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PTR MINERALS LTD Capital/Financing Update 2023

Jun 13, 2023

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14 June 2023

Woomera Gravity Survey Identifies High-Priority Copper-Gold Targets

Highlights

  • Initial results from a precision ground gravity survey over the Arcoona Tenement at the Woomera Project has identified several targets prospective for Copper-Gold.

  • Both Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold in the deep basement, and shallower sedimentary copper style gravity targets are evident in the survey data.

  • 3D modelling of targets is underway with further updates to be provided on drill targets once completed.

  • The Arcoona Tenement is part of PTR’s larger Woomera Project Area, located in the world-class ‘Olympic Copper-Gold Province’ of South Australia.

Petratherm Limited (ASX: PTR) ( PTR or the Company ) is pleased to release initial gravity images from a tenement-wide gravity survey over the Arcoona Tenement (EL 6854) located in the world-class ‘Olympic Copper-Gold Province’ of South Australia. The tenement covers 264 km[2] and is part of PTR’s larger Woomera Copper-Gold Project holdings.

PTR’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Reid commented:

“The Company is very excited to receive initial results from the Arcoona Gravity Survey, which identified several gravity anomalies prospective for Tier 1 Copper-Gold accumulations. These results build on the exciting inventory of Copper-Gold Targets PTR has already defined on its broader Woomera Project area, which are drill ready, and also recently announced SQUID EM targeting at its Mabel Creek Project.”[ 1,2]

The district is highly endowed with copper-gold and includes BHP’s Oak Dam West Discovery currently undergoing expanded drilling[3] , as well as the world-class Carrapateena Mine. Other notable copper occurrences include Coda Mineral’s Emmie IOCG discovery, and the sediment hosted coppercobalt-silver mineral resource at Emmie Bluff in the overlying cover strata[4] .

The tenement is highly prospective for two styles of Copper-Gold mineralisation:

  • Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) within older basement rock at depth (i.e. Olympic Dam, Oak Dam, Carrapateena and Prominent Hill), and

  • Strata-bound style sediment hosted copper-gold accumulations in the overlying younger cover rock sequences (i.e. Emmie Bluff and Mt Gunson).

The regional gravity survey image presented in Figure 2 includes the new Arcoona gravity survey data and highlights multiple anomalous features not seen previously. The Arcoona tenement area is characterised by major northwest trending structures (Figure 3), which are interpreted to be important in localising mineralisation. Modelling is currently underway to characterise the anomalies to determine which features may be indicative of a mineralised system.

1 PTR ASX Release 04/04/2022 – Woomera Tenement Granted – IOCG Drill Targets Defined

2 PTR ASX Release 22/05/2023 – SQUID EM Survey Generates Significant Copper-Gold Target at Mabel Creek

3 BHP ASX Release 21/04/2023 – Quarterly Activities Report

4 Coda Minerals ASX Release 09/05/2023 - Presentation to RIU Sydney Conference 2023

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OAK DAM
(BHP, Cu-Au)
Winjabbie
EMMIE BLUFF
(Coda, Cu-Co-Ag)
EL 6707
EMMIE IOCG
(Coda, Cu-Au)
Arcoona Gravity Survey Area Fremantle
Khamsin Doctor
ELA 2023/00014
CARRAPATEENA
(BHP, Cu-Au)
EL 6854
MT GUNSON
(Cu-Ag-Co)
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Figure 1 – PTR’s Woomera Project, Gravity Survey Outline and Copper-Gold Mines / Prospects[1]

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OAK DAM
Woomera Defence
Winjabbie
Continuous
EMMIE BLUFF
Use Zone
Rocky Well
EMMIE IOCG
Target
Khamsin Fremantle
Doctor
Arcoona Gravity
Survey Area -
Displaying New
Data
CARRAPATEENA
Lucas Hill
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Figure 2 – Central Olympic Province Gravity Image, PTR tenement outlines and Cu-Au Mines/Prospects. Several gravity features are evident in the Arcoona area which are undergoing further modelling to determine drill targets.[1]

1 See Endnote

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Preliminary analyses indicate both deep basement bodies prospective for IOCG style copper sources and shallower flat bodies prospective for sedimentary copper in the cover may be present. The Company will report on geophysical targets identified for potential future drill testing once modelling work is complete.

