to a level of
detail to support appropriate studies. Logging was
primarily qualitative in nature.

5615m or 98% of drill holes within the modelled area
were logged.
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-half sampling.
• Whether sample sizes are
appropriate to the grain size of the
material being sampled.
• CYU’s 19 RC drillholes were sampled at 1m intervals. A
bulk sample was collected at the cyclone and passed
through a 12.5% riffle splitter.

Hammer RC drillholes were sampled at 1m intervals,
in the vicinity of mineralization, using an on-rig cone
splitter. Intervals distal from the primary
mineralisation were sampled as riffle-split 4m
composites of 1m samples. Sampling of RC chips
used industry standard techniques. Hammer’s
diamond core was cut and half-sampled on nominal
1m intervals (determined by geology).

Hammer used systematic standard insertion and field
duplicate sampling. A sequence of every 22nd
Hammer sample was submitted as a certified
standard (OREAS S3) or blank (OREAS 27b).
Approximately every 78thsample was inserted as a
field duplicate. Half of the duplicates sampled from
mineralised zones. Every 20thCYU sample was
submitted as a certified standard (GBMS 304).

Sample sizes (2-5kg for chips) are considered
appropriate to correctly represent the mineralisation
based on: the style of mineralisation, the thickness
and consistencyof the intersections,the sampling
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
methodology and assay value ranges for the various
elements of interest.
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 (e.g. standards,
blanks, duplicates, external
laboratory checks) and whether
acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e.
lack of bias) and precision have
been established.


• The assay methods used for all drill samples were
fusion fire assay / AAS for gold and Aqua Regia /ICP-
AES for base metals for 19 CYU Ltd holes; and fusion
fire assay / AAS for gold and four acid digestion (HF) /
ICP-MS for base metals for 26 Hammer holes.
• No geophysical tools were used to determine any
element concentrations used in this resource
estimate.
• The various programs of QAQC carried out by CYU and
Hammer have produced results that support the
sampling and assaying procedures used. Three matrix
matched standards representing grades from 0, 0.2
and 0.5% Cu, and 0 and 0.5ppm Au were inserted
regularly during the drilling program. QAQC analysis
indicates that the Cu and Au assay performance is
within acceptable limits and shows no systematic
bias.
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.
• H&SC has not independently verified any intervals.
• Two senior company personnel independently
verified significant intersections.
• No twinning of holes was undertaken during the
drilling programs.
• Geological logging was directly into Excel
spreadsheets on a Panasonic Toughbook computer,
which were subsequently imported to a Sql Server
relational database. The assay data was verified
against portable XRF results and sample logs.
• Assay values below detection were stored in the
database as minus the detection limit. Intervals with
no samples were recorded in the sample table and
excluded from the assay table in the database.
Location of
data points
• Accuracy and quality of surveys
used 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.
• 39 of the 45 drill holes had their collar positions
surveyed by a certified surveyor using a cm-accuracy
DGPS instrument. The remaining 6 collars were
surveyed by hand-held GPS. Down hole surveys were
conducted using gyro or digital down-hole camera.
• LiDAR survey data was used to create a topographic
surface; this was confirmed by independent GPS drill
hole collar locations.
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.
• The drill hole spacing throughout the project is
approximately 50m along strike. Down-dip intercept
spacing is approximately 25m in the top 140m of the
resource, extending below that depth to over 100m in
places.
• The Jubilee deposit shows consistent continuity of
mineralisation within well-defined geological
constraints which have been confirmed by the recent
drilling by Hammer.
• The drill spacing is sufficient to allow the grade
intersections to be modelled into coherent
wireframes for each domain.
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
• For Mineral Resource estimation, samples have been
composited to 1m lengths using ‘best fit’ techniques.
• The mineralised domains have demonstrated
sufficient continuity in both geology, and
geochemistry to support the definition of Inferred
Mineral Resources classification applied under the
2012 JORC Code.
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.
• Drill hole azimuths average 82 degrees UTM, which is
close to perpendicular to the strike of mineralisation.
Drill dip averages -60 degrees east, against a dip of
mineralisation of -60 to -70 degrees west. Some drill
holes targeting deeper mineralisation intersections
are drilled at steeper angles.
• The orientation of the drilling is typically at a high
angle to the strike and dip of the mineralisation.
• Structural measurements taken from oriented
diamond core indicate that the drilling attacks the
mineralisation at close to perpendicular and carries
no significant sampling bias.
Sample
security
• The measures taken to ensure
sample security.
• Drill samples were collected in pre-numbered calico
bags and transported by Company personnel to the
ALS Laboratory in Mount Isa. ALS transports prepared
samples to its laboratories in Townsville or Brisbane
when required.
Audits or
reviews
• The results of any audits or reviews
of sampling techniques and data.
• Internal reviews have been undertaken.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

