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PRODIGY GOLD NL Capital/Financing Update 2019

Oct 14, 2019

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT / MEDIA RELEASE ASX: PRX

15 th October 2019

North Arunta Joint Venture Update: Highly Prospective Exploration Targets Returned to Prodigy Gold Portfolio

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Tenement rationalisation completed by Gladiator Resources (ASX: GLA) results in several highly prospective targets at the North Arunta being returned to Prodigy Gold
  • Prodigy Gold has the optionality to progress exploration of several regional and large-scale targets on a 100% basis or through additional JV agreements
  • 810km2 of the 3,188km2 North Arunta Project remain subject to the Gladiator JV
  • GLA must spend a total of $6.5M on exploration and complete a bankable feasibility study with a positive decision to mine in order to achieve a 70% earn-in
  • North Arunta is considered prospective for gold, lithium, copper, nickel and tin-tantalum with Independence Group (ASX: IGO) and Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) located in the immediate area
  • Exploration success at North Arunta includes drilling a high-grade shoot at the Kroda Prospect in late 2018 which returned 5m @ 15g/t Au and 9m at 11.5 g/t Au (ASX 28 February 2019)

Prodigy Gold NL (ASX: PRX) ("Prodigy Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to advise that key tenements within the North Arunta Joint Venture ("JV") have been returned to the Prodigy Gold portfolio following a recent tenement rationalisation by Gladiator Resources Limited (ASX: GLA).

Under the terms of the JV (see ASX release dated 15 February 2018 and 20 February 2018), Gladiator can earn a 70% interest in the North Arunta Project by sole funding $6.5M of exploration expenditure over 4.5 years, completing a bankable feasibility study and achieving a positive decision to mine.

Following the rationalisation, Gladiator retains an 810km2 landholding which remains subject to the original JV agreement. The remaining 2,378km2 , which includes both highly prospective regional and large-scale targets, is now available for Prodigy Gold to advance on a 100% basis or through separate earn-in agreements.

Management Commentary

Prodigy Gold Managing Director, Matt Briggs, said: "We are pleased to regain full control over a number of targets at North Arunta that we believe host considerable exploration potential. The Board is currently evaluating all options to advance exploration and our solid cash position gives us the flexibility to move forward on a 100% basis if we chose."

"North Arunta is a belt-scale project that hosts several multi-kilometre structural targets and given the lack of deep drilling across the project we believe there is excellent potential for gold structures to be located under shallow cover. We look forward to updating shareholders on our plans to advance exploration in the near-term."

Table 1 - Key Regional Targets now excluded from the JV

Prospect Target Anomaly Best Historic Results Potential
Harrison 4.2km by 1km [email protected]/t Au from 36 Mineralisation untested for 1200m west
Au-in-soil incl [email protected]/t Au from 36m[email protected]/t Au from 28m of 4m @ 2.27g/t result
incl 4m @ 2.67g/t Au from 40m
Eleanor 6 by 4km untested by drilling untested by drilling
Au-As-in-soil
Lennon 7km by 3km untested by drilling untested by drilling
Au-Cu-Mo-in-soil
Waldrons 4km by 1.5km historical workings with rock chips up to 15g/t Au, Previous drilling too shallow to effectively
Au-As-Sb-Mo-Ag-Cu and historical drilling results of test potential
1m @29.5g/t Au, 7m @ 1.5g/t Au, 2m @ 4.4g/t Au

(ASX: GLA 7th March 2018, 18 June 2018)

North Arunta Project Overview

The Project covers ~3,190km2 of exploration licences which are 100% owned by Prodigy Gold. There are several large soil gold and multi-element anomalies that warrant RAB/AC drilling. The Company is currently assessing whether to progress these on a 100% basis or to establish additional strategic JV agreements to fund the exploration.

The North Arunta Project consists of a 200km long gravity trend with associated metamorphosed sedimentary rocks, dolerite intrusions and large granite intrusions. The region has several known mineral occurrences including gold, copper, nickel, zinc, tin and tantalum.

