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METALSGROVE MINING LTD Capital/Financing Update 2022

Jul 31, 2022

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LARGE CONDUCTOR IDENTIFIED AND AIRBORNE MAG SURVEY UNDERWAY AT WOODIE WOODIE NORTH

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Highlights:

  • MGA has identified a broad conductor at the Woodie Woodie North Manganese Project in WA

Date 1 August 2022 ASX Code MGA

  • 1596-line kilometre helicopter borne magnetic and radiometric survey is underway at Woodie Woodie North (E45/5945) to provide detailed lithological and structural mapping

  • New target generation and data processing to be undertaken simultaneously as survey progresses

  • Nearby mines include the Woodie Woodie (Consolidated Minerals Limited) manganese mine (approximately 50 km to the southeast)

Company Directors

Mr Sean Sivasamy Managing Director and CEO

Mr Richard Beazley Non-Executive Chairperson

Mr Haidong Chi Non-Executive Director

Chief Financial Officer Ms Rebecca Broughton

Company Secretary Mr Jack Rosagro

Critical metals exploration and development company MetalsGrove Mining Limited (ASX: MGA ), (“ MetalsGrove ” “ MGA ” or the “ Company ”), is pleased to announce that a recently completed technical review of historical airborne electromagnetics survey data has highlighted a large conductor zone within the Woodie Woodie North Manganese Project in Western Australia.

The Woodie Woodie North Project is located approximately 100 km east of Marble Bar in the eastern Pilbara region and covers an area of approximately 13,740 ha.

A 1,596-line kilometre of airborne magnetic and radiometric survey set at 50 m spacings is underway on a E-W traverse lines.

Additional exploration activities to be completed at the Woodie Woodie North Project area this quarter include surface mapping and soil geochemistry.

MetalsGrove’s Managing Director, Sean Sivasamy commented:

Contact Details

6/123A Colin Street West Perth WA-6005 T: + 61 8 6388 2725

E: [email protected]

W: metalsgrove.com.au

“We are delighted with the outcomes of our technical review which has further reinforced the underlying prospectivity of the Woodie Woodie North Manganese Project and provided our team with a significant target area for our upcoming exploration campaign.

The identification of a broad conductor along the major structural corridor is significant and this area remains largely untested by modern exploration methods.

The Woodie Woodie North Project is a highly mineralised region which has clearly demonstrated the potential to host significant manganese mineralisation. MetalsGrove has assembled a world-class portfolio of critical metals assets in prime exploration jurisdictions and our initial technical reviews have provided our team with great momentum as we scale up our exploration efforts.”

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Figure 1: Historic TEMPEST AEM Survey Transect – Late Channel Stacked Profilesat Woodie Woodie North

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Figure2: Airborne magnetic and radiometric survey at Woodie Woodie North

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Figure 2: Proposed airborne magnetic and radiometric survey at Woodie Woodie North

Woodie Woodie North Manganese Project

The Woodie Woodie North manganese project which comprises a single granted Exploration Licence (E 45/5945), located approximately 100 km east of Marble Bar in the eastern Pilbara region. The tenement covers an area of approximately 13,740 ha.

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Nearby mines include the Woodie Woodie (Consolidated Minerals Limited) manganese mine (approximately 50 km to the southeast) and its well-connected world-class infrastructure.

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Figure 2: Woodie Woodie North Project Location Plan

About MetalsGrove

MetalsGrove Mining Limited (ASX: MGA) is an Australian-based exploration and development company, focused on the exploration and development of its portfolio of high-quality lithium, rare earth, copper-gold, manganese and base metal projects in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

MGA is committed to green metal exploration and development to meet the growing demand from the battery storage and renewable energy markets in the transition to a de-carbonised world.

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Competent Person Statement – Exploration Strategy

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration strategy and results is based on information provided to and compiled by Sean Sivasamy who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Sivasamy is Managing Director and CEO of MetalsGrove Mining Limited.

Mr Sivasamy has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and exploration processes as reported herein to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’.

The information in this announcement that relates to Geophysical interpretations was provided by Mr Russell Mortimer of Southern Geoscience Consultants who is an active member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

Mr Mortimer has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and exploration processes reported herein to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’.

Mr Sivasamy and Mr Mortimer both consent to the inclusion in this announcement of the information contained herein, in the form and context in which it appears.

Forward looking statements

This announcement may contain certain “forward looking statements” which may not have been based solely on historical facts, but rather may be based on the Company’s current expectations about future events and results. Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis.

However, forward looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to exploration risk, mineral resource risk, metal price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks in the countries and states in which we sell our product to, and government regulation and judicial outcomes.

For more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors, see the Company’s Prospectus, as well as the Company’s other filings. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking information. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any “forward looking statement” to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Authorised for release by the MetalsGrove Mining Limited Board of Directors,

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SHAREHOLDER ENQUIRIES

Sean Sivasamy Managing Director & CEO MetalsGrove Mining Ltd [email protected]

MEDIA ENQUIRIES

Sam Burns SIXº Investor Relations +61 400 164 067 [email protected]

GENERAL ENQUIRIES MetalsGrove Mining Ltd www.metalsgrove.com.au [email protected]

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JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

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

Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Sampling
techniques

Nature and quality of sampling (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 of detailed information.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.
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).

