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REACH RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2019
Mar 11, 2019
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT/MEDIA RELEASE
12 March 2019
Albury Heath resource and exploration update
- Albury Heath Mine Inferred Resource increased to 35,500 ounces (uncut) and 23,740 ounces (with 17.95g/t gold top cut)
- Cervantes' drilling establishes mineralised lode continuity
- Gold grade variability makes it prudent to classify the resource as Inferred
- Aeromagnetic coverage of area completed
- Five regional targets identified as possible Albury Heath Mine look-alikes
- MMI geochemistry started to prioritise drilling targets
Cervantes (ASX:CVS) wishes to announce the updating of the Mineral Resource for its 100% owned Albury Heath Mine deposit and plans for further exploration work in the Albury Heath Project area (Figure 1).
JORC (2012) RESOURCE
Experienced resource geologist Mr Philip Jones, MAusIMM, consultant with Al Maynard & Associates, has estimated an Inferred Resource for the Albury Heath Mine area (P51/2937, Figure 1, Table 1):
| Resourcecategory | Tonnes | Gold,grammes/tonne | Gold,Containedounces | Gold,Bottomcut | Gold, Topcut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferred | 528,000 | 2.09 | 35,479 | 0.3 | (none) |
Table 1 Summary of Inferred Resources at Albury Heath above a lower cutoff of 0.3g/t gold. No top cut applied.
Recent drilling by the company has shown that areas of bonanza grade gold, to 202.8g/t gold, or 6.5 ounces/t, exist in the mine area. Follow-up drilling showed that, while the lode zones are generally continuous, the gold grades tend to be erratic. Consequently, Cervantes has decided it is prudent to classify the entire resource as an Inferred Resource. Additional close spaced drilling will be needed to establish gold grade continuity.
BACKGROUND
Cervantes announced a Maiden Resource for the Albury Heath Gold Mine on 7 February 2017 soon after the Mining Lease's acquisition. That resource estimate was based on 110 drill holes for 6,326.5m drilled by previous explorers. Drilling chiefly consisted of Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling and there was one diamond drill hole (DDH).
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Cervantes recognised a number of opportunities at Albury Heath Gold Mine:
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- Previous drilling through the old underground stoped areas was ineffective given the drilling equipment of the day. Specifically, the rock immediately before and after the drill bit hit an open stope was not properly sampled – an area with a likely high gold content.
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- Areas of high quartz lode development away from the historic mine were inadequately drilled.
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- Rock samples from the historic drilling was only assayed if it exhibited significant quartz content, leaving large drilled sections poorly assayed.
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- Gold is not necessarily restricted to quartz lodes, though it is mainly hosted by the lodes.

Figure 1 Location, Albury Heath Project, WA (regional geology after DMIRS).
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These opportunities were investigated with two drilling campaigns that completed 36 RC holes for 2,337m drilled (ASX announcements 16 May 2018, 28 June 2018, 4 December 2018, 7 January 2019). The stated aims of this drilling were met with the discovery of new bonanza grade zones at some distance from the old workings (see Figure 2 for hole locations.)

Figure 2 Drill hole and drilling section locations, Albury Heath. Central section of grid shown only. The shaft position defines the origin of the local grid and is assigned a co-ordinate of 10,000E/20,000N.

