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RAIDEN RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2025

May 18, 2025

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ASX RELEASE | 19 May 2025

VUZEL DRILLING CONFIRMS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT, SHALLOW GOLD SYSTEM

HIGHLIGHTS

  • All eight Phase 2 holes at Vuzel[1] hit near-surface gold, including high-grade intercepts in a number of intervals –to date every Phase 1[2] &2 drillhole has intercepted gold mineralisation with peak value/interval 24g/t Au over 1.5m

  • Results indicate that Vuzel may host an extensive, near-surface mineralised gold system with a high-grade component

  • Significant intersections[A] include:

  • VZ2517: 24.8m @ 1.96g/t Au from 0.0m ▪ Including 13.3m @ 3.40g/t Au from 0.0m

  • VZ2514: 56.0m @ 1.09g/t Au from 0.0m

    • Including 8.0m @ 1.50g/t Au from 7.0m

    • ▪ Including 8.3m @ 4.94g/t Au from 47.7m

QUICK STATS ASX Code: RDN DAX Code: YM4

BOARD & MANAGEMENT

Non-Executive Chairman Mr Michael Davy

Managing Director Mr Dusko Ljubojevic

Non-Executive Director

& Company Secretary Ms Kyla Garic

Chief Operating Officer Mr Sean Halpin

  • VZ2412 : 47.5m @ 0.53g/t Au from 2.5m

  • VZ2515 : 22.0m @ 0.36g/t Au from 0.0m and 23.2m @ 0.57g/t Au from 71m ▪ Including 6.5m @ 1.44g/t Au from 81.0m

  • VZ2516 : 21.4m @ 0.40g/t Au from 2.1m

  • VZ2518 : 14.5m @ 0.45g/t Au from 0.0m and 25.6m @ 0.67g/t Au from 60m

ASSET PORTFOLIO

AUSTRALIA

Li, Au, Cu, Ni & PGE

BULGARIA

Cu, Au & Ag

  • Including 4.5m @ 1.04g/t Au from 4.5m

  • ▪ Including 10.9m @ 1.23g/t Au from 74.7m

  • The near surface, shallow dipping to sub-horizontal nature of the mineralisation will allow for rapid, cost-effective follow up drilling to explore the full extent of the mineralised system

  • Initial program is focused on 1.5km (Figure 1&2) of strike within the 4km target area (Figure 1). Assays for further holes are pending, and drilling is ongoing

  • Vuzel is located <20km from Gorubso-Kardzhali A.D.’s (a private Bulgarian Mining company) gold processing facility[3] , whom is also a 30% partner of TSX-V Velocity Minerals, whose Bulgarian assets, including the Rozino deposit ([email protected]/t Au) was recently subject of US$59M[4] acquisition by Türker Mining, a subsidiary of Turkish conglomerate Türkerler Holding

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Raiden Resources Limited (ASX: RDN) (“Raiden” or “the Company”) is pleased to report initial assay results received from the ongoing 2025 Phase 2 diamond drilling program on the Vuzel Gold Project (“Vuzel”) in south-eastern Bulgaria.

Mr Dusko Ljubojevic, Managing Director of Raiden commented:

“I am pleased to report that all assay results received to date from the second phase of the Vuzel drilling campaign have confirmed significant gold mineralisation, extending over a meaningful strike length and width. These results build on the strong foundation of our maiden drilling program, which also intersected gold mineralisation in every hole. Importantly, this phase has delivered high-grade intercepts and has significantly improved our understanding of the controlling structures that acted as conduits for fluid emplacement. This growing geological insight is expected to enable more precise targeting of high-grade zones in future drilling.

The results continue to validate our exploration model and reinforce our geological understanding of the Vuzel Gold Project, strengthening our view that it represents a strategically significant asset within the Company’s portfolio. Furthermore, we believe that recent transactions in the region support management’s view that discoveries in the district hold the potential for significant value generation for shareholders.

With drilling ongoing and further assays pending, I look forward to providing additional updates as results become available.”

Vuzel Phase 2 drilling program

A 2,000-metre diamond drilling program commenced in March 2025[1] as part of the Phase 2 campaign at the Vuzel Gold Project. This program is designed to deepen Raiden’s understanding of the mineralised system and refine future exploration and resource development strategies. Initial drilling focused on areas in proximity to historical drillholes, providing valuable insights into the geological controls on the gold mineralisation. Drilling then progressed into previously untested zones to the east and west along strike, targeting extensions to known mineralisation and aiming to significantly expand the project’s scale (see Figure 1 and 2).

