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ROX RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2017

Sep 5, 2017

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Capital/Financing Update

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6 SEPTEMBER 2017

Aircore Drilling Commences at Collurabbie

Key Points

  • Aircore drilling program of 6,000 metres

  • Multiple nickel and gold targets to be tested

  • First on-ground exploration by Rox at Collurabbie

Rox Resources Limited (ASX: RXL) (“Rox” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of an aircore drilling program at its Collurabbie project 250km north of Laverton in Western Australia (Figure 1).

The drilling program is scheduled to comprise 6,000 metres, and will test a number of targets (Figure 2) within the Company’s tenements.

Rox Managing Director, Ian Mulholland said: “This will be our first on-ground exploration at Collurabbie, and we’re looking forward to implementing the exploration techniques that we have used at Fisher East to successfully deliver a number of nickel sulphide discoveries.”

“This follows up our announcement of a maiden Inferred Mineral resource at the Olympia deposit of 573,000 tonnes grading 1.63% Ni, 1.19% Cu, 0.082% Co, 1.49g/t Pd, 0.85g/t Pt made recently (ASX:RXL 18 August 2017), showing the great potential of this project area.”

“The synergies with our Fisher East nickel sulphide project are strong, being only 70km to the west, and the recent rise in the nickel price is encouraging for further exploration and discovery.”

Nickel targets to be tested include several where previous drilling has indicated mineralization:

South Rhodes 6m @ 1.0% Ni, 0.17% Cu, 390ppb Pt+Pd

Beta Sill 28m @ 0.7% Ni, and 32m @ 0.58% Ni Agora 14m @ 0.57% Ni, 0.19% Cu

The Beta Sill prospect could be a large tonnage – low grade nickel target similar to a number of other deposits in WA and worldwide.

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The program will also test the Naxos gold prospect over a 1km strike length, where previous drilling has intersected gold mineralization:

Naxos 10m @ 0.27g/t Au from 34m, and 2m @ 2.4g/t Au from 60m

The drilling program is expected to take about 3 weeks to complete, with assays available approximately 4 weeks after completion.

ENDS

For more information:

Shareholders/Investors

Media

Ian Mulholland Michael Weir Managing Director Citadel-MAGNUS Tel: +61 8 9226 0044 Tel: +61 8 6160 4903 [email protected] [email protected]

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Figure 1: Collurabbie Project Location Map

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Figure 2: Drilling and Prospect Plan

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About Rox Resources

Rox Resources Limited is an emerging Australian minerals exploration company. The company has a number of key assets at various levels of development with exposure to gold, nickel, copper and platinum group elements (PGE’s), including the Mt Fisher Gold Project (WA), the Fisher East Nickel Project (WA), the Collurabbie Nickel-Copper-PGE Project (WA), and the Bonya Copper Project (NT).

Mt Fisher Gold-Nickel Project (100% + Option to Purchase)

The Mt Fisher project is located in the highly prospective North Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia and in addition to being well endowed with gold, the project hosts several nickel sulphide deposits. The total project area is 675km[2] , consisting of a 600km[2] area 100% owned by Rox and an Option to purchase 100% of a further 75km[2] of nickel and gold prospective ground.

Discovery of, and drilling at the Camelwood, Cannonball and Musket nickel prospects has defined a JORC 2012 Mineral Resource (ASX:RXL 5 February 2016) of 2.0Mt grading 2.5% Ni reported at 1.5% Ni cut-off (Indicated Mineral Resource: 1.9Mt grading 2.5% Ni, Inferred Mineral Resource: 0.1Mt grading 2.3% Ni) comprising massive and disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation, and containing 50,600 tonnes of nickel . Higher grade mineralisation is present in all deposits (refer to ASX announcement above), and is still open at depth beneath each deposit. Additional nickel sulphide deposits continue to be discovered (e.g. Sabre) and these will add to the resource base. Exploration is continuing to define further zones of potential nickel sulphide mineralisation.

Drilling by Rox has also defined numerous high-grade gold targets and a JORC 2004 Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource (ASX:RXL 10 February 2012) of 973,000 tonnes grading 2.75 g/t Au reported at a 0.8 g/tAu cut-off exists for 86,000 ounces of gold (Measured: 171,900 tonnes grading 4.11 g/t Au, Indicated: 204,900 tonnes grading 2.82 g/t Au, Inferred: 596,200 tonnes grading 2.34 g/t Au) aggregated over the Damsel, Moray Reef and Mt Fisher deposits.

Collurabbie Gold-Nickel Project (100%)

The Collurabbie project is located in the highly prospective North Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia and is prospective for gold and nickel. The project area of 123km[2] hosts the Olympia nickel sulphide deposit and a number of other prospects for nickel sulphide mineralisation. A JORC 2012 Inferred Mineral Resource of 573,000t grading 1.63% Ni, 1.19% Cu, 0.082% Co, 1.49g/t Pd, 0.85g/t Pt has been defined at Olympia. The style of nickel sulphide mineralisation is different to that at Fisher East, with a significant copper and PGE component at Collurabbie, and has been compared to the Raglan nickel deposits in Canada (>1Mt contained nickel).

In addition there is potential for gold mineralisation, with several strong drilling intersections including 2m @ 2.4g/t Au from the Naxos prospect.

Bonya Copper Project (51%)

Rox (51%) is exploring the Bonya Copper Project located 350km east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in joint venture with Arafura Resources Limited (49%) (ASX:ARU). Outcrops of visible copper grading up to 34% Cu and 27 g/t Ag are present, with the style of mineralisation similar to the adjacent Jervois copper deposits (see ASX:KGL). Drill testing has intersected visible copper mineralisation at three prospects, with massive copper sulphides intersected at the Bonya Mine prospect, including 38m @ 4.4% Cu and 11m @ 4.4% Cu (ASX:RXL 20 October 2014, 5 November 2014, 1 December 2014).

Under the Farm-in Agreement Rox has earned a 51% interest in the copper, lead, zinc, silver, gold, bismuth and PGE mineral rights at Bonya, and a joint venture between Rox (51%) and Arafura (49%) is now in operation.

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Competent Person Statements:

Resource Statements

The information in this report that relates to nickel Mineral Resources for the Collurabbie project was reported to the ASX on 18 August 2017 (JORC 2012). Rox confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the announcement of 18 August 2017, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement of 18 August 2017 continue to apply and have not materially changed.

The information in this report that relates to nickel Mineral Resources for the Fisher East project was reported to the ASX on 5 February 2016 (JORC 2012). Rox confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the announcement of 5 February 2016, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement of 5 February 2016 continue to apply and have not materially changed.

The information in this report that relates to gold Mineral Resources for the Mt Fisher project was reported to the ASX on 10 February 2012 (JORC 2004). Rox confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the announcement of 10 February 2012, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the announcement of 10 February 2012 continue to apply and have not materially changed.

General

The information in this report that relates to previous Exploration Results for the Bonya and Collurabbie projects, was either prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004 or under the JORC Code 2012, and has been properly and extensively cross-referenced in the text to the date of original announcement to ASX. In the case of the 2004 JORC Code Exploration Results and Mineral Resources, they have not been updated to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported.

Relevant ASX Announcements

ASX:FCN 17 August 2004, 10 November 2004, 3 December 2004, 8 March 2005, 5 July 2010, and 8 July 2011.

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