Significant gold intercepts from the first campaign by Cervantes include (downhole widths only; true widths are unknown, see ASX announcement on 28 June 2018 for details):
1m @ 202.8 g/t from 33m in 5m @ 63.1 g/t from 32m in AHP134
1m @ 129.3 g/t from 27m in 2m @ 67.2 g/t from 27m in AHP116
2m @ 49.0 g/t from 87m in 8m @ 23.1 g/t from 87m in AHP135
1m @ 31.4 g/t from 4m in 2m @ 18.2 g/t from 4m in AHP127
1m @ 31.4 g/t from 36m in AHP128
1m @ 21.3 g/t from 82m in 3m @ 9.0 g/t from 81m in AHP130
1m @ 19 g/t from 45m in 4m @ 5.8 g/t from 45m in AHP129
2m @ 16.5 g/t from 19m in 4m @ 9.1 g/t from 19m in AHP119
Hole collars from the second campaign are listed in Table 2 and locations also shown in Figure 2. Significant gold assays from this campaign include:
1m @ 14.90 g/t from 34m in AHP142
in 2m @ 11.2 g/t from 34m in 5m @ 5.85 g/t from 33m in AHP142
2m @ 8.11 g/t from 34m in 5m @ 5.51 g/t from 31m in AHP141,
1m @ 9.65 g/t from 27m in 2m @ 6.4g/t from 27m in AHP144
with near-surface, saprolite-hosted gold mineralisation noted:
1m @ **5.08 g/**t from 10m in AHP140
2m @ **3.13 g/**t from 17m in AHP142
A fuller list of intercepts is shown in Table 3, whilst interpretive sections are shown in Figures 3 and 4 (location of sections indicated on Figure 2.)
| Hole ID | EastingGDA94 | NorthingGDA94 | RL (m) | Depth(m) | Azimuth(TN) | Dip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHP140 | 656478.7 | 7036016.6 | 495.0 | 72 | 300o | -60 o |
| AHP141 | 656472.7 | 7036011.7 | 495.1 | 72 | 300o | -60 o |
| AHP142 | 656546.0 | 7036119.0 | 494.4 | 50 | 300o | -60 o |
| AHP143 | 656518.5 | 7036125.1 | 494.4 | 60 | 300o | -60 o |
| AHP144 | 656480.6 | 7036046.9 | 495.1 | 120 | 300o | -60 o |
| AHP145 | 656445.6 | 7036042.1 | 496.1 | 30 | 300o | -60 o |
| AHP146 | 656445.5 | 7036025.0 | 495.9 | 40 | 300o | -60 o |
Table 2 Drill hole statistics for second round of RC drilling at Albury Heath. Co-ordinate system used is MGA / GDA94, Zone 50.
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| Hole | From(m) | To(m) | Interval(m) | Gold(g/t) | Hole | From(m) | To(m) | Interval(m) | Gold(g/t) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHP113 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1.53 | in | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6.98 | ||
| 26 | 28 | 2 | 1.07 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 202.79 | ||||
| AHP114 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 1.04 | in | 32 | 35 | 3 | 104.39 | ||
| AHP116 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2.84 | in | 30 | 37 | 7 | 45.20 | ||
| 21 | 24 | 3 | 1.00 | AHP135 | 76 | 78 | 2 | 1.66 | |||
| 27 | 28 | 1 | 129.32 | 88 | 89 | 1 | 57.37 | ||||
| in | 27 | 29 | 2 | 67.18 | in | 87 | 91 | 4 | 30.08 | ||
| AHP118 | 51 | 54 | 3 | 7.42 | in | 87 | 92 | 5 | 15.33 | ||
| 61 | 64 | 3 | 1.09 | AHP136 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 3.18 | |||
| 77 | 78 | 1 | 6.80 | 66 | 70 | 4 | 1.56 | ||||
| AHP119 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 24.41 | AHP139 | 46 | 47 | 1 | 15.17 | ||
| in | 19 | 23 | 4 | 9.09 | in | 43 | 47 | 4 | 5.19 | ||
| AHP120 | 51 | 53 | 2 | 1.23 | in | 43 | 54 | 11 | 2.75 | ||
| 58 | 59 | 1 | 14.14 | 69 | 71 | 2 | 1.63 | ||||
| 65 | 67 | 2 | 3.51 | 88 | 89 | 1 | 69.19 | ||||
| 79 | 81 | 2 | 4.49 | in | 86 | 90 | 4 | 52.26 | |||
| AHP122 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2.28 | in | 77 | 94 | 17 | 18.77 | ||
| AHP123 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1.68 | 107 | 112 | 5 | 4.67 | |||
| AHP124 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3.42 | AHP140 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1.81 | ||
| 51 | 53 | 2 | 1.22 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 5.08 | ||||
| AHP125 | 49 | 51 | 2 | 3.41 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 1.89 | |||
| 64 | 65 | 1 | 5.82 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 1.54 | ||||
| AHP126 | 57 | 59 | 2 | 1.43 | 36 | 40 | 4 | 1.12 | |||
| 70 | 71 | 1 | 7.78 | 42 | 43 | 1 | 3.79 | ||||
| 96 | 97 | 1 | 5.34 | in | 42 | 45 | 3 | 1.77 | |||
| AHP127 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 31.38 | AHP141 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 2.38 | ||
| in | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12.33 | in | 19 | 22 | 3 | 1.43 | ||
| 9 | 11 | 2 | 1.28 | 28 | 29 | 1 | 1.67 | ||||
| AHP128 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5.24 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 9.51 | |||
| in | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1.64 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 8.11 | |||
| 36 | 37 | 1 | 31.41 | in | 31 | 36 | 5 | 5.51 | |||
| 45 | 51 | 6 | 1.26 | AHP142 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3.13 | |||
| in | 60 | 63 | 3 | 4.22 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 14.90 | |||
| AHP129 | 45 | 46 | 1 | 18.96 | in | 34 | 36 | 2 | 11.20 | ||
| in | 45 | 49 | 4 | 5.84 | in | 33 | 38 | 5 | 5.85 | ||
| 61 | 62 | 1 | 8.75 | AHP144 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5.48 | |||
| AHP130 | 48 | 52 | 4 | 1.30 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1.44 | |||
| 66 | 68 | 2 | 2.19 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 9.65 | ||||
| 82 | 83 | 1 | 21.27 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 6.40 | ||||
| in | 80 | 85 | 5 | 5.61 | in | 25 | 29 | 4 | 3.57 | ||
| AHP131 | 49 | 54 | 5 | 2.01 | AHP146 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1.15 | ||
| AHP133 | 85 | 91 | 6 | 1.42 | |||||||
| AHP134 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 13.30 |
Table 3 Summary of significant results from Cervantes' two drilling campaigns. One metre Intervals over 0.5g/t were averaged, including internal intervals of less than 0.5g/t if only one metre thick. Individual single metre assays less than 5g/t are ignored. Downhole thicknesses shown, true thicknesses are unknown at this stage. Values rounded to two decimal places.


