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HAWK RESOURCES LIMITED. Capital/Financing Update 2017

Jul 18, 2017

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Alderan Resources expands Frisco Project

Highlights

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  • Agreement to acquire the remaining 50.5% interest in seven claims (“Imperial Claims”) within the Accrington Prospect

  • Imperial Claims cover extensive outcropping copper-zinc bearing skarn

  • Highlights of historical drilling[+] on the Imperial Claims include:

36.6m @ 1.23% Cu, 0.6% Zn (from 0m to end of hole) 26.8m @ 1.40% Cu (from 0m) 26.8m @ 1.01% Cu (from 12m to end of hole) 41.5m @ 0.94% Cu, 0.39% Zn (from 0m to end of hole)

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  • these drilling results are “historical” and “foreign” and were initially released in 1967 by the Bear Creek Mining Company; they are not able to be be fully reported in accordance with the JORC Code.Further discussion is provided below.

  • 118 further claims secured covering historic mines and base and precious metal occurrences at the northern end of the Frisco System

  • Project scale geophysical survey underway with a 10,000m drill program scheduled to start in early August

Copper explorer Alderan Resources Ltd (“Alderan”) is pleased to announce the expansion of its holdings over the Frisco Project located in Utah, USA, through the acquisition of a third-party interest in the Imperial Claims, and the lease and staking of 118 further claims.

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www.alderanresources.com.au

e: [email protected]

The Frisco Project is a large mineralised porphyry system that occurs across an area of approximately 7km by 4km. Historical mining activities focused on extensive outcropping breccia pipes (Cactus) and skarns (Accrington/Horn) (Figure 3) associated with an underlying porphyry system recently identified by Alderan at Cactus Canyon.

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Figure 1 Outcropping Cu-Zn-Au-Ag skarn, Imperial Claims

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Agreement to acquire 50.5% interest in the Imperial Claims

Alderan has entered into an agreement with Shoshone Silver/Gold Mining Company to acquire a 50.5% interest in the Imperial Claims. Alderan already holds rights to explore and mine on these claims through the Horn Lease Agreement with Horn Silver Mines Inc, which holds the remaining 49.5% interest. The acquisition will result in Alderan holding 100% of the mineral rights over these claims, subject to a net smelter royalty to the landholder. These claims comprise of a group of seven patented claims within the Accrington Prospect and cover the historical Imperial Copper Mine, and extensive outcropping copper-zinc skarns (see Figures 2 & 5).

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Figure 2: Outcropping Cu-Zn-Au-Ag skarn at Imperial, SE side of syncline.

Mineralisation within the Imperial Claims is hosted within meta-sediments of the Imperial syncline, an asymmetrical fold with steep dips of bedding on its NW side and shallower dips. Drilling by Bear Creek revealed a continuation of mineralisation to depth largely following the stratigraphic layering of the Imperial syncline. Alderan has further identified strong Cu-Zn-Au-Ag anomalism on the south-east side of the syncline where the same mineralised strata from the Imperial area crops out (Figure 3). This suggests a potentially much larger interconnected mineralised system than identified through historical exploration work. The Imperial Claims therefore complement the larger Accrington skarn system and will provide a high priority exploration target for Alderan going forward.

The Imperial Copper Mine produced modest amounts of copper between approximately 1908-1910 from four adits, which were from 30m to 420m long. In 1967, Bear Creek Mining Company drilled three core holes and 17 percussion holes (Figure 4). Highlights of historical drilling include:

  • 36.6m @ 1.23% Cu, 0.6% Zn (from 0m* to end of hole);

  • 26.8m @ 1.40% Cu (from 0m*);

  • 26.8m @ 1.01% Cu (from 12m* to end of hole); and

  • 41.5m @ 0.94% Cu, 0.39% Zn (from 0m* to end of hole).

*Percussion holes were conducted from underground adits (refer to Figure 4).

