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SILVER MINES LIMITED AGM Information 2018

Nov 27, 2018

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Annual General Meeting Sydney, Australia 28[th] November 2018

Disclaimer

The material in this presentation contains certain forecasts and forward-looking information, including regarding possible or assumed future performance or potential growth of Silver Mines Limited (“SVL”). Such information is not a guarantee of future performance and involves unknown risks and uncertainties, as well as other factors, many of which are beyond the control of SVL. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors.

No representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is made or given by or on behalf of SVL, any of SVL’s directors, or any other person as to the accuracy or completeness or fairness of the information or opinions contained in this presentation and no responsibility or liability is accepted by any of them for such information or opinions or for any errors, omissions, misstatements, negligent or otherwise, or for any communication written or otherwise, contained or referred to in this presentation.

Accordingly, neither SVL nor any of the SVL directors, officers, employees, advisers, associated persons or subsidiary undertakings shall be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of relying upon the statement or as a result of any admission in, or any document supplied with, this presentation or by any future communications in connection with such documents and any such liabilities are expressly disclaimed.

Nothing in this material should be construed as either an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities.

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Silver Mines Limited Introduction

UNLOCKING A MAJOR MINERALISED SYSTEM THROUGH EXPLORATION SUCCESS

  • Major Exploration Targets:

  • Confirmed significant extensions to mineralisation close to mine.

  • Discovered new base-metal massive sulphide including gold.

  • Discovered porphyritic felsic intrusion under the current resource.

  • Discovered extensive mineralised skarn with Copper/Gold targets.

  • Discovered high grade gold mineralisation at surface.

DRILLING COMMENCED AT BARABOLAR MAJOR NEW EXPLORATION PROJECT

  • Bowdens Silver Feasibility Study Complete

  • One of the largest undeveloped precious metals deposits in Australia and one of the largest new silver developments globally.

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New South Wales, Australia is a safe quality jurisdiction.

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Silver Mines Limited Snapshot

Capital Structure
ASX:SVL
Capital Structure
ASX:SVL
Shares on Issue 633.1m Options
Current Share Price A$0.04 Sept 2021 @ $0.06 64.1m
Undiluted Market Capitalisation A$25.0m Jun 2019 @ $0.30 9.0m
Cash end September 2018 A$2.3m 3 year milestone @ $0.20 5.0m
Directors Institutional Shareholders
Keith Perrett, Chairman Paradice Tribeca
Anthony McClure, Managing Director Konwave Old Mutual
Peter Langworthy, Non Executive Director BlackRock
Jonathan Battershill, Non Executive Director
Assets
Major Exploration Package Central New South Wales, Australia,
Barabolar Project, the exploration focus
High order targets include precious metals epithermal, base metal VMS, Orogenic
Gold, Intrusion Related Porphyry.
Bowdens Silver
Mineral Resources
163 Moz Silver 275 Moz Silver Equivalent
Ore Reserve 66 Moz Silver 97 Moz Silver Equivalent

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2018 Financial Year in Review

  • CorporateSecond year of Bowdens Silver ownership and new management.

  • A$7.1 million capital raised.

  • Bowdens7,300 metres of drilling completed.

  • SilverInitial Mineral Resource (September 2017)

  • Project Maiden Ore Reserve (May 2018)

  • Feasibility Study complete (June 2018)

  • Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) advanced.

  • ExplorationExploration strategy continued with considerable success proximal to Bowdens deposit.

  • Confirmed that resource is open at depth and extends below current resource.

  • Semi-massive and massive and sulphide zone including gold discovered below existing resource.

  • Barabolar Project discovery with copper-gold-zinc-lead-silver targets evolving into a substantial exploration play.

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Quality Jurisdiction – New South Wales, Australia

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Quality Jurisdiction – New South Wales, Australia

  • New South Wales, Australia a quality jurisdiction.

  • Major minerals projects in the state include;

  • Cadia/Ridgeway, Newcrest (650,000oz Au, 65,000t Cu pa).

o Cowal, Evolution (260,000oz Au pa).

  • Northparkes, CMOC (60,000t Cu, 50,000oz Au pa).

o Plus coal mining exports (170 million tonnes pa).

  • Bowdens Silver Project Classified as a State Significant Development.

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Barabolar Project

Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

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Highly Altered and Mineralised Skarn
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Regional Geology

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Basement Paleozoic geology, Central NSW

  • The Ordovician Macquarie Arc/Lachlan Fold Belt of Eastern Australia contains preserved porphyry volcanic arc environments.

  • Macquarie Arc of NSW contains world-class;

  • Cadia/Ridgeway,

  • Cowal,

  • Northparkes and others.

