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VERITY RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2014

Nov 19, 2014

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Capital/Financing Update

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ABN 96 122 995 073

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ASX Code: BML

TO: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE ASX LIMITED DATE: 20 November 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

__________ MAIBELE KEEPS GROWING

DEEPEST INTERSECTION YET – OPENS UP MAIBELE

  • New zone-Hole 94 hits 12m of sulphide stringers including ~3m of massive and disseminated suphides at 400m depth testing downhole EM conductor.

  • Potential zone extends for 16km strike length and at depth

STEP OUT HOLE 94 (MADD0094) IS THE FIRST DEEP HOLE AND OPENS UP THE MAIBELE NICKEL DEPOSIT WITH AN INTERSECTION OF ~12m OF SULPHIDE STRINGERS INCLUDING ~3m OF MASSIVE & DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES. THE MINERALISATION STILL NEEDS TO BE ASSAYED TO CONFIRM THAT THE SULPHIDES CONTAIN NICKEL HOWEVER MINOR CHALCOPYRITE (Cu) IS VISIBLE IN THE CORE.

  • MAIBELE NORTH MINERALISED ZONE NOW EXTENDED TO ~900m. HOLE 94 IS 250m TO THE EAST OF THE LAST MINERALISED HOLE IN CURRENT DRILL PROGRAM.

  • MAIBELE IS OPEN AT DEPTH AND ALONG STRIKE TO THE EAST AND WEST.

  • MAIBELE POTENTIAL NOW OPEN TO REINTERPRETATION AS HOLE 94 WAS TARGETTED ON A DOWNHOLE ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) CONDUCTOR WITH NO SURFACE EXPRESSION (NOT A VTEM ANOMALY).

  • DOWN HOLE EM NOW PLANNED TO TARGET OTHER CONDUCTORS WITH 5 HOLES SELECTED.

Botswana Metals Limited (“BML”) is pleased to advise that drilling continues to expand its Maibele North Ni, Cu & PGEs deposit with Hole MADD0094 intersecting sulphides at a true depth of 400m successfully confirming mineralisation at depth after testing a down hole EM conductor. The tenor of Ni, Cu and PGEs mineralisation in the sulphide zone will

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be determined by independent laboratory analysis and released accordingly, though onsite scanning of the core using a handheld XRF analyser has indicated that elevated levels of Ni and Copper are present in the sulphide mineralised intervals.

Details are:

0.40m of disseminated sulphides from 344.0m encountered with minor chalcopyrite (copper sulphide indicator)

and

12.5m of sulphide stringers, disseminated and massive sulphides intersected from 457.18m including:

From 462.75 @ 1.25m of massive sulphides with minor chalcopyrite From 463.65 @ 0.21m of massive sulphides From 466.63 @ 0.19m of massive sulphides From 468.48 @ 0.05m of massive sulphides From 468.53 @ 1.12m of disseminated sulphides From 469.65 @ 0.08m of massive sulphides

(all widths are down hole lengths and hole 94 drill core is being prepared for laboratory assaying).

Down hole EM on Hole 94 will be used to reassess these conductors for further drilling.

Hole MADD0094 intersected the ~200m long conductor at vertical depth of 400m (~450m down hole). The target was indicated from down hole EM surveying in hole MADD0025 that showed an off hole conductor at approximately 350m vertical depth with a dip extent of ~200m. MADD0094 appears to have intersected the conductor approximately 50m below the modelled top and a further 150m remains untested below MADD0094. Above MARD0094 and MADD0025 a moderate strength TDEM conductor that models with a 200m dip extent from ~100m to ~300m vertical depth remains untested. This target has been modelled for a further 600m east of MADD0025 / MARD0094.

The Maibele North nickel-mineralised trend has now been defined over a strike length at least 2km that includes AIRSTRIP, MAIBELE NORTH & MAIBELE NEW ZONE and remains open to the east,west and at depth.

