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RAGNAR METALS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2014

May 20, 2014

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX Announcement 21 May2014

Program Reveals Abundant Gold – Seimana, Guinea

  • Continuing field programs successfully reveal abundant gold of good grade across a remarkable 17 'Priority A' clusters
  • Final batch of surface rock gold assays up to 5.0 g/t Au – previous assays up to 70.8g/t
  • Preliminary soil sampling outlined strong and extensive gold-in-soil anomalies
  • Drill program planned and approved, pending funding

Drake's initial field programs on recently granted Exploration Permits on its Seimana Project in Guinea has now concluded and latest results continue to reveal an emerging and significant gold discovery (fig 1). Key observations from this first programme of mapping and sampling include:

  • The abundance of ancient and modern artisanal gold mine workings: Thousands of individual pits have been mapped, occurring in some 55 clusters. Of these, 42 artisanal mine clusters have clearly mined quartz veins, the remainder being alluvial (streams) or eluvial (soils). (Refer Figure 2)
  • The extent of many of the artisanal sites: Seventeen of the clusters have been classified as Priority A sites (having workings over a strike length of at least 100 metres and width of 10 metres) with a further 19 clusters rated Priority B (having many shafts but less extensive than Priority A)
  • The strength and extent of gold values in soils: Four sites were selected for preliminary soil sampling to test its effectiveness in defining mineralisation. At the largest site, Fouwa almost 20% of the area returned +0.1 g/t gold – unusually high for soil values. (See Figure 6)
  • No prior exploration: There is no evidence of prior exploration and certainly no previous drilling, within the permit area
  • Potential for more discovery: The area is one of very poor outcrop suggesting that other occurrences remain undetected
  • Exceptional multi-million ounce gold belt: including the Siguiri and Tri-K deposits (fig 4).

Field Program Vein Sampling

Field mapping activities during 2014 were aimed principally at accurately defining known artisanal gold workings, both old and current, and in sampling quartz veining in and around the artisanal workings. The vein sampling returned many high grade values, with values of +5 g/t gold being returned in 12 separate mineralised clusters. Previously announced1 grab samples collected produced a considerable amount of individually spectacular gold assays including –

70.8g/t 42.9g/t 29.4g/t 26.7g/t 15.8g/t 15.1g/t
15.1g/t 13.1g/t 10.9g/t 9.9g/t 9.2g/t 7.9g/t

Drake's CEO Jason Stirbinskis said "It is most unusual that a short 3, month programme of mapping and sampling can identify so many gold occurrences, many of them with very high gold grades in quartz veining. Several of the significant priority targets are over 500m long as defined by current and historic workings and these are spread across the 18km width of the new tenements. The extensive areas of high gold in soil values suggest potential for additional large areas of near surface low grade gold that may be amenable to heap leaching, as has recently been announced by Avocet Mining at their 3Moz Tri-K deposit2 7 kilometres to the south.

Drake's original Seimana tenements which adjoin to the north and west also have gold anomalous zones defined by termite and soil sampling that extends the length of the gold mineralised belt within Drake's licences to over 20 km. This area has the potential to be a significant world class gold discovery".

Next Steps

Drake has planned and approved a 2000m RC drilling program to commence immediately, subject to funding.

About Seimana

The region in and around modern day Guinea has for at least several hundreds of years been a significant producer of gold (to the extent that during the 1600s England even named its currency unit after it.).The Seimana project is a very exciting, highly prospective gold prospect with the following attributes

  • Multiple mineralised sites with strong gold values suggests a very favourable geological setting.
  • Many individual mineralised sites are over 500 metres long, as defined by former and current artisanal mine workings. Given that the area is one of very poor outcrop, there is excellent potential for the discovery of additional mineralised zones.
  • Field programs carried out by Drake on the original Seimana parcel and recently acquired Seimana extension have identified numerous strongly gold anomalous zones
  • Regional geological analysis by Drake in January 2014 consolidated the geological interpretation that mineralisation is associated with NW trending geological structures and with intersecting regional scale Birrimian structures, in common with other known gold deposits within this strongly mineralised belt (Fig 4). Located within 150 kilometres of Drake's project are the major deposits of Siguiri (AngloGold) and Lero. Other substantial (+1 million ounce) deposits within 100 kilometres are Koulekoun, Kouroussa, Kiniero, Mansounia, Kodieran, Yanfolia, and Kalana.