This is the second drill campaign conducted by Raiden at Vuzel, which extends over several kilometres and is characterised by broad gold mineralisation, including high grade sections defined through historical channel/rock chip sampling and the initial drilling program completed by Raiden in 2022[2,5] .

To date, twelve drillholes have been completed as part of Phase 2 drilling program at the Vuzel Gold Project. The first eight holes, designed to target infill and extension of mineralisation identified in the

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2022 drilling program, have all intersected shallow mineralisation near-surface in the central western target area of the deposit. The zone remains open along strike both east and west and to the north and south. Within the broader package of mineralised sediments, drilling has also confirmed high grade mineralisation, which is associated with steeply dipping fault structures interpreted to have acted as conduits for the mineralised fluids.

Significant intersections from the initial assay results of from the Phase 2 drilling program include:

  • VZ2517: 24.8m @ 1.96g/t Au from 0.0m

  • Including 13.3m @ 3.40g/t Au from 0.0m

  • VZ2514: 56.0m @ 1.09g/t Au from 0.0m

  • Including 8.0m @ 1.50g/t Au from 7.0m

  • Including 8.3m @ 4.94g/t Au from 47.7m

  • VZ2412 : 47.5m @ 0.53g/t Au from 2.5m

  • VZ2515 : 22.0m @ 0.36g/t Au from 0.0m and 23.2m @ 0.57g/t Au from 71m

  • Including 6.5m @ 1.44g/t Au from 81.0m

  • VZ2516 : 21.4m @ 0.40g/t Au from 2.1m

  • VZ2518 : 14.5m @ 0.45g/t Au from 0.0m and 25.6m @ 0.67g/t Au from 60m

  • Including 4.5m @ 1.04g/t Au from 4.5m

  • Including 10.9m @ 1.23g/t Au from 74.7m

Drilling is ongoing with the initial 2,000-metre program expected to be conclude in June 2025. In addition to the eight completed holes with reported results, samples from four further drill holes have assays pending. These four holes are located to the east of the initial eight holes along strike (refer to Figure 2). The Phase 2 program may be expanded based on the outcomes of this initial drilling.

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Figure 1: Vuzel Exploration permit, structures, geology and exploration targets

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Figure 2: Vuzel Central Zone Drill plan and drillhole locations over 1.5km strike

Gold mineralisation at Vuzel is associated with zones of oxidised, silicified conglomerates and sandstones with quartz-mica-pyrite and silica-clay-pyrite alteration assemblages. This alteration zone tends to produce the higher gold grade intercepts, up to 24g/t Au over 1.5m in certain intervals, while the more peripheral zones, showing sericite-clay-chlorite and mica-clay assemblages, tend to be characterised by lower grades of up to 1-2 g/t Au.

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Figure 2: Vuzel Central Zone Interpreted Cross-section

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Figure 3: Cross section and interpreted mineralisation with intercepts at the Vuzel Gold Project

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Figure 4: Long section indicating the interpreted sub parallel nature of mineralisation at Vuzel Gold Project

From the limited drilling to date the current interpretation is for mineralisation to be preferentially developed along the sub-horizontal conglomerate units, in the vicinity of the intersections with steep dipping faults. In this scenario the faults represent feeder structures for the mineralising hydrothermal fluids, which then allow fluids to flow into the permeable conglomerate units where changes in chemistry, pressure or other physical and chemical conditions allow the gold and associated minerals to drop out of solution.

Vuzel Next Steps

The Company will complete the initial program, which is aimed at defining the extent of the mineralisation across the deposit area within the initial central 1.5km zone. The results of this program will guide future drill planning, which may also potentially provide further guidance on orientations and targeting of the high-grade feeder structures within the sedimentary package. In parallel, the

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Company plans to investigate and undertake targeting across the entire 3-4km prospective strike which is defined by anomalous gold.

Should exploration ultimately confirm a viable mineral resource, Raiden believes that the project's proximity to third-party processing infrastructure and other deposits may provide potential synergies, subject to further technical and economic assessments.

