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RAMELIUS RESOURCES LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Apr 27, 2016

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For Immediate Release 28 April 2016

March 2016 Quarterly Activities Report

HIGHLIGHTS – OPERATIONS & DEVELOPMENT

  • Group gold production of 26,657 ounces, achieving Guidance of 2629,000 ounces, at an AISC of A$1,196/oz (Guidance A$1,150/oz)

  • Mt Magnet (WA) - 9,356 ounces produced

  • Kathleen Valley (WA) - 15,501 ounces produced

  • Vivien gold mine (WA) - 1,800 ounces produced

  • Milky Way gold project (WA) - results released 4[th] April 2016, including;

  • 19m at 9.05 g/t Au from 104m in GXRC0452, incl. 2m at 66.88 g/t Au

  • 17m at 7.75 g/t Au from 60m in GXRC0457, incl. 5m at 20.81 g/t Au

  • 15m at 12.62 g/t Au from 39m in GXRC0459, incl. 2m at 87.32 g/t Au

  • 15m at 6.90 g/t Au from 102m in GXRC0466, incl. 2m at 24.28 g/t Au

  • Mineral Resource modelling commenced

PRODUCTION GUIDANCE – JUNE 2016 QUARTER

  • Group gold production for the June 2016 Quarter is expected to be 28,000-32,000 ounces at an AISC of ~A$1,175/oz as follows:

  • Mt Magnet - 12,500 ounces

  • Kathleen Valley - 12,500 ounces

  • Vivien - 5,000 ounces

  • Capital development expenditure of approximately A$4.5M

  • Nil Desperandum open pit pre-strip (Kathleen Valley) - A$1.5M

  • Titan open pit pre-strip (Mt Magnet) - A$1.0M

  • Exploration (Mt Magnet & Tanami) - A$2.0M

HIGHLIGHTS – CORPORATE

  • Quarterly gold sales of A$39.9M at an average sale price of A$1,586/oz

  • Cash & gold on hand of A$37.8M (Dec Qtr: A$39.9M), after A$8.4M expenditure on capital development at Vivien (A$4.3M), Kathleen Valley pre-strips (A$2.5M) & exploration (A$1.6M)

  • Continued gold deliveries into the original forward sales program during the Quarter, consisting of 11,028 ounces at ~A$1,570/oz

  • Additional 60,000 ounces forward sold at A$1,600/oz to December 2017

  • Additional short-term forward sales of 7,950 ounces at an average price of A$1,712/oz placed out to November 2016

  • Nil corporate debt (CBA A$10M finance facility remains undrawn)

ABOUT RAMELIUS

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Figure 1: Ramelius’ Operations & Development Project Locations

Ramelius owns the Mt Magnet gold mining and processing operation and has commenced the high grade Vivien and Kathleen Valley gold mines near Leinster, in Western Australia. The Burbanks Treatment Plant is located approximately 9 kilometres south of Coolgardie in WA and is currently on care and maintenance.

PRODUCTION SUMMARY

Table 1: Gold Production and Financial Information - March 2016 Quarter

Units Mt
Magnet
Vivien Kathleen
Valley
Total
Ore mined(highgrade) t 185,167 9,122 132,060 326,349
Oreprocessed t 276,628 7,571 96,198 380,397
Headgrade g/t 1.15 7.46 5.12 2.28
Gold recovery % 91 98 97 95
Gold recovered oz 9,270 1,779 15,407 26,456
Finegoldpoured oz 9,356 1,800 15,501 26,657
Cash operatingcosts^ A$M 31.31
Cash operatingcost(C1)^ A$/oz 1,175
Gold sales ~ oz 25,147
All-In SustainingCosts(AISC)*^ A$M 30.07
AISC^ A$/oz 1,196
Gold sales A$M 39.87
Average realisedgoldprice A$/oz 1,586
* as per World Gold Council guidelines
~ includes 11,028oz of gold delivered to CBA under forward sales program
^ net of by-product credits
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OPERATIONS

Mt Magnet Gold Mine (WA)

Mining by Ramelius at Mt Magnet has concentrated on the Galaxy mine area over the past four years consisting of open pit mining only. Water Tank Hill is an underground project currently forming part of the Company’s development pipeline, whilst the Milky Way area forms a key part of future resource growth and mine life extensions (refer Figure 2).

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Figure 2: Mt Magnet key mining areas

Mining of the Perseverance (Percy) open pit continued throughout the Quarter (refer Figure 3). Claimed high-grade ore mined was 185,167 tonnes at 1.46 g/t for 8,714 ounces with mill reconciled production (including stockpiled low grade) of 276,628 tonnes at 1.15 g/t for 9,270 ounces.

