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PREDICTIVE DISCOVERY LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Jan 28, 2021

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29 January 2021

QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020

Predictive Discovery Limited ("Predictive" or "Company") is pleased to provide this summary of its activities for the December 2020 Quarter. During the Quarter, the Company continued exploration activity at the Company's flagship Bankan Gold Project, located in Guinea.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 25,000m Bankan-2 drilling program underway (and ongoing now) with three Diamond (DD)/Reverse Circulation (RC)/Air Core (AC) drill rigs and 2 power auger rigs drilling at the end of the Quarter.
  • During the reporting period, final results from the initial, Bankan-1, drilling program received, including 5 DD holes and 9 RC holes.

Bankan Creek Discovery

  • Drilling to date, including hole KKODD020, shows that gold mineralisation at Bankan Creek appears to be widening at depth. Better results included 1 :
    • KKODD20: 91.6m2 (estimated true width of 80m) averaging 1.9g/t Au

NE Bankan Discovery

  • DD holes at NE Bankan continued to identify wide zones of mineralisation. Better results included:
    • KKODD018: 60m (estimated true width 60m) averaging 1.4g/t Au
    • KKORC068: 1m at 11.6g/t Au from 56m
    • KKORC070: 36m at 1.0g/t Au from 6m

Corporate

  • Agreement executed with Progress Minerals (Progress)3 providing Predictive 100% ownership (from the previous 49% joint venture interest) in the entire Burkina Faso project package4 .
  • A$10.6M capital raise completed to accelerate exploration activity at Predictive's Bankan Gold Project. The raise was well supported by new international institutional investors, major existing shareholders, Board and senior management5 .
  • Closing cash of $13.7 million at end of December 2020.

3 A subsidiary of Montage Gold Corp (TSX-V: MAU)

1 ASX Announcement - 92M AT 1.9g/t GOLD - DIAMOND DRILLING EXPANDS BANKAN PROJECT

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/d858335b-e93.pdf

ASX Announcement - Exploration Update - Bankan-2 Gold Drilling Underway https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/b2019c2c-bbe.pdf

2 This calculation includes internal waste intercepts of up to 4m, exceeding the normal maximum 2m internal waste used for calculating the gold intercepts in Table 1

4 ASX Announcement - Predictive Consolidates Ownership of Its Burkina Faso Projects

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/03c769d0-681.pdf

5 ASX Announcement - A$10.6M INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT TO DRIVE EXPLORATION AT BANKAN GOLD PROJECT DISCOVERY

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/91fa6587-c0a.pdf

Next Steps – March 2021 Quarter

  • RC/DD programs will continue through the March 2021 Quarter at the NE Bankan and Bankan Creek Discoveries as well as further regional targets within the Bankan Project.
  • NE Bankan Drilling initially testing the down-dip extent of the thick zones of gold mineralisation now known on the western side of the deposit (e.g. 55m at 2.9g/t Au6 ), then followed by shallower RC drilling both to test the full width (up to 300m) of the oxide mineralised zone and other nearby targets revealed by power auger drilling.
  • Bankan Creek deeper RC/DD drilling will target gold mineralisation in fresh rock to vertical depths of up to 250m, following up earlier drilling which showed gold grades extending to depth. In order to fast-track diamond drilling, an additional DD rig was mobilised to site and is currently drilling at Bankan Creek, 3km west of NE Bankan, testing along strike of and beneath hole KKODD020 (91.6m averaging 1.9g/t gold7 )
  • Power auger drilling, which has been underway since late October, is well advanced with 408 holes (5,920 meters) drilled between NE Bankan and Bankan Creek and west of Bankan Creek. A further 10,000m will be drilled in the March Quarter, as the Company continues to undertake its strategy aimed at substantially growing the auger-defined gold footprint across the Bankan Project.
  • An aeromagnetic survey designed to identify structural drill targets across the Bankan Project is planned to commence in early February 2021.
  • The maiden Mineral Resource Estimate is due mid-2021 with a metallurgical study to commence late in the March Quarter of 2021.
  • This major drill program is being led by PDI Principal Geologist, Aime Nganare, who has been leading the Company's West African exploration programs since 2017.