  • The Barabolar discovery demonstrates that the eastern limb of the Macquarie Arc has the potential for significant mineral systems.

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Regional Geology

  • Extensive tenement holding (2007 km[2] = 496,000 acres) controlled by Silver Mines.

  • North east corner of Lachlan Fold Belt & Macquarie Arc.

  • Wide range of prospective deposit types over different time periods (Ordovician, Siluro-Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian).

  • Mineral deposit styles/potential include:

  • Cadia/Ridgeway style Porphyry (Cu-AuMo).

  • Woodlawn style Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS).

  • McPhillamy’s style Shear hosted gold with base-metal association.

  • Bowdens Style epithermal (Ag-Zn-Pb).

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Regional Targets

  • Silver Mines developing regional intrusive phase mapping.

  • Identification of potential sites for caldera proximal deposits such as Bowdens Silver and Coomber.

BARABOLAR

  • Barabolar is an outstanding new discovery currently being drilled.

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Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

163 Moz Ag 275 Moz Ag Eq

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Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

  • Barabolar Project area located 10 kilometres northwest of Bowdens.

  • 9000 x 2000 metre corridor of base-metal and precious metal soil anomalies.

  • Mineralised skarn mapped over 5000 by 800 metres.

  • Porphyry system type alteration assemblages.

  • Several high order prospects:

  • Kia Ora Skarn (and proximal porphyry): Cu-Ag-Zn-Au.

  • Botobolar / Hayshed: Large molybdenum anomalies, abundant coarse molybdenite in associated felsic porphyry.

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Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

MINERALISED SKARN

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Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

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Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

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Unlocking a Major Mineralised System

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Sulphide breccia
(Zn+Pb+Cu+Ag+Au)
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Bara area rock chip sample

10.3% zinc

6.39% lead 0.19% copper 252g/t silver

0.16g/t gold

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Recently Discovered Cringle Prospect

  • Recent mapping and sampling discovers high-grade gold bearing structures at the Cringle Prospect within the Barabolar Project area.

  • >400 metres of strike length inferred from mapped gossanous outcrop.

  • Both gold and silver-rich structures identified.

  • Gold-rich surface rock assays include:

  • 5.9g/t gold and 95.2g/t silver; 4.9g/t gold and 59.9g/t silver; 2.1g/t gold and 45.8g/t silver; 1.2g/t gold and 16.2g/t silver.

  • Epithermal gold-silver exploration model.

  • 900m x 400m chargeability (IP) anomaly from near surface.

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  • Cringle will be drilled as part of current Barabolar drilling program commencing in September 2018.

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Geophysics Program

  • Induced Polarisation (IP) program (~30 line kms) completed July 2018.

  • Full interpretation completed early August 2018.

  • 3D magnetic modelling.

  • Potential gravity survey.

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Chargeability – Initial view

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Chargeability – Initial view

  • Chargeability anomalies inferred to represent sulphide accumulations.

  • Very high chargeability responses beneath zones of significant copper – zinc – silver in soils.

  • Coincident with surface mineralisation and mapped skarn and quartzolite units.

  • From surface to below 300 metres depth.

  • Significant target generation through the convergence of datasets – geophysics, geochemistry, geology and structure.

  • Multiple drill targets generated.

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Bowdens Silver Project

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Drilling

Silver Mines drilling has focused on:

  • Both infill and extensional drilling.

  • Oriented core drilling enabling a detailed structural interpretation of high-grade zones.

  • Drilling intersecting basement Ordovician rocks resulting in new discoveries at depth.

Company DD RC Total
CRA, Silver Std, Golden Shamrock 8,764 40,965 49,729
Kingsgate 6,146 12,785 18,931
Silver Mines 13,648 14,075 27,723
**Total ** **28,558 ** **67,825 ** 96,383

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Total drilling on the project

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Bowdens Silver Resource (as at September 2017)

30 g/t Ag Eq Cut Tonnes Silver Eq. Silver Zinc Lead Million Million
(Mt) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (% ) Ounces Ounces
Silver Silver Eq.
Measured 76 72 45 0.37 0.25 111 175
Indicated 29 59 31 0.38 0.25 29 55
Measured & Indicated 105 68 41 0.37 0.25 140 230
Inferred 23 60 31 0.40 0.28 23 45
Total 128 67 40 0.38 0.26 163 275

See Appendix 1 and 2.

Announced 19[th] Sept. 2017 - compared to the 2012 Mineral Resource Estimate this resource represents a:

  • 51% increase in total silver equivalent ounces

  • 22% increase in silver ounces

  • 45% increase in total tonnes

  • Measured and Indicated Resources increased from 59% to 82% of the total resource.

