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Finding the Metals for
Our Future
RIU EXPLORERS CONFERENCE
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Disclaimer
Refer to Dreadnought announcements for JORC Table 1 and Table 2 for results and information contained
in this presentation.
Central Yilgarn Project
27 April 2021
Illaara Update and Regional Target Generation
31 May 2021
Drilling Results – Illaara Au-Cu-Iron Ore Project
7 July 2021
High-Grade Tantalum Results from Peggy Sue – Illaara Project
1 August 2022
Completion of Acquisition – Central Yilgarn Project
1 November 2022
Successful Drill Results Across Multiple Metals
27 April 2022
Initial High-Grade Resource at Metzke’s Find
8 February 2024
Seven Camp Scale Gold Prospects at Central Yilgarn
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Kimberley Project
25 August 2021
27 August 2021
15 November 2021
8 December 2021
22 June 2022
20 June 2023
RC Results from Orion, Grant’s Find & Fuso Indicate Large Cu-u-Ag-Co System
Bonanza Grade Cu-Ag-Sb-Bi Mineralisation at rough Triangle
High-Grade Cu-Ag-Au-Co Discovery at Orion
Further High-Grade Cu-Ag-Au-Co-Zn Orion Discovery
Orion Auger Program – Taraji-Yampi Project
Highly Conductive Anomalies Enhance Orion Look-Alikes– Taraji-Yampi Project
Mangaroon Project
07 April 2021
29 November 2021
14 February 2022
17 October 2022
24 October 2022
10 November 2022
28 December 2022
27 January 2023
13 February 2023
3 April 2023
29 May 2023
6 June 2023
13 June 2023
13 September 2023
2 October 2023
30 November 2023
11 December 2023
22 January 2024
12 February 2024
Option/JV Agreement Signed with Global Base Metal Miner
Five Carbonatite Intrusions Identified at Mangaroon Project
Conductors Defined along the Money Intrusion – Mangaroon FQM JV
Mineralised carbonatite discovered at C3 and C4
Broad high-grade assays at Yin REE Discovery
Exploration Update Mangaroon Ni-Cu-PGE
Initial High-Grade, Independent Resource Over 3kms at Yin
Mineralised REE Ironstones increased by 13kms to 43kms
Rare Earth Ironstone Exploration Target Defined
Carbonatites deliver thick near surface REE Results
Metallurgical Test work Supports High Grade Concentrate
Mangaroon Gold Review and Further Consolidation
Yin Extended by 1km & 2.5km of High Grade NdPr Discoveries
Highest Grades to date from Yin Infill Drilling
Mangaroon Carbonatite now >17km – Higher Grade Zones Fiingerprinted
Large, High Confidence Yin Ironstone Resource
Thick, High-Grade Gold Including 7m @ 23.0g/t Au
Star of Mangaroon Extended
Star of Mangaroon Camp Scale Gold Prospect Continues to Expand
Bresnahan REE-Au Project
8 February 2023
Bresnahan Emerging As a Light & Heavy Rare Earth
Province
26 October 2023
Significant HREE, Gold & Uranium Potential
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in the Company will be entered into on the basis of this presentation or any
information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this presentation.
