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LUNNON METALS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2023

Mar 2, 2023

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

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ASX: LM8

RE-ASSAYS CONFIRM WMC DRILLING AT SILVER LAKE HANGING WALL

3 MARCH 2023

KEY POINTS

  • Over 4,100m of Silver Lake-Fisher historical core relogged, cut and resampled

  • Re-assaying of historical Silver Lake diamond core validates WMC data

  • Results confirm Silver Lake Hanging Wall prospect as a priority drill target

  • Surface drilling activities about to commence to test for potential high-grade shoots

Lunnon Metals Limited ( ASX: LM8 ) (the Company or Lunnon Metals ) is pleased to provide an update on activities at the Silver Lake-Fisher ( SLF ) project which, when acquired and combined with the Foster-Baker project in October 2022, represented a doubling of the Company’s nickel rights tenure at the Kambalda Nickel Project ( KNP ) since the Company listed in June 2021.

Since mid-October 2022 the Company has located, re-logged, cut and re-sampled over 4,100 metres of historical WMC Resources Ltd ( WMC ) diamond drill ( DD ) core[1] , originally drilled at the historical Silver Lake and Fisher nickel mines. The amount of DD core processed relating directly to the Silver Lake Hanging Wall ( SLHW ) prospect was 2,400 metres (from a total of 9,200 originally drilled by WMC in the relevant holes; a total equivalent to 7-9 months surface drilling by one rig at current rates). Significant re-assay intercepts include (>1.0% Ni cut-off, true widths are interpreted to be approximately 75% of the drilled width):

  • KA11-34 3.00m @ 2.00% Ni (from 61.40m);

  • KA11-89 0.69m @ 8.16% Ni (from 68.36m);

  • KA11-106 1.48m @ 8.04% Ni (from 64.18m);

  • KA11-108 2.20m @ 4.21% Ni (from 61.38m); and

  • KA11-121 1.44m @ 10.23% Ni (from 72.00m).[2]

In addition, re-assaying of nickel mineralisation on the main komatiite-footwall basalt contact beneath the SLHW prospect recorded:

  • KD632

  • 11.00m @ 0.64% Ni (>0.5% Ni cut-off from 548.00m); and

  • KD633B 0.90m @ 2.44% Ni (>1.0% Ni cut off from 640.60m).

These results provide confirmation of the accuracy and suitability of the historical WMC assay database for ongoing use in the Company’s exploration and Mineral Resource Estimation ( MRE ) activities at SLF. The new data will provide the basis to estimate and report a JORC Code (2012) compliant MRE for the SLHW whilst enabling surface DD to vector towards potential high-grade shoots. Arrangements are now complete with St Ives Gold Mining Co. Pty Ltd ( St Ives ), under the governing mineral rights agreement, to access the surface area above the SLHW target, with causeway construction and then surface drilling to commence shortly.

Managing Director, Ed Ainscough, commenting said : "We were confident the existing geoscientific data was accurate, but it is still pleasing to demonstrate that to current standards. The historical WMC core is a fantastic resource; it saves time and resources, can add important metal to our inventory while allowing us to allocate more funds to our own drilling. As we have shown at the Foster nickel mine, the ability to add Mineral Resources independent of the drill rig differentiates Lunnon Metals, which when coupled with the progression of the Baker discovery and the exciting targets at the SLHW and Long South “Gap” prospects, promises strong newsflow throughout 2023.”

  • 1 In total approximately 260km of SLF historical DD core is stored at the St Ives/Kambalda Core Farm.

2 KA holes are underground holes; the “from” metreage is down hole depth; it does not approximate a depth below surface.

LUNNON METALS LIMITED POSTAL ADDRESS REGISTERED ADDRESS ABN 82 600 008 848 PO Box 470 Suite 10, Level 3, [email protected] West Perth WA 6872 33 Richardson Street www.lunnonmetals.com.au Ph +61 8 6424 8848 WEST PERTH WA 6005

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Figure 1: Plan view of the Silver Lake-Fisher project highlighting the location of the SLHW prospect (see Figure 2) and the highpriority Long South/Silver Lake Gap, relative to nearby existing nickel mines at Kambalda and a representation of a “time slice” from the 2008 IGO 3D seismic survey[3] .

RE-ASSAY CAMPAIGN SUMMARY

The Company reported an Exploration Target estimate for the SLHW prospect on 25 October 2022 (see page 5 of this report for further details). Historical DD mineralised intercepts that informed the Exploration Target were reported in the same announcement. Lunnon Metals’ site team have now completed a program to locate, re-log, cut and re-sample those same historical DD core intervals as part of a much larger campaign of re-assaying under the Company’s signature Historical Core Program ( HCP ).

The re-assay results compared favourably with the historical data, with no significant or systematic anomalies identified, which gives great confidence in the historical WMC data. The Company highlights that not every historical DD intercept was able to be reproduced or “mirrored” due to an absence of available DD core for the requisite down hole interval in some instances.

The Company has also taken the opportunity to gather multi-element geochemistry data as part of the HCP at the SLHW, with the objective being able to vector in towards possible higher grade nickel mineralisation within the border SLHW surface.

Results from the HCP for other targets at Silver Lake and Fisher will be reported as appropriate. Presented below is a plan view of the SLHW prospect area (Figure 2) together with a longitudinal projection of the SLHW prospect with the latest re-assay results annotated and compared where possible with the previous WMC assays (Figure 3).

Note : DD pierce points on Figures 2 & 3 represented by a red circle with no accompanying annotation indicate DD holes where no, or insufficient, historical core remained for re-sampling.

3 Seismic profile insert from “Seismic Methods for Hard Rock Mineral Exploration” Stolz, N., 2012 Seismic Methods for Hard Rock Mineral Exploration; Geoscience Australia, Group Leader, Minerals and Natural Hazards Division, 34th IGC Brisbane, 2012 referencing Williams, P., Whitford, M., Kepic, A., and Urosevic, M., 2012, Recent experiences concerning the use of high definition seismic reflection applied to Komatiitic Nickel Deposits, Western Australia, 74th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, Extended Abstract.