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Gravity
Anomalies
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Figure 3 – Newly acquired Arcoona Gravity Survey data which shows several gravity features undergoing further modelling.

PTR continues to develop priority targets on both its Mabel Creek and Woomera Projects with the intention of fast-tracking drilling operations for both of these projects in the second half of 2023.

Endnote

The purpose of Figures 1 and 2 is to illustrate the geographical proximity only of the Arcoona Tenement to existing Company Tenement Holdings, Copper, and Gold Occurrences.

ENDS

This announcement has been authorised for release on the ASX by the Company’s Board of Directors.

For further information:

Media and Broker Contact

Peter Reid

Chief Executive Officer [email protected] 0435 181 705

Zander Beacham

White Noise Communications [email protected] 0433 515 723

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About Petratherm Limited

Petratherm Limited (ASX: PTR) is a critical minerals explorer focused on the discovery of world-class copper-gold and rare earth deposits. The Company has several advanced drill ready projects in the Olympic Copper-Gold Domain of South Australia. PTR recently announced the discovery of significant concentrations of rare earths hosted in clays in the Northern Gawler Craton of South Australia which are now undergoing intensive drill testing.

Exploration drilling at the Comet Project Area has delineated two major REE occurrences. The Meteor and Artemis REE prospects both occur at very shallow depths, include high-grade blankets of mineralisation showing good lateral extent and ore thickness. Less than 10% of the project area has been explored for REE’s and a systematic program of advancement of current prospects, testing of new areas and metallurgical recovery test work is ongoing.

PTR has several exciting copper-gold targets at its Mabel Creek and Woomera Projects located within the Olympic Copper-Gold Tend. Targeting work has defined several compelling Tier 1 Copper-Gold targets and PTR anticipates drill testing of targets will begin from late in 2023 calendar period.

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Figure 4 – PTR’s Project Locations in South Australia

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Competent Persons Statement:

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets and Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Peter Reid, who is a Competent Person, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Reid is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the historical exploration results included in this report. Mr Reid is an employee of Petratherm Ltd. Mr Reid has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken 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 Reid 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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EL 6854 (Arcoona) JORC Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

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

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Sampling Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut channels, Not applicable.
techniques random chips, or specific specialised industry
standard measurement tools appropriate to the
minerals under investigation, such as down hole
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 Au that has inherent sampling problems.
Unusual commodities or mineralisation types (eg
submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure of
detailed information.
Drilling Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-hole Not applicable. No drilling
techniques hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.)
and details (eg core diameter, triple or standard tube,
has been undertaken by
Petratherm for this survey
depth of diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other
type, whether core is oriented and if so, by what
_method, etc.). _
Drill sample
Method of recording and assessing core and chip
Not applicable. No drilling
recovery sample recoveries and results assessed.
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and
has been undertaken by
Petratherm for this survey.
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.
Logging Whether core and chip samples have been Not applicable. No drilling
geologically and geotechnically logged to a level of has been undertaken by
detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource Petratherm for this survey
estimation, mining studies and metallurgical studies.
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in
nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.) photography.
The total length and percentage of the relevant
intersections logged.
Sub- If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, half Not applicable. No drilling
sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation
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.
has been undertaken by
Petratherm for this survey
Quality controlprocedures adopted for all sub-

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
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.
Quality of The nature, quality and appropriateness of the Not applicable
assay data
and
laboratory
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
tests 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) andprecision have been established.
Verification The verification of significant intersections by either Not applicable
of sampling
and
assaying
independent or alternative company personnel.
The use of twinned holes.
Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage (physical
and electronic) protocols.
• _Discuss any adjustment to assay data. _
Location of Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill All maps and locations are
data points holes (collar and down-hole surveys), trenches, mine
workings and other locations used in Mineral
in UTM grid (GDA94 Z53).
Height observation
Resource estimation. accuracy 0.023 metres.
Specification of the grid system used. Station coordinates better
Quality and adequacy of topographic control. than 0.005 metres
accuracy.
Scintrex CG-5 Autograv
gravity meters were used
for gravity data acquisition
and base station control.
Leica GX1230 GNSS
receivers were used for
gravity station positional
acquisition.
All gravity and GNSS data
were acquired using
Daishsat UTV methods,
with 2-3 crews operating
concurrently onsite
GNSS base station,
numbered 1113, was
utilised as primary GNSS
control for the survey.
Data was corrected for
terrain effects.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Data Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results. 978 Ground gravity survey
spacing and
distribution
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