Figure 3 Drill section 20116N. Refer to Figure 2 for cross section location. RL datum is arbitrary
EXPLORATION UPDATE
Interpretation of aeromagnetic data over Cervantes' tenements in the Albury Heath Project has identified a number of possible repetitions of the Albury Heath Mine structural setting. Five target areas have been outlined. All are associated with either the Mt Magnet-Tuckabianna fault belt on which the Albury Heath Mine is located, or the Gabanintha Fault, or the intersection of the two (Figure 5). Both these faults are associated with major gold mineralisation in the district. Surprisingly, there has been only very limited exploration activity over these areas, previous workers having focussed on the area directly around the historic mine.
A fast geochemical reconnaissance programme, using Mobile Metallic Ion (MMI) sampling and assaying techniques will be used as a first pass to assess the five targets prior to drill testing if warranted.


Figure 4 Drill section 19960N. Refer to Figure 2 for cross section location. Note that RL's on this section are absolute and tied to the Australian Height Datum. Figure 3 has not been updated with these newly acquired RL data.
Mr Collin Vost, Executive Chairman of Cervantes, remarked: "Albury Heath is delivering some excellent bonanza grade gold zones. While we need to do more work to demonstrate the consistency these zones, it is prudent that we classify the resource as Inferred. The upside is clearly there, however, and Cervantes will continue to derisk this project for the benefit of our shareholders."
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Figure 5 Aeromagnetic image showing Cervantes' tenement holdings, position of major interpreted faults and target zones for follow-up.
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MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE DETAILS
Introduction
A Mineral Resource Estimate was carried out on Cervantes' Albury Heath Gold Mine which is located 23km to the south-southeast of the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia. The estimation was carried out by Mr Philip Jones, BAppSc(App. Geol), MAIG, MAusIMM, consultant with Al Maynard & Associates (AM&A). The estimation is based on drill results from various drill campaigns between 1985 and 1988, 2018, and on assays of underground channel samples collected in 1982.
The Resource is reported in accordance with the 2012 Edition of the JORC Code. The estimation employed Inverse Distance Squared (ID2 ) modelling to produce an ore block model (OBM) of the mineralisation. The following descriptions are taken from Mr Jones' report "Resource Estimate Report On The Albury Heath Gold Project Located In The Murchison Region, Western Australia", 14 February 2019.
Deposit Type
The gold mineralisation at Albury Heath is associated with quartz veining, quartz stringers, quartz stockworks, and wall rock alteration located in a major regional fault zone that trends north-northeasterly across the eastern side of the Meekatharra Greenstone Belt. The mineralisation occurs within a carbonatised mafic and ultramafic sequence, including spinifex textured and amygdaloidal/ vesicular basaltic rocks, showing fuchsitic alteration.
The mineralisation is found primarily in quartz-sulphide veins that are up to 4m in width. The main vein strikes north-north-easterly and dips steeply at 75o - 80o to the east-southeast and consists of white to blue grey, dense microcrystalline quartz with fine grained disseminated pyrite to 5% and minor arsenopyrite and fuchsite (chrome mica).
Colville in 1982 mapped the underground workings. His findings are as follows:
"No distinction between footwall and hanging wall rocks was evident, the host for the mineralisation being weathered medium grained fuchsitic-quartz-tremolite?-chlorite rock with a remnant basaltic to gabbroic texture. The quartz-hematite lode mined appears to have infilled a major shear. In many cases narrow quartz-hematite stringers along small shears parallel to the main lode contained high gold values.
The intersection of flat post mineralisation faults with the main zone have provided locus for enrichment processes in the weathered profile.
The mineralised zone strikes at 035°, varies from 0.4 m to 2.0 m in width, it dips from 70o to 80o southeast, evidence from the existing workings suggests a steep (65o ) northeasterly pitch.
Mapping indicates a possible en echelon shear link control for the gold within the main zone"
Historic Mining
The Albury Heath deposit was discovered in 1948 and underground workings to a depth of about 55 m, on at least four levels, were developed from that time until 1976. Mining ceased on poor gold prices.