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Figure 2: Plan view of the SLHW prospect area showing select historical assays and recent LM8 re-assay results together with position of the historical mine workings (dark blue) and current surface infrastructure (see long projection in Figure 3 for results for each hole).

HIGH PRIORITY TARGET

The elements of the SLHW that make it a high priority for Lunnon Metals’ first programme on the acquired nickel rights at SLF, include:

  • The scale of SLHW – the area of interest has dimensions of approximately 600m (plunge extent) by 200m across plunge;

  • The spacing of the drilling – SLHW was originally drilled on a broad pattern by WMC, approximate 100m x 100m (or greater);

  • The style of the nickel mineralisation identified in that drilling – there are consistent modest width, low to modest nickel grade intercepts hosted at the base of the second komatiitic flow; and

  • Indication of higher-grade potential – geological logs and assay database entries for select diamond holes document the presence of discrete narrow, but high-grade massive nickel sulphides.

The above characteristics are strikingly similar to how the Baker deposit presented to the Company in the East Cooee area prior to first drilling of that area in October 2021 and its subsequent discovery as a high-grade deposit in January 2022. The relogging and re-assay exercise has also provided important geoscientific and multi-elemental data that has facilitated the Company to target potential high-grade shoots within the SLHW prospect in its upcoming DD programme, based on learnings from the Baker deposit.

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Figure 3: Long projection[4] of the prospective SLHW Exploration Target with previous WMC approx. 100m x 100m diamond drill coverage annotated with both Lunnon Metals’ re-assay and historical WMC assay results reported on 25/10/22 (above 1.0% Ni cut-off unless otherwise labelled). Results and hole IDs in red are new Company re-assay results where historical WMC results have not previously been considered.

4 Back drop to the projection; coloured trends represent interpreted nickel trends (sourced from Brand, N.W., 1992a. Base metal ratios in NiS Exploration . Internal WMC technical report).

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UPCOMING NEWS FLOW FROM SILVER LAKE

The Lunnon Metals programme of activity at SLHW is as follows:

  • COMPLETED : re-logging, cutting and re-assaying of available historical WMC core;

  • COMPLETED : based on the experience gained at the Baker Shoot, analysis of multi-element assay results to determine if vectors to possible higher-grade nickel mineralisation are evident;

  • ABOUT TO COMMENCE : surface diamond drilling of high priority targets generated above, with three 70m spaced drill lines and approximately 30m spaced pierce points along lines where possible or warranted (i.e. significantly improving on the approximate 100m x 100m historical drill density);

  • Down Hole Transient Electro-Magnetic surveying of selected new Company surface diamond holes to determine if any in-hole, or near-hole, high conductance plates are present that may represent nickel sulphide mineralisation; and

  • If on-going exploration results and technical studies are successful, the estimation of a Mineral Resource compliant with the JORC Code (2012).

BASIS OF THE EXPLORATION TARGET

An Exploration Target of between approximately 0.65Mt and 1.3Mt grading between 1.3% Ni and 2.7% Ni has previously been estimated for the SLHW prospect (see ASX announcement dated 25 October 2022). The Company highlights that at the time of the estimation of the Exploration Target, the potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Target stated above was conceptual in nature, that there had been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it was uncertain if further exploration will result in the estimation of a Mineral Resource.

A detailed explanation of the basis of the Exploration Target for SLHW estimated by the Company in accordance with the guidelines of the JORC Code (2012) was included in the ASX announcement dated 25 October 2022. The Company considers that the Exploration Target was appropriately estimated and is representative of the exploration potential at SLHW prospect. Exploration activities have commenced aimed at testing and validating the estimate.

The Exploration Target is based on and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by the Competent Person, Mr Aaron Wehrle.

This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Lunnon Metals Ltd.

Edmund Ainscough Managing Director Phone: +61 8 6424 8848 Email: [email protected]

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Figure 4: Isometric view (looking down to the northwest) of the Silver Lake-Fisher project area highlighting interpreted nickel trends (sourced from Brand, N.W., 1992a. Base metal ratios in NiS Exploration . Internal WMC technical report), the SLHW prospect and the Long South/Silver Lake “Gap”.

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ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON WMC’S FIRST KAMBALDA NICKEL MINE: THE HISTORIC SILVER LAKE SHAFT

Silver Lake nickel mine was developed on the Lunnon Shoot, named after diamond driller Jack Lunnon who drilled the discovery hole, KD1, in 1966. The mine was operated by WMC continuously from 1966 until its closure in the 1985/86 financial year, producing 4.54 million tonnes of ore at 2.72% Ni for over 123,000 tonnes of nickel metal based on WMC’s production records.

The Silver Lake mine and the nickel shoots it hosts are developed on the southeast flank of the Kambalda Dome, with the historical workings plunging for approximately 2.5km to the south-southeast and extending over a vertical distance of at least 350m (from lake surface to 50m below sea level).

Silver Lake was the third largest nickel mine in Kambalda after Otter-Juan and Long Shaft (now both owned by Mincor Resources NL).

The SLHW prospect (known as the ‘25H’ surface during the operating life of the mine) sits below the deepest worked level of the historical Silver Lake mine, being 12 Level (approximately 340m below surface). Technical documentation available to the Company, dating from 1980, indicates that WMC planned to access this area in the future from the Hunt Decline (now part of Canadian listed Karora Resources Beta/Hunt gold mine, some 700m to the west of the Silver Lake workings). That access plan was never executed and the nickel mineralisation hosted by the SLHW remains available to this day.

The same internal WMC technical report indicated that the 25H surface constituted approximately 40% of ore tonnage and nickel metal at Silver Lake hosted in hanging wall positions and 20% of the mine’s entire available inventory of nickel (as at September 1980).