For further information visit our website at predictivediscovery.com or contact:

PAUL ROBERTS

Managing Director Tel: +61 402 857 249 Email: [email protected]

6 ASX Announcement –55M AT 2.94G/T GOLD – BROAD TRUE WIDTHS CONFIRMED AT BANKAN, GUINEA (10th Sept 2020) https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/94452194-ceb.pdf

7 ASX Announcement - 92M AT 1.9g/t GOLD - DIAMOND DRILLING EXPANDS BANKAN PROJECT (13th Oct 2020) https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/d858335b-e93.pdf

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1. GUINEA - BANKAN GOLD PROJECT

Bankan-1 Drilling Program

During the period, final Diamond Drilling (DD) & Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling results were received from the Company's initial Bankan-1 exploration drilling program. The Bankan-2 drill program commenced in October with power auger and was augmented with RC and DD drilling in late December.

Bankan Creek Discovery

DD hole KKODD20 (Figure 1), drilled from west to east, intersected broad mineralisation over a downhole length of 91.6m8 (estimated true width of 80m) averaging 1.9g/t Au (56.0m-147.6m), indicating that mineralisation is widening at depth, increasing the potential for a large gold mineralised body which may make a significant contribution to the planned Mineral Resource Estimate in mid-2021.

Better results within the 91.6m long intercept included**9** :

  • 9m at 2.3g/t Au from 69m,
  • 43m at 1.8 g/t Au from 82m, and
  • 16m at 4.0g/t Au from 127

Figure 1 - Bankan Creek Cross Section through drillhole KKODD020 overlain on previously reported drillhole KKODD006

8 This calculation includes internal waste intercepts of up to 4m, exceeding the normal maximum 2m internal waste used for calculating the gold intercepts in Table 1 9 ASX Announcement - 92M AT 1.9g/t GOLD - DIAMOND DRILLING EXPANDS BANKAN PROJECT https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/d858335b-e93.pdf

NE Bankan Discovery

Assays from DD holes KKODD017, KKODD018 and KKODD019 (totalling 862m) were received during October. These results demonstrated that the western, north-south orientated gold-mineralised zone at NE Bankan persists over at least 600m strike in fresh rock with broad, cumulative mineralised true widths recorded on six cross sections.

KKODD018 was drilled 80m south of the original discovery line across the dip of the mineralised body (Figure 2), with results confirming broad widths on the western gold mineralised zone of this section.

The gold mineralisation appears to dip west at approximately 45 degrees with downhole gold intercepts close to true widths as displayed on cross section S1175020. Numerous gold mineralised widths above 0.5g/t gold were obtained in this hole. Averaging all values in the upper three intercepts gives an overall intercept of 60m at 1.36g/t Au from 57m, which is wider and approximately the same grade as the intercept with which it correlates in KKODD013, 80m to the north**10** .

Figure 2 - Bankan Project, NE Bankan Prospect with completed DD-hole KKODD018 overlain on previously completed RC results

10 ASX Announcement - 92M AT 1.9g/t GOLD - DIAMOND DRILLING EXPANDS BANKAN PROJECT https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/d858335b-e93.pdf

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Both KKODD017 & KKODD018 also intersected wide zones on mineralisation albeit at lower grades. The gold mineralised zone remains open further to the south and at depth.

Assays from the final 7 RC holes were obtained in October from drilling located at the northern end of the known mineralised zone. Shallow west-dipping oxide gold mineralisation was intersected (Figure 3), with better intercepts including11:

  • KKORC068: 1m at 11.6 g/t Au from 56m
  • KKORC070: 36m at 1.0 g/t Au from 6m
  • KKORC 071: 10m at 1.0g/t Au from 8m and;
    • 14m at 0.8g/t Au from 36m and;
    • 9m at 1.6g/t Au from 89m

The presence of a separate zone of gold mineralisation in fresh rock in hole KKORC071 (9m at 1.6g/t Au from 89m) also highlights the potential to find higher grades in fresh rock in this northern area, similar to what has been observed further to the south in NE Bankan.