Drake recently completed a rights Issue3 . Expressions of interest in participating in the shortfall4 , from the Rights Issue can be directed to Jacek Szymenderski at Drake Resources. [email protected]

1: See announcement 29/4/14 "Further Spectacular Gold Assays Seimana Project" http://drk.live.irmau.com/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/1430-63890073/FurtherSpectacularGoldAssaysSeimanaProject

2: Source - Avocet website http://www.avocet.co.uk/guinea.html

3: See announcement 13/5/14 "Non Renouceable Rights Offer Closure Notice of Shortfall" http://drk.live.irmau.com/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx/PDFs/1438- 12969430/NonRenounceableRightsOfferClosureNoticeofShortfall

4: The Shortfall shall be placed at the discretion of the Company. The Company reserves the right to allot to an Applicant a lesser number of Shortfall Securities than the number for which the Applicant applies or to reject an application. Please refer to the prospectus for further detail

Figure 1: Significant gold assay results (>2.5g/t Au) from recent rock chip sampling - includes previously announced results

Figure 2: Artisanal gold mines.

Photo: The Fouwa target at Seimana is one of the Category A targets planned to be drilled.

Figure 3: Drake's Seimana permits contain numerous artisanal workings many of which align with North-West trending structures regionally associated with gold occurrences

Figure 4: Regional Setting: Seimana lies within the prolifically mineralised West African gold province that has yielded a steady stream of gold discoveries over the past decade

Figure 5: Drake's West African assets are the Seimana Project in Guinea and the Tasiast South project in Mauritania.

Figure 6: Fouwa Prospect Gold in Soil. Note extensive areas of +0.1 g/t (+100 ppb). Fouwa is just one of the category A targets identified within Drake's Seimana Prospects

