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ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2024

Jan 2, 2024

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3 January 2024

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Blue Hill Tenements Granted and New Tenement Applications in WA and SA

Zeus Resources Ltd (ACN 139 183 190) (ASX: ZEU ) (“ Zeus ” or “the Company ”) is pleased to announce that two tenement applications (E59/2853 and E59/2854) at its Blue Hill Project, approximately 60 km north of Paynes Find, have been granted.

The newly granted tenements cover approximately 18 km[2] and 36 km[2] respectively of the Wydgee Fold Belt greenstones and granitic rocks that are considered by Zeus to be highly prospective for lithium and REE bearing pegmatites, gold, and base metals.

New tenement applications covering highly prospective geology for lithium and REE bearing pegmatites have also been submitted for Exploration Licenses south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of WA and at Kalabity in the Olary region of South Australia.

“The Company continues to increase its lithium and REE assets in Australia with two new granted Exploration Licence applications. We are excited that the Company has applied for a new tenement for the first time in the Olary region of SA. SA has great potential for lithium and REE exploration. The Company is planning to continue acquiring more lithium and REE assets throughout Australia.” said Mr Jian (Daniel) Liu, Executive Director of Zeus .

BLUE HILL PROJECT

Zeus’ Blue Hill project consists of three tenements, two granted ELs and one EL application pending, near Paynes Find in the Mid-West region of Western Australia, approximately 420 km north of Perth along the Great Northern Highway (Figure 1).

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Figure 1: Location map showing Blue Hill tenements.

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Geology

EL application E59/2804 lies at the south end of the Warriedar Fold Belt along the contact between the greenstones (metamorphosed igneous rocks and sediments) and granitic intrusives (Figure 2). Granted Els E59/2853 and E59/2854 are located on Nalbarra Station in Big Bell Suite monzogranites and Tuckanarra Suite meta-granites to the west of the Wydgee Fold Belt.

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Figure 2: Regional bedrock geology – Blue Hill tenements.

The regional Geological Survey of WA (GSWA) mapping of the area covered by the tenements shows that they are mostly covered by eluvial and alluvial sands and silts with some scattered small outcrops of bedrock with almost all the tenements overlying Yilgarn Craton granites.

Several subcrops of coarse-grained granite and pegmatite were located during a recent field trip in the areas now covered by Zeus’ newly granted ELs, E59/2853 and E59/2854 (Figure 2). These subcrops along with their proximity to the Wydgee Beryl Prospect indicated that the two areas are very prospective for pegmatite hosted lithium and rare earth element (REE) minerals.

Past Exploration on Wydgee Tenements

The Wydgee region had been actively explored for mainly gold and base metals since the 1960s.

A search of the GSWA WAMEX database of Zeus’ Wydgee tenements shows that limited drilling for gold and base metals has been recorded along the east side of on E59/2854 in the greenstones

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looking for extensions to the Kirkalocka Gold Mine to the immediate north of the tenement. Soil sampling for gold and base metals has been carried out on the eastern and western edges of E59/2854 (Figure 3). No geochemical sampling is recorded on E59/2853.

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Figure 3: Past exploration sampling over Zeus' newly granted Wydgee tenements.

There are no records of any exploration on both tenements for pegmatite hosted minerals such as lithium or REEs, which will be the main focus of Zeus’ planned exploration.

Field Trip

The Company’s geologists visited tenement E59/2854 north of the Wydgee Beryl deposit and collected 32 soil samples along a line at 100 m intervals across the whole tenement at approximately 6820150N (GDA94 Zone 50) to test if soil samples detect geochemical anomalism along strike from the known mineralised pegmatite at Wydgee. The easternmost samples also tested the possible strike extension of the Kirkalocka Gold Mine.

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Figure 4: Soil sample locations E59/2854. (after GSWA 1:250k Kirkalocka 5003 geology sheet)

Planned Exploration - Wydgee

Now that the tenements have been granted, Zeus intends to carry out detailed mapping and further geochemical sampling to determine accurately the granite/greenstone contacts and locate any pegmatite outcrops.

After the extent of the pegmatites has been accurately determined, soil sampling on an

appropriately spaced grid will be carried out over the target zones to locate any geochemically anomalous areas that will be followed up with RC drilling.

Result of Ballot E59/2806

A ballot was conducted by the Mining Warden on 14 December 2023 involving competing applications covering Zeus’s application E59/2806 at Blue Hill. Zeus’s application was drawn third.

PILBARA PROJECT

Zeus has applied for three Exploration Licences (E45/6749 - submitted on 13 November 2023, E45/6823 and E45/6829 - submitted on 13 December 2023) south of Port Hedland in the highly prospective Pilbara region of WA (Figure 5). These applications are subject to ballot with other applicants.

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The Pilbara has been the focus of much recent exploration for pegmatite hosted lithium and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) with the most notable discoveries by Pilbara Minerals Ltd at Pilgangoora, Mineral Resources Ltd at Wodinga and Azure Minerals Ltd at Andover.

The main exploration target on these tenements will be lithium and Rare Earth Element (REE) bearing pegmatites.

