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PACGOLD LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2024

Sep 16, 2024

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

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17 September 2024

Pacgold to Commence Regional Scale Aircore and RC Programmes at Alice River

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 6,000m aircore bedrock geochemical programme scheduled to commence in first week of October

  • Regional focus aimed at unlocking size potential of overall mineralised system and generation of multiple follow up drill targets for the 2025 exploration season

  • Programme to test a comprehensive 14km of IP geophysical and structural targets with maximum coverage possible of known mineralised corridor

  • 3,000m reverse circulation (RC) programme designed to following up on existing regional targets Posie, Jerry Dodds, Central Target and Southern Target areas not previously drilled

  • Multiple target areas of known historic mineralisation coinciding with geophysical structural anomalies to be tested over the next quarter


Queensland focused gold explorer, Pacgold Limited (ASX: PGO) (‘ Pacgold ’ or ‘ the Company ’) is pleased to provide an exploration update on the recommencement of a regional aircore and RC drilling campaign at the Company’s 100% owned Alice River Gold Project (‘ the Project’ ), 300km northwest of Cairns, North Queensland.

New Pacgold Managing Director, Matthew Boyes, commented :

“Having spent the last week on a very successful first site visit to Alice River, I came away extremely impressed with the potential for delineation of a regional large scale gold system at Alice River. The majority of the system hasn’t been drill tested, with this new programme designed to better understand and unlock a further 12-14km of previously untested strike extensions.”

“IP geophysical targets, in conjunction with previously drilled RC, diamond and airtrack holes, have defined anomalous gold mineralisation in approximately 90% of all drillholes drilled to date. That’s an extremely high success rate and I feel the project purely lacks ‘drills turning’ on more than one of the multiple structural and geophysical targets identified to date to unlock and define a significant system.”

“Drilling is commencing within the next 3 weeks with a full team now back on site and clearing and pegging of the 800 plus drill sites now nearing completion. I’m looking forward to seeing drills turning and initiating some continuous newsflow into the near year”

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Multiple targets to be drill tested over 14km of strike extension

Through integration of the regional IP resistivity study, structural interpretation, mapping, surface sampling and historical data, multiple targets along a structural corridor in excess of 14km in length have been identified for drill testing.

Inflections, offsets and directional changes clearly evident within the IP data and structural mapping are priority targets for the first pass aircore drilling, as these zones sit primarily under very shallow sand alluvial cover and have never been previously tested. These new target zones exhibit all the features of the F1a Zone at the Central Target area through direct correlation of the IP and mapping data, which yielded the first high grade discovery within the Alice River province.

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Figure 1: Planned aircore holes with IP resistivity geophysics gradient array image and structural corridor interpretation overlain - total target corridor to be drilled in excess of 14km of strike length

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RC drilling will also follow up the encouraging first pass drilling results from the Q4 2023 programme at the Posie, Jerry Dodds and Southern Targets.

Posie and Northern Target areas

Regional exploration completed by Pacgold in the second half of 2023 was very successful in intersecting significant gold mineralisation associated with the extensive Alice River fault zone (>30km) and multiple sub-parallel structures at Posie and Jerry Dodds (Figure 2).

This new regional programme has concentrated outside of the main high-grade gold systems at the Central and Southern Targets with wide-spaced step out drilling intersecting gold mineralisation and confirming IP geophysics as an important gold targeting tool beneath the extensive shallow cover.

At the Northern Target, located 3km north of the Central Target, initial drilling of a 3km long ‘structural bend’ on the Alice River fault zone, defined with IP geophysics, has previously intersected broad low-grade gold (22m @ 0.2g/t Au from 35m) concealed by shallow cover[1] . At the Central Target, a similar ‘structural bend’ is directly associated with emplacement of the high-grade gold mineralisation.

Figure 2: Plan showing the location of RC drilling[1] on the Northern Target with IP geophysics (gradient array IP) resistivity[1]

1 ASX Announcement 13 February 2024 - Significant extensions to Alice River fault zone defined

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Figure 3: Cross Section showing SHDH002[1] on resistivity IP geophysics image intersecting broad low-grade gold associated with subtle resistivity high concealed by shallow cover as part of the Alice River fault zone

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Figure 4: Planned aircore drilling design collars over IP gradient array and structural interpretation at Northern and Posie target areas, majority of IP resistivity anomaly is untested by historic drilling

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Jerry Dodds and Victoria

Targeting previously completed in Q4 2023

Pacgold completed a program of shallow orientation bedrock drilling on the Southern Target in Q4 2023 (Figure 5). The program was designed to assess the effectiveness of collecting shallow bedrock samples, to define geochemical anomalies potentially associated with deeper gold mineralisation and to define potential alteration zones.

