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RENT.COM.AU LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2014

Mar 31, 2014

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ASX Announcement Metals of Africa Ltd

MTA acquires 90% of three prospective base metal projects located in Gabon

Summary

31 March 2014

Contact Details

Ms Cherie Leeden Executive Director E: [email protected]

James Moses Media and Investor Relations Mandate Corporate T: +61 420 991 574 [email protected]

MTA Capital Structure

Shares on Issue: 76,040,001 Shares Trading: 48,535,647

Listed Options: 53,280,001 ($0.15, 07/01/2017)

Unlisted Options 5M ($0.25; 30/6/15) 5M ($0.40; 30/6/15) 4M ($0.25; 31/12/15) 2.49M ($0.15; 3/12/16) 600k ($0.168; 3/12/16 5M ($0.093; 31/3/17)

MTA Board

Gilbert George Non Exec Chairman

Cherie Leeden Executive Director

Brett Smith Non Exec Director

Steven Wood Company Secretary

ASX Code : MTA

  • Metals of Africa has acquired 90% of three licences located in Gabon via a no cash transaction. Two of the licences are granted.

  • The licences are prospective for a range of base and precious metals.

  • Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn) and Copper (Cu) remains MTA’s core focus.

  • On‐ground exploration to commence around mid‐May 2014.

Metals of Africa Limited (ASX: MTA) is pleased to advise shareholders that it has re‐ negotiated and concluded a transaction with Select Exploration Limited (ASX: SLT) to acquire three exploration assets located in Gabon. MTA will issue SLT with 5,000,000 unlisted options ($0.093, 31 March 2017) as consideration for the acquisition. Upon completion of the transaction, MTA will hold 90% of the Gabon Projects in a joint venture with Havilah Consolidated Resources (Pty) Ltd (“HCR”). HCR will receive a 10% free carried interest in the projects for a two year period. After receiving a two year free carry, HCR will have the option to contribute proportionally or dilute to a net smelter royalty (NSR) of 0.75%.

Projects Overview

The Lastourville and Kroussou licences have been granted whilst the Mboungou licence is currently under application (Table 1). Combined, the three projects represent a significant exploration area of 6,886 sq km (of which 5,720 sq km is granted). The projects are considered prospective for a range of target commodities based on a combination of government geological mapping data, airborne geophysics data and historical report data.

MTA intends to conduct surface exploration work at the Kroussou and Lastourville projects, commencing in mid‐May. The initial work program will include geological mapping in conjunction with a rock chip/soil sampling work program.

Project Licence Status Area(km2) Target Commodities
Mboungou Application 1,166 Cu‐Pb‐Zn‐Ag‐Au‐Co
Kroussou Granted 1,502 Pb‐Zn‐Ag‐Cu
Lastourville Granted 4,218 Cu‐Pb‐Zn‐Au‐Mn‐REE‐U

Table 1. Gabon Exploration Project Summary

AUSTRALIA

945 Wellington Street,

West Perth, Western Australia 6005 T +61 8 9322 7600 F +61 8 9322 7602 E [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE

Edificio Solar das Acacias

Av. Julius Nyrere, 4000 Lojas 05 e 06 Maputo

www.metalsofafrica.com.au

ABN 75 152 071 095

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Figure 1. Summary map of MTA’s three projects located in Gabon (MTA 90% HCR 10%).

AUSTRALIA 945 Wellington Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005 T +61 8 9322 7600 F +61 8 9322 7602 E [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE Edificio Solar das Acacias Av. Julius Nyrere, 4000 Lojas 05 e 06 Maputo

www.metalsofafrica.com.au ABN 75 152 071 095

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Kroussou Project Summary ‐ Primary targets: Pb, Zn, Ag, Ba

The Kroussou licence boasts numerous base and precious metal occurrences, including a handful of historical drill holes that intersected Pb‐Zn mineralisation, which requires follow‐up work. The Kroussou licence contains a historical resource target (which is not JORC compliant) by the French Geological Survey (BRGM) of ‘several hundred thousand tons of metal’ for one of the mapped mineralised lobes named the Dikaki lobe (Figure 3). The licence encompasses a 70km long strike length of geological potential.

Two wild cat holes were drilled within the licence in the 1960’s outside of the Dikaki lobe and it was reported these holes ‘ intersected relatively well mineralised arkosic layers, although not assayed. This underlines the ubiquitous distribution of galena in the area and suggests that by systematic exploration economic deposits could be discovered’ ( 2002 Martini & Makanga, Geology and Metallogeny of Gabon, Council for Geoscience publication for the Ministry of Mines Gabon ).

The Pb‐Zn occurrences are hosted by Lower Cretaceous strata along the eastern margin of the Gabonese coastal Cottier Basin. The main mineralisation comprises horizontal stratiform lenses with Pb‐Zn minerals occurring as disseminations, nodules, and short veins and veinlets along bedding planes and joints. These are hosted by coarse, detrital sediments.

The mineralisation model of deposition appears to be sub‐contemporaneous with sedimentation – carbonate hosted Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) or an extensional MVT system related to Cretaceous rifting, such as the Lennard Shelf.

The existence of mineralisation in drill holes away from the Dikaki lobe in the Cotier basin support laterally extensive and flat lying Pb/Zn mineralised layers, providing excellent resource upside in terms of tonnage potential.

