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HAMMER METALS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2021

Nov 7, 2021

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ASX RELEASE 8 November 2021

DIRECTORS / MANAGEMENT

Russell Davis Chairman

Daniel Thomas Managing Director

Ziggy Lubieniecki Non-Executive Director

David Church Non–Executive Director

Mark Pitts Company Secretary

Mark Whittle Chief Operating Officer

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

ASX Code: HMX

Share Price (5/11/2021) $0.049 Shares on Issue 813m Market Cap $41.5m Options Unlisted 27m Performance Rights 6.5m

DRILLING COMMENCED AT BRONZEWING SOUTH

  • Drilling has commenced at Hammer’s Bronzewing South project – less than 300m from the 3MOz Bronzewing gold deposit

  • Drilling will target the prospective geological stratigraphy and structural corridor seen at the Bronzewing gold mine and will be first RC drilling into this prospective zone

  • The mineralised stratigraphy at Bronzewing is interpreted to be plunging at 10 to 20 degrees to the south. Hammer will test where the stratigraphy intersects with northeast trending faults which are considered to be instrumental to mineralisation at Bronzewing

  • This corridor has only been historically tested by AC drilling with limited depth penetration

  • Follow up soil sampling program confirms a discrete gold soil anomaly at Gummow , located 4.9km to the south of the Bronzewing mine

  • Planning to potentially include Gummow in the upcoming drilling program

  • Initial program is expected to consist of up to 14 holes for ~3,500m of drilling

Hammer’s Managing Director, Daniel Thomas said:

“There are very few global exploration opportunities where you have the opportunity to explore an untested system on a tenement immediately adjacent to a 3-millionounce gold deposit. The history of the Bronzewing South project and the protracted legal dispute that ensued resulted in limited testing of this tenement. This area, directly south of the Bronzewing gold mine, was not explored below 100m in the first pass air core program, almost two decades ago. Hammer embarks on this program with its solid geological interpretation of a southerly plunging gold system at the Bronzewing gold mine. With Hammer’s tenure commencing less than 100m from the Bronzewing pit, we’re delighted to be embarking on this drilling campaign.”

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Figure 1. Bronzewing South drilling commenced

ASX:HMX

T (08) 6369 1195 E [email protected] ABN 87 095 092 158 P Unit 1, 28-30 Mayfair Street, West Perth, WA 6005

hammermetals.com.au

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Hammer Metals Ltd ( ASX:HMX ) (“ Hammer ” or the “ Company ”) is pleased to advise that drilling at its Bronzewing South gold property has commenced. The program will complete up to 14-holes including approximately 3500m of reverse circulation drilling. This program will focus on the third of 5 modelled targets testing prospective positions south of the Bronzewing Gold Deposit (Figures 2 and 3).

Bronzewing South Target Zone

The drilling program is targeted in a corridor that sits in an analogous position to the Bronzewing Gold mine. This corridor is defined by the Bapinmarra dolerite unit to the west and the eastern share zone. It is interpreted that within this corridor the mineralised trend is plunging at 10 to 20 degrees to the south. This target volume is traversed by several northeast trending faults which are considered to be instrumental in the location of mineralisation at Bronzewing. These features were delineated through a detailed gravity survey completed by Hammer in early 2021 (See ASX announcement 5 August 2021). Resulting from this survey, Hammer has defined several targets at the intersection of these key controlling features. These targets will be progressively tested by reverse circulation drilling.

The current program is expected to last for approximately 3-4 weeks.

Gummow Prospect

The Gummow Prospect is located approximately 4.9km to the south of the Bronzewing Deposit in a magnetised zone associated with a northwest trending shear and hosted by tholeiitic basalt similar to Bronzewing Basalt between a felsic intrusive (interpreted to be a Discovery Granodiorite equivalent) and a coarse grained mafic (interpreted as the Madfish Basalt). Historic Aircore drilling, at 600m line spacing did not test the target and historic soil sampling indicates Au responses of up to 26ppb (Refer to ASX announcement dated 14 March 2019). Check soil sampling conducted by Hammer confirmed the anomalous soil response.

Testing of this anomaly will be considered as part of the current RC program. See JORC Table 1 and Appendix 1 for details of the check sampling.

Bronzewing North Planned Work

Planning is complete for a large soil geochemical program on Hammer tenements in the Bronzewing North Project region. This sampling will be conducted in the vicinity of Northern Star’s Ramone, Gourdis and Julius Deposits in addition to testing prospective stratigraphy along strike from the Strickland Metals’ Millrose deposit.

This work will be initiated in early 2022.