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Bowdens Silver Resource (Refer to Appendix 1 and 2)

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Block Model

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Bowdens Silver Reserve (as at May 2018)

Tonnes Silver Silver Zinc Lead Silver Silver Zinc Lead
(Mt) Eq. (g/t) (%) (% ) Eq. Million Kilo- Kilo-
(g/t) Million Ounces tonnes tonnes
Ounces
Proved 28.6 102.2 69.75 0.44 0.32 93.85 64.05 125.11 91.43
Probable 1.3 84.4 53.15 0.43 0.29 3.60 2.27 5.74 3.91
Total 29.9 101.4 69.01 0.44 0.32 97.45 66.32 130.84 95.33

See Appendix 4.

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Feasibility Study

September 2017 Mineral Resource Complete (275 Moz Ag Eq)

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May 2018 Ore Reserve Complete (97 Moz Ag Eq)

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June 2018 Feasibility Study Complete

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2019/2020 EIS and Approvals

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Bowdens Silver Mine Development

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Bowdens Silver Draft
Mine Site Layout
October 2018
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(as at June 2018) Feasibility Study Complete

Physical Metrics Unit Value
Production Life Years 16
Ore Mined Mt 29.9
Waste Mined Mt 48.2
W:O StripRatio x 1.6
AgRecovered in Concentrate Moz 52.91
Zn Recovered in Concentrate kt 108.0
Pb Recovered in Concentrate kt 79.3
Financial Metrics AUD M USD M
Revenue 1,899.5 1,424.7
OperatingExpenses 1,340.8 1,005.6
OperatingMargin 558.7 419.0
Undiscounted Cashflow before Tax 257.7 193.3
Undiscounted Cashflow after Tax 155.7 116.7
Project NPV(Pre-Tax) 143.9 107.9
Project NPV(Post Tax) 70.6 52.9
Project IRR(Pre-Tax): Nominal 20.8%
Project IRR(Post Tax): Nominal 14.6%
Capital Costs AUD M USD M
Initial 246.0 184.5
LOM Sustaining 53.9 40.4
Unit Costs(AgBasis) AUD/oz USD/oz
C1 Costs 15.47 11.60
All in SustainingCost(AISC) 17.25 12.94

For full Feasibility Study disclosures refer to the Silver Mines Limited announcement of 14 June 2018. Silver prices assumed for financial modelling

were: CY20 = US$21.50 /oz, CY21 = US$22.00 /oz, CY22 = US$22.50 /oz. A zinc price of US$1.25 /lb was used and a lead price of US$1.00 /lb.

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Historical Silver Prices US$ per Ounce

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Near Mine

Mineralised System

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Near Mine Mineralised System

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Near Mine Mineralised System – Current Drilling

  • High-grade silver and base metal mineralisation between 10 and 30 metres

  • Currently defined over a strike length of 150 metres and open in several directions.

  • Potential for the development of underground mining tonnages.

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Potential Resource Extensions at Depth

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Major IP Anomaly Identified – Mostly Undrilled

  • IP survey suggests accumulation of sulphide minerals beneath the deposit to the south.

  • Is there a deep Mt Leyshon equivalent (>3mOz Au) or better?

  • Massive sulphide intersections on northern edge of IP anomaly.

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  • Spectral mineralogy indicates the deposit is zoned from south (cooler) to north (hotter).

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Massive Sulphide Discovery – Bowdens Deeps

  • Massive to semi-massive sulphide discovery.

  • ~100 metres below the Mineral Resource.

  • Mineralised zone over 315 metres.

  • Significant gold content.

  • Results include:

  • 31.25m @ 3.24% Zn, 1.88% Pb, 23g/t Ag, 0.4g/t Au (218g/t AgEq) including;

  • 18.25m @ 4.6% Zn, 3.0% Pb 31g/t Ag, 0.52g/t Au (313g/t AgEq).

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  • The mineralised system is interpreted to be vectoring to the northwest and remains totally open along strike and down dip.

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Discovery of Porphyritic Intrusion – Bowdens Deeps

  • Significant discovery of porphyritic felsic intrusion beneath the Bowdens Silver deposit.

  • The intrusion is associated with strong metal zonation consistent with potential porphyry associated gold-copper mineralisation.

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  • Highly anomalous molybdenum content to the north west of Bowdens (high level indicator in mineralised porphyry systems).

  • The mineralised system is interpreted to be vectoring to the northwest and remains totally open along strike and down dip.

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Looking Forward

  • Barabolar is an outstanding exploration play – drilling commenced

  • Geological and structural to expand to the west.

