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PROSPECT RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2017

Oct 17, 2017

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Capital/Financing Update

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ARCADIA TRIAL MINING SAMPLING DELIVERS AVERAGE GRADES OF 2.5% Li2O

Highlights:

  • Exceptional results generated from grade control/channel sampling of the Main Pegmatite at Arcadia
    • Average grade of 2.51% Li2O from all samples, with a maximum grade of 4.69% Li2O
    • Average grade of 108ppm Ta2O5 from all samples, with a maximum grade of 520ppm Ta2O5
  • Trial mining of Main Pegmatite at Arcadia now complete with over 260t of material being generated:
    • Additional 8t of material delivered to Johannesburg for additional DMS and flotation test work
  • Offtake and project financing discussions continuing

Prospect Resources Ltd (ASX: PSC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the results from its in pit grade control sampling program completed at the Arcadia Lithium Project in Zimbabwe. Trial Mining has now been completed with some 260t of Main Pegmatite being generated to supply additional material for ongoing metallurgical test work in Johannesburg, as well as to provide feed to the lithium carbonate pilot plant that has been established by the Company in Zimbabwe. The Company has also made good progress with a number of potential offtake investors as well as with financial investors, debt providers and EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) companies.

Mr Hugh Warner (Chairman) was extremely encouraged by the results - "The results from the trial mining sampling are very significant in that it confirms Arcadia's pedigree as a significant high grade lithium deposit. The additional material mined will be utilised to further enhance our metallurgical recoveries work in parallel with providing feed for our inhouse lithium carbonate pilot plant in Zimbabwe.

I am also happy to say that we continue to make good progress on our various offtake and financing discussions.".

Trial Mining Sampling

Trial mining has focused on the western part of the existing Open Pit that exposes the Main Pegmatite at Arcadia (Figure 1). Approximately 260t of Main Pegmatite was generated from three 1.2m benches and following completion of the blast and cleaning of bench faces, 3 x 3kg samples were hand chipped along 1m channels at a 1m spacing along all the bench faces. An average grade of 2.51% Li2O was defined from all the samples taken, including:

  • 13% greater than 4% Li2O
  • 34% greater than 3% Li2O
  • 56% greater than 2% Li2O
  • A maximum grade of 4.69% Li2O

Figure 1 – Location of Trial Mining and Sampling over the Main Pegmatite

These results are considered significant in that these in situ average grades are considerably higher than the Mineral Resource estimate block model generated (please refer to Announcement 3 August 2017) that defines an average grade of 1.51% Li2O. As expected tantalum grades averaged 108ppm Ta2O5 with a maximum grade of 520ppm Ta2O5.

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Metallurgical Test work

An additional 8t of Main Pegmatite has been submitted to FT Geolabs in Johannesburg for additional flotation testwork as well as to DMS suppliers for process optimisation. Remaining material will be used as feed to the Company's lithium carbonate pilot plant that has been established in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe.

For further information, please contact:

Hugh Warner Harry Greaves
Prospect Resources Prospect Resources
Executive Chairman Executive Director
Ph: +61 413 621 652 Ph: +263 772 144 669

Competent Person's Statement

The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Targets and Exploration Results, is based on information compiled by Mr Roger Tyler, a Competent Person who is a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Tyler is the Company's Chief Geologist. Mr Tyler has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr Tyler consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

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