This presentation is not a prospectus, product disclosure document or other offering
document under Australian law or under any other law. It has been prepared for
information purposes only. This presentation contains general summary information
and does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation and
particular needs of any individual investor. It is not financial product advice and
investors should obtain their own independent advice from qualified financial advisors
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of their related bodies corporate is licensed to provide financial product advice. This
presentation and information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this
presentation contains forecasts and forward-looking information. Such forecasts,
projections and information are not a guarantee of future performance, involve
unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results and developments will almost
certainly differ materially from those expressed or implied. There are a number of
risks, both specific to Dreadnought, and of a general nature which may affect the
future operating and financial performance of Dreadnought, and the value of an
investment in Dreadnought including and not limited to title risk, renewal risk,
economic conditions, stock market fluctuations, commodity demand and price
movements, timing of access to infrastructure, timing of environmental approvals,
regulatory risks, operational risks, reliance on key personnel, reserve estimations,
native title risks, cultural heritage risks, foreign currency fluctuations, and mining
development, construction and commissioning risk. You should not act or refrain
from acting in reliance on this presentation, or any information, opinions or
conclusions expressed in the course of this presentation. This presentation does not
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accepted by the Company or any of its officers, employees, agents or consultants or
any other person as to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of
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responsibility for any errors or omissions from this presentation whether arising out
of negligence or otherwise is accepted. An investment in the shares of the Company
is to be considered highly speculative. The exploration targets or conceptual
exploration targets in this presentation or expressed during the course of this
presentation are subject to completion of the necessary feasibility studies, permitting
and execution of all necessary infrastructure agreements. This presentation and
information, opinions or conclusions expressed in the course of this presentation
should be read in conjunction with Dreadnought's other periodic and continuous
disclosure announcements lodged with the ASX, which are available on the
Dreadnought website. They involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ from estimated results. Forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, statements concerning the Company’s exploration programme,
outlook and target sizes. They include statements preceded by words such as
“potential”, “target”, “scheduled”, “planned”, “estimate”, “possible”, “future”,
“prospective” and similar expressions.
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to geology and exploration results
and planning was compiled by Mr. Dean Tuck, who is a Member of the AIG, Managing
Director, and shareholder of the Company. Mr. Tuck 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. Tuck consents to the inclusion in the report of the
matters based on the information in the form and context in which it appears.
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that
materially affects the information in the original reports, and that the forma and
context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been
materially modified from the original reports. (referencing historic and new company
announcements).
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Company Snapshot
Capital Structure
ASX Code
DRE
Share Price (12/02/2024)
$0.019
Shares on Issue
3,479M
Market Cap
~$66.1M
Cash (31/12/2023 + R&D Rebate)
~$5.0M
Unlisted Securities (various strike prices)
83.7M
Liquidity (90-day average)
~$0.1M / day
Board and Management Cash Investment
~$6,200,000
Board & Management
Paul Chapman
Dean Tuck
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Non-Executive Chairman
Managing Director
Philip Crutchfield
Non-Executive Director
Robert Gee
Non-Executive Director
Debbie Fullarton
Chief Financial Officer
Matt Crowe
Chief Operating Officer
Jessamyn Lyons
Company Secretary
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Mangaroon REEs
DRE 100% Ownership
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Mangaroon REEs
Long life of mine potential
• 40.82Mt @ 1.03% TREO with 87% of the Yin
Ironstone Resource (29.98Mt @ 1.04% TREO)
in the Measured and Indicated category.
World’s top mining jurisdiction
• Western Australia
Globally significant critical minerals
province
• Rare Earths, Niobium, Phosphate, Titanium,
Scandium, Nickel, Copper, Lithium
MREC conversion test work underway
• Vital commercialisation step for midstream
partners
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Significant predevelopment work complete
• On hold waiting for rare earth sentiment to
improve
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Yin Ironstones and Gifford Creek Carbonatites
Yin REE Ironstones
• High NdPr, outcropping at surface
• Resource only covers ~10% of 43km long
ironstone strike
Gifford Creek Carbonatite
• Multiple pulses of high-grade Rare Earths,
Niobium, Phosphate, Titanium and Scandium
• Only ~25% of carbonatite tested with first pass
drilling
Upcoming Catalysts
• ANSTO MREC Test work
• Gifford Creek Carbonatite Target Definition
Next Steps
• Slow down work while depressed REE market
• Continue project de-risking
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1.
Central Yilgarn Gold
•
T1 – Viper
•
T2 – Honey, Leghorn
•
T6 – Chicken Little
•
T11, T18, T21
2.
Mangaroon Gold
•
SoM Gold Camp
3.
Tarraji-Yampi Cu-Au
•
Orion Cu-Au Camp
•
Grants Cu-Au Camp
4.
Mangaroon Ni-Cu-PGE
•
Money Intrusion (JV)
5.
Mangaroon Rare Earths
•
Return of market sentiment
•
Yin Ironstones
•
Gifford Creek Carbonatites
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Life Changing
Opportunities
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Central Yilgarn Gold
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Central Yilgarn Gold
What is Central Yilgarn?