Two traverses of angled aircore holes were completed (32 holes for 243m) at a nominal hole spacing of 25m along each traverse. A 450m long traverse (‘Western Traverse’) was undertaken across the Alice River fault zone (resistivity low corridor) 300m to the SE of the Southern Target ML’s, and a second 340m long traverse (‘Eastern Traverse’) was drilled a further 800m to the SE of the first traverse. All drillholes intersected basement granite beneath sand and variable sandstone cover from 0.2m to 4m in thickness. Composite samples from 0.5m to 3.5m were collected of basement units beneath the cover for each drillhole and assayed for low level gold and a suite of pathfinder elements.

Assay results have returned strongly anomalous levels of Gold (Au), Arsenic (As), Antimony (Sb) as well as other key trace elements indicative of the alteration zones, based on analysis of Pacgold’s drilling at the Central and Southern Targets. Encouragingly, 17 of the 32 holes intersected quartz veining and/or characteristic phengite in the basement granite from both traverses. Interpretation of these geochemical anomalies is shown below in

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Figure 5: Bedrock and RC drilling Victoria prospect showing bedrock geochemical anomalies coincident with IP geophysics resistivity lows defining prospective fault zones

Figure 5.

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Current Aircore Programme Q4 2024

The previously completed sighter aircore bedrock geochemical programme explored a limited extent of the known geophysical anomaly in the southern area, with the two lines separated by approximately 1km of strike. The current programme is aimed at building a far more comprehensive understanding of the distribution of the mineralisation previously delineated with Au, Sb and As anomalies, in conjunction with quartz and phengite alteration, by completing in excess of 20 separate traverses covering 8km of strike of the known IP anomaly from Big Blow to extending 2km past Jerry Dodds SE (Figure 6).

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Figure 6: Aircore design collar locations with structural interpretation and IP resistivity geophysics gradient array overlain satellite image

Central Target Extension

Closely spaced aircore infill lines will be competed both north and south of the main Central Target zone, aiming to better delineate step out targets for RC drilling to be completed in Q4 this year. The majority of the planned RC drilling will look to increase the strike extension of the Central Target mineralisation and delineate new zones for follow up evaluation drilling in 2025. Figure 7 below outlines the initial areas of focus for the RC exploration programme. Designs are currently being finalised and heritage clearance will be underway in the coming weeks, before scheduled commencement in early November.

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Figure 7: Central Target (One Mile) through to the southern target area IP resistivity geophysics gradient array overlain on sat image with structural interpretation

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Figure 8: Long section from Central area to Southern Target area showing large areas of previously undrilled strike extent of the known IP resistivity corridor

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Mineral Resource Estimate

A preliminary mineral resource estimation has focussed on a number of mineralised zones that had insufficient drilling density, both along strike and down dip, to produce an estimate in these zones.

In order to more accurately reflect the mineralisation drilled to date and provide a more realistic view of the mineral resources and upside potential at Alice River, the Company has elected to push back the completion of the mineral resource estimate studies to early 2025 in order to include the assays from the upcoming RC drill programme.

This announcement is approved by the Pacgold Limited Board of Directors .

For more information contact:

Matthew Boyes Shane Goodwin Managing Director Director [email protected] [email protected] +61 (0) 498 189 338 +61 (0) 434 039 106

About Pacgold Limited:

Pacgold is an ASX-listed minerals exploration company (ASX: PGO) focused on the Alice River Gold Project situated at the northern end of the Northeast Queensland Mineral Province. This gold-rich Province contains several multi-million-oz gold deposits including Pajingo, Mt Leyshon, Kidston, and Ravenswood.

Pacgold has a 100% interest in the Alice River Gold Project, covering an historical high-grade goldfield and open pit mine with eight mining leases and five exploration permits over an area spanning 377km[2] .

Since establishment in 2021, Pacgold has completed more than 27,000m of drilling which has confirmed district-scale opportunity.

