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MIRAMAR RESOURCES LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Jul 25, 2021

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ASX: M2R | 26 July 2021

Quarter ending 30 June 2021

ISSUED CAPITAL

Highlights

55,060,100 shares on issue

Gidji JV:

52WK SHARE PRICE RANGE

  • Phase 2 aircore drilling extends and upgrades targets

$0.17 – 0.56

  • Diamond drilling intersects visible gold at 8-Mile target

MARKET CAPITALISATION $10.2 million (@ $0.185)

  • Ground magnetic survey completed at Marylebone

  • RC drilling completed and Phase 3 aircore ongoing

BOARD

Allan Kelly Executive Chairman

Marion Bush Technical Director

Terry Gadenne Non-Executive Director

PROJECTS

Eastern Goldfields Projects

Gidji JV (80%) Glandore Randalls

Murchison Projects

Lang Well Lakeside

Capricorn Orogen Whaleshark Bangemall (Ni-Cu-PGE)

MIRAMAR RESOURCES LTD

ACN 635 359 965 ABN 34 635 359 965 ASX code: M2R

Unit 1, 22 Hardy Street South Perth WA 6151

PO Box 810 South Perth WA 6951

Other Projects:

  • Gravity survey and planning for initial aircore drilling at Glandore

  • Whaleshark surface geochemical sampling commenced

  • Planning for airborne EM survey at Mt Vernon Ni-Cu-PGE Project

Miramar Resources Limited (ASX:M2R, Miramar or “the Company”) is pleased to provide a summary of activities completed during the Quarter ending 30 June 2021.

Miramar’s Executive Chairman, Mr Allan Kelly, said the Company had been focussed on drilling campaigns at the Gidji JV Project, but had also made plans to commence work on at least two other projects.

“During the Quarter, we completed aircore, RC and diamond drilling programmes at Gidji testing a number of targets,” Mr Kelly said.

“The drilling programme expanded and upgraded several targets, including Marylebone, which, when combined with the recent ground magnetic survey, is looking increasingly similar to the Paddington deposit along strike to the northwest,” he added.

Towards the end of the Quarter, the Company commenced a further aircore drilling campaign at Gidji and prepared for the maiden drilling campaign at the 100%-owned Glandore Project.

In late June, Miramar mobilised a field crew to complete surface geochemical sampling at the Whaleshark Project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

T (08) 6166 6302 E [email protected]

miramarresources.com.au

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EXPLORATION

EASTERN GOLDFIELDS PROJECTS

Miramar has three projects in the Eastern Goldfields with the potential for new gold discoveries within proximity to existing mining and/or processing operations (Figure 1).

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Figure 1. Eastern Goldfields Projects showing proximity to existing gold operations.

Gidji JV (80%)

The Gidji JV Project is located approximately 15km north of Kalgoorlie.

The Project is located within a major regional structure, the “Boorara Shear Zone”, which hosts gold mineralisation at Paddington, approximately 10km to the northwest, and Horizon Minerals’ “Boorara” gold operation to the southeast. The project has been poorly explored despite its location in proximity to major gold deposits.

Soon after listing on the ASX in October 2020, Miramar conducted an aircore drilling campaign at Gidji which outlined four new targets and returned results up to 2m @ 7.69g/t Au in quartz vein material from the Marylebone target.

Marylebone is characterised by widespread gold anomalism in the Boorara Shear Zone which has been crosscut by a N-S trending structure and has many similarities to the Paddington deposit to the northwest.

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Phase 2 Aircore Drilling

The Phase 2 aircore campaign was completed on 18 April and comprised 200 holes for 11,472m. The campaign aimed to infill the drill spacing to 150-200m x 50m over key areas identified by the Phase 1 drilling.

The Phase 2 drilling extended and upgraded the four main targets at Gidji, as shown in Figure 2.

Significant results from original 4m composite samples and subsequent 1m resplits are shown in Table 1.

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Figure 2. Gidji Project showing results of Phase 1 and 2 drilling.