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Figure 3: Mining at Percy open pit

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Mill throughput was reduced mainly due to the planned SAG mill reline in January 2016, with 380,397 tonnes processed at a 2.28 g/t head grade (refer Figure 4), as overall mill head grade continued to climb.

Gold production (refer Figure 5) was within the Guidance range, with 26,657 ounces of fine gold poured for the period. Overall metallurgical recoveries were maintained at better than budget levels again this Quarter, with a recovery of 95%.

Cash costs for the period were A$1,175/oz and AISC increased to A$1,196/oz (Guidance A$1,150/oz). This was primarily a result of slightly lower gold production, plus some increased costs associated with the SAG mill reline, when compared to the previous Quarter. Once again this Quarter, with additional high grade ore sources coming on-line, stock movement was a positive factor for the overall AISC.

Production for the June 2016 Quarter is expected to be between 28,000 and 32,000 ounces. The midpoint of forecast production (30,000oz) is expected to be delivered at an AISC of A$1,175/oz. Harder fresh ore from the Kathleen Valley gold mine is projected to restrict mill throughput to levels similar to the March 2016 Quarter, with throughput of 388,000 ore tonnes forecast. However a further increase in mill head grade to 2.6g/t is expected and will more than compensate when it comes to ounces produced.

Late in the June 2016 Quarter, it is planned that the Titan pit cut-back (refer to the Galaxy Mine Area in Figure 2) will be commenced to ensure overlap with the Perseverance open pit which is currently due to be completed in the September 2016 Quarter. The Titan pit has a waste pre-strip that will cost approximately A$1M in the June 2016 Quarter.

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Milled Tonnes & Head Grade
700,000 2.75
2.50
Vivien
600,000
2.25
500,000 WQS pit Percy pit 2.00
Saturn & Kathleen Valley
1.75
Mars pits
400,000
1.50
1.25
300,000
1.00
200,000 0.75
0.50
100,000
0.25
0 0.00
Milled Tonnes (LHS) Head Grade (RHS)
Milled Tonnes (t)
Head Grade (g/t)
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Figure 4: Mt Magnet Quarterly Milled Tonnes & Head Grade

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Gold Production & Costs Vivien in
production
ramp-up
30,000 2,000
SAG mill
27,500
repairs Ball mill 1,800
25,000 motor fail
1,600
22,500
1,400
20,000
1,200
17,500
15,000 1,000
12,500 800
10,000
600
7,500
400
5,000
200
2,500
- -
Fine Gold Production (LHS) C1 - Cash Cost (RHS) AISC (RHS)
Costs A$/oz
Gold Production (oz)
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Figure 5: Mt Magnet Quarterly Production & Costs

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Kathleen Valley Gold Mine (WA)

At Kathleen Valley, open pit operations continued smoothly to plan with the Yellow Aster North (YAN) open pit commenced during the Quarter, joining the well advanced Mossbecker and Yellow Aster Deeps (YAD) open pits (refer Figure 6). The Nil Desperandum pit will be commenced in April 2016 with an expected prestrip cost of approximately A$1.5M.

Ore production jumped significantly for the Quarter as strip ratios in the Mossbecker and YAD pits dropped substantially. Claimed ore mined totalled 132,060 tonnes @ 4.63 g/t for 19,668 ounces. At YAN, the majority of pre-stripping was completed using the 100t mining fleet and the first ore blocks were mined. Total material movement for the Quarter was 519,356 BCM.

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Figure 6: Yellow Aster Deeps ore block

Ore haulage continued throughout the quarter and Kathleen Valley attributed mill production was 96,198 tonnes @ 5.12 g/t for 15,407 recovered ounces. Milled grade continues to reconcile above claimed mine grade. End of Quarter ore stockpiled at the mine site is estimated to be 51,265 tonnes @ 4.23 g/t for 6,979 ounces.

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Vivien Gold Mine (WA)

Vivien saw the first substantial ore production occur with the advance of ore drives on the 360mRL and 340mRL. Overall development advance continued strongly with a decline advance of 250.5 metres and total development of 816.4 metres.

Claimed ore mined was 9,122 tonnes @ 6.72 g/t for 1,972 oz. Ore haulage to Mt Magnet commenced in February 2016 and attributed mill production was 7,571 tonnes @ 7.46 g/t for 1,779 recovered ounces.

A number of final infrastructure items were also completed in the Quarter and included completion of the top portion of the surface escapeway.

Widths and appearance of the lode can vary significantly and to date much of the 340mRL drive has been dominated by massive sulphides. However, the dip and strike shape continuity has been encouraging and a significant high-grade core lens has been encountered on both the 360 and 340 levels. Numerous wide, high-grade faces occur in the centre of these lenses (refer example below in Figure 7).