The type of geology and setting at Vuzel is similar to that of the epithermal low sulphidation Ada Tepe deposit, which is currently being mined by Dundee Precious Metals only 30km south-east of Vuzel (see Figure 5) (TSX: DPM). Vuzel is located <20km from Gorubso-Kardzhali A.D. (a Bulgarian Mining company) gold processing facility[3] , whom is also a 30% partner of TSX-V Velocity Minerals whose Bulgarian portfolio, including the Rozino deposit ([email protected]/t Au) was recently subject of a US$59M[4] acquisition by Türker Mining, a subsidiary of the Turkish conglomerate Türkerler Holding.

Raiden believes that targeted follow-up exploration and the strategically planned Phase 2 drill campaign at Vuzel present a compelling exploration opportunity. Raiden looks forward to providing further updates as the program progresses.

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Figure 5 - Location of Vuzel project in Southern Bulgaria in relation to other operating and historical mine and prospects

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This ASX announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Raiden Resources Limited.

We value your feedback and questions. Engage directly with us by commenting on our latest announcements via InvestorHub. You can view and comment on this announcement here.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

DUSKO LJUBOJEVIC

Managing Director

RAIDEN RESOURCES LIMITED

[email protected]

www.raidenresources.com.au

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ASX Announcements referenced in this release

1ASX:RDN 27 March 2025 Raiden Commences Phase 2 Drilling at Vuzel Gold Project

2ASX:RDN 06 July 2022 Gold Discovery at Raiden’s Vuzel Project in Bulgaria

3https://velocityminerals.com/projects/overview/

4TSXV: VLC 28 February 2025 Velocity Enters into Definitive Agreement to Sell All Bulgarian Assets

5ASX:RDN 12 June 2019 Raiden Reports on Historical Drill and Trench Data on Vuzel Project in Bulgaria

Competent Person's and Compliance Statement

The information previously released to the ASX and referenced in footnotes 1,2 & 5 above relate to exploration results that have previously been released on the ASX. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any information or data that materially affects the information included in the market announcements, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the announcements continue to apply. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modified from the original market announcements.

The information in this announcement that relates to exploration results (including JORC tables) is based on and fairly represents information and supporting documentation prepared, reviewed and approved by Mr Sean Halpin, a competent person who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). Mr Sean Halpin is employed by Raiden Resources Limited. Mr Sean Halpin has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the JORC Code. Mr Sean Halpin has provided his prior written consent as to the form and context in which the exploration results and the supporting information are presented in this announcement.

Disclaimer:

Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Words such as “expect(s)”, “feel(s)”, “believe(s)”, “will”, “may”, “anticipate(s)”, “potential(s)”and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to statements regarding future production, resources or reserves and exploration results. All of such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) those relating to the interpretation of drill results, the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits and conclusions of economic evaluations, (ii) risks relating to possible variations in reserves, grade, planned mining dilution and ore loss, or recovery rates and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, (iii) the potential for delays in exploration or development activities or the completion of feasibility studies, (iv) risks related to commodity price and foreign exchange rate fluctuations, (v) risks related to failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and on acceptable terms or delays in obtaining governmental approvals or in the completion of development or construction activities, and (vi) other risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s prospects, properties and business strategy. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to revise and disseminate forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of or non-occurrence of any events.

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About Raiden Resources

Raiden Resources Limited (ASX:RDN / DAX:YM4) is a dual listed base metal & gold exploration Company focused on identifying and discovering significant and economically attractive mineral deposits. Driven by a passion for unlocking discoveries that create shareholder value and the support of a strong corporate treasury, Raiden is committed to achieving exploration success.

The Company’s portfolio of projects includes the Andover South lithium project. The Company also holds the rights to the advanced Mt Sholl nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE and the Arrow gold projects in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition, the Company holds the rights to multiple projects in the emerging and prolific Western Tethyan metallogenic belt in Eastern Europe, where it has established a significant exploration footprint in Bulgaria.