Table 1: SEIMANA PROJECT ROCK CHIP SAMPLES
ASSAY REULTS – to MAY 2014
SampleId Auppm EastingWGS84Z29N NorthingWGS84Z29N SampleId Auppm EastingWGS84Z29N NorthingWGS84Z29N SampleId Auppm EastingWGS84Z29N NorthingWGS84Z29N
SM1064 70.9 499764 1201870 SM2134 0.4 509689 1202968 SM2082 0.1 514587 1201632
SM1140 42.9 512033 1205073 SM1214 0.4 512407 1205085 SM2093 0.1 513695 1198728
SM1059 29.4 501383 1205724 SM2087 0.4 513863 1198852 SM2160 0.1 510445 1203206
SM1081 26.7 513749 1203867 SM1190 0.4 510350 1202679 SM1124 0.1 510511 1205359
SM1082 15.8 513740 1203892 SM1110 0.4 513018 1204000 SM1219 0.1 509922 1209690
SM1063 15.1 499776 1201869 SM1184 0.3 510241 1202880 SM2074 0.1 513852 1202564
SM2096 15.1 513539 1199633 SM1004 0.3 511145 1202491 SM1198 0.1 511608 1202444
SM2047 13.1 498634 1198811 SM1006 0.3 511083 1202596 SM1220 0.1 510014 1209660
SM2085 10.9 513969 1198800 SM1012 0.3 511002 1202249 SM1130 0.1 498614 1198780
SM1178 9.9 509682 1202969 SM1013 0.3 510995 1202241 SM1226 0.1 509961 1209724
SM1107 9.2 513029 1203935 SM1031 0.3 510497 1203015 SM2216 0.1 511204 1202217
SM2083 7.9 514634 1201672 SM2023 0.3 513655 1206683 SM1215 0.1 512433 1205067
SM1156 7.3 514056 1198812 SM2051 0.3 511188 1208848 SM2107 0.1 510497 1205392
SM1057 6.4 501294 1205543 SM2058 0.3 511154 1208906 SM1128 0.1 498475 1198819
SM1008 5.7 511232 1202555 SM2061 0.3 504858 1207225 SM1152 0.1 513521 1200453
SM2044 5.1 498508 1198810 SM2071 0.3 504346 1204108 SM2144 0.1 510507 1202978
SM1205 5.0 509583 1204727 SM2182 0.3 511206 1202460 SM1101 0.1 513665 1206663
SM1227 4.8 510005 1209775 SM1174 0.3 514714 1201648 SM2196 0.1 510941 1202183
SM1052 4.7 504416 1206171 SM2092 0.3 513787 1198838 SM1104 0.1 513686 1206611
SM2190 3.8 511020 1202276 SM1126 0.3 510562 1204941 SM1162 0.1 513703 1198820
SM1046 3.8 510408 1209107 SM2168 0.3 511201 1203935 SM2223 0.1 508587 1199548
SM1051 3.8 504436 1206073 SM2195 0.3 510954 1202177 SM1129 0.1 498508 1198906
SM2035 3.8 513752 1203869 SM2205 0.3 511021 1202191 SM1135 0.1 498678 1198822
SM2172 3.8 509540 1204760 SM2122 0.3 508078 1202514 SM1224 0.1 510009 1209715
SM1099 3.7 513563 1206625 SM1091 0.3 513435 1205815 SM1151 0.1 513574 1200424
SM2015 3.6 513659 1206548 SM2211 0.3 510902 1202214 SM2197 0.1 510927 1202186
SM1206 3.6 511415 1203880 SM1083 0.3 513717 1203902 SM2201 0.1 511015 1202134
SM1161 3.5 513705 1198846 SM1160 0.3 513773 1198844 SM2112 0.0 510578 1205340
SM2084 3.4 514706 1201602 SM1150 0.3 506056 1208033 SM1088 0.0 513513 1203793
SM2005 3.3 510566 1204932 SM2149 0.2 510447 1203435 SM2161 0.0 510485 1203192
SM2046 3.3 498634 1198843 SM1117 0.2 510600 1205265 SM2164 0.0 511386 1203874
SM2081 3.3 513971 1202475 SM2194 0.2 510970 1202182 SM1095 0.0 513656 1206550
SM2006 3.2 510576 1209123 SM2169 0.2 511191 1203949 SM2135 0.0 510352 1202682
SM1171 3.1 514029 1202431 SM1187 0.2 510434 1202933 SM2154 0.0 510416 1203375
SM1200 3.0 509537 1204761 SM2193 0.2 510989 1202239 SM1166 0.0 513836 1202585
