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PREDICTIVE DISCOVERY LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2018

Jun 18, 2018

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ASX

Announcement 19[th] June 2018

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: 236 million shares

Share Price: 1.9 cents

Market Capitalisation: $4.5 M

Directors

Phillip Jackson Non-Exec Chairman

Paul Roberts Managing Director

David Kelly Non-Executive Director

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20km of Bedrock Gold Anomalies at Bira, 20,000m of RC drilling planned

Predictive Discovery Limited (ASX: PDI) is pleased to announce additional power auger drill results along strike from the Bira Prospect on the Burkina Faso JV with Progress Minerals in Burkina Faso.

  • Gold anomalies south-west of Bira now extend for 20km of strike length (Figure 1), twice what was announced one month ago.

  • Up to 20,000m RC drilling planned on seven prospects (Figure 1) - expected to start in November-December 2018 after the rainy season.

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Figure 1: Power auger results and new RC drill target locations SW of Bira, Burkina Faso

Mr Paul Roberts, Predictive’s Managing Director said: “With these results, we can now see the scale of the opportunity south-west of Bira. There is excellent potential to find very large tonnages of gold mineralisation in this large area, building on the 800m of gold mineralised strike length already outlined by the recent RC drill program.

Elsewhere, work continues apace across our West African portfolio. In Cote D’Ivoire on the Toro Joint Venture, an IP geophysical survey is currently underway on Kokoumbo (near Bonikro Mine) along with soil geochemical sampling on 16km of untested Nyangboue Shear zone at Boundiali North, northern Cote D’Ivoire. We are also awaiting a large number of gold assays from the Ferkessedougou North RC drill program. Diamond drilling is planned on Kokoumbo in July-August. We are also in discussions with multiple permit holders in Mali. There is a lot more newsflow from multiple prospects to come in the months ahead.”

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EASTERN BURKINA FASO PROJECT - BACKGROUND

Predictive’s current tenement holdings in Burkina Faso are located in the east of the country, and cover approximately 90km of strike length of the Samira Hill greenstone belt in eastern Burkina Faso (Figure 1). This belt hosts the 2.5 million ounce Samira Hill gold deposit across the border in Niger and contains numerous active artisanal gold mine sites along its length. PDI currently owns 100%, or has the rights to earn 95% to 100% of all its permits in Burkina Faso. Predictive has discovered gold mineralisation on multiple prospects in Eastern Burkina Faso area (yellow dots on Figure 2).

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Figure 2: Locality map of PDI ground in eastern Burkina Faso, showing location of the Company’s permits on a geology background plus the location of the area of influence for the current joint venture with Progress Minerals Inc. Red coloured polygons are new permits replacing old permits which reached the end of their terms in July 2017. Apart from Bira, these four new permits cover all the key gold prospects explored by PDI (yellow dots). The grey polygons are older permits also held by Predictive

PROGRESS MINERALS JOINT VENTURE

The joint venture with Progress Minerals International ( Progress ) commenced on 30[th] September 2017. The agreement allows Progress to earn a 70% interest in all permits within the area of influence (AOI – see Figure 2) in Eastern Burkina Faso by spending $US5 million on exploration and project evaluation. Progress is currently finalising its initial earn-in to 51% by expenditure of US$1 million, the first of three earn-in stages which will allow it to achieve 70% as long as it keeps spending money on exploration at the agreed rate.

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The Joint Venture’s objective is to advance PDI’s eastern Burkina Faso prospects as quickly as possible towards a scoping study on a multi-pit mining operation feeding a central mill.

BIRA PERMIT

The area was explored by Anglo American through its subsidiary Anmercosa in the late 1990’s, which discovered encouraging gold mineralisation in drilling at Bira. PDI holds a database of Anmercosa information including soil geochemistry and drill data from the Bira, Kalinga and Tantiabongou permits (ASX release 25/1/13).

Work by Progress on the area to date has included an RC drilling program, totalling 49 holes and 5,129m, and a large power auger geochemical drilling program. The RC drilling outlined an 800m long gold mineralised zone at the Bira Prospect, showing excellent along-strike and down-dip continuity (Figures 3 and 4).

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Figure 3 : Results from the recent RC drilling program on the Bira permit (showing results reported on 20/3/18, 26/4/18 and 15/5/18. Note possible cross faults marked “F”.

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Figure 4 : Cross-section through some recent drill holes. Results of these drill holes were released to the ASX on 20/3/18.

Better RC drill intercepts have included:

  • 27m at 1.83g/t Au from 23m,

  • 33m at 1.42g/t Au from 51m,

  • 22m at 1.55g/t Au from 115m,

  • 21m at 1.39g/t Au from 72m,

  • 29m at 0.99g/t Au from 79m,

  • 17m at 1.74 g/t Au from 2m,

  • 14m at 1.42g/t Au from 98m,

  • 14m at 1.81g/t Au from 45m.

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BIRA POWER AUGER DRILL PROGRAM

Power auger drilling over and to the south-west of the known gold mineralisation at Bira has been underway since December 2017. The program was designed to test an arsenic-in-soil anomaly obtained by Anmercosa that extends to the south and west of the Bira prospect over a strike length of 28 km.

The drilling was undertaken on both the Bira and Kalinga permits on a 400 x 25m grid. Results covering 10km of strike were reported on 20/3/18, 26/4/18 and 15/5/18. Results have now been received for a further 599 holes totalling 2,637m. Details of the program are provided in Table 1.