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Figure 7: Vivien lode (largely massive sulphides) on 340N level with sample grades (Au ppm)

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Figure 8: Vivien development progress (grey) - oblique view to east

PRODUCTION TARGETS

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Figure 9: FY2016 Group Production Profile

Gold production is expected to increase through FY2016 as shown in Figure 9, due to an increasing mill head grade brought about by deliveries of Kathleen Valley and then Vivien high grade ore, plus improving ore grades from Mt Magnet’s Percy pit.

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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Blackmans Gold Project (WA)

Blackmans is located 30km north of Mt Magnet, relatively close to the Company’s Checker processing facility on the outskirts of Mt Magnet (refer Figure 1).

Gold mineralisation at Blackmans extends over at least 350m strike and is associated with a number of sub-parallel, steeply west dipping quartz-sulphide lodes developed within high magnesium basalt host rocks. Lodes are generally 2-5m wide, from 10-20m below surface and vary between 60 and 300m in strike length. The lodes are overlain by transported laterite cover of 8-12m thickness, which contains a flat lying 2-5m thick, enriched gold zone near the base.

An Ore Reserve was released in December 2015 with a pit generating 244,000 tonnes @ 2.0 g/t for 16,000 ounces (refer ASX Release; ‘Company Update’, 16/12/2015). Activity for the Quarter consisted of further advancement of the Mining Proposal and Mine Closure process, plus engagement with the Mt Magnet Shire and Main Roads in respect of ore haulage approvals. All necessary statutory approvals are expected to be in place by the end of the June 2016 Quarter.

Water Tank Hill Project (WA)

The Water Tank Hill project lies 1.5km west of the town of Mt Magnet (refer Figure 2). The original deposit was located on a small hill, where the towns’ water storage tanks were previously sited. With the mining of the Water Tank Hill open pit, the hill was largely removed and the town water tanks relocated to a new site. The deposit is also located 300m west of the St George deposit which was mined by open pit and then underground methods between 2005 and 2007.

Gold mineralisation at the Water Tank Hill deposit occurs within a fold and fault thickened portion of the Banded Iron Formation host rocks (refer Figure 10).

Current Ore Reserves, released in September 2014, have a combined total for Water Tank Hill and St George of 335,000 tonnes @ 4.9 g/t for 53,000 ounces (refer ASX Release; ‘Resources and Reserves Statement’ 10/9/2015). Activity for the Quarter consisted of a preliminary assessment of the open pit and underground portal access ahead of commencement of the statutory approval processes.

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Figure 10: Water Tank Hill schematic view to north

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EXPLORATION SUMMARY

Ramelius currently has a suite of gold exploration projects at various stages of advancement, as shown on Figure 11.

Exploration during the Quarter focused on drilling at Mt Magnet (Milky Way) and at Coogee (WA). An aggregate of 9,356m from 63 Reverse Circulation (RC) holes and a single diamond hole (with 141.5m of core) were drilled at Milky Way during the Quarter as part of the Company’s accelerated exploration drilling campaign around its active mine sites, while a reconnaissance programme of aircore drilling (1,760m) was completed at Coogee.

Subsequent to the end of the Quarter Ramelius advised Clancy Exploration (ASX:CLY) of its intention to withdraw from the Condobolin Joint Venture project located in central NSW (see ASX Release CLY: Ramelius withdraws from the Condobolin Gold project in NSW dated 1 April 2016). Ramelius retains no equity in the Condobolin Project.

Ramelius also advised its private joint venture partner of its intention to withdraw from the Cavanaghs Nickel Joint Venture, located 10km west of Mount Magnet. Ramelius retains no equity in the project.

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Figure 11: Current Brownfields and Greenfields Exploration Projects location plan

Milky Way Gold Project (Mt Magnet, WA)

Ramelius completed an aggregate 4,457m of infill resource development RC drilling below the Milky Way pit (GXRC0400 series) and 5,040m in step out deeper exploration drilling (GXRC1300 series and one diamond drill hole GXDD0046 for 201.5m) throughout the broader Boogardie Basin (refer Figure 12), south of the Galaxy mine area, during the Quarter. See ASX Release: Milky Way Exploration Update – Mt Magnet, WA dated 4 April 2016 for details.