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

Criteria JORC Code explanation 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.
• The Jubilee deposit lies primarily within exploration
tenement EPM14467, which is owned and operated
by Hammer (51%), in joint venture with Mount Isa
Mines Ltd (49%).
• The southern extremity of the resource extends into
EPM14022 (Hammer 100%)
• The tenements are in good standing and no known
impediments exist.
Exploration
done by
other
parties
• Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.
• Previous exploration over the tenement area has
been conducted by a number of parties since 1955,
including Rio Tinto, Mary Kathleen Uranium, Uranerz,
Mount Isa Mines Limited (MIM), Delta Gold and CYU.
• Current tenement EPM14467 was granted to MIM in
2006.
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
• Assessment of the deposit commenced after CYU
entered into a JV agreement with MIM in 2012.
• CYU drilled 19 RC holes, which have been assessed
and deemed suitable for inclusion in the drilling
dataset for the current resource estimation.
Geology • Deposit type, geological setting
and style of mineralisation.
• The Jubilee Project occurs within the Mary Kathleen
Fold Belt of the Eastern Succession of the Mid
Proterozoic Mount Isa Inlier. The deposit occupies
Corella formation less than 100m from the western
contact with Argylla Formation intruded by Wonga
Granite. The mineralisation occupies the eastern
contact of a quartzite marker unit that separates
calc-silicate on the east from banded psammite to
mica schist on the west. The deposit occupies a
narrow zone of silicification and quartz veining that
strikes 165 degrees and dips at 60 to 70 degrees to
the west.
Drill hole
Informatio
n
• A summary of all information
material to the understanding of
the exploration results including a
tabulation of the following
information for all Material drill
holes:
o easting and northing of the drill
hole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in
metres) of the drill hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception
depth
o 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
clearlyexplain whythis is the case.
• A complete table of all relevant drill holes is attached
to this report as Appendix 2.
• For further information on previous Hammer Metals
Limited drilling the reader is referred to ASX releases
by dated:

December 20th, 2017

January 25th, 2018

March 15th, 2018

August 27th, 2018
Data
aggregatio
n methods
• In reporting Exploration Results,
weighting averaging techniques,
maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (e.g. 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 lengths of
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 clearlystated.
• Exploration results are not being reported.
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Relationshi
p between
mineralisat
ion 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 (e.g. ‘down hole
length,true width not known’).
• Exploration Results are not discussed in this report.
• Drill hole azimuths average 82 degrees UTM, which is
close to perpendicular to the strike of mineralisation.
Drill dip averages -60 degrees east, against a dip of
mineralisation of -60 to -70 degrees west. Some drill
holes targeting deeper mineralisation intersections
are drilled at steeper angles.
• The orientation of the drilling is typically at a high
angle to the strike and dip of the mineralisation.
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 figures are contained in the body of this
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
reportingof Exploration Results.
• Exploration Results are not discussed in this report.
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.
• Exploration Results are not discussed in this report.
• A detailed field mapping exercise was undertaken in
2018 by Ian Cook, which has aided in the
understanding of the geological terrain.
• 19 diamond half core samples were combined into 1
composite sample for metallurgical studies. This was
subjected to SMC test, multi-element head analysis,
bench rougher flotation tests, comminution tests,
gravity tests and mineralogical analysis. The
composite head grade was 2.77g/t Au and 2.85% Cu.
Chalcopyrite and pyrite were the dominant
sulphides. Flotation recovered 99.3% of the Cu and
87.2% of the Au. Gravity recovered 15.0 to 18.9 % of
the -80um Au.
• For further information on the preliminary
metallurgical study the reader is referred to an ASX
release dated November 13th, 2018.
Further
work
• The nature and scale of planned
further work (e.g. tests for lateral
extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out drilling).
• Diagrams clearly highlighting the
areas of possible extensions,
including the main geological
interpretations and future drilling
areas, provided this information is
not commerciallysensitive.
• Extensional and infill drilling is planned but not
finalised at the time of this report.

