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RAREX LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2024

Jun 10, 2024

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ASX Release 11 June 2024

Historical data review delivers exciting targets at Khaleesi Niobium Project, with land package expanded

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Highlights

  • Interpretation of extensive, detailed historical geophysical data from the recently acquired Khaleesi Niobium Project has delivered exciting target areas including multiple gravity anomalies .

  • More than 65,000 metres of gold-focused historical air core drilling data over the Project is being compiled into a database for interrogation:

  • Few historical holes were assayed for niobium or rare earths mineralisation

  • Those with data show significant enrichment of niobium up to 1,000ppm[1]

  • A portion of the historical gold-focused air core drill chips and pulps have been located and will be sent for re-assay .

  • RareX has acquired an additional 336 square kilometres of potential alkaline complexes to expand its landholding in this highly prospective region .

  • Exploration heritage agreement negotiations with the Upurli Upurli Nguratja Aboriginal Corporation (UUNAC), though their representatives, the Central Desert Native Title Services (CDNTS), have commenced.

RareX Limited (ASX: REE – RareX or the Company ) is pleased to advise that analysis of high-quality historical exploration data from its recently acquired district-scale Khaleesi Niobium-Rare Earths Project in the East Yilgarn region of Western Australia has delivered positive early results, highlighting several exciting anomalies and confirming strong potential for niobium mineralisation.

Based on the strength of these early results, the Company has acquired an additional 336km[2] land package by direct pegging to further expand its landholding in this highly prospective region.

The Khaleesi Project provides an outstanding exploration opportunity for RareX, complementing the Company’s engineering-stage, 100%-owned Cummins Range Rare Earths & Phosphate Project which is progressing through offtake and approvals.

RareX CEO, James Durrant, said: Our growing understanding of the geology and geophysics at the Khaleesi Project continues to support our growing excitement for this region, which has now seen the Company move to expand its exploration footprint. Drill targets are emerging and we are looking forward to re-assay some of the historical gold-focused drilling for niobium and rare earths mineralisation. We have also begun working with Central Desert Native Title Services, as the native title service provider for the Upurli Upurli Nguratja Aboriginal Corporation, and look forward to securing an agreement to manage native title heritage over the Khaleesi Project area.”

1 ASX Announcement 23 May 2024: RareX acquires district-scale niobium project in the East Yilgarn, WA

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Figure 1. Khaleesi Project location map showing significant Eastern Yilgarn Paleoproterozoic Alkaline Magmatism. The northern most tenement at Khaleesi Project E39/2504, is RareX’s recent 336km[2] land acquisition.

Target Generation

Compilation of AngloGold Ashanti and IGO magnetics and gravity data has been completed and several areas have been identified for targeted exploration. The entirety of the Khaleesi Alkaline Intrusion Complex (KAIC) has had aerial magnetics flown at 100m spacing, with the southern two-thirds of the KAIC also having ground gravity at 400m x 400m spacing. These two detailed surveys (shown in Figures 2 and 3) provide incredible detail over the KAIC before RareX has even put feet on the ground, and is the result of several millions of dollars of Tier-1 exploration company groundwork.

The gravity data has provided additional support for the circular geometry of the complex, with the bulk of the central area of the KAIC being a gravity low and the edges of the KAIC increasing in density. Figure 3 shows several gravity highs (red to white) at variable localities across the KAIC. These anomalies range in size from

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1km to 4km and are positioned in a variety of geological settings across the complex, including anomalies on the edges of sub-intrusions, on outer ring structures and proximal to large faults and shear zones. Some of the gravity highs are coincident magnetic highs, however a majority of the gravity highs are in magnetic low areas similar to WA1 Resources’ world-class Luni niobium deposit in the West Arunta region.

RareX is compiling data from over 65,000m of historical gold-focused air core drilling on the tenement package. Most of these drilled metres were only assayed for gold-related elements. In recent weeks, RareX has located a portion of the drill chips and pulps from the project area which will be assessed and will likely be re-assayed for target elements.

On completion, the drill database, geological and geochemical data can be added to the geophysical surveys and a geological model can be formed to prioritise exploration areas. Initial priority areas will be in the granted tenement E39/2409 and an update on this area will be provided in coming weeks.

Based on the region’s strong prospectivity, RareX has acquired an additional 336 square kilometres in tenement E39/2504, adjoining the Khaleesi Project to the north (Figure 1). This tenement captures additional areas that are likely alkaline intrusion complexes and may have potential for niobium-rare earth mineralising systems.

