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                                                                     FY2021 guidance from Tomingley is 45,000-50,000oz gold
          very positively  received  and  now people  are asking  what
                                                                                         at an AISC of $1,450-1,600/oz
          next?”  Alkane  managing  director  Nic  Earner  told  GMJ in
          early September.
                                                                and San Antonio (7.92mt @ 1.78 g/t for 453,000oz inferred)
          FY2021 guidance from Tomingley is 45,000-50,000oz gold
                                                                deposits will be upgraded to indicated status in Q4 and from
          at an AISC of $1,450-1,600/oz.
                                                                there Alkane can forge ahead with detailed mine plans and
          Alkane has made a concerted effort to expand its exploration   economic studies.
          efforts regionally at Tomingley in the past two years and the
                                                                Tomingley is currently an open pit and underground operation
          rewards have been significant.
                                                                aided by a 1 mtpa processing facility, with Alkane continuing
          The Roswell (7mt @ 1.97 g/t for 445,000oz gold inferred)   consultation  over development  approval  for open  cut and
                                                                underground mining beneath San Antonio and Roswell.
                                                                An  approval to  develop an exploration drive from  the
                                                                Wyoming One  deposit to  Roswell has been received and
                                                                Alkane has prepared preliminary  plans for open cut and
                                                                underground ventures at Roswell and San Antonio.
                                                                Meanwhile, infill drilling totalling 48 holes for 13,000m had
              Excellence in                                     been completed  at  Roswell and San  Antonio, with depth
                                                                extensions at Roswell confirmed with intercepts about 80-
              Exploration                                       100m  below  the  base  of  the  previously  defined  inferred
                                                                resource.
              Ÿ  Drilling in progress to test high grade        Alkane sees potential for the system to extend to depth, with
                Ni-Cu-PGM at Broken Hill, NSW.
                                                                significant intercepts at Roswell including 13m @ 6.17 g/t
              Ÿ  Significant porphyry copper-gold target at     gold from 484m, including 5m @ 11.5 g/t from 488m and
                Apsley along trend from the Boda discovery      2m @ 3.84 g/t from 519m at RWD037. Meanwhile, results
                (Alkane Resources Ltd).
                                                                from RWD039: 16.5m @ 4.74 g/t from 483.8m, including 1m
              Ÿ  Large tenement holdings in the emerging        @  21  g/t  gold  from  489m  and  3m  @  13.2  g/t  from  494m
                Ni-Cu-PGM province of SW WA and in the          and RWD040: 22.1m @ 5.96 g/t from 534.9m were other
                Blackridge gold field QLD.                      highlights at Roswell.
              BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                While Alkane elaborates  on its growth potential  internally,
                                                                the company has significant positions in ASX peers Genesis
              Peter Unsworth   Non-Executive Chairman           Minerals Ltd (867,000oz gold at Ulysses in Western
              Michael Jones   Managing Director                 Australia) and Calidus Resources Ltd.
              Paul Ingram     Non-Executive Director            Alkane upped its stake in Genesis from 14.56% to 19.9%
              Markus Elsasser   Non-Executive Director          recently, while in July it retained a 12.7% interest in Calidus
                                                                by investing $3.2 million in the latter’s $25 million placement.
              (08) 6454 6666                                    Calidus  started  construction  on  the  1.5  moz  Warrawoona
              impactminerals.com.au                             gold project, East Pilbara, in September and expects ground
                                                                activities to start in “earnest” in Q1 2021.



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