Figure 1 indicates the potential 16km anomalous zone where nickel has been intersected at Airstrip Copper, Maibele North, Maibele new intercept (hole 84) and VTEM anomaly 10830a. Within this zone several VTEM conductors (10780a, 10830a, Maibele Extension and Mashambe) require further testing.

Botswana Metals Limited Suite 3, 16 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria 3101 P: +61 3 9855 1885; F: +61 3 9855 2885 Email [email protected] www.botswanametals.com.au

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Figure 1: Regional perspective view from above, looking northeast, of the linear horizon along which the Maibele North-Aistrip mineralised trend lies. Background image is VTEM db/dt Tau and shows numerous prominent conductive anomalies along the horizon. Sulphide Ni mineralisation has been intersected at Airstrip, Maibele North + Maibele new zone and conductor 10830a.

Figure 2: 3D long Section, looking northwest showing the modelled ultramafic body and coincident 3D conductor models from ground TDEM surveys. Drill hole MARD0094 is shown intersecting the off-hole conductor. No drill holes exist between MARD0094 and the extents of the current drill program or east into either the TDEM or DHEM conductors.

Botswana Metals Limited Suite 3, 16 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria 3101 P: +61 3 9855 1885; F: +61 3 9855 2885 Email [email protected] www.botswanametals.com.au

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Figure 3: Cross section, looking northeast, through recently completed MARD0094 showing the position of modelled conductors and the coincident sulphide intersection at 460m down hole (~400m vertical depth)

Botswana Metals Limited Suite 3, 16 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria 3101 P: +61 3 9855 1885; F: +61 3 9855 2885 Email [email protected] www.botswanametals.com.au

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Figure 4: Collar Plan of all holes from the current drill program. The shaded pink shape represent the 3D modelled body of sulphide mineralisation

Figure 5: Long Section, looking northwest, showing nickel grade distribution at Maibele North and Airstrip Copper and the position of pierce points from the curren tdrill program (red dots). Note the position of the intersection in MARD0094 some 250m down plunge of the previously easterly-most intersection. MARD0094is the deepest intersection at Maibele North to date.

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Figure 6: 3D view, looking north, showing the modelled sulphide body (pink shape) and drilltraces from the current drill program. Red shapes on drill traces indicate sulphide percent down hole.

Figure 7: Photograph of sulphide intersection from MARD0094.

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Regional Potential

Examination of regional geological and geophysical images shows linear features that correlate strongly with the zone of mineralisation and extend a considerable distance to the east towards the Maibele North Extension prospect and further still towards the Mashambe Prospect (see Figure 1). Both of these prospects are marked by prominent VTEM anomalism and the presence of ultramafic lithology and geochemical anomalies. PL 59/2008 “Maibele Extension and Mashambe lie some 5km and 6km respectively east of the Maibele “new zone” and exhibit similar surface geological indicators to those at Maibele North that mark the presence of significant Ni + Cu + PGEs mineralisation. PL59/2008 is 100% owned by BML and not currently subject to the JV with BCL.

The same linear trend can be traced 5km to the west of Maibele North and Airstrip Copper to VTEM Anomaly 10380a, where a single historic drill hole into a conductor plate returned 0.3%Ni in sulphides down hole.

Evidence is mounting that Maibele North – Airstrip Copper lie on a regional geological horizon of at least 16km in length prospective for Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation and containing a number of prominent conductive anomalies associated with ultramafic lithology. BML believes this trend is grossly under explored.

Figure 8: 3D view, looking northeast, showing the modelled Maibele North sulphide body (pink shape) and the past Ni-sulphide drill intersection from the Airstrip Copper Prospect.. Red shapes on drill traces indicate sulphide percent down hole. Note that significant Nisulphide results have been intersected over a nearly 2km strike length, that is open in all directions

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Botswana Chairman Mr Patrick Volpe said: “We have a significant deposit at Maibele and these are very exciting times for BML.

It is our first real deep hole and it was drilled outside a VTEM anomaly. It opens up the entire potential of Maibele which is stll open along strike to the east and to the west and at depth.

