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PREDICTIVE DISCOVERY LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2014

Jul 29, 2014

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30[th] July 2014

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ASX

Announcement

Predictive Discovery Limited is a gold exploration company with strong technical capabilities focused on its advanced gold exploration projects in West Africa.

ASX: PDI

Issued Capital: 388M shares Share Price: 1.0 cents

Market Capitalisation: $3.9M

Directors

Phillip Harman Non-Exec Chairman

Paul Roberts Managing Director

Phil Henty Non-Executive Director

Tim Markwell Non-Executive Director

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New Drill Targets Upgrade Bongou Potential

Predictive Discovery (ASX: PDI) is pleased to announce new results from power auger drilling and trenching near its high grade Bongou gold prospect in Burkina Faso.

  • Five new Bongou-like granite-hosted gold mineralised locations identified.

  • Peak power auger result of 2.0g/t Au at the Bongou W8 prospect

  • New trenches contain values of up to:

  • 7.7g/t Au (W2 prospect, 600m NW of Bongou),

  • 2.2g/t Au (W8 prospect, 2km WNW of Bongou), and

  • 4.8g/t Au (Bongou prospect eastern extension)

All are within broader zones that average between 0.3 and 0.9g/t Au.

  • Bulked gold values above 0.2g/t Au in trenching of Bongou-style mineralisation are highly significant since in the region depleted surface gold values have been found above high grade intercepts in primary gold mineralisation.

Mr Paul Roberts, the Company’s Managing Director said:

“These results confirm the presence of more Bongou-style gold mineralisation at a number of locations within 2km of Bongou, and provide a strong motivation to explore for more gold mineralisation of this type within our extensive ground holdings.

We plan to drill test these new targets during the next field season, which commences in November this year.”

Figure 1: Bongou area drill targeting summary plan. The second order anomalies (in yellow) also contain indications of granite-hosted mineralisation and may be drill tested in the next program.

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Introduction

PDI’s high-grade Bongou Prospect in eastern Burkina Faso (Figures 2 and 3) contains a significant discovery of granite-hosted gold mineralisation where average true widths intersected in 13 holes were 31.6m with average grades of 2.9 g/t Au, most with a significant high-grade component[1] .

Recent exploration activities near Bongou aimed to discover additional Bongou-style gold mineralisation within 3km of the prospect by, following up power auger results previously reported to the ASX on 12[th] May 2014.

Between April and June 2014 PDI completed a power augur and trenching program in the area surrounding the Bongou Prospect. The purpose of this work was to identify further nearby targets with significant potential for the discovery of additional high-grade Bongou-style gold mineralisation.

Details of the power auger drilling, trenching, sampling and quality control methods used are provided in the notes which follow Table 1.

Power auger program

The power auger program totalled 7,572m and consisted of infill drilling around pre-existing anomalies, generally at a density of 50m x 12.5m, and extension drilling to test additional areas east and west of the gridded area. Hole locations showing gold results are provided in Figure 4. Samples were collected at the interface between soil and weathered bedrock and analysed at the SGS laboratory in Ouagadougou.

As previously reported to the ASX on 12[th] May 2014, earlier power auger work identified 20 gold geochemical anomalies that could be associated with Bongou-style mineralisation. Of these 20 anomalies, the current program identified seven that could be correlated over at least two drill lines with assay values above 100pbb gold. These have been named Prospects W2, W5, W6, W7, W8, S1 and E1 (Figure 1).

Trenching program

A total of 649m of trenching was completed, as shown in Figure 5. This was aimed at following up the seven prospects from auger drilling. All but Prospects W6 and W7 were followed up with access issues and surface hardness preventing trenching at W6 and W7. A number of short trenches were also excavated on the eastern, western and southern margins of the Bongou Prospect itself to help map more precisely the limits of the granite body.

1 See Figure 2 for the intercepts from which these figures were obtained (within the darker red near-vertical band). The relevant drill results were reported to the ASX on 2nd December 2013, 16[th] December 2013, 20[th] March, 2014 and 1[st] April 2014.

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The trenching exposed granite-hosted, gold-bearing mineralisation at four prospects: W2, W8, S1 and E1. Although Prospects W6 and W7 were not trenched, results from the auger drilling indicate that they are at least partly in granite.