Annexure 1: Diamond Drill Hole Collar Table for Historical WMC Resources Ltd holes intersecting Silver Lake Hanging Wall Prospect

Hole ID Easting Northing Elevation
(m ASL)
Dip Azimuth EOH
Drill
Depth
(m)
Hole Type Grid
KD285 375,451 6,544,645 289 -90 0 602.89 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD286W1 375,566 6,544,643 289 -90 0 777.16 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD611 375,504 6,544,646 289 -90 0 699.60 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD614A 375,610 6,544,644 290 -90 0 830.00 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD638A 375,546 6,544,764 289 -90 0 800.00 Surface DD MGA94_51
KA11-89 375,376 6,545,112 -54 -42 270 101.10 UG DD MGA94_51
KA11-90 375,390 6,545,070 -55 -41.5 270 86.00 UG DD MGA94_51
KD211 375,381 6,545,009 289 -90 0 635.81 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD615 375,384 6,544,887 289 -90 0 620.00 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD632 375,453 6,545,010 289 -90 0 655.20 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD633B 375,501 6,544,885 289 -90 0 705.80 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD639 375,442 6,544,884 289 -90 0 650.60 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD640 375,440 6,544,765 289 -90 0 600.00 Surface DD MGA94_51
KD642 375,500 6,544,766 288 -90 0 694.00 Surface DD MGA94_51
KA11-44 375,429 6,544,666 -52 0 150 90.00 UG DD MGA94_51
KA11-40 375,374 6,544,781 -54 0 136 128.00 UG DD MGA94_51
KA11-121 375,390 6,545,069 -54 -18 261 82.60 UG DD MGA94_51
KA11-106 375,374 6,545,130 -53 -25 270 68.60 UG DD MGA94-51

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Hole ID Easting Northing Elevation
(m ASL)
Dip Azimuth EOH
Drill
Depth
(m)
Hole Type Grid
KA11-108 375,377 6,545,112 -53 -17 270 70.00 UG DD MGA94-51
KA11-34 375,337 6,544,884 -54 0 135 90.00 UG DD MGA94-51
KD627 375,379 6,545,128 289 -90 0 613.00 Surface DD MGA94-51

UG = underground; DD = diamond drill hole

Annexure 2: Drill Intercepts for Historical WMC Resources Ltd holes at Silver Lake Hanging Wall Prospect re-sampled by Lunnon Metals

Hole ID From
(drill
depth)
(m)
Width
^
(m)
Ni % Cu % Co % Fe % Mg % As
ppm
Pd
g/t
Pt
g/t
Cut-off
% Ni
KA11-34 61.40 3.00 2.00 0.19 0.04 10.92 13.71 <10 0.30 0.12 1.00
and 65.30 6.30 0.73 0.04 0.02 7.72 14.67 <10 0.12 0.06 0.50
incl 67.50 2.70 1.14 0.06 0.02 7.22 14.63 <10 0.19 0.10 1.00
KA11-40 82.00 1.00 0.56 0.03 0.01 6.09 17.77 27 0.09 0.04 0.50
KA11-44 66.30 1.30 1.37 0.13 0.02 8.90 15.28 <10 0.23 0.09 1.00
KA11-89 68.36 3.64 2.39 0.11 0.03 16.18 10.28 <10 0.33 0.16 0.50
incl 68.36 0.69 8.16 0.42 0.09 36.76 2.61 <10 0.93 0.45 1.00
and incl 71.00 1.00 2.73 0.10 0.04 18.53 10.96 <10 0.51 0.23 1.00
KA11-90 73.00 1.60 1.56 0.17 0.04 11.75 12.87 101 0.34 0.12 0.50
incl 74.00 0.60 3.23 0.38 0.07 19.35 9.72 262 0.76 0.25 1.00
KA11-106 61.90 3.76 3.66 0.31 0.11 18.46 10.20 31 0.52 0.31 0.50
incl 64.18 1.48 8.04 0.75 0.25 33.47 4.51 <10 1.19 0.68 1.00
KA11-108 59.64 6.14 2.02 0.08 0.04 12.66 12.61 73 0.25 0.12 0.50
incl 61.38 2.20 4.21 0.13 0.07 18.74 10.31 113 0.48 0.20 1.00
KA11-121 70.58 3.72 5.22 0.22 0.07 19.16 11.69 41 0.77 0.39 0.50
incl 72.00 1.44 10.23 0.48 0.16 32.07 6.30 14 1.38 0.59 1.00
KD211 396.24 9.57 0.95 0.13 0.02 8.59 15.38 <10 0.18 0.06 0.50
incl 401.79 0.55 6.04 0.46 0.12 22.53 9.51 11 0.93 0.29 1.00
and 408.43 8.57 1.20 0.06 0.02 9.91 14.90 <10 0.17 0.06 0.50
incl 408.43 3.05 1.16 0.09 0.02 8.61 15.26 <10 0.19 0.08 1.00
and incl 414.07 0.46 8.36 0.08 0.08 34.17 6.39 <10 0.80 0.37 1.00
KD285 345.20 3.80 1.86 0.13 0.04 10.52 15.19 <10 0.24 0.20 1.00
KD614A 684.20 1.50 1.20 0.51 0.06 26.50 3.67 13 0.13 0.09 1.00

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Hole ID From
(drill
depth)
(m)
Width
^
(m)
Ni % Cu % Co % Fe % Mg % As
ppm
Pd
g/t
Pt
g/t
Cut-off
% Ni
KD632 548.00 11.00 0.64 0.04 0.02 6.89 19.41 <10 n/a n/a 0.50
KD633B 629.00 5.00 0.58 0.03 0.02 6.40 21.03 <10 n/a n/a 0.50
and 640.60 0.90 2.44 0.15 0.11 18.92 8.57 <10 n/a n/a 1.00
KD638A 569.80 1.20 1.49 0.09 0.02 9.19 15.05 <10 0.28 0.11 1.00
KD639 453.60 0.95 4.58 0.29 0.07 19.05 13.64 22 0.89 0.46 1.00
and 557.00 3.80 0.58 0.03 0.02 5.75 20.11 <10 0.05 0.02 0.50
and 564.00 1.00 0.53 0.03 0.02 6.66 16.86 <10 0.06 0.03 0.50
and 568.70 0.80 1.10 0.06 0.03 9.58 14.04 <10 0.11 0.06 0.50
KD642 513.00 2.75 1.07 0.08 0.02 7.50 14.82 12 0.15 0.07 0.50
incl 513.75 1.25 1.48 0.13 0.03 8.35 14.75 <10 0.21 0.09 1.00
KD627 Drilled outside of SLHW Exploration Target and returned no significant historical assays or re-assays.