  • Soil program highlighting extensive Cu-Mo-Zn-Ag-Au anomalism to be expanded to the west.

  • Induced Polarisation (IP) program (~30 line kms) complete.

  • Full interpretation completed.

  • 3D magnetic modelling.

  • Up to 7,500 metres drilling commenced October 2018.

    • 5,000 metres specific shallow target drilling to 200 metres depth.

    • 2,500 metres + deeper drilling in selected areas.

  • Completion of Bowdens Silver Environmental Impact Statement first half 2019

  • Submission for Development Consent

  • Stronger Market for Precious Metals?

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Anthony McClure
Managing Director
Silver Mines Limited
+61 2 8316 3997
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(as at September 2017) Appendix 1 – Bowdens Silver Resource

30 g/t Ag Eq Cut Tonnes Silver Eq. Silver Zinc Lead Million Million
(Mt) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (% ) Ounces Ounces
Silver Silver Eq.
Measured 76 72 45 0.37 0.25 111 175
Indicated 29 59 31 0.38 0.25 29 55
Measured & Indicated 105 68 41 0.37 0.25 140 230
Inferred 23 60 31 0.40 0.28 23 45
Total 128 67 40 0.38 0.26 163 275

The Bowdens Mineral Resource Estimate has been compiled by H&S Consultants Pty Ltd using Multiple Indicator Kriging and the reporting is compliant with the 2012 JORC Code and Guidelines. For full disclosures refer to the Silver Mines Limited announcement of 19 September 2017.

  1. Bowdens’ silver equivalent: Ag Eq (g/t) = Ag (g/t) + 33.48Pb (%) + 49.61Zn (%) calculated from prices of US$20/oz silver, US$1.50/lb zinc, US$1.00/lb lead and metallurgical recoveries of 85% silver, 82% zinc and 83% lead estimated from test work commissioned by Silver Mines Limited.

  2. Bowdens Silver Mineral Resource Estimate is reported to a 30g/t Ag Eq cut off and extends from surface and is trimmed to 300 metres RL which is approximately 320 metres below surface representing a potential volume for open-pit optimisation models.

  3. In the Company’s opinion, the silver, zinc and lead included in the metal equivalent calculations have a reasonable potential to be recovered and sold.

  4. Variability of summation may occur due to rounding.

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(as at September 2017) Appendix 2 - Bowdens Silver Resource

Cut off g/t Ag Eq Tonnes
(Mt)
Silver Eq.
(g/t)
Silver
(g/t)
Zinc
(%)
Lead
(% )
Million
Ounces
Million
Ounces
Silver Silver Eq.
0 397.2 30.7 17.6 0.18 0.12 225 392
10 261.7 43.7 25.2 0.26 0.17 212 368
20 185.2 54.6 31.7 0.32 0.21 189 325
30 127.9 66.8 39.6 0.38 0.26 163 275
40 89.2 79.7 48.6 0.43 0.29 139 229
50 63.6 92.8 58.4 0.47 0.33 119 190
60 46.1 106.3 69.1 0.51 0.36 102 158
70 33.7 120.8 80.9 0.54 0.39 87 131
80 25.1 135.5 93.4 0.57 0.42 75 109
90 19.2 149.9 105.6 0.59 0.45 65 93
100 15.1 163.7 117.5 0.62 0.47 57 80
120 9.6 192.3 141.4 0.67 0.53 44 59

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Appendix 3 - Silver Mines Resource Inventory

Deposit name Tonnes Silver Eq. Silver Silver Silver Eq. Status
(Mt) (g/t) (g/t) (Moz) (Moz)
Bowdens Silver 128 67 40 163 275 100% owned
Webbs1 1.5 345 245 11.7 16.5 100% owned
Conrad1 2.6 206 105.4 9.0 17.5 100% owned
Total 184 309
  1. For further information on the Webbs and Conrad Projects refer to the Silver Mines Limited website.

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(as at May 2018) Appendix 4 – Bowdens Silver Reserve

Tonnes Silver Silver Zinc Lead Silver Silver Zinc Lead
(Mt) Eq. (g/t) (%) (% ) Eq. Million Kilo- Kilo-
(g/t) Million Ounces tonnes tonnes
Ounces
Proved 28.6 102.2 69.75 0.44 0.32 93.85 64.05 125.11 91.43
Probable 1.3 84.4 53.15 0.43 0.29 3.60 2.27 5.74 3.91
Total 29.9 101.4 69.01 0.44 0.32 97.45 66.32 130.84 95.33

The Bowdens Reserve has been compiled by AMC Consultants Pty Ltd and is based on the September 2017 Mineral Resource Estimate generated for Silver Mines by H & S Consultants Pty Ltd (see ASX announcement 19 September 2017). For full disclosures refer to the Silver Mines Limited announcement of 30 May 2018.