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Figure 2. Total Magnetic Image of Khaleesi Alkaline Intrusive Complex. Colouring is rainbow style, white and red areas are gravity highs and purple areas are gravity lows. Aerial Magnetic survey over the entire project is at a 100m line spacing. Initial exploration targets are shown in pink dashed circles.

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Figure 3. Gravity Image of Khaleesi Alkaline Intrusive Complex. Colouring is rainbow style. White and red areas are gravity highs and purple areas are gravity lows. Areas shown in high definition are 400m x 400m ground gravity grid. The blurred areas are 500m (EW) x 2000m (NS) or 2.5km x 2.5km grid. Initial exploration targets are shown in pink dashed circles.

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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of the Company.

Competent Person’s Statement

The information in this report that related to Exploration Results is based on, and fairly reflects, information reviewed and compiled by Mr Guy Moulang. Mr Guy Moulang is a full-time employee of RareX Limited and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code). Mr Guy Moulang consents to the disclosure of the information in this report in the form and context in which it appears.

About RareX Limited – ASX: REE

RareX is a critical minerals company specialising in rare earths and niobium in hard rock carbonatites.

The exploration focus of the business is on the new Khaleesi Project in the East Yilgarn which is a district-scale, elevated-niobium, alkaline intrusive complex - a breeding ground for mineralised carbonatites. Data from Tier-1 exploration programs with elevated niobium values suggests a highly fertile system.

The Company’s engineering and commercial focus is on offtake and approvals at the mid-study-level, Cummins Range Project (+$330M NPV8 post-tax*) - a carbonatite hosted rare earth and phosphate project, containing magnet grade rare earths and battery grade phosphates and technically Australia’s largest undeveloped rare earths project.

RareX have been curating a portfolio of carbonatite related prospects within which the newly acquired Khaleesi Project represents the exploration flagship. RareX will continue to develop and optimise its portfolio.

RareX maintains material investments in Kincora Copper (ASX:KCC), Cosmos Exploration (ASX:C1X) and Canada Rare Earth Corporation (LL.V).

For further information on the Company and its projects visit www.rarex.com.au

  • The forecast financial information was released on 22 August 2023. The Company confirms that the material assumptions underpinning the production target and forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed

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Appendix 1: JORC Tables

Section 1: Sampling Techniques and Data

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques

Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. 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 (e.g. ‘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 (e.g. submarine nodules) may
warrant disclosure of detailed information.

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement.
Drilling
techniques

Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open-hole
hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.)
and details (e.g. 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.).

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement.
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.

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement
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.

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement

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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 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.

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement
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 (e.g.
standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory
checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy
(i.e. lack of bias) and precision have been established.

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement
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 drilling results have been reported in this
announcement
Location of
data points

Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate
drillholes (collar and downhole surveys), trenches,
mine workings and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.

Specification of the grid system used.

Quality and adequacy of topographic control.

All coordinates are in GDA94 MGA Zone 51

Accurate topographic control is poor. The terrain
is fat and for mineral exploration the public
topographic maps and DTM from aerial magnetic
surveys are sufcient.
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.

Aerial magnetic survey was fown on 100m line
spacing. This is detailed enough to establish a
degree of continuity for magnetic interpretations.

The southern two thirds of the gravity image
(Figure 3) is 400m x 400m grid and the remainder
of the image is either 500m(EW)x 2000m(NS)or

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2.5km x 2.5km grid. The 400m x 400m grid is
sufcient to establish exploration targets.
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.

Magnetic surveys have been fown east-west at
an high angle to the strike of the Albany Fraser
Belt

Gravity survey is on a grid and there is no biased
Sample
security

The measures taken to ensure sample security.

No sampling by RareX has been completed
Audits or
reviews

The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
techniques and data.

Geophysics consultants Resource Potentials have
acquired, compiled and audited all the available
geophysical data.

Section 2: Reporting of Exploration Results

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.

E39/2409 granted tenement. Purchased from
Beau Resources Ltd on the 21 May 2024. Has a
royalty of 2%.

E39/2410 pending tenement. Purchased from
Beau Resources Ltd on the 21 May 2024. Has a
royalty of 2%. Access agreements with Narnoo
Mining Pty Ltd to be signed prior to grant of
tenement.