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Table 1. Significant results from Phase 2 Aircore drilling

Target Hole 4m composites 4m composites 1m resplits 1m resplits
From To width (g/t) From To width (g/t)
Marylebone GJAC140 52 56 4 0.40 52 54 2 0.65
GJAC141 52 56 4 0.57
GJAC146 40 44 4 0.11
GJAC147 44 56 12 0.32 55 56 1 0.60
GJAC151 52 63 EOH 11 0.48 55 58 3 0.84
60 61 1 0.52
GJAC153 40 44 4 0.20
GJAC155 48 52 4 0.48 49 50 1 0.84
GJAC158 56 60 4 0.59 56 57 1 0.98
GJAC176 36 40 4 0.53
56 60 4 0.59
GJAC179 52 56 4 0.28 52 53 1 0.59
GJAC180 56 60 4 0.33
GJAC182 56 60 4 0.61 56 57 1 2.33
GJAC183 52 56 4 0.41 55 56 1 1.56
GJAC184 44 48 4 0.21
GJAC189 36 40 4 0.11
52 56 4 0.10
GJAC199 32 36 4 0.13
GJAC202 32 36 4 0.20
GJAC205 48 52 4 0.10 48 49 1 1.57
GJAC206 32 36 4 0.11 35 36 1 0.57
GJAC212 48 52 4 0.10
Railway GJAC118 40 48 8 0.27 44 45 1 0.95
GJAC120 44 52 8 0.20 44 47 3 1.94
Incl. 44 45 1 5.21
GJAC121 48 56 8 0.32 54 55 1 0.64
GJAC122 52 55 3 0.12
GJAC124 44 46 2 0.36
GJAC129 32 36 4 0.27 35 36 1 0.83
GJAC130 36 40 4 0.22
48 54 6 0.30 51 52 1 0.81
Piccadilly GJAC161 44 48 4 0.24 45 46 1 0.61
GJAC245 40 44 4 0.10
GJAC246 56 60 4 0.10
GJAC251 36 48 12 0.33 39 40 1 0.90
45 48 3 0.80
Incl. 46 47 1 1.96
56 72 16 0.11

1 For JORC Table 1 and 2, refer to ASX Announcements dated 11 May 2021 and 29 June 2021

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Target Hole 4m composites 4m composites 1m resplits 1m resplits
From To width (g/t) From To width (g/t)
GJAC252 44 48 4 0.18
GJAC260 44 48 4 0.18
8-Mile GJAC092 46 47 1 1.17
GJAC097 52 60 8 0.52 54 57 3 1.22
GJAC099 48 52 4 0.52 49 50 1 1.78
GJAC106 48 54 6 0.20
GJAC107 40 44 4 0.16 42 43 1 0.88

Diamond Drilling

During March/April, three diamond holes were drilled at the 8-Mile target to test for a potential northern extension to the adjacent Runway deposit (7Mt @ 1.39g/t Au for 313koz Au).

Two holes, GJDD001 and GJDD002 , were drilled on section “1680N”, approximately 60m north of the northernmost KCGM drill holes, EMD0028 and 29 which had sporadic high-grade gold mineralisation in quartz veins in the hanging wall sediments but no significant mineralisation in the Runway “porphyry” itself.

The two new diamond holes intersected the same geological sequence seen at Runway, along with a sulphidised quartz breccia, and established the dip of the prospective “porphyry” unit(Figure 3).

GJDD002 intersected coarse visible gold in a thin quartz-sulphide veinlet in the hanging wall sandstone at 121m downhole (Figure 4). This vein returned a result of 1m @ 2.79g/t Au .

A similar vein was observed in GJDD001 which returned a result of 1m @ 0.53g/t Au. The Runway “porphyry” itself was only weakly mineralised on this section.2

Given the observations from the first two holes, and the shorter than expected hole depths, a third hole ( GJDD003 ) was completed approximately 50m north of GJDD001 and GJDD002 .

GJDD003 intersected a similar sequence of rocks and confirmed the strike of the west dipping “porphyry”, however no significant results were obtained from this hole.

As a result, no further work is planned for the 8-Mile target at this stage.

2 For JORC Table 1 and 2, refer to ASX Announcement dated 11 May 2021

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Figure 3. 8-Mile target - Cross Section 1680N showing significant results.

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Figure 4. Thinlow-angle quartz-sulphide veinlet in GJDD002 with specks of visible gold.

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Marylebone ground magnetic survey

Given the positive results from the first two phases of aircore drilling and the apparent similarities between the Marylebone target and Paddington, a detailed ground magnetic survey was completed during May/June with 25m spaced lines oriented perpendicular to the NW trending stratigraphy.