SM2191 2.9 511007 1202274 SM2079 0.2 513958 1202541 SM1100 0.0 513584 1206546
SM2052 2.9 511200 1208857 SM1204 0.2 509463 1204785 SM1210 0.0 511148 1203910
SM1203 2.9 509517 1204786 SM2094 0.2 513675 1198751 SM2127 0.0 508670 1202491
SM1201 2.8 509526 1204786 SM1010 0.2 511187 1202443 SM2158 0.0 510370 1203250
SM2080 2.8 513941 1202481 SM1033 0.2 510267 1209424 SM2206 0.0 510945 1202242
SM1183 2.7 510275 1202897 SM1034 0.2 510234 1209480 SM2173 0.0 513621 1199974
SM2038 2.7 513483 1203892 SM1035 0.2 510182 1209465 SM2202 0.0 510973 1202145
SM2132 2.7 509682 1202829 SM1042 0.2 511163 1208828 SM2203 0.0 511051 1202167
SM2165 2.7 511415 1203884 SM1044 0.2 511154 1208854 SM1153 0.0 513492 1200466
SM1024 2.6 510419 1203420 SM1061 0.2 501589 1203708 SM1222 0.0 510052 1209722
SM1055 2.6 501319 1205593 SM1067 0.2 499783 1202331 SM2170 0.0 509334 1205019
SM2140 2.6 510275 1202894 SM1212 0.2 511197 1203971 SM1176 0.0 514679 1201421
SM1157 2.5 514077 1198764 SM2003 0.2 511758 1202460 SM2200 0.0 511024 1202126
SM2036 2.5 513441 1203912 SM2016 0.2 513651 1206562 SM2072 0.0 504364 1204104
SM1179 2.5 509687 1202975 SM2017 0.2 513633 1206589 SM2217 0.0 511202 1202199
SM2192 2.4 511000 1202256 SM2020 0.2 513698 1206600 SM1149 0.0 506085 1208007
SM1138 2.4 512020 1205070 SM2021 0.2 513700 1206661 SM1092 0.0 513749 1205964
SM2077 2.4 513949 1202563 SM2032 0.2 513657 1203917 SM1120 0.0 510446 1205206
SM2068 2.3 511230 1207456 SM2069 0.2 511233 1207525 SM1193 0.0 511621 1202513
SM1123 2.3 510546 1205408 SM2123 0.2 508084 1202525 SM1122 0.0 510494 1205397
SM2088 2.2 513853 1198868 SM2166 0.2 511389 1203860 SM2174 0.0 513626 1199996
SM1048 2.2 510571 1209126 SM2090 0.2 513876 1198813 SM2222 0.0 511174 1202241
SM1056 2.2 501308 1205558 SM1185 0.2 510278 1202906 SM1142 0.0 512141 1204589
SM2133 2.2 509683 1202966 SM2108 0.2 510511 1205405 SM2215 0.0 511209 1202202
SM1155 2.1 513977 1198809 SM1188 0.2 510464 1202841 SM1125 0.0 510566 1204935
SM1175 2.1 514794 1201408 SM1213 0.2 512331 1205035 SM1189 0.0 510484 1202821
SM2033 2.0 513695 1203907 SM1182 0.2 510272 1202884 SM1192 0.0 511604 1202512
SM2057 2.0 511257 1208857 SM1103 0.2 513700 1206655 SM2102 0.0 513525 1200450
SM1172 1.9 514608 1201644 SM1165 0.2 513861 1202573 SM2204 0.0 511041 1202180
SM1020 1.9 510974 1202181 SM1211 0.2 511207 1203937 SM2139 0.0 510237 1202881
SM1058 1.9 501318 1205589 SM1218 0.2 509913 1209794 SM2176 0.0 510934 1203058
SM1084 1.8 513708 1203901 SM2101 0.2 513540 1200435 SM1096 0.0 513645 1206569
SM2086 1.7 513976 1198792 SM1139 0.2 512026 1205072 SM1137 0.0 498656 1198847
SM1011 1.7 511287 1202349 SM2091 0.2 513837 1198813 SM1207 0.0 511386 1203877
SM2078 1.6 513963 1202567 SM2103 0.2 513521 1200452 SM2214 0.0 511212 1202190
SM2146 1.6 510499 1203012 SM2189 0.2 511144 1202492 SM1086 0.0 513648 1203869
SM2106 1.6 510536 1205399 SM2138 0.2 510260 1202854 SM2167 0.0 511374 1203809
SM2008 1.5 510423 1209125 SM2104 0.2 510541 1205421 SM2180 0.0 511150 1202444