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Figure 2. Bronzewing South area showing Hammer targets (See ASX Announcement 9 November 2020)

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Figure 3. Long section looking west through the Bronzewing South area showing the five targets identified in the detailed gravity survey (See ASX Announcement 9 November 2020)

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Figure 4. Hammer Metals Bronzewing South Project Area

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Figure 5. Hammer Metals Bronzewing South Project Area

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This announcement has been authorised for issue by the Board of Hammer Metals Limited in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 15.5.

For further information please contact:

Daniel Thomas Managing Director

T +61 8 6369 1195 E [email protected]

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About Hammer Metals

Hammer Metals Limited (ASX: HMX) holds a 100% interest in the Bronzewing South Gold Project located adjacent to the 2.3 million-ounce Bronzewing gold deposit in the highly endowed Yandal Belt of Western Australia. Hammer holds a strategic tenement position covering approximately 2,200km[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 (Cu-Au) deposit. Hammer also has a 51% interest in the emerging Jubilee (Cu-Au) deposit. Hammer is an active mineral explorer, focused on discovering large copper-gold deposits of Ernest Henry style and has a range of prospective targets at various stages of testing.

Competent Person Statements

The information in this report as it relates to exploration results and geology was compiled by Mr. Mark Whittle, who is a Fellow of the AusIMM and an employee of the Company. Mr. Whittle, who is a shareholder and optionholder, has sufficient experience which is relevant to the styles of mineralisation and types of deposit under consideration and to the activities 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. Whittle consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

Where the Company references Mineral Resource Estimates previously announced, it confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in those announcements and all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the resource estimates with those announcements continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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JORC Table 1 report – Bronzewing South Project Exploration Update

  • This table is to accompany an ASX release notifying the market in relation to the imminent start of a reverse circulation program and also the methodology employed in a 9 sample check soil sampling program at a prospect known as Gummow located 4.9km south of the Bronzewing Gold Deposit.

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

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

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut Soil Sampling
techniques channels, random chips, or specific • Samples consisted of -80 mesh sieve
specialised industry standard measurement fraction taken below the organic layer.
tools appropriate to the minerals under • Sample size averaged 53 grams.
investigation, such as down hole gamma • 9 samples were taken.
sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc). • Samples were submitted to ALS in
Kalgoorlie.
These examples should not be taken as •
All samples submitted for assay were
limiting the broad meaning of sampling.
subject to low level gold analysis and four
Include reference to measures taken to
acid ICP analysis
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 mineralisation types
(eg submarine nodules) may warrant
disclosure of detailed information.
Drilling Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open- • All information pertaining to drilling and
techniques hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, historic soil surveys has been reported
sonic, etc) and details (eg core diameter, previously to the ASX.
triple or standard tube, depth of diamond • The reader is referred to HMX ASX
tails, face-sampling bit or other type, whether releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
core is oriented and if so, by what method, November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
etc). April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and historic
drilling.
Drill Method of recording and assessing core and • All information pertaining to drilling and
sample chip sample recoveries and results historic soil surveys has been reported
recovery assessed. previously to the ASX.
• The reader is referred to HMX ASX
Measures taken to maximise sample releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
recovery and ensure representative nature of November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
the samples. April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and historic
Whether a relationship exists between drilling.
sample recovery and grade and whether
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
sample bias may have occurred due to
preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material.
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 information pertaining to drilling and
historic soil surveys has been reported
previously to the ASX.

The reader is referred to HMX ASX
releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and historic
drilling.
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 insitu 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.
Soil Sampling

Samples consisted of -80 mesh sieve
fraction taken below the organic layer.

Sample size averaged 53 grams.

9 samples were taken.

Samples were submitted to ALS in
Kalgoorlie.
All samples submitted for assay were
subject to low level gold analysis and four
acid ICP analysis.

Standard reference samples and blanks
were not utilised.

The method of sample collection and lab
methods are appropriate.

All information pertaining to drilling and
historic soil surveys has been reported
previously to the ASX.

The reader is referred to HMX ASX
releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and historic
drilling.
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.
Soil Sampling

Samples consisted of -80 mesh sieve
fraction taken below the organic layer.

Sample size averaged 53 grams.

9 samples were taken.

Samples were submitted to ALS in
Kalgoorlie.
All samples submitted for assay were
subject to low level gold analysis and four
acid ICP analysis.

Standard reference samples and blanks
were not utilised. ALS maintained a
comprehensive QAQC regime, including
check
samples,
duplicates,
standard
reference samples, blanks and calibration
standards.

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Criteria JORC Code 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.
Soil Sampling

All assays have been verified by alternate
company personnel.

Assay files were received electronically
from the laboratory.
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.
Soil Sampling

Datum used is UTM GDA 94 Zone 51.

RL information will merged at a later date
utilising the most accurately available
elevation data.
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.
Soil Sampling

The soil sample spacing was designed to
replicate results obtained in historic soil
sampling.

Soil sampling cannot be utilised to
determine grade continuity.

