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PERSEUS MINING LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2018

Nov 13, 2018

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Manas Resources Limited ACN 128 042 606

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Level 2, Suite 9, 389 Oxford Street Mt Hawthorn, WA 6016 Australia Telephone: +61 8 9380 6062 Facsimile: +61 8 9380 6761

W www.manasresources.com E [email protected]

1 4 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 8 A S X R E L E A S E / M E D I A R E L E A S E

MANAS ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT GOLD RESULTS FROM MULTIPLE PROSPECTS AT THE MBENGUE PROJECT IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Manas Resources Limited (ASX: MSR) (“Manas” or “Company”) is pleased to report the first ever diamond drilling results from the M’bengué gold project in northern Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, (Figure 1) where it is earning a 70% interest through funding exploration.

The maiden diamond drilling program at M’bengué comprised 13 holes for 1,312m, with seven holes drilled at the Turaco prospect, and two each at the Burkinabe, Madala and Le Vieux prospects. Results from initial drilling are summarised below (see also Table 1):

Turaco Prospect: 7 Holes drilled for 772m, significant intercepts include:

  • 1m grading 14.8g/t Au from 87m in MBDD002

  • 9m grading 5.05g/t Au from 60m in MBDD004

  • 21m grading 2.11g/t Au from 6m in MBDD005

  • 9m grading 2.6g/t Au from 74m in MBDD006

  • 10m grading 1.22g/t Au from 38m in MBDD013.

Madala Prospect: 2 Holes drilled for 226m, including a significant intercept of:

  • 7m grading 7.54g/t Au from 46m in MBDD009.

Le Vieux Prospect: 2 Holes drilled for 164m, with a significant intercept of:

  • 1m grading 12.6g/t Au from 9m in MBDD011.

Burkinabe Prospect: 2 holes drilled for 149m, with a significant intercept of:

  • 1m at 4.14g/t Au from 12m in MBDD007.

Manas’s maiden diamond drill program was highly successful in providing greater understanding of the geological setting and mineralisation style at M’bengué, and confirmed the presence of significant gold mineralisation, often over substantial widths.

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Manas Chairman Alan Campbell commented, “Based on the very limited amount of diamond drilling undertaken, the results are encouraging as all four prospects drilled returned anomalous to significant drill intercepts with only one hole (MBDD001) failing to intercept +1g/t gold mineralisation. These results support the Company’s view that the M’bengué licence has the potential to host a significant gold deposit. The presence of multiple intercepts from a limited amount of shallow drilling into widely spaced targets within close proximity of the world-class Tongon gold mine is noteworthy.

“In addition to the encouraging diamond drilling results, we have also identified several new targets for further exploration. With its strong cash position, Manas is well placed to benefit from further exploration success.”

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Figure 1: M’bengué Project Location

The M’bengué Permit is located in northern Côte d’Ivoire approximately 6km north of Randgold Resources’ Tongon mine and 90km southeast of Perseus Mining Limited’s (ASX: PRU) Sissingué mine. The Permit covers an area just under 400km[2] over the highly prospective Senoufo greenstone belt (Figure 2).

M’bengué is held by Occidental Gold SARL, a 100% subsidiary of Perseus Mining. Manas can earn a 70% interest in the M’bengué Permit through sole-funding exploration activity.

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Figure 2: M’bengué Regional Geology Showing Prospects in Relation to Tongon Mine.

Turaco

The Turaco anomaly is located ~10km north of the 4.4 million-ounce Tongon gold mine. As described in the ASX announcement dated 8 August 2018, the target had been drill-tested previously by Perseus Mining Limited (“Perseus”, ASX: PRU). Manas completed 772.4m of diamond drilling in seven holes (MBDD001 to MBDD006 inclusive and MBDD013). Holes MBDD001 to MBDD004 were drilled on a scissored fence at 040 degrees in order to test the significance of NW-SE striking veins exposed in artisanal workings on surface. Holes MBDD005 and MBDD006 were drilled to confirm the orientation of mineralised zones identified by Perseus. MBDDD013 was drilled to the south of the other holes and was designed to confirm the new structural interpretation which indicated that the dominant control was shallow, generally southwards dipping structures. The hole intercepted wide zones of mineralisation to 200m down-hole.