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MILKY WAY – INFILL DRILLING

Significant resource development infill drilling intersections (using 0.5 g/t Au lower cut-off) include:

  • 19m at 9.05 g/t Au from 104m in GXRC0452, incl. 2m at 66.88 g/t Au

  • 6m at 7.05 g/t Au from 3m in GXRC0456, incl. 2m at 15.85 g/t Au

  • 17m at 7.75 g/t Au from 60m in GXRC0457, incl. 5m at 20.81 g/t Au

  • 15m at 12.62 g/t Au from 39m in GXRC0459, incl. 2m at 87.32 g/t Au

  • 15m at 6.90 g/t Au from 102m in GXRC0466, incl. 2m at 24.28 g/t Au

  • 12m at 4.66 g/t Au from 126m in GXRC0467, incl. 4m at 11.58 g/t Au

  • 16m at 3.85 g/t Au from 131m in GXRC0473, incl. 1m at 39.60 g/t Au

  • 15m at 3.60 g/t Au from 163m in GXRC0476, incl. 1m at 36.60 g/t Au

BOOGARDIE BASIN – STEP-OUT DRILLING

Significant step-out exploration drilling intersections (using 0.10 g/t Au lower cut-off) targeting broad mineralised porphyry intervals below the resource development drilling and elsewhere throughout the larger Boogardie Basin include:

  • 67m at 1.04 g/t Au from 126m in GXRC1347, incl. 32m at 1.62 g/t Au

  • � 74m at 0.82 g/t Au from 55m in GXRC1350, incl. 5m at 5.14 g/t Au � 48m at 1.03 g/t Au from 101m in GXRC1351, incl. 20m at 1.80 g/t Au

  • 42m at 1.36 g/t Au from 46m in GXRC1363, incl. 7m at 7.36 g/t Au

  • 18m at 2.65 g/t Au from 54m in GXRC1364, incl. 1m at 45.30 g/t Au

  • 19m at 4.50 g/t Au from 65m in GXRC1373, incl. 1m at 18.95 g/t Au

As previously reported the high grade gold mineralisation at Milky Way is associated with an anastomosing shear zone (Milky Way Fault) passing on or near the eastern contact of the 50m wide (estimated true width) felsic porphyry unit (Milky Way Porphyry) and subsidiary hangingwall felsic lenses (refer Figures 13 and 14).

The infill resource development drilling confirms significant stockwork gold mineralisation is associated with the altered felsic porphyry host rock at Milky Way. The prospective Milky Way Porphyry is characterised as a sericite-silica-pyrite altered fine grained felsic unit intruded into the basal ultramafic flow sequences that dominate the larger Boogardie Basin at Mt Magnet. The mineralised intersections returned to date are highly encouraging as they continue to demonstrate potential for a larger tonnage mineralised porphyry within the broader Mt Magnet gold camp.

The Company is now working towards a maiden Mineral Resource estimate for Milky Way expected to be completed in the first half of the June 2016 Quarter.

The Company also intends during the June 2016 Quarter to follow-up highly encouraging reconnaissance drill intersections reported away from the Milky Way Porphyry (refer Figure 15). Drilling will target high grade intersections including 7m at 7.36 g/t Au from 47m in GXRC1363 at Brown Cow (refer Figure 16), 19m at 4.50 g/t Au from 65m in GXRC1373 located west of the old Stellar pit and 5m at 4.89 g/t Au from 140m in GXRC1369, located south of the old Franks Tower pit.

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Figure 12: Location of the Milky Way Project relative to Checker Processing Plant

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Figure 13: Milky Way pit, plan view showing traces of the Company’s March 2016 Quarter drilling

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Figure 14: Longitudinal section (looking northwest) along the Milky Way Fault through the Milky Way Porphyry

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Figure 15: Imaged gold ppm from shallow historical drilling 30mbs, highlighting June 2016 Qtr targets beyond Milky Way

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Figure 16: East-west cross section through Brown Cow & the Milky Way pit, highlighting untested potential between

Coogee Project (WA)

A reconnaissance programme of 69 vertical aircore holes (COAC0136 – 204) was drilled for an aggregate of 1,760m over the Coogee Beach prospect area during the Quarter. Coogee Beach is located 2km southwest of Ramelius’ mined Coogee pit on Lake Lefroy in Western Australia (refer Figure 17).

The drilling intersected a sequence of variably altered intermediate volcaniclastics interbedded with rhyolite porphyries below 19m of Tertiary lake sediment cover. Better drill results include 1m at 1.38 g/t Au from 27m to end of hole, 3m at 1.07 g/t Au and 2m at 0.74 g/t Au. Anomalous assay data (>0.1 g/t Au) is compiled in Attachment 1.

Deeper RC drilling will test below the anomalous intersections once a suitable lake rig becomes available.

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Figure 17: Coogee Beach Aircore anomaly draped over a 1VD-RTP aeromagnetic image. Coogee Beach is located 2km west of the mined Coogee Pit, on Lake Lefroy east of Kambalda in WA.

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Tanami Joint Venture (NT) – Ramelius 85%

Sacred Site Clearances were completed by the Central Land Council over the Company’s key Highland Rocks tenements during March 2016 (refer Figure 18), ahead of reconnaissance field work scheduled to commence in the June 2016 Quarter.