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Competent Persons Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on, and fairly represents, information compiled or reviewed by Mr Geoff Lowe, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Lowe is the Company's Exploration Manager and holds shares and options in the Company. Mr Lowe has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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 Lowe 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 1. JORC CODE TABLE 1

Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data

CRITERIA JORC Code 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.
Sampling methods have included surface rock chip samples.
Geochemistry from rock chip samples is used semi-
quantitatively to guide further exploration and is not used for
Mineral Resource estimation.
The accuracy of rock chip geochemistry is generally high, but
these samples are often spot samples and generally not used
in Mineral Resource estimation.
Diamond drilling (DD), Reverse circulation (RC) drilling and
Aircore drilling (AC) was used to obtain samples for geological
logging and assaying.
Aircore drilling was completed to sample shallow basement.
Reverse circulation drilling (precollars) was used to obtain 1m
samples where veining is noted.
Diamond core was halved with a core saw through zones
where alteration and veining were present and sampled at 1m
intervals or at other intervals to match the veining and
geology.
The drill holes were sited to test geophysical targets/surface
geochemical targets as well as previous drilling results
Include reference to measures
taken to ensure sample
representivity and the
appropriate calibration of any
measurement tools or systems
used.
No information is available documenting measures to ensure
sample representativity for surface sampling methods and
open hole percussion drilling methods. These methods are
not used for Mineral Resource estimation.
1m to 3m AC samples were collected using a spear of
samples collected from the drillholes.
1m RC samples were automatically split using a cyclone-
mounted cone splitter. 3m RC samples were automatically
split as 1m samples using a cyclone-mounted cone splitter,
then manually composited to 3m samples using a riffle
splitter. The splitter cleaned after each interval with a
compressed air gun.
Core and RC samples were submitted to the laboratory and
sample preparation consisted of the drying of the sample, the
entire sample being crushed to 70% passing 6mm and
pulverized to 85% passing 75 microns in a ring and puck
pulveriser. All samples are assayed for gold by 50g fire assay
with AAS finish. Multielement analysis is completed using an
ICP-MS analysis.
Screen fire analysis is completed on zones which contain
multiple visible gold occurrences. ARDH061 ore zone interval
was analysed using the screen fire assay technique. 1kg pulp
wet or dry screened to 75 microns. Duplicate 30g assay on
screen undersize. Assay of entire oversize fraction.

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
Economic gold mineralisation is measured in terms of parts
per million and therefore rigorous sampling techniques must
be adopted to ensure quantitative, precise measurements of
gold concentration. If gold is present as medium – coarse
grains, the entire sampling, sub-sampling, and analytical
process must be more stringent.
At Alice River, gold can be visible and therefore there may be
inherent sampling problems. Procedures used to manage
this problem are documented elsewhere in relevant sub-
sections of this table.
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).
RC drilling used a 5.5” face sampling RC hammer.
AC drilling used a 5.5” face sampling AC blade and/or
hammer.
Diamond drilling was all NQ3 (triple tube) drill diameter.
Some core holes were diamond tails using RC pre-collars,
others are diamond drilled from surface.
Orientation gear (diamond drilling) – Electronic digital core
orientation system
Survey Gear – Electronic digital multi-shot magnetic survey
camera
DRILL SAMPLE
RECOVERY
Method of recording and
assessing core and chip sample
recoveries and results assessed.
For diamond core drilling core recoveries are measured by
reconstructing core into continuous runs on an angle iron
cradle for orientation marking. An average core recovery of
greater than 98% has been achieved.
No additional measures were required as core recoveries are
deemed to be high, and samples considered to be
representative.
For RC and AC sample recoveries of less than approximately
80% are noted in the geological/sampling log with a visual
estimate of the actual recovery. Very few samples were
recorded with recoveries of less than 80%. No wet RC
samples were recovered.
No relationship has been observed between sample recovery
and grade.

