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MINREX RESOURCES LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2014

Nov 2, 2014

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Quarterly Activities Report for the Period Ended 30 September 2014

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The proposed acquisition of Skin Elements Pty Ltd was not approved by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on 13 October 2014.

  • The Deflector Extended Gold Project and the Heemskirk Tin Project both remain assets of MinRex and both remain under evaluation.

  • Assessment of previous work continued at both the Deflector Extended Gold Project and the Heemskirk Tin Project.

  • MinRex is actively continuing to evaluate exploration and corporate opportunities that will complement its existing exploration portfolio.

  • At the end of the September 2014 Quarter the Company had available cash of $1.953 million.

About MinRex

On 13 October 2014, the Company announced that the proposed acquisition of all of the share capital of Skin Elements Pty Ltd (‘Skin Elements’) had failed to win the necessary support of shareholders.

As a result of this, MinRex remains an exploration company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, with its principal focus being the exploration and development of gold, base metal and tin projects in Australia. The Company is also actively evaluating exploration and corporate opportunities.

MinRex retains two projects in its exploration portfolio, the Deflector Extended Gold Project in Western Australia and the Heemskirk Tin Project in Tasmania (Figure 1). These projects provide MinRex with a base from which to explore two highly prospective areas of Australia.

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MinRex Resources NL ACN 151 185 867 LinQ House Level 1, 17 Ord Street West Perth WA 6005

P: +61 8 9486 8806 F: +61 9321 3559

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Figure 1: Location of MinRex Project Areas

Exploration Projects

Deflector Extended Gold Project

The Deflector Extended Gold Project (E59/1657) is in the Gullewa Mining Centre of the Murchison Goldfields. During 2012-14, MinRex has been actively exploring this project area; which is largely covered by transported soil, colluvium and alluvium. The area has been examined by regional soil geochemistry surveys, rock chip sampling and air-core and RAB drilling. The completed exploration work is showing some potential, especially the early geochemistry and drilling that shows some clearly anomalous gold values within the tenement.

At Gullewa, coarse gold mineralisation is hosted within sheared, sulphidic quartz veining. Gold was discovered at Gullewa in 1894 and historic production occurred in the region from 1897 to 1942. During this period a reported total of 36,000 ounces of gold was produced from a total of 24,000 tonnes of ore at an overall grade of 46.3 g/t Au. Modern mining recommenced in 1994 and by 2003 a total of 530,000 tonnes of ore at a grade of 2.6g/t Au had resulted in the production of some 39,000 ounces of gold, mainly from open-cut mining but with a small underground component.

The Deflector Extended Gold Project remains current and all expenditure and regulatory requirements for the current (third) year of the tenement have been met. Work completed earlier in the current year included surface sampling programs and geological mapping. Work is also continuing on integrating the earlier surface geochemical surveys and RAB drilling with the results from the new surface sampling programs.

Mutiny Gold Limited has recently (4 August 2014) reported Ore Reserves of 1.78Mt at 5.6g/t Au, 0.9% Cu and 6.3g/t Ag at their nearby Deflector open-pit. This mineralisation lies about 3km to the SW of the MinRex tenement.

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Heemskirk Tin Project

The Heemskirk Tin Project (E18/2011) is located in coastal north-western Tasmania, to the WNW of the town of Zeehan. MinRex has been exploring the Heemskirk Tin Project for tintungsten mineralisation through 2012-14. The presence of multiple small deposits of tin, tungsten and base metals in the granitic and sedimentary rock sequences in the area, suggests the potential for larger low-grade deposits, for which little exploration is thought to have occurred in the past.

Within the Heemskirk Tin Project historical exploration is limited to non-systematic prospecting activities and has been focussed on surface mineralisation. The most substantial exploration efforts have focussed on the Peripatetic mine which consists of five adits, three shafts and numerous small open pits. Numerous historical workings within the project area present some opportunities to evaluate. Detailed mapping and geochemical sampling will be conducted across the prospect.

The Heemskirk Tin Project is also current and all expenditure and regulatory requirements are up to date for this (the third) year of the tenement. Work completed by MinRex includes collation and evaluation of earlier work, surface geological mapping and surface geochemical sampling. Data collation and evaluation work are also continuing to assess the best areas for further follow up geological mapping, sampling and evaluation.

Corporate

MinRex, for a junior exploration company, is still in a good position to assess projects as a result of the Company’s relatively high cash holdings. This places it in a good position to take advantage of opportunities and acquisitions - as a consequence of the difficulty many companies are experiencing in raising the necessary funding for development and exploration.

As at 30 September 2014, the Company had available cash of $1.953 million.

