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RESOLUTION MINERALS LTD Investor Presentation 2020

Dec 13, 2020

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14 December 2020

NEW CLAIMS ADDED - EAST POGO, 64NORTH PROJECT, ALASKA

Summary

  • RML has added nineteen (19) new State of Alaska Mining Claims (12km[2] ) expanding the footprint of the East Pogo Block, 64North Project on the eastern edge.

  • The intensive 2020 exploration work on the East Pogo Block has identified targets along-strike from historic (35g/t Au) high-grade gold drill intercepts at the Boundary Prospect and additional large scale, high priority targets to the south and south-west.

  • An initial 2,000m program of shallow Pogo-style drill targets (50-150m) has been defined based on surface and airborne geophysical survey results, surface mapping and geochemistry.

  • Access approvals will be completed in February ahead of drill testing in summer 2021.

Managing Director, Duncan Chessell commented, “The identification of shallow 50-150m Pogo-style drill targets as a result of our extensive field work in 2020 at the East Pogo Block, along strike from historic high grade drill intersections of up to 35g/t Au, is very encouraging and has been the driver to snap up 19 new claims.”

“The East Pogo Block is sandwiched between the Pogo Gold Mine to the west and the Tibbs Project to the east on the high-grade gold endowed Pogo Trend and will be a focus for shallow drilling next season.”

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Figure 1 East Pogo Block, 64North 2020 Land Acquisition including 19 State of Alaska Mining Claims, for a total of 12km[2] . Location of RML and non-RML prospects and Resources for reference.

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Ordinary Shares Issued 279 M Options and rights Listed options 6.1 M @ 10c Listed options 74.4 M @ 12c Unlisted options 12.3 M @ 25c Unlisted options 13.4 M @ 8c Unlisted rights 9.5 M

Performance Shares Class A 9.6 M Class B 3.6 M Last Capital Raise August 2020 - Placement & SPP $5.1M @ 7c

BOARD Craig Farrow - Chair Duncan Chessell - MD Andrew Shearer - NED Jarek Kopias - Co Sec

Level 4, 29-31 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000

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Figure 2 East Pogo Block: Planned shallow reconnaissance ridge line drilling collar locations. Central and southern holes targeting pogo-style mineralisation interpreted as dilation zones along thrust contact. Northern holes targeting late fault veins (peripheral to ZTEM anomalies, coincident with shallow CSAMT anomalies).

Drill Targeting

2000m of shallow (<150m depth) reconnaissance drilling is planned along ridgelines cross cutting three main target areas ( Figure 2 ). A second, deeper drilling program will follow (~2000m), based on results from the shallow drilling.

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Northern Zone

Drilling in the Northern Zone will follow up historic drilling, which intersected high grade gold (max 35g/t Au) in late fault veins ( Figure 2 & Figure 6 ). RML interpret the late fault veins to extend vertically and laterally, to the north of a deep (600m), large (2km x 8km) ZTEM geophysical anomaly ( Figure 2 ). This ZTEM anomaly extends east onto RML’s newly acquired ground also considered prospective for late fault vein gold mineralisation ( Figure 2 ).

As advised in previous ASX releases, CSAMT geophysical anomalies associated with high grade Au intercepts in drilling, demonstrated that CSAMT could be used for direct detection of late fault vein alteration which hosts mineralisation at the Boundary Prospect ( Figure 6 ). For this reason, CSAMT survey results are being used to target additional late fault veins along strike, 500m to the east ( Figure 3 ) and 1.6km to the north-west.

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Interpreted Shallow Late Fault Vein
Anomalies Picked by CSAMT Along Strike From High Grade
Gold Mineralisation. 4 x 100m Proposed Drillholes
Paragneiss
Deeper (600m), Large ZTEM Intrusive
Anomaly Picked By CSAMT
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Figure 3 Example of reconnaissance drillhole design on Line 6, 2D CSAMT section looking west, within the Northern Zone, East Pogo Block, 64North Project Alaska. Shallow line 6 anomalies are located 500m east of historic high grade gold intersections.