All results to date are illustrated on Figure 1 and show that anomalous gold values now extend over at least 20km to the south and south-west of the drilled area, indicating substantial potential to discover more gold mineralisation along strike from the Bira prospect.

RC DRILL PLANNING

An RC drilling program on the Bira trend, totalling up to 20,000m, is planned to begin after the current rainy season. Seven targets have been selected for drilling (Figure 1). Of these, six are following up power auger gold geochemical anomalies and a seventh will test a large, active artisanal mine site south of the gold anomalous trend (Djamonga – Figures 1 and 5).

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Figure 5 : Djamonga Artisanal Gold Mining Site

TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND

TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA

FASO JV

TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
TABLE 1 – POWER AUGER RESULTS – BIRA, KALINGA AND
TANTIABONGOU PERMITS – PROGRESS MINERALS BURKINA
FASO JV
Power Auger Drillholes – Interface Sample Results
Power auger
hole
Numbers
Northing
(WGS84-
31N)
Easting
(WGS84 –
31N)
RL Hole dips Azimuth Hole Depth From Interval Au (ppb)
PMB01666-
2295
Refer to Figure
1 for map
location of
auger collars
Refer to Figure
1 for map
location of
auger collars
See
notes

All holes
were drilled
vertically

All holes
were drilled
vertically

Average hole depth was
4.4 m. Minimum hole
depth was 2m, maximum
hole depth was 12m
See
notes
See notes See notes
and Figure
1

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Notes: Power auger drilling is a reconnaissance exploration technique. Typically, the last metre of each auger hole represents in situ material which is submitted for assay. Individual drill hole intersections are not reported in this announcement. The RL in the area is approximately 250m. The area is largely flat with little variation between adjacent holes; individual RLs are not reported in this announcement because they are 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
detailed information.
The sampling described in this report refers to power auger drill
samples.
In all the power auger drill holes reported here, 1-2kg samples were
collected most of which were of saprolite. The samples were
collected for gold assaying at the SGS laboratory in Ouagadougou
using an aqua regia method with a 1ppb detection limit.
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, by what
method, etc).
The power drilling was carried out using a 4WD-mounted power auger
rig.

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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.
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.
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
being sampled.
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.

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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.
The analytical method used was an SGS aqua regia method with a
low detection limit (1ppb) which is appropriate for a geochemical
drilling program.
Duplicates and blanks were included with the submitted samples.
Based on these results and SGS quality control data, the analytical
results are judged to be suitable for distinguishing gold anomalous
samples from barren samples.
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 locations were located using a hand held GPS with a location
error of +/-3m. Collar coordinates referenced 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 been
applied
Reconnaissance power auger holes were spaced approximately
25m apart on lines approximately 400m apart.
This type of drilling is not appropriate for the calculation of any
Mineral Resource estimate.
Orientation of
Data in
Relation to
Whether the orientation
of sampling achieves
unbiased sampling of
possible structures and
Power auger lines are oriented either east-west or north-south, cross-
cutting the historic arsenic soil anomaly trend at a high angle in the
areas tested.

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Geological
Structure
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.
Sample Security The measures taken to
ensure sample security
Reference samples are stored securely on site.
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 parties
such 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 Bira exploration permit was granted to Predictive Discovery
Limited in 20 February 2013. Currently, PDI owns 100% of the
permit. Progress Minerals International (Inc.) is earning 70% in
Bira and a number of nearby permits by expenditure of $US5
million on exploration and evaluation studies.
Exploration
Done by Other
Parties
Acknowledgment and
appraisal of
exploration by other
parties.
A substantial amount of exploration was carried out by Anmercosa.
This work has been acknowledged previously and the historical drill
results were reported to the ASX on 25/1/13.
Geology Deposit type, geological
setting and style of
mineralisation.
The geology of the Bira permit consists of volcano-sedimentary
rocks, basalt and granite. The target deposit is type is “orogenic
gold”.
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

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.
See Table 1 and the notes that accompany it. Individual power
auger hole results described herein are not reported as the material
information required for understanding and interpreting
geochemical results of this type are contained in Figure 1, which
shows drill hole locations and assay results in representative value
ranges.

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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.
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 cannot be estimated for the power auger drill results.
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.
An appropriate map is provided in Figure 1.
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 1
meet this requirement.
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;
Apart from the recent RC results reported in this release, there are
no other exploration data which have not been reported to the ASX
previously (25/1/13) or provided in the historical data review in the
2010 Predictive Discovery Limited prospectus.

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bulk density, groundwater,
geotechnical and rock
characteristics; potential
deleterious or
contaminating substances.
Further Work The nature and scale of
planned further work (eg
tests 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.
Power auger drilling programs have now stopped for the rainy
season. Up to 20,000m of RC drilling is planned after the rainy
season ends.

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 operates in Burkina Faso, West Africa where it has assembled a substantial regional ground position covering 949km[2] and has been exploring for large, open-pittable gold deposits. Exploration in eastern Burkina Faso has yielded a large portfolio of exciting gold prospects, including the high grade Bongou gold deposit on which a resource estimate was calculated in September 2014. PDI also has interests in a large portfolio of permits and permit applications in Côte D’Ivoire covering a total area of 6,000 km[2 ] and exploration authorisations in Mali covering 250km[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 Bruce Waddell Managing Director Company Secretary Tel: +61 402 857 249 Tel: +61 8 6143 1840 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

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