We will continue to use down hole EM as a pathfinder to locate additional deeper conductors which should save the JV a lot of expense on drilling as it will focus our deep drilling targets.

Step out Hole MADD0094 will result in the JV committing to infill drilling in 2015 to determine the extent of the mineralisation between hole 84 and to the west. The potential to the east of hole 84 is still open and we also need to explore at depth given this recent result. So many opportunities have opened up with this “MAIBELE NEW” discovery hole.

The deposit is growing as we gather more information regarding the Maibele Prospect which is shaping up to become a very significant nickel deposit. Both JV partners (BCL and BML) are very excited by this new intersection.” He said.

Patrick Volpe Chairman

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation compiled by BML staff on site and provided to Mr Steve Groves who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Groves is a consulting geologist to BML and has previously been employed as the Exploration Manager at BML. Mr Groves has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking 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’. Mr Groves consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

About BCL Limited

BCL Limited is a mining and smelting company owned by the Botswana Government. The company commenced operations in 1959 and is now one of the largest private sector employers in Botswana.

BCL Limited produces two types of finished matte containing nickel, copper and cobalt, and platinum group and precious metals to a smaller extent. The Selebi Phikwe ore deposits are owned and operated by BCL Limited.

The Selebi copper and nickel ore body was discovered in 1963, and higher grade ore was discovered at Phikwe in 1966. Mining of nickel-copper ore commenced in 1973 and since

Botswana Metals Limited Suite 3, 16 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria 3101 P: +61 3 9855 1885; F: +61 3 9855 2885 Email [email protected] www.botswanametals.com.au

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1980, BCL’s smelter has operated at an annual production rate of approximately 50,000 tonnes of nickel-copper matte.

BCL Investments (Pty) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BCL Limited.

About the BCL Limited Farm-In Joint Venture on PL 110/94, PL 111/94 and PL 54/98

BCL Investments (Pty) Limited (“BCL”), under the joint venture agreement, can spend an initial AUD$4 million on a drilling program to earn 40% of the projects over these areas. BCL has the option to continue to fund the projects to the completion of a Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) to earn a 70% interest.

At that point BCL will have the off-take rights at commercial prices, to any ore mined. It is planned to truck ore to the BCL smelter operations at Selebi Phikwe for processing, which is situated 55 km to the southwest of our projects. BCL also has a first right of refusal to participate in exploration on the Company’s other prospecting licences in Botswana. The Company will retain a 30% interest after the BFS is completed, at which time the management of the projects will be transferred to BCL.

BCL Investments (Pty) Limited - Farm-in Joint Venture Agreement

BCL executed the revised Farm-In Joint Venture Agreement on 22 January 2014 with the only condition precedent being that the DOM grants extensions to PL 110/94, PL 111/94 and PL 54/98 (“the three PLs”). The DOM subsequently granted the extensions to the three PLs. The Company has made base metal discoveries within the three PLs: Maibele North (nickel, copper and platinum group elements), Airstrip Copper (copper and silver) and Dibete (copper and silver). A total of 23 VTEM base and precious metal anomalies have been identified to the east of the discoveries.

The Company believes that the agreement with BCL could substantially benefit the Company and its shareholders. The BCL group has been operating a nickel, copper and platinum group elements mine and smelter facility at Selebi Phikwe since the 1970s. Both operations are only 55 km to the southwest of the PLs. BCL has put in place a policy to find business opportunities that can extend the longevity of the mining and smelting operations located at Selebi Phikwe. BCL employs 5,000 people and the township of Selebi Phikwe has a population of 50,000.

The Joint Venture partnership can potentially fast track BML’s efforts towards commencing an operation within the three PLs. The economics of bringing these potential projects to production will be significantly enhanced by the fact that the BCL group mining and smelting facilities are already in existence and logistically close enough for ore to be trucked to the Selebi Phikwe site.