Refer to Table 1 for full drilling results. These drilling results are “historical ” and “foreign” and were initially released in 1967 by the Bear Creek Mining Company; they are not able to be be fully reported in accordance with the JORC Code. A Competent Person has not been able to undertake sufficient work to report the historical and foreign exploration results in accordance with the JORC Code.

Alderan has not independently validated the the Bear Creek Mining Company’s Exploration Results. The data presented is considered to be an accurate representation of the available data, and nothing has come to the attention of the Company to cause it to question the accurcy or reliability of the historical results. It is uncertain that following evaluation and/or further exploration work that these historical and foreign exploration results will

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able to be reported under the JORC Code 2012, or used in Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves in accordance with the JORC Code.

A discussion of the reliability of the historical Bear Creek results, in a JORC Code Table 1 context is provided in Appendix 1. Details (and a summary) of the planned evaluation and exploration work to verify the historical drilling have been outlined in the Company’s ASX announcement on June 28 2017 “ High impact exploration program commences to unlock the world class potential at Frisco ”.

Alderan recently confirmed the location and nature of historical mine workings, the geological setting and mineralisation in the field. All available historical data on the area has been digitised, georeferenced and made accessible in a digital database used for interpretation. This work has allowed the Company to confirm the location of historical drilling, to verify the nature and setting of the mineralised skarns that were intersected in the historical drilling and supported the decision to acquire the Imperial claims.

The Imperial Claims form part of the recently commenced project-scale induced polarisation survey as announced on 28 June 2017, with follow-up electromagnetic lines over the prospect. Drilling is expected to begin at Accrington in October/ November 2017 starting first in the Washington area before moving to Imperial in early 2018, once all data is collected, interpreted and priority-ranked targets are developed.

Key terms of the Imperial acquisition are:

  • Payment of $120,000 (USD) on satisfaction of the closing conditions, $120,000 (USD) on the anniversary of the closing date of the agreement and the balance of $350,000 (USD) on the second anniversary of the closing date of the agreement; and

  • Shoshone hold the right to a 1.25% net smelter royalty on the Imperial Claims; however Alderan may extinguish this royalty by paying the consideration in full by 31 December 2018.

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Figure 3 Overview map of the Accrington Skarn Project showing the Imperial Claims (yellow dashed lines), prospect names, skarn alteration outline, rock chip (squares) and soil (circles) geochemical samples collected by Alderan. Note the continuation of mineralisation on surface from Imperial towards Accrington E.

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Figure 4: Overview map (left) and cross section (right) of the Imperial Mine Area showing location of mine workings, historical drilling and the overall geological setting of the Imperial Skarn which occurs within a syncline (modified after GODBE, undated). See Table 1 on page 8 for downhole intersections. Historical drilling is restricted to the north-west side of the syncline; however, Alderan has identified significant geochemical surface anomalism for Cu-Zn-Au-Ag within skarn altered sediments on the south-east side as well (Figure 3).

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Figure 5 Cu-Zn-Au-Ag skarn, Imperial Mine

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Figure 6: Cu-Zn-Au-Ag ore-dump at the Massachusetts Mine. Refer to Figure 4 for location

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Lease entered into over 44 patented claims (“Northern Carbonate Lease”)

Alderan, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Volantis Resources Corp (“Volantis”), has entered into a lease agreement with the owners of 44 patented claims which abut the Frisco Project to the north. Patented claims are privately owned land where the mineral rights are held by the private landowner. The agreement grants Volantis the right to explore for and mine minerals on the property. These claims cover almost predominantly carbonate sequences and include several historical workings such as the Indian Queen lead-zinc-silver mine.

The Company considers these claims to be prospective for skarn-hosted copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold and carbonate-hosted gold-silver deposits. Within airborne magnetic and radiometric data collected by Alderan, the Northern Carbonate Leases show a distinct magnetic high associated with surface alteration and outcropping mineralisation, interpreted to be a magnetite-rich part of a skarn at depth, similar to the magnetic signatures at Accrington, where Cu-Zn-Au-Ag bearing magnetite skarn has been mapped within a comparable magnetic high.