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Figure 18: Granted Officer Hills South & Highland Rocks ELs south of Newmont’s Callie Gold Mine (NT)

CORPORATE & FINANCE

During the Quarter, Mr Duncan Coutts was appointed as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective from the 12 February 2016. Mr Coutts is a Mining Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in both open pit and underground mining in Western Australia, including 6 years with Harmony Gold Australia and 2 years with Metals X Limited.

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Gold sales for the March 2016 Quarter were A$39.9M at an average price of A$1,586/oz.

At 31 March 2016, the Company had A$30.3M of cash (including sold bullion awaiting settlement) and A$7.5M of gold bullion on hand for a total of A$37.8M. This represents a A$2.1M decrease from the December 2015 Quarter (A$39.9M) after A$8.4M of expenditure on capital development at Vivien (A$4.3M), Kathleen Valley – Yellow Aster pit pre-strip (A$2.5M) and greenfields exploration (A$1.6M).

The A$10M financing facility secured with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in June 2015 remains undrawn.

Ramelius forward sold an additional 60,000 ounces of gold at a price of A$1,600 per ounce in the Quarter.

At 31 March 2016, the forward gold sales program put in place in conjunction with the finance facility plus the additional ounces requires Ramelius to deliver a further 112,677 ounces of gold at an average price of A$1,586/oz over the period to December 2017.

Additional forward gold sales totaling 7,950 ounces at an average price of A$1,712/oz have also been taken out with deliveries out to the end of November 2016.

The Company has no debt.

For further information contact:

Mark Zeptner Duncan Gordon Managing Director Executive Director Ramelius Resources Limited Adelaide Equity Partners Ph: (08) 9202 1127 Ph: (08) 8232 8800

This report contains forward looking statements. The forward looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions, forecasts and projections and the industry in which it operates as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. The forward looking statements relate to future matters and are subject to various inherent risks and uncertainties. Many known and unknown factors could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the estimated or anticipated events or results expressed or implied by any forward looking statements. Such factors include, among others, changes in market conditions, future prices of gold and exchange rate movements, the actual results of production, development and/or exploration activities, variations in grade or recovery rates, plant and/or equipment failure and the possibility of cost overruns. Neither Ramelius, its related bodies corporate nor any of their directors, officers, employees, agents or contractors makes any representation or warranty (either express or implied) as to the accuracy, correctness, completeness, adequacy, reliability or likelihood of fulfilment of any forward looking statement, or any events or results expressed or implied in any forward looking statement, except to the extent required by law.

COMPETENT PERSONS

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Kevin Seymour (Exploration Results), Rob Hutchison (Mineral Resources) and Mark Zeptner (Ore Reserves), who are Competent Persons and Members of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Kevin Seymour, Rob Hutchison and Mark Zeptner are full-time employees of the company. Kevin Seymour, Rob Hutchison and Mark Zeptner have 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”. Kevin Seymour, Rob Hutchison and Mark Zeptner consent to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Attachment 1: Anomalous (>0.1 g/t Au) Aircore drilling data from Coogee Beach - Kambalda, WA

Hole Id Easting Northing Az/Dip RL F/Depth
(m)
From (m) To (m) Interval
(m)
g/t Au
COAC0137 391500 6554800 Vert. 400 48 47 48 EOH 1 0.27
COAC0145 391400 6554200 Vert. 400 30 28 29 1 0.69
COAC0147 391700 6554200 Vert. 400 28
Incl.
22
27
28 EOH
28 EOH
6
1
0.30
1.38
COAC0188 391500 6554000 Vert. 400 28
Incl.
22
22
28 EOH
24
6
2
0.27
0.74
COAC0192 391800 6554200 Vert. 400 39
Incl.
32
32
39
35
7
3
0.50
1.07

Reported significant gold assay intersections (using a 0.1 g/t Au lower cut) are reported using 1m downhole intervals at plus 0.1 g/t gold, with up to 2m of internal dilution. Gold determination was by Fire Assay using a 50gm charge with AAS finishes and a lower limit of detection of 1 ppb Au. NSR denotes no significant results. True widths remain unknown until deeper RC can be completed. Vert. denotes vertical drill holes. Coordinates are MGA94-Z51.