SM2150 1.5 510430 1203422 SM2188 0.2 511142 1202474 SM1097 0.0 513642 1206561
SM1136 1.5 498662 1198842 SM2208 0.1 510911 1202261 SM1121 0.0 510434 1205195
SM1001 1.4 511137 1202445 SM1163 0.1 513697 1198728 SM1191 0.0 510299 1202836
SM2185 1.3 511182 1202487 SM2143 0.1 510468 1202964 SM1146 0.0 506094 1207923
SM1216 1.3 512451 1205087 SM2209 0.1 510903 1202243 SM1094 0.0 513668 1206536
SM2184 1.2 511193 1202487 SM2147 0.1 510483 1203012 SM1197 0.0 511681 1202553
SM1105 1.2 513189 1203857 SM2151 0.1 510416 1203419 SM1196 0.0 511686 1202559
SM1202 1.2 509528 1204780 SM1141 0.1 511964 1204798 SM2095 0.0 513579 1199981
SM2183 1.2 511204 1202483 SM1147 0.1 506078 1208002 SM2125 0.0 508671 1202529
SM1074 1.2 504862 1207227 SM2198 0.1 510920 1202177 SM2220 0.0 511180 1202221
SM2152 1.2 510411 1203416 SM1143 0.1 506053 1207965 SM1145 0.0 506131 1207929
SM1127 1.1 510575 1204936 SM2117 0.1 510779 1207825 SM2156 0.0 510430 1203287
SM2076 1.0 513926 1202555 SM1109 0.1 513040 1203939 SM2218 0.0 511196 1202203
SM2113 1.0 510565 1205296 SM1223 0.1 510032 1209744 SM1195 0.0 511639 1202522
SM1180 1.0 509687 1202841 SM2163 0.1 510472 1203219 SM1131 0.0 498598 1198795
SM2179 1.0 511137 1202446 SM1186 0.1 510299 1202943 SM2178 0.0 510915 1203057
SM1115 1.0 510575 1205283 SM1114 0.1 510559 1205300 SM1194 0.0 511632 1202524
SM2111 1.0 510550 1205352 SM1090 0.1 513525 1203933 SM1144 0.0 506161 1207898
SM1164 1.0 513832 1202565 SM1106 0.1 513108 1203789 SM2155 0.0 510436 1203302
SM2105 0.9 510537 1205406 SM1116 0.1 510558 1205282 SM1133 0.0 498626 1198751
SM1087 0.9 513518 1203796 SM1148 0.1 506066 1208004 SM2130 0.0 508662 1202449
SM2115 0.8 510913 1207924 SM2148 0.1 510468 1202832 SM2137 0.0 510456 1202725
SM2141 0.8 510283 1202905 SM2136 0.1 510333 1202705 SM1098 0.0 513612 1206607
SM2171 0.8 509514 1204787 SM2213 0.1 510910 1202079 SM2159 0.0 510477 1203207
SM1002 0.8 511126 1202443 SM2162 0.1 510478 1203202 SM2126 0.0 508669 1202506
SM2110 0.8 510528 1205350 SM2100 0.1 513568 1200425 SM1132 0.0 498626 1198761
SM2186 0.8 511167 1202484 SM2177 0.1 510927 1203057 SM2128 0.0 508673 1202480
SM1154 0.8 513971 1198793 SM1005 0.1 511144 1202490 SM2219 0.0 511189 1202212
SM1229 0.8 510014 1209564 SM1019 0.1 510946 1202190 SM2129 0.0 508669 1202462
SM2118 0.8 510784 1207807 SM1022 0.1 510923 1202181 SM2175 0.0 513633 1200025
SM1089 0.7 513448 1203909 SM1027 0.1 510481 1203207 SM1199 0.0 511576 1202422
SM1112 0.7 513041 1204069 SM1029 0.1 510500 1203141 SM1003 - 511146 1202469
SM2121 0.7 510998 1207312 SM1032 0.1 510531 1202997 SM1007 - 511160 1202558
SM1085 0.7 513668 1203915 SM1036 0.1 510178 1209416 SM1016 - 510909 1202261
SM2119 0.7 510993 1207920 SM1041 0.1 511232 1208889 SM1017 - 510928 1202270
SM1119 0.7 510489 1205281 SM1043 0.1 511192 1208853 SM1018 - 510932 1202233
SM2153 0.7 510412 1203394 SM1072 0.1 504997 1207269 SM1021 - 510975 1202144
SM1009 0.7 511206 1202478 SM1073 0.1 504865 1207236 SM1023 - 510412 1203362
SM1050 0.7 504361 1206050 SM1075 0.1 511947 1206087 SM1025 - 510434 1203304
