Nova Minerals Ltd — Interim / Quarterly Report 2012

Jul 30, 2012

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Quantum Resources Limited ABN 84 006 690 348

31 July 2012

Manager Companies Australian Securities Exchange Level 6, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

By E-Lodgement

REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 JUNE 2012

Quantum Resources Limited ABN 84 006 690 348

Level 8 580 St Kilda Road Melbourne, VIC, 3004

PO Box 6315 St Kilda Road Central Melbourne, VIC, 8008

Telephone: +61 3 8532 2840

OVERVIEW

Telfer Project

• The Company is continuing negotiations with the Martu people as part of the process to grant tenement E45/2401.

Gardner Range Project

• No field work was undertaken during the quarter.

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Directors

Mr Joseph Gutnick Chairman / Managing Director

Dr David S Tyrwhitt Non-Executive Director

Ware Range Project

• A management decision to relinquish the Ware Range titles EL25010 and EL27745 was taken in July 2012.

• A revision of exploration results did not justify additional expenditure on the project.

Mr Peter Lee Director, CFO & Company Secretary

Senior Management

Mr Mike Kammermann Exploration Manager

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REGIONAL EXPLORATION

Gardner Range Update

A multidisciplinary study of all available Gardner Range exploration results has led to a reprioritisation of the Company’s targets in these tenements. Based on this study the Company considers that rare earth elements offer the most potential for being present in economic quantities.

Elevated rare earth element assays from the contact between the Killi Killi Beds and overlying basal conglomerates of the Gardner Sandstone provide evidence for hydrothermal rare earth element mineralisation. The magnitude of total rare earth element contours in the soil samples of the Company’s Gardner Range prospect are of the same order as the main anomaly reported by Northern Minerals at the Browns Range project.

The Company is encouraged by the rare earth element results to date and an exploration program will be designed to define the nature and extent of potential mineralisation.

Gardner Range Background (Quantum 100%)

The 2012 field program is being designed to follow up on the anomalies identified in the previous year prior to selecting drill targets. During the September quarter 2011, the Company collected over 1,000 samples, as summarised in the table below:

Sample Type	Number of
	Samples
Conventional soil geochemical	765
Mobile Metallic Ion (MMI)	115
Stream sediment	84
Rock chip	78

Rock sampling, ground radiometric measurements, MMI and conventional soil sampling was carried out to confirm previous findings, increase understanding of the hydrothermal system and to extend the zone of mineralisation where possible. The sample results together with factors such as a measured low zone of electrical conductivity and an enhanced radiometric response confirm the existence of a distinct hydrothermal cell in the Mt Mansbridge area.

Elevated rare earth element assays from the contact between the Killi Killi Beds and overlying basal conglomerates of the Gardner Sandstone provide evidence for hydrothermal rare earth element mineralisation. The magnitude of total rare earth element contours in the soil samples of the Company’s Gardner Range prospect are of the same order as the main anomaly reported by Northern Minerals at the Browns Range project (Figure 2).

One significant exploration implication of the Company’s mineralisation model is that elevated values of light rare earth elements in the Gardner Sandstone may indicate uranium and heavy rare earth elements at depth. This interpretation is suggested by the fact that mineralisation above the basal portion of the Gardner Sandstone records a decline in uranium and heavy rare earth elements with increasing distance from the exit point of the fluid pathway. Preliminary assessment of grade and occurrence of mineralisation will require a program of drilling.

Orientation stream sediment sampling to define rare earth distribution was completed and it was found that the coarse fraction of the active streams is most effective. This exploration

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method can be applied over the wider tenement area in streams draining the unconformity to detect additional hydrothermal centres.

Telfer Project

The Company holds a single Exploration Licence Application E45/2401 located 6km to the northeast of the Newcrest Mining Ltd Telfer gold mine (Figure 3). The Telfer gold mine is host to one of Australia's largest gold deposits with a reported ore reserve of 11.9 million ounces of gold and 0.510 million tonnes of copper within a mineral resource of approximately 18.5 million ounces gold. The O’Callaghan’s ore body, 10km south east of Telfer mine, is also owned by Newcrest and hosts significant resources of tungsten, copper, lead and zinc.