Results from the trenching are provided in Table 1 and included the following:

Prospect No. Trench No. Interval Au g/t Comments
Bongou
Prospect
(eastern edge)
BNGTr17 7.0m 0.55 Includes 0.2m at4.8g/t Au
Bongou
Prospect
(eastern edge)
BNGTr17 6.0m 0.90 Includes 3m at1.44g/t Au
Bongou
Prospect
(southern edge)
BNGTr17 6.4m 0.43
W8 Prospect BNGtr24 9.8m 0.66 Includes 2m at2.22g/t Au
W2 Prospect BNGTr7 5.5m 0.65 Includes 0.1m at7.66g/tAu. 50m
to the west of trench BNGTr04
which obtained12.5m at 0.49g/t
Au2and RC hole BNGRC18 which
intersected12m at 1.44g/t Au
from 12m3
E1 Prospect BNGTr21 1.4m 1.08

Previously drilling beneath near-surface rock sampling at Bongou and the W2 Prospect suggested that gold grades in mineralised granite are likely to be significantly higher in primary (pyritebearing) mineralisation at depth than they are in the near-surface .

  • At Bongou, channel sampling of weathered mineralised granite in the artisanal workings at a depth of 2 to 5m below the original surface obtained an average grade of approximately 1g/t Au whereas the average grade of primary mineralisation in PDI’s drill holes below the workings is about 3g/t Au.

  • At the W2 Prospect, channel sampling in a trench gave 12.5m at 0.49 g/t Au[2] whereas drilling directly beneath it in partly weathered mineralisation intersected 12m at 1.44g/t Au[3] .

Taken together with the earlier trench assays (including the W1 Prospect: 13m at 3.7g/t Au[3] ), these results indicate potential for high grade Bongou-style mineralisation at depth at three prospects so far (W1, W2 and W8). Prospects W6 and W7, which are untested by trenching, also have potential for similar mineralisation.

Follow-up Work Program

Follow-up RC drilling is planned at the five drill targets shown on Figure 1.

At the W2, W6, W7 and W8 Prospects, drilling will follow up granite-hosted gold values from trenching and/or power auger drilling. The W1 Prospect will be tested at depth below

2 Results announced to the ASX on 31st January 2014 (December 2013 Quarterly Report)

3 Results announced to the ASX on 1st April 2014

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BNGRD013R, where a narrow interval of Bongou-style gold mineralisation (0.9m at 5.3g/t Au[4] ) was intersected approximately 60m below surface. This mineralisation, which does not outcrop, may broaden at depth.

At this stage, the drilling is planned for the next field season, which will commence in November 2014, and may also test other targets near Bongou, such as S1 and E1 (Figure 1).

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Figure 2: Long Section through the mineralised body oriented at 065 degrees, showing true width drill intercepts of both the total gold mineralised body at a 0.5g/t Au cut-off and true widths of the higher grade hanging wall mineralisation calculated at a cut-off grade of 3g/t Au. Results of the low grade gold mineralisation were calculated at an approximate 0.2g/t Au cut-off grade. Data for these results are provided PDI’s ASX releases of 2[nd] December 2013, 16[th] December 2013, 20[th] March 2014 and 1[st] April 2014.

4 Results announced to the ASX on 1st April 2014

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Figure 3: Locality map of PDI permits in eastern Burkina Faso, showing location of Bongou Prospect.

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Figure 4: Power auger results diagram, showing values of samples collected at the interface between soil and weathered bedrock.

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Figure 5: Location of trenches in the Bongou area

Predictive Discovery Limited (PDI) was established in late 2007 and listed on the ASX in December 2010. The Company is focused on exploration for gold in West Africa. The Company’s major focus is in Burkina Faso, West Africa where it has assembled a substantial regional ground position totalling 1,605km[2] and is exploring for large open-pittable gold deposits. Exploration in eastern Burkina Faso has yielded a large portfolio of exciting gold prospects, including the Bongou trend where a series of high-grade gold drill intercepts have been obtained recently. PDI also has interests in a strategic portfolio of tenements in Cote D’Ivoire covering a total area of 1534 km[2] .

Competent Persons Statement

The exploration results reported herein, insofar as they relate to mineralisation, are based on information compiled by Mr Paul Roberts (Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists). Mr Roberts is a full time employee of the company and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits being considered to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Roberts consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

For further details please contact:

Paul Roberts Nathan Ryan Managing Director NWR Communications Tel: +61 8 9216 1020 Tel: +61 420 582 887 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

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TABLE 1 – TRENCH AND POWER AUGER RESULTS