The survey helped refine the local geology and structure and highlighted an area of apparent magnetite destruction of mafic/ultramafic rocks adjacent to the best drilling results (Figure 5).

The survey has reinforced the similarities between Marylebone and Paddington as follows:

  • The geological sequence of (from SW to NE) sediment-mafic-ultramafic-sediments

  • The NW trending stratigraphy and Boorara Shear Zone crosscut by later N-S structures

  • The apparent sinistral shearing of the NW trending stratigraphy

  • The overall scale of the target

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Figure 5. Marylebone target showing drilling results over new ground magnetic image.

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RC drilling

Following completion of the Phase 2 aircore programme, a series of RC holes were planned to test the center of the Marylebone target where aircore drilling was ineffective due to a silcrete layer.

A RC rig was secured at short notice and an initial programme of 6 holes, totaling 900m, was completed testing the Piccadilly, Marylebone and Railway targets.

Results were pending at the end of the Quarter.

Phase 3 Aircore Drilling

The third phase of aircore drilling at Gidji commenced during June and aims to:

  • Infill the existing Marylebone drill spacing to 150-200m x 50m

  • Extend the Marylebone target to the NW and SE

  • Infill and/or extend other targets

Samples from about 50% of the holes were submitted for analysis during the Quarter and results are awaited.

Glandore (M2R 100%)

The Glandore Project is located within the Eastern Goldfields, approximately 40km east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and covers approximately 42 square km. The Project consists of 10 Prospecting Licences and one Exploration Licence, all of which are granted.

The highest priority western part of the project is underlain by a layered mafic sill intruding into basalt and sedimentary rocks. The sill comprises varieties of dolerite and gabbro analogous to the Golden Mile Dolerite.

The local geology has been folded into a north-plunging antiform with the Project located on the eastern limb, southeast of the hinge zone which has been intruded by a granodiorite and felsic porphyry dykes.

The prospective geology is overlain by up to 50m of recent playa lake sediments which thin towards the west. Exploration has been mostly limited to the western part of the project, within the Prospecting Licences, and has been sporadic since the late 1980’s.

Previous exploration including aircore drilling outlined a significant area of anomalous gold on the eastern side of the late granite pluton (Figure 6). Limited diamond drilling returned significant results including 8m @ 22.5g/t Au , however most sections have no systematic bedrock testing.

The western side of the granite pluton has not been tested for over 2.5km of strike despite significant aircore results to the south of Lake Yindarlgooda and apparent similarities to the eastern target.

Final planning for the first phase of exploration was completed during Quarter, including pegging and clearing of a series of aircore holes to be completed south of the lake.

The Company commenced a gravity survey and this continued in-between periods of wet weather which restricted access to the lake surface.

The Company’s maiden aircore drilling campaign is scheduled to commence early in the Sept Quarter, in conjunction with the Phase 3 aircore drilling at Gidji.

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Figure 6. Glandore Project showing significant historical drill results.

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Randalls

The Randalls project is located immediately east of Silver Lake Resources Limited’s Maxwell’s and Cockeyed Bob gold mines, approximately 70km east of Kalgoorlie (Figure 7).

The project consists of a single Exploration Licence Application (E25/596) and covers the same folded Banded Iron Formation and sediments that host the gold mineralisation currently being mined by Silver Lake.

No work was completed during the Quarter as the Company waits for the tenement to be granted.

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Figure 7. Randalls Project showing proximity to Silver Lake Resources gold operations.

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MURCHISON REGION PROJECTS

Miramar has two exploration projects in the Murchison region within proximity of existing mining operations.

Lang Well

The Lang Well Project consists of a single Exploration Licence covering a large, complexly folded remnant greenstone belt located between the Deflector, Golden Grove and Rothsay gold operations (Figure 8).

Historical rock chip sampling returned results from 0.10g/t up to 16g/t Au whilst subsequent auger drilling in 2010 identified several large +5km long gold +/-pathfinder anomalies which have not been drill tested.

The Company plans to complete aircore drilling at Lang Well within the second half of 2021.

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Figure 8. Lang Well Project location and regional geology.

