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RAND MINING LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Jul 26, 2016

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Quarterly Report for June 2016

Highlights

ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

27 July 2016

Australian Securities Exchange Code: RND

  • During the quarter, 256,233 tonnes of EKJV ore were processed at the Kanowna Plant.

  • 28,398.340 oz of gold and 6,054.796 oz of silver were credited to Rand and Tribune Bullion Accounts.

(Rand’s share is 25%)

Board of Directors:

Mr Otakar Demis Chairman and Joint Company Secretary

Mr Anton Billis Managing Director

Mr Gordon Sklenka Non-Executive Director

Mr Roland Berzins Joint Company Secretary

  • At the end of the quarter;
EKJV STOCKPILES
ROM pad Ore Source Ore Grade Rand’s Entitlement
t g/t Au %
Raleigh Raleigh 9,200 9.62 12.50
Rubicon Rubicon&Hornet 23,822 4.97 12.25
Pegasus Pegasus 12.25
Kanowna Belle Raleigh 1,355 9.62 12.50
Kanowna Belle Rubicon & Hornet 39,064 6.52 12.25
KanownaBelle Pegasus 38,560 10.06 12.25

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Suite G1, 49 Melville Parade
South Perth WA 6151
T: +61 8 9474 2113
F: +61 8 9367 9386
E: [email protected]
W: www.randmining.com.au
ABN: 41 004 669 658
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GEOLOGY AND MINING

EAST KUNDANA JOINT VENTURE

Raleigh Underground Mine Production

Stope production from the 5864, 5847, 5761, 5705, 5654, 5631 and 5614 levels at Raleigh continued during the quarter.

Contained gold in stope development and stope ore mined during the quarter, estimated by grade control face chip sampling, is tabulated below:

RALEIGH UNDERGROUND GRADE CONTROL ESTIMATES
**Month ** Tonnes Grade Ounces
t g/t **troy oz **
April 13,325 7.16 3,067
May 16,099 6.99 3,617
June 13,257 9.32 3,971
June 16 Q **42,681 ** 7.8 10,655
March 16 Q 41,556 10.9 14,622

Rand’s Entitlements (12.5%)

June16 Q 5,335 7.8 **1,332 **
March 16 Q 5,195 10.9 1,828

Raleigh Underground Mine Development

At the end of the quarter, the bottom of the Raleigh Decline is at 5618 m RL, 727 m from the surface.

Development of the Skinners structure progressed on the 5949, 5932, 5915, 5898 and 5830 levels. Development associated with the extraction of the Crown Pillar continues on the 6212 level.

RALEIGH UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT
**Month ** **Capital ** Operating
Decline
(m)
Secondary
(m)
Waste
(m)
Ore
(m)
Paste Fill
(m)
April 0.0 0.0 8.8 155.4 21.0
May 0.0 0.0 11.6 218.5 12.0
June 0.0 0.0 40.7 181.7 13.0
June 16 Q 0.0 0.0 61.1 555.6 46.0
March 16 Q 0.0 0.0 99.6 377.3 84.6

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The diagrams below show the status of the mine at the end of each month of the quarter.

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April 16 Green indicates new development at Raleigh
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May 16 Green indicates new development at Raleigh
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June 16 Green indicates new development at Raleigh

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Mine operating costs, incurred by the EKJV during the June 2016 Quarter were $97 per tonne mined or $388 per ounce mined compared with the March 2016 Quarter costs of $122 and $348 respectively.

Rubicon Underground Mine Production

Development progressed on the 5995, 5975, 5955 and 5935 levels at Rubicon, on the 5845, 5825, 5805 and 5785 levels at Hornet and the 6210, 6190, 6050, 6030, 6010, 5990 and 5970 levels at Pegasus. Stope production from the Rubicon 5975 level, the Hornet 5925, 5905, 5885 and 5865 levels and the Pegasus 6170, 6150, 6130, 6110, 6090, 6050 and 6030 levels continued during the quarter.