All holes intercepted an intermediate-basic intrusive unit (logged as gabbro) cut by late-stage dykes, usually hornblende-porphyritic, which are barren. Mineralisation is hosted by zones of increased disseminated sulphide and associated quartz veining in the gabbro. Individual veins are up to 30cm wide but generally average 1-5cm thick. Alteration is dominated by chlorite and sericite. Gold mineralisation is associated with increased sulphide content, dominantly pyrite with minor chalcopyrite and molybdenite.

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All holes intersected gold values over 0.3g/t Au. The average grade of all 772 samples of drill core from Turaco is 0.34g/t Au and the maximum grade analysed is 36.1g/t Au. For the 588 core samples from the gabbro, the average grade is 0.44g/t Au. The 183 samples from dykes averaged 0.02g/t Au.

A number of significant intercepts were recorded at Turaco. Refer to Table I for the full results.

Manas was unable to twin the previous Perseus drill holes because the collar locations have been damaged by limited artisanal mining activities, however, hole MBDD005 was collared within 10m of the presumed location of MKRC079, which had intersected 28m grading 8.14g/t Au from 16m and 27m grading 3.71g/t Au from 56m. Manas’s results indicate that the Perseus hole is likely to have drilled down the dip of mineralisation, with the 9m intercept in MBDD006 thought to represent ~95% of the true thickness of the zone.

The drill assay results, together with structural information collected from the oriented diamond drill core, indicate the presence of a number of southwards dipping zones of mineralisation. A cross section is shown in Figure 4.

The Company is encouraged by the grade and thickness of the zones of mineralisation intercepted in the drilling, and the confirmed presence of multiple zones of mineralisation down to 200m in MBDD013 (this hole ended in material grading > 1.3g/t Au over 1m).

Madala

The Madala anomaly lies on a strong magnetic anomaly some 1.7km SW of Turaco. It is located ~8.5km north of the Tongon mine. Two holes, MBDD009 and MBDD010 totalling 226.5m, were drilled. The holes scissor perpendicularly under the mapped strike continuation of some old artisanal workings. The workings can be traced for 50m in a NE direction towards Turaco. Both holes intercepted a variably weathered intrusive quartz-feldspar porphyry. Minor thin quartz veining was observed in the rock, associated with increased disseminated pyrite and strong potassic alteration.

The 226 samples from these two holes averaged a relatively high 0.4g/t Au, with a peak value of 40.5g/t Au. The mineralisation appears to strike NE-SW with shallow dip to the SE. A section showing the interpreted mineralised zones intercepted in the drilling is presented in Figure 5.

Le Vieux

This anomaly includes a SW-NE-trending zone of artisanal workings which can be traced on surface for more than 300m along strike. The Company found visible gold in quartz float associated with these excavations. Two scissored holes (MBDD011 and MBDD012) totalling 164m were drilled perpendicular to the SW end of the anomaly. Access to the most extensively worked portion of the structure was hampered during this program but it is expected to be drill tested in future.

Both holes intercepted a medium-grained dioritic intrusive variably altered by sericite-chlorite. Thin quartz veining occurs throughout the holes and the dominant sulphide is pyrite. The 164 samples analysed average 0.18g/t Au, with a peak value of 12.6g/t Au.

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Burkinabe

This anomaly is the scene of recent artisanal mining activity where visible gold was observed in mineralised rock float. Manas completed 149m of drilling in two scissored holes (MBDD007 and MBDD008). The holes drilled across the main mineralised zone mapped on surface and intersecting altered metasedimentary and volcanic rocks. Of the 149 samples assayed, the average grade was 0.13g/t Au and the peak was 1m grading 4.1g/t Au.

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Figure 3: Drill plan of M’bengué anomalies.

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Figure 4: Cross section through the Turaco prospect showing the intercepts in MBDD005 and MBDD006 and interpreted trend of mineralisation.

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Figure 5: Cross Section through the Madala prospect showing the intercept in MBDD009 and the interpreted trend of mineralisation.
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Table 1: Gold assay intercepts (> 4g/m) from Manas’ DD Drilling at M'bengué.