Of the three BML projects, Maibele North nickel prospect has been given priority for drilling as previous diamond drilling intercepted nickel mineralisation at around a depth of 50 m. If the economics permit, the capital and operating costs of developing a mine would be

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significantly reduced due to the availability of BCL’s processing plant situated 55 km away from the joint venture exploration areas.

BCL and the Company have recently been working together to prepare an exploration plan.

APPENDIX 1 – JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data

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

CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
Sampling
techniques
- Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut
channels, random chips, or specific
specialised industry standard measurement
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 (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.
Drill core is arranged neatly in 1m
core trays for HQ (typically
weathered rocks above the limit of
oxidation) and 1.5m core trays for
NQ core from competent rock.
Core is marked at every metre
along an orientation line.
Samples for independent
laboratory analysis are collected at
appropriate geological and or
mineralization boundaries and are
generally 1m or less in width.
Spot
analysis
using
an
XRF
analyser has been undertaken at
every 10cm interval across the
sulphide mineralised intervals at
the BML site office in Tshokwe
using a portable XRF analyser
(INNOV-X Delta Premium). Industry
standards and blanks are used to
monitor the calibration of the
instrument.
This information is used as a guide
to the potential Ni tenor of the
sulphides and primarily used to
determine appropriate sampling
intervals
for
independent
Laboratory analysis.
Drilling
techniques
- Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation
,open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger,
Bangka, sonic, etc) and details (eg core
diameter, triple or standard tube, depth of
diamond tails, face sampling bit or other
type, whether core is oriented and if so, by
what method, etc).
The holes referred to in this
release have been drilled by
Reverse Circulation or HQ
Diamond core through the
weathered rock and NQ Diamond
Core through unweathered rock
and the mineralized zones.
All core drilling is standard tube
method.
All competent core from the
current program is oriented using
a spear orientation method.
Historic holes have been either NQ
core, HQ core or Reverse
Circulation percussion methods.

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CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
Drill
sample
recovery
- Method of recording and assessing
core and chip sample recoveries and
results assessed.
- Measures taken to maximise sample
recovery 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/gain
of fine/coarse material.
The core is measured after every
run, and the results are compared
to the actual run to calculate core
recoveries. Core is handled with
care to avoid breakage and
crumbling. Core is washed and laid
onto holding core trays.
HQ core is used on friable ground,
rotation speeds and water
pressure are monitored to avoid
destroying the core. A soft rubber
mallet is used to drive out core
from the barrel.
No significant core loss or
recovery issues have been
recorded in the current drill
program.
Logging - Whether core and chip samples have
been geologically and geotechnically
logged to a level of detail to support
appropriate Mineral Resource estimation,
mining studies and metallurgical studies.
- Whether logging is qualitative or
quantitative in nature. Core (or
costean, channel, etc) photography.
- The total length and percentage of
the relevant intersections logged.
All core will be photographed with
beginning, ending and
intermediate intervals clearly
marked on each box. Core will be
photographed prior to sampling or
any other procedures that may
disturb the initial orientation of the
core.
The core will be logged in
appropriate detail including
identification of lithology,
structure, alteration, mineralization
and other notable characteristics.
Percentages of core recovery and
Rock Quality Descriptor (RQD) will
be included in the log. The core
recovery will be calculated based
on each drill run (interval). The
RQD calculation will be based on
the total length of core sections
recovered that are greater than 2.0
times the core diameter for each
drill run or interval.
Sub-
sampling
techniques
and sample
preparation
- If core, whether cut or sawn and
whether quarter, half or all core taken.
- If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled,
rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet
or dry.
- For all sample types, the nature, quality
and appropriateness of the sample
preparation technique.
- Quality control procedures adopted for
all sub-sampling stages to maximise
representivity of samples.
- Measures taken to ensure that the
sampling is representative of the in situ
material collected, including for instance
results for field duplicate/second-half
sampling.
Core is cut along the marked
orientation
line,
half
core
is
sampled
for
metallurgical
test
work. The remaining half core is
cut
for
quarter
core
for
lab
assaying and storage.
No field duplicates were taken.
For lab dispatch, blanks and
certified reference material are
inserted at every 5th sample for
QAQC.