Table 1: List of drilled holes and intercepts completed at the Vuzel Project as part of the Phase 2 drilling

program

Hole ID WGS/UTM
Z35N EAST
WGS/UTM
Z35N NORTH
RL Azimuth Dip Total
Depth
(m)
From
(m)
Length
(m)
Au ppm
VZ2412 366780 4619351 472 050 -50 50 2.5 47.5 0.53
VZ2413 366797 4619237 490 230 -50 200 4.1 21.5 0.31
VZ2514 366774 4619344 472 360 -50 100 0.0 56.0 1.09
including 7.0 8.0 1.50
including 47.7 8.3 4.94
VZ2515 366796 4619237 490 340 -50 150 0.0 22.0 0.36
and 71.0 23.2 0.57
including 81.0 6.5 1.44
VZ2516 366797 4619235 491 300 -50 150 2.1 21.4 0.40
including 2.1 9.1 0.66
VZ2517 366833 4619232 498 010 -50 100 0.0 24.8 1.96
including 0.0 13.3 3.40
and 57.0 17.0 0.41
VZ2518 366834 4619233 498 330 -50 100 0.0 14.5 0.45
including 4.5 4.5 1.04
and 60.0 25.6 0.67
including 74.7 10.9 1.23
VZ2519 366821 4619122 504 230 -50 50 16.3 1.2 1.81
VZ2520 366881 4619220 516 320 -50 150 Assays pending
VZ2521 366880 4619218 516 050 -50 100 Assays pending
VZ2522 367424 4619069 529 110 -50 150 Assays pending
VZ2523 367319 4618854 517 255 -50 100 Assays pending

Notes:

  • All collar locations are reported as WGS / UTM Zone 35 N.

  • Reported intercepts are estimated above a 0.1 ppm cut-off grade (COG) .

  • Maximum internal dilution below the applied COG included in the reported intercepts is 3m.

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Table 2: JORC Code, 2012 Edition. Section 1.

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut
channels, 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 gold that has
inherent sampling problems. Unusual
commodities or mineralisation types
(eg submarine nodules) may warrant
_disclosure of detailed information _
•Sampling comprises only wireline diamond
drilling core in PQ and HQ diameter sizes
•Core was drilled through the full expected
mineralisation intersection, as normal to the
strike as possible, in accordance with the
initial interpretation of the expected
mineralisation
•Half core HQ or quarter core PQ core, cut
along the core axis, has been used for
sampling, comprising the full downhole
length
•If the core is strongly fractured, the material
is sampled with a trowel
•All geological breaks, including lithology,
alteration, oxidation, etc., are considered in
the process of sample length selection
•The average down-hole sample length is
between 1m and 3m. In relatively rare
cases the length is below or above the
minimum and maximum, depending on the
geology and mineralization potential of the
interval
•Individual sample weights are between 4-6
kg
•All sampling practices meet industry
standards
Drilling
techniques
Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation,
open-hole hammer, rotary air blast,
auger, Bangka, sonic, etc) and details
(eg core diameter, triple or standard
tube, depth of diamond tails, face-
sampling bit or other type, whether
core is oriented and if so, by what
method, etc)
•A total of 12 drill holes with a total length of
1,400m have been completed to date in
2025-year drilling campaign
•Total planned meters for 2025 is 2,200m,
with potential to expand on the program
•The drilling campaigns are targeting zones
of gold mineralization, initially outlined by
earlier exploration activities including
mapping, soil sampling, trenching and
historical drilling
•In order to enhance the drilling efficiency
and core recovery, a triple tube and drilling
fluid additives such as polymer and
bentonite, were used
•All of the drilling is inclined, predominantly
dipping at 50 degrees. The drill hole collars
were designed in accordance with the initial
interpretation of the mineralization zone,
aiming to intercept it as close to true
thickness as possible
•Each hole has a down-hole survey, made
approximately at 25m intervals using a
digital down-hole survey tool (“DeviShot”)
•The used drilling equipmentisingood