SM1053 0.7 504364 1206315 SM1076 0.1 511957 1206043 SM1026 - 510434 1203308
SM1066 0.7 499700 1201786 SM1077 0.1 511060 1207433 SM1028 - 510465 1203207
SM2099 0.7 513579 1200419 SM1078 0.1 511232 1207422 SM1030 - 510513 1203086
SM1158 0.7 513876 1198815 SM1079 0.1 512504 1205134 SM1037 - 509997 1209379
SM2131 0.7 509686 1202840 SM2001 0.1 506131 1207927 SM1038 - 510030 1209523
SM2187 0.7 511149 1202480 SM2002 0.1 506133 1207930 SM1039 - 510410 1208104
SM1221 0.7 510036 1209682 SM2004 0.1 511762 1202439 SM1040 - 510457 1208145
SM1111 0.6 513032 1203998 SM2007 0.1 510411 1209108 SM1045 - 510417 1209098
SM1168 0.6 513961 1202569 SM2011 0.1 508361 1210125 SM1047 - 510528 1209135
SM1159 0.6 513807 1198828 SM2013 0.1 513570 1206552 SM1060 - 501586 1203835
SM2114 0.6 510878 1207920 SM2019 0.1 513686 1206589 SM1062 - 501765 1203715
SM1065 0.6 499717 1201818 SM2022 0.1 513665 1206668 SM1068 - 499752 1202355
SM2034 0.6 513730 1203901 SM2029 0.1 513724 1205992 SM1069 - 497143 1207720
SM2040 0.6 513522 1203935 SM2037 0.1 513437 1203920 SM1070 - 497140 1207741
SM2045 0.6 498556 1198804 SM2041 0.1 513492 1203898 SM1071 - 497256 1206906
SM2089 0.6 513844 1198907 SM2042 0.1 513038 1204039 SM1080 - 512438 1205040
SM2212 0.5 510945 1202115 SM2043 0.1 513011 1204057 SM2009 - 510589 1209139
SM1170 0.5 514029 1202431 SM2048 0.1 498710 1198867 SM2010 - 508385 1210169
SM2120 0.5 510965 1207915 SM2049 0.1 511169 1208831 SM2012 - 513586 1206547
SM1113 0.5 513015 1204063 SM2053 0.1 511213 1208863 SM2014 - 513568 1206536
SM1225 0.5 509996 1209700 SM2055 0.1 511244 1208898 SM2018 - 513615 1206607
SM1177 0.5 509675 1202964 SM2059 0.1 504998 1207290 SM2024 - 513746 1205968
SM1228 0.5 509987 1209529 SM2060 0.1 504861 1207290 SM2025 - 513745 1205966
SM1015 0.5 510933 1202317 SM2098 0.1 513615 1199643 SM2026 - 513743 1205966
SM1049 0.5 504352 1206046 SM2157 0.1 510395 1203276 SM2027 - 513738 1205977
SM1054 0.5 504356 1206259 SM1102 0.1 513611 1206756 SM2028 - 513677 1205992
SM2116 0.5 510847 1207905 SM2073 0.1 513863 1202569 SM2030 - 513139 1206303
SM1209 0.5 511322 1203900 SM1181 0.1 510265 1202840 SM2031 - 513151 1203868
SM1134 0.5 498731 1198715 SM1093 0.1 513716 1206006 SM2039 - 513505 1203940
SM2221 0.4 511167 1202225 SM1108 0.1 513013 1203936 SM2050 - 511179 1208834
SM1217 0.4 509909 1209829 SM1118 0.1 510571 1205068 SM2054 - 511233 1208885
SM1167 0.4 513936 1202558 SM1173 0.1 514597 1201670 SM2062 - 511292 1213895
SM2109 0.4 510516 1205357 SM2207 0.1 510929 1202230 SM2063 - 511306 1213877
SM2097 0.4 513523 1199622 SM1208 0.1 511386 1203859 SM2064 - 511314 1213848
SM2181 0.4 511185 1202442 SM2075 0.1 513834 1202561 SM2065 - 511329 1213826
SM1169 0.4 513990 1202545 SM2210 0.1 510902 1202235 SM2066 - 511335 1213810
SM1014 0.4 511007 1202265 SM2124 0.1 508056 1202529 SM2067 - 511320 1213877
SM2056 0.4 511249 1208911 SM2199 0.1 510922 1202189 SM2070 - 511062 1207436
SM2145 0.4 510502 1203018 SM2142 0.1 510300 1202835