The Northern Carbonate Leases present a high priority exploration target for Alderan going forward. The company plans to perform detailed mapping, geochemical sampling and an electromagnetic survey over the area covered by the Northern Carbonate Lease in order to identify priority targets for drilling.

Key terms of the lease agreement include:

  • An initial and annual advance royalty fee of $10,000 USD per year for the first five (5) years of the lease;

  • • The right (held by Volantis) to extend the lease by further ten year periods up to the sixty-fifth anniversary, subject to the continuing payment of the advance royalty payments which increase for each additional ten year term (an average of $30,000 USD per annum for the first 10 year extension and $40,000 USD per annum for each subsequent 10 year extension);

  • Following the sixty fifth anniversary the lease may be further extended provided the average royalty during the preceding 10 year term is in excess of $70,000 USD per annum;

  • A net smelter royalty* of 3% to the landowner, with Volantis holding options to purchase 1/3 of the royalty (thereby reducing it to 2%) for the amount of $1,500,000 USD;

  • A right of first offer (held by Volantis) in the event that the Lessor desires to sell their interest in the property and lease; and

  • Minimum expenditure commitments of $15,000 USD in the first year of the lease, rising to $50,000 for the fifty year of the lease.

  • no royalties are payable to the State or Federal Government on the patented claims.

74 unpatented claims staked by Alderan

Alderan, through its subsidiary, Volantis, has recently completed the staking and registration of an additional 74 unpatented claims. Unpatented claims are administered by the Federal Bureau of Land Management. Alderan’s rights to explore for minerals on these claims was granted on registration of these claims subject to normal permitting procedures for ground-disturbing activities.

These new claims cover potential extensions of the Frisco mineral system to the north and north-west, predominantly over carbonate sequences, increasing the potential for skarn development. Several documented historical base and precious metal occurrences and workings are known on the areas covered by the new claims.

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Figure 7 Frisco Project - Tenure Map

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Please direct enquiries to:

Nathan Ryan NWR Communications Mobile: 0420 582 887

Christopher Wanless Chief Executive Officer [email protected]

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Interested investors and shareholders are encouraged to subscribe to the Company’s social media channels using the links below:

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Competent Persons Statement

The information in this presentation that relates to exploration targets, exploration results, mineral resources or ore reserves is based on information compiled by Peter Geerdts, a competent person who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Peter Geerdts is the Chief Geologist of Alderan Resources Limited. Peter Geerdts has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the JORC Code (JORC Code). Peter Geerdts consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears.

Mr Geerdts confirms that that the information provided in this announcement provided under ASX Listing Rules Chapter 5.12.2 to 5.12.7 is an accurate representation of the available data and studies for the proposed exploration programmes that relate to this “material mining project”.

About Alderan Resources Limited

Alderan is a copper explorer with a focus on the Frisco Project, located in Utah, United States of America. The Frisco Project encompasses an area of significant historical mining activity with numerous old mines and workings across an area of approximately 7km by 4km. These include:

  • the Cactus copper-gold-silver deposit and breccia pipe, one of several mineralised breccia pipes over an area of approximately 1000 m by up to 400 m. Modelling of magnetic survey data demonstrates that these pipes are likely connected at depth;

  • the Accrington copper-zinc-silver-gold skarn, which hosts extensive mineralisation across an area of 1.8 km by 1.2 km; and

  • the Horn zinc deposit, a historical lead-silver mine, which contains significant amounts of unmined high grade zinc.

The Company believes that these three deposits are genetically related to, and were formed contemporaneously with, underlying mineralised (copper-molybdenum-gold) porphyry intrusions. Work undertaken by the Company has confirmed the presence of a mineralised porphyry system beneath and adjacent to the Cactus breccia pipes.