Hole ID East North RL
(m)
Depth
(m)
Azimuth
(°)
Inclination
(°)
From
(m)

To
(m)
Width
(m)
Au
(g/t)
MBDD001 206161 1110807 379 85 40 -50 n/a
MBDD002 206212 1110867 378 102.2 40 -50 87 88 1 14.8
MBDD003 206219 1110875 377 84.3 220 -50 n/a
MBDD004 206279 1110946 376 100.3 220 -50 60 69 9 5.05
including 62 63 1 36.1
MBDD005 206217 1110932 377 100.2 123 -50 6 27 21 2.11
including 19 20 1 19.8
and 78 81 3 3.64
MBDD006 206297 1110880 378 100.4 303 -50 74 83 9 2.60
including 82 83 1 14.5
MBDD007 206769 1110674 387 73.4 130 -50 12 13 1 4.14
MBDD008 206825 1110627 389 75.7 310 -50 48 52 4 1.50
MBDD009 205321 1109387 371 110 310 -50 46 53 7 7.54
including 49 50 1 40.5
MBDD010 205238 1109471 375 116.5 130 -50 4 6 2 4.51
MBDD011 204801 1110796 381 84.1 315 -50 9 10 1 12.6
MBDD012 204747 1110850 381 80.2 135 -50 73 75 2 2.27
MBDD013 206215 1110806 378 200 15 -65 38 48 10 1.22
and 61 70 9 1.04
and 154 161 7 0.85
and 182 188 6 1.44
and 197 200* 3* 0.93*
  • = Open intercept

For further information, please contact:

Chris MacKenzie Karen Oswald Chief Executive Officer Investor Relations Manas Resources Limited NWR Communications T: +61 8 9380 6062 T: +61 423 602 353 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.manasresources.com

Forward Looking Statements: Statements regarding Manas’ plans with respect to its mineral properties are forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that Manas’s plans for the exploration or development of its mineral properties will proceed as currently expected. There can also be no assurance that Manas will be able to confirm the presence of any mineral deposits, that any mineralisation will prove to be economic or that a mine will be successfully developed on any of Manas’s mineral properties.

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Manas Resources Limited - Company Overview

Manas is a well-funded gold explorer focused on early-stage exploration acquisitions and project generation in West Africa.

Manas has entered into earn-in arrangements over three large project areas with a total area of over 2,000km[2] covering highly prospective Birimian greenstones in the southwest and central-east and northern Côte d’Ivoire. Manas is actively seeking further opportunities to grow its exploration portfolio in the region.

Competent Person’s Statement

The scientific and technical information contained within this ASX Release is based on, and fairly represents information prepared by Mr. Christopher MacKenzie, a Competent Person who is a Chartered Geologist and a Fellow of The Geological Society of London.

Mr. MacKenzie is the Chief Executive Officer of Manas Resources Limited 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 Resource and Ore Reserves”. Mr MacKenzie consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Appendix A – JORC Code 2012, Table 1

Section 1 –Sampling Techniques and Data

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.

All the diamond drill holes drill holes,
MBDD001 to MBDD013 inclusive, were
sampled in their entirety, normally at 1m
intervals down the hole. Cut core was sent to
the laboratory for analysis.

QA/QC samples, comprising Certified
Reference Material (CRM – “Standards”),
sample blanks, and quarter-core field
duplicates were each inserted/collected at a
rate approximating to one every 20 samples
(~5% each) in the sample sequence to gauge
and ensure representative sample and quality
of results from the laboratory.

All samples were submitted to Bureau
Veritas Cote d’Ivoire for preparation and Au
analysis by Fire Assay.
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).

All drill holes were completed using diamond
drilling in HQ triple tube (HQ3 or rarely
standard tube HQ) size.

Wherever possible, core was oriented using a
Reflex ACT II tool.
Drill sample
recovery

Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.

Sample recovery was done for each drill run
at the drill rig, and recoveries for individual
metres were validated later once the marking

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary

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.
up of oriented core had been completed.
Recoveries are generally very good in
competent rock, averaging over 95%.
Occasional zones within saprolite had
recoveries as low as 40%. One high-grade
intercept, 1m grading 40.5g/t Au in
MBDD009 had a recovery of approximately
40% and it is assumed that this biased the
grade upwards. However recoveries in other
high-grade intervals were generally good,
such as 1m grading 36.1g/t Au in MBDD004
where it was over 90%. Overall there
appears to be no relationship between
recovery and grade.

Triple tube HQ3 was used in order to
maximise recovery in saprolite and broken
ground. Occasionally, single-tube HQ was
used in competent ground.
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.

All drill samples were geologically logged by
in-house geologists.

Geological logging recorded rock types,
visual estimates of the abundance of quartz
veining and sulphides plus the degree of
weathering using a standardised logging
system.

100% of recovered drilling sample material
was logged representing; 13 DD holes for
1312m. Core was photographed, wet and
dry, both before and after sampling.