Previous drilling within the tenement identified gold mineralisation at the Chicken Ranch Prospect, which include results from hole CR-RC-1 of 7m @ 13.64g/t gold. Evaluation of the historical drilling data has highlighted the fact that the spacing and depth extent of the holes sampled only the shallow, possibly supergene enriched, saprolite.

Subject to the Exploration Licence being granted, the Company will re-evaluate the historical data with a view to defining an appropriate exploration program.

A Heritage Agreement is required prior to the licence being granted and the Company has been advised by the Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation (WDLAC) that the application is currently being assessed. The Company was asked to present to WDLAC during the quarter as part of their assessment process. As a result of the company’s presentation, the native title parties agreed to continue negotiations. A draft of an agreement has been provided by the WDLAC legal representatives and is currently under consideration. Once the agreement is finalised the licence application can proceed to grant under the Mining Act.

The technical information in this report has been reviewed and approved by Dr D S Tyrwhitt who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has 50 years experience in the industry and has more than 5 years experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation being reported upon to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australasian Code of Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Dr Tyrwhitt consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the information in the form and context to which it appears. Attached is a copy of the Company’s Mining Exploration Entity Quarterly Report in accordance with Listing Rule 5.3.

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J I GUTNICK Chairman & Managing Director 31 July 2012

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Quantum Resources Limited

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Figure 1 Quantum Resources Gardner Range Tenements

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Figure 2 Comparison between Mt Mansbridge soil total rare earth element anomaly and Northern Uranium’s Browns Range Project, Gambit Prospect.

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Quantum Resources Limited

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Chicken Ranch
Prospect
Includes 6m @ 15.8g/t
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Figure 2 Quantum Resources Telfer Tenement

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity quarterly report

Rule 5.3

Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity quarterly report

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

Name of entity

QUANTUM RESOURCES LIMITED

	ABN 84 006 690 348 Consolidated statement of cash flows	ABN 84 006 690 348 Consolidated statement of cash flows	Quarter ended (“current quarter”) 30 JUNE 2012	Quarter ended (“current quarter”) 30 JUNE 2012
			30 JUNE 2012
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 (GST credits) Net Operating Cash Flows		Current quarter $A’000		Year to date (12 months) $A’000
		- (8) - - (13) - - - - 4		- (297) - - (115) - - - - 38
		(17)		(374)
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 (Security deposits) Net investing cash flows 1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (carried forward)		- - - - - - 5 - -		- - - - - - 5 - -
		5		5
		(12)		(369)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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1.13 Total operating and investing cash flows (brought forward)	(12)	(369)
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	(12) 16 -	(369) 373 -
	4	4

Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors Payments to 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
		13
		-
1.25	Explanation necessaryfor an understandingof the transactions
	-

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

• 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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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
	30	30
	-	-

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter

4.1 Exploration and evaluation 4.2 Development 4.3 Production 4.4 Administration	$A’000
	20
	-
	-
	10
Total	30

Reconciliation of cash

Reconciliation of cash
Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as	Current quarter	Previous quarter
shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows)	$A’000	$A’000
to the related items in the accounts is as follows.
5.1 Cash on hand and at bank	4	16
5.2 Deposits at call	-	-
5.3 Bank overdraft	-	-
5.4 Other (provide details)	-	-
Total: cash at end of quarter(item 1.22)	4	16

Changes in interests in mining tenements

6.1 Interests in mining tenements relinquished, reduced or lapsed 6.2 Interests in mining tenements acquired or increased	Tenement reference	Nature of interest (note (2))	Interest at beginning ofquarter	Interest at end of quarter
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity quarterly report

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	NIL
7.3 +Ordinary securities 7.4 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through returns of capital, buy- backs	814,703,218	814,703,218
	- -	- -
7.5 +Convertible debt securities (description) 7.6 Changes during quarter (a) Increases through issues (b) Decreases through securities matured, converted	NIL
7.7 Options (description and conversion factor) 7.8 Issued during quarter 7.9 Exercised during quarter 7.10 Expired during quarter	68,378,151	68,378,151	Exercise price $0.04275	Expiry date 30/11/2012
	-
	-
	32,875,597	32,875,597	$0.09275	30/04/2012
7.11 Debentures (totals only)	NIL
7.12 Unsecured notes(totals only)	NIL

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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.

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Sign here: ............................................................ (Director/Company secretary)

Date: 31 JULY 2012

Print name: PETER LEE

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 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 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, 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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