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
Measures taken to maximise
sample recovery and ensure
representative nature of the
samples.
Use experienced driller, appropriate drilling fluids and
reputable drilling company
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 assessment has been completed to determine if there is a
relationship between sample recovery and grade, and
whether there is any potential for sample bias associated
with the different drilling methods used to date.
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.
Geological logging was carried out on all diamond core and RC
and AC chips. This included lithology, alteration, sulphide
percentages and vein per, AC centages.
For diamond core structure type is recorded along with
structural orientation data (alpha and beta measurements)
where the drill core is orientated.
Geological logging of alteration type, alteration intensity, vein
type and textures, % of veining, and sulphide composition.
All drill core and RC and AC chip trays are photographed.
Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or
costean, channel, etc)
photography.
Logging of the core is both qualitative and quantitative in
nature
Photographs of rock chips are also collected
The total length and percentage
of the relevant intersections
logged.
All drill holes are logged in full.
SUB-SAMPLING
TECHNIQUES AND
SAMPLE
PREPARATION
If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core
taken.
All the core is half core sampled within zones of visible
alteration. Where the core is orientated the left-hand side /
half of the core is sampled so that the core orientation line
remains in the core tray.
If non-core, whether riffled,
tube sampled, rotary split, etc
and whether sampled wet or
dry.
RC samples are split using a cyclone mounted rotary cone
splitter 87.5%:12.5% on one metre samples. In zones where
visual alteration is not present three metre sample
composites are created using the one metre sample via a
riffle splitter. Compressed air was used to clean the splitter
after each sample interval. Duplicated samples were collected
in visual ore zones and at a frequency of at least 1 in 20.
AC samples were collected with a spear of each sample on
one metre samples and composited over the length of the
basement rocks intersected.
For all sample types, the nature,
quality, and appropriateness of
ALS Townville completed the analysis, and the samples
preparation methods are considered appropriate.

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
the sample preparation
technique.
Quality control procedures
adopted for all sub-sampling
stages to maximise
representivity of samples.
No sub-sampling is undertaken.
Measures taken to ensure that
the sampling is representative
of the in-situ material collected,
including for instance results for
field duplicate/second-half
sampling.
Information is collected /logged regarding they type of
sample collected (grab or channel)
Laboratory duplicate sampling has been completed for the
Diamond RC and AC drilling.
Whether sample sizes are
appropriate to the grain size of
the material being sampled.
No formal assessment has been undertaken to quantify the
appropriate sample size required for good quality
determination of gold content, given the nature of the gold
mineralisation.
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.
Rock chip samples collected by Pacgold were assayed by ALS
Townsville and analysed by fire assay and AAS finish 50g
charge. Multielement analysis was completed by four acid
digest with ICP-MS finish.
Drill core RC and AC chips are analysed by ALS Townsville and
analysed by fire assay and AAS finish 50g charge.
Multielement analysis is completed by four acid digest with
ICP-MS finish.
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.
No geophysical tools, spectrometers, or handheld XRF
instruments have been used to date to determine chemical
composition at a semi-quantitative level of accuracy.
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.
Certified Reference Material (CRM’s) standards and blanks
are purchased from an external manufacturer, and these are
inserted into the sample batches sent to the laboratory at a
frequency of 1 in 15.
The verification of significant
intersections byeither
No verification completed

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
VERIFICATION OF
SAMPLING AND
ASSAYING
independent or alternative
company personnel.
The use of twinned holes. No twinned holes have been completed
Documentation of primary data,
data entry procedures, data
verification, data storage
(physical and electronic)
protocols.
Pacgold has collated the drilling database and created the
Alice River Gold Project Access database. This database was
imported into Micromine 3d software and validated against
old maps and data.
Pacgold collects all logging data in a digital format and the
data is combined with project database. Logging data is
checked and validated in Micromine 3d software.
Pacgold geologists have verified the digital database from the
previous drilling reports and/or original laboratory reports.
Digital data has been compiled from quality scanned tables
and plans included in the statutory reports.
Pacgold staff have completed field checks and confirmed the
location of some drillhole collars and areas of prior gold
mining with a standard GPS.
Discuss any adjustment to assay
data.
No adjustments to assay data have been made.
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.
All PGO drill holes are surveyed using a DGPS to an accuracy
(x,y,z) of <10cm.
Surface sample data is located using a GPS to an accuracy of
+/-5m
Specification of the grid system
used.
The co-ordinate system used in the Pacgold database is MGA
zone 54, GDA94 Datum.
Quality and adequacy of
topographic control.
Quality of the topographic control data is poor and is
currently reliant on public domain data
DATA SPACING AND
DISTRIBUTION
Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.
Rock chips were collected where outcrop was present
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.
There are no Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves.
The most densely drilled prospect is AQ. With further
drilling, data spacing and distribution may support Mineral
Resource estimation.
Whether sample compositing
has been applied.
All reported results are part of either 1m sample intervals or
3m composites as described above.