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Trenches
Prospect
Name
Trench
No.
Centre point of trench
intercept
0.2 g/t cut-off Comments
UTM East
(WGS84,
31N)
UTM
North
(WGS84,
31N)
RL UTM
Azimuth
(°)
Trench
depth
(m)
Interval (estimated true
width in brackets)
Au g/t
W2 BNGTr06 206956 1422483 276 170 2 2.3 (2.1) 0.35
W2 BNGTr07 206856 1422453 276 170 2 5.5 (5.0) 0.65 Includes 0.1m at7.66g/t Au
in siliceous vein.
W3 BNGTr08 206983 1422341 276 170 2 No significant result Coordinates at centre point
of trench.
W4 BNGTr09 207101 1422270 276 170 2 1.3 (1.2) 0.28
W1 BNGTr10 207159 1422038 276 175 2 0.9 (0.8) 0.53
W1 BNGTr11 207218 1422050 276 165 2 No significant result Coordinates at centre point
of trench.
Bongou (main) BNGTr12 207411 1422071 274 165 2 No significant result SW edge of Bongou granite.
Coordinates at centre point
of trench.
Bongou (main) BNGTr13 207445 1422077 274 170 2 6.4(5.8) 0.43 Southern edge of Bongou
granite.
Bongou (main) BNGTr14 207476 1422087 274 170 2 3.4 (3.1) 0.43 Southern edge of Bongou
granite.
Bongou (main) BNGTr15 207424 1422137 275 315 2 2.8 (2.5) 0.44 NW edge of Bongou granite
Bongou (main) BNGTr16 207435 1422149 275 315 2 3.7 (3.3) 0.39 NW edge of Bongou granite
Bongou (main) BNGTr17 207545 1422198 274 335 3 7.0(not known) 0.55 East edge of Bongou granite.
Includes 0.2m at4.80g/t Au
in alteredgranite
Bongou (main) BNGTr17 207553 1422180 274 335 3 6.0(not known) 0.90 East edge of Bongou granite.
Includes 3m at1.44g/t Auin
alteredgranite
Bongou (main) BNGTr18 207556 1422183 274 020 3 10.6 (not known) 0.31 East edge of Bongou granite.
Bongou (main) BNGTr19 207570 1422164 274 130 3 No significant result SE edge of Bongou granite.
Coordinates at centre point
of trench.
Bongou (main) BNGTr20 207584 1422178 274 080 3 No significant result SE edge of Bongou granite.
Coordinates at centre point
of trench.
E1 BNGTr21 208305 1422333 272 170 2 2.9 (2.6) 0.31
E1 BNGTr21 208307 1422323 272 170 2 1.4 (1.3) 1.08
E1 BNGTr21 208310 1422305 272 170 2 2.0 (1.8) 0.38
W8 BNGTr22 205596 1422463 n/a 170 2 No significant result Westernmost trench of W8
W8 BNGTr23 205638 1422492 n/a 170 2 8.4 (7.6) 0.42 Centre trench of W8
W8 BNGTr24 205688 1422509 n/a 170 2 9.8(8.8) 0.66 Eastern trench of W8.
Includes. Includes 2.0m at
2.1g/t Au
Power Auger Drillholes
Power auger
hole
Numbers
Northing
(WGS84-
31N)
Easting
(WGS84 –
31N)
RL Hole dips Azimuth Hole Depth From Interval Au (ppb)

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MADAU2523
to 4116
Refer to Figure
4 for map
location of
auger collars
Refer to Figure
4 for map
location of
auger collars
See
notes

All holes
were drilled
vertically
All holes
were drilled
vertically
Average hole depth was
4.8m. Minimum hole depth
was 1m, maximum hole
depth was 23m

See
notes
See notes See notes
and Figure
4
Notes: Power auger drilling is a reconnaissance exploration technique. Typically the last metre of each auger hole represents
in situ material. PDI’s practice is to collect an interface sample over approximately 1m which is therefore generally the second
last metre of each drill hole. Consequently, results are presented in Figure 4 of this announcement as the second last metre
drilled for each auger hole. Individual drill hole intersections are not reported in this announcement. The average RL over the
area is 278m. The area is mostly a flat to gently undulating plain with very little variation between adjacent holes; individual
RLs are not reported in this announcement because theyare not relevant to interpreting geochemical data of this type.

Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data

Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria JORC Code
Explanation
Commentary
Sampling
Technique
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
downhole 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
detailedinformation.
The sampling described in this report refers to power auger drill samples, and
trench channel samples.
(1)
Power auger:
In the vast majority of power auger drill holes, 1-2kg samples were
collected at the interface between soil and weathered bedrock. Where
the drill hole did not penetrate through to weathered bedrock, samples
were collected from the bottom of the hole. The samples were collected
for gold assaying at the SGS laboratory in Ouagadougou using an aqua
regia method with a 1ppb detection limit.
All interface samples were scanned using a hand-held XRF machine,
primarily to obtain Ti/Zr ratios which are used to help interpret whether
the weathered bedrock consists of felsic (i.e. granitic) or mafic (i.e.
basalt or gabbro) material.
(2)
Trench samples were collected from horizontal channels obtained from
weathered rock at the base of one of the trench walls. Sampling
intervals were selected to minimise geological variability within each
sample (i.e. seeking to maximise the uniformity in lithology, alteration or
mineralisation for each interval).
The trench samples are judged to be representative of the weathered
rock as a channel sampling method was used and the whole sample
was then submitted to AGS in Ouagadougou for crushing and splitting
and analysis.
Drilling 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,bywhat method,etc).
The power drilling was carried out using a 4WD-mounted power auger rig.
The trenches were all hand dug.

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Drill Sample
Recovery
Method of recording and
assessing core and chip
sample recoveries and
results assessed.
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.
Sample recovery is not assessed for power auger drilling as it is a geochemical
method. In general, however, recoveries are good because the hole has to be
cleared by the screw-type rods in order for the drill rods to advance downwards.
Sample recovery in channel sampling of the trenches is, by its nature, complete.
Logging Whether core and chip
samples have been
geologically and geotechnical
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/Trench,
channel, etc)
photography.
The total length and
percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.
None of these samples will be used in a Mineral Resource estimation.
Nonetheless, all power auger holes were geologically logged in a qualitative
fashion.
Geological maps of all the trenches reported here have been prepared.
Sub-Sampling
Technique 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 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 beingsampled.
(1)
Power auger
All of the sample is submitted for assay so no sub-sampling is
required and the sample is representative of what is in the hole.
(2)
Trenches
Trench channel samples were submitted in their entirety to the analytical
lab, where they were dried, crushed and riffle split to produce
representative samples.

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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.
(1)
Power auger
The analytical method used was an SGS aqua regia method with a
low detection limit (1ppb) which is appropriate for a geochemical
drilling program.
A limited number of external standards and blanks were included with
the submitted samples. Based on these results and SGS’s own
repeat results, the analytical results are judged to be suitable for
distinguishing gold anomalous samples from barren samples.
XRF measurements of Ti and Zr to help interpret the presence of
granite or mafics was carried out using an Olympus Delta Premium
DP-4000 Premium Exploration Analyser. The required calibrations
were carried out prior to making these measurements.
(2)
Trenches
Trench channel samples were analysed using a 50g fire assay method. A
limited number of external standards and blanks were included with the
submitted samples. Based on these results and SGS’s own repeat results,
the analytical results are judged to have been representative of the
sampled material in the trenches..
Verification of
Sampling and
Assaying
The verification of significant
intersections by either
independent or alternative
company personnel.
The use of twinned holes The
verification of significant
intersections by either
independent or alternative
company personnel. Discuss
any adjustment to assay data
Hole twinning is not normally practised with power auger drilling.
Location of Data
points
Accuracy and quality of
surveysused tolocate 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
Collar and trench locations were located using a hand held GPS with a location
error of +/-3m. Collar RLs were established by interpolation between surveyed
points established for an earlier geophysical survey with an estimated elevation
error of less than 2m.
Collar coordinates listed in the table are for Universal Transverse Mercator
(UTM), Datum WGS 84, Zone 31 - Northern Hemisphere.
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 beenapplied
Reconnaissance power auger holes are either spaced 25m apart along
lines 100m or 200m apart. Infill holes are spaced 12.5m apart along lines
which are 50m apart.
This type of drilling is not appropriate for the calculation of any Mineral
Resource estimate.
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
The power auger drill lines are oriented at approximately 90 degrees to the
general strike direction. Trenches outside of the main Bongou Prospect were
also oriented at right angles to strike. Trenches at Bongou were oriented at
various angles and were designed to test approximately at right angles to the
likely orientation of the granite contact.