Figure 3 - Bankan Project, Cross Section N1175900 with RC drill results KKORCOO65, KKORCOO70, KKORCOO71, KKORCOO72

11 ASX Announcement - Exploration Update - Bankan-2 Gold Drilling Underway https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/b2019c2c-bbe.pdf

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The results provided encouraging evidence of the presence of mineralisation to the north, highlighting the potential for more strike extensions further to the north.

Bankan-2 Drilling Program - Commencement

The Bankan-2 power auger program is well underway with 408 holes totalling 5,920m completed by the end of December12. The auger drilling is designed to test for possible new north-south zone of gold mineralisation in the 3km wide untested area between the NE Bankan and Bankan Creek gold deposits.

A large diamond rig was deployed to site in late December to begin the next 10,000m RC/DD drill phase, followed by one multipurpose RC/DD and one multipurpose Air Core (AC)/DD rig. Drilling will initially focus on testing the down-dip extent of the NE Bankan gold deposit (Figure 4), where first phase RC and diamond drilling returned excellent drill results. Previous significant results included:

  • 46m at 6.6g/t Au from 4m13
  • 55m at 2.9g/t Au from 97m14
  • 30m at 2.7g/t Au from 101m3
  • 55m at 3.3 g/t Au from 4m15
  • 99m at 1.2g/t Au from 1m16
  • 73m at 3.2g/t Au from 9m17
  • 26m @ 21.9g/t Au from 58m6
  • 50m @ 1.53 g/t Au from 0m2

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/125cd27c-691.pdf

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12 ASX Announcement - DIAMOND DRILLING UNDERWAY AT BANKAN GOLD PROJECT

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/3de08691-52a.pdf

13 ASX Announcement – 15 April 2020 - OUTSTANDING DRILL RESULTS CONFIRM NEW GOLD DISCOVERY IN GUINEA

14 ASX Announcement –10 September 2020 - 55M AT 2.94G/T GOLD – BROAD TRUE WIDTHS CONFIRMED AT BANKAN, GUINEA

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/94452194-ceb.pdf

15 ASX Announcement – 25 September 2020 - NE BANKAN GOLD DEPOSIT GROWS WITH MORE STRONG DRILL RESULTS https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/18c75f55-a5a.pdf

16 ASX Announcement – 17 July 2020 - IMPRESSIVE FIRST RC DRILL RESULTS GROW NE BANKAN GOLD DISCOVERY

https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/9d99bae3-5dd.pdf

17 ASX Announcement – 19 August 2020 - STRONG AND WIDE GOLD ZONES RETURNED FROM DRILLING AT BANKAN CREEK AND NE BANKAN, GUINEA https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/62f93ee7-b77.pdf

Figure 4 - Bankan Project, NE Bankan Prospect with planned RC/DD drill holes

Bankan-2 Power Auger Results

The first phase of the Bankan-2 power auger program consisted of 159 holes totalling 2,097m completed on an 80m x 80m grid. The assayed saprolite composites typically represented 5-10m depth intervals collected from holes drilled to an average depth of 13m. Many of the holes were stopped short of their targeted 20m depth due to wet conditions at the end of the rainy season.

Figure 5 shows the expanded area of 80 x 80m spaced auger holes and a larger area which has now been tested with lines of holes 320m apart.

First assays from the power auger program were received (Figure 5). Better results included:

  • KKOAU844: 6m at 0.70g/t gold (EOH)
  • KKOAU800: 16m at 0.44g/t gold (EOH)

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Figure 5 – North-East Bankan Prospect, Western flank extension drilling with power auger locations and results.

Much of the Bankan Project remains untouched by exploration with the Company undertaking a strategy aimed at substantially growing the auger-defined gold footprint across the Bankan Project. Combined with aeromagnetics and electrical geophysical surveys, the ongoing auger programs will seek to explore the entire 350km2 Bankan project area.

Power auger drilling is a proven exploration method having been key to the discovery of NE Bankan and Bankan Creek lodes which have underpinned the Company's growth to date. It is also a rapid and costeffective exploration method for the collection of bedrock samples below tracts of lateritic and transported cover.