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
condition, provided and operated by local
drilling subcontractor, with wide experience
in SE Europe (“Geops”)
Drill sample
recovery
Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed
Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery and 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
•Core recovery is logged as percent of the
core recovery length versus drill run length,
and it is logged directly in the core boxes,
immediately after the core is transported to
the field core shed
•Through the drilling process, to maximize
the core recovery, triple core tube and
additive drilling muds and polymers were
used
•Overall diamond core recovery is above
90%
•There doesn’t appear to be a relationship
bias between grade and length, or sample
weight and recovery
Logging Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource
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
•Core logging by competent trained
geologists includes lithology, hydrothermal
alteration, mineralization, oxidation stage,
core recovery, RQD and degree of
fracturing, structural logging
•100% of the core is photographed
•100% of the drilled core has been logged
•Each day the drill core is transported to the
company’s core storage facility in the
village of Stremci, located approximately
5km from the field, for logging and sampling
•The core trays are plastic, including plastic
covers to protect the core from damage
during transport
•After drilling the hole, the collar was capped
and labeled
•Core logging is done on laptops, using MS
Excel spread sheets, and the data is then
incorporated into the company’s database
•Photo documentation is done on wet trays,
and the data is also incorporated in the
database
• Logging procedures meet industry
standards, and are appropriate for further
Mineral ResourceEstimationand studies
Sub-sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation
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 whether
sampled wet or dry
For all sample types, the nature,
quality and appropriateness of the
sample preparation technique
Quality control procedures adopted for
all sub-sampling stages to maximise
representivity of samples
Measures taken to ensure that the
•All of the current drilled core is sampled.
•All intact core samples are cut along the
long axis, using a core saw, half core HQ
(or quarter PQ) is packed in a labeled bag,
weighed, and further transported to
laboratory for sample processing and
assaying. In case of intensively fractured
zones, samples are taken with a trowel
•Rock density measurements were not
completed, although intervals, with length of
10cm, in a step of between 5 and 10m were
selected in the process of core logging for
densitymeasurement

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
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
assay data
and laboratory
tests
The nature, quality and
appropriateness of the 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 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) and
precision have been established
•All samples are transported to ALS
Romania - Rosia Montana, where they are
pre-processed and assayed
•Through the sample preparation process,
the entire sample is crushed to passing
70% at < 2mm and then pulverize up to
250g with 85% passing 75 um. The pulp is
analyzed with Fire Assay-Atomic
Absorption Ore Grade Method: Au-AA25
•The lower detection limit of the laboratory is
0.01 ppm Au
•The Quality Assurance and Quality Control
scheme (QA/QC) comprises approximately
20 % from the total assays (each 5-th
sample is QAQC), including blanks,
reference material standards (CRMs) and
field duplicates
•The received results of the CRMs (Geostat
PTY and OREAS), a quarter field duplicate
sample), and the blank material collected
from barren industrial sediments are
meeting the standards and confirming the
representativeness of the data
•Pulp and coerce rejects from the laboratory
are and will be stored in the core
company’s storage facility in Stremci
• The QA/QC design and results are
adequate to support estimation of Mineral
Resources
Verification of
sampling and
assaying
The verification of significant
intersections by either 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
•No twin holes have been completed as the
drilling at Vuzel is still in the early stages
•All the assay results were received
electronically as an Excel spreadsheet,
along with the corresponding quality
certificates from the laboratory
•All data was incorporated in the database
by the database manager
•The access to the database is limited to
authorised employees
•The only adjustment of the assay data is
the replacement of the lower detection limit
of 0.01 ppm to the half of it – 0.005ppm Au
•All data is received and stored securely in
digital format in the Company's database
•Final data is rigorously interpreted by
Raiden’s geoscientific personnel
• _Location of _ Accuracy and quality of surveys used •Raiden’s collars surveyed byhandheld

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
data points to locate drill holes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine
workings and other locations used in
Mineral Resource estimation
Specification of the grid system used
Quality and adequacy of topographic
control
GPS with an accuracy of +/- 5m
•Co-ordinates are provided in WGS / UTM
Zone 35 N
•In the time of writing this report a detailed
(cm accuracy) survey of the hole collars
has been completed, but the report is still
not available, hence the data is not
incorporated herein.
•The holes have a downhole survey, taken
at 25 m intervals using Devico survey tool
• 4 degrees positive magnetic declination
was considered in the process of rig
alignment
Data spacing
and
distribution
Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results
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 classifications
applied
Whether sample compositing has
been applied
•The drilling grid of the current exploration
holes is aiming to advance the initial
interpretation of the mineralization strike
extent. Several further target areas of
drilling are planned, with approximately drill
spacing of between 50 and 100m
•The hole collars and the sampling spacing
in the completed drilling is sufficient to
confirm continuation of the mineralization
•Sample compositing for metallurgical
testing has not been completed, but is
planned for the second half of 2025
Orientation of
data in relation
to geological
structure
Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves 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 the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to
have introduced a sampling bias, this
should be assessed and reported if
_material _
•All the exploration holes were designed to
intercept the expected dip of the
mineralisation as perpendicular as possible
in order to provide approximate true width
intercepts, and to avoid any sampling
biases
Sample
security
The measures taken to ensure sample
security
•The sample chain of custody is managed
by Raiden
•The core storage is located in the village of
Stremci, and the transportation to theALS
Romania - Rosia Montanalaboratory was
done by courier company – TNT Bulgaria,
part of FedEx Express
•All samples were delivered directly to the
associated carrier by Raiden contractor
personnel before being transported to the
laboratory in Rosa Montana, Romania for
final analysis
Audits or
reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data
•No reviews or audits have been undertaken