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Recorded production was 1,805.1 ounces gold from 2,737.2 tonnes of ore at an average recovered grade of 20.5 g/t gold. The average head grade for the deposit varies from 25 to 28.7 g/t gold, but reportedly up to 30 to 40% of the gold was lost in the tailings. Treatment was through the Meekatharra State Battery. It is considered most likely that the ore treated at the battery was hand selected before it was processed.
Two vertical shafts: the Main Shaft and Gordon's Shaft provide access to the mine.
Data
The 146 RC and 1 diamond drill holes in the Albury Heath database included 8,030 samples assayed for gold, Table 4.
| Hole Type | Hole IDs | Comments | Date Drilled | Numberof holes | TotalDepth (m) | No. of SamplesAssayed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond | AHD001 | Historic | 1 | 135.0 | 14 | ||
| RC | AHP001 | AHP110 | Historic | 1985-1988 | 110 | 6,191.5 | 5,558 |
| RC | AHP111 | AHP146 | Cervantes | 2018 | 36 | 2,337.0 | 2,458 |
| TOTAL | 147 | 8,663.5 | 8,030 |
Table 4 Drill holes used for resource modelling.

Figure 6 Frequency distribution of 1 m composited grades within wireframes.
Grade Compositing and Upper Cutting
All the RC drilling was sampled over 1 m intervals however the diamond drilling was sampled over various intervals depending on the geological logging of the lithologies. To avoid volume variance effects due to different sample lengths all the drill sample intervals within the wireframes were composited to regular one metre intervals.
Gold grades and thicknesses exhibited high variability as is expected from this style of deposit. Cervantes thought it prudent to use an upper cut that assigns all gold grades above a certain level to that level, so ensuring bonanza grades are not unduly interpolated across distances not supported by drill intercepts. This "upper cut" was is chosen as the Mean plus two standard

deviations of the one metre composited gold grades within the modelled wireframes (Table 5 and Figure 7 and 8.) A total of 21 samples, ranging from 18.69 to 187.06 g/t gold, were assigned or cut to 17.95 g/t gold.
| Number of samples in wireframes | 1,608 |
|---|---|
| Minimum grade g/t gold | 0 |
| Maximum grade g/t gold | 187.06 |
| Mean grade g/t gold | 1.84 |
| Standard Deviation | 8.06 |
| Mean + 2*Standard Deviation | 17.95 |
| Table 5 Statistics of drill hole intercepts within | |
Mineral Resource Estimate Method
wireframes
The mineralisation was digitised using MineMap© software on cross sections, snapping to the drill intercepts using a 0.3 g/t gold cut-off. This lower grade provided good continuity for the mineralisation between drill holes and cross sections and is estimated to be the minimum grade required to cover processing costs (i.e. the marginal cut-off grade) for an open-pit mine.
High-grade cuts were also applied using Mean + 2 Standard Deviations of the gold assays within the wireframes. Grades were interpolated in the model using an Inverse Distance Squared (ID2 ) algorithm.
The mineralised zones on each cross-section were then linked by wireframes to produce "solids". A block model was created using the parameters summarised in Table 6, while Figure 6 shows an example of the block model created from the wireframe on one section.
| X | Y | Z | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum | 656700 | 7036325 | 500 | |
| Minimum | 656300 | 7035900 | 350 | |
| Size | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | |
| Number | 160 | 170 | 75 | |
| Algorithm | Inverse Distance Squared | |||
| Search radius | m | m | m | |
| First Pass | 20 | 40 | 40 | |
| Second Pass | 2.5 | 40 | 40 | |
| Strike | Dip | Plunge | ||
| Search Ellipse | 30 | -70 | 0 |
Table 6 Parameters used in block model.
A longitudinal section of the resource ore block model is shown in Figure 7. The resource is not closed off at depth.



