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ST GEORGE MINING LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2015

Nov 1, 2015

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Capital/Financing Update

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ASX / MEDIA RELEASE

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2 November 2015

ST GEORGE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF NEW NICKEL SULPHIDE PROJECTS

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 100% acquisition of the Hawaii and Mt Alexander North nickel sulphide exploration projects now completed

  • Acquisition includes all technical and exploration data

  • Two underexplored projects in a world class nickel address with significant opportunity for a discovery

  • Drill ready targets with high impact exploration programme by St George underway

ST GEORGE ACQUIRES 100% OF HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE PROJECTS

St George Mining Limited (ASX: SGQ ) (‘St George’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to confirm that it has completed the previously announced acquisition from BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd (“Nickel West”) of the Hawaii Project and the Mt Alexander North Project.

These highly prospective projects are located south‐west of the Agnew‐Wiluna belt in Western Australia which hosts numerous world class nickel and gold deposits.

The completion of the acquisition follows satisfaction of all conditions precedent under the Sale Agreement signed by the parties on 17 September 2015. The acquisition of 100% of the Projects includes all technical and exploration data from Nickel West.

Figure 1 illustrates the location of the new Projects in the Northern Goldfields of Western Australia, and also shows the location of St George’s flagship and 100% owned East Laverton Project, where a major drilling campaign is currently underway.

St George Mining Executive Chairman, John Prineas said:

“The exploration at these projects to date has confirmed their potential, and we now have a tremendous opportunity to deliver a discovery through systematic and technically driven exploration.

“In addition to acquiring the existing database from Nickel West, our Exploration Manager – Matthew McCarthy – worked on these projects when he was at that company. This allows us to hit the ground running and to fast‐track exploration.

“At Hawaii, we have already commenced on‐ground exploration with a moving loop electromagnetic survey, to be followed by a maiden RC drilling programme later this month.

“With drilling this month at both East Laverton and Hawaii and assay results to follow soon, we are looking at a very exciting finish to the year.”

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Figure 1 – a map showing the location of St George’s exploration projects. The Hawaii and Mt Alexander North Projects are located in a world class address for major nickel and gold deposits.

UNDEREXPLORED PROJECTS IN A WORLD CLASS ADDRESS

The Hawaii and Mt Alexander North Projects are located on the western edge of the Kalgoorlie Terrane (see Figure 2). The projects straddle the Ida Fault, a significant Craton‐scale structure that marks the boundary between the Kalgoorlie Terrane (and Eastern Goldfields Superterrane) to the east and the Youanmi Terrane to the west.

Hawaii Project

The Hawaii Project is located 55km west of the Sinclair Nickel Project, owned by Talisman Mining Limited, and 90km southwest of Cosmos, owned by Western Areas Limited. Both of these projects were only recently acquired by their current owners and are undergoing major new exploration programmes, reflecting the increased focus on nickel sulphide exploration in this area.

St George has acquired exploration licence E36/741 from Nickel West, which covers 211.34 sq km. In addition, St George has lodged an application for exploration licence E36/851 which covers 86.42 sq km, and takes the total area for the Hawaii Project to 297.76 sq km.

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Figure 2 – a map of the tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Yilgarn Craton. The Hawaii and Mt Alexander North Projects are located on the boundary of the Kalgoorlie and Youanmi Terranes adjacent to the Ida Fault.

Reconnaissance shallow aircore drilling completed by Nickel West at the Hawaii Project in 2012 discovered over 5km of moderate to high MgO ultramafics that are adjacent to the Ida Fault (see Figure 3). This area was previously interpreted as granite, and the discovery of prospective ultramafics was a significant exploration milestone.

St George is planning the first ever RC (reverse circulation) drilling to test the bedrock geology at Hawaii. A Programme of Works for the drilling campaign has been approved by the Department of Mines and Petroleum, and drilling is scheduled to commence in the second half of November.