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Hole ID Type Easting Northing Altitude
(m)
Depth
(m)
From
(m)
To (m) Interval Cu (%) Zn (%)
**IDD-1 ** Diamond 300107 4259654 2194 119 0 15.24 15.24 0.52 0.30
**IDD-1 ** and 39.62 57.91 18.29 0.44 0.42
**IDD-2 ** Diamond 300199 4259654 2121 128 6.1 65.84 59.74 0.59 0.22
**IDD-3 ** Diamond 300107 4259654 2194 157 0 28.96 28.96 0.46 0.40
IDD-3 and 38.1 123.44 85.34 0.30 0.46
ILH-01 Percussion 300135 4259676 2121 38 12.19 17.07 4.88 0.37 0.12
ILH-01 and 24.38 29.26 4.88 0.39 0.10
ILH-04 Percussion 300107 4259686 2121 32 0 2.44 2.44 0.40 0.01
ILH-04 and 24.38 31.7 7.32 0.44 0.03
ILH-06 Percussion 300199 4259654 2121 22 4.88 7.32 2.44 0.49 0.01
ILH-07 Percussion 300199 4259654 2121 56 4.88 9.75 4.87 0.39 0.02
**ILH-07 ** and 24.38 43.89 19.51 0.35 0.04
ILH-07 and 51.21 56.08 4.87 0.38 0.14
ILH-08 Percussion 300107 4259654 2194 41 0 41.45 41.45 0.94 0.39
ILH-09 Percussion 300109 4259684 2196 7 0 2.44 2.44 0.56 0.33
ILH-10 Percussion 300114 4259676 2196 32 12.19 31.7 19.51 0.44 0.54
ILH-11 Percussion 300191 4259649 2218 29 4.88 29.26 24.38 0.85 0.25
ILH-12 Percussion 300191 4259649 2218 22 0 21.95 21.95 0.78 0.09
ILH-13 Percussion 300191 4259649 2218 32 0 26.82 26.82 1.40 0.13
ILH-14 Percussion 300191 4259649 2218 37 0 36.58 36.58 1.23 0.60
ILH-15 Percussion 300226 4259620 2218 39 0 7.32 7.32 0.44 0.42
ILH-15 and 12.19 39.01 26.82 1.01 0.21
ILH-16 Percussion 300206 4259613 2218 38 7.32 17.07 9.75 0.42 0.19
ILH-17 Percussion 300226 4259653 2218 37 0 12.19 12.19 0.99 0.02

Table 1: Historical drilling results at the Imperial Mine by Bear Creek Mining Company, 1967 (0.3% Cu cut-off)

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APPENDIX 1 JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 Report Imperial and Accrington Prospect

Section 1 - Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code 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 mineralisation types
(eg submarine nodules) may warrant
disclosure ofdetailedinformation.
Rock chip sampling by Alderan:
•Rock chip samples taken of fresh rock from
outcrop or floatRepresentative sample size of
>500g to 1kg per sample
•Mineralisation pre-sampling determined in
outcrop by visual mapping on the base of
oxidation and alteration minerals (ie malachite
for copper, skarn alteration, etc)
Sampling of drillholes

Composite rock chip samples of historic
drillholes were taken at varying intervals

No description of sampling procedures and/
or QAQC checks is known to Alderan
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, 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).
Historical drilling:

Bear Creek: Diamond core and percussion
hammer

No hole/hammer/core size specifications are
given in available documents
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.
Historical drilling:

Core recovery rates not recorded historically.
Observations by Alderan of Amex Drillholes
520-1 - 520-4 within Alderan’s Cactus project
showed good core recovery, in comparable
host rocks to those drilled at Imperial.

No information available on percussion
drilling recoveries.

Apart from a presumption of applying good
drilling practice it is not known what
measures were taken to maximise sample
recovery historically

Relationship between sample recovery and
grade cannot be determined.
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.
Historical drilling:

Geotechnical logging is absent in historical
drillholes.

No detailed geological logging data is known
to Alderan; drillholes were not relogged by
Alderan

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary

Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative
in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc)
photography.

The total length and percentage of the
relevantintersectionslogged.

Photographs of drillcore do not exist to
Alderan’s knowledge
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
grainsize ofthematerialbeing sampled.
Historical drilling:

Historical core preparation is unknown.