• ~1,400km2 covering ~150km strike over four
greenstone belts in the Yilgarn
• Significant gold, copper, nickel and lithium pegmatite
potential
Nelson Cu-Pb-Zn 2022
Why are we here?
• Bermuda triangle of the Yilgarn
• No tracks, no water, no support = limited prospecting
• Previous exploration dominated by iron ore explorers
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The Opportunity
• Major discovery in a consolidated, unloved greenstone
belt terrain in the world's top mining jurisdiction.
• Gruyere
• Hemi
• Tropicana
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Central Yilgarn Gold
Priority Focus for 2024
• Walk up drill targets
• Define additional targets
Upcoming Catalysts
• Commencement of RC drilling March/April 2024
• T1: Viper
Nelson Cu-Pb-Zn 2022
• T2: Honey, Leghorn
• T6: Chicken Little, Megatron
Next Steps
• Boots on ground March 2024
• Mapping, and surface sampling
• March 2024
• RC Drilling at T1, T2, T6
• March / April 2024
• AC Drilling at T21
• Mid-year 2024
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Leghorn and Honey
Leghorn
• ~3,500m x 300m Au-As-Bi-Mo-Te-W anomaly
• Previous RC intercept:
• BARRC007: 48m @ 0.7g/t Au from 27m including 21m
@ 1.3g/t Au from 54m
• Coincident IP anomaly over interpreted structures
Honey
• Historical shallow working produced free gold in altered
ultramafic rocks – Wattle Dam Analogy (~250kOz @ 10g/t
Au)
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Viper
Walk up drill target
• ~1,500m x 800m Au-As-Sb
anomaly
• Previous intercept:
BARAC0136: 15m @ 1.5g/t
Au from 12m including
3m @ 6.7g/t Au from 12m
• Coincident IP and DHEM
anomaly over interpreted
structurally complex and
non-outcropping BIF
horizon
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Mangaroon Au
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Mangaroon Gold
What is Mangaroon?
• ~5,000km2 covering the Mangaroon Zone within
the Gascoyne Proterozoic Mobile Belt
• Significant intrusion related and orogenic gold,
potential
Why are we here?
• Unloved history with early exploration hindered
by lack of infrastructure and investment
• Proterozoic Mobile Belts contain a variety of
attractive mineralisation styles
• Mineralisation sticking out of the ground.
The Opportunity
• Major discovery in a consolidated, unloved terrain
in a one of the world's top mining jurisdictions.
• Tintina Gold Belt – Pogo, Dublin Gulch
• Charters Towers Province – Mt Leyshon
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Mangaroon Gold – Star of Mangaroon
Star of Mangaroon
• Mined by Pastoralists 1960s
• Limited exploration in the 1980s/1990s
• MA10: 4m @ 26.0g/t Au fr 9m
• SMC07: 4m @ 18.7 g/t Au fr 8m
• Recent drilling by Dreadnought includes:
• SOMRC004: 2m @ 59.0 g/t Au fr 16m
• SOMRC005: 7m @ 23.0 g/t Au fr 53m
• SOMRC006: 8m @ 15.5 g/t Au fr 89m
• No deep drilling, and no drilling along
the mineralised trend including at the
historically mined Popeye with rock
chips including
• RNLYD048: 30g/t Au, 552g/t Ag
• MMNAU001: 20g/t Au, 413g/t Ag
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Mangaroon Gold – Camp Scale Opportunities
Star of Mangaroon Camp Scale Prospect
• Expanding 15km x 10km camp scale opportunity
• First modern exploration within this consolidated field
has already yielded over a dozen new targets including
Tiger, which is stronger and larger than the Star.
Upcoming Catalysts
• Regional stream sediment sampling
• Camp scale prospect generation
Next Steps
• Detailed mapping surface sampling to generate and
define targets across the SoM and new camp scale
prospects
• RC drilling of historical workings
• May/June 2024
• RC drilling of newly defined targets
• July/August 2024
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Tarraji-Yampi
Cu-Au (80%, 100%)
Ni-Cu-PGEs (100%)
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Tarraji-Yampi Cu-Au (Ni-Cu-PGE)
What is Tarraji-Yampi?
• ~485km2 covering the Yampi Fold and Thrust
Belt in the Kimberley Region of Western
Australia.