E39/2415 pending tenement. Purchased from
Beau Resources Ltd on the 21 May 2024. Has a
royalty of 2%. Access agreements with Narnoo
Mining Pty Ltd to be signed prior to grant of
tenement.

E39/2470 pending tenement. No royalty.

E39/2494 pending tenement. No royalty.

E39/2495 pending tenement. No royalty.

E39/2504 pending tenement. No royalty.

Heritage agreements for all tenements are
currently being negotiated.
Exploration
done by other
parties

Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by
other parties.

Little exploration of note was completed on the
project area prior to the discovery of Tropicana
Gold deposit in 2005 which is located 100km to

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the north east along strike. After the discovery of
Tropicana, Anglo Gold Ashanti pegged large
portions of the Northern Foreland unit and
completed systematic surface geochemistry,
geophysics, and AC drilling over hundreds of
square kilometres and is still active in the area.
During this period Luchini gold prospect was
discovered in 2012 on the northern quadrant of
the Khaleesi alkaline intrusion complex (KAIC)
with best intersection of 10m @ 1.83g/t Au. Anglo
formed a joint venture with IGO in 2015 over the
eastern half of the Khaleesi project exploring for
magmatic Ni-Cu deposits similar to Nova-
Bollinger 200km to the south west in the Albany
Fraser Belt. In 2016 400m x 400m gravity was
completed over most of the KAIC, several square
kilometres of moving loop EM, and 2000m of AC
drilling led to the discovery of Red Dragon Ni-Cu-
Co prospect within the KAIC. Rising Dragon was
drilled with EIS funded RC (7 holes) and diamond
(3 holes) drilling in 2016. A weakly mineralised
magmatic Ni-Cu sulphide intrusion was drilled
down to 400m. In 2018-2022 Fortescue Metals
explored the project for Au and conducted
magnetics, surface sampling and AC drilling. An
age date was also completed by UWA on the KAIC
with a likely magmatic crystallisation of ca 2000
Ma which is the same age as Mt Weld and
Ponton.
Geology
Deposit type, geological setting and style of
mineralisation.

The Khaleesi alkaline intrusive complex (KAIC) is
located on the western edge of the Albany Fraser
Belt in the Northern Foreland metagranite unit.
The Northern Forland unit is interpreted to be
reworked Yilgarn Craton granites. The project is
located adjacent to the Mulga Rocks uranium-rare
earths-base metals deposits in the Canning Basin.
Reprocessing of the magnetics data by Resource
Potentials has identifed a 20km intrusion
complex with ring features evident on the
northern boundary and internal features which
may represent sub-intrusions. Geochemical
characteristics of the fresh diamond drill core

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from Rising Dragon also offers further support for
the alkaline intrusion complex, or A type felsic
intrusion, including highly elevated niobium,
(Na+K)/Al >1, and negative Eu anomalies on rare
earth chondrite plots. Alkaline Intrusive
complexes are favourable environments for Nb-
REE mineralised carbonatite intrusions and Nb-
REE mineralised Syenites and granites.
Drillhole
information

A summary of all information material to the
understanding of the exploration results including a
tabulation of the following information for all
Material drillholes:
o easting and northing of the drillhole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation
above sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o downhole length and interception depth
o hole length.

If the exclusion of this information is justified on the
basis that the information is not Material and this
exclusion does not detract from the understanding
of the report, the Competent Person should clearly
explain why this is the case.

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement.
Data
aggregation
methods

In reporting Exploration Results, weighting
averaging techniques, maximum and/or minimum
grade truncations (e.g. 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 reporting of metal
equivalent values should be clearly stated.

No data aggregation methods have been
completed.
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 (e.g. ‘downhole length, true width not
known’).

No drilling results have been reported in this
announcement.
Diagrams
Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and
tabulations of intercepts should be included for any
significant discovery being reported These should

Relevant diagrams are presented in the body of
this report.

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include, but not be limited to a plan view of drill hole
collar locations and appropriate sectional views.
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 exploration results are considered
balanced.
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.

The project area has had extensive geophysical
surveys, surface geochemical sampling, and AC
drilling. RareX is currently compiling all the data.

Further details will be announced when data has
been processed.
Further work
The nature and scale of planned further work (e.g.
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.

Compile data sets from historic reports.

Mapping, geochemical surveys, infll geophysics.

AC drilling program.

The project is still being assessed and further
details on exploration program specifcs will be
announced in the near future.

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