^true widths are interpreted to be approximately 75% of drilled widths subject to final interpretation.

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ABOUT THE KAMBALDA NICKEL PROJECT (KNP)

Lunnon Metals currently holds 100% of the mineral rights at the Foster and Baker elements of the KNP, subject to certain rights retained by St Ives*. Full details of the Company’s IPO and the transactions involved are in the Prospectus submitted to the ASX dated 22 April 2021 and lodged with the ASX on 11 June 2021.

KNP, shown in its regional location in Figure 5, inclusive of the newly acquired rights as detailed in the announcement dated 12 April 2022, is approximately 47km[2] in size comprising two parcels of 19 (Foster and Baker or FBA ) and 20 (Silver Lake and Fisher or SLF ) contiguous granted mining leases situated within the Kambalda Nickel District which extends for more than 70 kilometres south from the township of Kambalda ( Tenements ).

This world-renowned nickel district has produced in excess of 1.4 million tonnes of nickel metal since its discovery in 1966 by WMC. In addition, close to 15Moz of gold in total has been mined with WMC accounting for 5.9Moz and over 8.3Moz produced by Gold Fields Ltd since the purchase of the operation in December 2001 from WMC, making the Kambalda/St Ives district a globally significant gold camp in its own right.

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*St Ives retains rights to explore for and mine gold in the “Excluded Areas” on the Tenements at the Foster and Baker elements of the expanded KNP, as defined in the subsisting agreements between Lunnon Metals and St Ives.

This right extends to gold mineralisation which extends from the Excluded Area to other parts of the FBA Tenements with select restrictions which serve to prevent interference with, or intrusion on, Lunnon Metals’ existing or planned activities and those parts of the FBA Tenements containing the historical nickel mines.

St Ives has select rights to gold in the remaining areas of the FBA Tenements in certain limited circumstances as described in detail in the Company’s Solicitor Report attached to the Prospectus submitted to the ASX dated 22 April 2021 and lodged with the ASX on 11 June 2021.

Figure 5 : Regional Location of the Kambalda Nickel Project and other nearby nickel deposits.

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COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT & COMPLIANCE

The information in this announcement that relates to nickel geology, nickel Mineral Resources, Exploration Targets and Exploration Results, is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr. Aaron Wehrle, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr. Wehrle is a full-time employee of Lunnon Metals Ltd, a shareholder and holder of employee options and performance rights; he has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he is undertaking to qualify as Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr. Wehrle consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

MINERAL RESOURCES

The detailed breakdown of the Company’s Mineral Resources as last updated on 11 January 2023 is as follows:

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Note: Figures have been rounded and hence may not add up exactly to the given totals.

DISCLAIMER

References in this announcement may have been made to certain previous ASX announcements, which in turn may have included Exploration Results, Exploration Targets and Mineral Resources. For full details, please refer to the said announcement on the said date. The Company is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects this information. Other than as specified in this announcement and mentioned announcements, the Company confirms it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement(s), and in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original announcement.

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JORC TABLE 1

SECTION 1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND DATA

Criteria JORC Code (2012) 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.
WMC Historical data

Sampling procedures followed by WMC Resources Ltd (“WMC”) in the
drilling, retrieval, and storage of diamond drill core both from surface
and underground are in line with industry standards at the time (1966
to 2001).

Surface diamond drill obtaining NQ (approximately 47.6mm) and/or BQ
(approximately 36.5mm) diameter drill core, were the standard
exploration sample techniques employed by WMC. Underground
diamond drilling obtaining BQ and/or AQ (less than 27.0mm) diameter
drill core was also undertaken in the underground mine environment.

The drill core was typically collected in steel core trays of 1.0m lengths
comprising five to ten compartments depending on drill core diameter.
The core trays were labelled with the drill hole number and numbered
with the downhole meterage for the start of the first 1 m run and the
end of the last 1 m run on the lip of the core tray and typically included
core blocks within the core trays demarcating the depth meterage of
rod pull breaks.

The earlier drilling was collected in wooden, and hybrid wooden/steel
core trays and occasionally depths recorded in feet.
Lunnon Metals DD–re-sampling

Identified historical DD core of interest was located and retrieved from
the Gold Fields, St Ives’ core farm by Company personnel and relocated
to the Foster office compound for processing.

Processing of the historical DD core including sub-sampling techniques
and sample preparation are described further below in the relevant
section.

Sample sizes are considered appropriate for the material sampled.

The samples are considered representative and appropriate for this
type of drilling.

DD core samples are appropriate for use in a resource estimate.
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.
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.).
WMC Historical Drilling

Historical diamond drilling (“DD”) completed by WMC comprised
surface NQ and BQ size drill core. Pre-collars to the surface diamond
drillholes are typically PQ and HQ size and occasionally comprised
reverse circulation percussion (“RC”) drilling techniques. The pre-collars
are not typically mineralised. DD was also undertaken from
underground drill positions in which case the drill core was typically BQ
and/or AQ size.

Although no documentation is available to describe the drilling
techniques used by WMC at the time it is understood that the various
drilling types used conventional drilling methods consistent with
industry standards of the time.

None of the historical WMC diamond drill core was oriented.
Drill sample
recovery
Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.

There are no available records for sample recovery for diamond or RC
drilling completed by WMC; however, re-logging exercises completed
by Lunnon of surface and underground diamond drillholes from across
the KNP between 2017 and 2022 found that on average drill recovery
was good and acceptable by industry standards.

No sample bias is observed.

There is no relationship between recovery and nickel grade nor bias
related to fine or coarse sample material.
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.