Central & Southern Zones

Although shallow, the Central Zone and Southern Zone anomalies are “blind” to the surface. Only subtle (11-55ppb Au) surface geochemical anomalism was detected in the historic and 2020 surface sampling, which is interpreted to be weak leakage anomalies along structures ( Figure 4 ). To put this into context, >95% of historic surface sampling across the Central and Southern Zone, reported <5ppb Au ( Figure 4 ), therefore the subtle surface samples (~50ppb) are 10 x background and therefore warrant follow up. This may also be an indication that the system is well preserved (has not eroded away).

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East Pogo Block
Boundary Prospect
Northern Zone Historic Drilling up
to 35g/t Au
Central Zone
Southern Zone
Tectonic Metals Tibbs Project
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Figure 4 East Pogo Block: Historic and 2020 surface geochemistry indicating >95% of sampling reported <5ppb Au, supporting the Central Zone and Southern Zone being blind targets. Location of CSAMT survey lines, ZTEM survey area with footprint defined for geophysical anomalies. Note: Shallow CSAMT anomaly coincides with shallow ZTEM anomaly on the Central Zone.

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Mapping suggests the Central Zone and Southern Zone anomalies are hosted in paragneiss along a thrust contact ( Figure 2 & Figure 5 ), which is the ideal setting for fluid flow and the formation of dilational zones, which are conducive to the formation of thick quartz veins (Pogo-style). Detailed mapping indicates abundant paragneiss across the area, in some case crosscut by pegmatites (possibly linked to larger felsic intrusive at depth – Figure 5 ), coinciding with a broad area of low magnetic response (alteration).

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3 x 100m Proposed
Drillholes
Paragneiss
Felsic Intrusive
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Figure 5 Example of reconnaissance drillhole design on Line 3, 2D CSAMT section looking west, within the Central Zone, East Pogo Block, 64North Project Alaska. Shallow Line 3 anomaly is located 2.5km southwest of historic high grade gold intersections.

East Pogo Block Geological Context

The East Pogo Block is located within the Pogo Trend, which includes both Northern Star’s Pogo Gold Mine (11Moz) and Goodpaster Prospect and Tectonic Metals Tibbs Project ( Figure 1 ). The Boundary Prospect area is located 26km along strike (ESE) of the Pogo Gold Mine and 11km NW of the Tibbs Project (15 September 2020 TSX-V Tectonic Metals announcement of drilling results: 9.14m @ 6.71g/t Au from 102m including 3.05m @ 19.3 g/t Au from 107m). As with Pogo, the geology is dominated by paragneiss and orthogneiss, intruded by biotite rich granites and diorite and the paleodepth is interpreted to be even shallower to that of Pogo. Structural preparation is also evident across East Pogo i.e. conduits to facilitate fluid flow ( Figure 2 ). Historic surface geochemistry at the Boundary Prospect includes a >100ppb Au broad soil anomaly (Au-Bi-Te-As-W-Sb), which is marked by a multiple high-grade rock chips up to 24.85g/t Au ( Figure 4 ). Surface mineralisation was subsequently followed up with 5 diamond drill holes in 2000 (series BND00-01 to BND00-05), plus an additional hole in 2007 (BND07-06) totalling 1690m ( Figure 2 & Figure 4) ) (see RML ASX announcement 7 July 2020).

The East Pogo Block exhibits geochemical evidence for both a gold mineralised late fault vein Intrusion Related Gold System (IRGS) mineral system (Au-As-Bi-Sb) and the potential for un-tested Pogo-style (Au-Bi-Te-As-W) shallow dipping mineralisation. Previous exploration was conducted without the context of Resolution’s new ZTEM and CSAMT geophysical survey data and did not test the most prospective zones. Drill testing is warranted and will be undertaken with helicopter support in the 2021 summer field season (May-September).

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Figure 6 Historic drilling overlaying Line 1, 2D CSAMT section, looking west. Gold intersections coincide with a shallow CSAMT anomaly. Deeper anomaly remains untested. Boundary Prospect, Northern Zone, East Pogo Block, 64North Project Alaska.