For further information, please contact:

Simon Durack

Executive Director and Company Secretary

T: +61 8 9486 8806 F: +61 8 9321 3559 [email protected]

Competent Persons Statement:

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets and Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Kieron Munro, Consulting Geologist. This information was first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004 and it has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported. Mr Munro is employed as a consultant for MinRex and is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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 Munro consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity and oil and gas exploration entity quarterly report

Rule 5.5

Appendix 5B

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Introduced 01/07/96 Origin Appendix 8 Amended 01/07/97, 01/07/98, 30/09/01, 01/06/10, 17/12/10, 01/05/2013

Name of entity

MINREX RESOURCES NL

ABN 81 151 185 867

Quarter ended (“current quarter”) 30 SEPTEMBER 2014

Consolidated statement of cash flows

Cash flows related to operating activities
1.1
Receipts from product sales and related
debtors
1.2
Payments for (a) exploration & evaluation
(b) development
(c) production
(d) administration
1.3
Dividends received
1.4
Interest and other items of a similar nature
received
1.5
Interest and other costs of finance paid
1.6
Income taxes paid
1.7
Other (provide details if material)
Net Operating Cash Flows
Current quarter
$A’000
Year to date
(...3....months)
$A’000
-
(8)
-
-
(99)
-
12
-
-
-
-
(8)
-
-
(99)
-
12
-
-
-
(95) (95)
Cash flows related to investing activities
1.8
Payment for purchases of: (a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.9
Proceeds from sale of:
(a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.10
Loans to other entities
1.11
Loans repaid by other entities
1.12
Other (provide details if material)
Net investing cash flows
1.13
Total operating and investing cash flows
(carried forward)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -
(95) (95)
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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1.13
Total operating and investing cash flows
(brought forward)
(94) (94)
Cash flows related to financing activities
1.14
Proceeds from issues of shares, options, etc.
1.15
Proceeds from sale of forfeited shares
1.16
Proceeds from borrowings
1.17
Repayment of borrowings
1.18
Dividends paid
1.19
Other (provide details if material)
Net financing cash flows
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -
Net increase (decrease) in cash held
1.20
Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date
1.21
Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20
1.22
Cash at end of quarter
(95)
2,048
-
(95)
2,048
-
1,953 1,953

Payments to directors of the entity, associates of the directors, related entities of the entity and associates of the related entities

1.23
1.24
Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2
Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.10
Current quarter
$A'000
10
-
1.25 Explanation necessaryfor an understandingof the transactions
N/A

Non-cash financing and investing activities

  • 2.1 Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows

N/A

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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  • 2.2 Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in projects in which the reporting entity has an interest

N/A

Financing facilities available

Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.

3.1
Loan facilities
3.2
Credit standby arrangements
Amount available
$A’000
Amount used
$A’000
-
-
-
-

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter

4.1
Exploration and evaluation
4.2
Development
4.3
Production
4.4
Administration
$A’000
20
-
-
150
Total 170
Reconciliation of cash
Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as
shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows)
to the related items in the accounts is as follows.
Current quarter
$A’000
Previous quarter
$A’000
5.1
Cash on hand and at bank
5.2
Deposits at call
5.3
Bank overdraft
5.4
Other (provide details)
16 12
1,937 2,036
- -
- -
Total: cash at end of quarter(item 1.22) 1,953 2,048
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Changes in interests in mining tenements and petroleum tenements

Tenement
reference
and
location
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
of quarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
6.1
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
relinquished, reduced
or lapsed
N/A
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
acquired or increased
N/A
Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter
Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.
Tenement
reference
and
location
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
of quarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
6.1
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
relinquished, reduced
or lapsed
N/A
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
acquired or increased
N/A
Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter
Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.
Tenement
reference
and
location
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
of quarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
6.1
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
relinquished, reduced
or lapsed
N/A
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
acquired or increased
N/A
Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter
Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.
Tenement
reference
and
location
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
of quarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
6.1
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
relinquished, reduced
or lapsed
N/A
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
acquired or increased
N/A
Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter
Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.
Tenement
reference
and
location
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
of quarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
6.1
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
relinquished, reduced
or lapsed
N/A
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements and
petroleum tenements
acquired or increased
N/A
Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter
Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.
Total number Number quoted Issue price per
security (see
note3) (cents)
Amount paid up
per security (see
note3) (cents)
7.1
Preference
+securities
(description)
7.2
Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy-
backs,
redemptions
N/A
N/A
7.3
+Ordinary
securities
7.4
Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy-
backs
17,500,001
17,500,000
17,500,001
-
N/A
20 cents
N/A
1 cent
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7.5
+Convertible
debt
securities
(description)
N/A
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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7.6
Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through
securities
matured,
converted
N/A
7.7
Options
(description and
conversion
factor)
7.8
Issued during
quarter
7.9
Exercised
during quarter
7.10
Expired during
quarter
N/A Exercise price Expiry date
N/A
N/A
N/A
7.11
Debentures
(totals only)
N/A
7.12
Unsecured
notes(totals
only)
N/A

Compliance statement

  • 1 This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act or other standards acceptable to ASX (see note 5).

  • 2 This statement does give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

Sign here: Date: 31/10/14 Director

Print name: .Simon Durack.....................................

Notes

  • 1 The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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position. An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.

  • 2 The “Nature of interest” (items 6.1 and 6.2) includes options in respect of interests in mining tenements and petroleum tenements acquired, exercised or lapsed during the reporting period. If the entity is involved in a joint venture agreement and there are conditions precedent which will change its percentage interest in a mining tenement or petroleum tenement, it should disclose the change of percentage interest and conditions precedent in the list required for items 6.1 and 6.2.

  • 3 Issued and quoted securities The issue price and amount paid up is not required in items 7.1 and 7.3 for fully paid securities .

  • 4 The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 6: Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and AASB 107: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report.

  • 5 Accounting Standards ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Financial Reporting Standards for foreign entities. If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.

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  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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