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Criteria JORC Code (2012) explanation Commentary
Logging Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource
estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
WMC Historical data

There is no available documentation describing the logging procedures
employed by WMC geologists in the KNP area; however, the historical
graphical hardcopy logs and other geoscientific records available for
the project are of high quality and contain significant detail with
logging intervals down to as narrow as 0.01 m. The geological logs
document lithology, textures, structures, alteration, and mineralisation
observed in drill core captured both graphically and in a five-character
logging code (Lunnon notes that a previous logging legend employed
at WMC’s Kambalda nickel operations utilised a 3 letter code which is
often represented on hard copy plans and cross sections of an older
vintage and which was converted by WMC to the 5 character code at
some later time). Stratigraphy is also captured in a three-character
logging code. Sample intervals are recorded on the graphical log. These
logging legends are well documented in lieu of a recorded procedure
and are utilised by Lunnon in current logging practices.

In regard geotechnical logging or procedures, there is no record of any
formal relevant procedures or logging and based on personal
experience of the Competent Person, such logging was not routinely
completed prior to the introduction of Regulation 10:28 in the WA Mine
Safety and Inspection Act, requiring the same in approximately 1996.

Based on the personal experience of the Competent Person to this
announcement, having worked for WMC in Kambalda between 1996
and 2001, it is known that WMC had a rigorous and regimented system
for storing and archiving the graphical logs physically, microfilmed, and
drafted on to master cross sections, plans, and long sections as well as
capturing the interval data (logging and assays) digitally in database
format.

Lunnon sourced historical diamond core from the St Ives Kambalda
core yard on Durkin Road where relevant to its investigations.
Lunnon Metals DD–re-logging

Geology logging is undertaken for the retrieved historical DD core
recording lithology, oxidation state, mineralisation, alteration, structural
fabrics, and veining.

Geological logging is completed in sufficient detail to support future
Mineral Resource estimation, mining and metallurgical studies.

General logging data captured are qualitative (descriptions of the
various geological features and units) and quantitative (numbers
representing structural attitudes, and vein and sulphide percentages,
magnetic susceptibility and conductivity).

DD core isphotographed in both dryand wet form.
Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or
costean, channel, etc.) photography.
The total length and percentage of
the relevant intersections logged.
Sub-sampling
techniques and
sample
preparation
If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core
taken.
WMC Historical data

All historical core that was relevant to the mineralisation drilled and
sampled by WMC as sighted by Lunnon was sawn with half or quarter
core sampling practices. It is assumed that all samples otherwise
contributing to any reporting or estimation of nickel mineralisation by
Lunnon were processed with this standard methodology.

Portions of drill core distal to the main high-grade mineralisation were
sometimes ‘chip sampled’ by WMC. Lunnon has chosen not to utilise
such samples in any estimation of grade or mineralisation.

WMC typically sampled in interval lengths relevant to the underlying
lithology and mineralisation such that sample interval lengths may vary
from between minima of 0.05m and maxima up to 2.00m approximately
within any mineralised zone.

Intervals of no mineralisation or interest were not sampled.

Review of historical drill core by Lunnon indicated that there were no
areas of interest relevant to nickel mineralisation that were not half or
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

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Criteria JORC Code (2012) explanation Commentary
Sub-sampling
techniques and
sample
preparation
continued
instance results for field
duplicate/second-half sampling.
quarter core sawn and sampled by WMC and that the sample sizes were
appropriate for the type, style and thickness of mineralisation being
tested with sample breaks corresponding to lithological or
mineralisation breaks being the norm. Although faded through time,
sample depth intervals are evident as marked on the remaining half
core as observed by Lunnon and these correlate to sample interval
depths in the original paper graphical drill logs and the database.

While the WMC procedure for logging, sampling, assaying and QAQC
of drillhole programs was not available at the time of this
announcement it is interpreted that it was of high quality and in line
with industry standards at that time.

It is the opinion of the Competent Person that the sample preparation,
security, and analytical procedures pertaining to the above-mentioned
historical WMC drilling are adequate and fit for purpose based on:
-
WMC's reputation in geoscience stemming from their discovery
of nickel sulphides in Kambalda in the late 1960s;
-
identification of procedures entitled_“WMC QAQC Practices for_
_Sampling and Analysis, Version 2 - adapted for St Ives Gold”_dated
February 2001 and which includes practices for nickel; and
-
the first-hand knowledge and experience of the Competent
Person of this announcement whilst working for WMC at
Kambalda between 1996 and 2001.
Lunnon Metals DD–re-sampling

After logging, sample interval mark-up, and photographing, selected
sample intervals of drill core were cut in half along the length of the
drill core where whole core was available, or cut in quarters along the
length of the drill core where half core only was available, using a
diamond saw in a Discoverer® Automatic Core Cutting Facility using a
Corewise Auto Core Saw.

In the case of narrow diameter AQ core the core was sampled as whole
core, or half core only if it had been cut previously. No new cutting of
AQ core was undertaken in the re-sampling exercise.

Dependent on the above scenarios either one quarter, one half, or the
whole of the drill core is sent to the laboratory for assay. Any remaining
core i.e. the other half or quarter is retained in its original core tray.

Holes were marked-up and sampled for assaying over mineralised and
surrounding intervals at a typical minimum sample interval of 0.3m to
ensure adequate sample weight and a typical maximum sample interval
of 1.0m, constrained by geological boundaries and where appropriate
by previous historical WMC sample intervals.

Specific Gravity – density measurements were taken for each
mineralised DD sample for the Lunnon drill holes.

Sample weights vary depending on sample length and density of the
rock.

Industry prepared certified reference material (CRM), or standard
samples, of various grades appropriate to the mineralisation expected
are inserted into the sample batches, approximately every 50 samples
and more frequently in the identified mineralised zones.

Lunnon prepared blank samples are inserted, approximately every 50
samples and more frequently in the identified mineralised zones. Blank
samples are prepared from barren non-ultramafic reject RC chips as
verified by laboratory analysis and geological logging.

Field duplicate samples were collected at a rate of 1 in 25 samples for
NQ and BQ core by cutting the core into quarters and submitting both
quarters to the laboratory for analysis.