Figure 7 Oblique cross section through Albury Heath +/- 5m showing resource model and holes colour coded by gold g/t.

Figure 8 Long section showing resource model colour coded by gold g/t.
Resource Estimate
AM&A estimated the Resource at Albury Heath within the interpreted gold lode wireframes above the 400m Australian Height Datum (AHD, AGeoid09) level. The general ground level in the area is 493 to 495m AHD. Various lower gold grade cut-offs were applied. Estimates were calculated with both a 17.95 g/t gold upper grade assignment and no assignment. The results are summarised in Table 7.

| Goldbottomcut | Tonnes | Gold gradewith topcut, g/t | Gold gradewithout topcut, g/t | Contained goldwith top cut,ounces | Contained goldwithout top cut,ounces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >5.0 | 12,000 | 7.24 | 22.74 | 2,793 | 8,773 |
| >4.0 | 23,000 | 5.85 | 15.33 | 4,326 | 11,336 |
| >3.0 | 47,000 | 4.64 | 10.45 | 7,011 | 15,791 |
| >2.0 | 105,000 | 3.40 | 6.27 | 11,478 | 21,166 |
| >1.0 | 287,000 | 2.15 | 3.30 | 19,839 | 30,450 |
| >0.9 | 314,000 | 2.05 | 3.10 | 20,695 | 31,296 |
| >0.8 | 344,000 | 1.94 | 2.91 | 21,456 | 32,184 |
| >0.7 | 378,000 | 1.84 | 2.71 | 22,361 | 32,935 |
| >0.6 | 414,000 | 1.73 | 2.54 | 23,027 | 33,808 |
| >0.5 | 453,000 | 1.63 | 2.37 | 23,740 | 34,517 |
| >0.4 | 491,000 | 1.54 | 2.22 | 24,310 | 35,045 |
| >0.3 | 528,000 | 1.46 | 2.09 | 24,784 | 35,479 |
| >0.2 | 553,000 | 1.40 | 2.00 | 24,891 | 35,559 |
| >0.0 | 570,000 | 1.37 | 1.95 | 25,107 | 35,736 |
Table 7 AM&A Inferred Resource estimate at various lower gold grade cut offs, both top cut to Mean+2 Std Devs, and with no top cut.
The grade-tonnage curve for this data is shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9 Grade tonnage curves of the resource estimate.
Bulk densities in the resource estimate were assumed. There has been no additional metallurgical work undertaken since Giralia undertook leach testwork in May, 1988. This work showed the ore from Albury Heath attained a 62% recovery with heap leaching (<10mm sizing) and 93% recovery using a leach CIP plant (P80 of 75µ). These tests will need to be repeated for a feasibility study.

About Cervantes Corporation Limited
Cervantes is an emerging gold explorer and aspiring gold miner. It has built up a portfolio of gold properties in well-known and historically producing gold districts with a strategy to apply novel exploration and development thinking. Cervantes has identified opportunities in those districts that were overlooked by previous explorers. The company is committed to maximizing shareholder value through the development of those opportunities.
About the Albury Heath Project
The Albury Heath Project is centred on the historic Albury Heath gold mine. Gold production from underground workings during the period 1948 to 1976 totaled 1,805 oz at an average recovered grade of 20.51g/t at only 60% to 70% recovery.
Gold mineralisation is associated with quartz veining, quartz stringers, quartz stockworks, and wall rock alteration located in a major regional fault zone that trends north-northeasterly across the eastern side of the Meekatharra Greenstone Belt. The mineralisation occurs primarily in quartzsulphide veins that are up to 4m in width. The main vein strikes north-northeasterly and dips steeply at 75o - 80o to the east-southeast.
Cervantes wholly owns six Prospecting Licences covering the Albury Heath mine and its surrounds (P51/2937 and P51/2997 to 3001). These comprise an area totaling 10.8km2 that cover the northerly and southerly extent of the main controlling structure.
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 Exploration Manager 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.
Compliance Statement
I, Philip Alan Jones confirm that I am the Competent Person for the Report and I have read and understood the requirements of the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code, 2012 Edition). I am a Competent Person as defined by the JORC Code 2012 Edition, having more than five years of experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit described in the Report, and to the activity for which I am accepting responsibility. I am a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. I have reviewed the Report to which this Consent Statement applies. I am a consultant working for Al Maynard & Associates and have been engaged by Cervantes Corporation Limited to prepare the documentation for Albury Heath on which the Report is based, for the period ended 10th February, 2019. I have disclosed to the reporting company the full nature of the relationship between myself and the company, including any issue that could be perceived by investors as a conflict of interest. I verify that the Report is based on and fairly and accurately reflects in the form and context in which it appears, the information in my supporting documentation relating to Mineral Resources. I consent