Historical sample nature, quality and
appropriateness unknown.

Historical sampling does not include reported
quality control procedures.
Rock chip sampling by Alderan

Samples were crushed and pulverised at
ALS Laboratories/ Elko, Nevada using
PREP-31 sample preparation code
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.
Rock chip sampling by Alderan:

Duplicates were used by Alderan on every
20thsample during grid based soil/ rock chip
sampling and acceptable levels of
repeatability reached

48 Element Package by Four Acid and ICP-
AES/ICP-MS method used for analysis (ALS
code ME-MS61)

Gold assayed by fire assay and AAS using
50g nominal sample weight (ALS code Au-
AA24)

ZN-OG62 used for re-assay of zinc once zinc
in samples exceeded the upper detection
limit of method ME-MS61 (10,000ppm)

PB-OG62 used for re-assay of lead once
lead in samples exceeded the upper
detection limit of method ME-
MS61(10,000ppm)

CU-OG62 used for re-assay of copper once
copper in samples exceeded the upper
detection limit of method ME-
MS61(10,000ppm)

All pulps for the rock chip and soil samples
taken by Alderan were received back by
Alderan and are safely stored
Historical drilling:

Nature, quality and appropriateness of
assaying and laboratory procedures are
unknown for historical sampling.

Standards and blanks were usually not used
historically, no information is available to
Alderan on QAQC procedures used
historically.
Verification
of
sampling
and
assaying

The verification of significant intersections by
either independent or alternative company
personnel.

The use of twinned holes.
Historical drilling:

Verification of significant intersections by
independent or alternative company
personnel for historical drilling is not possible
as the drill hole samples no longer exist

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary

Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage
(physical and electronic) protocols.

Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

Hole have not been twinned

Historical data cannot be used for mineral
resource estimation due to the varying
sources of data, inability to field check control
samples and physically examine exposures.

Original assay sheets as received from the
designated laboratory are available for rock
chips and soil/ rock chip samples, but not for
historical drilling, hence not all historical data
can be confirmed.

Any sampling and assay data within the
Alderan Resources database is supported by
an electronic pdf-file copy of the original
information.

Depths in historical drill holes are stated in
feet and were converted into metric units
using a conversion of 1 feet = 0.3048 m.
Rock chip sampling by Alderan:

Assay data files and laboratory certificates
have been kept in their original form for all
Alderan samples.

Assay data was entered into an electronic
database keeping its original form and values
without manipulation

No adjustments to assay data was done
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.
Historical drilling:

The accuracy of historical drillhole location is
variable.

Some coordinate information was taken from
historical reports and drill logs, while others
were located by georeferencing historical
maps of variable quality. The locations were
refined using aerial imagery and, where
possible, field verification carried out by
Alderan Resources. The location of
coordinate points is fit for purpose in
announcing historical exploration results.

Mine workings were located in the field using
a handheld GPS, by aerial imagery and using
Utah state’s mine inventory database - a
minority of mine workings were located using
geo-referenced historical maps.

All known plans and sections were re-
georeferenced to WGS84 UTMZ12
(metric). This was conducted using
numerous known baseline coordinates - in
particular shafts with several different
handheld GPS receivers for East and North
and Lidar for elevation. The surface
expressions of underground workings
digitized from georeferencing are within ~5m
accuracy and considered moderately to
highly reliable.

Grid systems are subordinate and usually
located using geo-referenced historical
maps.

Quality and adequacy of topographic control
is very good with the Accrington and Imperial
prospect contained within state cm accurate
Lidar datasets.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
Historical drilling:

Data spacing of historical sampling data is
variable.

Drill holes are shown in the plans in the main
report

Data is insufficient for Mineral Resource
Estimation at this stage.
Rock chip sampling by Alderan:

Soil/rock chip samples were taken along
100x50m nominal grid spacing, 50x50m over
outcropping mineralisation/skarn, within a
nominal 12m sampling radius.