After receipt of the DD core samples by the independent laboratory
(Intertek Genalysis in Kalgoorlie) the samples are dried, crushed to
~2mm,andpulverised with >85%pulverised to 75micron or better. For
Whether sample sizes are appropriate
to the grain size of the material being
sampled.

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Criteria JORC Code (2012) explanation Commentary
Sub-sampling
techniques and
sample
preparation
continued
sample weights >3kg the sample is dried, crushed to ~2mm, split, and
pulverised up to 3kg. Pulverised samples were then transported to
Intertek Genalysis in Perth for analysis.

Sample sizes are considered appropriate for the style of mineralisation
(potentially nickeliferous massive, matrix and disseminated sulphides,
hosted in komatiite and basalt).
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.
WMC Historical data

There is no data available at the time of this announcement pertaining
to the assaying and laboratory procedures nor the historical field or
laboratory quality assurance and quality control (QAQC), if any,
undertaken by WMC drilling programs in the KNP area; however, it is
expected that industry standards as a minimum were likely to have been
adopted in the KNP area and the analytical laboratory, considering
WMC’s reputation for excellence in geosciences.
Lunnon Metals DD–re-assaying

Samples were submitted to Intertek Genalysis in Kalgoorlie for sample
preparation i.e. drying, crushing where necessary, and pulverising.

Pulverised samples were then transported to Intertek Genalysis in Perth
for analysis.

Samples were analysed for a multi-element suite including, as a
minimum, Ni, Cu, Co, Cr, As, Fe, Mg, Pb, S, Ti, Zn. Analytical techniques
used a four-acid digest (with ICP-OES or ICP-MS finish) of hydrofluoric,
nitric, perchloric and hydrochloric acids, suitable for near total
dissolution of almost all mineral species including silica-based samples.

Within the nickel mineralised zones, the platinum group elements (Pd,
Pt, Au) were also analysed using a 50g charge lead collection fire assay
method with ICP-MS finish.

These techniques are considered quantitative in nature.

As discussed previously, CRM standard, and blank samples are inserted
by Lunnon Metals into sample batches, and the laboratory also carries
out internal standards in individual batches.

The resultant Lunnon Metals and laboratory QAQC data is reviewed
upon receipt to determine that the accuracy and precision of the data
has been identified as acceptable prior to being cleared for upload to
the database.
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.
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.

Significant intersections have not been independently verified and no
direct twinned holes have been completed by Lunnon.
WMC Historical data

Diamond drill core data – across the KNP, Lunnon has undertaken
exhaustive assessment of historical WMC underground and surface
diamond drill core to inspect and visually validate significant drill assays
and intercepts, and re-sample and re-assay to validate historical assay
data in the KNP database.

No significant or systematic anomalies have been identified and the
Competent Person is satisfied that the original data is representative of
the geology and mineralisation observed; thus no adjustments to assay
data have been deemed necessary or made.

Lunnon notes that the Kambalda style of nickel mineralisation is highly
visible permitting the nickel grade to be relatively accurately estimated
by experienced geologists to validate the laboratory assay grade; this is
a practise that is not uncommon in the nickel mining industry.
Lunnon Metals DD–re-processed core

Re-logging and sample intervals are captured in digital QAQC’d
spreadsheets via “tough” books (rugged tablet, field-based laptops).

After internal sign-off, these digital sampling and logging registers are
saved by geologists in the designated database upload folder on a
cloud-based server.

After further data validation by the database administrator, the items in
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.

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Criteria JORC Code (2012) explanation Commentary
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
continued
the upload folder are forwarded on to MaxGeo to import directly into
the Datashed database.

Assays from the laboratory are sent directly to MaxGeo’s AAL
(automatic assay loader) through which they are then visible in
Datashed’s QAQC interface, here they are all checked and verified by
the Lunnon database administrator before accepting the batches into
the database.

No adjustments are made to the original assaydata.
Location of data
points
Accuracy and quality of surveys used
to locate drillholes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine
workings and other locations used in
Mineral Resource estimation.
WMC Historical data-surface

Historical methods of drill collar survey pick-up are not known however
WMC did employ surface surveyors dedicated to the collection of
exploration collar data. The easting, northing and elevation values were
originally recorded in local KNO (‘Kambalda Nickel Operations’) grid
and later converted to the currently used GDA94/MGA Zone 51 grid.
Both the original KNO grid coordinates and the converted coordinates
are recorded in the database.

Historical hardcopy downhole survey data is generally available for all
surface drillholes and the records show that single shot magnetic
instruments were used. A representative number of these hardcopy
downhole survey records have been cross checked against the digital
records in the database.

No significant errors or inconsistencies have been identified that are
capable of being detrimental to any interpretation of nickel
mineralisation intersected down hole.
WMC Historical data–underground drilling

Although the original historical hard-copy records of collar pick-up and
drilling accuracy (collar, downhole surveys) is not uniformly available for
underground diamond drilling the location of drill collars relative to
underground workings is consistent with the sample points being
accurately located in space as provided by the database. The
documented collar coordinates and collar dip and azimuth from
graphical drill logs have been cross checked with the current digital
database figures and shown to be representative.

Historical hardcopy mining level plans, cross sections, and longitudinal
projects are reviewed to spatially/graphically validate drillhole locations
and logging and assays, and underground development drive and
stope locations.
Specification of the grid system used.
Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.
Data spacing
and distribution
Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.
WMC Historical data

The typical drill spacing for the early WMC surface drill traverses is
approximately 120m apart with drillhole spacing along the traverses
between 10m and 80m (close spacing where present was due to
multiple wedge holes from parent holes). These traverses were
sometimes infilled to about 60m spacing where drillhole depths were
less than approximately 450m.

Underground diamond drilling - The underground diamond drilling
spacing is quite variable but is on average spaced at approximately 30m
by 30m to 20m by 20m with infill rarely to about 10m in areas of added
geological complexity.
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.
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.

The majority of historical drill holes were collared vertically and
lifted/drifted in towards being closer to perpendicular to stratigraphy
with depth as the nickel contact was approached.