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JORC Table 1 Report for Coogee Beach Aircore Drilling

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling • Nature and quality of sampling (eg • Potential gold mineralised intervals are
techniques cut channels, random chips, or systematically sampled using industry standard
specific specialised industry standard 1m intervals, collected from Aircore (AC) drill
measurement tools appropriate to the
holes.
minerals under investigation, such as • Drill hole locations were designed to allow for
down hole gamma sondes, or spatial spread across the interpreted
handheld XRF instruments, etc). These
mineralised zone. All AC samples were
examples should not be taken as collected sampled on 1m metre intervals.
limiting the broad meaning of • Low level gold (1 ppb Au detection) was
sampling. employed using a 50gm charge with an AAS
• Include reference to measures taken finish. Trace element determination was
to ensure sample representivity and undertaken using a multi (4) acid digest and ICP-
the appropriate calibration of any AES finish on the bottom of hole sample only.
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 ofdetailed information.
Drilling • Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation,
• Drilling was completed using best practice 3 ½ ”
techniques open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, blade refusal AC drilling bits. AC hammer was
auger, Bangka, sonic, etc) and details not employed.
(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).
Drill sample • Method of recording and assessing • Bulk AC drill holes samples were visually
recovery core and chip sample recoveries and inspected by the supervising geologist to ensure
results assessed. adequate clean sample recoveries were
• Measures taken to maximise sample achieved. Any wet, contaminated or poor
recovery and ensure representative sample returns are flagged and recorded in the
nature ofthe samples. database to ensure no samplingbias is
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
• Whether a relationship exists introduced.
between sample recovery and grade • Zones of poor sample return in AC drill holes
and whether sample bias may have are recorded in the database and cross checked
occurred due to preferential loss/gain once assay results are received from the
of fine/coarse material. laboratory to ensure no misrepresentation of
sampling intervals has occurred. Of note,
reasonable AC drill recovery is reported from all
AC holes.
Logging • Whether core and chip samples have • All drill samples are geologically logged on site
been geologically and geotechnically by professional geologists. Details on the host
logged to a level of detail to support lithologies, deformation, dominant minerals
appropriate Mineral Resource including sulphide species and alteration
estimation, mining studies and minerals plus veining are recorded relationally
metallurgical studies. (separately) so the logging is interactive and not
• Whether logging is qualitative or biased to lithology.
quantitative in nature. Core (or • Drill hole logging is qualitative on visual
costean, channel, etc) photography. recordings of rock forming minerals and
• The total length and percentage of quantitative on estimates of mineral
the relevant intersections logged. abundance.
• The entire length of each drill hole is
geologicallylogged.
Sub-sampling
• If core, whether cut or sawn and
• Duplicate samples are collected every 25th
techniques whether quarter, half or all core sample from the AC chips.
and sample taken. • Dry AC 1m samples are scooped sampled and
preparation • If non-core, whether riffled, tube dispatched to the laboratory. Any wet samples
sampled, rotary split, etc and whether
are recorded in the database as such and
sampled wet or dry. allowed to dry before splitting and dispatching
• For all sample types, the nature, to the laboratory.
quality and appropriateness of the • All samples are pulverized prior to splitting in
sample preparation technique. the laboratory to ensure homogenous samples
• Quality control procedures adopted with 85% passing 75um. 200gm is extracted by
for all sub-sampling stages to spatula that is used for the 50gm charge on fire
maximise representivity of samples. assays.
• Measures taken to ensure that the • All samples submitted to the laboratory are
sampling is representative of the in sorted and reconciled against the submission
situ material collected, including for documents. In addition to duplicates a high
instance results for field grade or low grade standard is included every
duplicate/second-half sampling. 25thsample, a controlled blank is inserted every
• Whether sample sizes are appropriate
100thsample. The laboratory uses barren
to the grain size of the material being flushes to clean their pulveriser and their own
sampled. internal standards and duplicates to ensure
industry best practice quality control is
maintained.
• The sample size is considered appropriate for
the type, style, thickness and consistency of
mineralization.
Quality of • The nature, quality and • The fire assay method is designed to measure
assay data appropriateness of the assaying and the total gold in the sample. The technique
and laboratory procedures used and involves standard fire assays using a 50gm
laboratory whether the technique is considered sample charge with a lead flux(decomposed in
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
tests partial or total. the furnace). The prill is totally digested by HCl
• For geophysical tools, spectrometers, and HNO3acids before measurement of the
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the gold determination by AAS.
parameters used in determining the • No field analyses of gold grades are completed.
analysis including instrument make Quantitative analysis of the gold content and
and model, reading times, trace elements is undertaken in a controlled
calibrations factors applied and their laboratory environment.
derivation, etc. • Industry best practice is employed with the
• Nature of quality control procedures inclusion of duplicates and standards as
adopted (eg standards, blanks, discussed above, and used by Ramelius as well