No compositing has been applied although
the data is depicted in the figures
accompanying this release as contours.
The contours were generated using
minimum curvature interpolation with an
isotropic search pattern and gridded at a
50m cell size.
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.
Soil Sampling

Soil lines are oriented at right angles to the
prevailing regional structural directions.
Sample
security
The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
Soil Sampling

Samples were transported to ALS in
Kalgoorlie bycompany personnel.
Audits
or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.
Soil Sampling

The dataset associated with this reported
exploration has been subject to data
import validation.

All assay data has been reviewed by two
company personnel.

No externalauditshave beenconducted.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

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

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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
Bronzewing
South
Project
comprises
granted
tenements:
E36/854, E36/868, E36/869, E36/870,
E36/916, P36/1857 and P36/1858.

These tenements are 100% held by
Carnegie Exploration Pty Ltd.

The tenements are in good standing.

Carnegie Exploration Pty Ltd is a 100%
owned subsidiary of Hammer Metals
Limited.
Soil Sampling

The sampling reported herein was
conducted on E36/854.
Exploration
done by other
parties
Acknowledgment
and
appraisal
of
exploration by other parties.



Previous holders held title either
covering the tenement in part or entirely
and previous results are contained in
Mines Department records.
In excess of 2200 holes and 99km of
drilling
has
been
conducted
by
Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd, Audax
Resources
NL
and
Australian
Resources Ltd over the entire project
area.
This data has been compiled by
Carnegie Exploration Pty Ltd
Tabulation of this drilling according to
trend, exploration licence, drill type and
drill type was presented in a HMX
release to the ASX dated 14 March
2019.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of The Bronzewing South project is
mineralisation. exploring for Bronzewing and/or Mt
McClure analogues along strike from
each mine.
The project is located within the Yandal
Greenstone Belt approximately 65km
northeast of Leinster. The Yandal Belt
is approximately 250km long by 50km
wide and hosts the Jundee, Darlot,
Thunderbox,
Bronzewing
and
Mt
McClure Group of gold deposits. In the
Bronzewing
area
the
greenstone
succession is dominated by tholeiitic
basalts and dolerite units with lesser
ultramafic,
felsic
and
sediment
sequences.
Gold mineralisation at theBronzewing
mine occurs inquartz veins(sub-

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
parallel vein arrays) in complex pipe-
like lodes that plunge steeply to the
south within a 400m wide structural
corridor. The north-south corridor is
roughly coincident with an antiformal
structure and extends to the south
through E36/854. Bedrock outcrops
rarely within E36/854 and drilling
indicates that surficial cover ranges
between 2m and 40m in thickness.
Drill
hole
Information
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:
easting and northing of the drill hole collar
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.

All information pertaining to drilling and
historic soil surveys has been reported
previously to the ASX.

The reader is referred to HMX ASX
releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and
historic drilling.
Data
aggregation
methods
In reporting Exploration Results, 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 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 clearly
stated.
Soil Sampling

No compositing has been applied and
the limited check sampling is appended
below as a simplified table.

All information pertaining to drilling and
historic soil surveys has been reported
previously to the ASX.

The reader is referred to HMX ASX
releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and
historic drilling.
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’).
Soil Sampling

No
extrapolations
can
be
made
between soil sampling responses and
possible angles, grades and widths of
any possible underlying mineralisation.

All information pertaining to drilling and
historic soil surveys has been reported
previously to the ASX.

The reader is referred to HMX ASX
releases dated 14 March 2019,18

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and
historic drilling.
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.

See attached figures
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 avoiding misleading reporting of
Exploration Results.
Soil Sampling

Soil response has been presented in an
abbreviated table appended to this
release.

All information pertaining to drilling and
historic soil surveys has been reported
previously to the ASX.

The reader is referred to HMX ASX
releases dated 14 March 2019, 18
November 2019, 23 December 2019 22
April 2020, 15 July 2020 and 4 August
2020 for details on both HMX and
historic drilling.
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.
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 highlighting the areas of
possible extensions, including the main
geological interpretations and future drilling
areas, provided this information is not
commercially sensitive.

A reverse circulation drilling program
testing
these
targets
is
currently
underway

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Appendix 1. Gummow Check Soil Sampling

Sample
E_GDA
N_GDA
RL
Au_ppb
HWS10012
301500
6964290
500
2.3
HWS10013
301400
6964290
500
2.3
HWS10014
301300
6964290
500
15
HWS10015
301200
6964290
500
2.8
HWS10016
301100
6964290
500
2.1
HWS10017
301250
6964400
500
6.2
HWS10018
301350
6964400
500
9.3
HWS10019
301350
6964200
500
1.3
HWS10020
301430
6964200
500
1.1
Note
Coordinates relative to GDA94Zone51
The RL currently assigned is a default.

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