to the release of the Report and this Consent Statement by the directors of: Cervantes Corporation Limited.
Forward Looking Statement
This report contains forward looking statements concerning the projects owned by Cervantes Corporation Limited. Statements concerning mining reserves and resources may also be deemed to be forward looking statements in that they involve estimates based on specific assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and actual events and results may differ materially from those described in the forward looking statements as a result of a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Forward looking statements are based on management's beliefs, opinions and estimates as of the dates the forward looking statements are made and no obligation is assumed to update forward looking statements if these beliefs, opinions and estimates should change or to reflect other future developments.
Collin Vost Executive Chairman (08) 6436 2300 [email protected]


JORC Code, 2012 Edition
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)
| Criteria | Commentary |
|---|---|
| Samplingtechniques | Reverse circulation (RC) drilling samples were collected through a rig-mounted cyclone with conesplitter attachment and split in even metre intervals. Wet sample was speared or scoop-sampled.RC drill chips (from each metre interval) were examined visually and logged by the geologist.Any visual observation of alteration or of mineralisation was noted on the drill logs.Duplicate samples comprise approximately 4% of total samples taken (ie one duplicate submitted |
| for every 25 samples).A company contract geologist supervised the drilling and sampling to ensure representativeness.Drilling was done by industry standard techniques to obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg waspulverised to produce a charge for fire assay'.Duplicates, standards, and blanks were submitted to ensure assaying reliability and accuracy.Hole locations were surveyed by Differential GPS to subcentimetre accuracy. Downhole surveyswere undertaken on holes AHP111 to AHP146 only. | |
| Drillingtechniques | Drilling was by Reverse Circulation (RC) with NQ sized face sampling bit and rods. |
| Drill samplerecovery | RC sample recovery and sample quality was recorded via visual estimation of sample volume andcondition of the drill chips.RC sample recovery typically ranges from 90 to 100%, with only very occasional samples withless than 90% recovery.RC sample recovery was maximised by endeavouring to maintain dry drilling samples as much aspracticable; the RC samples were predominantly dry.Relationships between recovery and grade are not evident and are not expected given the |
| Logging | generally excellent and consistently high sample recovery.All RC chips were geologically logged at one metre intervals and recorded in a digital databasethat is cross referenced with sample numbers.Logging is qualitative. |
| Sub-samplingtechniquesand sample | One metre RC samples were collected and bagged from a cyclone with the residue collected in aplastic bucket and then laid out on the ground in rows of 10.No sample compositing was used. |
| preparation | All samples are pulverised at the laboratory to produce suitable material for assay.A comprehensive QAQC regime was followed including standards and blanks and regularduplicate field sampling at regular intervals in every sample batch.Mineralisation style is late stage quartz veins. The one metre samples are likely to downgrade |
| actual grades intersected by dilution of the narrow veins, but are commensurate with minimummining requirements.Both the sample size and particle size are considered appropriate for the material being sampledand subsequently for resource estimation work. | |
| Quality ofassay dataandlaboratorytests | Fire assay is a total digest technique and is considered appropriate for gold.Certified references material standards (1 every 20 samples) and duplicates (1 every 25 samples)were inserted in the field before dispatching to laboratory for chemical analysis.Lab used random pulp duplicates and certified reference material standards.Accuracy and precision levels have been determined to be satisfactory after analysis of theseQA/QC samples indicating no bias. |
| Verification ofsampling andassaying | Analysis was by acqua regia using Intertek's FA50/OE procedure: samples were pulverised tominus 75 microns before a split of 10g was taken and analysed using standard Fire Assayprocedures. The method is an accepted industry analytical process appropriate for the nature andstyle of mineralisation under investigation.There were no twinned holes. |
| All sample logging and assay data was entered into the database and assays received from thelab and field logs checked and verified by supervising geologist. |