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St George has already commenced on‐ground exploration at Hawaii, with a ground moving loop electromagnetic (MLEM) survey completed last week over a prospective area of high MgO ultramafics. Newexco, our geophysical advisers, are currently modelling this survey data to identify any EM targets for drill testing.

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Figure 3 – a map (against 1VD magnetics) of the Hawaii Project illustrating the extensive ultramafics identified by previous aircore drilling

Mt Alexander North Project

The Mt Alexander North Project is located approximately 120km southwest of Leinster, the centre of Nickel West’s operations in the Agnew‐Wiluna belt.

St George has acquired exploration licence E29/548 from Nickel West which covers 45.12 sq km. In addition, St George has lodged an application for exploration licence E29/954 which covers 41.72 sq km, which will increase the total area of the Mt Alexander North Project to 86.84 sq km.

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Figure 4 illustrates the location of the two St George tenements – E29/548 and E29/954.

The third tenement shown in Figure 4 is E29/638 which is currently held in joint venture by Nickel West (75%) and Western Areas (25%). High grade nickel‐copper sulphides were discovered on this tenement in 2008 with intersections including 4m @ 4.9%Ni, 1.7%Cu and 3.9g/t total PGEs from 91.4m and 3m @ 3.8%Ni, 1.6%Cu and 2.7g/t total PGEs from 56.3m (see ASX Release dated 2 April 2008 by Western Areas Ltd).

This discovery was named the Cathedrals prospect, and is hosted by komatiite ultramafics within the Cathedrals Fault. This structure is interpreted to extend into St George’s tenements with potential also for additional discoveries of Ni‐Cu sulphides. St George has commenced exploration planning for the Mt Alexander North Project with on‐ground exploration to commence in early 2016.

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Figure 4 – a map of the Mt Alexander North tenements against TMI magnetics. The Cathedrals Fault that hosts the high grade Ni‐Cu‐PGE discovery on E29/638 (3[rd] party owned) is interpreted to extend into St George’s tenements.

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For further information, please contact:

John Prineas Executive Chairman St George Mining Limited (+61) 411 421 253 [email protected]

Colin Hay Professional Public Relations (+61) 08 9388 0944 mob 0404 683 355 [email protected]

Competent Person Statement:

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Matthew McCarthy, a Competent Person who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr McCarthy is employed by St George Mining Limited.

Mr McCarthy 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 Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr McCarthy consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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The following sections are provided for compliance with requirements for the reporting of exploration results under the JORC Code, 2012 Edition.

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections)