The counterpart half-core from sampling of
all holes is retained in the Company core
shed.
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

All core was cut (using a splitting knife in the
case of saprolite intervals, and a core saw in
the case of competent ground) at the
Company core processing area in M’bengué.
Half core was taken for assay (this was
quartered for duplicate pair samples). The
counterpart half-core was retained and is
stored in the Company core shed for
reference.

QA/QC samples, comprising Certified
Reference Material (CRM – Standards),
sample blanks, and quarter-core field
duplicates were each inserted/collected at a

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
maximise representivity of samples.

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.

Whether sample sizes are
appropriate to the grain size of the
material being sampled.
rate approximating to one every 20 samples
(~5% each) in the sample sequence gauge the
representativeness and quality of results from
the laboratory.

At the Bureau Veritas laboratory (Abidjan),
samples were weighed, dried for a minimum
of 8hrs at 105°C and crushed to -2mm in a
jaw crusher. A 1kg split of the crushed
sample was subsequently pulverised in a disk
mill to achieve a nominal particle size of
85% passing 75um.

Sample sizes and laboratory preparation
techniques are considered to be appropriate
for this stage of gold exploration.
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.

All samples were submitted to the Bureau
Veritas laboratory in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
for preparation and analysis. Gold assaying
was by 50g Fire Assay with an AAS finish,
to a lower detection limit of 5ppb (FA451).
Any assays greater than 10,000ppb = 10g/t
Au were analysed by Fire Assay with a
gravimetric finish (FA550). The assay
methods employed are considered to be an
industry-standard total analysis.

No geophysical tools or other non-assay
instruments were used in the analyses
reported.

CRM samples (standards) were inserted into
sample batches at an approximate rate of 1
standard per 20 samples. Blank samples were
inserted into batches at an approximate rate
of 1 blank sample per 20 samples. Quarter
core duplicates were submitted at an
approximate rate of 1 duplicate per 20
samples.

Internal QA / QC was completed by the
Company. Out of 66 samples from five
standard types submitted, none fell outside
the acceptable range. However, all samples
from four standard types with expected
grades >0.35g/t Au consistently averaged
below the expected grade. No significant
issues were present in the analysis of Blanks.
Duplicate samples were also within the range

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
to be expected for a gold project using
quarter core as a field duplicate.

Internal laboratory QA / QC checks are
reported by the laboratory in the sample
batches. Reviews of the laboratory’s QA /
QC samples suggests the laboratory is
performing within acceptable limits. Umpire
checks are intended to be conducted in due
course.
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.

Drill hole data was captured by the
Company’s in-house geologists at the drill rig
and core logging area and manually entered
into a digital database.

The digital data was verified and validated by
the Company’s Database Manager before
loading into a master drill hole database on a
regularly backed-up computer system.

Reported drill hole intercepts were compiled
by the Company’s CEO.

Twin holes have not been drilled to verify
results. The project is considered to be an
early stage exploration project and this is
therefore not deemed necessary. Should a
resource be delineated on the project, future
drilling programs will use twinning of drill
holes to check for representative sample and
assay repeatability.

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.

Specification of the grid system used.

Quality and adequacy of topographic
control.

Drill hole collars were set out in UTM grid
WGS84 Zone30N.

Drill hole collars were positioned using hand
held GPS, accurate to +/- 2-3m in the
horizontal and 3-6m in the vertical direction.

Drill holes were surveyed for down-hole dip-
and azimuth deviation using a Reflex EZ-
shot downhole survey tool.

Following completion of the drilling, all the
holes were georeferenced by Differential
GPS survey (DGPS), accurate to10cmor

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
less in x,y and 50cm or less in z.
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 reported drilling has not been used to
estimate any mineral resources or reserves.
Further drilling will be required before a
Mineral Resource can be defined.

No sample compositing was performed
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.

Exploration is at an early stage and the true
orientation of mineralisation is still under
review and yet to be confirmed.

The use of scissored holes as reported in this
programme assists in the identification of the
dip and strike of mineralised zones. It is not
considered that the drilling orientation has
introduced significant bias in the major
intersections, with the exception of
MBDD005 where the hole is presumed to
have drilled down the mineralised zone.

The main intercepts reported in MBDD006
and MBDD009 are considered to be
approximately 90%, or more, of true
thickness. Further drilling is required to
confirm the geometry of the mineralised
zones.
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample
security.