Competent Persons Statement

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Ms Christine Lawley who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Ms Christine Lawley is a full-time employee of the company and holds Shares, Options and Performance Rights in the Company. Ms Christine Lawley 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 ‘Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Ms Christine Lawley consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form in which it is appears and confirms that the data reported as foreign estimates are an accurate representation of the available data and studies of the material mining project. This report includes results that have previously been released under JORC 2012 by the Company as “Binding agreement earning 80% of Gold Project in Alaska” on 17 October 2019, “2019 AGM Managing Director’s Presentation” on 26 November 2019, “Investor Presentation - Noosa Mining Virtual Conference” on 13 July 2020, “Boundary Prospect Results at Pogo Trend - 64North Project” on 24 September 2020 and “Alaska Miners Association Technical Presentation” on 5 November 2020. The Company is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in this announcement.

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Figure 7 Deposit sizes stated as Endowment (Resources & Reserves + Historic Production) *sourced from Company websites

For further information please contact the authorising officer:

Duncan Chessell Managing Director Resolution Minerals Ltd +61 8 6118 7110

E: [email protected]

Follow RML on LinkedIn or Twitter or visit our website www.resolutionminerals.com

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*Tintinta Gold Province Endowment Map – source of data: Pebble (Northern Dynasty, www.northerndynastyminerals.com), Pogo (Northern Star Resources, www.nsrltd.com), Fort Knox (Kinross, www.kinross.com), Donlin Creek (NovaGold, www.novagold.com), Livengood (International Tower Hill Mines, www.ithmines.com), Eagle & Dublin Gulch (Victoria Gold Corp, www.vgcx.com), Brewery Creek (Golden Predator, www.goldenpredator.com), White Gold (White Gold Corp, whitegoldcorp.ca), Coffee (Newmont, www.newmont.com), Kensington (Coeur Mining,www.coeur.com).

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Appendix 2. The following tables are provided to ensure compliance with the JORC Code (2012) requirements for the reporting of the exploration results for the 64North Project – Alaska.

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Sampling Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut This release relates to results from
techniques channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard measurement
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
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 Au
that has inherent sampling problems. Unusual
commodities or mineralisation types (e.g.
submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure
of detailed information.
Drilling Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open- This release relates to results from
techniques hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc.) and details (e.g. core diameter,
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
triple or standard tube, depth of diamond tails,
face-sampling bit or other type, whether core
_is oriented and ifso, by what method, etc.). _
Drill sample Method of recording and assessing core and This release relates to results from
recovery chip sample recoveries and results assessed.
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery

surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
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/gainof fine/coarse material.
Logging Whether core and chip samples have been This release relates to results from
geologically and geotechnically logged to a surface geochemistry; this section
level of detail to support appropriate Mineral is not relevant to this release.
Resource estimation, mining studies and
_metallurgical studies. _

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative
in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.)
photography.
The total length and percentage of the
_relevant intersections logged. _
Sub- If core, whether cut or sawn and whether •This release relates to results from
sampling
techniques
quarter, half or all core taken.
If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled,
rotary split, etc. and whether sampled wet or
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
•Standard sampling techniques were
and sample
preparation
dry.
For all sample types, the nature, quality and
appropriateness of the sample preparation
used for collection of surface
samples.
•1kg surface samples (rock and soil)
technique. were collected in the field and
Quality control procedures adopted for all considered representative and
sub-sampling stages to maximise appropriate for exploration stage.
representivity of samples. Appropriate high, medium and low
Measures taken to ensure that the sampling gold and base metal standards
is representative of the in situ material (CRM’s) are used on a 1:20 basis
collected, including for instance results for (5%). Blanks are inserted on a 1:50
field duplicate/second-half sampling. basis (2%). Laboratories introduce
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the QAQC samples and complete
grain size of the material being sampled. duplicate check assays on a routine
basis.
•Sample preparation is considered
appropriate and was undertaken by
BV Fairbanks (PRP70-250) using
70% to <2mm Crush and Pulverize
85% to <75 um. Samples were split
and were subsequently analysed at
BV laboratory in Reno,
Nevada. Rock sample gold was
analysed by Fire Assay (FA430/AA)
with an AAS finish using a 30gram
nominal sample weight.
Multielement analysis by 4 Acid
digestion and ICP-MS analysis
(MA200). Soils sample gold and
multielement was analysed by
Aqua Regia digestion and
Ultratrace ICP-MS analysis
(AQ250).
•No duplicate samples were taken.
Laboratories complete duplicate
check assays on a routine basis
with data provided to the client.
•Sample size as defined above is
considered appropriate to the
materialsampled.
Quality of The nature, quality and appropriateness of •The sampling digest methods are
assay
and
data the assaying and laboratory procedures used
and whether the technique is considered
partial or total.
considered appropriate and
industry standard. FA430/AA with
AAS finish and MA200 4 Acid
For geophysical tools, spectrometres, digestion with ICP-MS analysis was
handheld XRF instruments, etc., the applied to Rock Chips. AQ250