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Sampling Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut This ASX Release dated 2 November 2015 reports on the acquisition
techniques channels, random chips, or specific specialised by St George Mining Limited (“St George”) of tenements comprised
industry
standard
measurement
tools
in the Hawaii Project and Mt Alexander North Project.
appropriate
to
the
minerals
under
investigation, such as down hole gamma
sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc).
This ASX Release does not report any new drilling, assay or other
sampling exploration work.
These examples should not be taken as limiting
the broad meaning of sampling.
Include reference to measures taken to ensure The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sample representivity and the appropriate sampling exploration.
calibration of any measurement tools or
systems used.
Aspects of the determination of mineralisation The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
that are Material to the Public Report. sampling exploration.
In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has
been done this would be relatively simple (eg
‘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 gold that has inherent
sampling problems. Unusual commodities or
mineralisation types (eg submarine nodules)
may
warrant
disclosure
of
detailed
information.
Drilling Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open‐ The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
techniques hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, sampling exploration. References to aircore drilling on E36/741 are
sonic, etc) and details (eg core diameter, triple to drilling conducted by the previous owner of the tenement (see
or standard tube, depth of diamond tails, face‐ Section:Exploration Done by Other Parties)
sampling bit or other type, whether core is
oriented and if so, by what method, etc).
Drill sample Method of recording and assessing core and The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
recovery chip sample recoveries and results assessed. sampling exploration.
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
and ensure representative nature of the sampling exploration.
samples.
Whether a relationship exists between sample The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
recovery and grade and whether sample bias sampling exploration.
may have occurred due to preferential
loss/gain of fine/coarse material.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Logging Whether core and chip samples have been The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
geologically and geotechnically logged to a sampling exploration.
level of detail to support appropriate Mineral
Resource estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc) sampling exploration.
photography.
The total length and percentage of the relevant The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
intersections logged. sampling exploration.
Sub‐sampling If core, whether cut or sawn and whether The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
techniques and quarter, half or all core taken. sampling exploration.
sample
preparation
If non‐core, whether riffled, tube sampled, The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet or sampling exploration.
dry.
For all sample types, the nature, quality and The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
appropriateness of the sample preparation sampling exploration.
technique.
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub‐ The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sampling stages to maximise representivity of sampling exploration.
samples.
Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
representative of the in situ material collected, sampling exploration.
including for instance results for field
duplicate/second‐half sampling.
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
grain size of the material being sampled. sampling exploration.
Quality of The nature, quality and appropriateness of the The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
assay data and assaying and laboratory procedures used and sampling exploration.
laboratory whether the technique is considered partial or
tests total.
For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
XRF instruments, etc, the parameters used in sampling exploration.
determining the analysis including instrument
make and model, reading times, calibrations
factors applied and their derivation, etc.
Nature of quality control procedures adopted The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
(eg standards, blanks, duplicates, external sampling exploration.
laboratory checks) and whether acceptable
levels of accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision
have been established.

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Verification of The verification of significant intersections by
The ASX Release does not any drilling, assay or other sampling
sampling and either independent or alternative company
exploration.
assaying personnel.
The use of twinned holes. The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sampling exploration.
Documentation of primary data, data entry The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
procedures, data verification, data storage sampling exploration.
(physical and electronic) protocols.
Discuss any adjustment to assay data. The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sampling exploration.
Location of Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate
The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
data points drill holes (collar and down‐hole surveys),
sampling exploration.
trenches, mine workings and other locations
used in Mineral Resource estimation.
Specification of the grid system used. The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sampling exploration.
Quality and adequacy of topographic control. The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sampling exploration.
Data spacing Data spacing for reporting of Exploration The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
and Results. sampling exploration.
distribution
Whether the data spacing and distribution is
The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sufficient to establish the degree of geological
sampling exploration.
and grade continuity appropriate for the
Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation
procedure(s) and classifications applied.
Whether sample compositing has been applied.
The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
sampling exploration.
Orientation of Whether the orientation of sampling achieves The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
data in relation unbiased sampling of possible structures and sampling exploration.
to geological the extent to which this is known, considering
structure the deposit type.
If the relationship between the drilling The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
orientation and the orientation of key sampling exploration.
mineralised structures is considered to have
introduced a sampling bias, this should be
assessed and reported if material.
Sample The measures taken to ensure sample security. The ASX Release does not report any drilling, assay or other
security sampling exploration.
Audits or The results of any audits or reviews of sampling
No detailed audits or reviews have been conducted at this stage.
reviews techniques and data.

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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results

Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Mineral Type, name/reference number, location and
The Hawaii Project is comprised of one granted Exploration Licence
Tenement and ownership including agreements or material
(E36/741) and one Exploration Licence Application (E36/851). The
Land Status issues with third parties including joint
Mt Alexander North Project is comprised of one granted Exploration
ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties,
Licence (E29/548) and one Exploration Licence Application
native title interests, historical sites, wilderness
(E29/954).
or national park and environmental settings. Each tenement is 100% owned by Blue Thunder Resources Pty Ltd, a
wholly owned subsidiary of St George Mining. E36/741 and E29/548
The security of the tenure held at the time of
reporting along with any known impediments