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and reported if material.
Sample Security The measures taken to ensure
sample security
Reference samples are stored at PDI’s sample store in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
Mineral
Tenement and
Land Tenure
Status
Type, reference name/number,
location and ownership
including agreements or
material issues with third
partiessuch asjoint 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 Bongou Prospect lies entirely within the Madyabari Permit (Arrêté
N°2011 /11/352/MCE/SG/DGMGC) which covers an area of 172 sq km.
There are no overriding reserves or national parks over this permit. In a
future mining operation, the Government of Burkina Faso is entitled to a
10% share of any mine along with a 3-5% ad valorem royalty, the
percentage of which is determined by the gold price prevailing at the time.
The company believes that (a) the permit is securely held as it has complied
with all the necessary government requirements and (b) the permit can be
replaced in due course by a mining licence as long as a feasibility study
shows that a future mine would be viable and that company completes
meets the Government’s legal requirements, which it fully intends to do. The
Company is currently applying for a 3 year extension to the permit, which it
is confident will be granted shortly.
The Madyabari permit was initially acquired, along with three other nearby
permits (Sirba, Fouli and Tantiabongou), by Birrimian Pty Ltd (Birrimian),
which is a British Virgin Islands-registered company now 100% owned by
PDI. The original owners of Birrimian subsequently entered into an
agreement with Eldore Mining Corporation Limited (Eldore) through which
Eldore could acquire the Birrimian permits through a series of payments and
a commitment to issue US$2 million worth of Eldore stock on completion of
a Bankable Feasibility Study on one or more ore deposits within the
Birrimian permits.
PDI initially acquired an interest in Madyabari along with the three other
Birrimian permits via a joint venture with Eldore which commenced in
January 2010. In 2012, Eldore changed its name to Stratos Resources
Limited (ASX: SAT) after which PDI bought out SAT’s residual interest (in
late 2012). In acquiring Birrimian, PDI also inherited the one unfulfilled
commitment in the original Eldore agreement with the original Birrimian
shareholders. This commitment has now been agreed to mean that PDI will
issue US$2 million worth of PDI shares after PDI accepts an offer of finance
for development of a mine on the Birrimian permits at its sole discretion)
following completionofaBankableFeasibility Study.
Exploration Done
by Other Parties
Acknowledgment and
appraisal of exploration
by other parties.
Past exploration over the Bongou prospect consisted of wide spaced soil
sampling and an aeromagnetic survey. Previous explorers did not recognise
the significance of the Bongou mineralisation, which appears to have been
discovered by artisanal miners.
Geology Deposit type, geological
setting and style of
mineralisation.
Mineralisation in the main Bongou deposit and the nearby Bongou W2
prospect consists of an intensely altered (silica-albite) and quartz veined
granite body which lies sandwiched between a sheared gabbro on the
mineralisation’s northern margin and a basalt body (partly sheared) on its
southern margin. The gabbro and basalt contacts are approximately
parallel to one another. Pyrite is disseminated throughout the
mineralisation with higher gold grades apparently associated with coarse
grained pyrite. The quartz veins contain some carbonate and the
mineralisation contains minor magnetite and some sericite in fractures.
The main Bongou mineralised zone lies within a large structure which is
approximately 43km long within three contiguous permits owned 100% by
the company (Madyabari, Bassieri and Tamfoagou). The mineralisation is
interpreted as a variant of the orogenic gold mineralisation style, which is
known throughout the Birimian Belt of West Africa.
Mineralisation in the various peripheral prospects (W1, W2, W6, W7, W8,
S1,E1)is largelyhosted ingranite with lesser mineralisation ingabbro.
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

dipand azimuth of the hole
See Table 1 and the notes that accompany it. Individual power auger hole
results from the 1,594 holes completed in this program are not reported as
the Material information required for understanding and interpreting
geochemical results of this type is contained in a map showing drill hole
locations and assay results in representative value ranges, both of which are
provided in Figure 4.

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down hole length and
interception depth

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.
Data
Aggregation
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.
No weighted averaging or truncation methods were used for the power auger
results.
Mineralised intervals in the trenches are reported on a weighted average basis. No
top cut was considered necessary because of the absence of very high grades.
Relationship
Between
Mineralisation
Widths and
Intercept Lengths
These relationships are
particularly important in the
reporting of Exploration Results
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’).
True widths have been estimated for the trench intercepts are based on the
assumption that the gold mineralisation is oriented parallel to the hanging
wall and foot wall contacts.
True widths cannot be estimated for the power auger drill results as both
“flat-dipping” soils and steeply dipping underlying weathered bedrock is
sampled.
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.
Appropriate maps are provided in Figures 4 and 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.
The ranges of power auger gold assays shown on Figure 4 meets this
requirement.
Other
Substantive
Exploration
Data
Other exploration data, if
meaningful and material,
should be reported including
(but not limited to): geological
observations; geophysical
surveyresults; geochemical
Apart from the earlier power auger results that were reported previously (see
ASX releases dated 26thJuly 2013 and 12thMay 2014), the interpreted
geology which is provided in Figure 1 and contextual information provided in
this table, there is no other exploration data which is relevant to the results
reported in this release.

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survey results; bulk samples – size and method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminating substances. Further Work The nature and scale of RC drilling is planned to test the drill targets outlined by the work reported in planned further work (eg tests this release. for lateral 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.

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