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
laboratory
tests
parametres used in determining the analysis
including instrument make and model,
reading times, calibrations factors applied and
Aqua Regia digestion Ultratrace
ICP-MS analysis was applied to
Soils.
their derivation, etc. No use of portal XRF is reported.
Nature of quality control procedures adopted QAQC procedures included the
(e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, external insertion of appropriate high,
laboratory checks) and whether acceptable medium and low gold and base
levels of accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and metal Certified Reference Materials
precision have been established. (CRM) on a 1:20 basis (5%) and
Blank material on a 1:50 basis (2%)
for a total insertion rate of 7%,
which is appropriate to the
exploration stage. QC checks are
conducted after results are received
utilising Company QC and supplied
internal laboratory QC information.
Laboratories introduce QAQC
samples and complete duplicate
check assays on a routine basis.
No abnormalitieswere detected.
Verification The verification of significant intersections by This release relates to results from
of sampling
and
either independent or alternative company
personnel.
The use of twinned holes.
surface geochemistry; verification
of significant intersections and the
use of twinned holes is not relevant
assaying Documentation of primary data, data entry
procedures, data verification, data storage
to this release.
Surface sampling information is
(physical and electronic) protocols. digitally entered and stored
Discuss any adjustment to assay data. following documented sampling
procedures and backed up
electronically.
No adjustment has been made to
the primary assay data.
Location of Accuracy and quality of surveys used to All maps and locations are in UTM
data points locate drill holes (collar and down-hole
surveys), trenches, mine workings and other
grid (NAD83 Z6N) and have been
measured by GPS with a lateral
locations used in Mineral Resource accuracy of ±4 metres and a
estimation. vertical accuracy of ±5 metres.
Specification of the grid system used.
Quality and adequacy of topographic control.
Data Data spacing for reporting of Exploration This release relates to results from
spacing and
distribution
Results.
Whether the data spacing, and distribution is
sufficient to establish the degree of geological

surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
Data spacing is insufficient to
and grade continuity appropriate for the establish the degree of geological
Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve and grade continuity required for a
estimation procedure(s) and classifications Mineral Resource estimation.
applied. Sample composting has not been
Whether sample compositing has been applied to these exploration
_applied. _ results.
Orientation Whether the orientation of sampling achieves This release relates to results from
of data
relation
in
to
unbiased sampling of possible structures and
the extent to which this is known, considering
the deposit type.
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
The relationship between the
Ifthe relationship between the drilling sampling orientationand the

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
geological
structure
orientation and the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to have
introduced a sampling bias, this should be
orientation of key mineralised
structures has not been confirmed.
assessed and reported if material.
Sample The measures taken to ensure sample A secure chain of custody protocol
security security. has been established with the site
geologist securely storing samples
on site until being loaded by a
reputable courier and transported
to a secure area at BV laboratory
in Fairbanks.
Audits or The results of any audits or reviews of No review has been undertaken at
reviews sampling techniques and data. this time.

Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)

Criteria Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Mineral Type, reference name/number, location and Resolution Minerals Ltd executed a
tenement
and
land
ownership including agreements or material
issues with third parties such as joint
ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties,
binding agreement with Millrock
Resources to acquire, via joint
venture earn-in, up to 80% interest
tenure native title interests, historical sites, of the 64North Project in Alaska
status wilderness or national park and environmental
settings.
(ASX:RML Announcement
16/12/2019).
The security of the tenure held at the time of The total tenement area comprising
reporting along with any known impediments the 64North Project consists of
to obtaining a licence to operate in the area. 1195 State of Alaska claims
(67,280 hectares).
The 64North Project is located
approximately 120km east of
Fairbanks.
The tenure is in good standing and
noknown impediments exist.
Exploration
done
by
Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration
by other parties.

Previous exploration work
includes;
Surface Geochemical Sampling:
other parties Pan concentrates, fine silts, silts,
soils & rock chips. Airborne
Geophysics: EM, LiDAR,
Radiometric & Magnetics.
Ground Geophysics: Magnetics,
Radio-metrics, EM, VLF-EM,
NSAMT & CSAMT.
Exploration Drilling: 46 Diamond.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of Resolution Minerals Ltd is primarily
mineralisation. exploring for Intrusion Related Gold
mineralisation (e.g. Pogo-style)
withintheYukon-TananaTerrane

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Criteria Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
ofthenorthernCordillera,Alaska.
Drill hole A summary of all information material to the This release relates to results from
Information understanding of the exploration results
including a tabulation of the following
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
information for all Material drill holes: This release relates to results from
o easting and northing of the drill hole collar surface geochemistry; this section
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level – is not relevant to this release.
elevation above sea level in metres) of the
drill hole collar
o dip and azimuth of the hole
o down hole 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. _
Data In reporting Exploration Results, weighting This release relates to results from
aggregation
methods
averaging techniques, maximum and/or
minimum grade truncations (e.g. cutting of
high grades) and cut-off grades are usually
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
This release relates to results from
Material and should be stated. surface geochemistry; this section
Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short is not relevant to this release.
lengths of high-grade results and longer No metal equivalents have been
lengths of low-grade results, the procedure used.
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. _
Relationship These relationships are particularly important This release relates to results from
between
mineralisati
in the reporting of Exploration Results.
If the geometry of the mineralisation with
respect to the drill hole angle is known, its
surface geochemistry; this section
is not relevant to this release.
This release relates to results from
on widths nature should be reported. surface geochemistry; this section
and
intercept
If it is not known and only the down hole
lengths are reported, there should be a clear
statement to this effect (e.g. ‘down hole
is not relevant to this release.
This release relates to results from
surface geochemistry; this section
lengths length, true width not known’). is not relevant to this release.
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) Plan view of surface sample
and tabulations of intercepts should be locations has been included in the
included for any significant discovery being body of this report.
reported These should include, but not be A section for historic drill holes has
limited to a plan view of drill hole collar also been provided.
_locations and appropriate sectional views. _
Balanced Where comprehensive reporting of all The reporting is considered
reporting Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low and high
balanced.
Comprehensive reporting of all
grades and/or widths should be practiced to drilling, trench, soil samples has
avoid misleading reporting of Exploration occurred in historical reports and
Results. reportedwhenappropriatehere.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary Commentary
Other Other exploration data, if meaningful and Resolution Minerals completed a
substantive
exploration
material, should be reported including (but not
limited to): geological observations;
geophysical survey results; geochemical
ZTEM survey. See ASX:RML
announcement released on the
5/11/2020 for details.
data survey results; bulk samples – size and Resolution Minerals completed a
method of treatment; metallurgical test CSAMT survey. See ASX:RML
results; bulk density, groundwater, announcement released on the
geotechnical and rock characteristics; 24/09/2020 for details.
potential deleterious or contaminating
_substances. _
Further The nature and scale of planned further work A range of exploration techniques
work (e.g. tests for lateral extensions or depth
extensions or large-scale step-out drilling).
are being considered to progress
exploration including 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.

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