FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 Dec 2016

CORPORATE

Cash and Cash Equivalents

As at 31 December 2016, the Company had cash of $ 5,710,576.

Joint Venture with Northern Star Resources Limited

As previously announced, the Company and Northern Star Resources Limited ("NST") have formed an unincorporated joint venture

("JV") to advance the Company's Central Tanami Project ("CTP").

In accordance with the JV, management of the exploration activities at the Company's CTP have been handed over to NST who will sole fund all JV expenditure including all CTP exploration and evaluation costs, assessment and development costs, mining of the JV tenements and refurbishing the CTP process plant and associated infrastructure, during the Sole Funding Period.

The Sole Funding Period will expire on the date on which the process plant at the CTP has been refurbished to operating condition and has operated for a continuous 30 day period or has produced 5,000 ounces of gold ore (whichever occurs first). On the expiry of the Sole Funding Period, NST will have earned a further 35% undivided interest in the CTP (taking NST's total JV Interest to 60%).

Northern Star Resources Limited Shares

As at 31 December 2016, the Company has 750,000 NST shares remaining.

EXPLORATION

Central Tanami Project (75% Tanami)

Worked completed by Northern Star Resources Limited ("NST") during the quarter consisted of:

  • Ongoing evaluation of the Resource potential within the Central Tanami Project ("CTP") Mining Lease areas to identify

    extensions to the historic open pits and new exploration targets;

  • Surface geology and regolith re-mapping interpretation of the CTP mine corridor including the commencement of a Depth of Cover study in conjunction with external consultants;

  • Commencement of a regional tectono-stratigraphic study which includes detailed re-mapping of the CTP mine corridor/Groundrush domains with extensive use of multi-element geochemical analysis;

  • Planning of regional and infill geochemical sampling programs; and

  • Undertaking of an extensive CTP mine corridor environmental rehabilitation program (legacy drilling and infrastructure issues).

Commencement of planned drilling programs within the CTP mine corridor, in particular on the Hurricane-Repulse trend, is pending

completion of statutory approvals. CTP mine corridor and regional MMP's are under discussion with DIPR representatives.

FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 Dec 2016 Western Tanami Project (100% Tanami)

Thirty-three reverse circulation holes totaling 3,252m were completed at Rabid South and the Nugget Patch during November 2016 (Figure 1). Samples were taken as 3m composites, and intersects returning greater than 0.1 g/t will be resampled at 1m intervals. Although anomalous gold intercepts were returned, results were generally disappointing. Significant intercepts are listed in

Table 1 and a full list of the drill holes and locations are listed in Table 2.

At Rabid South, 3m composite samples with grades greater than 0.1g/t were intercepted both below and lateral from the July 2016 AC drilling sections, however individual mineralised veins do not appear to be vertically or laterally continuous. Composite samples have yet to be resampled on 1m intervals, however the current interpretation indicates a broad zone containing discontinuous and variably mineralised narrow quartz veins within coarse sandstone (Figure 2).

Controls on mineralisation at the Nugget Patch remain elusive. Very detailed surface geochemical mapping, also completed during the quarter, strongly supports a geological interpretation of a broad NW trending anti-form cut by a NW trending dextral fault zone. The fault zone is probably a splay of the regional Tanami Fault, and appears to displace outcropping quartz veins, dispersion of surface gold, and surface geochemical patterns (Figure 3). Of interest is the identification of a sheared and carbonate altered dolerite in fresh drill chips on the western part of the prospect. Although the dolerite is located vertically below some of the most abundant surface gold detected, only the southernmost section returned significant gold intersections (NPRC0013).

There was no indication at either Rabid South of the Nugget Patch of a surface depleted zone.

Table 1 Significant gold intercepts

(Coordinates and Azimuths are MGA94 zone 52 projection)

Prospect

Hole_ID

Easting

Northing

RL

Total Depth (m)

Azimuth (degrees)

Dip (degrees)

Best Au grade

From Depth (metres down hole)

NUGGET PATCH

NPRC0008

487360

7790840

416

90

90

-60

3m @ 0.55 g/t

87

NPRC0011

487440

7790720

423

90

90

-60

3m @ 0.41 g/t

18

NPRC0013

487320

7790720

424

126

90

-60

6m @ 0.37 g/t

99

3m @ 0.28 g/t

111

NPRC0015

487660

7790820

420

78

360

-60

3m @ 0.57 g/t

33

RABID SOUTH

RSRC0001

488540

7789800

429

132

90

-60

3m @ 1.95 g/t

3

RSRC0002

488475

7789805

433

150

90

-60

3m @ 0.82 g/t

39

RSRC0003

488417

7789801

424

132

90

-60

3m @ 1.82 g/t

45

9m @ 0.58 g/t

81

RSRC0007

488600

7789960

420

96

90

-60

15m @ 0.31 g/t

63

RSRC0009

488520

7789840

425

78

90

-60

3m @ 1.91 g/t

18

RSRC0010

488474

7789840

427

84

90

-60

3m @ 0.61 g/t

69

RSRC0011

488440

7789840

427

84

90

-60

3m @ 0.34 g/t

51

RSRC0012

488400

7789840

427

78

90

-60

3m @ 0.24 g/t

57

RSRC0013

488480

7789760

427

126

90

-60

3m @ 1.17 g/t

3

FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2016

Figure 1 Rabid South and Nugget Path Drilling Locations

FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2016

Figure 2 Rabid South Plan showing drill hole traces

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