Duplicates were taken at every 20thsample.
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.
Historical drilling:
• As the detailed geological geometry of the
deposit is yet to be confirmed by drilling,
sample bias is unknown.
•On a larger scale the Imperial Deposit is
located within an asymmetric synclinal trough
with steep dips on its NW and shallower dips of
bedding on its SE side. Skarn development
largely follows the predefined stratigraphic
layering and structural setting, and is best
developed in carbonate-rich units, less well
developed in carbonate poor units.
•Large-scale structural geology varies over the
wholeAccrington Prospect
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
Rock chip sampling by Alderan:
•Chain of custody enforced by Alderan for all
rock and soil samples taken by the company
Historical drilling:
•No information available to the drill hole
sampes collected byBearCk Mining Co
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.

No known audits of historical results .

Section 2 - Reporting of Exploration Results

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 Frisco Prospect comprises 275 patented
and 252 unpatented claims, which are
governed by the Horn, Cactus and Northern
Carbonate lease agreements entered into with
the private landowner, Horn Silver Mines Inc.

The Horn and Cactus lease agreements grant
Alderan with all rights to access the property
and to explore for and mine minerals, subject
to a retained royalty of 3% to the landholder.
Alderan holds options to reduce the royalty to
1% and to purchase the 231 patented claims.

The Northern Carbonate Lease grants Alderan
with all rights to access the property and to
explore for and mine minerals, subject to a
retained royalty of 3% to the landholder.
Alderan holds options to reduce the royalty to
1% and to purchase the 231 patented claims.

Alderan was in full compliance with both lease
agreements and all claims were in good
standingat the time of reporting.

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Exploration
done by other
parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration
by other parties.

A large amount of historical exploration has
been carried out by numerous different parties.

Data has been acquired, digitized where
indicated, andinterpreted byAlderan.
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.

Porphyry style mineralised district with several
expressions of mineralisation at surface, such
as breccia pipes, skarns, structurally-hosted
mineralisation, and manto style mineralised
zones, including outcropping porphyries.

Part of the larger Laramide mineralising event.

Overprinted byBasinandRange tectonics.
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.
Historical drilling:

A tabulation of all historical drilling results is
provided in Table 1 on page 9 of this
Announcement.

These drilling results are “historical ” and
“foreign” and were initially released in 1967 by
the Bear Creek Mining Company; they are not
able to be be fully reported in accordance with
the JORC Code. Further discussion is
provided below

A tabulation containing Hole ID, Easting,
Northing, Altitude, downhole length is given in
Table 1 of the above report

Dip and azimuth of drillholes is known to
Alderan but not tabulated above as both not
considered material for the purpose of this
report
and
does
not
detract
from
its
understanding

It is uncertain that following evaluation and/or
further exploration work that these historical
and foreign exploration results will able to be
reported under the JORC Code 2012, or used
in Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves in
accordance with the JORC Code.
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.
Historical drilling:

A tabulation of all historical drilling results is
provided in Table 1 on page 9 of this
Announcement.

These drilling results are “historical ” and
“foreign” and were initially released in 1967 by
the Bear Creek Mining Company; they are not
able to be be fully reported in accordance with
the JORC Code.Further discussion is provided
below

No cut off grades were used for surface
assays, no cut offs are reported for historical
drilling

Nometalequivalentswere used.
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’).
Historical drilling:

Detailed knowledge of the mineralization
geometry is not yet known. Downhole lengths
are reported.

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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.
Historical drilling:

Appropriate maps, sections and tabulations of
intercepts are included in the report above
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.

Maps, sections and tabulations presented
show all data available to Alderan
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.

Details of other exploration results are
recorded in the Independent Geologist’s
Report, contained in the Prospectus, and
include

Regional geological context of the Imperial and
Northern carbonate claims

Regional magnetic maps for the project area

Detailed geochemical summary maps for the
Accrington skarn for Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold
and Silver
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.

Details of intended exploration activities are
mentioned in the report above and also
recorded in the Independent Geologist’s
Report, contained in the Prospectus.

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