Figure 1 - North Arunta Project Exploration Licences, JV and non-JV

Figure 2 - North Arunta Project

North Arunta Previous Exploration

Exploration by the previous project owners, Newmont Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, commenced in 1988 with more substantial work undertaken from 1992-1994 leading to the discovery of the Kroda Prospect. Land access issues after 1994 meant that field work was sporadic with a small vacuum drilling campaign in 1996 and a reconnaissance RAB drilling campaign in 2003. The Lander River tenements were granted in 2006, there was reconnaissance and prospect scale exploration until May 2009 with the discovery of the Harrison and Lennon Prospects plus the investigation of the Waldron's Hill Prospect. Improved land access allowed further fieldwork to be undertaken at Kroda in 2009.

Home of Bullion, located on a tenement surrounded by the North Arunta Project, was one of Australia's highest grade copper mines with 7,988 tonnes of ore mined at an average grade of 19.7% Cu. Kidman Resources declared a maiden resource of 2.5 Mt @ 1.8% Cu, 2% Zn, 36g/t Ag, 1.2% Pb, 0.14g/t Au at 0.5% CuEq cut off (2.8% CuEq) at the Home of Bullion before being acquired by Wesfamers in September 2019.

The project area is believed to be prospective for lithium-bearing pegmatites based on the existence of mineralised pegmatites elsewhere in the region and the presence of large granitoids at depth intersected by significant fault structures which may act as conduits for metal-rich fluid flow. Core lithium has reported rock chip results of up to 0.6% Li from a tenement adjacent to Prodigy Gold tenements. Other historic mining, including from Prodigy Gold's tenements include 1,633 lb tantalum oxide and 3.25t tin.

Matt Briggs Managing Director

About Prodigy Gold

Prodigy Gold has a unique greenfields and brownfields exploration portfolio in the proven multimillion-ounce Tanami Gold district. An aggressive program for 2019 will continue to build on 2018 successes by:

  • drilling targets at the Bluebush Project, including the Capstan 8km long bedrock gold anomaly
  • drilling of extensions to the shallow gold Resources at Suplejack
  • systematic evaluation of high potential early stage targets
  • joint ventures to expedite discovery on other targets

Competent Person's Statement

The information in this announcement relating to exploration targets and exploration results are based on information reviewed and checked by Mr Matt Briggs who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Briggs is a full time employee of Prodigy Gold NL and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr Briggs consents to the inclusion in the documents of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.

Table 2 - North Arunta Project Tenements

Sub Project Title Number Status Area (km2)
Lander River EL25031 North Arunta JV with GLA 26
Lander River EL25033 North Arunta JV with GLA 28
Lander River EL25034 North Arunta JV with GLA 15
Lander River EL25035 North Arunta JV with GLA 39
Lander River EL25041 North Arunta JV with GLA 5
Lander River EL25042 North Arunta JV with GLA 112
Lander River EL25044 North Arunta JV with GLA 29
Barrow Creek EL26825 North Arunta JV with GLA 407
Barrow Creek EL29896 North Arunta JV with GLA 149
North Arunta JV TOTAL 810
Lander River EL8766 100% Prodigy Gold 130
Lander River EL23880 100% Prodigy Gold 16
Lander River EL23883 100% Prodigy Gold 48
Lander River EL23884 100% Prodigy Gold 200
Lander River EL23885 100% Prodigy Gold 372
Lander River EL23886 100% Prodigy Gold 162
Barrow Creek EL29723 100% Prodigy Gold 266
Barrow Creek EL29724 100% Prodigy Gold 166
Barrow Creek EL29725 100% Prodigy Gold 268
Barrow Creek EL28515 100% Prodigy Gold 42
Barrow Creek EL30507 100% Prodigy Gold 13
Barrow Creek EL30637 100% Prodigy Gold 244
Barrow Creek EL30470 100% Prodigy Gold 452
North Arunta non-JV 2,378

Figure 3 - North Arunta Exploration Licences