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
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.
Rock chip samples were collected where outcrops were
present. Often the quartz veins are more resistant and
outcrop.
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.
No sampling bias has been identified in connection with the
orientation of the drilling.
SAMPLE SECURITY The measures taken to ensure
sample security.
Samples are securely transported by Pacgold staff to a
commercial transport Company who transport the samples
to ALS Townsville.
AUDITS OR REVIEWS The results of any audits or
reviews of sampling techniques
and data.
Pacgold has not completed a review of the actual sampling
techniques, as this is not possible. Pacgold has reviewed
company reports describing sampling techniques. Pacgold
has reviewed and where practical validated the database it
has complied.

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Section 2: Reporting of Exploration Results

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.
Refer toSolicitor's report in Company's IPO Prospectus
released to ASX on 6 July 2021.
The Alice River Gold Project is secured by 13 tenements,
including 8 granted Mining Leases (MLs), and 5
Exploration Permits for Minerals (EPMs), for total of
approximately 377 square kilometres.
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.
Refer toSolicitor's report in Company's IPO Prospectus
released to ASX on 6 July 2021All tenements are in good
standing.
EXPLORATION DONE BY
OTHER PARTIES
Acknowledgment and
appraisal of exploration by
other parties.
Refer to IGR in Company's IPO Prospectus released to
ASX on 6 July 2021.A summary of previous exploration
and mining is presented below.
1903: Gold mining commenced at Alice River Gold
Project.
1903 – 1917: Production of 3,244 oz Au at grade of
around 38 g/t Au.
1987 – 1998: Cyprus, Beckstar, Golden Plateau,
Goldminco and Subloo International completed regional
geochemical sampling programs, rock chip sampling,
RAB/auger drilling, airtrack drilling, ground magnetic
surveys, IP and VLF-EM geophysical surveys, costeaning
programs, and numerous drilling programmes (RC and
diamond drilling). Several estimates of the tonnage and
grade of mineralisation, not compliant with the JORC
Code were made.
1999 – 2000: A total of 2,745 oz gold was produced
from 36,000 t of ore by Beckstar.
2001: Beckstar entered Administration and Tinpitch
acquired the project.
2017: Spitfire entered a joint venture deal with Tinpitch
and completed RC drilling.
The historical drilling and trenching data from Posie
have been included in the Pacgold database and
assessed to determine the relevance of the information
to the current drilling program. The accuracy of the
positions of historical drillholes at Posie is not reliable in
the database and therefore all Posie drillholes have

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
been removed from maps or cross sections in publicly
released information.
GEOLOGY Deposit type, geological
setting, and style of
mineralisation.
The Alice River Gold Project lies within the Alice-Palmer
Structural Zone. Gold mineralisation is focused along
regional northwest shear zones. The shear zones are
largely hosted within the Imooya Granite, a pale grey to
white mica-biotite leucogranite (commonly referred in
the old reports as an adamellite), of the Siluro-Devonian
Kintore Supersuite. At the north end of the Project area
the shears intersect gneisses and schists of the Sugarbag
Creek Quartzite, which forms the lower part of the
Mesoproterozoic Holroyd Metamorphics.
Mineralisation is considered to be Intrusion Related
Gold – epithermal style. The gold-bearing shear zones
extend episodically for approximately 50 km strike
length. Gold mineralisation is generally hosted in quartz
veins, and minor quartz breccias, up to 10 – 15 m wide
in places. Gold mineralisation is focused in linear zones
up to 150 m strike length.
Gold occurs as both fine free gold in quartz or
associated with arsenopyrite and stibnite. Green-white
quartz-sericite-epidote alteration zones extend 50 – 70
m around the mineralised veins at some deposits but
generally the quartz veins display narrow alteration
selvages. The weathered (oxide) zones at surface are
around 10 – 20 m deep.
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:
Easting and northing of the
drill hole collar.
Elevation or RL (Reduced
Level – elevation above sea
level in metres) of the drill
hole collar.
Dip and azimuth of the hole.
Down hole length and
interception depth.
Hole length.
Drill hole details completed and in progress are
presented in Table 1
If the exclusion of this
information is justified on
the basis that the
Historical drilling and trenching data from Posie have
been included in the Pacgold database and assessed to
determine the relevance of the information to the