Contained gold in stope development mined during the quarter, estimated by grade control face chip sampling, is tabulated below:

UNDERGROUNDGRADECONTROL ESTIMATES
ORE BODY RUBICON & HORNET PEGASUS
**Month ** Tonnes Grade Ounces Tonnes Grade Ounces
t g/t **troy oz ** t g/t **troy oz **
April 34,344 6.72 7,417 30,943 10.82 10,768
May 41,775 4.79 6,430 41,106 8.80 11,624
June 38,631 6.29 7,812 40,829 9.70 12,738
June 16 Q 114,750 5.9 21,659 112,878 9.7 35,130
March 16 Q 110,337 7.4 26,399 86,054 8.4 23,413
Rand’s Entitlements (12.25%)
June 16 Q 14,057 5.9 2,653 13,828 9.7 4,303
March 16 Q 13,516 7.4 3,234
10,542
8.4 2,868

Rubicon Underground Mine Development

During the quarter, decline development at Rubicon, Hornet and Pegasus continued. At the end of the quarter, the bottom of the Rubicon Decline is at 5912 m RL, 431 m from the surface, the bottom of the Hornet Decline is at 5768 m RL, 575 m from the surface, the top of the Pegasus Incline is at 6236 m RL, 107 m from the surface and the bottom of the Pegasus Decline is at 5937 m RL, 406 m from the surface.

UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT
ORE BODY RUBICON & HORNET PEGASUS
Month Capital Operating Capital Operating
Decline Other Waste Ore Paste Decline Other Waste Ore Paste
(m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (m)
April 73.7 147.2 0.0 359.6 24.0 86.7 160.2 0.0 193.7 12.0
May 35.3 240.3 0.0 363.7 36.0 153.8 127.9 0.0 375.7 24.0
June 73.1 242.1 0.0 373.0 24.0 153.5 110.7 0.0 282.8 12.0
June 16 Q 182.1 629.6 0.0 1,096 84.0 394.0 398.8 0.0 852.2 48.0
March 16 Q 306.3 295.0 0.0 1,051 82.0 258.5 285.8 0.0 804.6 45.0

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The diagrams below show the status of the mine at the end of each month of the quarter.

April 16 Green indicates new development at Rubicon, Hornet and Pegasus

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May 16 Green indicates new development at Rubicon, Hornet and Pegasus

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June 16 Green indicates new development at Rubicon, Hornet and Pegasus

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Mine operating costs, for Rubicon & Hornet, incurred by the EKJV during June 2016 Quarter were $104 per tonne mined or $549 per ounce mined compared with the March 2016 Quarter costs of $105 and $441 respectively.

Mine operating costs, for Pegasus, incurred by the EKJV during June 2016 Quarter were $97 per tonne mined or $311 per ounce mined compared with the March 2016 costs of $106 and $389 respectively.

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Toll Processing

**EKJV Ore ** hauled to Kanowna Belle (tonnes‐wet) hauled to Kanowna Belle (tonnes‐wet) hauled to Kanowna Belle (tonnes‐wet)
**Quarter ** **Raleigh ** **Rubicon ** Pegasus
June 16 51,900 101,989 94,866
March 16 43,199 105,126 66,797

During the quarter, 256,233 tonnes of EKJV ore were processed.

Bullion accredited to RANDand TRIBUNE Bullion accredited to RANDand TRIBUNE Bullion accredited to RANDand TRIBUNE from Kanowna Belle
**Quarter ** **Gold (oz) ** Silver (oz) Rand’s share gold
June 16 28,398.340 6,054.796 **7,099.584 **
March 16 28,484.833 5,395.148 7,121.208

EKJV Exploration

Resource and exploration drilling at Hornet, Pegasus and Raleigh South continued to generate strong high‐grade results during the quarter.

Significant drilling results revealing a continuous 2km‐long ore body at Kundana, were released to the ASX on 7 April 2016 and the June Quarterly EKJV Exploration Report was released to the ASX on 20 July 2016.