| Criteria | Commentary |
|---|---|
| No adjustments were made to assay data | |
| Location ofdata points | All hole collars were located using DGPS unit with an accuracy of +/-0.01m. The GPS recordedlocations used MGA94/GDA zone 50 as the datum. |
| The drilling co-ordinates are all in GDA94 MGA Zone 50 co-ordinates. | |
| Azimuth was set by hand held compass. | |
| Drill hole inclination is set by the driller using a clinometer on the drill mast and checked by thegeologist prior to commencement of drilling. | |
| Downhole surveys are undertaken for RC drill holes AHP111 to AHP146 only. | |
| RL data were collected using DGPS to an accuracy of 0.01m. | |
| Data spacingand | RC holes were drilled following an existing grid set up for resource drill out on an approximate 20x 20m (max) to 5 x 10m (min) spacing. |
| distribution | Together with historic data, the data spacing and distribution will be sufficient to establish thedegree of geological and grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserveestimation procedure(s) and classifications applied. |
| All drill intersections quoted in the report are length weighted. | |
| Orientation of | Drill hole spacing and inclination followed the geometry of existing holes. |
| data inrelation togeological | Previous resource estimation defined the strike and dip of ore zones. It is not anticipated that, oncurrent interpretation, any bias has been introduced to the sampling by the orientation of thedrilling. |
| structure | Since the pierce angle of the drilling with the mineralisation is not perpendicular the intersectionwidths will be longer than the true widths of the mineralisation. |
| Samplesecurity | All samples were collected in calico sample bags with sample number tickets included in each bagand the same identification posted externally. |
| Samples were delivered to the lab by a company representative who kept the samples underconstant supervision during transport. | |
| Audits orreviews | There have been no independent audits or reviews of sampling techniques and data. |
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
| Criteria | Commentary |
|---|---|
| Mineraltenement andland tenurestatus | Exploration results relate to work carried out over a package of tenements comprising sixProspecting Licences. The tenements are 100% owned and controlled by CervantesCorporation Limited. All tenements and leases are currently in good standing with DMIRS withno known impediments to further exploration or development. |
| Explorationdone by other | Between 1982 and 1988 various companies conducted diamond drilling (1 hole), RC drilling(110 holes) and RAB drilling (548 holes) along with mapping and geochemical sampling. |
| parties | This work met the standards expected at the time is was carried out. |
| Geology | The Albury Heath resource is typical of Murchison Domain gold mineralisation: related to majorfaults and shear zones within greenstone belts and preferentially associated with banded ironformations, and ultramafic and mafic lithologies. Many shears and mineralised vein systems areassociated with metasomatism with the mineralising fluids possibly being derived by progressivemetamorphic dewatering of mafic and ultramafic sequences (Browning et al, 1987). |
| Gold mineralisation at Albury Heath is closely associated with the Meekatharra Structural zone,a major regional northeast trending shear dominated zone approximately 50km wide.Specifically, the local northeast trending structure is related to an extension of the regional scaleMt Magnet Fault. | |
| Up to seven lodes are recognised locally. The Main Lode was mined by selective undergroundmining methods. While grades are best developed in the vicinity of the Albury Heath shaft,drilling has shown high gold grades extend along strike in areas not previously exploited byhistoric mining. |
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| Criteria | Commentary |
|---|---|
| Drill holeInformation | Drill hole collar data included as Appendix 1. |
| Dataaggregationmethods | All drill intersections quoted in the text of this report are length weighted. No upper grade cuttingused.No metal equivalents were used. |
| Relationship | The pierce angle of the drilling with respect to the mineralisation varies. |
| betweenmineralisation | All drill intersections quoted in the text are apparent widths and are longer than the true widths ofthe mineralisation intersected. |
| widths andinterceptlengths | All the resource modelling is in 3D and the software used takes into consideration the pierceangles. |
| Diagrams | Appropriate maps and sections are available in the body of this announcement. |
| Balancedreporting | Reporting of results in this report is considered balanced. |
| Othersubstantiveexplorationdata | No other exploration data other than local geology maps were considered in the resourceestimate. |
| Further work | The results obtained to date at the Albury Heath project indicate that further explorationincluding drilling is warranted. |