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Table 3: JORC Code, 2012 Edition. Section 2. (Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land tenure
status
Type, reference name/number,
location and ownership including
agreements or material issues with
third parties such as joint ventures,
partnerships, overriding royalties,
native title interests, historical sites,
wilderness or national park and
environmental settings
The security of the tenure held at the
time of reporting along with any known
impediments to obtaining a licence to
operate in the area
•Raiden Resources has an interest in the
Vuzel project, which is in Eastern Rhodope,
Bulgaria, under an earn-in and option to
purchase agreement with the holder of the
Vuzel project, Ridge Consultants EOOD.
Under the Agreement Raiden has a right to
earn in up to a 90% interest, and an option
to acquire a 100% interest in respect of the
Vuzel License
•The Vuzel Project does not fall within the
protected areas according to the Article 5 of
the Protected Areas Act, as well as in
special areas of conservation part of the
European Ecological Network
NATURA2000, within the meaning of the
Law on Biological Diversity
•Important Archaeological object “Ancient
mine” is located in the Vuzel area.
Exploration activities around the
archaeological objects were completed
under the professional supervision of
Ministry of Culture
•Under the Bulgarian Law of Mineral
Resources, on expiration of the initial three-
year exploration period, the holder of the
exploration permit is entitled to apply for an
extension/renewal of the exploration license
for a further 2-year period from the
Bulgarian Ministry of Energy (‘Ministry”).
The license applicant is required to meet
the following criteria in order for the Ministry
to grant the extension:
- Having completed the approved work
program within the 3-year period;
- Final report on results of geological
explorations which includes all
types, scope and results of
performed geological works over the
previous approved period of
exploration
- project of geological exploration for
the following 2-year period;
Exploration
done by other
parties
Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties
•The Vuzel gold project is known as one of
the many ancient gold mining areas in
Rhodope Massive, active in Roman and
Byzantine times. Ancient mining is
presented by many adits, shafts, small pits
and mining dumps over the central about
1sq km of the Vuzel project area
•Modern exploration of the Vuzel property
commence by Gramex between 1997 and
2000, when following BLEG re-discovery of
the Vuzel auriferous zone, geological
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and 4 shallow drill holes were completed
•Dundee Precious Metals controlled the
property between 2004 and 2006, when 25
shallow drill holes were completed, testing
satellite anomalies in the western and
southern periphery of the Vuzel property.
The most prospective central part of the
Vuzel auriferous zone remain untested
•In 2015 Ridge Consultants initiate a tender
procedure for acquisition of the Vuzel
26.5sq km exploration permit and on
August 2018 Ridge was engaged by
Bulgarian Ministry of Energy as a license
holder