At the Bankan Project, shallow transported cover and limited artisanal workings make power auger drilling a quick and cost-effective tool for greenfields gold discovery.

The drill program was undertaken by Sahara Mining Services and the samples were assayed at the SGS laboratory in Bamako, Mali. Further details relating to the power auger drilling were reported to the ASX on November 27, 202018 .

18 ASX Announcement - EXPLORATION UPDATE - BANKAN GOLD PROJECT, GUINEA https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/pdi/4e4ea700-213.pdf

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2. BURKINA FASO

Bongou Consolidation

In November the Company announced execution of an agreement with Progress Minerals Inc (Progress) 19 in respect of the Company's Burkina Faso property package, including the 184,000 ounce Bongou gold deposit. This agreement saw Predictive's ownership return to 100% (from a 49% joint venture interest) in the entire Burkina Faso package, as the Company considers potential divestment opportunities for its Burkina Faso assets20 .

It is Predictive's intention to seek a partnership or other ownership structure to take control of these properties through which the Company can participate in a possible future mine development without being required to fund operations prior to a mine development decision.

The Burkina Faso portfolio comprises a 722km2 land package separated into six permits and two permit applications in two separate project areas – Bongou (Figure 6) and Tempetou. The Bongou gold deposit contains a JORC compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 184,000oz of gold with an average grade of 2.6g/t gold21

Figure 6 - Locality map of PDI permits near Bongou in eastern Burkina Faso, showing Bongou gold deposit and prospects

19 A subsidiary of Montage Gold Corp (TSX-V: MAU)

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3. COTE D'IVOIRE

Resolute Joint Venture

As previously reported, the Company received assay results from Resolute Mining for the Boundiali Project, including 186 air core holes totalling 8,829m and 397 power auger holes totalling 3,124m in October.

Resolute advised that air core and auger drilling from the Boundiali Project had obtained several new gold intercepts north of the Nyangboue gold discovery (Figure 7). Better air core results included:

  • BAC066 4m at 12.8g/t gold from 20m
  • BAC068 4m at 1.3g/t gold from 28m

Figure 7 - Boundiali Project, power auger holes, overlain historical RC drilling and soil sampling

Further Joint Venture Activities

  • One of the two Odienne permit applications was granted in September 2020 and a broad scale soil sampling program was in progress by the end of the September Quarter. Further work will be considered once results are received.
  • Ferkessedougou North RC drilling is planned to follow up previously defined IP anomalies near the Ouarigue South gold discovery, commencing in the first Quarter of 2021. Regional power

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auger drilling on the project area is also planned. Additional IP surveys may also be carried out on the project area depending on the results of the RC drilling.

4. CORPORATE

The Company completed an AUD$10.6M placement in October, the purpose of which was to provide funding to fund Predictive's aggressive Bankan-2 drilling programs. The placement received exceptionally strong demand from new international institutional investors, major existing shareholders, Board and senior management22 .

The Company had cash of A$13.7 million at the end of December 2020.

2020 DECEMBER QUARTER - ASX ANNOUNCEMENTS

This Quarterly Activities Report contains information extracted from ASX market announcements reported in accordance with the 2012 edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves" ("2012 JORC Code"). Further details (including 2012 JORC Code reporting tables where applicable) of exploration results referred to in this Quarterly Activities Report can be found in the following announcements lodged on the ASX:

17-Dec-20 DIAMOND DRILLING UNDERWAY AT BANKAN GOLD PROJECT
27-Nov-20 EXPLORATION UPDATE - BANKAN GOLD PROJECT, GUINEA
3-Nov-20 PREDICTIVE CONSOLIDATES OWNERSHIP OF BURKINA FASO PROJECTS
23-Oct-20 $10.6M INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT
20-Oct-20 EXPLORATION UPDATE - BANKAN-2 GOLD DRILLING UNDERWAY
13-Oct-20 92m at 1.9g/t GOLD - DIAMOND DRILLING EXPANDS BANKAN PROJECT

These announcements are available for viewing on the Company's website under the Investors tab. Predictive confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in any original ASX announcement.