The chance of bias introduced by sample orientation relative to
structures, mineralised zones or shears at a low angle to the drillhole is
possible, however quantified orientation of the intercepted interval
allows this possible bias to be assessed. Where drilling intercepts the
interpreted mineralisation as planned, bias is considered non-existent
to minimal.

Underground diamond drilling at Silver Lake was typically collared from
If the relationship between the
drilling orientation and the
orientation of key mineralised
structures is considered to have
introduced a sampling bias, this

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Criteria JORC Code (2012) explanation Commentary
Orientation of
data in relation
to geological
structure
continued
should be assessed and reported if
material.
the footwall and drilled through the main nickel contact on the Lunnon
Basalt - Kambalda Komatiite contact, onwards in the case of any
hanging wall surfaces targeted out into that hanging wall. This was due
to the fact that the capital development from where drilling occurred
was mined in the more competent footwall Lunnon Basalt.

Given the hanging wall location of some Silver Lake ore development,
occasionally, these drives were utilised to drill back towards the main
komatiite-basalt contact targeting deeper horizons inaccessible form
the footwall development. In such cases hanging wall mineralisation
that was proximal to the contact may have been tested also.

It does not appear that any specific drill drives were developed as
dedicated platforms for drilling out the deposit and instead drilling
locations took advantage of existing underground infrastructure such
as decline and access stockpiles. This is not unusual in the underground
mining environment at Kambalda during a mine’s life.

Drilling was completed on successive levels as mining advanced to
optimise the angle of intersection with the ore surface. The intersection
angle between drillholes and the mineralised target surfaces, for
example, ranged between 20° and 90° but was typically close to 50°.

Lunnon does not consider that any bias was introduced by the
orientation of samplingresultingfrom either drillingtechnique.
Sample security The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
WMC Historical data

There is no documentation which describes the historical sample
handling and submission protocols during the WMC drilling
programmes; however, it is assumed that due care was taken with
security of samples during field collection, transport and laboratory
analysis. The historical drill core remaining after sampling was stored
and catalogued at the KNO core farm (now Gold Fields, St Ives’ core
farm) and it remains at this location to the present day.
Lunnon Metals DD–re-sampling

Lunnon core farm technicians collect the cut (or whole) core samples
into calico bags guided by a sample register and sampling information
contained therein as prepared by a Company geologist.

The calico samples are collected sequentially in groups of five and
placed into polyweave bags which are labelled and secured with cable
ties. The polyweave bags are in turn placed in bulka bags which are
secured on wooden pallets and transported directly via road freight to
the laboratory with a corresponding submission form / consignment
note.

The laboratory checks the samples received against the submission
form and notifies Lunnon of any inconsistencies. Once the laboratory
has completed the assaying, the pulp packets, pulp residues and coarse
rejects are held in the laboratory’s secure warehouse until collected by
Lunnon or approval isprovided byLunnon for them to be discarded.
Audits or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.

No external audits or reviews have been undertaken at this stage of the
programme.
WMC Historical data

Cube Consulting Pty Ltd are independent of Lunnon and have been
previously retained by Lunnon to complete the grade estimation for
nickel mineralisation models and MRE exercises but also to review and
comment on the protocols developed by Lunnon to deal with, and
thereafter utilise, the historical WMC Resources’ data, in particular the
re-sampling and QAQC exercise completed by Lunnon such that the
data is capable of being used in accordance with current ASX Listing
Rules where applicable and JORC Code (2012) guidelines and standards
for the generation and reporting of MREs.

Cube has documented no fatal flaws in the work completed by Lunnon
in this regard.

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JORC TABLE 1

SECTION 2 REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS

Criteria JORC Code(2012) 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 property is located on granted Mining Leases. Although all of
the tenements wholly or partially overlap with areas the subject of
determined native title rights and interests, the company notes that
the original grant of the right to mine pre-dates 23 December 1996
and as such section 26D of the Native Title Act will be applied to
exempt any future renewals or term extensions from the right to
negotiate in Subdivision P of the Act.

The complete area of contiguous tenements on which the Silver
Lake-Fisher project and rights is located is, together with the wholly
owned Foster-Baker project area on the south side of Lake Lefroy,
collectively referred to as the Kambalda Nickel Project (“KNP”) area.

Gold Fields Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary, St Ives, remains the
registered holder and the beneficial owner of the Silver Lake-Fisher
area.

Lunnon now holds:
-
100% of the rights and title to the Foster-Baker area of KNP,
its assets and leases, subject to certain select reservations and
excluded rights retained by St Ives, principally relating to the
right to gold in defined areas and the rights to process any
future gold ore mined at their nearby Lefroy Gold Plant;
-
The Foster-Baker project area of KNP comprises 19 tenements,
each approximately 1,500 m by 800 m in area, and three
tenements on which infrastructure may be placed in the future.
The tenement numbers are as follows:
-
M15/1546; M15/1548; M15/1549; M15/1550; M15/1551;
M15/1553; M15/1556; M15/1557; M15/1559; M15/1568;
M15/1570; M15/1571; M15/1572; M15/1573; M15/1575;
M15/1576; M15/1577; M15/1590; M15/1592; and additional
infrastructure tenements, M15/1668; M15/1669; M15/1670;
and
-
100% of the mineral rights to nickel and associated metals in
the Silver Lake-Fisher project area of KNP, subject to the rights
retained by St Ives as tenement holder and as detailed in the
Mineral Rights Agreement (MRA). The tenement numbers are
as follows (note select tenements are not wholly within the
MRA area):
-
ML15/0142(access rights only); M15/1497; M15/1498;
M15/1499; M15/1505; M15/1506; M15/1507; M15/1511;
M15/1512; M15/1513; M15/1515; M15/1516; M15/1523;
M15/1524; M15/1525; M15/1526; M15/1528; M15/1529;
M15/1530; M15/1531

There are no known impediments to potential future development
or operations, subject to relevant regulatory approvals, over the
leases where significant results have been reported.