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Figure 5: Location of Pilbara tenement applications.

E45/6749

Tenement E45/6749 covers 26 graticular blocks (approximately 78 km[2] ) and overlies Archean granitic rocks (Figure 6). Approximately a third of the tenement is covered by Cainozoic sediments with the remainder mostly outcropping granitic bedrock.

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Figure 6: Surface geology of EL application E45/6749. (after GSWA 1:100k Wodgina 2655 geology sheet)

According to the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) WAMEX database there has been no significant recent mineral exploration over the tenement, however, there has been substantial exploration in the surrounding greenstones for gold, base metals as well as pegmatite hosted beryl, tin, tantalite and lithium minerals in the Wodgina district approximately 10 km to the east.

E45/6823 and E45/6829

Tenement E45/6823 covers 3 graticular blocks (approximately 9 km[2] ) and E45/6829 covers 21 graticular blocks (approximately 63 km[2] ) overlying Archean granitic rocks (Figure 6). Both tenements are mostly covered by Cainozoic sediments with limited outcropping granitic bedrock.

The granitic rocks underlying the tenements include coarse grained tonalites and monzogranites that are commonly a source of pegmatites in the adjacent rocks. The presence of nearby tantalite and beryl bearing pegmatites at Tabba Tabba and Biscay Well provide encouragement that any pegmatites located on the Company’s tenements could also be similarly mineralised.

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Figure 7: Surface geology of EL applications E45/6823 and E45/6829. (after GSWA 1:100k Carlindie 2756 geology sheet)

According to the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) WAMEX database the only significant recent mineral exploration over the tenements was for diamonds with no records of lithium or REE exploration.

MORTIMER HILLS PROJECT

The Company’s geologists visited Mortimer Hills tenement during December 2023 and collected 7 grab samples of pegmatite for future petrographic study.

KALABITY PROJECT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

After the Company’s geologists visited South Austrilia’s Kalabity area in November 2023 an application was submitted for ERA1265 which has potential for lithium, REE and uranium mineralisation.

The Kalabity tenement is located approximately 40 km north of Olary and approximately 430 km north-east by road from Adelaide (Figure 8).

The application is adjacent to Sinosteel Uraium Pty Ltd’s tenements that includes the Crocker Well Uranium Project.

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Figure 8: Location ERA1265.

The Kalabity tenement application lies almost entirely within the Olary Domain: Outalpa Subdomain of the Curnamona Geological Province, Figure 9.

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Figure 9: Tectono-sedimentary subdivisions of the Curnamona Province.

The Curnamona Group is the lower part of the Willyama Supergroup in the Olary Domain and is characterised by metasediments interbedded with volcanic rocks. Unconformably overlying the

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Curnamona Group is the Palaeoproterozoic Saltbush Group then the Strathearn Group composed of schistose to gneissic volcanogenic and iron-rich metasediments.

During peak Olarian metamorphism, parts of the Willyama Supergroup were subject to partial melting. Granites were formed in-situ and then intruded only a short distance from their source. Such granitic melts crystallised to medium to coarse grain size, grading to coarse-grained pegmatite. Larger pegmatite bodies not associated with in situ melts are also widespread where they form sharply defined dykes and sills. Such cross-cutting pegmatites probably originated by partial melting at deeper crustal levels and migrated up into lower-grade metasediments where they intruded and crystallised. These latter pegmatites are the main focus of the planned lithium and REE exploration by the Zeus if their application is successful. Pegmatites that will be investigated by the Company as top priority are shown within the ERA on the 1952 Kalabity 1:63,360 scale geology map, Figure 10.

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Figure 10: Local geology (Kalabity 1:63,360 – 1952 Edition)

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Competent Person Statement:

The information in this announcement that relates to the Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Phil Jones, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geologists (AIG) and Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM). Mr Jones is an independent geological consultancy. Mr Jones does not nor has had previously, any material interest in Zeus or the mineral properties in which Zeus has an interest. Phil Jones’s relationship with Zeus is solely one of professional association between client and independent consultant. Mr Jones has experience in exploration, prospect evaluation, project development, open pit and underground mining and management roles. Mr Jones has worked in a wide variety of commodities including gold, lithium, iron ore, phosphate, copper, lead, zinc, silver, nickel and silica in Australia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Africa. Mr Jones has sufficient experience which 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’. Mr Jones consents to the inclusion in this release of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Disclaimers

This announcement is provided for information purposes only and is not a prospectus, disclosure document or other offering document under Australian law or under any other law.

The information in this announcement is of a general nature and does not purport to be complete. This announcement does not purport to contain all the information that a prospective investor may require in connection with any potential investment in the Company. Each recipient must make its own independent assessment of the Company before acquiring any securities in the Company.

Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Company and its related bodies corporate, directors, employees, servants, advisers and agents (together, “ Affiliates ”) disclaim and accept no responsibility or liability for any expenses, losses, damages or costs incurred by you relating in any way to this announcement including, without limitation, the information contained in or provided in connection with it, any errors or omissions from it however caused, lack of accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability or you or any other person placing any reliance on this announcement, its accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability.