ABOUT PREDICTIVE

Over the past 2 years, Predictive has built a commanding land position in Guinea's Siguiri Basin (Figure 8), acquiring 861km2 across ten permits with all ground identified utilising the Company's PredictoreTM methodology.

In July 2019, Predictive was granted the Kaninko Permit (now known as the Bankan Project) near the town of Kouroussa in the Siguiri Basin. This tenement, located approximately 10km from Cassidy's Kouroussa gold deposit, laid the platform for the Company's growth with exploration activity and drilling delivering highgold grades and broad gold mineralised widths at the NE Bankan and Bankan Creek gold discoveries.

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"Gold is becoming an important commodity in Guinea as international exploration funding to the country is increasing significantly" – KPMG, Guinea Country Mining Guide

Figure 8 - Predictive Discovery's 100%-owned Guinea Portfolio of gold projects and discoveries

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TENEMENT STATUS – DECEMBER QUARTER 2020

Name Number Location Area(sq. km) PDI equity Changes in holdingduring DecemberQuarter, 2020
Kalinga Arrêté 2014-294/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 186 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Tantiabongou Arrêté 2017-054/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 50 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Tambifwanou Arrêté 2017-119/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 136 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Bongou Arrêté 2017-121/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 171 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Tamfoagou Arrêté 2017-132/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 83 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Tambiri Arrêté 2017-120/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 127 0% Surrendered
Bira Arrêté 2016-129/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 12 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Basieri Arrêté 2017-133/MCE/SG/DGMGC Burkina Faso 73 100% Montage's 51% equityacquired by PDI
Kokoumbo Mining exploration permitNo. 307 Cote D'Ivoire 300 Predictive CIearning 90%.PDI holds23.5% ofPredictive CI None
Boundiali Mining exploration permitNo. 414 Cote D'Ivoire 299 23.5% None
Boundiali North Mining exploration permit Cote D'Ivoire 350 Predictive CIearning 90%.PDI holds23.5% ofPredictive CI None
Kounahiri Mining exploration permitNo. 317 Cote D'Ivoire 260 23.5% None
Bassawa Mining exploration permitNo. 570 Cote D'Ivoire 400 0% (rights tobonuspayments onproduction)
Wendene Mining exploration permitNo. 572 Cote D'Ivoire 400 0% (rights tobonuspayments onproduction) None
Dabakala Mining exploration permitapplication Cote D'Ivoire 400 0% (rights tobonuspayments onproduction)
Beriaboukro(Toumodi) Mining exploration permitNo. 464 Cote D'Ivoire 400 Predictive CIcan earn85% in the None

permit. PDIholds 23.5%of Predictive
CI
FerkessedougouNorth Mining exploration permitNo. 367 Cote D'Ivoire 400 Predictive CIcan earn85% in thepermit. PDIholds 23.5%of PredictiveCI None
Bocanda North Mining exploration permitNo. 844 Cote D'Ivoire 368 Predictive100% None
Nonta Exploration Permit Guinea 100 Predictive100% None
Kankan Exploration Permit Guinea 100 Predictive100% None
Kaninko Exploration Permit Guinea 100 Predictive100% None
Saman Exploration Permit Guinea 100 Predictive100% None
Bokoro Exploration Permit Guinea 100 Predictive100% Granted in lateSeptember
Argo Exploration Permit Guinea 58 Predictive –right to earn90% duringtheexplorationphase Agreement signed in lateSeptember
Koundian 1 Exploration Permit Guinea 85 Predictive –
Koundian 2 Exploration Permit Guinea 100 right to earn90% duringNonetheexploration
Koundian 3 Exploration Permit Guinea 63
Koundian 4 Exploration Permit Guinea 55 phase
Cape Clear EL 5434 Victoria,Australia 63 25% None

This announcement is authorised for release by Predictive Managing Director, Paul Roberts.

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For further information please contact:

Paul Roberts Managing Director Tel: +61 402 857 249

Email: [email protected]

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