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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.
current drilling program. The accuracy of the positions
of historical drillholes at Posie is not reliable in the
database and therefore all Posie drillholes have been
removed from maps or cross sections in publicly
released information.
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.
Unless specified otherwise, a nominal 0.5g/t Au lower
cut-off has been applied incorporating up to 4m of
internal dilution below the reporting cut-off grade to
highlight zones of gold mineralisation. Refer Table 1 and
2.
Broad lower grader zones described as mineralisation
envelopes are reported using a 0.1g/t Au lower cut-off
and incorporating up to 6m of internal dilution below
the cut-off grade and results are shown in brackets and
italics e.g. (50m @ 0.8g/t Au)
No metal equivalent values have been used for
reporting exploration results.
To date PacGold have previously been reporting
intercepts at 0.3 g/t Au and more recently at 0.5 g/t Au
as well as highlighting >10 g/t Au high grade zones.
These cut-offs were selected to highlight the
mineralisation results that occur as narrow higher-grade
veins and broader mineralisation zones comprising
minor veins and alteration zones. Near surface
mineralisation presents as an open pit target where 0.3
to 0.5 g/t Au presents a reasonable possible economic
cut-off for bulk mining. However more recent deeper
drilling by PacGold is leading into areas where
underground mining is expected. Such mining might
target both the narrow high-grade zones or allow larger
scale bulk stoping underground mining methods.
PacGold is still drill testing the extent of the
mineralisation and continuity of the high-grade veins
and broader mineralisation zone to determine the most
likely open pit to underground interface and also the
scale and likely cut-off for potential underground mine
development. It is expected that exploration reporting
cut-offs and criteria will be refined when these
development aspects become clearer or after the initial
Mineral Resource assessment refines the cut-off and
thickness selections.
Where aggregate intercepts
incorporate short lengths of
high-grade results and longer
lengths of low-grade results,
the procedure used for such
aggregation should be stated
and some typical examples of
High grade gold intervals internal to broader zones of
mineralisation are reported as included intervals. A
nominal 10g/t Au cut-off has been applied to reporting
high grade gold intervals contained within broader zones
of mineralisation. These are routinely specified in the
summary results tables.

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CRITERIA JORC Code explanation Commentary
such aggregations should be
shown in detail.
The assumptions used for
any reporting of metal
equivalent values should be
clearly stated.
No metal equivalents are reported.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
MINERALISATION WIDTHS
AND INTERCEPT LENGTHS
These relationships are
particularly important in the
reporting of Exploration
Results.
The orientation of the drilling is generally perpendicular
to the strike of the mineralisation but not perpendicular
to the dip on the mineralisation. Generally, the true
width of the mineralisation is approximately half the
intercept width but until we have additional drilling to
confirm the exact geometry of the mineralisation the
true width is uncertain.
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
(e.g., ‘down hole length, true
width not known’).
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.
See body of this ASX announcement for appropriate
diagrams.
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.
Balanced reporting of Exploration Results is presented.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE
EXPLORATION DATA
Other exploration data, if
meaningful and material,
should be reported including
(but not limited to):
geological observations;
The Alice River Gold Project includes a large amount of
exploration data collected by previous companies,
including regional stream sediment geochemical data,
soil sample and rock chip data, geological mapping data,
open holepercussion drillingdata, ground magnetics,IP

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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.
and VLF-EM geophysical survey data, and costean data.
Much of this data has been captured and validated into
a GIS database.
Metallurgical tests of selected mineralised samples
including bottle roll cyanide leach tests were conducted
by Golden Plateau in 1994, Goldminco in 1999, and by
Tinpitch in 2005 and 2006. Gravity concentration tests
were also carried out by Goldminco in 1999. Bottle roll
cyanide leach testing work produced variable results.
Some samples returned low recoveries, whilst other
samples produced high recoveries up to 90%. Further
metallurgical work is warranted.
Further information is in the IGR of the Company's IPO
Prospectus released to ASX on 6 July 2021.
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).
Pacgold plans to conduct further surface geological
mapping and geochemistry, ground geophysics and
Aircore, RC and Diamond drilling across three high-
priority target areas over the next two years.
Diagrams clearly highlighting
the areas of possible
extensions, including the
main geological
interpretations and future
drilling areas, provided this
information is not
commercially sensitive.
See body of this ASX announcement.

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