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Figure 2. Geological model cross section of Kroussou based on historical drilling and surface mapping

AUSTRALIA

945 Wellington Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005 T +61 8 9322 7600 F +61 8 9322 7602 E [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE Edificio Solar das Acacias Av. Julius Nyrere, 4000 Lojas 05 e 06 Maputo

www.metalsofafrica.com.au ABN 75 152 071 095

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Figure 3. Historical map of the Dikakia lobe illustrating the wide spread lead, zinc and barite occurrences at surface (all within the Kroussou licence area).

Lastourville Project Summary ‐ Primary targets: Cu, Au, Zn, Mn

The Lastourville licence covers a massive surface area of more than 4000km[2] , including geology that is considered prospective for base metal, gold, PGE, REE, and uranium. The region was targeted for the following reasons:

  • Favourable, frequently mapped mineral occurrences (Au, Cu, Zn, Mn, As) on the margin of the Booue basin evident in the 200K Gabon Geology and Mineralogy map of the Lastourive project area.

  • Francevillien stratigraphy that contains reducing black shale horizons considered prospective for base metal deposits. This stratigraphy is also highly prospective for U and Mn.

  • Structural complexity, particularly in the central east licence area.

  • No record of historical systematic exploration work conducted over the licence area.

AUSTRALIA 945 Wellington Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005 T +61 8 9322 7600 F +61 8 9322 7602 E [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE www.metalsofafrica.com.au Edificio Solar das Acacias ABN 75 152 071 095 Av. Julius Nyrere, 4000 Lojas 05 e 06 Maputo

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Mboungou Project ‐ Primary targets: Pb, Zn, Cu

The Mboungou Project is currently under application and is located on the eastern margin of the Neoproterozoic Nyanga synclinorium. There has been no historical systematic exploration to our knowledge over the licence area despite its prospective geology. The conceptual sedimentary base metal target stemmed from detailed geological and geophysical analysis and interpretation. A reconnaissance trip with the aim of identifying surface mineralisation indicators is planned post granting of the licence. A copper mineralisation occurrence is mapped within the licence area.

Why Gabon?

  • Low population density and abundant energy / mineral resources have helped make Gabon one of the most prosperous countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa, with the highest Human Development Indicator (HDI) and the third highest GDP per capita in the region.

  • An internationally monitored investment platform which encourages direct foreign investment without any restrictions on converting or transferring funds associated with the investment.

  • Specific mining investment codes which encourage investment through customs and tax incentives.

  • Gabon’s commercial ties with France remain very strong but the government is actively looking to diversify its sources by courting Asian and Anglophone investors.

  • The emerging Gabonese economy is based on the domestic conversion of the extracted raw materials.

  • In the long term, Gabon has the vocation to become a metallurgy centre, with a dynamic fabric of SMEs exporting metal‐based products to the whole sub‐region and beyond.

  • The Government is presently focusing on upgrading all major roads and the launch of a massive port modernisation plan that will cater for 90% of commercial traffic.

  • An investment code which conforms to Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) investment regulations giving the same rights to foreign companies operating in Gabon as to domestic firms. Businesses are protected from expropriation or nationalisation without appropriate compensation.

  • Gabon is a politically stable democratic state with very few instances of social instability in recent years.

  • Prospective yet underexplored geology boasting excellent historical datasets.

AUSTRALIA

945 Wellington Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005 T +61 8 9322 7600 F +61 8 9322 7602 E [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE

Edificio Solar das Acacias Av. Julius Nyrere, 4000 Lojas 05 e 06 Maputo

www.metalsofafrica.com.au

ABN 75 152 071 095

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Corporate

Ms Regina Molloy is to be issued with 138,500 unlisted incentive options exercisable at $0.15 on or before 3 December 2016 to provide a performance linked incentive component in her remuneration package to motivate and reward her performance. It is proposed that Ms Molloy will join the Company in role as Exploration Manager in relation to the Gabon Projects to be acquired. These unlisted incentive options, together with the 5m consideration options to be issued to SLT, will be issued under the Company’s existing 15% placement capacity.

For further information please contact:

Cherie Leeden James Moses Executive Director Media and Investor Relations Metals of Africa Mandate Corporate T: +61 8 9322 7600 T: +61 420 991 574

E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

About Metals of Africa

Metals of Africa Limited (ASX: MTA) is a minerals exploration company dedicated to exploring for world class deposits in Africa. MTA’s core commodity targets are: lead, zinc and copper. In Mozambique, MTA is focused on lead‐zinc‐silver exploration for a Broken Hill Type target within the Rio Mazoe Project and adjacent Changara Project. In Tanzania, MTA is currently focussed on the Mkindu Project (Olympic Dam Style Uranium‐Iron Oxide Copper Gold target) and Tanga Project. The Company’s management staff reside in either Mozambique or Tanzania, which ensures optimum in‐country relationships and maximum resources are spent on‐ground.

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets and Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Ms Cherie Leeden, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Ms Leeden is a full time employee of the company in the role of Executive Director. Ms Leeden has 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’. Ms Leeden consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on her information in the form and context in which it appears.

AUSTRALIA

MOZAMBIQUE 945 Wellington Street, Edificio Solar das Acacias West Perth, Western Australia 6005 Av. Julius Nyrere, 4000 T +61 8 9322 7600 F +61 8 9322 7602 Lojas 05 e 06 E [email protected] Maputo

www.metalsofafrica.com.au ABN 75 152 071 095