• Contains the Orion Cu-Au VMS discovery
• Contains historical workings on Cu-Au
epithermal veins at Grant’s
Why are we here?
• Off-limits to exploration since 1978
• Unexplored, no modern exploration
• Mineralisation sticking out of the ground
• Along strike from Merlin/Double Magic and Dog
Leg Ni-Cu-PGE Discoveries
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The Opportunity
• Additional Cu-Au massive sulphide discoveries –
Degrussa, Windy Craggy
• High grade Epithermal discoveries similar to
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Tarraji-Yampi Cu-Ag-Au-Co
Orion Discovery - 2021
• KMRC022: 16m @ 2.2% Cu, 38.7gt Ag, 6.6g/t Au, 0.4% Co
• Confirmed over 250m strike, to a depth of ~150m
• Geophysics shows it down to 500m
• Part of an emerging Cu-Au VMS Camp
Orion Discovery 2021
Upcoming Catalysts
• Results from RC and diamond drilling completed in 2023
• Geophysical and geological review
Next Steps
• IP Surveys to generate epithermal targets for testing
• June/July
• RC/DD drilling of remaining untested Orion look-a-likes,
including any off-hole conductors and new targets from the IP
Survey
• August/September
• Assess Ni-Cu-PGE potential along strike from the Dog Leg
Discovery
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Other Opportunities
Mangaroon Ni -Cu-PGE: FQM JV
Bresnahan U, Au -Ag, HREEs
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Mangaroon Ni-Cu-PGE (FQM JV) and
Bresnahan U, HREE, Au-Ag
Orion Discovery 2021
Mangaroon Ni-Cu-PGE (FQM JV)
• ~50km long prospective Money Intrusion
• High tenor massive sulphide potential confirmed REYRC013:
23m @ 0.5% Ni, 0.5% Cu, fr 36m incl.
2m @ 3.3% Ni, 2.9% Cu
• Geophysical signature confirmed (IP and EM)
• Halfway through a drilling and geophysics program
commenced in 2023
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Bresnahan U, HREE, Au-Ag
• 4,700 km2, 100% owned, on the doorstep of the Pilbara.
• Proven Uranium mineralisation with extensive and detailed geophysics
supporting multiple walk-up targets defined by major uranium companies
including Cameco and Vale.
• Proven HREE mineralisation with extensive and detailed geophysics
supporting target generation and definition work.
• Proven Au-Ag-Sb mineralisation along same crustal scale structures as
Paulsen’s, and Mount Olympus.
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What can we expect
for 2024?
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Plans for 2024
Major, High-Grade Gold Discoveries at Central Yilgarn and
Mangaroon
➢ Drilling at Central Yilgarn to commence March/April 2024
➢ Drilling at Mangaroon to commence May/June 2024
➢ Ongoing target generation and definition work from March
Continue to advance the REEs in the background
➢ Waiting for improved market conditions
Unfinished Business at Tarraji-Yampi
➢ Finish the Cu-Au Orion look-a-like drill program
➢ Generate and test Cu-Au epithermal targets (Grant’s look-a-likes)
➢ Generate and define Ni-Cu-PGE targets
Continue Money Intrusion Ni-Cu-PGE Programs
➢ Finish drilling and geophysical surveys
Commercialise Bresnahan
➢ Sale, partnership or spinout
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Take Away Message
Strong news flow throughout 2024
• Average >1 ASX announcement / week
Track record of delivering discoveries
• Yin REE ironstone complex
• Gifford Creek REE-Nb carbonatites
• Orion Cu-Au massive sulphide
• Money Intrusion Ni-Cu-PGEs
Poised to deliver additional discoveries in 2024
• Mangaroon Au (100%)
• Central Yilgarn Au (100%)
• Kimberley Cu-Au (100%)
• Mangaroon Ni-Cu-PGE (FQM Earn-in/ JV)
Experienced management team with a track record of success and strongly
aligned with shareholders
• $6.2M invested to date
• ~15% Board and management ownership
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Finding the Metals for Our Future
ASX:DRE Dreadnought Resources Ltd
+61 (08) 9473 8345
info@dreres.com.au
Unit 1, 4 Burgay Court, Osborne Park WA 6017
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