Section 3 Estimation and Reporting of Mineral Resources

(Criteria listed in section 1, and where relevant in section 2, also apply to this section.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Database
integrity
• Measures taken to ensure that data
has not been corrupted by, for
example, transcription or keying
errors, between its initial collection
and its use for Mineral Resource
estimation purposes.
• Data validation procedures used.
• Drill logging data and assay results are generated
digitally, compiled and validated prior to import to a
central database. Assay results are not compiled for
import until final QAQC data and certification has
been received from the analytical laboratory. A suite
of validation routines is carried out across the
database on a regular basis.
• H&SC understands that Hammer have undertaken
detailed and systematic cross checking of historical
data to ensure maximum integrity in the data used for
Mineral Resource estimation.
• H&SC also performed general data audits and checks
on the supplied data. Minor corrections were made.
• H&SC did not receive, and thus not able to check, the
original assay reports for the CYU drilling.
• The Jubilee database is considered adequate for
resource estimation at the Inferred level.
Site visits • Comment on any site visits
undertaken by the Competent
Person and the outcome of those
visits.
• If no site visits have been
undertaken indicate why this is the
case.
• A site visit has not been conducted by H&SC as the
project is at an early stage.
Geological
interpretatio
n
• Confidence in (or conversely, the
uncertainty of) the geological
interpretation of the mineral
deposit.
• Nature of the data used and of any
assumptions made.
• The effect, if any, of alternative
interpretations on Mineral
Resource estimation.
• The use of geology in guiding and
controlling Mineral Resource
estimation.
• The factors affecting continuity
both of grade and geology.
• The interpretations are guided by the broader
regional geological setting and local field
observations. The geology of the Jubilee deposit has
been mapped on-surface and down-hole, to produce
a 3D interpretation of the main geological
components. Drill hole logging by geologists, through
direct observation of samples have been used to
interpret the detailed geological setting. The
mineralised lodes are clearly defined and continuous;
closely constrained by a combination of unique
geological attributes, lithochemical indices and multi-
element grades.
• Drilling and resource modelling suggest the current
interpretation is robust.
• The detailed spatial distribution of high-grade
material within the main lodes is open to alternate
interpretations. Further drilling may have some
impact on the understanding of grade-continuity
within the mineralised lodes.
• Lithology contributed to the interpretation and
generation of wireframes for the Mineral Resource.
• Wireframes were based on copper (and gold) assays,
with refinement from multi-element indices and
lithology.
• The confidence in the geological interpretation is
considered to begood. The deposit is similar in style
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
to many polymetallic deposits in Mount Isa Inlier.
• The geological logging and the results of the
geostatistical analyses have been useful in predicting
the continuity of the mineralisation for the Mineral
Resource estimation.
Dimensions • The extent and variability of the
Mineral Resource expressed as
length (along strike or otherwise),
plan width, and depth below
surface to the upper and lower
limits of the Mineral Resource.
• The interpreted Jubilee Mineral Resource
mineralisation is interpreted to extend over a strike
length of 650m and from surface to approximately
325m below surface.
Estimation
and
modelling
techniques
• The nature and appropriateness of
the estimation technique(s) applied
and key assumptions, including
treatment of extreme grade values,
domaining, interpolation
parameters and maximum distance
of extrapolation from data points.
If a computer assisted estimation
method was chosen include a
description of computer software
and parameters used.
• The availability of check estimates,
previous estimates and/or mine
production records and whether
the Mineral Resource estimate
takes appropriate account of such
data.
• The assumptions made regarding
recovery of by-products.
• Estimation of deleterious elements
or other non-grade variables of
economic significance (e.g. sulphur
for acid mine drainage
characterisation).
• In the case of block model
interpolation, the block size in
relation to the average sample
spacing and the search employed.
• Any assumptions behind modelling
of selective mining units.
• Any assumptions about correlation
between variables.
• Description of how the geological
interpretation was used to control
the resource estimates.
• Discussion of basis for using or not
using grade cutting or capping.
• The process of validation, the
checking process used, the
comparison of model data to drill
hole data, and use of reconciliation
data if available.
• Ordinary Kriging (“OK”) interpolation with
anisotropically oriented ‘ellipsoid’ search was used for
the estimate. GS3M software was used for the
estimations. Three dimensional mineralised
wireframes were used to domain the mineralised
data. Samples were composited to nominal 1m
intervals for data analysis and resource estimation.
This process was carried out while honouring the
mineralised domain boundaries with the minimum
composite length set to half a metre. The influence of
extreme grade values was addressed by applying top-
cuts to the data. These cut values were determined
through statistical analysis (histograms, log probability
plots, CVs, and summary multi-variate and bi-variate
statistics).
• Minor artisanal mining has occurred in the area.
• H&SC has assumed that the deposit will be mined,
and the ore processed for Cu and Au.
• No assumptions have been made regarding recovery
of by-products.
• No non-grade elements have been estimated.
• Selective mining units were not modelled.
• No assumptions were made regarding correlation of
variables. Each variable was estimated
independently.
• The mineralisation domains were constrained by
wireframes constructed using Cu cut-off grade guided
by geological and geochemical interpretation. Two
domains were constructed, one at a nominal 0.1% Cu
and the other at 0.05% in order to run comparative
models
• H&SC constructed 2 block models for comparative
proposes:

Model A: parent block dimensions of 1m E by
15m N by 10m RL with sub-cells of 0.5m E by
7.5m N by 5m RL. This model used a
mineralisation domain nominally defined at
0.05% Cu. By definition this encompasses more
volume and as such catches ancillary zones of
grade as well as the ‘main lode’. It reflects the
concept of a higher tonnage/lower grade style of
grade model

Model B: parent block dimensions of 1m E by
12.5m N by 5m RL with sub-cells of 0.5m E by
6.25m N by 2.5m RL. This model used a
mineralisation domain nominallydefined at
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
0.10% Cu. By definition this encompasses less
volume. It was interpreted by Hammer to reflect
their interpretation of a high-grade main lode.
As such it excludes ancillary zones of grade as it
focused on the main lode’. It reflects the
concept of a high-grade narrow lode, amenable
to a highly selective and controlled mining
operation in both underground and open pit
scenarios.

The parent block size was selected through
considering the dimensions of the domains and
drill hole spacing.
Hammer indicates that Model B is their preferred
model based on the mining method they believe can
be achieved,
• Top-cuts were required for gold, as there were
extreme grades which would result in overestimation
using ordinary kriging if not addressed. CV and grade
continuity were used as guides in selecting cut-off
values.
• To validate the model, a qualitative assessment was
completed by slicing sections through the block model
in positions coincident with drilling. A quantitative
assessment of the estimate was completed by
comparing the average grades of the 1m composite
samples against the block model output for all the
resource objects. A trend analysis was completed by
comparing the interpolated blocks to the composite
sample data within all the lodes. Validation plots
showed adequate correlation between the composite
sample grades and the block model grades.
• The previous owner to Hammer, Chinalco Yunnan
Copper, did perform an internal resource estimate,
albeit not to JORC reporting standards. Although the
overall tonnes and grades are roughly comparable,
H&SC was only provided with an internal CYU memo
which provided only summary information and no full
block model. Also, CYU used a different modelling
technique and their original eleven RC drillholes.
Thus, no direct comparison is possible.
Moisture • Whether the tonnages are
estimated on a dry basis or with
natural moisture, and the method
of determination of the moisture
content.
• Tonnages and grades were estimated on a dry in situ
basis. No moisture values were reviewed.
Cut-off
parameters
• The basis of the adopted cut-off
grade(s) or quality parameters
applied.
• A cut-off of 0.5% Cu was applied for reporting Mineral
Resources.
Mining
factors or
assumptions
• Assumptions made regarding
possible mining methods, minimum
mining dimensions and internal (or,
if applicable, external) mining
dilution. It is always necessary as
part of the process of determining
reasonable prospects for eventual
economic extraction to consider
potential miningmethods,but the
• The deposit is similar in size and style to other
deposits in the region that have been successfully
mined by small-scale open pit techniques.
• No dilution has been applied.
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
assumptions made regarding
mining methods and parameters
when estimating Mineral Resources
may not always be rigorous. Where
this is the case, this should be
reported with an explanation of the
basis of the mining assumptions
made.
Metallurgica
l factors or
assumptions
• The basis for assumptions or
predictions regarding metallurgical
amenability. It is always necessary
as part of the process of
determining reasonable prospects
for eventual economic extraction to
consider potential metallurgical
methods, but the assumptions
regarding metallurgical treatment
processes and parameters made
when reporting Mineral Resources
may not always be rigorous. Where
this is the case, this should be
reported with an explanation of the
basis of the metallurgical
assumptions made.