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CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
- Whether sample sizes are appropriate
to the grain size of the material being
sampled.
Quality
of
assay
data
and
laboratory
tests
- The nature, quality and appropriateness
of the assaying and laboratory
procedures used and whether the
technique is considered partial or total.
- For geophysical tools, spectrometers,
handheld XRF instruments, etc, the
parameters used in determining the
analysis including instrument make and
model, reading times, calibrations
factors applied and their derivation, etc.
- Nature of quality control procedures
adopted (eg standards, blanks,
duplicates, external laboratory checks)
and whether acceptable levels of
accuracy (ie lack of bias) and precision
have been established.
For core samples the analytical
techniques used a four acid digest
multi element suite with ICP/OES
or ICP/MS finish (25 gram or 50
gram FA/AAS for precious metals).
The acids used are hydrofluoric,
nitric, perchloric and hydrochloric
acids, suitable for silica based
samples. The method approaches
total dissolution of most minerals.
Total
sulphur
is
assayed
by
combustion furnace.
Platinum group elements and gold
were
assayed
by
Fire
Assay
following
either
Pb
or
NiS
collection
followed
by
ICP-MS
finish.
Verificatio
n
of
sampling
and
assaying
- The verification of significant
intersections by either independent or
alternative company personnel.
- The use of twinned holes.
- Documentation of primary data, data
entry procedures, data verification, data
storage
(physical
and
electronic)
protocols.
- Discuss any adjustment to assay data.
The data were examined by the
senior personnel on site.
The primary data were audited and
verified and then stored in a SQL
relational data base.
No data have been adjusted.
Location
of
data
points
- Accuracy and quality of surveys used
to locate drill holes (collar and down-
hole surveys), trenches, mine workings
and other locations used in Mineral
Resource estimation.
- Specification of the grid system used.
- Quality and adequacy of
topographic control.
The data were recorded in
longitude/latitude WGS84.
The terrain is largely flat.
Down hole surveys are carried out
on all holes at 4m intervals using a
Flexit survey tool.
N/A – All historic drillholes have
been surveyed using DGPS with an
accuracy of <1m.

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CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
Data
spacing and
distribution
- Data spacing for reporting of
Exploration Results.
- Whether the data spacing and distribution
is sufficient to establish the degree of
geological and grade continuity
appropriate for the Mineral Resource and
Ore Reserve estimation procedure(s) and
classifications applied.
- Whether sample compositing has
been applied.
The current drilling is designed to
confirm previous drill results,
collect metallurgical samples and
step out form the know areas of
mineralization.
The drill hole spacing is deemed
appropriate for achieving the
objectives of the program and will
enable a maiden JORC 2012
compliant resource to be
calculated.
Orientation
of data in
relation
to
geological
structure
- Whether the orientation of sampling
achieves unbiased sampling of
possible structures and the extent to
which this is known, considering the
deposit type.
- If the relationship between the drilling
orientation and the orientation of key
mineralised structures is considered to
have introduced a sampling bias, this
should be assessed and reported if
material.
The drill lines are oriented at
approximately 90 degrees to the
strike of both local and regional
geological trend.
Drill holes are at 55 degree or 60
angle and orientation of holes
does address the orientation of
structures.
Sample
security
- The measures taken to ensure sample
security.
Samples were taken and
transported by BML personnel to
the BML site office Prior to XRF
analyses the samples are locked in
the BML office.
Audits or
reviews
- The results of any audits or reviews of
sampling techniques and data.
The data were examined by the
independent consultant Mr Steve
Groves of Perth in Australia and
considered appropriate.

Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data (Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)

CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
Mineral
tenement and
land
tenure
status
- Type, reference name/number, location
and ownership including agreements or
material issues with third parties such as
joint ventures, partnerships, overriding
royalties, native title interests, historical
sites, wilderness or national park and
environmental settings.
- The security of the tenure held at the
time of reporting along with any known
impediments to obtaining a licence to
operate in the area.
The results reported in this
announcement are located in
PL110/94 which is a granted
Exploration Licence held by African
Metals Limited, a 100% owned
subsidiary of Botswana Metals
Limited.
PL110/94 is subject to a Joint
Venture agreement with BCL
Limited.
PL110/94 was recently extended for
a further two years and is in good
standing.

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CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
Exploration
done by other
parties
- Acknowledgment and appraisal of
exploration by other parties.
Interpretations and conclusions in
this announcement refer in part to
results generated by historic
exploration work conducted by
Roan Selection Trust, Falconbridge,
Cardia Mining and Botswana Metals.
Botswana Metals considers all
previous exploration work to have
been undertaken to an appropriate
professional standard.
Geology - Deposit type, geological setting and
style of mineralisation.
The Maibele North Prospect is
hosted within the Magogaphate
Shear Zone - a major geological
structural
feature,
generally
considered to mark the boundary
between the Archaean aged (>2.5
billion
year
old)
Zimbabwean
Craton and the Limpopo Belt or
Limpopo Mobile Zone (LMZ). . The
nickel-copper deposits of Selebi
Phikwe lie within the northern part
of the Central Zone of the Limpopo
Mobile
Belt,
whilst
the
nickel
copper
deposits
of
Phoenix,
Selkirk and Tekwane lie in the
Zimbabwean Craton. The Central
Zone
of
the
LMZ
comprises
variably
deformed
banded
gneisses and granitic gneisses,
infolded
amphibolites
and
ultramafic intrusions that that have
the potential to host Ni-Cu sulphide
mineralization.
Ni-Cu-PGE
mineralization at Maibele North and
Airstrip
copper
is
spatially
associated
with
an
ultramafic
intrusion.
Drill
hole
Information
- A summary of all information material to
the understanding of the exploration
results including a tabulation of the
following information for all material drill
holes:
o easting and northing of the drill
hole collar
o elevation or RL (Reduced Level –
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
A table detailing collar coordinates
and relevant directional information
of the current drill program is
included in the release.

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CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
case.
Data
aggregation
methods
- In reporting Exploration Results,
weighting averaging techniques,
maximum and/or minimum grade
truncations (eg cutting of high grades)
and cut-off grades are usually Material
and should be stated.
- Where aggregate intercepts
incorporate short lengths of high
grade results and longer 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 metal equivalent values
should be clearly stated.
Where uneven sampling intervals
have contributed to an averaged
result, the result has been
calculated by a weighted average
technique that incorporates the
interval width of each contributing
sample.
A grade cut off of 0.3% and internal
dilution of <2m has been used in
the calculation of significant
intercepts.
No grade truncations have been
applied to the data.
The Maibele North ore is interpreted
to be genetically and mineralogically
similar to the ore treated at the
nearby Selebi Phikwe smelter where
current recovery grades in the
flotation plant average 84% for Ni
and 95% for Cu. Where Ni Eqv
calculations have been undertaken
on historic assay results it has been
assumed that similar high
recoveries will be achievable. The
current drill program has been
designed to assess the metallurgical
properties of the Maibele North
mineralisation and the indicative
recoveries will be published in due
course.
Given that that the Maibele North
project is currently the subject of a
Joint Venture with the nearby Mine
and Smelter operator, BCL, BML
assumes that no impediments in
recovering and selling the metals
contained in the deposit would exist
provided an viable economic
resource can be defined.
Relationship
between
mineralisation
widths
and
intercept
lengths
- These relationships are particularly
important in the reporting of
Exploration Results.
- 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 (eg
‘down hole length, true width not
known’).
The precise geometry of the
mineralization with respect to
the drill hole angle is not
known and thus, all drill hole
results are reported as down
hole length.
The drill holes in the current
program are inclined
reconnaissance holes based on the
average dip of exposed units. The
orientation of the mineralization is
unknown and true width is
unknown.
Geotechnical logging is under way
to address the geometry of
mineralisation.