are subject to a royalty in favour of a third party that is outlined in
the ASX Release dated 18 September 2015.
to obtaining a licence to operate in the area. The tenements at the Mt Alexander North Project are subject to the
Wutha Land Access Deed. No environmentally sensitive sites have
been identified at any of the tenements.
The tenements are in good standing and no known impediments
exist.
Exploration Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration E36/741 and E29/548 have been acquired by St George Mining from
Done by Other by other parties. BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd (Nickel West). Limited on‐ground
Parties exploration was completed at these tenements by Nickel West.
At E36/741, an aircore drilling programme comprising 20 holes for
944m was completed in 2012 by Nickel West. The drilling identified
a 5.5km strike length of ultramafic rocks. This was a major
exploration breakthrough as the area was previously considered to
be barren granitoids. A follow‐up small fixed loop EM program was
completed over ~10% of the ultramafic in 2013, with no bedrock
conductors identified. Eight of the aircore drill holes did not
penetrate to the lower saprolite/saprock.
At E29/548, one RC hole for 250m was completed in 2012 in the
southeast of the tenement. Other work completed includes Hoistem
and Sub‐audio magnetic geophysical surveys over the southern
central portion of the tenement to assist interpretation of bedrock
geology and for targeting purposes.
The tenements remain underexplored.
Geology Deposit type, geological setting and style of The Hawaii and Mt Alexander North Projects are located along the
mineralisation Ida Fault, a significant Craton‐scale structure that marks the
boundary between the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane to the east
and the Youanmi Terrane to the west.
No mineralisation has been discovered at the Projects to date.
The Hawaii and Mt Alexander projects are prospective for komatiite‐
hosted nickel sulphide deposits and precious metal deposits (i.e.
Orogenic gold) that are typified elsewhere in the Yilgarn Craton.
Drill hole A summary of all information material to the
The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
information understanding of the exploration results
exploration.
including
tabulation
of
the
following
information for all Material drill holes:
• Easting and northing of the drill hole collar
•Elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation
above sea level in meters) of the drill hole collar
• Dip and azimuth of the hole
• Down hole length and interception depth
• Hole length

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Criteria JORC Code explanation Commentary
Data In reporting Exploration Results, weighting The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
aggregation averaging
techniques,
maximum
and/or
exploration.
methods minimum grade truncations (e.g. cutting of
high grades) and cut‐off grades are usually
Material and should be stated.
Where aggregated intercepts incorporate short The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
lengths of high grade results and longer exploration.
lengths of low grade results, the procedure
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 The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
metal equivalent values should be clearly exploration.
stated.
Relationship These relationships are particularly important The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
between in the reporting of exploration results. exploration.
mineralisation
widths and
intercept
lengths
If the geometry of the mineralisation with
respect to the drill hole angle is known, its
nature should be reported. 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 length, true width not known).
Diagrams Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) Relevant scaled maps are included in the body of the ASX Release.
and tabulations of intercepts should be
included for any significant discovery being
reported. These should include, but not be
limited to a plane view of drill hole collar
locations and appropriate sectional views.
Balanced Where
comprehensive
reporting
of
all
The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
Reporting Exploration
Results
is
not
practical,
exploration.
representative reporting of both low and high
grades and/or widths should be practiced to
avoid misleading reporting Exploration Results.
Other Other exploration data, if meaningful and The ASX Release does not report any drilling or assay sampling
substantive material, should be reported including (but not exploration.
exploration limited to): geological observation; geophysical
data survey results; geochemical survey results; bulk
samples – size and method of treatment;
metallurgical
test
results;
bulk
density,
groundwater,
geotechnical
and
rock
characteristics;
potential
deleterious
or
contaminating substances.
Further Work The nature and scale of planned further work St George is currently planning further exploration programmes for
(e.g. tests for lateral extensions or depth the Hawaii and Mt Alexander North Projects, including a bedrock
extensions or large – scale step – out drilling). drilling programme at Hawaii as outlined in the ASX Release. Further
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of announcements will be made in due course.
possible
extensions,
including
the
main
geological interpretations and future drilling
areas, provided this information is not
commercially sensitive.

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