The tenements are in good standing with the Western Australian
Department of Mines,IndustryRegulation and Safety.
Exploration
done by other
parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.

In relation to nickel mineralisation, WMC, now BHP Nickel West Pty
Ltd and a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP Ltd, conducted all
relevant exploration, resource estimation, development and mining
of the mineralisation at Foster and Jan mines from establishment of
the mineral licences through to sale of the properties to St Ives in
December 2001.

Approximately 260,000m of diamond drilling was undertaken on the
properties the subject of the Silver Lake-Fisher MRA by WMC prior
to 2001 (or 2,302 diamond holes, both surface and underground).

St Ives has conducted later gold exploration activities on the KNP
area since 2001, however until nickel focused work recommenced
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Criteria JORC Code(2012) explanation Commentary
Exploration
done by other
parties
continued
been conducted since the time of WMC ownership and only one
nickel focussed surface diamond core hole (with two wedge holes),
was completed in total since WMC ownership and prior to Lunnon’s
IPO.

On the KNP, past total production from underground mining by
WMC was:
-
Foster 61,129 nickel tonnes;
-
Jan 30,270 nickel tonnes;
-
Fisher 38,070 nickel tonnes; and
-
Silver Lake 123,318 nickel tonnes.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and
style of mineralisation.

The KNP area is host to both typical ‘Kambalda’ style, komatiitic
hosted, nickel sulphide deposits and Archaean greenstone gold
deposits such as routinely discovered and mined in Kambalda/St
Ives district.

These ‘Kambalda’ style, komatiitic hosted, nickel sulphide deposits
host nickel mineralisation and elements associated with this nickel
mineralisation,such as Cu,Co,Pd and Pt.
Drillhole
Information
A
summary
of
all
information
material to the understanding of the
exploration
results
including
a
tabulation
of
the
following
information for all Material drillholes:
easting
and
northing
of
the
drillhole collar
elevation or RL (elevation above
sea level in metres) of the drillhole
collar
dip and azimuth of the hole
down hole length and interception
depth hole length.

Drill hole collar location and directional information has been
provided within the relevant Additional Details Table in the
Annexures of this report.

Due to the long plunge extents and ribbon like nature of many of
the known and potential nickel shoots at Silver Lake and Fisher, long
projections are often considered the most appropriate format to
present most results, especially if there are insufficient drill hole
intercepts to present meaningful, true cross sections.

Isometric views are also utilised to place drill results in context if
possible.
Data
aggregation
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.

Grades have been reported as intervals recording down-hole
length and interpreted true width where this estimation was able
to be made.

Any grades composited and reported to represent an interpreted
mineralised intercept of significance were reported as sample-
length weighted averages over that drill intercept.

The Company currently considers that grades above 0.5% Ni
and/or 1.0% Ni are worthy of consideration for individual reporting
in any announcement of Exploration Results in additional details
tables provided.

Composite nickel grades may be calculated typically to a 0.5% Ni
cut-off with intervals greater than 1.0% reported as “including” in
any zones of broader lower grade mineralisation.

Other composite grades may be reported above differing cut-offs
however in such cases the cut off will be specifically stated.

Reported intervals may contain internal waste however the
resultant composite must be greater than either the 0.5% Ni or
1.0% Ni as relevant (or the alternatively stated cut-off grade).

As per other Kambalda style nickel sulphide deposits the SLHW
composites reported by Lunnon may include samples of very high
nickel grades down to lower grades approaching the 0.5% Ni or
1.0% Ni cut-off as relevant.

No top-cuts have been applied to reporting of drill assay results.

No metal equivalent values have been reported.

Other elements of relevance to the reported nickel mineralisation,
such as Cu, Co, Fe, Mg, Pd and Pt and the like, are reported where
the nickel grade is considered significant, if they have been assayed

Historical WMC drilling was typically only assayed for Ni and less
frequentlyfor Cu,Cr,Co and Zn.

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Criteria JORC Code(2012) explanation Commentary
Relationship
between
mineralisation
widths and
intercept lengths
If the geometry of the mineralisation
with respect to the drillhole 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’).

In regard nickel exploration, the general strike and dip of the Lunnon
Basalt footwall contact and by extension any hanging wall related
nickel mineralised surfaces are considered to be well defined by past
drilling which generally allows for true width calculations to be made
regardless of the density or angle of drilling.

Reported intersections include estimated and approximate true
widths, but these may not be true widths, as ongoing interpretation
of the geology and mineralisation may result in that drilling not
always
being
exactly
perpendicular
to
the
strike/dip
of
mineralisation once interpreted.
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 drillhole collar locations
and appropriate sectional views.

Plans, isometric views and long projections, where able to clearly
represent the results of drilling, are provided in the attached
presentation.

Due to the long plunge extents and ribbon like nature of many of
the known and potential nickel shoots at Silver Lake and Fisher, long
projections are often considered the most appropriate format to
present most results, especially if there are insufficient drill hole
intercepts to present meaningful, true cross sections.

Isometric views are also utilised to place drill results in context if
possible.
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.

Drill collar locations of WMC Historical drilling are included 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.

The KNP has a long history of geological investigation, primarily for
nickel, but also gold to a lesser degree.

Datasets pertinent to the KNP that represent other meaningful and
material information include:
o
Geophysics - multiple ground and aerial based surveys of
magnetic, gravity, Sub Audio Magnetics, electro magnetics, and
down hole transient electromagnetic surveys.
o
Geochemistry - nickel and gold soil geochemistry datasets
across the KNP and rock chip sampling in areas of outcrop.
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).

All work programmes across the KNP are continuously assessed
against ongoing high priority programmes elsewhere at the KNP;
presently Baker, Foster and Warren have been high priority; it is
expected that Silver Lake and Fisher programmes will increase in
priority and prominence.

In the Silver Lake-Fisher area at KNP, seismic surveys, ground
magnetic surveys and a compilation of all historical geological
information is planned to enable generation of potential high-
ranking targets near surface, <300m approx, to be tested by RC
drilling, and deeper targets (>300m) to be tested by diamond
drilling.

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