  1. Calculations have been rounded to the nearest 100,000 t, 0.1 g/t silver and 0.01% zinc and lead grades respectively. The Ore Reserve is reported by economic cut-off grade with appropriate consideration of modifying factors including costs, geotechnical considerations, mining and process recoveries and metal pricing.

  2. Bowdens’ silver equivalent: Ag Eq (g/t) = Ag (g/t) + 33.48Pb (%) + 49.61Zn (%) calculated from prices of US$20/oz silver, US$1.50/lb zinc, US$1.00/lb lead and metallurgical recoveries of 85% silver, 82% zinc and 83% lead estimated from test work commissioned by Silver Mines Limited.

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Board of Directors

Keith Perrett, Chairman

Mr Perrett has had a long involvement in agriculture as a producer and industry leader at local, state, national and international levels. He was formerly Chairman of the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), the National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC), the Wheat Research Foundation, and President of the Grains Council of Australia.

Anthony McClure, Managing Director

Mr McClure graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Geology) degree from Macquarie University in 1986. He has had 30 years technical, management and financial experience in the resource sector worldwide in project management and executive development roles. He has also worked in the financial services sector within the mineral and energy sectors.

Mr McClure is currently a director of unlisted public company Mekong Minerals Limited (since October 2010) and listed company Planet Gas Limited (since August 2003). He is also a past director of Bolnisi Gold NL and European Gas Limited.

Peter Langworthy, Non-Executive Director

Mr Langworthy graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Geology) degree (Hons) from Macquarie University in 1986. His career spans 30 years in mineral exploration and project development both in Australia and internationally. His industry experience includes senior management roles with WMC Resources Limited, PacMin Mining Limited, and Jubilee Mines NL. Mr Langworthy led the management team that was responsible for numerous discoveries that led to the outstanding success of Jubilee Mines.

Mr Langworthy is currently Managing Director of Gateway Mining Limited (since 2018) and Chairman of Syndicated Metals Limited (since March 2012). Mr Langworthy previously held directorships with Northern Star Resources Limited, Talisman Mining Limited, Falcon Minerals Limited, Pioneer Resources Limited and Capricorn Metals Limited.

Jonathan (Jo) Battershill, Non Executive Director

Mr Battershill graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Geology) degree (Hons) from the Camborne School of Mines, United Kingdom in 1995. His career spans over 20 years in mining, business development and finance both in Australia and internationally. His industry experience includes senior operational and business development roles with WMC Resources Limited as well as significant stockbroking experience at Hartleys, Citigroup and UBS both in Sydney and London. Mr Battershill was consistently voted one of the leading mining analysts in Australia between 2009 and 2015 by institutional investors.

Until recently, Mr Battershill was the Global Mining Strategist (Executive Director) with the UBS investment bank in London and is currently the Principal of JJB Advisory Limited, a private advisory and consulting firm based in the UK.

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Competent Persons Statements

Ore Reserve

The information in this report that relates to Ore Reserves within the Bowdens Silver Project is based on information compiled or reviewed by Mr Adrian Jones of AMC Consultants Pty Ltd who is a consultant to the Company. Mr Jones is a member of the Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and 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’ (JORC code). Mr Jones consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

Mr Jones visited the Bowdens mine site during April 2017 to review the operations, consider the conditions of the site, and assess the data collection methods and techniques used by site personnel.

The Ore Reserve has been prepared by Mr Adrian Jones, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd, after peer review of the mining section of the Feasibility Study. Other experts relied upon include H & S Consultants Pty Ltd, GR Engineering Services Limited, ATC Williams Pty Limited. and Jacobs Australia Pty Limited, for Mineral Resources, Metallurgy & Process Design and Tailing Storage Facility design. Work on environmental, marketing and logistics and the financial modelling were undertaken by other consultants on behalf of the Company and certified by representatives of Silver Mines.

Mineral Resources

The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources is based on work compiled by Mr Arnold van der Heyden who is a Director of H & S Consultants Pty Ltd. Mr van der Heyden is a Member and Chartered Professional (Geology) of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and 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’ (JORC code). Mr van der Heyden consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

Exploration and Drill Results

The information in this report that relates to mineral exploration drill results from Bowdens Silver is based on information compiled or reviewed by Mr Darren Holden who is an advisor to the company. Mr Holden is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and 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’ (JORC code). Mr Holden consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.

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