For further information, please contact:

Mr Jason Stirbinskis Mr Jay Stephenson +61 (0)8 6141 3585 +61 (0)8 6141 3585

CEO, Drake Resources Company Secretary, Drake Resources [email protected] [email protected]

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this report that relates to exploration results is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation compiled by Dr Bob Beeson. Dr Beeson is a member of the Australasian Institute of Geoscientists, and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration 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" (JORC Code). Dr Beeson consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which they appear.

Caution Regarding Forward Looking Information.

This document contains forward looking statements concerning Drake. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and actual events and results may differ materially from those described in the forward looking statements as a result of a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking information provided by the Company, or on behalf of, the Company. Such factors include, among other things, risks relating to additional funding requirements, metal prices, exploration, development and operating risks, competition, production risks, regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulation and liability and potential title disputes. Forward looking statements in this document are based on Drake's beliefs, opinions and estimates of Drake as of the dates the forward looking statements are made, and no obligation is assumed to update forward looking statements if these beliefs, opinions and estimates should change or to reflect other future developments

APPENDIX 1 - JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 report template

Seimana Project (Guinea): mapping & sampling programme – 2014

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

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

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Samplingtechniques Nature and quality of sampling (egcut channels, random chips, orspecific specialised industry standard measurement tools appropriate tothe minerals under investigation, such as down hole gamma sondes, orhandheld XRF instruments, etc). These examples should not be takenas limiting the broad meaning of sampling.Include reference to measures taken to ensure sample representivityand the appropriate calibration of any measurement tools or systemsused.Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that are Material to thePublic Report.In cases where 'industry standard' work has been done this would berelatively simple (eg 'reverse circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 msamples from which 3 kg was pulverised to produce a 30 g charge forfire assay'). In other cases more explanationmay be required, such aswhere there is coarse gold that has inherent sampling problems.Unusual commodities or mineralisation types (eg submarine nodules)may warrant disclosure of detailed information. Random rock chip samples of quartz vein material insurfaceoutcrop or in shallow artisanal mine workings carried out as partof a geological mapping exercise on artisanal gold mines. Eachsample is approximately 2 kg in weight composed of 10 to 20random fragments. Soil samples were taken at an average depthof 90 cm.Samples were all collected by qualified geologists or undergeological supervision. The sampling was part of an early stageexploration programme aimed at locating gold mineralisation andno claim is made as to representivity of each sample.Location of each sample was recorded by hand held GPS withpositional accuracy of approx +/-5 metres.
Drillingtechniques Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open-hole hammer, rotary airblast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc) and details (egcore diameter, triple orstandard tube, depth of diamond tails, face-sampling bit or other type,whether core is oriented and if so, by what method, etc). No drilling was undertaken
Drill samplerecovery Method of recording and assessing core and chip sample recoveriesand results assessed.Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and ensurerepresentative nature of the samples.Whether a relationship exists between sample recovery and grade and No drilling was undertaken
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
whether sample bias may have occurred due to preferential loss/gain offine/coarse material.
Logging Whether core and chip samples have been geologically andgeotechnically logged to a level of detail to support appropriate MineralResource 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. Each sample was briefly described geologically by the geologistinvolved, and the description entered into Drake Resources'sample template spreadsheet for entry into Drake's sampledatabase managed by Reflex Hub.The sample results are to be regarded as semi-quantitative
Sub-samplingtechniquesand samplepreparation 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 whethersampled wet or dry.For all sample types, the nature, quality and appropriateness of thesample preparation technique.Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-sampling stages tomaximise representivity of samples.Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is representative of the insitu material collected, including for instance results for fieldduplicate/second-half sampling.Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain size of the materialbeing sampled. Samples as collected were transported by road to SGSLaboratories in Bamako (Mali).Samples were prepared by SGS by their standard techniquePRP89 which involves:The field sample is oven dried and thencrushed to 75% passing 2 mm by Boyd Crusher. A 1.5 kgsample split by rotary splitter ispulverized to 85% passing 75μmin a ring and puck pulveriser. An Approx. 200 gram sub-sampleis taken forassay.Every 50th sample is screened to confirm % passing 2mm and 75μm. Crusher and pulverisers cleaned withbarren material at the start of every batch and after every50th sample. % dust loss determined once per week
Quality ofassay dataandlaboratorytests The nature, quality and appropriateness of the assaying and laboratoryprocedures used and whether the technique is considered partial ortotal.For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld XRF instruments, etc,the parameters used in determining the analysis including instrumentmake and model, reading times, calibrations factors applied and theirderivation, etc.Nature of quality control procedures adopted (eg standards, blanks,duplicates, external laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels ofaccuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision have been established. All samples were assayed by SGS technique FAE505 for gold.FAE505 involves fusion of a 50 g sample with a litharge basedflux, cupel, dissolve prill in aqua regia, extracted in DIBK andgold determined by flame AAS. Detection Limit 0.002ppm. Thisis considered a total extraction technique for gold.Quality control procedures employed by SGS are:1 Reagent Blank in 841 Preparation Blank (prep process blank) in 842 Weighed replicates in 842 Preparation Duplicate (re split) in 844 SRM's(Standard Reference Material)in 8420% of samples reportedhere were re-analysed from the samepulp and in all but one casereported values within 20% of eachsample's average.
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Verification ofsampling andassaying The verification of significant intersections by either independent oralternative 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. Of samples averaging +5 ppm gold, all but i returned replicatevalues within 20% of the sample average. The 1 exception wassample SM1140 which returned 27.5, 49.9, 51.2 ppmgold inreplicate analyses.Assay results for samples were received electronically from SGSLaboratories and uploaded into Drake's database managed byReflex Hub database.No adjustment of assay data (other than averaging of replicatesample assays) wasundertaken.
Location ofdata points Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill holes (collar anddown-hole surveys), trenches, mine workings and other locations usedin Mineral Resource estimation.Specification of the grid system used.Quality and adequacy of topographic control. Sample locations were recorded at the time of sampling by handheld Garmin GPS, with horizontal accuracy of approx. 5 metresPositional data was recorded in projection WGS84 Zone 29N.The accuracy provided by hand held GPS is adequate for thenature of the survey.
Data spacinganddistribution Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results.Whether the data spacing and distribution is sufficient to establish thedegree of geological and grade continuity appropriate for the MineralResource and Ore Reserve estimation procedure(s) and classificationsapplied.Whether sample compositing has been applied. The survey objective was to locate, map and sample artisanalmine workings and data was not collected on a regular spacing.
Orientation ofdata inrelation togeologicalstructure Whether the orientation of sampling achieves unbiased sampling ofpossible structures and the extent to which this is known, consideringthe deposit type.If the relationship between the drilling orientation and the orientation ofkey mineralised structures is considered to have introduced a samplingbias, this should be assessed and reported if material. Each rock chip sample is composed of 10 to 20 randomlyselected fragments. However the sampling may not be unbiased.Each soil sample was taken from a single hole. A significantproportion was taken in disturbed ground in and around artisanalworkings and may reflect some contamination.
Samplesecurity The measures taken to ensure sample security. Samples were taken by vehicle on the day of collection toDrake's enclosed & guarded field camp and were collected atthe end of the field programme by SGS Laboratories fortransport to Bamako. No other measures were taken to ensuresamplesecurity
Audits orreviews The results of any audits or reviews of sampling techniques and data. No reviews or audits of sampling techniques were conducted.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