Geology

Deposit type, geological setting
and style of mineralisation
•Vuzel gold project is located in the Eastern
Rhodope ore region of southeast Bulgaria,
which is a part of the West Tethyan’s
Eocene-Oligocene continental magmatic
and metallogenic belt, extending around
500 km from Serbia to northwest Turkey.
The eastern segment of that belt is
dominated by the Rhodope Massive, which
consists of Precambrian to Mesozoic
metamorphic basement and Palaeogene
post collisional magmatic and volcano-
sedimentary cover
•The metamorphic rocks of the Rhodope
basement consists of two
tectonostratigraphic complexes: a gneiss
migmatite and a variegated complexes. The
age of metamorphism and collision is
interpreted as Cretaceous. Volumetrically
minor Upper Cretaceous plutons intrude the
metamorphic basement
•The Rhodope metamorphic basement is
locally overlain by the Maastrichtian-
Palaeocene sin-detachment Shavarovo
sedimentary formation (Kroumovgrad
group) which is overlain by Upper Eocene -
Lower Oligocene breccia conglomerate,
coal bearing sandstone and marl-limestone
formations and a series of bimodal rhyolite
and basalt to basaltic andesites volcanics
and volcaniclastics, intruded by Oligocene
diorite, gabbro diorite and shoshonitic
intrusions
•The geology of the Vuzel gold project is
dominated by a district Palaeogene sin-
tectonic sedimentary basin within and
above the metamorphic basement. That
basin is controlled by east-west and
northwest post collisional extensional faults
and is filled by sedimentary rocks of the
Kroumovgrad, breccia-conglomerate and
coal bearing sandstone-conglomerate units.
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predominant host of the outlined Vuzel
epithermal gold mineralisation. The
auriferous Palaeocene-Eocene sedimentary
rocks are overlain by the Oligocene marl-
limestone and bimodal rhyolite/basalt
volcanic and volcaniclastic formations
•Vuzel is a low sulfidation epithermal gold
mineralisation, hosted by Palaeocene-
Eocene conglomerates and sandstones
and presented by as dissemination and
quartz-calcite-adularia veinlets develop in
quartz-sericite and sericite-clay alteration
envelopes
•Sub horizontal coarse grained sandstones
and conglomerates strata, located in the
uppermost 200-300m, are considered to be
the most favorable host of mineralisation,
fed by steep structures sub-parallel to
northwest extensional faults
Drill hole
Information
A summary of all information material
to the understanding of the exploration
results including a tabulation of the
following information for all Material
drill holes:
easting and northing of the drill hole
collar
elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
elevation above sea level in metres) of
the drill hole collar
dip and azimuth of the hole
down hole length and interception
depth
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
•Drillhole data is tabulated in the body of the
announcement
Data
aggregation
methods
In reporting Exploration Results,
weighting averaging techniques,
maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (eg cutting of high grades)
and cut-off grades are usually Material
and should be stated
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
•High grades have not been cut.
•Cut off grades and treatment of internal
waste for drill intercepts are listed in the
body of the report.
•Metal equivalent values are not reported

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reporting of metal equivalent values
should be clearly stated
Relationship
between
mineralisation
widths and
intercept
lengths
These relationships are particularly
important in the reporting of
Exploration Results
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 reported, there should
be a clear statement to this effect (eg
‘down hole length, true width not
known’)
•The available data is still insufficient to be
considered as detailed in terms of
mineralisation trend and geometry, as for
such a purpose additional infill drilling is
required
•Only downhole lengths are reported as no
detailed modelling and interpretation of the
mineralisation has been conducted due to
the limited nature of the drilling data
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with
scales) and tabulations of intercepts
should be included for any significant
discovery being reported These
should include, but not be limited to a
plan view of drill hole collar locations
and appropriate sectional views
•Maps are included in the body of the
announcement
Balanced
reporting
Where comprehensive reporting of all
Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low
and high grades and/or widths should
be practiced to avoid misleading
reporting of Exploration Results
•Reported intercepts are estimated with 0.1
Au ppm cut-off grade (COG)
•Maximum internal dilution below the applied
COG, included in the reported intercepts, is
3m
Other
substantive
exploration
data
Other exploration data, if meaningful
and material, should be reported
including (but not limited to):
geological observations; geophysical
survey results; geochemical survey
results; bulk samples – size and
method of treatment; metallurgical test
results; bulk density, groundwater,
geotechnical and rock characteristics;
potential deleterious or contaminating
substances
•All relevant data is reported in this release
Further work The nature and scale of planned
further work (eg tests for lateral
extensions 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
•Complete the 2025 drilling program
•Rock density measurements for all the
available core
•Metallurgical sampling
•Additional surface exploration activities,
including mapping, trenching, soil and rock
chip sampling
•Detailed geophysical, gravity and magnetic,
survey aiming to obtain additional
information about the contact between the
Eocene sediments and the metamorphic
basement, which itself is considered to be a
prominent target of gold mineralisation,
confirmed by similar low sulphidation style
gold deposits in Eastern Rhodope

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