Samples were stored and processed in a
fenced and secured exploration camp
compound located in Mbengué town, prior to
samples being dispatched by secure road
transport by Bureau Veritas to Bureau
Veritas’ laboratory in Abidjan.
Audits or
reviews

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

The Company employed industry-standard
protocols but no independent audit has yet
been conducted.

The Company recently conducted a site visit
and review of the Bureau Veritas’ laboratory
in Abidjan. Systems in place are consistent
with industry standards.

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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement
and land
tenure
status

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.

The reported results are from the prospects
within the Mbengué Exploration Permit
(Permis de Recherche PR272) which is held
by Occidental Gold SARL a 100% owned
subsidiary of Perseus Mining Limited
(“Perseus”). Manas Resources has entered
into an earn-in agreement to earn up to 70%
ownership in the Mbengué Permit.

The Mbengué Permit is currently in good
standing with respect to previous exploration
expenditure and is currently being renewed.
A further renewal period of two years is
normally granted at this stage based on
meeting agreed exploration expenditure
conditions. Under Ivorian mining law further
extensions beyond this 2 year period are
possible with ministerial approval to allow
for development planning.
Exploration
done by other
parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.

As the Company previously reported (ASX
Announcement 8 August 2018) historical
exploration work within the Mbengué permit
area was completed by Occidental Gold
SARL a 100% owned subsidiary of Perseus
Mining Limited (“Perseus”).
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and
style of mineralisation

The Mbengué permit area is within the
Senoufo belt and is underlain by a thick
sequence of turbiditic sediments and
metasediments, mafic volcanics,
undifferentiated volcanics, syn to late-D2
Birimian plutonics (leucogranites), felsic to
bimodal volcanics plus minor mafic
intrusives, and is flanked by plutonic granitic
rocks to both the east and west.

Gold mineralisation observed within the drill
holes appears to be spatially related to both
narrow, brittle quartz veining associated with
sulphide and disseminated sulphides in
intrusive units.

Various models, including orogenic and
intrusion-related may be applicable for the
mineralisation identified. Petrological work
and further drilling is required to firm up on
genetic models.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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 colla_r
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.

Reported results are summarised in Table I
and within the attached announcement.

The drill holes reported in this announcement
have the following parameters:
o
Grid co-ordinates are UTM Zone 30N
with a WGS84 Datum. Easting and
Northing have been defined by DGPS.
o
Collar elevation is defined as height
above sea level in metres (RL) and has
been defined by DGPS.
o
Dip is the inclination of the hole from
the horizontal. Azimuth is reported in
WGS 84 30N degrees as the direction
toward which the hole is drilled.
o
Down hole length of the hole is the
distance from the surface to the end of
the hole, as measured along the drill
trace
o
Intersection depth is the distance down
the hole as measured along the drill
trace.
o
Intersection width is the down hole
distance of an intersection as measured
along the drill trace.
o
Hole length is the distance from the
surface to the end of the hole, as
measured along the drill trace.
Data
aggression
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, the procedure
used for such 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.

Drill hole intercepts are reported from 1m
down-hole samples for all holes using
weighted averaging with a minimum cut-off
grade of 0.5 g/t Au applied to the first and
last sample of the reported intercept. Results
with an Au x m grade of >4g/m are reported.

Maximum internal dilution (material grading
<0.5g/t Au) is 4m within a reported interval.

No grade top cut off has been applied.

All individual 1m samples grading over 10g/t
Au are also reported individually.

No metal equivalent reporting has been
applied.
Relationship
between

These relationships are particularly
important in the reporting of
Exploration Results.

The reported results are from early stage
exploration drilling and the orientation of
mineralising structures and geological

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
mineralisation
widths and
intercept
lengths

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’).
controls is currently unknown. Sections
presented in the release above indicate the
inferred width of mineralised zones. More
drilling is required to confirm these
interpretations.

Results are reported as down hole length, true
width is currently unknown in most cases,
however for the significant intercepts in
MBDD006 and MBDD009 the reported
intercept appears to represent 90%+ of the
true thickness. More drilling is required to
confirm this.
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.

A drill hole plans and sections presenting
significant assay results are shown in Figures
3, 4 & 5.
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

Refer to Table I, which identifies all
significant results and identifies those holes
which have none.
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.

There are no other exploration data which are
considered material to the results reported in
this announcement.
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.

In order to define the extents of the
mineralised systems identified in the four
main targets reported herein, further drilling
will be required. Step out drilling along
strike and down dip is planned in due course.

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