OTHER EXPLORATION

Seven Mile Hill Joint Venture (Rand’s Interest 50%)

The current drilling programme has been completed. No material results have been received. A new drilling programme is being planned.

Tapeta Iron Ore Project, Liberia, West Africa

Drilling has recommenced. Any material results will be announced when assays become available.

A detailed report reviewing all drill results is expected shortly and will be released to ASX when received.

CORPORATE

Securities on issue

No securities were cancelled under the Company’s current Share Buy – Back plan during the quarter ended 30 June 2016.

The number of securities on issue as at 30 June 2016 is 60,148,475.

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INTERESTS IN MINING TENEMENTS

Project/Tenements Location Held at end of
quarter
Acquired
during the
**quarter **
Disposed during the
quarter
Kundana WA, Australia
M15/1413
M15/993
M16/181
M16/182
M16/308
M16/309
M16/325
M16/326
M16/421
M16/428
M24/924
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
12.25%
Seven Mile Hill
M15/1233
M15/1234
M15/1291
M15/1388
M15/1394
M15/1409
M15/1743
M26/563
P15/5182
P15/5183
P15/5184
P26/3617
WA, Australia 50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
Surrendered 30 May
2016
Tapeta Iron Ore Project
(currently under option to
acquire issued capital of
Iron Resources Ltd, the
owner of the project)
Liberia, West
Africa
100% (under
option)

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Appendix 5B Mining exploration entity quarterly report

Rule 5.3

Appendix 5B

Mining exploration entity quarterly report

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 8. Amended 1/7/97, 1/7/98, 30/9/2001, 01/06/10.

Name of entity Quarter ended (“current quarter”)
30 June 2016
Quarter ended (“current quarter”)
30 June 2016
Rand Mining Ltd
ABN
41 004 669 658
Consolidated statement of cash flows
30 June 2016
Cash flows related to operating activities
1.1
Receipts from product sales and related debtors
1.2
Payments for
(a) exploration & evaluation
(b) development
(c) production
(d) administration
1.3
Dividends received
1.4
Interest and other items of a similar nature
received
1.5
Interest and other costs of finance paid
1.6
Income taxes paid
1.7
Other (provide details if material)
Net Operating Cash Flows
Current quarter
$A’000
Year to date
(12 months)
$A’000
10,143
(352)
(1,102)
(4,981)
(526)


5
(7)
(1,390)
32,090
(2,051)
(3,830)
(18,273)
(1,004)

24
(19)
(2,928)
1,790 4,009
Cash flows related to investing activities
1.8
Payment for purchases of: (a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.9
Proceeds from sale of:
(a) prospects
(b) equity investments
(c) other fixed assets
1.10
Loans to other entities
1.11
Loans repaid to other entities
1.12
Loans repaid by other entities
Net investing cash flows
1.13
Total operating and investing cash flows (carried
forward)

(199)
(534)






(199)
(2,232)





(733) (2,431)
1,057 1,578
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 5B
Mining exploration entity quarterly report
1.13
Total operating and investing cash flows (brought
forward)
1,057 1,578
Cash flows related to financing activities
1.14
Proceeds from issues of shares, options, etc.
1.15
Proceeds from sale of forfeited shares
1.16
Proceeds from borrowings
1.17
Repayment of borrowings
1.18
Dividends paid
1.19
Other – Share buy‐back
Net financing cash flows



(87)




(239)

(87) (239)
Net increase (decrease) in cash held
1.20
Cash at beginning of quarter/year to date
1.21
Exchange rate adjustments to item 1.20
1.22
Cash at end ofquarter
970
2,781
1,339
2,412
3,751 3,751

Payments to directors of the entity and associates of the directors Payments to related entities of the entity and associates of the related entities