Garden Gully

During the Quarter, the Company completed the sale of the three tenements that make up the Garden Gully Project to Sipa Resources (see ASX Announcement dated 22 June 2021).

Lakeside

No work was completed as the Company waits for this tenement to be granted.

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GASCOYNE REGION PROJECTS

Miramar has two projects within the Proterozoic Capricorn Orogen, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia (Figure 9):

  • Whaleshark – folded BIF complex under Carnarvon Basin sediments

  • Bangemall – multiple applications over areas prospective for Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation

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Figure 9. Location map for Miramar’s Gascoyne region projects.

Whaleshark

The Whaleshark project is located 40km east of Onslow, WA, and consists of a single Exploration Licence, E08/3166.

The project is located within the north-western extension of the Proterozoic Capricorn Orogen and is characterised by a folded Banded Iron Formation (BIF) complex under approximately 100m of Carnarvon Basin sediments (Figure 10).

Previous exploration included limited diamond drilling which intersected anomalous gold in the BIF.

The Project has potential for Proterozoic BIF-hosted Au (e.g. Homestake) and Iron Oxide Cu-Au mineralisation.

At the end of the Quarter, the Company commenced a programme of surface geochemical sampling over the BIF.

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Figure 10. Magnetic image for Whaleshark Project showing geological interpretation and previous drilling.

Bangemall Ni-Cu-PGE Project

The Bangemall Project covers a series of major crustal-scale structures in the Capricorn Orogen between the Yilgarn and Pilbara cratons (Figure 11).

The area has been highlighted by both the GSWA and Geoscience Australia as having high prospectivity for Proterozoic craton margin Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation like that seen in the Albany-Fraser Province (e.g. NovaBollinger), the West Musgraves (e.g. Nebo-Babel) and the giant Voisey Bay and Norilsk deposits.

The Project consists of several Exploration Licence applications that cover areas with:

  • proximity to major crustal-scale faults - confirmed by seismic traverses

  • numerous Proterozoic-aged dolerite dykes/sills with the same age as the West Musgraves

  • regional-scale stream sediment Ni-Cu-Pt-Pd anomalism from GSWA sampling

  • regional-scale airborne EM conductors

The area has seen substantial exploration for Cu-Pb-Zn but minimal exploration for Ni-Cu-PGE’s.

The Company is planning to conduct an airborne EM survey over the Mt Vernon target as soon as practicable following discussions with the local pastoralist.

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Figure 11. Regional geological setting for the Bangemall Project tenements.

CORPORATE

Financial

The Company had cash on hand as of 30 June 2021 of approximately $5.0 million .

Related Party payments for the Quarter, as outlined in the Appendix 5B at section 6.1, total $121,000 and include amounts paid to directors including salary, directors’ fees and statutory superannuation.

Refer to the Appendix 5B for an overview of the Company’s financial activities during the Quarter.

Capital Structure on 30 June 2021

Description Number
Fully paid ordinaryshares 55,060,100
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.20 on or before 22 October 2022 8,210,000
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.48 on or before 6 January2023 50,000
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.25 on or before 9 October 2023 6,000,000
Unlisted options exercisable at $0.20 on or before 26 June 2025 3,000,000

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Use of Funds

Miramar provides the following disclosures required by ASX Listing Rule 5.3.4 regarding a comparison of its actual expenditure to date since listing on 21 October 2020 against the ‘use of funds’ statement in its Prospectus dated 4 September 2020.

Expenditure Funds allocated
under Prospectus
Actual to
30 June 2021

Variance
Vendorpayments $282,500 $232,500 $50,000
Exploration $4,430,000 $1,476,713 $2,953,287
Workingcapital $2,868,855 $790,898 $2,077,957
Cost of Offer $670,000 $695,785 -$25,785
TOTAL $8,251,355 $3,195,895 $5,055,460

Marketing and Investor Relations

During the Quarter, the Company conducted interviews with mining publications in relation to the Company’s exploration programmes. The Company also attended and presented at the following events:

  • AMEC Investor Briefing

  • RIU Sydney Resources Roundup

  • Gold Coast Investment Showcase

Planned Activities for Quarter ending 30 September 2021

  • Aircore +/- RC drilling at Gidji JV

  • Maiden aircore drilling programme at Glandore

  • Complete surface geochemical sampling at Whaleshark

  • Schedule maiden Lang Well aircore drilling programme

  • Attend Diggers and Dealers Conference

This announcement has been authorised for release by Mr Allan Kelly, Executive Chairman on behalf of the Board of Miramar.