• Preliminary hydrometallurgical studies were
undertaken by Hammer on sulphide drill samples
from a total of 3 diamond drillholes. They concluded
that saleable copper and gold concentrates could be
recovered.
• 19 diamond half core samples were combined into 1
composite sample for metallurgical studies. This was
subjected to SMC test, multi-element head analysis,
bench rougher flotation tests, comminution tests,
gravity tests and mineralogical analysis. The
composite head grade was 2.77g/t Au and 2.85% Cu.
Chalcopyrite and pyrite were the dominant sulphides.
Flotation recovered 99.3% of the Cu and 87.2% of the
Au. Gravity recovered 15.0 to 18.9 % of the -80um Au.
Environment
al factors or
assumptions
• Assumptions made regarding
possible waste and process residue
disposal options. It is always
necessary as part of the process of
determining reasonable prospects
for eventual economic extraction to
consider the potential
environmental impacts of the
mining and processing operation.
While at this stage the
determination of potential
environmental impacts, particularly
for a greenfields project, may not
always be well advanced, the status
of early consideration of these
potential environmental impacts
should be reported. Where these
aspects have not been considered
this should be reported with an
explanation of the environmental
assumptions made.
• No assumptions have been made by H&SC regarding
possible waste and process residue disposal options.
Bulk density • Whether assumed or determined.
If assumed, the basis for the
assumptions. If determined, the
method used, whether wet or dry,
the frequency of the
measurements, the nature, size and
representativeness of the samples.
• The bulk density for bulk material
must have been measured by
methods that adequately account
for void spaces (vughs, porosity,
etc), moisture and differences
between rock and alteration zones
• The fresh dry bulk density value was derived from 102
bulk density measurements obtained by wet/dry
method (Archimedes method) from 3 diamond
drillholes spaced through the deposit.
• Core samples were air-dried before measurement.
• Porosity was consistently very low due to silicification
of the mineralised lodes.
• Based on wireframed downhole weathering records,
proxy density values were assigned to small volumes
of oxidised and transitional material near-surface.
Average depth to top of fresh rock is less than 20m.
• Bulk dry density values applied to the resource model
were 2.891(fresh material within mineralised
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
within the deposit.
• Discuss assumptions for bulk
density estimates used in the
evaluation process of the different
materials.
envelopes), 2.859 (fresh waste material), 2.6 (slightly
weathered material), 2.46 (highly weathered
material).
Classification • The basis for the classification of
the Mineral Resources into varying
confidence categories.
• Whether appropriate account has
been taken of all relevant factors
(i.e. relative confidence in
tonnage/grade estimations,
reliability of input data, confidence
in continuity of geology and metal
values, quality, quantity and
distribution of the data).
• Whether the result appropriately
reflects the Competent Person’s
view of the deposit.
• Mineral Resources were classified in accordance with
the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration
Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC,
2012 Edition).
• The deposit has been tested with high quality drilling,
sampling and assaying. Geological logging has defined
structural and lithological controls that provide
reasonable confidence in the interpretation of
mineralisation boundaries. H&SC considers that
geological and mineralisation continuity has been
assumed and demonstrated with sufficient confidence
to allow the Jubilee deposit to be classified as Inferred
Mineral Resources.
• The Mineral Resource estimate appropriately reflects
the view of the Competent Person.
Audits or
reviews
• The results of any audits or reviews
of Mineral Resource estimates.
• Internal audits have been completed which verified
the technical inputs, methodology, parameters and
results of the estimate.
Discussion of
relative
accuracy/
confidence
• Where appropriate a statement of
the relative accuracy and
confidence level in the Mineral
Resource estimate using an
approach or procedure deemed
appropriate by the Competent
Person. For example, the
application of statistical or
geostatistical procedures to
quantify the relative accuracy of the
resource within stated confidence
limits, or, if such an approach is not
deemed appropriate, a qualitative
discussion of the factors that could
affect the relative accuracy and
confidence of the estimate.
• The statement should specify
whether it relates to global or local
estimates, and, if local, state the
relevant tonnages, which should be
relevant to technical and economic
evaluation. Documentation should
include assumptions made and the
procedures used.
• These statements of relative
accuracy and confidence of the
estimate should be compared with
production data,where available.

• The Jubilee Mineral Resource estimates have been
reported with a degree of confidence commensurate
with Inferred Mineral Resources.
• The data quality is good and the drill holes have
detailed logs produced by qualified geologists for all
recent drilling. A recognised laboratory has been
used for all analyses.
• The Mineral Resource statement relates to global
estimates of tonnes and grade.
• No significant mechanised mining has occurred at the
deposit.