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CRITERIA JORC Code Explanation Commentary
Diagrams - Appropriate maps and sections (with
scales) and tabulations of intercepts
should be included for any significant
discovery being reported These should
include, but not be limited to a plan view
of
drill
hole
collar
locations
and
appropriate sectional views.
Plan view and/or cross section maps
of the reported drill holes are
included in this announcement.
Balanced
reporting
- Where comprehensive reporting of all
Exploration Results is not practicable,
representative reporting of both low and
high grades and/or widths should be
practiced to avoid misleading reporting of
Exploration Results.
The results in this announcement
are interpreted to lie within the plane
of a mineralized trend that is
coincident with an ultramafic
intrusion and encompasses the
Maibele North and Airstrip Copper
Prospects.
Other
substantive
exploration
data
- Other exploration data, if meaningful and
material, should be reported including
(but not limited to): geological
observations; geophysical 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.
There is no other material
exploration data that have not been
previously reported.
Further work - The nature and scale of planned
further work (eg tests for lateral
extensions or depth extensions or
large-scale step-out 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.
The Maibele North Prospect is
currently the subject of a 6000m
drill program of 30 holes
designed to verify previous
results, obtain metallurgical
samples and ultimately to
facilitate the calculation of an
initial JORC compliant resource
for the project.
If a potentially economic
resource is defined, then it is
envisioned that he project will
proceed to Pre-Feasibility
Studies.

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APPENDIX 2 – Collar Details of Current Drill Program

Hole
Number
Easting
(UTM)
Northing
(UTM)
RL Total
(m)
Sampling Progress
MADD0057 632242 7595438 837 140.10 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0058 632277 7595473 842 150.07 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0059 632310 7595463 848 142.65 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0060 632449 7595518 844 161.25 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0061 632534 7595572 844 122.24 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0062 632596 7595566 847 155.25 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0063 632659 7595569 847 199.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0064 632741 7595612 850 240.00 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0065 632147 7595455 838 98.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARC0066 632189 7595488 840 7.00 Sampled COMPLETE
MARC0067 632275 7595536 847 16.00 Not sampled ABANDONED
MARD0068 632199 7595397 840 149.27 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0069 632304 7595369 847 220.00 Sampled COMPLETE
MARW0070 632122 7595474 846 120.00 Not sampled WATER HOLE
MARC0071 632336 7595520 848 60.00 Not sampled ABANDONED
MARD0072 632144 7595344 847 185.40 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0073 632104 7595314 845 194.31 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0074 632425 7595569 843 92.25 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0075 632553 7595537 848 170.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARW0076 632091 7595343 846 65.00 Not sampled WATER HOLE
MARD0077 632255 7595437 854 98.28 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0078 632227 7595442 844 130.77 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0079 632185 7595416 845 39.00 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0080 632391 7595564 849 83.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0081 632421 7595529 849.0 103.49 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0082 632383 7595494 844.0 137.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0083 632345 7595446 842.0 152.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MADD0084 632246 7595503 845.0 70.00 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0085 632299 7595443 846.0 146.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0086 632254 7595416 852.0 168.78 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0087 632266 7595325 844.0 220.00 To be sampled COMPLETE
MARD0088 632409 7595450 849.0 167.30 Sampled COMPLETE
MARD0089 632575 7595501 847.0 200.30 To be sampled COMPLETE
MARD0090 632624 7595570 846.0 170.30 To be sampled PENDING
MARD0091 632387 7595413 846.0 215.45 To be sampled COMPLETE

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MARD0092 632485 7595503 851.0 85.00 To be sampled COMPLETE
MARD0093 632522 7595541 80.00 To be sampled PENDING
MARD0094 633080 7595533 847.0 199.00 To be sampled PENDING

Botswana Metals Limited

Suite 3, 16 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria 3101 P: +61 3 9855 1885; F: +61 3 9855 2885 Email [email protected] www.botswanametals.com.au