duplicates, external laboratory as the laboratory. All Ramelius standards and
checks) and whether acceptable levels
blanks are interrogated to ensure they lie within
of accuracy (ie lack of bias) and acceptable tolerances. Additionally, sample
precision have been established. size, grind size and field duplicates are
examined to ensure no bias to gold grades
exists.
Verification • The verification of significant • Alternative Ramelius personnel have inspected
of sampling intersections by either independent or
the AC chips and the diamond core in the field
and assaying alternative company personnel. to verify the correlation of mineralised zones
• The use of twinned holes. between assay results and lithology, alteration
• Documentation of primary data, data and mineralization.
entry procedures, data verification, • All holes are digitally logged in the field and all
data storage (physical and electronic) primary data is forwarded to Ramelius’
protocols. Database Administrator (DBA) in Perth where it
• Discuss any adjustment to assay data.
is imported into Datashed, a commercially
available and industry accepted database
software package. Assay data is electronically
merged when received from the laboratory.
The responsible project geologist reviews the
data in the database to ensure that it is correct
and has merged properly and that all the drill
data collected in the field has been captured
and entered into the database correctly.
• The responsible geologist makes the DBA aware
of any errors and/or omissions to the database
and the corrections (if required) are corrected
in the database immediately.
• No adjustments or calibrations are made to any
of the assay data recorded in the database.
• No new mineral resource estimate is included in
this report.
Location of • Accuracy and quality of surveys used • All drill hole collars are picked up using accurate
data points to locate drill holes (collar and down- DGPS survey control. No down hole surveys
hole surveys), trenches, mine were collected given they were only
workings and other locations used in reconnaissance vertical drill holes.
Mineral Resource estimation. • All Coogee holes are picked up in MGA94 –
• Specification of the grid system used. Zone 51 grid coordinates.
• Quality and adequacy of topographic • The surface RL (400mRL) is assumed given the
control. flat topographic surface.
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Data spacing • Data spacing for reporting of • Exploration drill holes were planned on nominal
and Exploration Results. 600m x 200m parting, closing down to 200m x
distribution • Whether the data spacing and 100m over areas of anomalism
distribution is sufficient to establish • Given the limited understanding of the target
the degree of geological and grade horizon this spacing was considered adequate
continuity appropriate for the Mineral
to help define the continuity of mineralisation,
Resource and Ore Reserve estimation ahead of further infill drilling.
procedure(s) and classifications • No sampling compositing has been applied
applied. within key mineralised intervals.
• Whether sample compositing has
been applied.
Orientation • Whether the orientation of sampling • The interpreted strike of the target horizon is
of data in achieves unbiased sampling of unknown at present but may align in a NE/SW
relation to possible structures and the extent to trend.
geological which this is known, considering the
structure 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.
Sample • The measures taken to ensure sample • Sample security is integral to Ramelius’
security security. sampling procedures. All bagged samples are
delivered directly from the field to the assay
laboratory in Perth, whereupon the laboratory
checks the physically received samples against
Ramelius’ sample submission/dispatch notes.
Audits or • The results of any audits or reviews of • Sampling techniques and procedures are
reviews sampling techniques and data. reviewed prior to the commencement of new
work programmes to ensure adequate
procedures are in place to maximize the sample
collection and sample quality on new projects.
No external audits have been completed to
date.
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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral • Type, reference name/number, • The results reported in this report are on
tenement and location and ownership including granted Exploration Licence (EL) 26/177
land tenure agreements or material issues with (Coogee Beach) owned 100% by Ramelius
status third parties such as joint ventures, Resources Limited. The tenement is located on
partnerships, overriding royalties, Lake Lefroy within pastoral/grazing leases.
native title interests, historical sites, Heritage surveys were completed prior to any
wilderness or national park and ground disturbing activities in accordance with
environmental settings. Ramelius’ responsibilities under the Aboriginal
• The security of the tenure held at the Heritage Act.
time of reporting along with any • At this time all the tenements are in good
known impediments to obtaining a standing. There are no known impediments to
licence to operate in the area. obtaininga licence to operate in the area.
Exploration • Acknowledgment and appraisal of • Exploration by other parties has been reviewed
done by other exploration by other parties. and is used as a guide to Ramelius’ exploration
parties activities. Previous parties have completed
limited shallow RAB, Aircore drilling. This
report concerns only exploration results
generated byRamelius.
Geology • Deposit type, geological setting and • The mineralisation at Coogee is typical of felsic
style of mineralisation. hosted orogenic structurally controlled
Archaean gold lode systems. The mineralisation
is controlled by anastomosing shear zones
passing through competent rock units, brittle
fracture and stockwork mineralization is
common in competent porphyry rocks. The
bedrock mineralisation may extends over 500m
strike(dipunknown).
Drill hole • A summary of all information • All the drill holes reported in this report have
Information material to the understanding of the the following parameters applied. Only drill