Appendix 2 Drill Hole Listing

COLLAR
ID
DRILL
TYPE
TOTAL
DEPTH
(M)
COMPANY
(1)
EAST
(MGA94)
NORTH
(MGA94)
RL (AHD) SURVEY
METHOD
HJDD001 DDH 74 HMX 396656.50 7699934.12 352.00 DGPS
HJDD002 DDH 93.5 HMX 396664.41 7700143.91 360.85 DGPS
HJDD003 DDH 93.5 HMX 396644.99 7699883.22 347.76 DGPS
HJRC001 RC 72 HMX 396671.97 7699848.02 350.12 DGPS
HJRC002 RC 54 HMX 396671.03 7699895.26 348.01 DGPS
HJRC003 RC 84 HMX 396651.09 7699886.59 347.66 DGPS
HJRC004 RC 72 HMX 396666.78 7700191.10 359.11 DGPS
HJRC005 RC 78 HMX 396630.28 7700186.26 361.57 DGPS
HJRC006 RC 66 HMX 396671.87 7700145.09 360.33 DGPS
HJRC007 RC 54 HMX 396690.20 7700094.24 355.61 DGPS
HJRC008 RC 84 HMX 396664.49 7699961.84 354.53 DGPS
HJRC009 RC 66 HMX 396659.62 7699934.55 351.87 DGPS
HJRC010 RC 90 HMX 396731.79 7700027.38 354.84 DGPS
HJRC011 RC 68 HMX 396602.40 7699867.24 348.02 DGPS
HJRC012 RC 140 HMX 396601.37 7699867.08 348.00 DGPS
HJRC013 RC 176 HMX 396576.43 7699868.38 346.97 DGPS
HJRC014 RC 164 HMX 396621.67 7699958.07 354.85 DGPS
HJRC015 RC 110 HMX 396654.84 7700088.43 361.30 DGPS
HJRC016 RC 114 HMX 396631.07 7700080.20 362.12 DGPS
HJRC017 RC 101 HMX 396602.00 7700178.00 359.55 GPS
HJRC018 RC 72 HMX 396627.05 7700233.57 358.64 DGPS
HJRC019 RC 54 HMX 396620.69 7700295.13 349.31 DGPS
HJRC020 RC 90 HMX 396586.96 7700283.77 354.34 DGPS
HJRC021 RC 115 HMX 396557.89 7700273.76 353.29 DGPS
HJRC022 RC 128 HMX 396644.43 7699786.08 351.45 DGPS
HJRC023 RC 137 HMX 396637.33 7700025.14 360.50 DGPS
Q-019 RC 70 CYU 396680.00 7700037.00 355.10 GPS
Q-020 RC 112 CYU 396649.00 7700031.00 359.66 GPS
Q-023 RC 90 CYU 396602.53 7700230.08 358.66 DGPS
Q-024 RC 144 CYU 396565.58 7700221.65 355.50 DGPS
Q-025 RC 90 CYU 396637.21 7700134.06 364.22 DGPS
Q-026 RC 138 CYU 396596.30 7700125.74 360.27 DGPS
Q-027 RC 144 CYU 396614.88 7700028.29 358.39 DGPS
Q-028 RC 108 CYU 396634.00 7699927.00 351.54 GPS
Q-029 RC 129 CYU 396597.80 7699926.54 350.61 DGPS
Q-030 RC 108 CYU 396638.73 7699837.13 348.27 DGPS
Q-031 RC 174 CYU 396602.19 7699841.01 347.11 DGPS
Q-038 RC 180 CYU 396526.38 7700215.87 351.54 DGPS
Q-039 RC 276 CYU 396480.07 7700211.78 347.75 DGPS
Q-040 RC 204 CYU 396574.25 7700019.68 353.46 DGPS
Q-041 RC 318 CYU 396533.97 7700015.21 349.99 DGPS
Q-042 RC 271 CYU 396564.00 7699835.00 343.21 GPS
Q-043 RC 354 CYU 396531.07 7699823.89 343.39 DGPS
Q-044 RC 204 CYU 396562.00 7699920.00 343.94 GPS
Q-045 RC 172 CYU 396557.53 7700121.97 355.23 DGPS
Note
(1)- HMX - Hammer Metals Limited;CYU - AuKingMiningLimited