1.23
1.24
Aggregate amount of payments to the parties included in item 1.2
Aggregate amount of loans to the parties included in item 1.10
Current quarter
$A'000
(49)
1.25 Explanation necessaryfor an understandingof the transactions
(1) Directors fees and superannuation (included in administration 1.2(d)) (35)
(2) Royalty payment (included in production 1.2(c)) (3)
(3) Rent payment (included in administration 1.2(d)) (11)
(4) Purchase of 31,615 shares in Tribune Resources Ltd (included in purchases of equity
investments 1.8) (199)

Non‐cash financing and investing activities

  • 2.1 Details of financing and investing transactions which have had a material effect on consolidated assets and liabilities but did not involve cash flows

Not applicable

  • 2.2 Details of outlays made by other entities to establish or increase their share in projects in which the reporting entity has an interest

Not applicable

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Financing facilities available

Add notes as necessary for an understanding of the position.

3.1
Loan facilities
3.2
Credit standby arrangements
Amount available
$A’000


Amount used
$A’000


Estimated cash outflows for next quarter

Estimated cash outflows for next quarter
4.1
Exploration and evaluation
4.2
Development
4.3
Production
4.4
Administration
$A’000
500
1,200
4,000
500
Total 6,200

Reconciliation of cash

Reconciliation of cash
Reconciliation of cash at the end of the quarter (as Current quarter Previous quarter
shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows) to $A’000 $A’000
the related items in the accounts is as follows.
5.1
Cash on hand and at bank
3,751 2,781
5.2
Deposits at call
5.3
Bank overdraft
5.4
Other (provide details)
Total: cash at end of quarter(item 1.22) 3,751 2,781
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Changes in interests in mining tenements

6.1
Interests in mining
tenements relinquished,
reduced or lapsed
6.2
Interests in mining
tenements acquired or
increased
Tenement
reference
Nature of interest
(note (2))
Interest at
beginning
ofquarter
Interest at
end of
quarter
P26/3617 Joint Venture 50% Nil

Issued and quoted securities at end of current quarter

Description includes rate of interest and any redemption or conversion rights together with prices and dates.

Total number Number quoted Issue price per
security (see note
3) (cents)
Amount paid up per
security (see note 3)
(cents)
7.1
Preference
+securities
(description)
7.2
Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy‐
backs,
redemptions
7.3
+Ordinary
securities
7.4
Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through returns
of capital, buy‐
backs
60,148,475 60,148,475
7.5
+Convertible
debt securities
(description)
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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7.6
Changes during
quarter
(a) Increases
through issues
(b) Decreases
through
securities
matured,
converted
7.7
Options
(description and
conversion
factor)
7.8
Issued during
quarter
7.9
Exercised during
quarter
7.10
Expired during
quarter
7.11
Debentures
(totals only)
7.12
Unsecured
notes(totals
only)

Compliance statement

  • 1 This statement has been prepared under accounting policies which comply with accounting standards as defined in the Corporations Act or other standards acceptable to ASX (see note 4).

  • 2 This statement does give a true and fair view of the matters disclosed.

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Sign here: ............................................................ Date: 27 July 2016 (Director) Print name: Anthony Billis

Notes

  • 1 The quarterly report provides a basis for informing the market how the entity’s activities have been financed for the past quarter and the effect on its cash position. An entity wanting to disclose additional information is encouraged to do so, in a note or notes attached to this report.

  • 2 The “Nature of interest” (items 6.1 and 6.2) includes options in respect of interests in mining tenements acquired, exercised or lapsed during the reporting period. If the

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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entity is involved in a joint venture agreement and there are conditions precedent which will change its percentage interest in a mining tenement, it should disclose the change of percentage interest and conditions precedent in the list required for items 6.1 and 6.2.

  • 3 Issued and quoted securities The issue price and amount paid up is not required in items 7.1 and 7.3 for fully paid securities .

  • 4 The definitions in, and provisions of, AASB 1022: Accounting for Extractive Industries and AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows apply to this report.

  • 5 Accounting Standards ASX will accept, for example, the use of International Accounting Standards for foreign entities. If the standards used do not address a topic, the Australian standard on that topic (if any) must be complied with.

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  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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