exploration results including a holes with assays greater than 0.1 g/t Au on or
tabulation of the following near the bottom of the holes are considered
information for all Material drill holes: significant as defined in the Attachment and are
o easting and northing of the drill reported in this announcement. No other gold
hole collar anomalies were detected by the AC drilling
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – • Easting and northing are given in MGA94
elevation above sea level in coordinates as defined in the Attachments.
metres) of the drill hole collar • RL is AHD
o dip and azimuth of the hole • Dip is the inclination of the hole from the
o down hole length and interception horizontal. Azimuth is reported in magnetic
depth degrees as the direction the hole is drilled.
o hole length. MGA94 and magnetic degrees vary by <10in the
• If the exclusion of this information is project area.
justified on the basis that the • Down hole length is the distance measured
information is not Material and this along the drill hole trace. Intersection length is
exclusion does not detract from the the thickness of an anomalous gold intersection
understanding of the report, the measured along the drill hole trace.
Competent Person should clearly • Hole length is the distance from the surface to
explain why this is the case. the end of the hole measured alongthe drill
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
hole trace.
• No results currently available from the
exploration drilling are excluded from this
report. Gold grade intersections >0.1 g/t Au
with up to 2m of internal dilution are
considered significant in the broader felsic host
rock.
Data • In reporting Exploration Results, • The first gold assay result received from each
aggregation weighting averaging techniques, sample reported by the laboratory is tabled in
methods maximum and/or minimum grade the list of significant assays. Subsequent repeat
truncations (eg cutting of high analyses when performed by the laboratory are
grades) and cut-off grades are usually
checked against the original to ensure
Material and should be stated. repeatability of the assay results.
• Where aggregate intercepts • Weighted average techniques are applied to
incorporate short lengths of high determine the grade of the anomalous interval
grade results and longer lengths of when geological intervals less than 1m have
low grade results, the procedure used been sampled.
for such aggregation should be stated
• Reconnaissance exploration drilling results are
and some typical examples of such generally reported using a 0.1 g/t Au lower cut-
aggregations should be shown in off (as described above and reported in the
detail. Attachments) and may include up to 2m of
• The assumptions used for any internal dilution. Significant resource
reporting of metal equivalent values development drill hole assays are reported
should be clearly stated. greater than 0.5 or 8.0 g/t Au and are also
reported separately. For example the broader
plus 1.0 g/t Au intersection of 6.5m @ 30.5 g/t
Au contains a higher grade zone running plus 8
g/t Au and is included as 4m @ 48.5 g/t Au.
Where extremely high gold intersections are
encountered as in this example, the highest
grade sample interval (eg 1.0m @ 150 g/t Au) is
also reported. All assay results are reported to
3 significant figures in line with the analytical
precision of the laboratory techniques
employed.
• No metal equivalent reporting is used or
applied.
Relationship • These relationships are particularly • The intersection length is measured down the
between important in the reporting of length of the hole and is not usually the true
mineralisation
Exploration Results.
width. When sufficient knowledge on the
widths and • If the geometry of the mineralisation thickness of the intersection is known an
intercept with respect to the drill hole angle is estimate of the true thickness is provided in the
lengths known, its nature should be reported. Attachment.
• If it is not known and only the down • The known geometry of the mineralisation with
hole lengths are reported, there respect to the drill holes reported in this report
should be a clear statement to this is now better constrained than from previous
effect (eg ‘down hole length, true drill hole intersections at Milky Way , ahead of
width not known’). pendingresource estimation work
Diagrams • Appropriate maps and sections (with • A drillhole plan of Coogee Beach has been
scales)and tabulations ofintercepts provided in this release to enable the reader to
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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
should be included for any significant read the intersections in context to the
discovery being reported These should
surrounding unmineralised drill holes.
include, but not be limited to a plan
view of drill hole collar locations and
appropriate sectional views.
Balanced • Where comprehensive reporting of all
• All drill holes completed to date are reported in
reporting Exploration Results is not practicable, this report and all material intersections as
representative reporting of both low defined) are reported.
and high grades and/or widths should
be practiced to avoid misleading
reportingofExploration Results.
Other • Other exploration data, if meaningful • No other exploration data that has been
substantive and material, should be reported collected is considered meaningful and material
exploration including (but not limited to): to this report.
data 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 contaminatingsubstances.
Further work • The nature and scale of planned • Future exploration includes deeper RC drilling
further work (eg tests for lateral below the reported intersections to better
extensions or depth extensions or define the extent of the mineralization
large-scale step-out drilling). identified to date.
• Diagrams clearly highlighting the
areas of possible extensions, including
the main geological interpretations
and future drilling areas, provided this
information is not commercially
sensitive.
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