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REACH RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2018

May 13, 2018

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT/MEDIA RELEASE

14 May 2018

Resource Drilling Campaign at Albury Heath Completed

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Cervantes has successfully concluded its inaugural drilling campaign at Albury Heath

  • The drilling aimed to confirm, better define, and expand the Inferred Gold Resource

  • 29 Reverse Circulation (RC) drill holes for 1,882m completed, two more holes than planned

  • Gold assaying awaited

Cervantes Corporation Limited (ASX: CVS , the Company ) wishes to advise that its inaugural drilling campaign at the Albury Heath Project has been completed.

The Albury Heath tenement package (P51/2937, P51/2997 - 3001) is located approximately 23 kilometres South East of the mining town of Meekatharra in Western Australia (Figure 1) .

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Photo 1 . Drilling at Albury Heath. The old shaft is seen in the top left. This hole tested a previously drilled but poorly sampled stope position.

The Albury Heath Mine is an historic underground operation in P51/2937. Gold mineralisation is hosted by a series of sheeted quartz vein sets, only the highest grade of which was mined previously during two phases of activity. From 1948 to 1957, 1,429 tonnes of ore was extracted at

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a grade of 42.2g/t gold. A second phase in 1976 extracted 410 tonnes at a recovered grade of 20g/t gold. The project was strategically acquired by the company for its near term production potential.

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Continental Resource Management (CRM) estimated a Maiden JORC Resource of Indicated and Inferred Resources of 390,000t at 2.15g/t Au, for a total of 27,000oz of contained gold above a cut-off grade of 0.5g/t Au (Table 1, ASX announcement 7 February 2017).

Photo 2 . Meekatharra area quartz hosted gold (~2mm across).

CRM identified several sampling issues of in-ground voids (historic quartz hosted gold (~2mm stopes) that may have an impact on their resource estimate. In across). addition, possible untested extensions of the mineralisation have been recognised that may lead to additional resource potential.

Collar locations and geometries for completed holes are shown in Table 2, while locations are shown in Figure 2. The drilling programme assessed the potential gold resource upside by testing:

  • 1) Down dip potential. The mineralisation is open and shows no signs of abating at depth,

  • 2) Up dip potential. Near surface mineralisation has been inadequately sampled in past drilling. Increasing this area of the resource will bolster the economics of open pit mining, and

  • 3) Sampling of the potentially mineralised footwall to historic underground stopes. These were inadequately sampled by past drilling. That drilling indicated that the stopes have an envelope of mineralisation on the hanging wall and also, where tested, on the footwall.

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Photos 3 – 5. Scenes from the just completed drilling campaign at Albury Heath.

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Figure 1. Location, Albury Heath Project, WA

Tonnes Grade(g/t) Au(ounces)
Indicated 300,000 2.25 21,500
Inferred 90,000 1.9 5,500
Totals 390,000 2.15 27,000

Table 1 . Resource Summary – above lower cut off of 0.5g/t

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While the results and conclusions from this drilling are yet to be finalised, in-field observations indicate that, at a geological level, the programme’s aims were met.

Easting**GDA94 ** Northing**GDA94 ** Depth(m) Azimuth(TN) Dip
Hole ID
AHP111 656513 7035955 24 300o 60o
AHP112 656473 7035952 50 300o 60o
AHP113 656472 7035976 30 300o 60o
AHP114 656499 7035985 70 300o 60o
AHP115 656509 7035980 84 300o 60o
AHP116 656478 7036021 30 300o 60o
AHP117 656535 7035985 84 300o 60o
AHP118 656508 7036015 84 300o 60o
AHP119 656497 7036034 36 300o 60o
AHP120 656522 7036020 84 300o 60o
AHP121 656543 703610 84 300o 60o
AHP122 656491 7036066 20 300o 60o
AHP123 656496 7036059 45 300o 60o
AHP124 656503 7036053 30 300o 60o
AHP125 656520 7036044 84 300o 60o
AHP126 656541 7036033 110 300o 60o
AHP127 656500 7036072 40 300o 60o
AHP128 656509 7036068 50 300o 60o
AHP129 656522 7036059 78 300o 60o
AHP130 656536 7036060 96 300o 60o
AHP131 656520 7036078 50 300o 60o
AHP132 656508 7036097 30 300o 60o
AHP133 656556 7036090 100 300o 60o
AHP134 656545 7036122 120 300o 60o
AHP135 656553 7036068 65 300o 60o
AHP136 656569 7036129 90 300o 60o
AHP137 656610 7036175 66 300o 60o
AHP138 656473 7036093 28 120o 60o
AHP139 656473 7036093 120 120o 70o

Table 2 . Drill hole statistics, RC drilling at Albury Heath. Co-ordinate system used is MGA / GDA94, Zone 50. RL data not presented as of insufficient accuracy at this stage. The area is generally flat.

Going Forward

Drill samples are in the process of being prepared for submission for gold assaying. Sample preparation and assaying will likely take in excess of six weeks.

Cervantes will report on the results once they are to hand. Once all relevant information with regard to this drilling campaign is finalised, a JORC Table 1 will be issued.

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Figure 2. Drilling Location, 2018 drilling, Albury Heath Project, WA. Grid is GDA94, Zone 50.

Geological logging will be incorporated into the model for Albury Heath to better understand both the controls on gold mineralisation and the potential for further expansion of the gold resource.

It is planned, on the basis of assay results, to undertake initial metallurgical testing of the composited material from the mineralised zones defined by this drilling. That work will provide an analysis of gold particle sizing and liberation characteristics to enable an economic model to be constructed.

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In addition, re-modeling of the resource estimate may be warranted. There is no guarantee that the current drilling will either increase resource tonnages or gold grade. Any update in the modeled resource may be used to undertake pit design and pit optimisation modeling to further assess the project’s economic viability.

Cervantes expects to be in a stronger position to continue discussions with nearby mills regarding toll treatment of the ore from Albury Heath.

Competent Person’s Statement

The details contained in this report that pertain to exploration results are based upon information compiled by Mr Marcus Flis, a Director and employee of Cervantes Corporation Limited. Mr Flis is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and has sufficient experience in the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the December 2012 edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves” (JORC Code). Mr Flis consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based upon his information in the form and context in which it appears.

For Further information please contact: Collin Vost Executive Chairman (08) 6436 2300 [email protected]

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