Section 3 Estimation and Reporting of Mineral Resources
| Criteria | Commentary |
|---|---|
| Databaseintegrity | Data used as received was checked for Hole ID and sample interval errors by MineMap ©software. A selection of the Cervantes sample assays in database were checked againstlaboratory spread sheets and no errors were found. |
| Site visits | A site visit including discussions with company personnel was conducted by Al Maynard ofAM&A prior to the most recent drilling and Phil Jones visited the project on Friday, 20 July 2018confirming the drill hole locations, discussed the regional and local geology and drilling andsampling procedures used by Cervantes geologist M Flis. |
| Geologicalinterpretation | The mineralisation is controlled by shears dipping steeply to the east. The mineralisation cannotbe mapped at the surface due to soil cover however can be confidently interpreted from drillingdata. Some supergene effects may have remobilised and possibly enriched some of themineralisation in the upper oxidised zone. |
| Dimensions | The modelled mineralisation at Albury Heath strikes approximately 340 m northeast-southwestand at least 100 m deep. The mineralisation is not properly closed off along strike or down dip. |
| Estimationand modellingtechniques | The mineralisation was digitised using MineMap© software on cross sections, snapping to thedrill intercepts using a 0.3 g/t Au lower grade cut-off. This cut-off was chosen to define themineralised envelope because it provided good continuity for the mineralisation between drillholes and cross sections and is estimated to be the minimum grade required to coverprocessing costs (i.e. the marginal cut-off grade) for an open-pit mine Sample intervals withinthe interpreted lode below 0.3 g/t Au were included within the lode wireframe where this internaldilution did not drop the total intersection below 0.3g/t and where it provided improved continuitywith other adjacent drill intersections of the lode. |
| A 17.95 g/t Au high grade cut was applied on basis of cutting to the mean plus two standarddeviations. | |
| AM&A considers that these modelling parameters are appropriate for the resource of the typeand style of mineralisation being modelled. |
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| Criteria | Commentary |
|---|---|
| Moisture | All tonnes and grades are on a dry basis. |
| Cut-offparameters | The resources are quoted at a lower cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t Au which is considered afterpotential mining dilution and losses to be approximately the economic cut-off grade at which themineralisation could be economically mined. |
| Mining factorsorassumptions | No mining factors were considered for the resource estimate. |
| Metallurgicalfactors orassumptions | There have been no metallurgical tests carried out on representative samples of Albury Heathore however the mineralogy of the ore is very similar to the many other gold deposits in theregion so it can be expected that metallurgical recoveries will be similar, i.e. approximately 90%,to those achieved in these deposits |
| Environmental factors or | No environmental factors were considered however the tenements have sufficient suitable areato accommodate a small mining and processing operation including provision for waste disposal. |
| assumptions | There are no obvious especially environmentally sensitive areas in the vicinity of the depositalthough the usual impact studies and government environmental laws and regulations will needto be complied with. |
| Bulk density | No bulk density measurements were provided so an assumed SG of 2.5 was used to convertvolumes to tonnes. Since the gold mineralisation is hosted by quartz veins in basaltic rocks thisassumed SG is most likely to be conservative by approximately 10%. |
| Classification | Considering the spacing of the drill intersections, quality of the drilling and sampling includingthe use of historic drilling with no proper QAQC records and the degree of understanding of thegeological controls on the mineralisation, AM&A have classified the reported resources at AlburyHeath as Inferred according to the JORC Code (2012). |
| AM&A believes that this classification to be appropriate. | |
| Audits orreviews | No audits or reviews of the Mineral Resource Estimates have been made. |
| Discussion ofrelativeaccuracy/confidence | AM&A have classified the reported resources at Albury Heath as Inferred according to the JORCCode (2012). |
| This resource classification appropriately considers the relative accuracy of the estimates. TheInferred resource estimate relies on drill hole sampling and other geological data of sufficientquality, amount and its distribution to imply but not verify an interpretation of the geologicalframework and continuity of mineralisation. | |
| The quality of the data is considered to be reasonable for a resource estimate with adequatereporting of the QA/QC. | |
| All quoted estimates are global for the deposit. | |
| Historic mine production has been excluded from the resource estimate. |