Not investment advice

This announcement is not financial product or investment advice nor a recommendation to acquire or sell securities in the Company. Information in this announcement is not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or potential investors and has been prepared without taking account of any person’s individual investment objectives, financial situation, or particular needs.

Each recipient of this announcement should make its own enquiries and investigations regarding all information in this announcement including but not limited to the assumptions, uncertainties and contingencies which may affect future operations of the Company and the impact that different future outcomes might have on the Company.

Before making an investment decision, prospective investors should consider the appropriateness of the information having regard to their own investment objectives, financial situation and needs and seek legal, accounting and taxation advice appropriate to their jurisdiction. The Company is not licensed to provide financial product advice in respect of its securities.

Past performance

Past performance of the Company should not be relied on and is not indicative of future performance including future security prices.

Forward looking statements

This announcement may contain certain forward-looking statements. The words ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘aim’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’, ‘intend’, ‘may’, ‘plan’, ‘project’, ‘will’, ‘should’, ‘seek’ and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and contingencies that are subject to change without notice and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and its Affiliates. Refer to the ‘Risk factors’ above for a summary of certain risk factors that may affect the Company.

Investors are strongly cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements, particularly in light of the current economic climate and the significant volatility, uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.

Forward looking statements are provided as a general guide only and should not be relied on as an indication or guarantee of future performance. Actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in those statements and any projections and assumptions on which these statements are based. These statements may assume the success of the Company’s business strategies, the success of which may not be realised within the period for which the forward-looking statements may have been prepared, or at all.

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No guarantee, representation, or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the accuracy, likelihood of achievement or reasonableness of any forecasts, prospects, returns, statements, or tax treatment in relation to future matters contained in this announcement. The forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company as at the date of this announcement. Except as required by applicable laws or regulations, none of the Company or its Affiliates undertakes to provide any additional information or revise the statements in this announcement, whether as a result of a change in expectations or assumptions, new information, future events, results, or circumstances.

Not an offer

This announcement is not an offer or an invitation to acquire securities of the Company or any other financial products. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction where it would be illegal and will not form any part of any contract or commitment for the acquisition of securities.

This announcement has been prepared for publication in Australia only and may not be released to US wire services or distributed in the United States. The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the US Securities Act ) and may not be offered or sold in the United States except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and applicable US state securities laws. The distribution of this announcement in the United States and elsewhere outside Australia may be restricted by law. Persons who come into possession of this announcement should observe any such restrictions as any non-compliance could contravene applicable securities laws.

This announcement was authorised for release to the ASX by the Board of the Company.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Mr Jian Liu

Executive Director

[email protected]

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Appendix 1: Tenement Details of Zeus Resources Limited

State Project Tenement Holder Status Interest (%) Notes
1 E09/2147 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Granted 100
WA Mortimer Hills 2 E09/2791 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
27/02/2023
Subject to ballot
3 E09/2798 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
27/02/2023
Subject to ballot
4 E09/2865 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
18/06/2023
Subject to ballot
5 E09/2874 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
18/06/2023
Subject to ballot
6 E09/2886 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
18/06/2023
Subject to ballot
7 E09/2891 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
18/06/2023
Subject to ballot
8 E09/2880 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
18/06/2023
Subject to ballot
A una 9 E 53/1603 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Granted 100
W Wil 10 E53/2197 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
27/10/2021
11 E59/2804 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
20/03/2023
WA Blue Hill 12 E 59/2853 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Granted 100
13 E 59/2854 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Granted 100
WA Musgrave 14 E69/4147 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
03/04/2023
15 E69/4148 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
03/04/2023
WA Pilbara 16 E45/6749 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
13/11/2023
Subject to ballot
17 E45/6823 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
13/12/2023
Subject to ballot
18 E45/6829 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
13/12/2023
Subject to ballot
SA Kalabity 19 ERA1265 ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED Application Application lodged
29/11/2023

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Appendix 2: Wydgee sample locations

Sample GDA94 Z50 GDA94 Z50
ID East North Type
M178 576471 6820152 soil
M179 576365 6820162 soil
M180 576262 6820156 soil
M181 576160 6820154 soil
M182 576062 6820151 soil
M183 575961 6820156 soil
M184 575862 6820158 soil
M185 575763 6820170 soil
M186 575670 6820164 soil
M187 575569 6820153 soil
M188 575467 6820156 soil
M189 575366 6820147 soil
M190 575266 6820140 soil
M191 575169 6820156 soil
M192 575069 6820156 soil
M193 574970 6820152 soil
M194 574868 6820163 soil
M195 574767 6820173 soil
M196 574670 6820174 soil
M197 574556 6820182 soil
M198 574462 6820192 soil
M199 574344 6820225 soil
M200 574228 6820194 soil
M201 573351 6820171 soil
M202 573465 6820160 soil
M203 573566 6820150 soil
M204 573671 6820141 soil
M205 573774 6820134 soil
M206 573868 6820130 soil
M207 573961 6820125 soil
M208 574065 6820127 soil
M209 574171 6820112 soil

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