No drilling results included in release.
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.

No drilling results included in release.

No drilling results included in release.

No drilling results included in release.
Logging

Whether core and chip samples have been
geologically and geotechnically logged to a level
of detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource
estimation, mining studies and metallurgical
studies.

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

The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.
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,

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
including
for
instance
results
for
field
duplicate/second-half sampling.

Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the
grain size of the material being sampled.

This release contains no sampling results.
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.

This release contains no sampling results.

Data in this release was captured with TEMPEST
fixed wing AEM system configuration -
Government
survey
AusAEM
(WA-NT)
2019/2020 – Job 802397 – completed by CGG,
20km line spacing EW direction - ~120m mean
terrain clearance.

This release contains no sampling results.
Verification of
sampling and
assaying

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

The use of twinned holes.

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

Discuss any adjustment to assay data.

This release contains no sampling results.

This release contains no sampling results.

Data captured into automated digital systems
prior to processing.
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.

Data is spatially located to sub-metre accuracy
with a differential GPS (DGPS) during capture.

The grid projection used for Woodie Woodie
North is MGA_GDA94, Zone 51. All maps
included in this report are referenced to this grid.

Topographic control captured by DGPS system
duringcapture.
Data spacing
and distribution

Data spacing for reporting of Exploration
Results.

Whether the data spacing and distribution is
sufficient to establish the degree of geological
and grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral
Resource
and
Ore
Reserve
estimation
procedure(s) and classifications applied.

Whether sample compositing has been applied.

The regional AEM survey was flown along 20 km
spaced lines, with lines oriented roughly
perpendicular to the stratigraphy.
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.

This release contains no sampling results.
Sample security

The measures taken to ensure sample security.

This release contains no sampling results.
Audits or reviews

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

This release contains no sampling results.

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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

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

Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land tenure
status

Type, reference name/number, location and
ownership including agreements or material
issues with third parties such as joint ventures,
partnerships, overriding royalties, native title
interests, historical sites, wilderness or national
park and environmental settings.

The security of the tenure held at the time of
reporting along with any known impediments to
obtaining a licence to operate in the area.

Exploration
Licence
E45/5945
granted
10/03/2022 (5 years term).

There are no known existing impediments to the
tenements.

Readers are referred to the Solicitor’s Report in
the Prospectus for further information of the legal
status associated with the tenure of the Project.
Exploration done
by other parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
other parties.

All historical work referenced in this report has
been undertaken by previous project explorers.
Whilst it could be expected that work and
reporting practises were of an adequate
standard, this cannot be confirmed.
Geology

Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.

The Woodie Woodie North project lies a few km
to the west of the Ripon Hills camp of Mn deposits
(Consolidated Minerals (Australia). The project
area straddles the boundary between the lower
Hamersley Group Carawine Dolomite and rocks
of
the
Fortescue
Group
(Mount
Bruce
Supergroup). The Carawine Dolomite forms part
of Hamersley Basin (Carawine Sub-basin). The
Carawine Dolomite is overlain by the Pinjian
Chert Breccia. The western part of the project
area contains rocks of the Maddina Formation
(Fortescue Group/Basin) comprising massive,
amygdaloidal, or vesicular basalt and basaltic
andesite; local komatiitic basalt, dacite, and
rhyolite. These rocks are intruded by doleritic
rocks assigned to the Fortescue Group (Williams,
2007). Pods of remnant Paterson Formation of
the Carboniferous–Permian glacigene Canning
Basin are alsopresent in theproject area.
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:
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation
above sea level in metres) of the drill hole
collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception depth
o hole length.

If the exclusion of this information is justified on
the basis that the information is not Material and
this exclusion does not detract from the
understanding of the report, the Competent
Person should clearly explain why this is the
case.

No drilling results included in release.

No drilling results included in release.
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, theprocedure used for such

No sampling results are included in release.

No sampling results are included in release.

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Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
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.
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’).

No sampling results are included in release.
Diagrams

Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and
tabulations of intercepts should be included for
any significant discovery being reported These
should include, but not be limited to a plan view
of drill hole collar locations and appropriate
sectional views.

Appropriate maps are included in the main body
of the Report.
Balanced
reporting

Where
comprehensive
reporting
of
all
Exploration
Results
is
not
practicable,
representative reporting of both low and high
grades and/or widths should be practiced to
avoid
misleading
reporting
of
Exploration
Results.

Imagery for all graphical AEM results within
MetalsGrove tenure has been shown in the
included map.
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.

All data presented herein are historical and
MetalsGrove is yet to complete full validation of
the nature and quality of the previous work
undertaken within its tenements. All material data
encountered by MetalsGrove to date has been
reported herein.
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.

Additional sampling and surface mapping is
planned for later 2022.

Drilling will be planned subject to results.

The images included show the location of the
current areas of interest.

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