stations were collected on
500 x 500 metre grid.
No drilling or sampling was
undertaken
classifications applied. Data spacing is insufficient
Whether sample compositing has been applied. to establish the degree of
geological and grade
continuity required for a
Mineral Resource
estimation.
Regional ground gravity
survey data comprises
multiple surveys of highly
varying station spacing
ranging from 100 metres
to several kilometres.
Gravity survey spacing
over the EL6854 area
comprises 500 x 500
metre spacing.
Orientation Whether the orientation of sampling achieves Not Applicable.
of data in
relation to
geological
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
structure the orientation of key mineralised structures is
considered to have introduced a sampling bias, this
should be assessed and reported if material.
Sample The measures taken to ensure sample security. Not Applicable.
security
Audits or The results of any audits or reviews of sampling No audits or reviews of the
reviews techniques and data. gravity data has been
undertaken byPetratherm.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Mineral Type, reference name/number, location and EL 6854 was granted to
tenement ownership including agreements or material issues Petratherm Ltd (100%) on
and land
tenure
with third parties such as joint ventures, partnerships,
overriding royalties, native title interests, historical
sites, wilderness or national park and environmental
the 18/10/2022 for a period
of 6 years.
EL 6854 is located over the
status settings. Woomera area
The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting approximately 500 km
along with any known impediments to obtaining a north-northwest of
licence to operate in the area. Adelaide, South Australia.
Native Title Claims:
Kokatha People (Part A)
SCD 2014/004
No known impediments
exist.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Exploration Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by Previous exploration work
done by
other parties
other parties. includes regional State
Government airborne
magnetic and radiometric
surveying.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of Petratherm is exploring for
mineralisation. Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold
and sediment hosted
copper mineralisation. The
tenement area occurs on
the Stuart Shelf within the
Olympic Copper Province,
South Australia.
Drill hole A summary of all information material to the No drilling has been
Information understanding of the exploration results including a
tabulation of the following information for all Material
undertaken by Petratherm
for this survey.
drill holes: No recorded historical
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above
sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar
drilling for minerals has
occured on EL6854.
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole length and interception depth
o 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 In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging Not Applicable. No drilling
aggregation
methods
techniques, maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (eg cutting of high grades) and cut-off
grades are usually Material and should be stated.
has been undertaken by
Petratherm
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.
Relationship
These relationships are particularly important in the
Not Applicable. No drilling
between reporting of Exploration Results. has been undertaken by
mineralisati
on widths
and
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
Petratherm.
intercept reported, there should be a clear statement to this
lengths effect (eg ‘down hole length, true width not known’).
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and No drilling has been
tabulations of intercepts should be included for any undertaken by Petratherm.
significant discovery being reported These should
include, but not be limited to a plan view of drill hole
collar locations and appropriate sectional views.
Balanced Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration No drilling has been
reporting Results is not practicable, representative reporting of
both low and high grades and/or widths should be
undertaken by Petratherm.
practiced to avoid misleading reporting of Exploration

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Results.
Other Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, Open file ground gravity
substantive should be reported including (but not limited to): survey data for regional
exploration
data
geological observations; geophysical survey results;
geochemical survey results; bulk samples – size and
method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk
image sourced from SA
Government Department
for Energy and Mines.
density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock Survey specifications and
characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminating quality of the historic
substances. gravity data is unknown.
The gravity survey data
underwent reprocessing
and gridding by an
independent geophysical
consultant.
Further The nature and scale of planned further work (eg A range of exploration
work tests for lateral extensions or depth extensions or techniques are being
large-scale step-out drilling). considered to progress
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible exploration including
extensions, including the main geological geophysical surveying to
interpretations and future drilling areas, provided this aid drill targeting and
information is not commercially sensitive. future drilling.