For further information, please contact:

Allan Kelly Executive Chairman [email protected]

Margie Livingston Ignite Communications [email protected]

3 The Use of Funds table is a statement of current intentions. Investors should note that the allocation of funds set out in the table may change depending on a number of factors including the results of exploration, outcome of development activities, regulatory developments and market and general economic conditions.

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ASX Releases during the Quarter

DATE DESCRIPTION
29/06/2021 New Aircore Results Upgrade Gidji Targets
28/06/2021 Application for quotation of securities-M2R
28/06/2021 Release of Escrow
23/06/2021 Change of Director's Interest Notice (AK)
23/06/2021 Investor Presentation
22/06/2021 M2R: Completion of Garden Gully Sale
15/06/2021 Release of Escrow
03/06/2021 Investor Presentation
03/06/2021 RC and Aircore Drilling Underway At Gidji JV
11/05/2021 Aircore Drilling Extends and Upgrades Marylebone
06/05/2021 Investor Presentation
06/05/2021 Gidji JV Project Exploration Update
30/04/2021 Quarterly Activities Report
30/04/2021 Quarterly Cashflow Report
19/04/2021 Change of Director's Interest Notice
16/04/2021 Investor Presentation
15/04/2021 Gidji Diamond Drilling-Additional Information
12/04/2021 Gidji Drilling Extends Runway and Hits Visible Gold

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About Miramar Resources Limited

Miramar Resources Limited is a WA-focused mineral exploration company with highly prospective gold exploration projects in the Eastern Goldfields, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia.

Miramar listed on the ASX in October 2020, following a heavily oversubscribed IPO, and has a Board with a track record of successful discovery, development and production within Australia, Africa, and North America. Miramar’s aim is to create shareholder value through the acquisition, exploration and monetisation of highquality mineral assets.

Competent Person Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets or Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Allan Kelly, a “Competent Person” who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Geoscientists.

Mr Kelly is the Executive Chairman of Miramar Resources Ltd. He is a full-time employee of Miramar Resources Ltd and holds shares and options in the company.

Mr Kelly has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to Qualify as a “Competent Person” as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’.

Mr Kelly consents to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on his information and in the form and context in which it appears.

Information on historical exploration results for all Miramar’s projects, including JORC Table 1 and 2 information, is included in the Miramar Resources Limited Prospectus dated 4 September 2020.

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Tenement Schedule

Ownership Ownership
Project Tenement Status Start ofQuarter End ofQuarter
Gidji JV E24/225 Application 0% 0%
E26/214 Live 80% 80%
E26/221 Application 0% 0%
E26/225 Application 0% 0%
P24/5439 Application 0% 0%
P26/4527 Application 0% 0%
P26/4528 Application 0% 0%
P26/4529 Application 0% 0%
P26/4530 Application 0% 0%
P26/4531 Application 0% 0%
P26/4532 Application 0% 0%
P26/4534 Application 0% 0%
P26/4221 Live 80% 80%
P26/4522 Live 80% 80%
Glandore E25/544 Live 100% 100%
P25/2381 Live 100% 100%
P25/2382 Live 100% 100%
P25/2383 Live 100% 100%
P25/2384 Live 100% 100%
P25/2385 Live 100% 100%
P25/2386 Live 100% 100%
P25/2387 Live 100% 100%
P25/2430 Live 100% 100%
P25/2431 Live 100% 100%
P25/2465 Live 100% 100%
Randalls E25/596 Application 0% 0%
Lang Well E59/2377 Live 100% 100%
Lakeside E21/212 Application 0% 0%
Garden Gully
4
E51/1932 Live 100% 0%
E51/1972 Live 0% 0%
E51/1972 Live 0% 0%
Whaleshark E08/3166 Live 100% 100%
Bangemall E08/3176 Application 0% 0%
E08/3177 Application 0% 0%
E08/3195 Application 0% 0%
E08/3196 Application 0% 0%
E08/3284 Application 0% 0%
E09/2484 Application 0% 0%
E52/3893 Live 100% 100%

4 Sold to Sipa on 22 June 2021

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