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

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineraltenement andland tenurestatus Type, reference name/number, location and ownership includingagreements or material issues with third parties such as jointventures, partnerships, overriding royalties, native title interests,historical sites, wilderness or national park and environmentalsettings.The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting along with anyknown impediments to obtaining a licence to operate in the area. The programme was conducted on 3 granted ExplorationPermits held 100% by SociétéMinièrede Mandiana SARL(SMM). Drake Resources has an executed agreement with theshareholders of SMM giving Drake the right, but not theobligation, to acquire 100% of the shares in SMM.The 3 Exploration Permits were granted by the Minister forMines for a period of 3 years from December 30, 2013renewable for up to 4 further years. Acquisition by Drake will besubject to approval by the Minister for Mines.
Explorationdone by otherparties Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties. Drake is not aware of any exploration or evaluation of the permitareas by any other company.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation. Gold mineralisation is of orogenic type within the Birrimian Age(Lower Proterozoic) Siguiri Basin -West African Gold Province.
Drill holeInformation A summary of all information material to the understanding of theexploration results including a tabulation of the following informationfor all Material drill holes:oeasting and northing of the drill hole collaroelevation or RL (Reduced Level –elevation above sea level inmetres) of the drill hole collarodip and azimuth of the holeodown hole length and interception depthohole length.If the exclusion of this information is justified on the basis that theinformation is not Material and this exclusion does not detract fromthe understanding of the report, the Competent Person should clearlyexplain why this is the case. No drilling undertaken
Dataaggregationmethods In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging techniques,maximum and/or minimum grade truncations (eg cutting of highgrades) and cut-off grades are usually Material and should be stated. No weighting, grade truncation or high grade cutting techniqueshave been applied to the data reported.Where replicate assays have been carried out the value reported
Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short lengths of high graderesults and longer lengths of low grade results, the procedure usedfor such aggregation should be stated and some typical examples ofsuch aggregations should be shown in detail.The assumptions used for any reporting of metal equivalent valuesshould be clearly stated. is the arithmetic average of replicated assays.No metal equivalents have been reported
Relationshipbetweenmineralisationwidths andinterceptlengths These relationships are particularly important in the reporting ofExploration Results.If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to the drill holeangle is known, its nature should be reported.If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are reported, thereshould be a clear statement to this effect (eg 'down hole length, truewidth notknown'). Not applicable as no drilling was undertaken
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and tabulations ofintercepts should be included for any significant discovery beingreported These should include, but not be limited to a plan view ofdrill hole collar locations and appropriate sectional views. Maps are provided in the main text.
Balancedreporting Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration Results is notpracticable, representative reporting of both low and high gradesand/or widths should be practiced to avoid misleading reporting ofExploration Results. Map records all sample locations and indicates assay intervalforevery sampleTable 1 includes all assay results from the field programme.
Othersubstantiveexplorationdata Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, should be reportedincluding (but not limited to): geological observations; geophysicalsurvey results; geochemical survey results; bulk samples –size andmethod of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk density,groundwater, geotechnical and rock characteristics; potentialdeleterious or contaminating substances. All material results are reported
Further work The nature and scale of planned further work (eg tests for lateralextensions or depth 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. A programme of approx.2000 metres of inclined RC drilling isplanned. Precise hole locations will be determined after furtherfield inspection.